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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08

ret armor plates were eight inches
thick.
AS q fighter the Maine was formid-
able ship. Her main battery consisted
of four 10-inch breech-loading rifles in
the two turrets and six 6-inch breech-
loading rifles. The secondary battery
consisted of four % -millimeter and four
47-millimeter rapid-fire guns, four Al
millimetcr revolving cannon and four
Gatlings. There were also three tor
pedo tubes below water and four on
the berth deck, Two torpedo boats G1
feet long, drawing q feet, of IA pa
tons displacement, were part of the
equipment.
The turrets containing the 10-inch
guns were arranged en- echelon, so that
all four could be trained directly ahead
or astern, with a range arc of 240 de-
grees. This arrangement of guns was
most cffectual in the case of the Jap
anese fleet at the battle of the Eam
river. The 6-inch rifles were planned
to be worked by hand, and were pro
tected by steel shields two inches
thick.
The weight of broadside of the
Maine would have been 2,7o0 pounds,
exclusive of the secondary battery.
The Maine had eight steel horizontal
boilers, vertical inverted cylinder direct
acting triple expansion twin screw en-
gines of 5000 indicated horse power.
She carried s22 tons of coal, with which
she could steam 2,770 knots at 14.s
knots an hour, or 1000 knots at 10
knots an hour. She has double bot
tom and numerous water-tight com
partments.
The full complement of men carried
by the Maine when she was put in
commission was 3O6, besides the officers
and 40 marines.
The Maine, though OF a type Of con-
struction vastly improved upon, was one
of the best vessels of Americas new
navy. She cost, all told, 100000
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
A Mothers Love.

A mothers love-how We should treas
ure it,
A mothers loVe-Ah. who can measure It?
We can fathom the depth OF the sea
With the plummet and line;
We can measure the girth
And the bulk OF the earth,
or the stars that shine
In the heavens above
But who can measure n mothers lover
You might as wen measure innnity,
or count the atoms and prove TO me
How many Of them in the universe be;
When the earth shall cease
To revolve, and the seas
Are mist; when the fire
or the last star dies,
And the universe lies
on its funeral pyre,
Serene and sublime,
Unconquered by Death. and unscathed b.
Time,
DER the ultimate realms OF Gods glory
above,
Shall shine, as their polestar mothers
love!
Charles w. Hubner. in Atlanta Constltu-
ton.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
FROM THE PATENT OFFICE.

by new device blind shutters can be-
automatically raised and lowered as
the suns rays shine or disappear,
thermostat being attached to the blind
to close an electrical circuit and shut
the blinds as the suns rays become hot.
Envelopes can be quickly moistened
by sealing and stamping by II handy
new device, consisting of water cup
from which wick rises to feed water to
an absorbent roller, which turns and
dampens the envelope as it is drawn be-
TWEEN the roller and fixed pad.
Electricity is used TO destroy weeds
in "A new device which can be used on an
ordinary moving machine, one wire of
the dynamo being attached to the cut
ting bar and the other grounded
through one of the wheels, so that if the
weeds are cut when damp current of
electricity enters each root and burns
il as the top is cut.
Imprisoned miners can be supplied
with food and air by newly patented
conduit system, consisting of n series
of pipes 10 be laid through the mine
shafts, with branch pipes running
around each section TO be used, If the
main pipe should he crushed by n cave
in, flexible conveyors being run through
the pipes 10 carry the food.
Bicycle tires can be automatically
inflated when punctured by a new
pump, consisting of Il yoke, which
encircles the tire and extends around
the rim to support the piston-rod
mounted in the cylinder attached TO the
rim. The yoke sinks in with each rev.
olution as soon as the tire becomes
soft, and gives a stroke on the piston,
which is forced back again by a spring
inside the pump.
Ships bottoms can be cleaned with
out the necessity Of docking by a newly
patented apparatus, which is mounted
on n small boat or scow and attached
to the side of the ship TO be cleaned,
and has an adjustable ladder, at the
outer end of which is mounted re-
volving brush or scraper which is cap
able of reaching all parts of the bottom
of the vessel.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
Sugar Cane Ii Nutritious.

