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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-10
SOME NOTES AND COMMENTS.

The light tower in the middle Of the
square is a permanent fixture. The
citizens subscribed for the fund to
erect it, but the city will pay the ex-
pense of keeping it lighted. 1t is an
ornament to the town.
The United Brethren cleared about
$75 on the Fourth. 1t would have
been $50 except that some son of Belial
passed counterfeit S. bill on them.
The town people say that they want
the REGISTER to give special credit
to Frank Jackson, of Spring Branch,
for the help he gave them They do
not know how they could have got
along without him.
The funny thing about it is that the
ones who kick the hardest when
there is any little hitch in a public
matter, are the very ones who never
pay dollar or do an hours work to
keep things from hitching. The next
time you hear a man kicking about
the smelter or the gas business or the
Fourth of July or anything else, ask
him how much time or money he
spent to push the thing along that he
complains of, and see if what we say
isn't so.
In his speech at the park on the
Fourth, Mr.. Campbell, who has
known the canyons for years, con-
graduated lola on having acquired
them as citizens, and prophesied that
their smelter would be only the first
of the great manufacturing plants
that would surely come to lola. Mr..
Campbell paid the highest tribute to
the Lanyon Brothers as business
men and christian gentlemen.
One of the few accidents suffered in
lola on the Fourth was by Mr.. Jesse
Whiteman, of Logan township, whose
horse became frightened at the sud-
den breaking forth of the gas whistles
and ran away, throwing him out of
the cart and disappearing. Up to
this date no sign of either horse or
cart has been found, although diligent
search has been made. If any reader
of the REGISTER has taken them up,
word should be addressed to Mr..
Whiteman at Humboldt, who will be
grateful to receive it.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-10

anything that is Allen county's to
give, he can have it.
THE BALL GAME.
1t was q good game, we reckon.
But the way they licked us was
enough to wiring tears from the eyes
of the Goddess of Liberty on the hard
iron dollars that were put up by the
fellows that were betting on lola.
From the beginning to the end they
didn't do a thing to us but eat us right
up. They didn't leave hide nor hair
nor tooth nor nail nor spike from a
shoe nor fragile from suit Of clothes
to show that we had ever been in a
game. In fact the job was done so
thoroughly that when it was over,
five thousand people who had been
right there all the time and had seen
the whole thing, swore with one
mighty and unanimous swear that we
were not in it and had not been at
any time. Seven to nothing in favor
of Humboldt! Oh for the days of
our youth! But our artist was on the
grounds and his pictures tell the story
better than we have the heart to do.
THE GAS CARNIVAL.
: That was what brought the crowd
here. That was the thing that filed
the long felt want. The people have
been hearing for the past five years
about the great gas wells in and
around lola, but they had never seen
or heard the gas, except as it appear
stove. In their secret hearts many,
if not most of them, thought that the
whol4thing had been grossly exag-
gerated, that it was all a...newspaper
story which was to be discounted at
least half And so when it was an
nOunced that on the day and the even
ing of the Fourth of July lola would
give ocular and auricular demonstra-
ton of the fact that the newspapers
had been telling the truth, everybody
within reach determined to come and
see and hear for himself.
And to say that they were satisfied
would be to put it mildly. They were
satiated. They saw flames till their
eyes were blinded. They heard
whistles and screams till their ears
were aching. They felt the rumblings
and roarings until they were ready to
believe that everything was about to
break loose.
Seriously, it was splendid display.
The Missouri Pacific road had kindly
loaned ten locomotive whistles, and
the gas was turned into these at inter
walls during the day, making a noise
that was easily heard at Humboldt.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-10

