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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
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HIS PRIZE PUMPKIN.
1t Was Not His Fault That lie Couldn'


1t Was Not His Fault That lie Couldn't
Prove His Story.
He was at the blacksmith shop get
ting measlv roam horse shod and Civ
ing glowing descriptions of a mammoth
pumpkin that was still ripening in the
October sunshine.
bet ten dollars that ere punlxin
measures seventy-six inches raound its
girth, and weighs ninety pounds. Yes,
stree, an you dassn't take me up, you
fellers-"
You're tallin' through your hat"
drawled one of the loungers
II want ter see that air punkin be-
fore l name my good money. l amt
goin' it blind on any old punkin tibet
amt ever sot eyes on" said another.
Come on, gentlemen" said the own
er of the pumpkin; ''seventy-six inches
round its waist, and ninety unds of
clean yaller meat. Theirs more'n one
hundred Thanksgiving pies on tap in
tibet punkin."
The men shuffied along after the
bragger. whose farm was within a
half-mile of the shop. and they soon
lHC anu
still hunt for the monarch of the
crop.
They searched the field and found no
trace of pumpkin, large or small
But there was dent in the ground
about the size of saucer, and over
this the farmer hung in a spasm of un-
mitigated grief.
1T was Their, gentlemen, only this
morning. Hev any of you seen four
OK team goin' along this nayborh'd?"
None of them could remember seeing
such a rig.
''Nothin' else could hev got away
with it. Seventy-six inches around the
oh. don't say another word bout it.
One hundred Thanksgivin' pies gone
to thunder. an nothin' left to prove /
amt Il liar! 1t fetches me hard. De-
troit Free Press.
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the wild herd had quieted somewhat,
started to single out the leader, an ex-
ceedingly difficult task. for on the ap-
proach of the mounted elephants the
big fellow would below with rage, and
endeavor to run the traitors down.
Finally all of the tanned elephants got
Jupiter in corner. The four native
tanners each lassoed leg of the big
beast, and their mounts started in diff
ferent directions
Jupiter suddenly found himself in
a surprisingly unpleasant predicament
He could neither go ahead nor retreat,
and the four elephants pulled a lit
! tie harder when he made an eX-
ira plunge. His trumpeting served to
brighten the rest OF the herd and
they made wild efforts to break
through the corral Unfortunately
they found weak spot, but before the
entire herd could get through the ma
tives had killed several and captured
some baby elephants Then the entire
force of natives aided in getting the
shacldes on the big fellow. This was
accomplished in few hours, though
generally it takes several days, but the
tame elephants aided very materially.
The heavy chains once on Jupiter,
we felt as though we had indeed Sc
cured the largest elephant in the
world. While he was not fifteen feet
high, we could readily see that he
would measure at least twelve and a
half feet.
1--WE had to starve him three days be-
fore we could do anything with him at
all. Then we placed one of the trained
elephants on either side, released him
from the trees to which we had tied
him, and moved him about the corral.
He made terrific plunges.
1--WE got Jupiter to Bombay, but
there our troubles began afresh. lie
became more ferocious. We kept on
starving him. and then fed him for a
time. but that only made matters
worse.
81 cabled Mr. Barnum that he could
announce that had captured Jupiter,
al elephant larger than was Jumbo.
But while waiting for steamer that
would take Jupiter to America |
watched with uneasiness his increasing
ferocity. Extra shackles were put on
him.
Zone day l entered the paddock next
to his and unthinkingly got within
range of his trunk. | was seized and
hurled aloft My body struck the
board ceiling, knocking me senseless.
When they took me from the floor [
had a broken arm and leg, three broken
ribs and was bruised from head to foot.
1t was several weeks before ! could
leave my bed, and Jupiter, becoming
so ferocious that he could not be
handled, determined on his execution
after cabling Mr.. Barnum. He was an
elephant it was simply impossible to
tame and was shot. His body weighed
fifteen thousand pounds.
See? here is a piece of his tusk on
my watch chain. Jupiter cost about
six thousand dollars, and never ex-
pect to see his like again"
-Pragmatical formerly had the sig
nifica nee Of buSineSS-lil<a
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twas decided to build another on a mag
niiic.nt scale An English syndicate
agreed to put it up. and in payment
therefor they received 5000, 600 acres Of
public lands. Does the reader realize
how big 100000 acres of land is!
Imagine slice of land twenty-fOur
miles wide and extending clear across
the state of Missouri at its northern
border Such a strip would include
the whole northern tier of counties.
and would be larger than several states
of the union. This would he about the
extent OF the capitol syndicate's past
ture. Few people have any idea that
there is such thing as single past
ure. in one body and under one fence,
larger than some states in the union.
vet such is the fact More than that,
it is owned by foreign syndicate. 1t
takes in half of Deaf Smith county and
parts of several others.
Another large pasture is that of the
Y. |. r. cattle mpany. 1t begins with
the Colorado line and extends several
counties back this way The Fort
Worth e Denver railroad runs through
it. Some idea of its size may be gath
cred from the fact that the regular
night express train enters on the south
side of the pasture at 11:05 and after
continuous running leaves it at 500 the
next morning. a pasture which it
takes an express train three hours and
a quarter to cross would be considered
large in some countries--St. Louis
Globe Democrat
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TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS.

The SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT which ap-
peared in our columns some time since. an
nouncing a special arrangement with DIR. b.
7. Kendall Co., of Enosburgh Falls, VT.
publishers of "a Treatise on the Horse
and his Diseases whereby our subscribers
were enabled to obtain copy of that valu-
able work FREE by sending their address
(and inclosing two-cent stamp for mailing
same) to DIR. b. J. Kendall Co., is renewed
for limited period. We trust all VIII
avail themselves of the opportunity OF OBJ
tanning this valuable work. To every lovei
of the horse it is indispensable, as it treats
in a simple manner all the diseases which
afiict this noble animal. Its phenomena
sale throughout the United States and Can
ada makes it standard authority. MEN.
TON THIS PAPER WHEN SENDING FOR THE
TREATISE.
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THE LAND OF BIG PASTURES.
Texas Has Fields as Large as an Ordinary
County.

County.
Very few people at distance in
thinking of western Texas understand
that nearly the whole of it is at pres
ent fenced up in mammoth pastures,
yet such is the case. Many of them
are larger than ordinary counties, and
some of them embrace large parts OF
three or four counties
Just west of this place (Belcherville,
Tex.), writes correspondent, come
the Silverstein. the lizard and the
Worsham pastures. This latter con-
tains fifty thousand acres, and has one
line of fence twenty-three miles long.
Pastures of about this size continue in
almost unbroken succession until we
reach Armstrong county. There we
find what is known as the Goodnight
ranch, the southern boundary of which
is little string of fence eighty-three
miles long. Charley Goodnight, as the
owner, is Familiarity known. is consid-
cred one of the richest men in the pam
handle, but l really feel sorry for his
boys if he ever sends them out on a hot
afternoon to stop hog holes in that line
of Tense. 1t is hardly likely that this
is the case, however. as all fences in
this country are built to turn cattle
and without reference to hogs. There
is little railway station called Good
night, which consists of the Goodnight
residence and the depot Mr.. Good
night lives in almost baronial style.
His park contains deer, drove of elks.
and one of the few herds of buffaloes
to be found in the United States.
Another fair-sized holding of land is
that of the Espinella cattle company.
This contains over 100000 acres and
takes in parts of Dickens. Crosby and
Emma counties. If the land were in
the form of square it would be about
fifty miles each way. The Matterdore
is smaller, but still includes rather
more than 100000 acres. These are
both owned by syndicates with head
quarters in London, and they are only
two selected at random ont of a large
number They have their bearings on
state politics. If it were not for the
railroad commission, the uniform text
book hill and the alien land-holder
question, Texas politics would not be
worth shucks.
The largest of those alien land hold
ings belong to what is called the CAPT.
toll syndicate. A few years ago the old
capitol at Austin burned down, and it
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
A DRUGGIST TALKS.