1t has been remarked that the ne
groes in sugar-cane regions depend to
II considerable extent upon the juice of
the cane for nourlshment. By the use
of Mosso's ergograph, DR.. Harley found
that sugar promoted muscular power
wonderfully, On fasting day il in
creased his ability TO work 81 to 70 per
cent. Taking ordinary meals, he found
that eight and three-fourths ounces per
day increased his work capacity 90 to
SO per cent. In these days, when ath-
letes are so much inclined TO use special
stimulants for immediate preparation
for their contests, it might be interest
ing TO try sugar as substitute for the
possibly injurious preparations some
times in vogue.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08

II is claimed that the largest single
stone ever quarried is the Wisconsin
monolith, which is 115 feet long, ten
feet square at the base and four feet
square at the top. This stone was taken
from the red sandstone quarries OF T..
Prentice, at Houghton Point, Wis, and
it was originally proposed to send il to
the Chicago exposition as Wisconsin
exhibit. But engineering and financial
reasons prevented, and il has been left
at the quarry until the present time. A
movement is now on foot to ship it by
water TO Milwaukee and set it up as a
memorial OF the fiftieth anniversary Of
the admission of Wisconsin as a state.
Plans and estimates have been made,
and it is estimated that $4,000 to $780,
600 will do the work. The claim is made
that the stone is ten feet longer than
any recorded single stone quarried in
the world.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
GOLD FROM AUSTRALIA.
English shipment, Amounting to s1S,5OO,-
900, to Pay for the Balance OF Trade
In Our Favor

SAN FRANCISCO, April 4.-The steam
ship Alameda, from Sydney, which is
due here Wednesday, carries 81, 900, 900
in English sovereigns in her strong
box. This is the eighth shipment of
gold received from the same source
since last fall, bringing the total
amount received up to the enormous
sum of SIS. 800, 600. This money is in
payment of the balance of trade in
favor of the United States for wheat,
-four, lumber, canned goods, raisins
and other staples shipped abroad, in
excess of our imports of merchandise
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08

And would you, then, know whom love
We'll, | Will tell you true;
I'll name the ones like above
The rest, and they are few.
l love my fathers only son
AS dearly as my life:
And I'll love till his days are done
The husband of my wife.
My fathers fathers grandson I
Adore TO put 1t mild,
And | regard with love most high
Ny grandmother's chlld's child.
The father OF my wife's small boy
Makes my affection swell,
My uncle's nephew gives me Joy
Because / love him well.
My niece's uncle ! adore,
And / should say / rather
Possess a sneaking liking for
Ny mothers grandsons father.
But better far than all OF these
I find my heart is rife
With love for one try to please,
And, bless her. that's-my wife!
Ellis Parker Batter, in n. Y. Truth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
NEWS NOTES.

The sheriff levied on the waterworks
plant at Fort Scott, Kan, to collect
$4,000 personal tax, and threatens to
tear up the mains unless the money is
produced forthwith.
Nelson Morris g. Co., of Chicago,
opened their packing plant at st. Jo-
seph, Mo-, Strengthening 400 cattle and
1000 hogs. This makes five packing
plants in operation at that point
Ex-Gov. Click, in an interview, says
he is for fusion in Kansas this year,
even if the democrats do not get a
thing out of it. lie says he is partic-
ulurlv interested in Gov. Leedy and
Attorney General Boyle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
Arkansans In n Desperate Duel.

LITTLE Rock, Ark, April "A des-
perate revolver duel occurred at
Haynes, Ark, between DIR. w. w.
Scott, prominent physician of that
town, and John j. Hughes, a leading
merchant. Scott entered Hughes store
and opened fire upon him. The latter
drew his weapon and both combatants
emptied their revolvers at each other
at close range. When the shooting
ceased both men were lying on the
floor. They are still alive, but their
recovery is doubtful.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08

to us by his brother, Rev. Ernest Nick
isson, of Margate. The missionary
dog one day came upon big enameled
iron jug full of milk, and into this it
incautiously thrust its head with great
force. 1t drank steadily for some time,
and then, wishing to breathe more
freely and look around generally, 1t
tried to withdraw, but found il impos-
sible. The noise the dog made attract
ed the notice of Mr. j. p. Nickisson, who
photographed the comical incident be-
fore releasing the dog.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
CHARLES H. pueLL.
New Commissioners of Patents IL q
Man of Known Probity.

