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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
BIG KANSAS CITY FIRE.
The Buildings at ala to d10 Delaware
street Damaged 100000 bya
Conilagration.

Kansas City, Mo-, oct. l4.-Fire did
about 500, 600 damage last night in the
buildings at 413, 40 Az and 4l0 Del.
aware street. The fire started on the
second floor of the c. j. Baker Tent
and Awning company's four-story fac
tory and warehouse at 4l5-4lT Delaware.
There were thousands of yards of duck
aud canvas stored in the building.
This stuff burned fercely. Great
patches would every moment part com
pany with the bolts and sail upward,
blazing like so many fire balloons.
These fiery rags menaced buildings all
over the neignborhood and actually
set fire to the Durham. Hanna 81 Mum
ger stables two blocks away. When
the fire was at its height and the whole
block was expected to go, there was
panic in the buildings all around the
square on West Fifth and Main and
people began moving out their prop
erty.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
klOT AT A CHRISTENING.
garlans One of the Latter
Is Killed.

Springfield, ILL.,, Oct rs. At a chris
teniug of a child in PolaclS family
at Auburn, 20 miles from Springfield,
yesterday evening, about six o'clock a
riot started between the Huugarians
and PolacSs and stephen Roskie, n
Hungarian, was instantly killed. The
foreigners work for the Chicago-Vir-
den Coal company at the Auburn mine
and live in company houses on n tract
of land called the Patch. There has
long been an enmity between the Hun
garians and Polacks. Several men are
said to have been injured in the fight,
but they would not allow the physi-
clans who were sent to the scene to
see them. Sheriff Woods was notified
of the killing and left with posse of
deputies to arrest the participants in
the fight.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
RAISING MEN IN GEORGIA.
As II Was Done by widow who
Had Nothing for Her Sons nut
Prayer and Hickory.

During recent visit to the army camp
in Savannah Gen. Joseph Wheeler was
entertained by n party of northern men,
when, in the good humor of after-dinner
cigars, one of the gentlemen said,
laughingly:
'IIow is it, general, that the sleepy
farms of the south produce such whirl-
wind fighters in such small packages?"
"Well, general" said the little gem
eral, pulling at large mans cigar, 81
believe I'll have to give you the an
swer an old cracker woman once gave
me when / asked her similar question.
Not many years ago | had occasion to
make a saddle journey through The pine
barrens Of Georgia, where most every
body is cracker and Yighty shiftless.
One day, however. | row. into little
community that showed such signs Of
thrift as to be quite out of keeping
with the general character of the bar
rens, | do assure you, gentlemen.
rode up to "A cabin where a gaunt old
woman stood in the doorway, and asked
her who owned these little farms that
were so well kept.
That farm on the left belongs to
my son Jabez,' said she, and the next
one to my boy Zalim, and the next to
my lad Jason, and the next is my boy
Potiphar's place, and
"'Hold on, sister, said /. How did
you manage to raise such n fine lot of
boys way Off here in the woods?'
"'Wal, stranger she answered, Il
am wildly woman, and all had to
raise 'em on was prayer and hickory,
but raised em powerful frequent
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20

Denver, Col, has more bicycles in
proportion to its population than any
other city in the country. Imagine 40,
600 wheels i'm n city of 100000, or one to
every four persons, whether men, won-
EN- or children, and you have an idea Of
the extent of the bicycle in daily service,
They are used in every line of bust
ness, and the street car companies
claim they lose traffic valued at 81 900,
200 II year since the general application
of wheels TO business. In fact, one COM
pany went into the hands of a receiver
two years ago, alleging that the uni
yersnl wheel had impaired its earnings
to such an extent that it could not meet
its interest demands. The open wealth
err and fine natural roads are largely re-
sporsible for the popularity Of the
wheel, as it is conceded that ordinary
riders can use their wheels daily for 80
weeks out of the SO and not suffer any
annoyance from mud or snow. Add 10
this the fact that neither lights, brakes
or bells are required and the agility re-
quired of the non-rider in taking care
of himself can be appreciated. Denver
Is also said to be the only city in the
country where the bicycle vote controls
elections on municipal issues,-Chicago
Tribune,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
British Punitive Expedition Returns.

