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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11

Vol. inf, participating in several
heavy battles. In 1868, having been
mustered out of the service, he moved
to Kansas and located on the farm
where he has ever since lived, miles
west of Humboldt. He commanded
Co. d. 4th, Bat. Kansas Militia during
the Price raid scare, and can tell some
very interesting "reminiscences of
those early days. In the fall of 1866
he was elected county surveyor,
serving continuously until 1872 when
he was elected county superintendent
and filled the office for two years.
Since that time he has been county
surveyor for about Is years, the office
being forced on him usually against
his will because no other man could
be found who gave such general salts
faction.
Capt Dewitt is a ready and effect
i've speaker, always bearing a promi-
nent part in the county campaigns,
and his great personal popularity will
make him formidable candidate.
L. B. PEARSON.
Hon. l.. B. Pearson is so well known
by the readers of this paper that any
sketch of his life would be superfiuous.
He has served two terms in the Leg
islature and we are glad to
be able to say, from personal knowl-
edge that he won the thorough re-
spect of those with whom he was as
ISOLATED. During the first term he
was recognized as one of the leaders
among the 26 Republican members,
and during all the tumult and trouble
of the last term he was one whose
counsel was always listened to by
his Republican associates, by whom
he was trusted to such an extent that
he was made chairman of the COM
mittee which arranged the plan of
procedure by which the triumphant
organization of the House was so
cleverly effected. MIR. Pearson's
friends recognize the prejudice that
exists against third term, but they
point to the fact that during his first
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11
At the Torture Shox.

Observation-Disclosures torture was to
sprinkle the sole of the foot with salt
and let the lion lick it off. The lion
has the toughest tongue in the world.
Auditor-Ahi You don't know my
mother-in-law!-Hall
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11
FOR DIsrsRICT CLERK.

A sketch of the life of Frank l..
Travis was published SO recently in
the REGISTER that it is not necessary
to repeat any of the statements there.
in made. Mr.. Travis has given such
universal satisfaction in the perform
ance of the duties of his office that his
denomination and reelection are
taken for granted and he will have
no opposition. zone good term de-
serves another"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11
A Correction.

A Typographical error in the last is
sue added ten years to w. A. Cowan's
age by saying that he came to lola in
1850, when it should have read 1860.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11
Mich In Common.

Lawyer-But you don't regard money
as in any way taking the place of a
wife.
Complainant (breach of promise)-I
don't know. Money talks--Truth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11
a Conscientious Professor

Judge-Eave you hypnotized the
prisoner?
Professor-I have.
well, what are you waiting FORE"
u am waiting for you to decide
whether | shall make him confess that
he did it, or make him confess that he
didn't TN. Y. Weekly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11

Little Denmark is great in the mat
ter of divorce, there being thirty-seven
divorces to every thousand marriages
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11
For Sale or Trade

Mrs: J. R. crigler. lola has some sewed carpet
rags for sale.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-05-11
ALL OVER THE COUNTY.
Humboldt.

lsee last page for Additional County Cores
pOndence.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-31
Land Values i'm Great Britain.

The value of land in Great Britain
rose enormously during the Canadian
and American wars of the last CEN
tury and increased still further dur
ing the French wars owing TO the
demand for grain and its advanced
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-31
WORSE THAN CHEWING GUM.
Tho Evil Er.cts of MasticatlnG Paper IL