The United States patent Office has
been again favored with a commission
err of known ability and probity. There
is hardly public man in the official life
of Washington who is charged with
more responsibility than the commits
sioner, Oh whom rests the conservation
of great interests. 1t is requisite that
the incumbent OF this Office shall have
u competent knowledge of practice be-
fore the patent office and be II lawyer as
well. Mr.. Charles II. DUEL, of SYRIA
cuse, y. V, who has been appointed by
the president. admirably fulfills both
of these qualifications. He has long
ranked high as IA practitioner in patent
cases before the courts, says the Scien-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
VIII Eavor Policy uo,ders.

KANSAS CITY, Mo-, April 5.-The
Kansas City court of appeals decided
yesterday that when words or phrases
of doubtful meaning were put in in
surance policies the court would not
interpret the meaning so as to favor
the insurance companies, but the con-
struction as to the meaning of the
word or phrase would be put upon it
that would be most favorable TO the
policy holder
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
SCIENTIFIC SCRAPS.

The present mean diameter of ,Iupi-
ter is $4,000 miles, while its mass ex-
ceeds that of the earth in the ratio OF
three hundred and sixteen to one.
Tie teeth supplied by most dentists
are made of porcelain, w hich is far more
durable than anything else that could
be used for the purpose.
1t is reported from Paris that at Pen
sol, In the department of llaut Nienne.
Il meteoric stone was recently seen to
fall and set FIRE to farm buildings.
The most wonderful astronomical
photograph in the world is that which
has recently been prepared by London
Berlin and Paris astronomers. 1t shows
at least 6s.OOO,OO0 stars.
The smallest flower known to the
botanist is said to be that Of the yeast
plant. 1t is microscopic in size. aud is
saidto be only one-hundredth Of MILF
meter in diameter.
a chewing apparatus for people who
have lost their teeth and do not care to
10y Frenchman. The food to be
chewed is placed between the blades,
which are opened and closed three or
-four times. and the food is thus re-
duced TO state of pulp.
Scientists have demonstrated that the
purest air in the cities il found about
% feet above the street surface. Here
tofore il has been thought that the
highest floors In tenement houses had
the best air. The Investigations above
referred TO show that the healthiest
apartments are those OF the third floor
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
Severe snowstorm in Colorado.

TOPEKA, Kan, April 4,-Reports re-
ceived at railroad headquarters here
show that severe snowstorm is raging
in Colorado and is coming this way.
About two inches of snow have fallen
already. high wind is blowing and
snowplows have been placed on all the
engines to fight the drifts.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
Mnn Union Omc.r.

Col Emil Frey, formerly president
of the Swiss republic. and for five years
Swiss minister 10 Washington, is at
present director in chief of the lnterna-
tional telegraph system of Europe. He
fought In the union army during the
civil war and was for time q prisoner
In Libby prison.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08

SARcoxIE, Mo-, April .. This city is
to enjoy a strawberry carnival from
May 10 to 81 inclusive. 1t will be the
first of the kind ever held in this coun-
try. Nearly all the fruit growers in
the country will aid in making it a
grand affair. All the spring fruits
known in this country will be on dis
play and the strawberry will be the
queen of the occasion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
Great Britain Gets a slice o, China.

PEKIN, April 4.-Great Britain has
demanded lease of Wei-lIai-Wei on
the Shan Tung peninsula otter the
Japanese evacuation, as Il compensa-
ton for the disturbance of the balance
Of power in the gulf of Pe-Chi-Li. In
diplomatic circles small doubt is en-
tertained that China will concede the
demand, which is believed to be favor
ably regarded by Japan.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
Denver's Great Handban Team.

DENVER, Col, April 4.-John j. Fitz-
gerald and George o. Dostal, compos-
ing Denver's crack handball team, de-
feated the worlds champions, Casey
and Dunno, of Brooklyn, n. v, here
in most interesting contest. The
score was u to 20. At every point of
the game the local players outplayed
the famous Brooklyn team. Champion
Casey remarked after the game that
there was not team in the country
that could defeat the Denver men.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
VICTIM OF HIS GREED.
Dogs Head Caught In Pitcher from
which He Was stealing MIL.

