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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-29

anyway, and was glad of it. By this
time tn whole boat was in an uproar,
a great noise below; then We heard
men coming up the ladders. TIL fell
Ter was terribly excited and thought
tn girl ID faint, but she was plucky
and just grabbed tn lover round tn
neck and waited, crouched down in
corner. Pretty soon We heard tn noise
of feet on tn sheet-iron roof and then
somebody called out, There they are
The four men run up to tn door and
didn't say a word; the youngest ones
lust collared that Teller and tn old man
and tn other one set down and held
thu girl between them-it was tn girls
father and her three brothers; tn two
with the Teller carried him to tn edge
of tn upper deck-there was yell
and a splash, and then cry below
among tn deck hans of Man over
board the girl just writhed and
screamed and said she ID jump in the
river with him, but they held her
down and the roustabouts threw rope
to tn Teller in tn water and dragged
him on deck, dripping wet to be sure,
but genteel looking for all that. The
Cap,n put him under guard below to
keep tn girls brothers off'n him, and
he sat shiverin' in his wet clothes till
we made tn next landin, when he give
the cabin boy his measure and sent
him out to buy some dry clothes and
the best suit in the town. Wondered
how he ID look in a ready made suit,
he was such q dandy-tall and bout
a. slim as that oar over there. When
tn, bow come back with tn clothes tn
Teller looked at tn suit and said it was
tn, right measure; then he went up to
a state-room, still under guard to keep
tn girls brothers of, and put on tn
new suit. Well, sir, the minute / saw
him I knew how it was; told the
Cap'n. and he got the girls father TO
let her come down and see her lover.
Well. she come down all tears and
trembling, but when she saw that fell
Ter in thu other suit, do you suppose
she'd look at him? No, sir; went BACK
on him fiat right there, and cool as
anything. knew it, simply case OF
ciothes-that Teller wasn't fit for fish
bait without his swell suit, and just
walked over and got tn wet buds, and
blow me if they wasn't read -madt
too-think of it-that Teller, slim as
rail and too swell for anything-how
he ever got suit Of clothes to MT hin
was more than could tell; but an lola
man on board sa id they was asuit o
tn, celebrated Happy Home Cloth
ingr sold by Anderson & DeClute, tn
big clothini fellers. and that just start
, ed me to moralizin' bit. When
| measley lubber with snaky eyes anc
: slim as a post, and no more charactel
, than a muskrat, can pass himself OF
for a gentleman by wearin' a certain
T brand of store clothes and win the In
!. nocent heart of the prettiest girl on tn
hull length of tn Neosho Valley simp
: " on tn set of his coat and tn han:
, of his pantaloons, say there ought Z
: he a law agin' it, and blast my eyes
, ever / go to lola if don't look up tina
: Anderson & DeCluts and tell them II
c good English what think of then
E and their high-toned Clothing, Shoe
: and Furnishing Goods you kins moth
!. er me with . tarpAuiin-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-29
A Piano Free.

A rare opportunity to obtain q.
grand Square Piano free Of cost
For the purpose Of closing out my
stock of spring and summer millinery
I will give to persons purchasing for
cash, ticket, for each dollars worth
of goods purchased which viii en-
title them to participate in the draw
ing for the Piano, which will take
place as soon as four hundred tickets
are issued.
This offer will stand until Sept 1st-
unless the tickets should be sooner is
sued. Said purchases to commence
Saturday June 18th.
JENNIE GosHoRS.
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p. EWAR1.
THE PILOTS STORY.
A TALE OF THE MISSISSIPPI.

"She was as trim little craft as ever
see,n said the Pilot-"with her hair
all fluffy and blowin' in tn breeze
and a trustful way of lookin' at We out
of her big brown eyes that would melt
the heart of pirate; why, she hadn't
been aboard two days till she was
poplar with tn hull crew-evsn tn
deck hans used to draw back respect
full like when tn first mate took her
below to see tn propeller shafts driy-
ing tn big sidewheels, and our second
inactivity, I'll be bowed if he didn't
swear at the roustabouts i'll a whisper
when tn gangplank was run out at a
landing. You'd laughed to hear him
yell, Haul ayl Haul ay there. Steady
now! Heave-to there! Heave away !!