Will f. Crawford, druggist at Des
Moines, Iowa, says it is remarkable
the way Cubeb Cough Cure sells, that
his customers speak of it in the high
est terms of praise. On man in par
ticular who has been troubled with
bronchitis for years never found any
relief until he used the Cubeb Cough
Cure. He says it stopped it at once.
He doesn't hesitate To recommend it
for all throat and lung troubles. Ev-
ans Bros
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
AS 1T ESCAPES FROM TWo-INcH
TUBE CAN BE
HEARD MORE THAN five MILES.
ENOUGH TO sUPPLY4, 900 STOVES
FURNISH FUEL FOR LIMITLESS
MANUFACTURING ENTERPRISES.
BEST OPPORTUNITY IN THE WEST
FOR INVESTMENT OF CAPITAL.

(Republished from the REGISTER of December
q, ISgS by request
Last weeks issue of the REGIS
TER spoke in moderate terms OF the
new flow of natural gas that had
been struck in Well No. Z on Tuesday
of last week. But before the paper
had reached the mails the drill had
gone two inches farther in the same
well with a result that was almost
terrifying so enormous was the vol
ume of gas released. Only those who
have seen the best of the Pennsylva-
MIA, Ohio and Indiana wells can form
any conception of the tremendous
quantity of gas that is now pouring out
of this well. The tubing in the well
is inches in diameter, and the noise
of the gas as it escapes even from this
large opening can be heard nearly
half mile. But when the opening
is narrowed to two inch aperture
the roar is dcaiening. Imagine 100
locomotives grouped together and
blowing off steam all at once, and you
may have some idea of it. Farmers
living five miles from town heard it
plainly. After hearing the ominous
noise one is prepared for the great
flame when the torch is applied at
night. The light was plainly seen at
Chanute-l6 miles-Monday night,
and on Wednesday night the tele-
graph operator at Humboldt wired
the station here to know if lola was
on fire.
1t needs no measurement to convince
anybody who sees and hears the flow
that there is gas enough for nearly all
practical purposes. In order to know,
however, just how great the volume
is, Mr.. Pryor on Wednesday measur-
ed it by the use of methods laid down
in published report of the U. s. Geo
logical Survey, and found that the
daily product. of the well is 1851 100
cubic feet of gas. The chances are that
the flow is greater rather than less
than this, for the measurement was
made by very stiff, high pressure
guage.
So there is no possible doubt but
that we have a gas well here that can
rank close to the great gushers of the
eastern States.
WHAT SHALL WE DO WITH IT?
That is the question. If such find
as this had been made six years ago
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
Pears
Soap

The skin ought to be
clear; there is nothing
strange in a beautiful face.
If we wash with proper
soap, the skin will be open
and clear, unless the
health is bad. A good
skin is better than a
doctor.
The soap to use is
Pears; no alkali III it. 1t
is perhaps the only soap
in the world with no al
kali in it.
All sorts of stores sell
it, especially druggists;
all sorts of people use it.
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not complete and that therefore this is,
as have said, the skull of New Zea-
land maiden of seventeen or eighteen.
81 had a curious instance not long
ago of the way in which an observer
can find a story in skull. A skeleton
was sent me from a hospital in Vienna
to be mounted The skull had not been
opened. The man had been taken ill
on the street suddenly and had been
taken to the hospital In polishing the
skull found fine black bone which
would not come out l opened the
skull and found that the bone was
portion of the point of a weapon which
projected half an inch in the skull and
which had broken off so short that it
would have been impossible to tell of
what the man died unless the skull had
been opened as | opened it. Here is a
murder mystery which the law will
never probe, for the wound was NOR
dorchester On. " Post-Express.
Tradition of the Liberty Bell
Now that the Liberty bell has safely
arrived home again, it may not be amiss
to mention the tradition among the
bell ringers of Christ church that the
signing of the declaration of independ-
ence was first proclaimed by the chime
in that editice. AS these bell ringers
have had unbroken succession since
1854, the story of the present director,
David Head, transmitted by his pre-
decessors, is entitled to note. The en-
crossing of the declaration, according
to this tradition, was done in the vestry
room of the church. When the COM
mittee having it in charge left the
church to go to Independence hall to
have it signed the bell ringers ascend
ed to the tower and awaited signal
from the hall. Not perceiving it as
soon as they expected, they began peal
ing the bells on their own responsible
ity, and there was an interval of sew
eral minutes before the Liberty bell
followed with its historic peal-Phil-
adelphia Record
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SPECTACLES.