burst by the tremendous pressure,
the heavy iron giving way and blow
ing out as if it were putty or clay. At
no time was the full force of the well
turned on. for the simple reason that
the mains could not hold it.
1t was a magnificent display, far
exceeding the expectations even of
our own citizens, and elieiting ex-
pressions of wonder and delight from
all our visitors. 1t is such a display
as was not only never before given
west of the Mississippi river, but as
could not be given by any other town
west of the great river except lola. In
his address on the street in the even
ing, which was listened to with the
closest attention by thousands of peo-
pie. Mr.. L. c. Beatty, the superin-
tendent of the Palmer Oil company
interests in this state, declared it to
be his deliberate judgement that the
natural gas field now developed at
lola was the largest in size, the
strongest in volume and the best in
quality yet developed in the world.
And Mr.. Beatty is not only a man
who knows all about every gas field
in America, bat he is man who tells
the truth. AS a matter OF comparison
he stated, what every body here knows
to be fact, that when gas is struck
here the flow continues to grow
stronger as the wells are left open.
The Remsberg we'll, for example,
when first struck was probably flow
ing between eight and ten millions of
cubic feet of gas daily. But now,
after flowing for three weeks, resist
ing all efforts to shut it down, its
volume could not be less than 12,000,-
600 cubic feet daily. In all other
fields, on the contrary, the wells were
strongest when first struck, and in q
short time diminished to a half or q
quarter of the volume with which
they started. Mr.. Beatty predicted
a brilliant future for lola as a result
of the discoveries of gas here, and
every reference that he made to the
future greatness of the town was
roundly Gheered.
1T WILL BE REPEATED.
The success of the gas carnival was
so great, and the value of it as an ad-
vertisemeut for the town was so ap-
parent, that a repetition of it on yet
grander scale was Immediately sug-
gested, and plans looking to that end
are already partly completed. The
idea is to have the carnival every
night during the week of the Fair in
September, and run excursion trains
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-10

if the final conflagration was begun.
All the gas that was shown up
town, except that which Illuminated
the park fence, came from the Beatty
well on the Northrup place, and was
kindly donated by the Palmer Oil
company. And for all the great show
that it made it is safe to say that
nearly half of it escaped before it got
to the square, as the pipe was leaking
at every joint. And at four different
times the pipe that conveyed it was
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-10

bach burners, enclosed in an octago-
nal lantern, beacon to the country
for miles around. In the square an
engine was running by direct pres
sure from the wells, while opposite
the court house the engine that turned
the Ferris wheel was running by
steam with gas as the fuel. In addi-
ton to all this the entire force of the
Cooperative we'll was turned loose
and set on fire, making a grand and
awful sight as the fierce flames leaped
hundred feet into the air, roaring as
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-10

nine miles away, and that was seve-
raj times during the day distinguished
at Bronson, eighteen miles way. In
the evening the gas was lighted as it
escaped from these whistles, and the
sight was beautiful almost beyond
comparison. Look at the steam as it
escapes the next time you see loco
motive whistle, and then fancy that
steam set on fire and burning with
blue and green and yellow flames.
Around three sides of the square the
gas was burning in a torch a foot
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-10

high from every panel of the fence; at
the southeast corner of the square a
five brarched torch, with big stove
burner on each branch was giving out
a flood of light; at the southwest cor
ner three arches, lifted high above
the street, showed an almost contin-
uous line of flame; while in the center
of the square, at the top of light and
graceful tower, sixty feet from the
ground, glowed a dazzling circle of
light from sixteen incandescent Wells
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-10
SOME EMBARRASSING MISTAKES.

SOME EMBARRASSING MISTAKES.
Every citizen felt vexed and asham-
ed when the discovery was made that
the grounds had not been supplied
with ice wster, and the committee on
the grounds was roughly called to
account. 1t was able to clear its
skirts, however, for it replied that
contract had been n ade with man
living here to take a number of bar
rels to the grounds and haul water to
keep them filled all day, and that it
had bought ice to keep the water cold.
The ice showed up all right but there
were no barrels to put it in, and the
man who had agreed to haul the
water utterly failed to put in an APP
pearance. AS soon as it was report
ed up town that there was no water
on the ground, the committee in
structed the Marshal to hire any
body at any price to supply the lack,
but nobody could be found. Every
body in lola regrets the annoyance
and discomfort that this unfortunate
mishap occasiOned our guests, but it
seems as if there is only one man to
blame, and he has not yet shewn up
to explain why he failed to carry out
his contract.
Another oversight which was very
embarrassing, was the failure to have
the speakers stand decorated with
the flag. The committee talked
about this at one of their meetings.
and arranged where they were to
get the flags, but they failed to des-
ignate some particular person to at
tend to.the matter and hence it was
not attended to. The committee
acknowledge their error and offer
their apologies.
There was good deal of criticism
because the whistles did not begin
earlier in the morning and continue
more uninterruptedly at night. The
explanation is that when the gas
was turned on in the morning it blew
out the collar of joint of pipe and it
took time and work to repair the
break. And the same thing happen
ed about nine o'clock in the evening.
We don't think that any of our visit
Ors were disappointed because the
noise was not louder or more cOntinu-
Gus. The committee. worked hero
ically in the mud first and afterwards
in the dark to mend the breaks, and
they deserve praise and thanks rather
than criticism from all over town,
and particularly from those who
never worked an hour and never gave
cent to make the day a success.
On the whole, however, considering
that the crowd was twice as large as
anybody expected, considering that
on account of the rain the committee
did not know whether anybody was
coming until every body began pour
ing in, considering that the gas part
of the show was all new business to
those who were called on to manage
it, the mishaps and the disappOint-
ments were fewer rather than more
than might have been expected.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-10