The Evil EEccts of MasticatinS Paper III"
lustrated by an Old story.
In the time of Charles Nil of Swe-
den the private secretary of Count
Goertz, then minister to England, was
strongly addicted to the habit oil
chewing paper, says the St. Louis
Post -Dispatch. Goertz had made the
young mans acquaintance on jour
ney to Kurlsnd. He was the son OF
a landed proprietor named Buehren.
Count Goertz took him to Stockholm
and gave him place in the cabinet
At first the young secretary chewed
only white paper, out soon acquired
a liking for paper even that had been
written on. A peace treaty had been
formulated between Russia and Swe-
den, which the members of the as
sembly forced Charles XII. to accept.
The basis of the latter was a treaty
which both states had agreed upon
with regard to Finland. The orig
inal of this treaty was given by
Count Goertz to his young secretary.
When it was called for by the assem-
bly, 1t could nowhere be found. The
assembly believed that it had been
uGSGEOGSO Wy OO0EG1 III VI OOL w OFOA
throw the peace policy and give
Charles XII chance to go to war.
Goertz was arrested, when his secre-
tary came forward and confessed
having masticated the document He
was tried and sentenced to death.
The king would gladly have par
doned him had he dared in the face
of the angry assembly, but he gave
him an opportunity to fee from the
country.
Buehren went to Kurlaad with let
ter of recommendation to the duke
from Minister Goertz. The latter.
believing that his severe punishment
had entirely cured him of the bad
habit of chewing up documents, ap-
pointei the young man ecretary
to his superintendent. When the
/ duke, who was very eNtravagant in
! his expenditures, was notified b. his
| superintendent of the hopeless con
| DIT On of his finances, he aske for a
! statement Of his afairs, and the young
/ secretary was intru5tei with all the
! bills. etc, to make up the statement.
! He agaiu succumbel to his evil habit
| and ch wed up ole of the most i'm
! porta { receipts among the duke 8
! papers IN his des2a he sought
/ mercy at the hahds of the beautiful
/ duchess, Anna Iwanowna. the niece
+ OF Peter the Great, and she intorceded
I for him with the duke.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-31
STEAL WHEN THEY AREDRuNK

A Curious Disease sometimes developed
by OvsrinduiGence in tlmuiant~.
At the recent meeting OF the Study
of Inebriety society DIR. 1. J.. Wrig ht.
of Ohio. read paper on the ''Spec al
Influences OF Alcohol" moral and
otherN ise Among other things he
mentioned aome curious facts con-
nected with the habits of what may
be called ''alcoholic thieves" " 1t is
recognized by alcohol specialists that
certain persons almost invariably
try TO steal when drunk who show
no tendency to theft at any other
time. Not only so. but the alcohol
thief very generally ''goes for" some
particular object when the thievlng
mania Is upon him. The Hospital
mentions one man who when drunk
showed a uniform partiality for
bibles He stole bibles invariably
when he could get at them. Another
had q precisely similar passion for
spades. A young man. who pre-
sumably had been previously un-
known &t the police court. stole
o horse when drunk, and that
In the presence Of its owne.. AS
no rode of with the animal he told
his name and address to persons
whom he met on the road. He final
ly sold the horse. When the case
came on for trial the culprit was ac-
quilted ON the ground OF drunken
ness and consequent irresponsibility.
Thus encouraged he got drunk again
and stole q second horse. A years s
Imprisonment was now tried instead
of acquittaL Coming out OF prison
he got drunk once moro, and with
Insane consistency took possession
of @ third horse which did not be-
long to him. On this occasion the
court once more resolved to try the
effect of pardon. but pardon was
once more as useless rs punishment
for a fourth horse was stolen
in a fit of drunkenness in a
very short time. What was the end
of this young mans career? That is
not yet known, for he is said at this
moment to be spending term o.
Imprisonment in the hope that re-
Election may turn him into teeto-
taler-'a consummation devoutly to
be wished, -
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-31
Sud. Upon the Seas.

The officers of the steamship
Scandia arrived at Philadelphia
from Hamburg a few days ago and
report that during the voyage in the
Widest storm the ship had ever been
In, with high waves breaking over
the ship in great volume, soapsuds
made and allowed to drift over the
ships bow almost simultaneously
broke the force OF the seas, which
ceased to smash over the sides and
the vessel soon lay comparatively
easy. The officers were enthusiastic
over the success of the experiment
Experiments in this line have recent
ly been made by the photographic
Office with uniform success. The
use of soapsuds is not likely to en-
tirely supersede oil for the purpose
of soothing the seas, but soap is
cheaper. occupies less room on the
ship and its suds lie heavier on the
water than oil, so that it is likely
to be generally adopted.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-31
HE LOST HIS FAITH.

