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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-03-06
WAR "REMINISCENCES.
a MARROW ESCAPE.
An Incident of the Assault Upon Yicks-
burg.

An Incident of the Assault Upon yicks-
burg.
| My regiment was attached to Smiths
brigade, Blaire's division of Grants
army, at Vicksburg. We had made our
assault of May n and were now reform
ing our lines and preparing for another
assault on their works.
Two days had elapsed and we were
ready for our task. On the 22d we were
ordered to occupy one of those waves OF
hills that offered such excellent oppol-
tunities for the defense of Nicksburg.
The crest was about 500 yards in adj
vance of our artillery line and about an
equal distance from the confederate in
trenchments. We advanced in good or
der and reached the crest with slight
loss and lay down to await orders for
the final assault. AS we lay upon our
backs gazing upward we looked into an
italian sky, cloudless and serene. 1t
was a typical Sunny South day.
warm, without discomfort, the air
balmy and fragrant, not leaf stirred,
all nature seemed to be peacefully rest
ing, in strong contrast to the roar OF
war that was now rending this peace
full vale, only to be equaled by Heavens
laundering guns when the storm king
is abroad in his power.
Being located midway between our
artillery and that of the enemy, with
the roar of the guns on either side, and
kissing, screaming shot and shells hurt
ling over our heads, made our po-
sition hell of demoniacal sounds, but
sc protected that we carefully listened
t. the roar and philosophically contem-
plated the chances of victory or defeat.
Our reverie, however, was soon rudely
aroused by a thud and a little cloud of
dust but few feet down the hill from
where we lay. Comparatively safe from
the enemy's fire, our blue lines in plain
sight of our gunners, we confided in the
correctness of their aim. But here
comes a shot from our guns-Water-
houses battery --plunging into cur line.
Col. Hoge sent an orderly, acquainting
the gunners with their carelessness.
AS the shot had struck but few feet
below where l lay, it is needless to say
7 watched the further firing of that
gun with interest. Ten minutes elapsed
and shots passed safely over. 1 was
lying resting on my left elbow. Cor
poral Bird, manly soldier, lay upon his
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-03-06
Marketing Fancr Frni1

Adiscouraging fact to the fruit grow
er who is trying to put fancy goods on
the market is that the vender will be
almost sure to give buyers the wrong
name of varieties. This nullifies much
of the growers efforts. About the oniv
way to overcome this difficulty is to
plainly brand each package with it's true
name. These fancy" varieties could
he shipped in one, two and four quart
baskets in crates. as strawberries only.
so as to go to consumers in the original
packages. This is being done in a small
way at certain markets. Each basket
is stenciled with name of variety, pri-
vate brand of the grower, and his add
dress. Consumers thus learn to recoo-
nlze both grower and variety, and in
time will insist upon having only his
fruit.-N. E. Homestead.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-03-06

slight idea of the rigid rules of war
like discipline. But on the whole they
did well.
1t was one balIny September evening.
just that time of the year when the cool
breeze is laden with the rich odors of
the dying leaves and full of an exhil-
arating crispness that seems to fill
ones blood with dreams of love and
happiness. The moon was just peeping
from behind bank of clouds resting
on the crests of the Blue Ridge, and the
line of light crept down the sides and
crawled across the fields of waving
corn, and the meadows full of chirping
insects. About in the field were scat
tered the white tents of the confed-
crates, and beneath them the tired men
were deep in slumber.
One of the most ignorant men had
been put out as picket, and for hours
he trod his beat, watching with eager
eye the lights from the distant farm
houses, lest some fire of an enemy's
camp break out into the gloom. The
air was warm and fragrant, and the
soldiers mind was full of the romance
of the situation.
Presently the moon sank behind the
dark pillows of the cloud bank and the
world was wrapped in silence and dark
ness. But in each bush there sparkled
a glOwwOrm, and about in the air cir
culated some of the bright insects
known as lightning bugs" whose tiny
tell is seemingly pointed with fire.
Now the sentry suddenly became
alarmed and gave the signal, and the
camp was soon in turmoil. The men.
hastily awakened from their sleep, be-
gan to saddle up, and were full of de-
light at the thought of meeting the
enemy, whose campfires, so the senti-
mel said, had just cleaned out from a
distant hill.
The men were ranged up to begin
their march, the colonel exhorted them
that this was the time to win their
spurs" and all was excitement, when
the sentinel creDt up to the colonel.
Colonel" said the fellow in a dis
comfited voice, 81 am mighty sorry.
but have made mistakc-there is no
campfire of the enemy-it's lightning
bug-you see, L am a bit near-sighted."
and the men crept back to hide under
the flap of the desolate tent, while the
dlsgruntled men took themselves again
to slumber.-Philadelp Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-03-06
BnH Only the Best of Tree.

