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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10
KANSAS CLIPS AND COMMENTS.

George Lamb, of Wichita, is trying
the experiment of raisingquails.
Gov. Leedy not only lost all he had
in Missouri Zinc holes but is himself
in the hole, being deiendent in a suit
for 1925 brought against one of his
companies.
The Lawrence World says that
voting the Populist ticket this fall is
just like eating a peach in the dark,
you can't tell what the next bite will
develope as the live issue"
Mrs. d. r. Harris has just cele-
brated her 90th birthday at Leaven-
worth. She is the mother of l3
children, $ of whom are living, 46
grandchildren and % great-grand-
children.
The sect known as Fire Brands are
in session at Abilene. Last year the
meeting was broken up by the farmers
putting one of the brands in a stock
pond and thoroughly eXtinguishing
all the fire in him.
While an Emporia man was show
ing picture of a line of soldiers
aiming their rifles, an enthusiast in
llle crown Atlleu 10 lllc SOlulciS IRE.
The crowd thought he meant Il con-
| Migration and several people were
hurt getting out of the building.
The gathering at Topeka of a score
of indifferent delegates to the much
Landed, long-heralded Farmers Fed
GRAFTON of the Mississippi Valley this
week indicates Il woful lack of dis
content among the agriculturists right
now. They are separating their crops,
raising their corn now and putting of
their hell raising until they can get a
swipe that the Bryan Stevenson hard
luck combination in November.
Kansas is the fountain whence the
worlds charity springs. a poor old
mover struck Lyons just in time
to get rs team burned up in "A livery
barn fire, and the people without q
struggle bought him new and better
one. And the Louisburg Herald tell,
of another family of movers whose
one horse died. They pulled the
wagon twenty miles by hand and the
good people OF that town bought then
a horse.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10
M. Edison is Modest.

G. NJ. Edison was entirely unprepar-
ed for the domination on the fusion
ticket for senatOrwhich came to him
like money from home, uneNpect-
eddy. At first he declined to believe
the report but when the delegation re-
turned from Yates Ceuter last night,
cheering all the way up town and,
augmented by the billiard hall push,
made a demonstration in front of his
place of business, he covered his face
with his hand and was heard to NUT
ter II guess I'm it,"
This year is Allen county's turn to
have the nomination for state senator
from this the Nth district, the Repub-
leans of Allen and Woodson counties
having agreed to take turn about,
For some unbelievable reason the
fusionists seem to have decided to
follow the same plan, although the
mind of man does not recall
when it made an atom of diff
ference which county the fusion
candidate called home.
Mr., Edison is at present councilman
from the third ward in lola and as
Mr.. Ritter's dispatch from Yates
Center to the X. c, Times states,
"His nominations will greatly strengthen
the fusion cause in the county as Mr..
Edison is close and warm friend of
the laboring man"
As the REGISTER has stated before,
if the convention had adopted plat
form with one plank, and had made
that plank the "The tariff on putty, "
Mr.. Edison would win in a walk. AS
it is he will have Cap. Stewart to
reckon with.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10
Money Made In Peaches.