Lagos, West Africa, Oct. 14.--The
British punitive expedition against the
Fula tribes on the Leenue river, who
had stopped the river traffic and muir
dered a number of boatmen, has just
returned to Lagos, having destroyed
eight towns after prolonged lighting.
The natives lost heavily and the British
had eight men wounded.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
Proner prrcnnfinns.

Mr.. Ward Heel-Bcoze has promised
me that If l help to nominate him he
will give me a job.
Mrs. Ward Heels this man Booze
sure Of getting it?
"Not by any means; old Sly Dog is
running against Booze"
"And if Slydog gets it?"
"Ill be all right anyhow. Pm under
contract to help nominate both of them
on the same terms" Ohio State Jour
nal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
The Ruling Spirit.

New England churchyards are a fer
tile field for those in search Of curious
epitaphs, \ tombstone in Stowe bears
this line, indicative OF reticeIce car
ried beyond the grave;
81 was somebody-who, Is no business
Of yours. youths Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
Timber in british Columbia.

British Columbia contains the largest
compact timber area in the world. II:
includes Douglas pine, cedar, spruce
and Alaska pine, worth many millions
of dollars.-Chicago Chronicle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
In the LIphthonnc.

Visitor (sympatheticaliy)--I should
think you would want a wife in this
lonely place.
Keeper-So / do. But all the wom-
en- nowadays object to light house
keeping.--N. Y. World.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
Ancestry Reaching Way BncL.

The most exclusive set OF japanese
robles trace back their ancestry in
some cases $500 years. Those dating
back only 800 or 600 years are regarded
as paryenus.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
A CyClopedia Of Progress and Events

All sending their subscriptions under our
clubbing offer, are presented, postpaid, with
the AMERICAN AGRICULTURIsT YEAR BOOK
and ALMANAC for 1900 This great book Is u
Cyclopedia of Progress and Events of the
World, n Guide to Markets, Marketing, and
Prices.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
Tonight
II your liver is out OF order, causing
Biliousness, Sick Headache, Heart
burn, or Constipation, take a dose of
Pills

On retiring, and tomorrow your di-
gestive organs will be regulated and
you viii be bright, active and ready
for any kind of work. This has
been the experience of others; it
will be yours. HOODS PILLS are
sold by all medicine dealers. IS cts.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-23
MEN ARE PREFERRED.
Out of Government service at
Washington.

Women are being practically barred
out of the government service in the
departments at Washington.
There is no concerted action among
the heads of departments and chiefs
of bureaus to exclude women from
appointment, but whenever there is a
place to be filed the head of the Office
almost invariably asks for a man. This
right to discriminate between the
sexes is recognized by the civil service
regulations, and when a requisition rs
made for a male clerk, stenographer or
typewriter the commissioner certifies
only the names of men.
Civil Service Commissioner Harlow
said that the commission had long list
Of excellent women stenographers and
typewriters eligible for appointment.
but they could not get the appointing
officers to take them.
''There are many little reasons" said
Mr.. Harlow, (which seem 20 influence
the heads of government Offices 10 pre-
fer men to women. The principal one,
perhaps, is that while women may do
as well during the regular working
hours, If there iE a rush and il is nee
essary to work over hours the work
can be crowded on the men better than
on the women. The women are not so
willing to work over hours, and the
heads OF offices feel more reluctant in
asking them TO do so than Is the case
with men"
Chief Exam iner Servin, Of the civil
service commission, says there were
many reasons. small in detail but impor.
tant in the aggregate, which influenced
heads OF government offices 10 prefer
men TO women. 'The heads Of Offices. :"
said he. prefer men partly because in
the event of a rush they can work the
men harder than they would like to
work women.
'ln addition to this 81 Is found that
women cannot adapt themselves TO as
great a variety of work as can men.
They may be all right in q certain line
but when they are put on something
else IL is very hard for them 10 get the
hang Of it. They are also inclined not
only to insist on having all the priv
ileges in the way OF vacations and sick
leave TO which they are entitled. but
they often expect special consideration
and special faEors. OF course there
are exceptions, and many women are
very efficient. but the heads of offices
where both men and women are en-
ployed almost invariably ask for a man
when they are filing q vacancy"
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-23
ASBESTOS MANY USES.
sirabIe In Divers Mechanical
and Commercial Ways.

