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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-02-09

The REGISTER carries a supply of
typewriter ribbons, which fact may
be OF interest to stenographers on oc-
casion
Golden Buff Plymouth chickens for
sale at 81 90. Also small Shellin mare
pony for sale. w. ID. Freeman, Bron =
son Kansas.
For SALE: Good pair of mules,
harness and wagon. Reasonable time
and good security. lola Metal Com
pany, one door south Of Sauer IL
Steyer. 1t.
The Republican State convention
happens along about the same time
as the Hutchinson Musical jubilee
and the X. of P. grand lodge meeting
at lola.
MIR. Stone, of the Barclay-Shields
clothing house, solemnly AYERS that
when the dog law was passed large
dog entered the store and wanted
"muslin."
Miss Jennie McNiel and Mesdames
Harry McNiel, DeLap, f. A. North
rup, and II. s. Aspinall drove out to
the home of Mrs. Ralph Drake We'd
nesdsy and spent the day.
Sheriff Hobart was elected treasurer
of the state Sherif7s association
which met at Emporia last week, a
compliment which il very gratifying
to his Allen county friends.
Work on the new Robinson build
ing east of the post-of1ice lie going
merrily on. The building will he
large and airy and will make fine
business room on the lower floor.
Webb City Register Frank Lawyer
has received his new Fairbanks d
Morse gasoline engine to be placed in
his new shop. Frank lie having tho
finest shop in the south wSst made.
The time for which Barney Mccoy
was sent up to the county jail expired
last week but he has not yet been
turned out because he has not arraug-
ed for the payment OF his fine and
costs.
Mr.. and Mrs. Samuel Kelly, the
eyed parents of Il. f.. Kelly, are both
bedridden ana Tom is having q very
severe test ofhis filial love in the un-
remitting care which he is giving
them.
Judge Smith Tuesday evening
united in marriage Raymond n. Dur
ham and Miss Nancy A. Hart, both
of LaHarpe. Mr.. Durham is black
smith for the Lanyon Zinc works at
Lanyonville.
The first kiln of brick made from
the shale on the mound was finished
Monday, AS soon as they have
cooled and the kiln can be opened
some mighty fine specimens are ex-
pected TO appear.
Mr. Guy M. Tredway returned from
Minnesota, where he has been teach
ing in an Indian school, having re-
signed his position there. He started
Monday to Emporia to enter the n or-
NAL for years study.
Mrs. j. s. Cook, who has been in
poor health for number of years,
| just returned from Kansas City
where she went to consult DIR. Miner.
| She was informed that 10 will require
three surgical operations to restore
her to health.
The Bush Wadsworth brick COM
pany has q long dry-room filled with
green brick, their first run. As soon
as the machinery gets set and the men
get onto the kinks Of it the plant will
turn out quality OF brick inferior to
none In the state.
The Triple Tie Benefit Association
meets in Emporia Tuesday, the 18th.
Hr. IL. #. Henson and Mr.. H. M
Miller will attend from lola. the form
or as delegate from the lola Lodge and
he latter as member ofthe Supreme
Auditing Committee.
Washington sentinel., 1900-03-31
T>,,E ~, SENTINEL
TRADE HINTS FROM OUR
CONSULS ABROAD.

COAL FAMINE IN EURoPE,-The
coal famine throughout this part
Of the country, saws Consular
Agent Ernest L. Harris writing
from Eibenstock, February IS, is
making itself fels more and more
every day. Even schools are be-
ginning to close for want ot oal.
The winter thus far has been a
hard one, and the price Of coal tor
ordinary use has risen IS per cent.
II the strikes continue, the poorer
class Of people will suffer greatly
The industries OF the Erzgebirge
are fed principally by the coal
mines of Bohemia, which produce
a cheaper quality than those Of
Saxony. Soon after the strikes
commenced, many Of these indus
tries were obliged either to reduce
their forces or close entirely.
Many factories have shut down in
Plauen. A brush factory IN
Schoenheide, probably the largest
oil its kind in the world. giving
employment 70 5000 workmen,
must work on halftme. The glass
factories OF the country suffer most.
Those in the neighborhoOd OF
Gorlitz have closed. Those IN
Carlsield shut down week ago.
The tact that yesterday the coal
miners OF ZwiCkau, in sympathy
with those OF Bohemia, decided 70
strike will make matters more
acute, as this city is the great CEN
ire OF SaXony.
The miners Of Bohemia stru ok
for higher wages, for the eight hour
system, and for better conditions
generally. AT present, they earn
40 cents a day. Those familiar
with conditions claim that on the
whole the strikers are in the right.
The miners Of SaXony struck for
the eight hour system and to pre-
vent coal from being sent from the
mines OF Zwickau across the Dor.
der into Bohemia, At the same
time they demanded better insur
ance safeguard against the danger!
OF their calling,
JUST what the result Of these
strikes will be on the manufacture
of goods, on the exports from
Saxony to the United States, and
in general remains to be seen. But
if the strikers hold out for any
length OF time, many manutac-
turer will be unable to fill his
orders, and the poor people oil the
country will be brought face tc
face with distress and want, re n.
dered more acute by the hardships
Of an unusually severe winter.
Washington sentinel., 1900-03-31