Mr.. ID. B. ID. Smeltzer few days
ago received copy of the Van Buren,
| Argus, from his old friend Mr.. H.
Groesbeck, a former well known citi-
zen of lola, from which the following
extracts concerning the immense
peach crop in Arkansas are taken.
The first car of peaches was
shipped from Smeltzer's switch on
Monday to Pittsburg, Pa. The en-
tire car load was Elbertas and Capt.
Frank Smel'zer's Elberta orchard
of 1000 trees furnished nearly the
whole car load. Mr.. Smetzer in
formed us that peaches are rfpening
fast and that he has experienced some
trouble in getting pickers. And there
is now fear of a basket famine, as the
crop was in the start so largely under
estimated, 1t is now thought that
nearly one hundred car loads will be
shipped from Smeltzer's switch and
Van Buren, alone. Six cars were
shipped yesterday, nearly all
Elbertas.
Mr.. Groesbeck incidentally remarks
that the Captain is shipping $500
worth of peaches per day. Captain
Frank Shelter who owns several of
the finest fruit farms in Crawford
county, and is the pioneer fruit man
of Arkansas, learned the business
thirty-dve years ago in southern Hi
nois with his brother, d. b. d. Smelt-
ger, OF this place,
In this connection Mr.. Smell tier
stated that he was practically sure
that the Elberta would be a very de-
sirable variety of peach for this coun-
try and the matter will be discussed
at the Horticultural meeting and ar
rangements made to try experiments,
The meeting, by the way, was
held yesterday at the home of Y. w.
Jones, near Wise, and the general
| discussion of fruits and how to care
for trees and plants is we'll worth the
time taken to attend. The meetings
are held once month and Mr.. Smelt.
ger says that every meeting brings out
information that would be worth hun
dreds of dollars to the fruit growers
of Allen county if more people could
be present.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10

Pap Eckert of the Arkansas City
Traveller is out at Colorado Springs.
The following is an extract from a
letter he wrote his paper the first OF
the week. "On the train coming to
Colorado Springs | saw man, and a
Kansas man. too, who was the GREAT
est hero | ever met, heard OF, or read
Of, in poetry, prose or history. He
had dying wife in the very last stage
of consumption. She was so weak
she could scarcely lift her hand to her
head to drive away an occasional va
grant fly. The death mark was on her
brow: those distinct beads of perspira-
ton which tell the awful story. They
had two children, noisy, troublesome
sprigs of humanity. And this man
answered the children, kept them from
annoying the sick mother. he whistled
merry waltZes, sung snatches of songs
to amuse them, and ioked with his
wife. She did not have to express a
single wish; he anticipated them all.
He was seemingly the merriest man in
the car until his wife went to sleep.
Then he sat in the seat behind her and
placed his hands to his forehead. |
saw the great big tears, like drops OF
blood from a bursting heart, steal
through his fingers and drop to the
floor of the coach. She stirred. He
dashed the tears away and sprang up,
looking at her to see if he had been
detected. She did not wake. He sat
down, and again that brave and break
ing heart found vent in tears
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10
WANT KANSAS WHEAT.
Many Buyers Here From the East
Central States

Kansas CITY, August o. Buyers
from the East Central states are here
to buy Kansas wheat. This i, new
market for the products of Kansas,
Oklahoma and Indian territory, and
this market exists because of the eX-
tremely light wheat crop in Ohio,
Michigan and Indiana,
f.. II. Culver OF Toledo, o., who is
here to buy wheat, says the grain
men in the three states named are
looking for their supply from Kans-
as City.
1.-THE conditions" he said. "are
simply these: In Ohio there is usual
Y wheat crop of SO million bushels;
this year there will not be much more
than million bushels; in Michigan
the average crop is 36 to 40 million
bushels; this year the crop will be .
million: in Indiana the normal prod
uct is 3G to 40 millions; this year the
state has produced s million bushels.
The mills of these states and of New
York, New Hampshire, Maine and
Vermont are looking to the grain men
of the East Central states for soft
winter wheat. Our own country
hasn't raised it, so we are obliged to
come to Kansas City to buy it. The
Kansas wheat crop is about 100 mil
lion bushels this year; Missouri has
40 millions, and Oklahoma and Ind
ian territory about % million bushels
each. This grain is brought to Kan
sas City and distributed here, so we
come to Kansas City to buy it.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10

A TOPEKA OFFICE CLOSED
Commissioner Breidenthal Ends the
Mutual Binding Associations
Career.