In buying trees, after you have made
up your mind what you want, be very
certain that you get good trees and true
varieties. a blunder in this can never
be remedied without serious loss.
Never buy sorts you do not want be-
cause the trees look nice, or because the
nurseryman, being overstocked, offers
them at reduced price. Such sorts
might be all right in a family orchard,
but all wrong in your market orchard.
IL would be far better to pay two. three
yes, half dozen-prices for the most
valuable trees. than TO plant poor stock
as a gift. We have known parties to
plant wrong sorts, not know what they
had till the trees bore, and then, when
their trees ought to have been worth $40
apiece, they went into the orchard and
grubbed them out. Fruit Growers
Guide
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-03-06
Their False Balance Sheet.

The treasury department has pre-
scented a statement for last month
showing receipts somewhat over
100000 in excess of expenditures.
This statement is a cheat. The sugar
producers of the United States have
not yet been paid the IS, ZOO, 900 due to
them, the authority to pay which was
given by the last congress. 1t is a just
debt owing by the government, and so
long as 81 of it remains unpaid the adj
ministration cannot claim that its rev.
enue exceeds the needs of the govern
ment- The September statement is
false. While Uncle Sam owes money
to the sugar producers, or to anyone
else, surplus of revenue cannot be
claimed. False balance sheets represent
nothing but democratic chicanery.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-03-06

mans corps on the march to join
Grant at Port Gibson witnessed bright
star at MONDAY.
In 1860. in going down into the Platte
valley from O'Falloh's bluffs the writer,
with the natural eye, plainly saw the
garrison flag at Fort Kcarney; the dis
tance is said to he six miles.-R. j.
Hanna, in CHICAGO Inter Ocean.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-03-06
PIT FOR VEGETABLES.

Some Precautions Are Necessary for Dig
ging One of Them.
Many people practice the plan of
keeping vegetables for a part of the
winter. at least, in pits dug in the
ground. Where such plan is adopted
some precautions are necessary. The
trench ought, if possible, to be dug
upon a ridge. or knoll. In any event
the ground should slope from its top on
both sides to turn surface water. If
dug upon n ridge small box drain can
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-03-06
THE LAST SALUTE.
1t Was Fired by Guns That Were No
Manned.

1t Was Fired by Guns That Were Not
Manned.
A curious incident of the closing
scenes of the civil war which has not
been recorded in the books is related
by a correspondent. After Gen. Grant
had received Gen. Lees terms of sur
render at Appomattox and accepted
them, some one-not Gen. Grant-or-
dered the firing of a salute of 100 guns
in token of victory. This salute Gen.
Grant quickly stopped, as he wished
that every means should be taken to
spare the sensibilities of the brave men
who had surrendered.
The proceedings went on quietly, and
the surrender had been completed. All
was over, and peace had succeeded war.
when strange and irregular fusillade
Of musketry was heard from the late
field of battle. More than that, the air
about the field was filled with wnistlins
bullets
What had caused a reopening of hos
tllities? Simply this: The muskets of
the confederate soldiers had been al
So suddenly had the fighting ceased
on the morning of the 9th OF April that
thousands of pieces were left loaded.
Ii some way the dry spring grass on
the field caught fire and the blaze ran
amongst the stacked guns. They were
heated to the point of explosion and
soon the fusillade began. Most of the
pieces were pointed upward, and the
bullets rose until their force was spent
and then came down to the ground.
Others were pointed at an angle and
sent their balls far.
On that spot the ground is to this
day strewn with bullets, and anyone
may pick them up who will.
This was the only salute which accom-
panied the surrender of Lee.-St. Louis
Globe-Democrat.
-Bachelor-"I am told that a mar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-03-06

be made at the center of the bottom,
carried the length of the trench and
then turned through the bank to come
to the surface farther down the slope.
a bit of wire gauze netting will keep
out mice and other animals, and the
trench, wholly freed from the danger
of standing water, can be kept for use
year after year.-American Agricul-
turist.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-03-06
NOT THE ENEMY'S CAMP FIRES.
The Mistake OF Recruit Whose Imsg-
Inatlon Was Stimulated.