Slack that line, 1 sayr with never an
oath, and he told me afterwards he
never struck one of tn niggers with
his club all one day till he said he was
afraid he'd get to be q missionary or
something, and went back and basted
them 8 few times while they were put
ting lime into the hold"
"As said, she was general favor
ite. but the second day she begun
to be uneasy-like and ask about tn
landin's, and where we expected to tie
up next, and how long and she'd stand
on deck and watch everybody that
come aboard, 'peared as though she
was expeetin' some one, sure enough
tn third morning about eight O'Clock
wemade another lsndin' and the slick
est Teller you ever see walked up tn
gangway and registered as passen-
ger. She didn't see him until he stood
right IN front of her, and then she gave
q little smothered scream and went up
TO him and took his both hands. They
spent nearly all day in the pilot house
that's always great place for spooney
couples on a steamboat, anyway. L
was at the wheel and didn't pay no
attention to 'em-kind of got into the
habit. YOU know, of being deaf and
blind in such cases, but l sized them
nm before they had been there an hour,
and saw just how it was, and | was
sorry for her because / had got to like
her unusual. l spotted him by his
ewes, though he was tn most geuteel
chap I ever see. She was runnin' away
from her pa and her ma with this fell
ler. He had put her aboard and then
gone father up the river by rail and
there took tn boat himself; felt like
warning her, but the Teller was so gen.
teel looking and so well dressed, and
then know'd it would be no use.
"a bout three O'Clock in the after
noon we passed small landing on tn
right bank where we most Away:
stopped, but had no freight for it anc
no word of any passengers. AS W.
pIowed along in mid-stream we coui6
see four men standin' on the landing
half a mile away waving their hat
like they wanted us to stop; wher
they saw us go by they got into skif
and rOwed for dear life and come alon:
side CALM for rope; we stopped III
wheels and took them aboard; tn fel
Ter and tn girl had walked out afor
of tn pilot house to tn front of tn up
per deck, and when tn men com
within hailin; distance tn girl scream
ed and they both run back into tn pilo
house, the Teller beggin' me to hid
lem away some place, but 1 just laugh
ed sf him. There was no place 70 hide
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| Can Suit You

Not only in Clothes, but in shoes --mOre
shoes than anybody---Straw hats, Para
soils, Fans, Light weight Dress Goods
and everything in that line.
want your trade and ! know the only
way to get 1t is to give you more value tor
your M0KEYhhan than anybody else does. II
YOU will come and let me show You goods and
prices K0U will not be disappointed
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gained a reputation to be proud OF.
The citizens of lola will be glad to
know that this house is to be highly
respectable in every respect and we
hope they will receive the support
they deserve.
~. d. Crabb was up from Cottage
Grove Wednesday. We regret to
learn that his crop has been almost
totally destroyed by the overflow from
the Neosho. In addition to this mis-
fortune he has been "Hokesmithed,"
as the boys are beginning to say for
short. In other words he has been
notified that mis- pension will be shut
off if he cannot furnish additional evil
dence of disability. Mr.. Crabb was a
daring and gallant soldier and he IS
suffering now from almost total deaf
ness incurred while serving the heavy
siege guns in front Of Vicksburg. And
vet his miserable pittance of $40 is to
be shut off in order that the pension
roll may be "purged"! n
For instance, Mrs. Cl{as. Rogers, OF
Bay City, Mich. accidentally spilled
scalding water over her little boy
she promptly applied DeWitt's
Witch Hazel Salve, giving instant re-
lief. Its a wonderfully good salve for
burns, bruises, sores, and sure eure
for piles. Cowan & Amsterdam.
The A. t. & 8. F. will sell 4th Of
July excursion tickets at one fare fol
1 the round trip minimum excursion
rate to ne 80 cents) between all sta
| lions on this line where one way rate
does not exceed $500. Tickets to DC
sold July and 4. return limit July B
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VIM Cunningham was down to his
farm the other day and sold his corn
at 40 cents q bushel. If this years
corn crop pans out what it promises,
and can be sold for forty cents BUSH
ell, every body in Allen county will be
wearing diamonds next fallT
Mr.. and Mrs. Otto Kruger have re.
turned from their visit to Colorado.
They were in Pueblo during the re-
cent floods there and have some in.
tsresting stories to tell about the
sights they saw. They report all
their folks out there doing well.