Topeka, Aug. S,-John w. Breiden-
thai, the state bank commissioner, this
forenoon took possession of the Nut
ual Building and Loan company Of
Topeka. The assets are nominally
100000 and the liabilities largely in
excess of that figure, but until his
deputy completes his examination, the
commissioner will not give out figures.
There are ,, zoos stockholders and they
will ask for a receiver.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10
BARNES TURNED DOWN.
Flynn Refused to IndOrse the Okla
HOma Administration.

Guthrie, Ok, Aug. S.-The Repub-
lican congressional convention of
Oklahoma today turned Governor
Barnes and the administration down
hard. The Barnes men tried to in
sert section in the resolutions in
dorsing the administration, but the
committee voted it down. They then
carried it to the convention floor and
were again defeated. Dennis r. Flynn
was renominated for Oklahoma del
egate to Congress by reclamation.
Flynn aided in killing the admin
istration Endorsement.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10
SHORT BOER CONFLICT
Methuen Has Sharp Engagement,
But Drives the Enemy Back.
scrInps-McRae Press AssoeIa tIon.

Bv scrpps-McRae Press Association.
London, August 0-ROberts reports
an -inconsequential engagement be-
tween Methuen and part of Dewet's
command. Methuen drove the Beers
from succession of hills, encounter
ing obstinate resistance. The British
lost seven killed and several
wounded.
OVER 4 1000 BoER PRISONERS.
BY scripps- McRae Press Association.
London, August 9-Roberts reports
that out of a total of 4, 40 Beers who
are prisoners in the Bethlehem dis
trict, The majority are bound for
Ceylon via Cape Town.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10
ALL FOUR FOR M'KINLEY
German. Englishman, ScOtchman and
American Meet and Take
Straw Vote.
August 3, 1900.

EDITOR REGISTER men came
together in an Office in lola, by no
concert of action but purely 10y acct
dent. One was an Englishman, an
other was German, third was of
Welsh parentage while the fourth was
of Scottish ancestry. All four are
citizens of Allen county and if living
will vote this fall. The political stu
alton was discussed and proposition
made to take @ straw vote for Presi-
ldent, which was agreed to, and re-
suited as follows: Mckinley A; Bryan
0. And yet Kansas is called doubt
full state.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10
ADDITIONAL LOCAL.

Wallace Duncan wants a 1000
pound horse. Address lola.
j. S. McClain and wife and daugh-
ter Edna started overland for Labette
Co. this morning.
Mrs. A. j. Dunfee, who has been
visiting her son Jim, for few days,
returned to Humboldt today.
f. NJ. Bartels today moved his
stock Of chinaware into his new build
ing. The room is not quite finished,
but he had to vacate the old one.
Mr.. and Mrs. Goff and Miss Fay re-
turned last night from Manitou, Colo,
where they have been for the past
month. They enjoyed their trip very
much
Mrs. Fred Noyes passed through
lola today on her way from LaHarpe
to Chanute where she will visit her
mother, Mrs. c. Light, for several
days.
Mrs. f. A. Phenis and Mrs. G.. w.
Osborne, A. O. Aliens mother and
sister, returned home to Emporia to-
day after a visit of ten days. Mr.
Aliens son accompanied them and
will make a long visit.
a letter to the REGISTER from T.. f.
Davis. now at PitlSin, Colo, says to
keep the REGISTER coming. He also
says that colorado will east a heavy
vote for Mckinley and Roosevelt this
year compared with 1896"
Miss Nlaude Miurow returned home
Wednesday after several weeks at
tendance at the State Normal at En-
poria. Miss Clifford Mitchell, who
has also been attending the same
school, shas gone to Chapman for a
weeks visit with Mrs. Frances Me-
Clurel Thietler.
You likely do not want to undertake
dyeing your old garments because you
have made failures. but this was with
the old-fashioned package dyes, that
one package colored wool and another
cotton. Putnam Fadeless Dyes colors
all kinds of fibers at once. You simp-
ly boil the goods with the dye and
they are made new. You cannot fail
in this. Sold dy Campbell Il Burrell.
c. \. Japhet has traded his twOpro-
perties on North street to a Mr.. Noble
james, of Nevada, Mo-. for a 100
acre farm, two and half miles north
west of Neosho Falls. The farm is IA
fine bottom property and Mr.. Japhet
will probably be breaking records
with his corn and pumpkins by an
other year. Mr.. James traded for the
lola property as an investment.
The shooting gallery has gone. 1t
packed its combination of engine,
poles, jack rabbits, dogs, ducks and
is quirrels, and piano into IA wagon last
evening and hiked for Garnet and the
night air on west Madison avenue will
no longer be agitated by "a cake walk
tune, nor the jewellers Whereabouts be
constantly reminded that somebody
would leave their happy home for
you-oo-oo-oo-oo.' The gallery did a
good business for over month and
its absence will be noticed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10
An Exercise in Chinese Grammar.