MARKET FOR AMERICAN Coal IN
FRANCE. The coal famine that has
existed in France and a large part
of Europe during the present
winter and the consequent high
price OF all kinds oifuel have called
very general attention to the coal
supply OF the world. The situation
is supposed to be due to the war
in the Transvaal and the strikes in
the French coaldistricts. 1t could
also be attributed to the unexam.
pied activity in the channels Of
manufacture, which one and all
rest upon coal as their foundation
and have been steadily increasing
their consumption tor the past
decade. The governments OF sew
eral European nations have been
asked to take prompt action in the
direction OF protecting their mines.
During the strikes in this coun-
try, the Minister Of War was be-
sieged to send men from the
army TO equip the idle mines, and
the Government was requested to
reduce the rates Of transportation
upon railroads. The first request
was not complied with, but the
second resulted IN a reduction
from the prevailing price OF So. 40
per ton to SG.65 per ton for a haul
from the Department du Gard. the
Bouches du Rhone, and Cette to
the city OF Lyons, a distance Of 3s7.
kllometers (about 2aa miles). An
effort is being made to perpetuate
this low price. II successful, It
will mean that il the imports OF
American coal which recently ar
rived az Marseilles are followed by
continuous shipments, they could
be brought to Lyons, the largest
industrial center in France after
Paris, for SI.65 a ton.
1t is asserted, but not authorita-
lively, that France can greatly
augment her output Of coal. The
more general opinion is that the
country will have to look for her
coal supply to the United States
and other lands, where there are
rich mines yet untouched. Some
OF the French mines now worked
are very deep and are often
flooded. The cost Of pumping,
timbering and bracing averages IS
cents per ton in France against 4
cents in England. The deepest
coal pits in France are in the Gard,
where the miners descend nearly
$500 feet.
The coal supply is the most con-
spicuous topic Of current discus
sion in the French press, especially
in papers Of an industrial or CON-
mercial character. The possibility
oil supply from the United States
is freely considered.
II is mentioned that il coal we're
brought to the Mediterranean from
the United States, the steamers
which bring it would hnd plenty
OF freight to carry back from Mar
seilles, Genoa, Naples, and other
ports.
Washington sentinel., 1900-03-31

TRADE SECRETS IN GERMANY
Richard Guenther, Consul General
at Frankfort, writes, Feb. 4, as fol-
lows: According to German news
papers, the German federal court
has recently rendered decision
u hich appears to be of interest TO
our Consuls in Germany, as
thew are frequently requested by
citizens OF the United States to pro-
cure for them all possible intorma'
ton regarding manufacturing pro-
cesses employed in Germany. 1t
appears that foreman in the en-
pioy of a certain establishment IN
vented a substance which his EN-
plover used in finishing "Tustling
velvet. The use OF this substance
was considered a trade or business
secret of the firm. The foreman,
however, impaired the composition
to others, and the firm had him
tried under the law OF May al
1893, entitled IAN act for the sup,
preston of base competition
(Gesetz zur Bekaempiung des un-
lauteren Wettbetriebs). The iore-
man was found guilty in the lower
court.
The case was appealed to the
federal court and the defense made
the point that the foreman had
only impaired his own invention
to others; that the same was his
intellectual property. The federal
court dismissed the appeal on the
following grounds:
The foreman was employed as
such by the firm, and therefore it
was his duty to try experiments oY
which the methods OF work could
be improved.
His achievement in inventing
the substance was therefore only a
part OF the services which he owed
to his gemployers. The invention
belonged to his employers, and
therefore the action Of the foreman
in imparting the secret to outsiders
was in violation of the law referred
to. Only an employe is intrusted
with experiments which may lead
to such inventions. A stranger,
whose labor does not belong to the
establishment, is excluded from
such experiments. The foreman
was admitted to the experiments
only on account OF his employ
ment by the firm, and it followed
that the invention in question was
made by him in consequence OF
his employment by that firm, Tor
which he was paid.
Washington sentinel., 1900-03-31

