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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-03
GOV. Stanley to the New Board.

just prior to the first meeting OF tho
new state board of charities Gov. STAN
ley addressed TIE following communi-
cation to the board:
The new administration will bring change
both in the political complexion and manage
ment OF your board. 1 have selected the new
members OF the board because OF my confidence
in their character and efficiency.
The law provides that the subordinate posi-
lions in the charitable institutions OF the state
shall be tllcd by parties OF your selection L
propose to leave the responsibility OF these
selections where the law places ", but II agree
able to you, would be glad at any time to confer
with you both as to your appontees and the
management OF the several institutions under
your charge
II changes are made in the employees OF these
institutions, l desire to make the following
suggestions:
First-That in making your appointments,
honesty and efficiency in the applicants will be
the first consideration.
Second-That all other things being equal,
you give preference to soldiers and sailors OF
the civil war,
Third That you conduct the several instttu-
lions under your charge with the striotesi
economy consistent with efficiency
Fourth-That prompt discharge follow
| every instance OF dishonesty immortality or
drunkenness upon the part Of your employees.
With these suggestions leave TO you entire
| ly the management of the charitable instltu-
tions OF the state, hoping for you the greatest
success in their administration and trusting
that your management may meet With the
hearty approval of the people
Oklahoma Names County for Dewey.
Guthrie, Ok, Feb. 20. Gov. Barnes
has signed the bill limiting the power
of the territorial board of equaliza
tion, the bill changing the name of /
county to Dewey county, and the
measure allowing county school SUI
perintendents TO have deputies.
A Great Artificial Lake.
The water has been turned into the
Koen ditch, near Great Bend, and the
largest irrigation experiment ever I'M
dertalSen in Kansas is about TO be test
ed. 1t makes a body of water IA miles
long and nearly four miles wide.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-03
Rev. II. q. Fraser Resigns.

At the last meeting of the Baptist
church directors, Rev. III. G.. Fraser
rendered his resignation as pastor of
that church in lola giving as his
reason that he felt unable to do all
the good that some other man might
for the local church. His resignation
was accepted and Sunday he
preached his farewell sermon. 1t
was beautiful effort, full of affection
and feeling for his congregation and
was sadly listened to by crowded
church. Mr.. Fraser has made host
of warm friends outside the church
who will be sorry to learn that he
and his wife will leave lola. That
lofty sense of duty which usually
tugs vainly at the average mans
heart and mind, and which is the
cause of the step, made him a valu-
able citizen and believed friend
Mr.. Fraser has not yet decided upon
his future plans, but the REGISTER
hopes his and Mrs. Fraser's lives
may be cast in pleasant places
wherever they go.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-03
Agents Wanted,

To take orders for Steve's stove
Sinner. Agents make from 50 to 81
per day; send % cents for canvasers
outfit and commence work at once.
Address, Steve's Stove Sinner, 1882
Arapahoe st. Denver, Col.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-03
Sam dautt,s Team browns.

Monday morning Sam Gautt, who
lives on Deer Creek, started to take
his little girl to school, The creek
was up and he drove across the ford
and having landed her on the other
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-03
uanila Letter,

In letter to his parents who live
in Spring Valley neighborhood, Ellis
Doughty, member of Co. ID, goth
Kansas says, among other things;
"Things are lively here now. The
insurgents are fixing to take the city
from us. They say they will have it
three hours after they start. The out
posts have been exchanging shots for
two nights. Yesterday we stopped a
funeral procession and in the hearse
we found 1853 guns and last night a
fellow tried to stab one of our guards
and got Springfield rifle ball
through his head. They will find out
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-03-03
JeWelry and Watches.
Watches.