At the beginning OF the war there
were a lot of raw soldiers, who,
though ardent fellows and good fight
ers, were not up to the West Point
standard on military matters. At War
renton, Va, one of the new companies
happened to be stationed early in the
conflict, and many were the lessons
that had to be learned by the earnest
but ignorant sortherners, who had but
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-03-06
HEART OF THE WORLD.
BY H. RIDER HAGGARD.

Strange Story, Taken From Manuscript BE
eueathed BY an Old Mexican Indian to His
Friend and COmrade, an English
man Named Jones.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-04-04
A TRAIN HELD UP.
Thros Men Rob the annou Hall Express
on the q risco Road.


LED ANON, No.. April 2.-The east
bound cannon ball train, No. 0, on the
St. Louis & San Francisco railroad,
was held up three miles east OF here
early yesterday morning by three
masked men, and the safe blown open
and robbed. The robbers boarded the
train ut this place and, after reaching
the scene of the robbery. held up the
engineer and fireman and stopped the
train and, with the engineer in front
OF them, marched to the express cur.
The messenger refusing to open
the door, II was blown open with dyna.
mite and the safe cracked and its con-
tents removed. Several packages OF
valuable papers were found this morn
ing beside the track with some money
which had been overlooked in the hur-
ry of departure. The passengers were
not molestcd. The engine was de-
tached and run by the robbers to
Sleeper, where IL was abandoned. A
brakeman hurried back to the city and
started Sheriff Jones and posse on
the track of the robbers.
The Wells-Fargo & Co. express OIL
cials say the amount of money secured
by the robbers was only si,27y. About
100 mounted men IRE in pursuit of the
robbers. Road Agent Dradwny is in
Lebanon experimenting the hunt.
Bloodhounds will he put on the trail,
and every means known to railroad
and express secret service, as well as
the local authorities, will be used to
capture the outlaws
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-04-04
aDnIrI0NAL DISPATCHES.

THE closing down OF the TWO great
Eagle and Phoenix cotton mills at
Columbus, Ga, throwing over 1900
persons out OF work, has caused much
suffering and restitution among the
people there and the situation was rs-
ported as being serious
JOHN SCHwEITzER committed suicide
at Louisville. KY, because he thought
his oath as IN A. p. A. prevented him
from marrying his Catholic sweetheart.
The eastbound cannon ball train on
the ST. Louis & San Francisco road
was held up early on the morning OF
the lst near Lebanon, Mo, by three
men and the safe cracked open and
considerable money secured. The
Wells-Fargo Express Co. offered $500
reward for the arrest Of the robbers.
A DISPATCH from Bristol. Tenn,
stated that waterspout at Turkey
Cove, Va. had drowned four children
and In Russell county, Va, two men
and three children had also been
drowned.
A FIRE destroyed ramshackle tene-
ment house ut brooklyn early on tho
morning of the LIST and ten of its occu-
pants were smothered in their beds
ACCORDING TO q report from Toulon
on the 1st three French warsh!ps have
been made ready to sail ut moments
notice. This was held TO mean trouble
with England over Egypt
ONE thousand people surrounded the
city prison ut Akron, O., recently and
made threats against A. b Strong, the
suspected murderer OF the Stones Mt
Talmadge. The militia was put under
arms at the armory and force Of po-
lice kept ready for action.
THE boiler Of q saw mill exploded
near Milford, o., on the LIST and two
men were killed and three injured, one
fatally and the others seriously.
A NEGRO on 4 Chicago street car
seized q woman's pocket. book and then
Jumped from the car The woman
screamed and the conductor and n
number Of passengers followed the ne
gro. The latter soon saw that his es-
cape was hopeless and, taking razor
from his pocket, he coolly faced his
pursuers and drew the blade twice
across his throat and died almost In
stantly.
THE steamer Lord Charlemont, which
arrived ut St Johns, N. T., reported
that II sighted q vessel showing signals
of distress, but before Il could reach
her thore Nas sudden heavy glare Of
fame and then al became dark. No
trace Of the Yssssl could b found lbs
neat DAP
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-04-04
NOTHING IN JOURNALISM.
An ExactIng Employment, In which the
Rewards ARC Small.