Having suffered from i'm
paired vision since 1864 my
attention has perforce been
directed to the subject of inn
proving the sight by the
proper selection and adjust
ment of spectacles and |
have spared no time or pains
in thoroughly mastering all
it's details.
Having procured a most
complete trial set of lenses
the only one in the county,
and a full and complete out
fit of
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

Il can't marry You, Mr.. Oldboy.
You are so much older than l." ''But
consider, Miss Hicks Consider how
rapidly You women age after thirty.
Why. QUILL be up to me in very short
while. "-Iarper's Bazaar.
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gerry and diseases of women and children o
specially. ONCE at residence near Pennsylvania
Central Hotel
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Allen County Horticultural Society meets
every seeond Friday of each month at 2 o'clock
D. m at G A. R hall. B. z. Pancoast Pres
r. 3. Moore, Secy
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05

lola Public Library-Over Northrup's bank
Open every Saturday from TO 8 p. m. Stock
and membership tickets for sale at the room
MIS-. VIM. Knapp, Librarian.
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7. g. Stover-Abstraeter Of titles. Has q CON-
plete set Of abstract books for Allen county. The
only one who makes investigation Of titles q
| specially. lola Kansas.
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L. Tozer, M. D.-Office west side square, lola,
Kansas. Specisl attention given to the diseases
of females and children.
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Gard & Roberts-Lawyers Once in REGISTER
building.
w b. Glover. Attorney at Law, First National
Bank building, Humboldt Kansas.
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McCook Relief Corps, No. AS meets the frs
and third Friday evenings Of each month at G
A. R. hall Mrs. NJ. L. Miller, Pres.
n. E. Shelter. Secy.
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MISCELLANEOUS.

w.C T Irregular meeting every second
and fourth Friday, at 8 o'clock p. m at the
Kings Daughters reading room, north side
square, lola.
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Foust Grace Foust-attorneys and counsel
lors-at-1aw ONCE two doors north of North
rup's bank Iols. Kansas.
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Salem Chapter No. 4, Order of Eastern Star,
meets in Masonic Hall LIST and 3rd Monday in
each month. Mrs. Sarah Crow, VIM.
Miss Nellie COlborp Sec
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CAMPBELL 4 HAWKINS, Attorneys A. II.
Campbell, County Atty; W G.. Hankins, Depu-
ty Couty Atty. Office one door east of post Of
flee, upstairs, lola. Kans.
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J. T. Jewell n. D.-physicisn and surgeon
Special attention paid to surgery and eye dis
eases. Moran, Kansas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-01-05
OPTICAL GOODS

| have no hesitancy in as
surfing the public that | can
do for impaired sight what
ever can be done by the
most skillful application of
glasses. Call ON me before
going abroad at great ex-
pense to consult oculists.
You will find me in j. HI.
Campbell's Drug Store.
w. y. SCOTT. NJ, D,
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G. A R--Saunders Post No. 81 meets the first
Saturday before the full moon of each month in
Dawson hall Moran. All comrades in good
standing are invited. g. w. Matthew'S p C.
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CHURCHES.

Episcopal-Services in Odd Fellows hall the
second and fourth Sundays in each month at 8
o'clock p. m. John Bennett pastor.
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pHVSUCUANQ

PHYSICIANS.
W. D. Scott NJ. D.-physician and accouchel
Office in J. II. CampbelPs drugstore.
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Christian, or Disciples-Corner of Broadway
and Sycamore. Sunday school 10 a. N. Prayer
meeting Wednesday nights.
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SECRET SOCIETIES.