TOYS WILL BE DEAR.-Consul
Hughes, OF Cohurg, under date Of
February 6, 1900, writes:
Owing TO the strikes in the coal
mines in Bohemia and Saxony, all
the large and small manufactures
of china, glass, toys, and dolls have
had to cut down their productions
to about one-third. Coming as
this does, at a time when all the
different CONCERNS are crowded
and England, it makes the outlook
for prompt deliveries very poor.
Prices of all local goods are
bound TO 60 up. The various
branches Of the trades are having
meetings to Increase the cost for ex-
portation and the American buyers
will find products higher in price
than they were last year and the
delivery time much longer.
Washington sentinel., 1900-03-31
o. II. Hoover.

100 Ninth street NV, deals in foreign
and domestic cigars, and has aiway on
hand Havana, Kew West and home made
cigars whose quality and flavor appeal
to the most refined tastes, Departmental
and Congressional trade solicited..
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08

of William Cantner. His stock
and belongings were licked up
by the flames and his loss is
placed at $1,000.
On this floor was the photo
graph gallery of j. F.. Collins,
whose loss is estimated at $1,000.
His gallery was the finest in the
town and many valuable mega
tives' and considerable amount
of furniture was consumed.
Burgess j. G. Criswell had his
Office on the second floor, He
had the keys and the borough or
dinances and appurtenances to
hand over to his successor, Ben
jamin H. Foreman. These were
all burned. His loss is $500, on
which there is an insurance Of
S400. All his dental tools were
destroyed
The residence and drug store
of Frederick Forthman were
damaged by water to the extent
of $1,000 and the residence of
John Hicks by water to the
amount of $500.
The establishment of S. E.
Grove, undertaken, was also dam
aged by water. His loss may
reach $500.
The narrow escape of other
property may be known when it
is told that the academy of music
was on fire at one time and that
sparks fell on the buildings of the
Geiser Manufacturing Company.
The loss of the secret orders on
the third floor of the Wolff block
is given as follows:
Acacia lodge of Masons, 5000.
Uscas tribe of Red Men, $500.
Knights of the Golden Eagle,
$500.
Jr. O. U. A. NJ, $500.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
SPRING HOUSE VALLEY.

Feb. 28.-Mrs. Nose Gordon
and son Lemuel of Plum Run,
spent from Saturday till Monday
with the family of w. III. Paylor.
Nora Paylor is suffering from
severe attack of measles.
George Paylor and sister Rosa
are spending several days visiting
friends in Franklin county.
Quite a number of the scholars
of our school have measles.
Death again visited this vicinity
and removed the infant son of
Mr.. and Mrs. George Unger.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
Made Him Homesick.

A tramp went along a dusty
road and sat down on the steps OF
a house in a quiet village street.
Through the windows the voices
OF man and a woman in violent
alteration were heard, and the
tramp listened intensely.
Angry words, and occasionally
the sound of something thrown,
reached his ears, and he could
hardly sit still.
AT last, evidently, the wife had
taken broom, and the blows fell
fast and furious.
The tramp could stand it no
longer, but, rushing to the side
door, he darted in and, stepping
between the pair, he cried, with
a husky voice;
"Give us a clip or two with the
broom, old woman; it seems just
like old timesl'
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
NEW CATTLE EXPERIM ENT

The experiment station at the
Pennsylvania State College, in
conjunction with the State De
partment of Agriculture, is now
conducting an experiment to test
the effect of different methods of
supplying water to fattening cat
tie and to ascertain at the same
time the most economical way of
stabling them. Fifteen steers
were divided into three lots of
five each, all being dehorned.
One lot is turned loose in a
large boxstall and fed in a
common manger, while con-
slant supply of water is furnish
ed them in an automatic watering
trough. A second lot is tied in
stalls, each animal being supplied
with water as in the first lot,
while the third lot is tied in stalls
and watered by being turned out
daily. A record is kept of all
food consumed as well as the la
Dor required in caring for each
lot, and the gain in live weight Of
each is taken every two weeks.
1t is yet too early to draw any
conclusions, except that consid-
erably less labor is required to
care for loose steers.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
MCKIBBEN.