Ladies' gold filled. warranted 20
years, Elgin or Waltham
movemen t..............S1O 90
Gents watch, silverine, screw
begel, Elgin movement. 90
Gents watch, gold filled case,
warranted 20 years Elgin
movement .................. 10 90
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06
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thrusts, showed the evil we had done
them.
The field marshal ordered the wound
ed to he attended to. and, stepping in
front of my father, demanded the flag
My father. whose hands we saw were
empty, declared he did not know where
II was. The field marshal turned to the
officer of the post and said:
VERY well, if he does not remember
by tomorrow morning shoot him."
When they had relieved us of our
arms, and placed us under guard, my
father, who watched the sentinel from
the corner of his eye. told us that he
had hidden the flag; that, seeing the day
was going against us, he had torn it
from it's standard, wrenched the eagle
from its perch, flung it into ditch,
while he had concealed the precious
silk, riddled with balls, under his coat.
My father was simple man, the de-
scendant of peasants, son of the soil;
but in speaking to us of these things
the man seemed to expand and become
exalted with the words he uttered
He told rs this fragment of silk was
sacred. that the wind that swelled it's
folds was the breath of the nation, and
that it moved in the midst of us on the
march as the image of our country.
Then he thrust it into my bosom, not
wishing it to be found on him when he
should be shot next day. | felt sud
denly that | had become a man.
In the evening the Prussians sent
flag of truce asking suspension of
hostilities that each might bury it's
dead. and asked one of our number to
act as guide to our lines. An old com
rade. who knew the country we'll. Of
fered TO cOndu t tie off er, when it was
discovered that no one had bandage
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

for the eyes of the bearer of the flag of
truce.
sudden idea struck me. 1t was
running a great risk, but it was worth
the trial.
'If you wish, will bandage the eyes
of the officer with my handkerchief |
said. l produced the flag, the red and
blue stripes of which | had folded in
side, leaving the white alone visible
My father instantly understood my
ruse, and explained in patOis to the
guide that he was to remove the band
age. and while the preliminaries were
in progress deliver it safely into the
hands of our troops.
The lantern gave but feeble light,
and no doubt Providence favored us,
for the thing passed, and the officer
mounted his horse, and with his eyes
bandaged, followed the lead of the
guide.
We could but accompany In thought
the enemy, who carried back himself
the flag within the lines of our own
army. The time passed. We heard In
the night the cathedral clock strike the
hours. At last we heard the sentinePs
challenge. The flag of truce had re-
turned. l rushed to the guide.
1.-THE flag Is saved! cried.
Eyes, but we are lost" he answered.
In few words he explained that the
officer had discovered too late the ruse,
and had returned furious. In fact, he
came accompanied by a superior officer,
and pointed out to him the man who
had conducted the flag of truce.
"Order out the platoon of execution"
commanded the officer; this man shall
be shot"
at was not he, captain" said, ad-
vancing in front of him; lit was alone
who conceived the idea of this thing"
Excuse me, officer" interposed my
father. 1.-THE commander of a detach-
ment Is responsible for the acts of his
men, is he not? | had given an order;
my men could only obey it."
what is your name" the officer de-
handed.
"sergt. Blgorne," answered my
father.
very we'll, sergeant, you will be shot
Immediately"
"All right, captain; 1t is war. I only
ask the favor to be shot by my COM
rades. Return them their arms, and l
will be responsible for them"
The old officer looked at my father
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06
LAW AS INTERPRETED,

Marriage on the high seas, where
there is no law regulating the matter,
entered into by persons who went there
with the avowed purpose of evading
the laws of their residence, is held, in
Norman VS.. Norman (Cal.), 40 l.. r. A.
343, to be invalid.
The right to shoot at person who is
merely running away from an officer to
escape from arrest for misdemeanor.
is denied in Brown VS.. Weaver Miss.
~ l.. K. A. 423, and, if the officer does
shoot wrongfully, it is held to be an
official act covered by his bond
statute which, although expressed
In general terms, enumerates restric-
lions which constitute naturalization,
rather than classification and is apple
able only to a single highway improve
ment Is held, in re Henneberger IN. ".
AZ l.. Il. A. 1872, to be In violation of a
constitutional provision against local
laws.
To picket the premises of a person
boycotted, in order to intercept his
teamsters or to prevent persons going
there to trade, is held unlawful in Beck
VS.. Railway Transfers Protective
Union (Mich), AZ L. r. A 407, on the
ground that it is an act of intimidation
and an unreasonable interference with
the right of free trade.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