Asbestos is a physical paradox, yet
one OF natures most marvellous produc-
tions. II has been called mineral
0gical vegetable; IL Is both fbruus and
crystalline; elastic, yet brittle; float
ing stone, which can be readily curdcd,
spun and woven into tissue. In Ger
many IL is known as SteinfachE (stone
fax, and the miners Of Quebec give IL
quite as expressive name pierre
cotton cotton stone). The asbestos
mines Of Quebec are the most famous
in the world. yielding IS per cent. Of the
entire output, Italy being the only
competing country; and there the in
dustry II declining. Although Charlie
magne is sal / TO have had tablecloth
Of asbestos. which he cleanscd by
throwing into the fire, il was practically
unknown until 1850. The Italian min
eral was then cxperimented with, aud
some years later put on the market
In 1878 the first Canadian mine was
opened, and the product steadily in
creased until 1890, when $500 tons,
worth 81 900 900, were mined. There
has since been decline In value, the
amount for 1896 being 12,2OO. worth
only S43O. 900. Asbestosis flexible. non
combustible and nonconductor of
heat and electricity. and on these prop
critics it's increasing use depends. II is
spun into yarn, from which cloth Is
woven for drop curtains In theaiers.
clothing for fremen. acid workers, etc.
1t is made into lsmpwieks and gloves
for Stokers and ropes for fire eseapes.
II Is felted into millboard. to be used
as an insulator in dynamos and as
freproof lining for floors. IL il used
to intulate electric wires and 90 cos.
eting to prevent loss Of heat from steam
pipes. Mixed with rubber. Il Is used 10
pack steam joints Boston Transcript
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-23

ittle building which viii furnish him
as comfortable home IN every sense of
the word. The dimensions of the rooms
must necessarily be snail, as every
square foot of space added to the ground
plan of structure increases the guam
tity of materials that 60 into the build
ing, and must be considered in estimat-
ing the cost, yet it is not wise to build
so cheaply that the future value of the
building may be doubtful.
The plan here offered is well arranged
and has fair amount of floor
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-23
A Queer Kind Of PLANT.

A queer kind Of climbing plant has
lately been found ia Brazil, where IL
grows in the open air. It's flowers have
fiat. horny plates, just above the nectar
cups in the center Of the blossom, and
which are called piuchiuR bodies. When
an insect thrusts It's sucker into the nec-
tar the plates pinch IL fast, aud when II
leaves the insect must either carry oh
the center Of the flower or leave its
sucker behind. In The former case the
pollen IL likely TO reach nnd frrtilizc an
other flower. in the latter the poor in
sect dies. Sometimes the legs, as well
NJ The noses, of insects are found stigk-
Ing in the flowers. Only The humble bee
seems to he strong enough always TO
get away whole.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-23
To KIN Tree Lice,

A fer more damaging pest than The
caterpillar 10 beautiful trees r. the
scale. or tree louise. On the tree II lOoka
as innocent az bark blister. but in suf.
ficient numbers Il will kill the tree out
right. ~ IL lives on the sap. AZ the
first glance. one would hardly notice
the tree louise, aa N ia exnctly tho color
bark until II Is a part Of ~. A whole
chain Of them, one after another. will
a. into one crcvice, and In n short time
will clear IL out 20 the wood "a well
as ever knife could do a. 10 de-
stroy them they have 10 be scrnped
from the tree. and then the tree must
be given a bath Of diluted wood alcohol.
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-23

In the winter camp at Winchester
the officers clubbed together for social
amusement. and there were horse rae
ing billiard playing. glee clubs and
what not. The programme would not
have been complete without poker
clubs. 1t wasn't poker playing for fun,
but for fresh, crisp greenbacks. 1t was
game tabooed to the rank and file,
though INDUCED in on the sly, but in
every fifth hut occupied by the Off
GERS there was nightly gathering of
colonels, majors, captains and lieuten-
ants, and many an officer got up from
the tables with empty pockets. There
was general understanding that every
player was an officer and gentleman.
but the news came sitting down
through the sergeantS and the cor
porals that this was not always the
case. Indeed, before the winter was
over half dozen designations were
sent in because the holders of commits
sions had been detected cheating at
cards. Our own colonel, as we got it,
was holding aloof from these gather
lnsS, lhouSn pelhS cohsPlcuouS HS
ure in others, but there were tall sto-
ries of the amount of money lost or
won by our company officers. The men
of the company were pretty evenly
divided in the matter. The affirmative
side of the house was represented by
old Bill Hastings, third corporal, who
had spent years and years in the lum-
h. ,.,,,0,,s oF Mich oap op1 pot111 nlaN
any game of cards with his eyes sEut.
Boys, let 'em go it," was his advice.
"I've bin in a game of poker where a
pair o ten spots won me 5000 in cash,
and I've bin in one where l held full
house and lost everything down TO my
old clay pipe. It's a mighty enticin'
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-23