Feb. 26. Matthias is giving us
lots of ice.
Mrs. Florence Clark spent
Sunday with Mrs. George F..
Smith.
On the account of the cold, the
prayer meeting at Pleasant
Grove was not very largely at
tended last Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Anderson Mel
lott spent Sunday with Mr.. and
Mrs. William Fl. Mellott.
Mrs. Emma Bolinger, after
spending a few days with her
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. b. f. Bed
ford, returned to Dublin Mills.
The Diehl Brothers who are
still at A. O. Palmer's, are unable
to saw now on account of the ice.
Boys, keep fire at night.
James d. Clancy and family
have moved to Virginia where
they will remain few years, and
probably for life.
John Deshong is still critically
i'll.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
CLEAR RIDGE.

Feb. 26.-Last Saturday night
the mercury dropped from 40 de-
grees to zero in less than four
hours.
Mrs. r. r. Brown is on the
sick list. N. B. Henry and Jno.
Henry are slowly recovering
from a severe attack of rheuma-
tism.
Miss Bertha Locke, of Mad
densville, was the guest of Harry
N. Henry on Saturday.
Miss Lilly Fleming is on the
sick list.
Nevin Laidig and wife accom-
panied by Miss Maud Fields,
spent Sunday with his father.
Misses Emma Grove and Grace
Huston spent few days last
week at Three Springs.
Boys, you had better be care
full, the Squire is close.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
TOE PARTY" THE LATEST.

The. town of Dushore may be
on top of the Alleghenies, and ru-
raj as to some things, but it is not
altogether behind in novelties. -
The latest in that direction was d
"toe party" which took place in
the town hall last Friday night
This is the way it was done: A
row of pretty young women were
drawn up on the stage behind a
curtain, and one by one stuck a
bare foot under the curtain for
the inspection of a number of
young gentlemen. Then the toes
We're auctioned off to the highest
bidder, whose privilege it was to
accompany the owner of the toes
to lunch. The toes brought all
the way from 35 cents to S5. In
some instances the young women
had clipped" their best fellows,
agreeing to wiggle their toes in a
certain way in order to avoid be-
ing taken to lunch by other fell
lows, who, when they caught on
promptly ran the bidding up as
high as they could before giving
in. There were many spectators
for whom the novel procedure af-
forded no end of amusement.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
WORTH KNOWING.

Here are a few useful hints
from a practical mechanic to the
readers of the "Fulton County
News" "
Pump a little condensed milk
into your leaky bicycle tires.
Dissolve pure para rubber in
benzine, with which you may
cement soles, and patches on your
rubber boots.
If q small lump of birthstone
be burned on case hardened iron
or steel, a hole can easily be drill
ed.
If your clock refuses to run,
unscrew the works from the case
and soak them for few minutes
in coal oil.
A good, always-ready glue is
made by adding a few drops of
nitric acid to a pint of ordinary
cabinet glue, which otherwise
quickly hardens when cool.
Good cider vinegar makes the
best furniture polish Nine
tenths of the so called polishes
render the varnish sticky which
catches all the dust and ruins the
lustre.
Glass of any thickness can be
bored or drilled, with an awl-
broken file, or twist drill, if a
liquid be used consisting of one
part gum camphor dissolved in
three parts spirits of turpentine.
Make a dam of putty around the
place to be bored, into which pour
Il small quantity of liquid.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
NOW HAS POSSESSION.

The Pennsylvania Railroad at
last has undisputed possession of
the famous Horse Shoe Bend,
above Altoona, says a Harrisburg
dispatch, of Feb. 28, and Altoona
now owns the ground on which
her water works are located. The
discovery has been made that the
land on which the Horse Shoe
Bend and Altoona water works
were located, had never been pat
ented and no warrant had ever
been issued for them, the original
surveyor having left them out Of
the plot when he did the work.
The surveyor quietly informed
the railroad company and the
city and they at once made appli-
cation to the board of public prop
erty for the land and began ad-
vertising the fact that they had
made such application. The time
for advertising expired to-day,
and there being no opposition to
granting the warrant, the intern
al affairs department issued it.
The land in question comprises
seventeen acres and the company
paid 26S cents an acre for it with
&l5 fees and now holds it abso,
lutely.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
BURNT CABINS.