The Parsons Statement Was More Than
the FISherrn Cou'd Sw,liow.
The clergyman at our church last
Sunday. while indulging in some fig
urative expressions in his sermon,
used the phrase; Like the roe that
leaps upon the mountain n"-referring
OF course, to the scriptural animal OF
that name. AS was coming out OF
church a horny-handed and sun
burned fellow pilgrim stepped up to
me and said:
''See yer, stranger! what d'you
thirk of that feller il the pulpit?'
II think he is pretty fair sort of
a man, near-sighted, maybe, and
poor. but. taking him altogether,
good"
"Well, see yer, stranger! Did you
! 'bserve what he said about the roe
jumpin' on u mountain? Did you
hear him say that?'
"Tes. Vi hat about it?"
"We,l. look yer. cap. of course
he was a ;Ckin.' wa mt he?"
"Certainly he was not"
See yer, now; you don't mean to
say he WAS atrvin' to gag that down
US as fact? He don't reely believe
that no roe ever jumped on noun
tain, now, does he?'
| .'He does, of course, and so do L
/ / know it"
'.Well look a yer, mister; I'm a
/ mere child bout most things. l can
! swaller Almost any ordinary lie. You
kin stuff me full of owdacious false
hoods when I'm suTerin' from ignor-
ance. But you must excuse me on
I this. Yes, sir, sour on you when
you ask me to gorge myself with
that kinder lie. I've bin a ketchin'
shad an herrin' most all my life an
/ gettin' the roes out OVEN, but
seen no roe that could get up an
git when you onc't laid it down.
wanter lie religious, l wanter do
! right, and b'leeve in preachers, but
when you ask me to b'leeve that any
shad roe ever bounced up hill and
froll;cked around over the grass. my
stummick goes agin it. It's toe
much. stranger; much too much"
Z Then unfolded the matter to him
and he went away comforted.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-31
THE PICTURED ROCKS.
Curious Forms Assumed by HandStone
Bluffs on Lake $uperIor's hOre.

Curious Forms Assumed by ~andStone
BIuns on Lake superIor's >hore.
The rocks are series of sand
stone bluffs. rising in many places
abruptly out of the water to q height
varying from fifty to 200 feet. and
are situated about seventy miles
west of White ish Point, on the
southern shore of Lake Superior.
The Grand Portal is regarded by
the Detroit Free Press as the most
imposing feature of the series 1t is
100 feet high by 1jS feet broad at
the water level, ana the cliff 1T is
cut in rises above the arch, making
the whole height 135 feet The
Great Cave. entered through the
portal, extenls back in the
shape OF vallted room,
the arches Of the roof built Of yell
%low sandstone and the sides fretted
into artistic shapes by storm-driven
waves. About mile west of ''Sail
Rock" a group of detached rocks
which bear a resemblance to the
mainsail and jib of a sloop. The
heighth OF this is forty feet. The
.'chapel" is vaulted apartment in
the rOCk. All dfCheu fOol Vi Sdnu-
stone rests on four columns of rock,
SO as to leave an apartment about
forty feet in diameter and the same
In length; within are q pulpit and
altar West a short distance from
the chapel is Chapel river, which falls
over a rocky ledge fifteen feet high
in the lake. Miners castle, five
miles west of the chapel and just
west of Miners river, is the western
end of the Pictured Rocks, and re-
sembles an old turreted castle with
an arched portal The height of the
advanced mass in which the Gothic
gateway may be recognized IS about
seventy feet. and the height of the
main hall forming the background is
140 feet
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-31
A Dreadful Thought.

Perhaps" said the man who tries
to be philosophic. lit Is just as well
that the lives of great men cannot be
prolonged SO as to enable them to
witness all the fruits of their endeaV-
ors."
Possibly"
'.No possibly about it. just I'm
a9ine Ben Franklin having to live an
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-31
PreferAb' O.

AS she turned her tear stained
face toward her friend strange com
fort appeared there.
AYE" she excla med. "better in
deed that he should prove false now
than after [ were welded to him I"
As she reached for the coffee urn
there was sweet smile OF resigna-
tlon upon her lips.
''Yes. Penelope"-
1t was the voice of her trusted
confidant, full of love aud sympathy.
-.you can just bet your life it's
easier to get damages for breach OF
promise than it is to secure any
thing like decent alimony."
Taken all in all. the situation
looked quite endurable. and the sill
YER lining was very notlceable-De-
troit Tribune
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1894-01-31

John Dryden, one of the most
dangerous criminals in the North
west, recently escaped from the
county Jail at Seattle, Wash, by
cleverly posing as an itinerant
preacher. The street preachers
were admitted to hold service at the
Jail Dryden joined fervently in the
prayer and singing. and when the
preachers left he boldly walked out
with them, carrying big hymn book
under his arm. The guards did not
challenge him. as all the cells were
closed on the prisoners before the
preachers loft, but they found later
that a dummy. and not Dryden, oc-
cupied one cell. Dryden told the
preachers he had just received a par
don and was determined to lead a
better life. He has in the past few
years escaped from both the Oregon
and the Washington penitentiarieA
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-18
THIS Is NO PICNIC.