The Royal Baking Powder maui
tains its vigorous hold on the public
and is active and aggressive against
the impure and injurious baking pow
der palmed off on the people. In this
task it is performing a good work fol
honest and uneducated food producers
Mr.. J. p. Duncan is back from Fit
Worth, Texas, where he has been in
the interest of his publishing house
for several weeks. He says the op
position is so much split up down
there that there is possibility o
Texas electing Republican Governor
this fall.
E. F. Caldwell, formerly Of Carlyle
where his father, J. A. Caldwell, still
lives, Is a candidate in Douglas cOun
ty for the Legislature, and is receiv
ing very fiattering endorsements from
the Lawrence papers. He is a man o
great push and energy and would
make an active member of the Legis
lature.
H. Nelson, Swede Of Elsmor
township, was brought before tn
Probate Court Wednesday in orde
that his mental condition might be in
quired into. 1t was the opinion Of tn
jury that he was insane, and applies
ton has been made for his admission
to tine asylum. He was taken hom
by his family pending the result
the application. His mania seems {
, have taken the direction Of fear tina
, somebody is going to kill him, An
that he must kill somebody.
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bit Of present did I bring her but my
sci: Did you niver get the iligant gowns
l STINT you from New York? The ship put
In there before we set out on our voyage,
an thought what pleasure you would
take intirely wild wearin' of the weeds
Oh, Terry? says /, an was il you that
stint them? / thought they were from the
butler, an here they've been lynn all the
time Tor niver rag Of them would / put
on at all, at ALL
with that he had me put on one of the
dresses. an he said it was too bad should
have deprived myself of one of the privi-
leges of my widdyhood whin / had the
chance, especially as he was now con-
WINGED that this was the only privilege
cared for. an now his comm home must
not be the slightest hindrance to my pleas
ure an 1 must wear them for his sake
as they were the only New Year prisent
he had for me.
AN when came to consider, It seemed
only right an proper I should do so. for
shure no man deserved more to be mourn
ed for, an here was a matter Of nearly
two years, when / ought to have incurred
for him, that oidn't, an shure hadn't
given my word to the butler that would
wear mournin' for Terry when Terry him.
self came back an tould me to?
80 that Is the explanation of the whole
conundrum, an you may ask Terry himself
II it isn't a merry mournin' to him as well
as 10 me-"
"Shure mum, it's that same" said Ter
ence O'Flaherty, and the coachman. who
had lounged into the lodge In time to heal
the last part of the recital, took his little
wife upon his knee and, imprinting a rous
ing smack on her rosy cheek, added-"an
it's not permitted to every man to have
the pleasure Of consolin' his own wildly"
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I was shown the 200 different kinds Of
shot and shrapnel which are made here.
They are now turning out about 10000
pounds of shot day, and they have made
recent experiments with Chinese iron
which demonstra its superiority in some
respects over any other iron Of the world.
No one knows much about the mineral
resources Of China. But coal and iron are
said to exist in nearly every one of the
eighteen states or provinces Of the empire.
and there have been some iron mines which
have been worked for years. Up to this
time. China has been importing the raw
material for her arsenals. but she is now
experimenting with her own supplies. and
the manufacturing China of the future will
probably be entirely Independent Of the
rest Of the world. The coal and iron for
nations of the province of Chill are said to
be the largest In the world, and the
product Is unsurpassed. The iron now used
in about the center of China, and some
Idea of its character may be learned from a
test which was recently made here A shot
was cast Of this iron for a three-inch rifle,
and 1t was fired against a target with the
same charge and the same gun in compe-
tition with imported shot of steel. The
target consisted Of three iron plates an
inch thick, interviewed with boards of
god. The steel shot penetrated the target,
but none of them went through It, The
Chinese cast-iron shot passed clear through
the target and was lost. The process of
manufacture of the iron is not known at
Iron plates or slabs. from half an inch to
two inches thick, and l should say, at
guess. for / did not measure them, fifteen
by twenty-five inches in size I saw
great quantity of the ore lying outside of
the foundry. 1t Is of reddish brown color
and looks much like some which we get
from the Lake Superior mines. The pigs
or slabs are laid down here at about twenty
dollars ton, or ten dollars ton in gold
thus costing about half a cent a pound
Mr.. Cornish tells me that the Chinese
make castings of iron which would be con-
sidered impossible in America. They will
cast kettles as big as the largest American
apple butter kettle. holding about as much
fluid an old-fashioned wash tub, and
only sixteenth of an inch thick These
kettles are wonderfully strong You would
think they would snap like glass, but they
are thrown about as though they were
made of copper. and are very hard to break
In the experiment above mentioned Mr.