Feb 27.-Mrs. Matte Lake and
son OF Pittsburg are spending
some time with her mother, Mrs.
Houck, of this place.
w. r.. MCGOWAN, Of Tyrone, is
visiting his home in this place.
Miss Nettie Naugle is spending
some time with her parents near
this place, after spending some
months in Huntingdon.
Ed Horton, of near this place,
wears quite smile over the ar
rival of a son.
Charles Fore, of Knobsyille,
was a visitor to our town ON Mon
day.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
The Latest "Penny in the Slot -

A countryman travelling by
train came to large station.
Looking round, he saw some
automatic machine. He put a
penny in one and got a cigarette;
then another penny, and he got a
box of matches.
"Mon, that's grand" said he.
Then he walked into the town
and saw another box at the cor
ner. He went over and dropped
in I'd, and stood waiting.
Presently postman came up,
opened the pillar box, took out
the letters and turned to go away
when the man, thinking he was
going to lose his I'd, caught the
postman by the arm and said;
"Hold on, mon; there's twa Of
them lucky bags mine"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
The Evening Star.

The remarkably bright star
seen in the sky just after dark is
the planet Venus, and is watched
by scores Of persons who are
given to star gazing. Venus will
continue TO set a little later each
evening until May 18th, when it
will begin to recede, setting a
little earlier each evening until it
disappears from the western
horizon, to appear again in the
east on July 18th as the morning
star. Venus is now the highest
star in the western armament.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08

There is more truth than poe
try in the proverb that politics
make strange bedfellows. "
It's the easiest thing in the
world for a wise man wilo has
never made any money to call a
rich man a fool,
A safe way of calling a man a
liar is to say he is suffering from
palpitation of the imagination.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
COUSIN OF GEN. GOBLIN DEAD.
Passed Away at Ills Residence in
JohnstOwn.

Benjamin p. Goblin, a cousin Of
General J. p. S. Goblin, died at
his home, No. 374 Bedford street,
this city, at sos o'clock Saturday
evening. He had been i'll since
December, his ailment being pro
nounced Bright's disease three
weeks ago, since which time he
had rapidly grown worse.
Benjamin H. Goblin was born
February "a, 1849, at Sunbury,
Pa, and was a son of Henry and
Phoebe Goblin, deceased. His
mother died twenty-eight years
ago and his father two years
later. His only sister-Emma-
died many years ago, at the age
Of nine.
In 1858 the Goblin family moved
from Sunbury to Fulton county,
where they lived on a farm. On
December >, 1871, the subject of
this sketch was married to Mary
f. Eichelberger by Rev. Morris
f.. Waller, of the Presbyterian
church at Hancock, Md.
In 1882 Mr.. Goblin and family
came to Johnstown. He was a
wire drawer and worked at that
trade up to the time of the Great
Flood, and since then had been
employed as a straightener in the
Cold-Roll Department of the
Cambria Company.
Mr. Goblin had a host of friends
in Johnstown and other places he
had lived who will hear with sor-
row of his death. He was man
of Christian character, beloved of
every one who knew him, it being
a motto of his life to "speak well
of every one or not to speak at
all. " He was a devoted husband
and loving father and almost a
lifelong member Of the Presby-
terian church. In political af-
fairs he was a stalwart Republi-
can.
The deceased is survived by
his wife and the following chill
dred: Helen, Edward, Lynn,
Melvina, Phoebe, and Edith, all
of whom are at home.
Funeral services will be CON
Quoted at the late home of the de
ceased at 4 o'clock Monday after
noon by Rev. Hays, of the First
Presbyterian church, assisted by
Rev. e. A. Hibler, of the Chris
tian church. The interment,
which will be private, will be
made in Grand View Cemetery. -
Johnstown Tribune.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1900-03-08
The Weather for March.

Hick' IS forecast Of the weather
for March starts all right. For
the 1st we were TO have a very
general and marked reaction to
warmer weather, attended by
rain and snow, and we have had
'em. By the 3d and 4th a high
barometer will have succeeded
storm conditions. From the 9th
to the 10th we shall have the
Vulcan storm period, it will be
warmer and there will be rain.
The disturbances due about the
18th will this month be delayed
or prolonged until the 18th, 18th
and 10th. A marked blizzard and
boreal storm need not be a sur
prise. The cold weather follow
ing will moderate from the 10Th
to the 22d. Cold weather howev-
er is peedicted for the greater
part of the month. Centering
about the 25th and Goth change to
warmer, falling barometer and
more rain and snow will likely
appear. April and May, upon
the whole, will bring favorable
weather, but some Venus frosts
and floods are to be feared in
May.