An old clergyman who had held
cure in remote country district for
the greater part of his life had occa-
sion, relates contemporary, to consult
his bishop on a certain matter, and. in
answer to his letter, received an invita-
ton to the palace, where he would
have to stay all night. For forty or
fifty years he had practically led the
life of recluse, and it was after much
cOgitation that he decided to take the
journey to the farther end of the do
cese, where the bishop lived. He ar
rived just in time for o'clock tea, a
meal to which he was a complete
stranger. After tea the bishop asked
him to accompany him to evensong.
When they returned to the house the
bishop, remarking that it was quite
time they went upstairs, lighted a can
die, and showed his guest to his room.
1t was then just O'clock; the old cler-
gyman thought it was rather early to
retire, but, admiring the bishop for
such simple habits, he prepared for bed.
lie had just put out the light and lain
down to sleep, wishing he had eaten a
little more tea, when a booming noise
rang through the house. Quick as
thought he sprang from his bed, and,
shouting "Fire!' at the top of his voice.
rushed out on to the landing Just In
time to meet the bishop, with some 9TH
er guests, going down to dinner
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

Asocietyin Edinburgh gives its atten.
ton to cabs that stand idle on fine DAYS,
and 10y engaging them provides free
rides for poor old people and invalids.
This is thoughtful and very exemplary.
but it is not at all necessary to organ
lie society for such a commendable
purpose. If you chance to know a poor
invalid or a cOnyalescent, and have the
spare coin in your pocket, as well as
the generous impulse in your heart
you needn't call public meetng-just
call the cabman!
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

The progress of surgery is shown by
comparing the operating rooms of a
generation ago and the apartments now
thought convenient and safe for the
surgeons work. "A dingy little place
in the basement" was the environment
of the first operating table set up in
the Boston City Hospital. A few years
later an amphithcater with wooden
iloor and walls was devoted to the OPP
Grating department. The germs of dis.
ease found ready Judgment there. a
new building just completed is defend
ed in every way against the invasion OF
microbes. The amrhitheater has now
a stone flooring, and walls of marble
and cement, while the operating tables
are of glass and iron. Throughout the
structure the modern provisions for
helping the surgeon and the patient are
fully exemplified. The old professional
fatalism that accepted surgical fever
as inevitable, and high death-rate for
persons subjected to critical operations,
has practically disappeared.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

The total appropriations of the Fifty
NTH Congress amounted to about ST.
b67 100000, of which sum about $4S2,-
662, 900 was directly chargeable to the
war with Spain or was incident there
to. 1t does not follow that the actual
expenditures of the government for two
years will reach this large sum, for
some of the appropriations are for work
authorized to be done in the future; the
cost of which will be included in the
expenditures of the years when the
@ork shall be actually done.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

with his little gray eyes a moments
then he said:
agreed"
l strove to draw my father aside;
must speak to him. Did they mean to
make me shoot my own father? 1t was
impossible. My father embraced me,
and, handing me my gun, pushed me
back into the ranks.
".Silencep' he said. "You cannot
speak under arms. In the presence of
the enemy you are not my son. You
are only a soldier | am your chief.
Obeyw
They gave us the cartridges taken
from our wounded. My father counted
fifteen PAGES from the walls of the
farmhouse and ordered us in line.
Then, in solemn voice. with uplifted
hand, he went through the details of
the exercise.
Take aim" he cried.
The gun dropped from my hands. I
rushed to my father and fell sobbing
into his arms. He tenderly whispered:
My son, these raw recruits fire bad
ly; they will only mangle me. Thou
hast sure aim. | count on thee. Wilt
thou promise?"
| saw the dawn whiten behind the
city, above the roof where my mother
slept. Without doubt my father read
my thoughts, for, taking my head in
his hands. he said: For thy mothers
sake" Then he placed himself against
the wall, while the foreign officers stood
with barred heads.
"Attention!' commanded my father.
Then he went through the exercise
slowly, ordering the drill as calmly as
though he were on parade. At last he
cried "Firer'
l fred.-Spare Moments.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