from Kansas City, st. Louis and per-
haps from points farther east. Some
such plan us this will be carried out /,
but the details of course cannot be
given now.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-10

1t was great day with US, a red
letter day, and one that will remain
bright in the annals of lola for many
long years to come.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-10
THE FOURTH OF JULY.

My! But it was great day with
US!
Crowds! You never saw the like
Gas! You would have thought that
hades had broke loose
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-07-10
IOLA'S DAY OF DAYS
Last Saturday Celebration a
Gorgeous and Unqual-
flied Success.
A BIG HAPPY CROWD
Estimated at From 5000 to 10000
People Enjoy the Day and
the Night.

EVERYBODY DELIGHTED AND SURPRISED.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-06
The Queer Little Horsehair Snake.

There are perhaps more sUpcrstitiOns,
folklore, errors, etc, connected with the
birth ana after life of the so called horse
hair snake than there are concerning any
other creature of its size in existence
Most people believe that they are horse
hairs which have through some mysterious
twist in nature been converted into living
organisms, This gives us n good chance to
digrcss and discuss the old and oft exploded
theory OF the spontaneous generation of
life, but we shall not do SO, but shall con
Inc ourselves strictly to what we know
about the horSchair snake and to what
Others have told us
During the summer of 1893 while ont
collecting oddities it was our good fortune
to capture Il real live snake not larger in
diameter than common pin. The queer
creature was swimming in pond at the
time ana was easily captured in an insect
net. The next day the creature was sent
to Miss Mary Murtfcldt, The Republics
entomologist, and in due time her reply to
an accompanying letter was received She
said:
The creature is n true hair snake. the
scientific name of which is Gordius auuati-
Gus. In one of its stages of existence it Is
parasite in the bodies of some of our
larger locusts or grasshoppcrs They are
frequently found in troughs from which
horses have been watcrcd, and on that nc
count are supposed To be horschairs which
have become animate st. Louis Re
public.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-06
= -
WHY MULES KICK.
The Wonderful Freaks of a Playful Ami
NAL In Virginia.

Mules don't always kick because they
are mad or dislike things or because they
are vicious. Some mules kick out of play
fulness, just us young dog likes to chew
your hand and growl as If he wanted to eat
you. Colonel Hopkins, who lives near
Winchester Va, used to own playfully
kicking mule and got u great deal of
amusement out of the animal until one day
it kicked him through the stable door
Dick, the mule, always had fit of kicking
when any one went into the stable to get
him. The negro would take bride, reach
through the feed hole and unfasten Dicks
rope. Then he would go into the stable
and say, Come, Dick, and the perform
ancc would begin. Dick would begin to
kick and squeal and back out of the stall
toward the negro, who would retreat into
another stall and get under the feed
trough. Dick would amusc himself kick
ing the trough for minute or so, and then
he would gravely turn around to be bridlcd.
But no one could ride him-at least no one
ever did The farmland whose lot it
was to pillow with Dick had to walk if the
pillow was mile from the stable. Dick
was not in the free transportation business.
He established his reputation when he was
young. negro man with legs long
enough to wrap around the mule got en-
ployment on Colonel Hopkins farm and
begged for the privilege of blowing Dick,
giving notice that he would ride him
There We're several witnesses, one of whom
met an acquaintance u few days afterward
and said:
"Jim, is you hycard bout Long Frank"
"Naw, l amt. Is he dcadg''
81 dunno. Hits pow'ful cuyus bout
dat Niger"
CLOVIS dat: Watts you talllin bout"
"I'zc talllin bout Long Frank. Hit wuz
dis way: He hired hisSc'f ter wuk fer lIur-
mel Hopkins an says ez how he wanted ter
pillow dat bay muel Dick. De kurncl say
ez how he Ipout do dat, an den Long Frank
went crazy, he did. He led dat mucl out
in dc stable lot, jes' gin one jump an lit on
Dicks back"
Is dat SO? An wut happen dcn?''
OATS wut l'zc bin studyiu bout l
see Long Frank lock his feet under Dicks
belly, an arter dat dar ain nobody knows
zactly wut happen. Dus' an dirt an gravel
an such wuz flung up in dc ar, an wen
things got SOS we could see dar WIZ Dick
walkin bout wild Long Frank galluses
wroppcd roun his hin legs. Scncc dat
time Oar ain nobody see Long Frank, an
dars IA 'spishun dat sometimes done gone
wrong wild i'm. Chicago Chronicle
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-06
TWO LIVES SAVED.