Cornish told me that he had no idea that
the shot would go through the target, and
he was disappointed In not being able to
find 1t. He says the iron Is far superior to
the average European iron. and that he Is
satisfied that 1t is made with charcoal. 1t
does not melt easily. however. and the
foundries do not like It.
There are hundreds Of steam engines Of
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tells me that he found that parts which
he had thought it impossible for China
man to turn out. and which he had ex-
pected would have to be imported at great
expense from Europe. had been made by
these men from drawings. Some of them
are so expert that only general directions
and the knowledge of the results required
need be given them, and they will straight
way make the designs and castings. / was
shown one machine-I think II was for the
rffiing of some of the guns. though / am
not sure as to this-which contained a
screw of only three inches in diameter ard
thirty-five feet long, which was designed
and cut by Chinaman, and L took u time
exposure Of a yellow-faced Chinaman, who
makes the finest Of the improved sights
OF the Armstrong guns. The work Is as
delicate and as beautiful as that of a
matchmaker. and there Is an improvement
on the original, which this man has added.
The rifiing machine for the big guns would
have cost $4,000 to import. These China
men were shown the drawings, and they
made 1t for half that sum. 1t is so in near
ly every variety of machinery. and among
the things now actually being made in
these works are all sorts of modern PRO-
jectiles. from the revolver bullet up to
great shots of steel weighing / 200 pounds.
They make cartridges from those fitted
for revolver to the kind required for a
six-inch rifle. and / saw Cinnamon drilling
steel. cutting out grape shot and making
brass cartridge cases from disks of metal
and paid visit to the warehouses, where
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Readers for Cigar Makers.

Literature and tobacco go together in
Key West" said a citizen Of that tight little
island to Star reporter. Every cigar fac
tory has its regularly employed reader who
comes to work with the rest Of the people
in the morning and reads to them all day"
who pays the reader?"
THE work people. A small amount is
deducted for this purpose from the wages
of each employee. The plan is adopted by
the manufacturers as an economical exped-
lent. 1t keeps the workers from talking
and so prevents interruption Of their labor. "
But why should not the work people roll
cigars and talk at the same timer"
Because they cannot talk without gestic-
ulating. That wouldn't do at all, you see.
Besides, the reader, by engaging the atten-
tion of the hands, prevents Quarrels among
them"
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latest of modern magazine rthesi
An army of two thousand celestials In
blue gowns with their big tails tightly
wound about their half-shaven heads ma
nipulating with their slender yellow I'm
gers the finest of the modern worlds I'M
proved machinery, and doing successfully
all kinds OF factory work under Chinese
foremenI
These are some Of the wonders saw At
the great government arsenal near here to-
day.
Any one who thinks that China II asleep
to what Is going on In the modern world
has only to visit one Of its great govern
ment gun factories to be convinced of his
mistake. I have spent some time at the
gun works OF the Washington navy yard.
where are being built the guns for our
largest warships. We pride ourselves upon
them as a nation and consider them among
the finest gun works OF the world. Away
out here In China there are similar foun-
dries doing even more wonderful work.
and that to a large extent with native
made machinery. and just now with Chi
nese iron and Chinese coal OF the two
thousand lhen employed In the Shanghai
works only two are foreigners, and these
are consulting engineers. one Of whom,
Mr.. y. E. Cornish. Is an Engnshman from
Devonshtre. who was for years connected
with the great Armstrong gun works In
England. and the other, Mr.. Blunt. an Eng
hshman who not only knows how to run
all kinds Of machinery, but has invented
several engines. and who. with Mr.. Cornish.
Is making many improvements in the Chi
nese munitions Of war over those Of other
nations 1t was through Mr.. Cornish that
! was able to go over the gun works. and
ha6 wit
managers. foremen and workmen.