An exchange points out that Rud-
gard Kipling's recovery. so plainly the
achievement of the closest medical
watchfulness and care. Is going to make
1T hard for the doctors to lose pneu-
monia cases hereafter. The Kiplng
case was an extremely bad one, and
the skill that could save that ought to
avail with others. Still, it should be
taken into consideration that Mr.. Kip
iing's own pluck and his well-ordered
life had much to do with his recovery.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

1t is quite likely that we shall have to
stop talking about "a brainy man"
when it is intended to indicate that one
has unusual intellectual powers, or
about "a brainlcSs man" when in
feriority of mental capacity is to he in
dicated. The Medical Record shows
that men with the largest brains are
not necessarily those possessing most
brain power, talent or intellect, and
says that ''many persons with brains Of
unusual size have never risen beyond
mediocrity, while, on the other hand
some of those men who have risen to
great eminence by reason of their pow
erful intellectual development have had
brains smaller than the average" An
other fact announced is that natives of
cold climates have larger brains than
those of the tropics and investigation
shows that in sixty given cases the
brains of the Lapps and Swedes had n
capacity, in cubic inches, of from 100
to 102, while the Egyptians and Ben
galese had a capacity of from IS to so
cubic inches 1t is claimed that the
Scotch have the largest brains of any
people In the world. The Record says
about 8 to 10 per cent of men exam
ined in asylums registered a brain
weight of more than 90 ounces. while
those of Daniel Webster. Lord Byron.
Bacon and of many other renowned
men were between $50 and 80 ounces.
The average weight of the brains of
sixty famous men was found to be less
than the estimated brain weight of all
men, and the ten most weighty brains
In the list of famous men averaged
more than nine ounces less In weight
than those of the ten heaviest belong
ing to the idiotic, criminal and Ordin-
airy class. 1t is evident that the dis
tinguishing mark of genius must be
sought elsewhere than in the size ard
weight of the brain
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06
A Trifle Too Much Color.

On one occasion the Prince Of Wales
had a hearty laugh at Hindu school.
boy in Madras. The youngster had
been drilled into the propriety of say
ing your royal highness," should the
Prince speak to them, and when the
heir-apparent accosted a bright-eyed
lad and, pointing to a prismatic COM
pass, asked, What is this?" the young
ster, all in a flutter, replied. Its a
royal compass, your prismatic high
ness"
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

really does when a collision seems Inn
pending is TO shut off steam, apply the
air-brake, open the sandwiches. and
jump. This takes about five seconds.
and in that time all that human effort
is able to accomplish for the train and
passengers may be done. Railroad en-
gineers are told never to reverse the
engine after the air-brake has been ap.
piled, because the reversal reduces the
resisting power of the brakes.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

The editor of Locomotive Engineer
Eng declares that in describing a rail-
road collision reporters make mistake
when they say that ION seeing the dan
ger the engineer whistled down
brakes reversed the lever, and jumped
of" The expression down brakes"
he says, has been obsolete for two gen.
erations. What an efficient engineer
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