Rewards Arc small.
II is fashionable to call journalism o
profession, but II Is subject to none OF
the conditions which would entitle 1t
to tho name. There are no recognized
rules of conduct for its members, and
no tribunal to enforce them, II there
were. The most despicable OF men
may, without challenge, call them
selves journalists" no less than the
most worthy. There Is no more cxnct-
ing and exhausting work than that
which constitutes the daily routine OF
o newspaper Office. 1t grinds the
youth of man with great rapidity,
and in stealing his physical elasticity
robs him also of certain finer impulses
that are harder TO recover. And yet
II has charm OF its own to which tho
most wearied of its bondsmen never
become quite inscnsible. To q young
man fresh from college, possessing the
knack of composition, and not troubled
with literary fastidiousness, 1t seems
the ideal career. AS newspaper man
he can become parsonage In Won
derful short space of time, and can ut
bound attain what seems TO him tho
secure independence Of SIS o week.
He may be making twice this amount
and be known to most Of the men,
about-town before his classmate who
went into the law Is making enough
to pay his board bills, or the one who
took to medicine has ceased to be q
charge on his parents. But Us the
years roll by he begins to consider the
difference between an established rep
utation and one that has to be made
fresh every day. Work, untiring and
ceaseicss, Is the badge of all professions,
but the work Of newspaper man ut
45 is not necessarily better paid work
than that of the same man at 5.
Twenty years OF what is called sue
cessful devotion TO his calling has
probably brought him to sense of
security In his ability 10 earn living,
and consequent Indifference TO the
incessant changes of the little world
which bounds his sphere Of activity,
but beyond that sense of personal in
dependence he has gained but little.
Whether or not he be n waiter ION
space" he must turn out n certain
amount of copy or its equivalent for
ut least so weeks in the year, and the
fame of what he did last week Is rs
dead rs the fame of what he did ten
years ago. For falling mental vigor
there is no place in newspaper office;
for long service there is no retiring
pension. The man who cannot keep
step with the procession is thrust aside
or walked over. The law of the sur
vival OF the fittcst reigns here In all its
brutal vigor; but what may be the en-
during type of work or workers, to
which all the stress and struggle OF
the men who make the daily press are
converging, is beyond tho reach of my
onjecture. Forum.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-04-04

THE announcement that President
Cleveland will soon extend the civil
service rules so as to embrace all cler-
lcal employees of the government is
not surprising, the Indianapolis Jour
nal says At present nearly 90 per
cent Of NIL such employees arc under
the rules, and it is but logical that the
rest should be placed on the same foot
ing. Every president and head Of de-
partmcpt who has held Office since the
civil service law was passed has become
. convert to its operation, und public
opinion has finally accepted 1t rs dis
tinct improvement on the old spoils
Bystem.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-04-04
NEWS OF THE WEEK.
Cleaned BY Telegraph and Mail.
PERSONAL AND POLITICAL.

PERSONAL AND POLITICAL
DENNIS I. MURPHY, since 1913 one OF
the reporters of the United States sem
ate. is dead. lie was considered one
Of the best stenographers in the world.
AT the Massachusetts republican
state convention at Boston on the eth
the boom Of Speaker Reed for the NOM
nation for the presidency was launched
amid great enthusiasm. The principal
resolutions denounce the present tariff
law and call for new one for protcc-
tion and reciprocity; denounce the sill.
yer agitation; oppose free silver coin
age; oppose state banks and uphold
national banks; demand the restriction
OF Immigration, the entire separation
OF church and state, the enforcement
Of the Monroe doctrine and express
sympathy with Cuba.
TIE provisional national executive
committee OF the new national reform
party has issued call for the national
convention. to be held in Pittsburgh,
Pa, May %.
THE republican convention Of Okla
homa territory, to select delegates to
ST. Louis, met in Oklahoma City and
decided to send an uninssructed dele.
cation to the national convention. The
delegates were said to be one for Nc
Kinley and five against Tho rcsolu-
tions adopted favor the free coinage of
silver at ratio fixed by congress.
Tur Navy ynrlr JIarnld Inns ,nnIa n
canvass Of its correspondents and
stated on the s0th that on the first
ballot Mckinley would poll double the
vote of any other candidate and would
fall G2 votes short Of the nomination.
The total number of delegates to the
convention will be 900 and 455 will be
required TO nominate. Reed will be
second, with 1sa; Morton third, with
60, and Allison fourth. with 49,
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-04-04
pIAZ ON MoNRoEISM.