II Is becoming daily more evident that
there are to he no picnic politics in this
campaign. The lions and tigers and
other wild beasts are not lying down to-
gether to any appreciable extent, and
the gentle limbs and lambkins have TO
climb trees and do other unusual feats
to preserve their hides intact
Tammany has already sold out the
Congressional ticket. and will knife Hill
In the vain hope OF saving Straus. Hill
would willing cut the life out OF Tam
many to save the State ticket. The
Grace men will sell out everything else
for the Assemblymen. Cons friends
will trade off Strong. and smyth's
friend will sacrifice Straus. All the in
dependent organizations have knives up
their sleeves for whoever stands most
In the way of their particular can
didate. And as for the Republicans.
they have knives OF every size and
shape ready to cut every candidate on
their ticket II Tammany offers the
proper inducement.
on the outskirts OF the fray the
friends nd enemies OF the Constitutional
amendments, the municipal rapid transit
scheme. the consolidate idea and other
side issues prance around eagerly, each
with his own little knife. ready to cut
somebody or something for the good OF
his pet cause.
Truly we are living In haIoyon and
vociferous times. and the Hash of a
thousand knives will uniquely illuminate
the most interesting election ever held
In New York.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-18
THE COST OF LAW AND ORDER.

Three lives lost and ten persons
wounded is ID terrible price to pay for
protecting the person OF a vile wretch
who committed a criminal assault on
a respected widow nearly sixty years OF
age. But the sacrifice was considered
necessary to uphold the law and pre-
vent the iynching OF the prisoner by
the angry mob at Washington Court
House, o., yesterday.
The crime was attended by circum-
stances OF extreme brutality The pris-
oner. negro had confessed and been
sentenced to twenty years imprison-
ment. The people believed he deserved
death. and when the trial was over
made an attempt to get possession OF
him and lynch him.
II was found impossible to remove
him from the COURTHOUSE. The mill
tary were summoned from Columbus.
and after an exciting day a rush was
made which broke open the back door
OF the building. Then the soldiers fired,
and three citizens were killed and ten
wounded.
More troops were hurriedly ordered to
the scene and II was at last found pos
sible to get the prisoner away. lie was
landed safely in the penltentiary at Co
lumbus this morning, and the trouble Is
now probably over.
The killed were young men aged re-
spectively twenty-eight, twenty-five and
eighteen years. But among the wounded
were citizens forty and sixty five years
OF age, showing the sort Of people en-
gagged in the attack.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-18
A MULIBH BOARD.

The Park Board yesterday again left
over" the subject of a landscape archi-
tect for the Speedway. Letters were
received from number OF applicants
for the position. and President Clausen
said the Commissioners wanted time to
examine the applications.
Why Is 1t that the Park Commits
sioners display such logged obstinacy
In nghting public sentiment and the
wcll-known wishes of the people in re-
spect to this Speedway? Is there job
concealed in the matter with which a
landscape architect might interfere
Or Is the action of the Board due to
mere stubbornness and stupidity?
The idea OF dispensing with the services
of a landscape architect was mere bar
barism. II there had been an honest
desire to secure u capable man there
would have been no occasion to invite
applications. The Board will need
watching closely to see that the con-
cession forced from them Is not made
worthless by the employment OF a per
son as incapable OF doing good work as
the Commissioners are OF appreciating It.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-18
A LARGE REGISTRATION.