The annual report of the Pennsyl-
vania department of agriculture for
1898 views the laws of that State,
passed in the spring of 1897, for the
preservation and protection of forests,
as of vast Importance to the common
wealth. These laws recognized the
fundamental principle that "the forests
than to the individual" One of them
provided a bounty not exceeding 45
cents per acre per annum to the owners
of forest lands maintaining at least
fifty trees per acre in sound condition;
the trees to measure not less than eight
inches at height of six feet from the
ground, and no individual to be paid on
more than fifty acres. Provision was
also made for the acquisition by the
State, for forestry purposes, of three
tracts of land, of 10000 acres each at
the headquarters of the Delaware, the
Susquehanna and the Ohio. Another
provision, copied from the Minnesota
act, established a fire warden service.
Considerable progress has been made
in the purchase of lands for the pro-
posed reserves, and the fire warden ser
vice is declared to have given satisfac
tory results. Attention is called to the
great advantage which may accrue to
Pennsylvania through the reforesting
of cut-oyer and other areas with trees
adapted for the manufacture of wood
pulp, an industry which is yearly as
Stunning larger proportions. A pulp
wood forest started now, with a suf-
ticient area under scientific care, would
in the next generation become a source
of vast revenue to the State.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

They are still talking about witch
craft down East A young man con
Victed of burglary alleges that he has
been "bewitched" by young woman
and is no longer master of his actions
This kind of witchcraft, however. is too
familiar a spectacle to be regarded as
an extenuation.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

There is general protest against the
tendency to multiply holidays, AS
matter of fact, it would be as well to
call halt on the use of birthdays as
national events. The country is produc-
ing too many heroes 10 spare u day for
each one of them.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

contemporary expresses the opn-
ION that the young man who can win
and marry Miss Helen Gould and keep
her in America will be doing more for
his country than Hobson did.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

Those Cubans who want to be ban
dts have the reputation of being NAL
contents generally. Thus their trying
TO combine the character of kickers
and freebOolers.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

The Washington Star thinks the pre-
cocious pianist is preferable to the
S-yearold burglar But it must be con
ceded that nobody is ever obliged, out
of politeness, to sit still and watch Il
prodigy burgle
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

A certain DIR. Peck, of New York,
claims to have made 1900 matrimo-
NAL matches in dozen years. He is
evidently the author of peck of trou-
TajpS
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06
How He Gets His Money Back.

Wyseman-I make it rule never TO
ask a gentleman to return money he
has borrowed of me.
Pratt-Then how do you manage to
get 1t?
Wyseman-Oh, after wait a reason
able time, if he fails to pay up, l con-
clude that he is not a gentleman, and
then l ask him.-London Tit-Bits
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

King Oscar of Sweden has succeeded
I'm doing what most men of his age
could hardly hope to do. He has got
his life insured at the age of 20.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

Three gold shirt studs are the assets
of "A Pennsylvania man who has filed
81 petition of bankruptcy with liabili-
ties aggregating $4,000. 1t cannot be
denied that the gentleman put up a
bold front
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

Instead of developing her domestic
Industries, Spain will borrow more
money and build more war ships.
Spain gives one brain flag.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

II China had newspaper organs on
the Caucasian plan doubtless some of
chem would now be intimating that
italy Is making a monkey of itself in
that real estate affair.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

AS soon as-the microbes hear of Tes-
las invention for electrocuting them
they will doubtless wear gutta percha
insulators.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06
Observation-Disclosures,
. TIMELY TOPICS. z
1 s.
n RARAA'AARAR 'AHAAAARNS

The Spanish red book does not record
any red letter days.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

Doubtless the bicycle trust will be a
big thing on wheels. 1t may be expect
ed to do some exciting scorching.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

1t develops that South Africa Is deep
~ Interested in the solution of the good
Rhodes problem.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

Folks don't like counterfciters be-
cause they get bad impressions of
them.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06
Flags for Brit sh Warsbino

All the flags for British ships of war
except the royal standards, are made
in the government dockyards; and the
enormous number required may be
judged from the fact that In the color
loft at Chatham alone about $4,000
flags are made in a year.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

There are different kinds of bad luck
1t is said of one woman that she Is nm
lucky because her ornery husband
hangs on to life, and of another woman
that she has had bad luck because she
has buried two good husbands.
Pullman herald. [volume] (Pullman, W.T. [Wash.]) 1888-1989, 1899-05-06

The woman's idea of a thoroughly
good husband is one who is better to
his wife's kin than to his own.