ter OF the federal force WAS moved
forward and then ordered back. The
right flank was advanced, kept untier
Iong-range fire for a few minutes. and
then withdrawn Then an aide came
galloping up to Col. Bell and saluted
and said;
Compliments of Gen. Blank, and
YOU will move forward and turn the
enemy's right. Let your men go in
with the bayonet."
THE Third 10 move forward alonei"
whispered Col. Bel. in Advertisements
'Alone aud at once!
But it canuot-cannot-"
Alone and at once!"
Not five men in our regiment heard
the words, but al understood them.
The hour of revenge had come TO the
brigadier. lie hadn't driven Col. Bell
To resign. but he would strike him here,
and the blow should hit the whole regi-
ment as well. There were groans and
jeers from the men, and the officers
shook hands and said;
''Goo6i-by TO youi This is a wipe
out for the old Third"
Attention." shouted our colonel
from the head of the lii, Forward
guide eenter-marchi'
never saw so many pale faces among
the officers, but think it was due
| more To Indignation than fear. The
| sergeants growled, the eorporals
cursed. and here and there private
| broke into laugh or song in a reckless
| Il . ba oil "a ~
at common-time. increased it to quick
as the first bullets began TO sing, and
then with cheer brought our mus
| kets down to the charge and dashed
| forward with whoop. The angels of
| Heaven must have saddened over the
slaughter We had no earthly show.
| Grape and canister and bullet rained
| into MS from behind entertainments un-
til the men in gray stayed their hands
out of pity and let beggarly third OF
the regiment limp back out of the
he'll. An hour later we knew how we
had suffered.
The colonel, the ma ior, five captains
seven litutcnants and 500 men lett back
| there!" was the report.
And for what? As the fragment oI
us huddled together and wondered how
God bad spared us to get back alive
the brgadicr rode along our front al
a gallop. lie had no hand-wave for us
no word in praise. Ills eyes looked
| straight in front of him, glistcning
with the eXultation of revenge, and
| there was cruel, crafty smile play
| ing over his mouth at intervals. lie
| had been called cheat and swim.
der. The man who used the words lay
dead on the edge of the woods, and
around him were the dead OF his regi
| ment-hundreds of dead.
You murdererl" shouted a hundred
men at the brigadier as he rode.
You cursed fend!" shouted another
hundred.
why don't some one shoot him II
the back?" sobbed captain who had
lost half his company.
But the brigadier smiled and rode
on. In his official report he would say:
THE Third regiment was sent in OF
the left flank. but not being properly
led or held up to their work, accom-
plished nothing, and suffered heavy
loss. am sorry to say that among the
killed was the gallant Col. Bell, whC
has heretofore displayed the creates
judgment and gallantryl"
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-23