Most missionaries belonging to the
great English missionary societies,
says the Strand, are now provided with
cameras, and they are thus enabled to
send to headquarters many delightful
ly quaint little photographs, of which
the one here reproduced is a delightful
example. II was taken by the late Rev.
j. +. Nickisson. of the Church Mission
airy society, and was kindly forwarded
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08

WACO, Tex, April 4.-William G.
Brann, who died from the effects Of
the wounds received in the street duel
with r. L. Davis, left an estate valued
at $5O,OO0 William Marion Reidy, OF
st. Louis, editor of the ST. Louis Mir
ror, will take charge of the lconoclast
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
Lie.

The orbit or my little life lies far
Within the spacious orbit OF my God.
My days and years roll on without jar,
For all around me flows His being broad
No smallest arc OF all llre's curving bound
Can fall outside OF God. In Him ! move
And live, and have my being, for around
on every side spreads His eternal love-
In the wide ether and the Joyous light
or Gods great beauteous nature like TIA
spheres
pass through my appointed pathway In
His sight
Ny element is lie from unknown eGrs.
And through the sim unfinished arc to
come
Shall He surround me like the air
No homeless soul am I, but find my hoiHs
In Gods vast heart that holds me every
where.
IN Y. observer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
win Bs Ready ON Time.

OMAHA, Neb., April 4--The an.
nouncement is made upon authority Of
the chief architects of the transmits
sissippi exposition that all construc-
ton work will be finished in ample
time for the installation OF exhibits
and the perfection OF concessions by
the oneninR daytime l.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
E,onnaa from Kansas Reformatorr.

HUTCHINSON, Kan, April 4.-W. r.
Greggsby, state reformatory convict,
sent up from Newton for attempted
murder, escaped yesterday. 1t is sup
posed that he climbed rope sus-
pended from the top of the building
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
4 LRrRe Egg.

Seth Leonard, Of Shutesbury, Mass,
reports specimen of hen fruit 9H
inches the larger way and Gss the small
er, that he found recently in his hem
house.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
Y. NJ. G. Aln MenIih.

The Young Mems Christian assocla-
ton has more than 100000 members in
America and its total net property Is
valued at over $16,00o,00O
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
INC Land OF Nv and By.

We are kindred all, and brothers,
All the whole wide world, we say;
Yet our hands clasp not each others
As we meet upon lifes way;
For our blind eyes see not clearly,
And while mists obscure our sight,
Hearts that might have loved so dearly
Miss each other in the night.
Noble souls--yet in the fetter
or their pride OF place they lie;
They Will know their kindred better
In the land of by and by"
Here our sympathies are bounded
BY the cold worlds narrow range,
BY its barriers surrounded,
We are sport FOR chance and change;
Here lfe's SANDS are ever shifting,
Shadows fail 'twiXt heart and heart,
And we watch our loved ones drifting
Slowly, surely. far apart
Yet our hands will clasp each others
Meath a clear and sunny sky,
When we dwell, indeed, as brothers
In the land OF by and by"
Helen NJ. Burnside, In Golden Days.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
How Weary Fer Her.

Wish some breeze, by night or day,
Jest would whisper ter Ter
In sweet, heart-breakin' way,
How / weary fer her!
Wish some bird that fes er!ong,
With It's song could stir her
jest that sweet heart -breakia' sonGs
How | weary fer her.
How the sunshine's left the day
Wrapped Itself erbout her;
How the night has come ter stay,
Lonesome-long, without her.
How the roses rOun' the place
Somehow pear ter miss her.
Lookin' in ter see her face
Longin like ter kiss her.
Wish some hreeze. by night or day,
Jest would whisper ter her.
In sweet, heart-breakia' way.
How ] weary fer her!
IF. l.. Stanton, in Atlanta Constitution
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08