SECRET SOCIETIES.
G. A. R-McCook Post No. 81 meets the first
r Hall All comrades In good standing are in
PC.
GA. R.-saunders Post No 81 meets the first
Saturday before the full moon of each month in
Dawson hall. Moran. All comrades iu good
standing are invited. G. W. Matthews. P c.
McCook Relief Corps, No. AS meets the first
and third Friday evenings Of each month at G
A. R hall Mrs NJ. L. Miller, Pres.
N. E. smeltzer. secy.
Salem Chapter No. 4, Order of Eastern Star
meets in Masonic Hall lst and SEd Monday In
Miss Nellie Colborn. Sec.
CHURCHEs.
Episcopal-Serviees in Odd Fellows hall the
second and fourth Sundays in each month at 8
o'clock p. m John Bennett pastor
Christian or Disciples-Corner of Broadway
and sycamore Sunday school 10 g. m. Prayer
meeting Wednesday nights.
United Notwithstanding every Sunday
evening at the Reformed church. sunday school
$50 m, II. Bennett Superintendent.
]. w. Stone, pastor
Methodist Episcopal-Corner Of Jefferson ave
nue. and Broadway. Services every Sabbath at
ii g. m and 7:3o p. m Sunday school at 9:s5 g.
m Prayer meeting every Wednesday rs evening
meetings Isaac Hill, pastor.
Baptist-On Sycamore street Preaching Sum
day morning and evening. Sunday school al 945
g. m Prayer meeting Wednesday evening at
$50 r. m Young peoples prayer meeting ev-
cry Sunday evening. NJ. F. King. pastor.
Reformed-Divine worship in the Christ Re
formed church at IL o'clock g. m every Sum
day Evening services every two weeks
at half past seven o'clock p. m. Sunday school
every Sabbath at 10 O'clock Il N. AL are cor
daily invited to attend L. 5 Faust pastor.
Presbyterian-Madison Ave Preaching ev
cry Sabbath at IL q. IN and go d. IN Sabbath
school NJ 9t5 e. m Prayer meeting "Wednesday
at !So p. m Everybody seicome. w. L
SQuiey pastor.
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G. A. R-McCook Post No. 81 meets the first
Saturday on or before each full moon at G. A.
r Hall. ALI comrades In good standing are in
vited to meet with the Post ] Z. Henderson,
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j. b. Goshorn-atterney-at and notary
public Office over Coutants store. lola. Kan.
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-Pragmatical formerly had the SIG
niticance of business-lika
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United Notwithstanding every Sunday
evening at the Reformed church. Sunday school
$50 p m, r II. Bennett Superintendent
J. w. Stone pastor.
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DENTISTRY

s. Tozer-Ofice over Evans Bros drug store
A. T. Crow-Dental surgeon. Office over
Richards Il WEIGHS store. Fine gold work a
spacialfv
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Rail Road Time Table.
OuTHERN KANsAs-GOING NORTH.

SOUTHERN KANSAS--GOINGN NORTH
No. 202-Passenger daily ............. .1241 p. m
No 204-Eastern Express, daily. ...... go m.
No 2l6-way freight daily ex. Sun. .1l:30 a. m.
No 290-Freight daily. .-.....-..-.... TO p. m,
GOING SOUTH.
No 2O1-Passenger daily .......-...... 20S p. m
No. 2O3-Panhandle express, daily. 1:5s a. m
No. 215-Freight. daily .........-..... 124l p. m
Train No. 2lS carries passengers between Gar
nett and Channte only Close connections made
at Kansas City and through tickets for sale for
all eastern points. r. A. Edgar, local agent
FORT SCOTT, WICHITA & wESTERN-G0ING
EAST.
No. 45i-Passenger. ..-.........---...- 5;S p. m
No 456-Local freight. .-......... $50 y. m.
GOING WEST.
No 4l3-Passenger. .......... ....... 11:1O a. m
No 455-LOcal freight. .............-. LIMA m.
Traies No As and 456 carry passengers be-
tween Fl Scott and ElDOradO
r s. Happersett Agent
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II A Ewing. r. Bennett
Ewing & Bennett Office at Court House.
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Baptist-On Sycamore street reaching Sun
day morning and evening. Sunday school at a45
$50 p. m Young peoples prayer meeting ev-
cry Sunday evening. NJ T King, pastor.
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Observation-Disclosures Ave Preaching ev
cry Sabbath at II g. IN. and 80 p. IN Sabbath
school NJ y IS q m Prayer meeting "Wednesday
at z3o D. m. Everybody seieome. W. L
SQuiey pastor.