Mrs. Phoebe Thomas, of Junction CITY.
Ill, was told by her doctors she had con
sumption and that there was no hope for
her. bat two bottles of DIR. Kings New
Discovery completely cured her and she
says II saved her life Mr. Thos Eggers.
l:9 Florida St, san Francisco, suffered
from dreadful cold, approaching con
sumption. tried without result everything
else, then bought one bottle of DR. King
New Discovery and in TWO weeks was
cured. He Is naturally thankful. It is
such results. of which these are SAMPLES.
that prove the wonderful efficacy uf this
medicine in Coughs and Colds. Free
trial bottles at Massie's Pharmacy Reg
ular size soc. and 81
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-06
WISCONSIN REPUBLICANS.
The State Convention Endorses the S
Louis Platform and Candidates.

The State Convention Endorses the S..
Louis Platform and Candidates.
Milwaukee, Wis, August 5.-The
Republican State convention was called
to order at noon to-day in the exposition
building by Chairman Coe, OF the Re
publican State central committee.
G. A. Lamoreau, OF Ashlsnd, was
chosen temporary chairman and in his
speech be claimed for the Republicans OF
the Badger State the credit OF having
first advocated the nomination of
Mckinley. He said no truer or better
Republicans are to be found than those
who make up the party in Wisconsin.
On reassembling g. M. Griffin, OF
EuClaire, Wis, WAS made permanent
chairman. The platform was then
presented and adopted. Isendorses the
candidates and platform of the st.
Louis convention and condemns the
Chicago platform as dangerous 10 the
public good.
The money question is dismissed In
single declsration, Sound money" and
IAN equitable protective tariff" are
demanded; non-sectsrisnism in public
affairs favored, and the restriction OF
immigration is called for.
Nominating speeches for governor
were then made, followed by seconding
speeches. An ad tournament was taken
sill 10 o'clock tomorrow when a ballot
will be taken.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-06
GIANTS FELL DOWN.

Baltimore, Md, August 5-The
Champions easily defeated 6 Giants
to-day. In the fifth inning Connauyh-
toms long drive into the open stand 'ol-
lowing two successive nits caused New
York TO tally three, and in the seventh
Gleason's two-bagger, followed by two
outs, gave the visitors their other run
Esper pitched sn admirable game, while
the Cham pions scene able 10 bat Dai
Clarke at will. Attendance OLE.
Baltimore 10 runs. - bits, | error.
New York runs, hits. errors. Rat
teries: Esper and Clarke; Clarke, Get
finger and Warner Umpire, Sheridan
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-06
VISITS THE QUEEN.
Ii Hung Chang Receives Many Courte-
sizes en- HIS Trip,

London, Aug 5.-Li Hung Chang and
his suite went by special train to Ports
mouth today in order to cross to the
Isle of Wight and visit the queen at
Osborne. He WAS received at Ports
mouth by numbe of distinguished
naval officers and others and q salute of
nineteen guns WAS fred when he board
ed the royal yacht Alberta. which was
In waiting.
Upon leaving Portsmouth the yacht
made detour and gave the distinguish.
ed traveller view of the large feet Of
warships assembled In those waters and
also permitted him to se about as large
and attractive fleet of pleasure craft
as ever assembled In the Solent. The
Chinese statesman was sAluted by the
feet and continued on his way TO Cowes,
where he was received by the Prince OF
Wales, who escorted him to Osborne.
The Marquis OF Salisbury presented Ii
HING Chang TO Her Majesty.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-06
How to Suppress thA Kew Woman.