Yesterdays registration In this city
was not quite up to the standard OF the
first day. Still 1t was far ahead of any
year. except 1892. for Ave years past.
1t fell nearly ten thousand behind 1892,
but the total for the two days is still
ahead OF the last Presidential year.
The number Is aO2, 40 this year, against
302. 4s7 in 1892.
In Brooklyn the result is similar.
While yesterdays registration fell a
little short OF the second day OF 1892
the total Of the two days Is nearly two
thousand larger than in the Presiden-
tial year.
The result indicates great interest In
the election and a heavy vote,
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-18
ptoPLE IRE WONDERING.

People are wondering about several
matters just now.
The LeSOw Committee is neglecting to
go higher" In the exposure OF police
rottenness. and the election is only nine
teen days on. People ure wondering
whether such high game as President
Martin. Inspector Williams ana others
VIII b. aimed At after election by the
LeNow GU, no matter which way the
election may 20, whether Straus be elect
Ell Mayor or Con he made Recorder?
There are fact! nal fights In several
Congressional districts. recruiting In the
nomination Il Two Democratic CLndi-
dates, thus making probable the success
OF Republicans. People are wondering
whether the personal jedlOusies, ambi-
tons and dissppointments OF individual
politicians are thus TO be made the In.
strument OF risking the election OF u Re,
publican House OF Representatives. and
stopping the great work OF tax reduction
and tarifi reform already Well advanced
by The DemOcia'ie policy.
when President Cleveland was can,
iidate before nc people David H. HI
took the stump and made speeches IN
his f,vor. When the President was at
tackled IN the Senate, and found weak
defenders among his Irofesscd friends
Senator Hin stood forth as his champion
and offered a gallant vindication OF hi,
position. People are wondering whether
President Cleveland will write . lettei
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-18
THE TIGER tanned FOR ONCE.

1t is another evidence Of Senator Hill's
bravery that he has defled Tammsny
and thwartcd Its attempt to prevent
the printing Of the names OF the regu-
lar Democratic candidates for State
Offices at the head OF the State Democ-
racy's local ticket.
Every good citizen will wish that SO
courageous an act might result In an
increased vote for Hill, but the prospect
OF such a result Is scarcely encouraging
The party machinery. and to n
great extent the election machin-
cry, In this city Is entirely
In the hands of Tammany Hall
For every vote that Hill gains by hav-
ing his name on the State Democracy
ticket. Tammany will see that he loses
two other votes to which he would he
justly entitled. BY crooked pastors.
served out from Tammany booths, by
fraudulent counting In precincts where
Tammany controls the boards. by trades
with Republicans and by other devices
familiar to such adopts In electoral
manipulation as Tammany's district
captains. Tammany will see that Hilis
defiance of it's will Ia amply avenged.
Probably Senator Hill Is fully aware
OF this, and took the action he did know
ing 1t. II SO. SO much the more credit
to his pluck.
He VIII have. at any rate. the salts
faction of knowing that for once the
Tammany tiger has met its master. and
for the political lion tanner, the triumph
OF having once cowed that rampant
beast is at least. a partial rccompense
for the Inconvenience Of being subse-
quently eaten by II.
The evening world. [volume] (New York, N.Y.) 1887-1931, 1894-10-18
wives Have the Hest of 1t.

To the Editor
Separations aud divorces are lnmentably on the
Increase. Ths causes are various. but It seems
to me itst he rpy. Of the evil lies In the fact
that tho wife has all the advantage. I am no
cynlc but from my personal observations ! can
safely ray that there are thousands o; husbands
In this city alone who would give anything to
be single again. why? Because the absurd
customs OF our marriage institution make the
husband a martyr and slave. He Is the money
maker. the supporter OF the household, and The
burden OF its cares and SORROWS rest on his
shoulders While he Ia working hard all day the
wife Is at home free to do as she peases. II rne
desires to GO out shopping with her mother she
can do go II she wants to pay visits no one
will say her nay; II she wants to go to the
matinee there Ia no objection. On the other hand.
when the husbands duties to his business cease
tor the day his duty to his wife begins After
coming home tired out, his wife demands that
he give his spare time to her He may have
q desire to 90 out for little recreation, to Zee
some friend. to visit his club, or to have q
quiet game with the boys: but there is where
his better half steps In and demands that his
place ia by her side" She forgets the Tact
that she has had all the day to herself and that
her husband requires some recreation. too. Thii
Ia the beginning OF the trouble.
NIT MARPET.