game, and IL they wasn't playin' poker
they might be doin' sunthin' wuss."
The negative side was represented by
Joe Brunt, second sergeant, who had
been farmer all his life. When he
heard of the goings on he said:
You jest lemme tell you that there
ain't no good in it, and the Lord won't
prosper no army made up of gamblers.
i don't say there's any great sin in
mumblety-peg or marbles, and feller
kin play a game of checkers or fox
and-geese and not want to burn some
body's house down, but I'm bettin' this
army will be licked out of its butes
the first fight we hev in the spring. 1t
will be Judgment sent upon it,"
Among the heaviest winners at any
of the tables was the brigadier of the
Second brigade. That he was fighter
he had proved over and over again,
but we had it early in his career that
he was not popular with his subordi-
nate officers. 1t was given out that he
lacked polish and education, and had
secured his place through political in
1luence. That he held it by being
fighter was to his credit, but for all
that he was more or less ostracized.
The general opinion of the rank and
file was fifty expressed by Sergt. Lomax
when he said:
Boys, the general fights like the
devil, and there's no getting over that,
but | wouldn't want to go into part
nership with him after the war is over.
He's sharp enough to steal the claws
of a cat, and there's a heap o wicked
ness stored up there somewhere"
From an army corps down TO the
weakest company it's all a family af-
fair. One officer sizes up another, and
the private sizes up all and is bound
to have his opinion. One day in the
last month of winter we in the ser
geant's tent heard some news through
Sergt. Frayne. 1t was being whis-
pered about among the officers that
the brigadier was a sly one at cards.
and that deftness of hand helped him
To win oftener than luck.
And look here. boys" continued the
sergeant, dropping his voice to a whis-
per, hes getting a string on our
eolonell He's jest layin' himself out to
be chummy, and they say he's as soft
and smiling as a born brother. That
don't mean but one thing. II means
he hopes to ring Col. Bell in on the
poker business and clean him out. The
colonel is rich, he is. and the brigadier
amt any too blamed good to beat him
out of his last dollar"
Well. it amt our lookout" growled
the orderly sergeant.
of course not, but we've a right to
talk We don't want 10 see our own
colonel made a monkey OF"
Then let him keep out o poker
Mebbe, however. he'll skin the briga-
der. and that wouldn't be half bad. -
Sergt. Frayne had reported the gos-
sip correctly. The brigadier general
had been cleaning out the coIonels and
majors and captains in great shape.
Some OF them were old hands at the
game, but for every dollar they Won
they lost two. II wouldn't do TO come
out and say that the brigadier was a
eard-sharper, but men shook their
heads and wondered and grumbled over
his strange luck. and one after another
found excuses for not sitting down with
aim IL was true that he was after
eoi- Bell. and il was true that he caught
sAEn- He found novice who enterea
The Afro-American advance., 1899-09-23

would be forced TO resign, but he had
hold of the wrong man. We of the rank
and file growled and kicked and cursed,
but our colonel preserved his placidity
and obeyed orders to the letter.
Spring came at last and the cam
paign opened. Early was too strong
for Sheridan for the first two or three
months, but we held him back and
fought him in all the valleys. Some
times it was a skirmish, with only a
few hundred men engaged; again it
was a lively little fight, in which each
side had a brigade in battle line. We
had plenty Of excitement, and plenty
to occupy our thoughts, but we of the
Third did not forget the brigadier's
threat. You had only to look at that
set jaw and cold face of his to realize
that his enmity was deep and lasting,
and that no ordinary sacrifice would
appease him. At Kernstown he thought
his hour of triumph had come. lie
flung the Third regiment full against
Jackson's center, believing we were
going to meet five times our strength
and must be decimated, but for once in
his life the confederate chieftain had
been conquered by circumstance. His
ragged veterans were strung out for
three miles, and we struck his center
with such dash as TO break and drive
It back in confusion. 1t was a pretty
little fight, and one to be proud of, but
though we received the congratulations
OF the whole brigade, the brigadier had
a new peg in for our colonel.
The sight Of the generals hard face
as he rode along our front stopped our
cheering, and / heard the captain OF
my company whisper % another:
God! but what bitterness that man
has in his heartl He won't be satisfied
until this regiment is wiped off the
face of the earth!"
Three weeks later our brigade was
pushed over into the Luray valley to
capture a small force and wreak de-
struction on the growing crops. The
eonfederates were alert, and could not
be taken By surprise. As we fought
them in a desultory way, they were
heavily reinforced, and one day we
found our 5000 men facing at least
5000. The enemy had a strong position.
TOO, and every man Of us, from the
senior colonel down 20 the frightened
ieamsters. knew that II We could hold
our own until reinforce came up
we should be In luck. A retreat would
not have lost prestige under the cir
eumstance, IL was with feeling be-
yond surprise, therefore, when We
found ourselves massed for an attack.
We'll fight. Of course" heard our
captain saying TO our first Lieutenant.
but we'll get licked out Of our boots
inside Of an hour. II we had double
our strength We couldn't carry their
position. It's going to be slaughter
for sure.
And the second sergeant Of our com
pany turned 10 the first corporal and
growlsd:
"say. now. but have you got fam
ily back home ?''
Yes. and what Of it?"
.Then you say good-by TO wife and
children and ask the Lord 10 forgive
your sins!"
"Can'i we lick 'em?"
"Bosh' We'll be piled up in front of
i. EN- Ike eord-wof,d -
The brigadier had a plan, and Il was
soon developed. The Third regiment
was on the eft flank, just opposite the
eneny's strongest pos.tion. The cen