Mexico's President In Sympathy with the
United States on This Proposition.
CITY OF MEXICO, April 1.-The Next
can congress opened yesterday. Prcsi-
dent Diaz's message contains IN ex-
tended reference to the Monroe doc
trine and IN emphatic declaration of
sympathy Herewith. Without enter
ing into the merits OF the Venezuelan
controversy, he declares that every
republic on the western hemisphere
should announce that any attack on
the part of European power with q
view to extending territory or altering
republican institutions should be con-
sidered by each an individual attack.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-04-04
KANSAS CORN RATE.
Rock Island and Santa lie Announce ThciI
New Tariff Sheets

topeka, Kan, April 1.-The Rock
Island and Santa Fe railroads have
fled tariff sheets with the state board
OF railroad commissioners, to be In ef.
feet to-day. The rates are In accord.
ance with the decision OF the arbitra-
ton committee appointed to settle the
controversy over the Galveston corn
rate. From some points to Galveston
the rates have been raised, from others
reduced, and from still others
undisturbed. From Kansas City
and other Missouri river points
the rates have been raised from % to
90 cents. The rate from Topeka re-
mains at 90 cents. The Santa Fe's
rates from Peterton and Redding and
intermediate points have been reduced
from 30 to 81 cents; from Redding and
Elmdale, 80 to 81; from Elmdale and
BraddocS, 81 to 81; Drnddock and New
ton, 80 to 81; Putnam and Wichita, 80
to 81; Winfield, Caldwell, Arkansas
City and Wellington, 80 to 81.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-04-04
VENEZUELA FIRM AS EVER.
Report That Indemnity for Uruan Arrests
VIII he Paid ID Denied.

Report That Indemnity for Uruan Arrests
VIII he Paid ID Denied.
CARACAS, Venezuela, April "A re.
port reaches here from New York that
the Venezuelan government here has
agreed to pay Great Britain $1,000 in
demnity for tho arrests in Uruan. 1t
Is claimed from the highest authority
that the report is untrue. Venezuela
has refused to pay one cent OF indem-
nifty for what Is known as the Uruan
incident Us long as England claims
the men were arrested on
British soil; has refused to do
anything in the premises unless
England changes the words british
soil" In her demand to disputed terri
tory" Furthermore, Venezuela will
not pay any indemnity to Great Brit
ain until after the American commits
sion on the Venezuelan boundary
makes its report. England has not
yet changed the phraseology of her
demand. Public opinion is strong
against any payment
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-04-04

WHAT has been looked upon rs n
lake was now said TO be exciting SCI
sntific men in Ottumwa, H., who have
had some OF the principles of Oscar Won
Holtzschulerr's discovery of perpetual
motion divulged to them by that gen.
tleman. They said they believed he
had really found the secret OF applying
the power Of attraction OF gravitation
30 as to run machinery. lie has 4
model OF It working in turning the
wheel Of n bicycle and says he will put
up ST, 900 IL the machine does not run
ny the attraction of gravitation, acting
On n weight which oscillaies about the
center of the wheel.
Baxter Springs news. [volume] (Baxter Springs, Kan.) 1882-1919, 1896-04-04
IN A pEPLoRABLE CONDITION.

The Situation In Armenia Has Not linz
proved NJ Yet
New York, April 2-The national
Armenian relief committee received
the following letter, dated oorfa, Feb
ruary 10:
The massacre OF December % aud 60 left over
800 widows among the Armenian survivors
and $500 fatherless children. The relief work
has Just begun and Is simply appalling. Tho
Armenians are very timld, and so few Of their
men are left that they are reluctant TO attempt
70 distribute aid even 10 their own people We
try 10 investigate the needs Of all and TO treat
all sufferers with impartial.ty. We need ti.Ooo
q week for at least two or three months