Burglars entered the hardware store
of T. j. Whitfield, Warrensburg, Mo-,
and carried away goods valued atSl90.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08

w, w. Rose, of Kansas City, Kan,
has been appointed architect of Kan
sas vice r. II. Lescher, removed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08

what n Ton OF Gold Is worth.
4 ton of pure gold is worth SG02. 1921
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-04-08
BATTLEsHIP MAINE.

wn Up In Havana Harbor on the
Evening Of Feb. 15)
The herald., 1898-11-14
THE PUBLIC PULSE
Across the Range

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
From time to time | have noticed in the
columns of The Herald notices of chicken
ranches for sale, while in the same column
would appear a chicken ranch wanted, in
variaby stating the limit as to distance from
the city. During my fourteen years resi-
dence in the southern part of California L
have noticed many failures i'll poultry rais-
ing near the coast. My judgment may not
be faultless, but from personal observation
| am convinced that chickens and turkeys
can be raised on this side of the range with
much better success than on the coast side.
This climate is absolutely free from fog.
Point your finger directly northeast over
Old Baldy, and in an air line, fifty-eight
miles from Los Angeles, there are thousands
of acres of government land open for settle
ment, where any man with a little energy
and get-up can have an ideal chicken ranch.
Surface water is $50 feet. Here the olive,
almond and all deciduous fruits and grapes
grow without irrigation; not only grow, but
produce fruit. This is not an advertisement
nor bid for notoriety. l do not own an
acre of land here, but from residence of
three years my observation has led me to
wonder why men who really wanted a home
did not investigate this locality. Too far
from a market? Well, as matter of fact,
the miners consume all the eggs that are
shipped in here, and besides we pay 80 cents
dozen for them when you pay 20 cents,
and 25 cents when you buy them for Is cents.
With the modern facilities for pumping,
any man can raise all the water needed for
domestic use and one acre of alfalfa with
windmill. Here is country six miles from
the railroad, enough to accommodate two
or three hundred families, where, by expend-
ing S. or So an acre in improvements, they
can secure home equal to one they would
have to pay $50 an acre for ON the other side
of the range. e. j. o..
Victor, November 10th.
The herald., 1898-11-14

pine which will thrive here in the mountains
and which will grow from the seed. If
this be true, these burned districts should
be planted. notice when there are nu-
merous large trees there is insufficient un-
dergrowth to feed running fire.
The fir or spruce forests in the vicinity
of Mt. Lowe show evidences of fire in the
past by blackened, charred bases, but the
trees are still vigorous. 1t is the dense
chapparal where fire finds its most infam-
mable fuel and where it is most difficult to
extinguish. The territory burned over in
Eaton canyon has fairly good soil, and l
would like to see the experiment of tree seed
planting thoroughly tested.
1t is my observation that unless guided
by the most skilled judgment and effort it
is difficult to extinguish fires in the noun
tains excepting along the ridges.
Back-fring is efficacious, but on account
of shifting winds is rather dangerous. Yours
to command, j. S. TORRANCE,
Receiver Mount Lowe Railway.
The herald., 1898-11-14
On Exhibition

To the Editor of the Los Angeles Herald:
We beg leave to call your attention to the
fact that our gallant boys of the Seventh,
like wild animals, are on exhibition today at
Agricultural park, % cents admission.
As relatives and friends of the boys, we
Indignantly protest against this outrage.
Neither is this the first time the park
management has used the Seventh for indi-
vidual gain. At the time of the regiment
return from San Francisco they extensively
advertised drill by the boys without con-
sulting them, and having collected two OF
three thousand people, failed to refund any
of the gate or grand stand money when the
drill failed to materialize.
1t is time the public entered protest
against such proceedings.
INDIGNANT FRIENDS.
Los Angeles, Nov. Is, 1893.
The herald., 1898-11-14
Value of the Philippines

Either the Philippines are worse than
worthless to us, or they are worth many
times the sum that any one proposes shall
be paid to Spain; yet nearly everybody seems
to feel that it would be foolish for us to- pay
anything for the islands. Nothing could
show more clearly the crudity of the thought
that has been expended upon the subject
by the "hurrah" people. They haven't both
cred at all over the increase of the army and
navy which the annexation will surely me-
cessitate, but they balk at this little $50 OOO,-
900 or so, simply because it is put directly
under their noses.-Baltimore News.