"No," Mr. NIeekton said, I don't
complain about these new woman ideas
1 just accept things as they come"
But there's no telling where it Is
going to stop!" exclaimed his appre-
hcnsive friend.
II know it.
"They II have us setting the table and
rocking the baby before they get
through. "
That's the situation am looking for.
ward to- When that occurs, rocking the
baby and setting the table will come to
be regarded as masculine occupations.
Then the ladies' clubs will hold meet
ings and mako speeches and say that
they ought to be allowed to run such
enterprises, and we can quietly let them
have their own way about it, and have
everybody happy. Washington Star.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-06
When Destitute of Hunor.

There appear to be whole races of men
the North American Indians and the Gin
Galesc NeddaS, for cXamplc-that are dcs-
titutc of the sense of the ludicrous. And
in the higher races this sense is by no
means universally found. The richest in
tellccts possess it in amplcst measure. The
absence of it is sure indication of mental
poverty. Here comes fool. Let's be
grave, said Charles Lamb upon one occa.
sion. And l remember friend of my own
observing of a somewhat taciturn person
whom we had met, - He must be a man of
sense, for although he said little he laugh
ed in the right place" That laugh is n
manifestation of intellectual abundance OF
exubcrance 1t Is something over and
above the actual work of life. And so we
may adapt to our present purpose certain
words of Schiller in his "Lcttors on rs
thetic Education, Man sports (spielt) only
when he is man in the full Specification of
the word, and then only is he complete
man (gans mensch) when he sports -
need hardly observe how grossly this
faculty of the ludicrous may he abused.
There is nothing more diabOlical-in the
strictcSt sense of the word--than to turn
into ridiculc whatsoever things are true,
Whatsoever things are honest, Whatsoever
things are Just, whatsoever things are pure
Whatsoever things are lovely, Whatsoever
things are of good report There is no
more dctcstablc occupation than that OF
"sapping solemn creed with solemn
sncer " But it is a maxim of jurispru-
dcnce, "Abusus non tollit usum." And
this holds universally .-Fortuightly Re
view
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-06
Care of the Eyes.

The care needed to be given to our eyes is
yearly becoming moro apparent. The first
step in caring for the eyes is To- Use them
but sparingly. The strain of steady and
continuous work is generally injurious
even 70 strong eyes The woman who has
to use her eyes steadily should give them
frequent, even if brief vacations If She
has u write all day, or if she scvs contin-
uously' she should give her eyes five min
utcs resting spell every two hours Drop
ping the work, closing the eyes and keep
Ing them closed for even this brief time
rests not only the eyes bat the brain. and
the work Is easier and more inspiring aft
erward. Those who are obliged To use
the eyes all day at business should not use
them more than is necessary i'm the even
ing. Fine sewing, reading and writing
should be quite eschcwcd. New York
Ledger.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-06
ESCAPED A SHTr-OUT.

Brooklyn, Aug. The Phillies look
ed good for a shut out at Eastern Park
today until LsChAnce and Corcoran
made errors in the ninth inning. PAYNE
then suddenly went NJ into the air and
three runs for the Q,ukers was the re
suit Up to this time Payne allowed
the visitors but five hits. Keener WAS
an easy mark. Attendance 500
Brooklyn runs, ! hits, errors:
Philadelphia runs, ; hits errors
Batteries: Payne and Pnrrell; Keener
and Clements. Umpire Hurst.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-08-06
BEAT THE SENATORS OUT.

Boston, August 5-The Bostons
punched iheir hits in the first inning in
20 days game and by sharp fielding and
good playing and pi.ching by sullivan
beat the Senators ut by enc run.
Mercer also pitched coed game, hut
the visitors were unable 10 ge. their
hi s together.
Boston runs, 10 hits, error; Wash
inRton : runs, G hits, errors BATTER
les: Sullivan and Berger Mercer and
Mcclure. Umpire. Lynch.