Leaving the Hotel Des Colonies. In the
foreign quarter OF Shanghai, / rode in q
1lnriksha, pulled by two men, far out into
the country. The day was cold. raw and
rainy. but decided to risk arrest by TAX
Ing my camera with me. and. wrapped in
oiled silk. IL lay between my legs as we
dashed through the muddy streets crowded
With bars-lsgged coolies in hats as big as
umbrellas and rain coats Of reddish
brown tute. who were carrying heavy loads
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originated There are only q few thousand
Of them In this barracks, and they are but
q small part Of the army Of the Viceroy Of
Marking. who lives at his capital In the tn
terror.
Reaching the arsenal we stopped for a
moment under a white wall. on which was
gaudy painting Of one of the heroes Of
Chinese mythology, who Is supposed to give
luck to the officers within, while one Of
these Chinese soldiers took my card In to
Mr.. Cornish. and moment later was
inside Of these vast works and surrounded
by the din of machinery. Practically the
only difference between these works ana
those of any Of the great gun factories
which the Chinese delight in. and with
which they paint not only the interior wood
work of their shops. but some Of their ma
chimes as well, and In the fact that all of the
work Is done by Cinnamon. The first room
we entered was Of about the size of the
biggest shop IN the Washington navy yard.
1t covered. judge, about an acre Of space,
and in It were being turned out some
twelve-inch guns for the navy. You have
seen pictures of such guns in the news
papers. They are the biggest made at our
navy yard. and they are immense iron can
non. the barrels Of which are thirty-fve
feet long. and which fire projectiles of steel
which weigh thousand pounds. To make
one Of these guns costs in the neighborhood
Of $4,000. and the Chinese are now just
finishing their fourth gun Of this kind.
Those completed have been tested. and
shown equal to anything made in Europe or
America, and the projecttles for the guns
are made here. The Chinese. however, like
the other nations Of the world. now be-
lisve that these immense guns are not SO
good for defense and warfare on the sea as
the smaller varieties, and they will build no
more of them at present. Near these 1 saw
some twenty-hve-ton guns, and then visited
the shops. where about 300 Cinnamon were
at work making the latest improved pat
terms Of Armstrong rapid firing guns. /
looked at a 4.7-inch gun of this kind which
had just been completed. and was shown
its working. 1t moved SO easily that baby
could have almost worked 1t, and the Chi
nese foreman in charge told me that they
had just finished a dozen of these weapons.
and that they were now working on some
which would fire 10O-pound shot.
China has no scruples as to patents, and
| she gets now all of the latest improve
ments in war machinery and copies them
| here. There is no doubt about the great
| mechanical ability of the Chinese. Here
are two thousand men, who have been
brought up on lines entirely different from
| those on which they are now working. and
| they make as expert workmen as our me-
| chanics, who have had generations of
hereditary descent and years Of experience.
A great part of the machinery used here
| was made by Cinnamon. and Mr.. Cornish
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A Visit to the Great Arsenal at
Shanghai.
THE CELEOFIALS PREPARING FOR War
Acres of Foundries and Thousands
Of Workingmen.
MAKING MODERN ORDNANCE

Copyrighted. 1894 By Frank q. oarps.eaa
epsoiai Cerrsspoodencs Of The Evening saas.
SHANGHAI. China. March - 1894
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Baby's Compliment.
From Happenchance.

trom Happenchance.
His father and mother were both away,
And baby and had been friends all day;
Many and gay were the games We played,
Baby ordered and obeyed-
We cared not at all for the rainy sky,
We built us block house three feet high;
We threw pine knots on the nursery IRE
And watched the flames mount higher and higher.
We hid I'm the most improbable hooks,
We looked at the pictures in all his books;
We ran in tag till his cheeks were red
And his curls were tangled about his head.
SO when the twilight was closing down
over the fields and woodlands brown,
And nurse declared We must say good night,
He chung to me still In the soft freight,
He trampled my gown with his rough little fset,
He climbed on my lap and kissed me sweet
And. as he scrambled from on my knee,
You'd make good mother" said baby to "a
1 have had compliments now and then
From grown-up women and grown-up msa,
ZONE were commonplace, some were new,
Never was one Of them rung so true,
Never was one seemed half 30 real;
Baby compared me to his ideal!
$. ST. q. LAwRENCE
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" = II u N d X ID d
factories for the
making Of arms ana
munitions Of warl
Vast foundries for
the smelling and
rolling of steell
Gun works turning
out cannon a. big az
the biggest now be-
ing made at the
Washington n q " y
yardi Shops cover
ing acres devoted to
the making Of the