From the New York sun.
TO the Editor: You should give our
boys few lessons in the Chinese
language so that when they get to
Pek in they will not feel strange. For
example;
Who Will Hang?
Ii Hung Ping.
Is Ii Hung?
III Hang Chang.
You Hang Tuan.
Ii Ping Hangs.
When Shall Wang Hang?
Hang Wang Now.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10
1t is u Curse.

Constipation is a curse, and aillicts
too great portion of the American
people. There is no excuse for it,
either, as well, as a remedy that will
Danish and the curse, and with the
moderate use will keep you well. 1t
is DR.. Caldwell's SyrnpPepsin, Sold
in Zoe soc and $l.00 sizes. For sale
by c. B. Spencer lola Kans; e. G,
Samuels Moran Kans.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10
THE CRISIS REACHED
COn9er's Message has ARGUS
ed the Worlds Wrath

Washington, Aug. s.-The message
from Minister Conger brings the
Chinese situation to its most serious
stage. Nothing except the most vigo'4
Gus action can meet the conditions,
save the ministers and other foreign
ers in Pekin and avert war of long
duration. After conference of the
men in charge OF the diplomatic ana
military affairs. in which President
Mckinley participated over the lore
distance telephone, it was decided to
send message TO Consul Genera
Goodnow, repeating the contents O.
the Conger message and advising hin
that crisis has been reached. He
was requested to communicate the fac
to Ii Hung Chang, to Sheng an6
other Chinese officials, who were to
transmit il TO the government O
China with strong representation
that the present situation was intolerf
able and could not be continued with
out the most serious results.
1t is understood that the dispatcl
was practically an ultimatum and al
early reply was demanded. The ans
wer is expected during the day OF
evening and it probably will deter
mine the future action of this govern
ment.
It. is not believed by the War de
partment officials that the interna
tional forces now operating along thu,
Pei Ho river can reach Pekin in tim
to rescue the ministers if active hos
tilities should begin against the lega
TONERS by the imperial troops. 81
serious do the officials regard tn
situation that it is believed by som.
that there is greater safety for tn
ministers and other foreigners to ac
cept an escort of the imperial arm.
to Tien Tsin than to remain in Peki.
if war should be declared.
THE BRITISH LION GETTING ANGRY,
London, Aug. S.-England has mott
fled the Chinese government that it
members will be held personally re
sponsible for the safety of the minis
tiers and other foreigners in Pekin.
IAN eye for an eye and a tooth TO
a tooth" will be vigorously exacte6
For every minister slain Chimes
official must die. Presumably tb.
threat applies to the members of Ii,
royal family from the emperor an
dowager empress through all th
grades of princes of the blood royi
down to the Tsung Ii Yamen an
other officers.
This policy OF retribution was az
nounced in the House of Commor
yesterday 10y Mr.. Broderick, parli.
mentary' secretary OF the foreign offic
He added that further information a
the house would serve no usef
purpose.
HuStlinr young man can make $50 per mon
and expenses. Permanent position. Expe
! rit fnr arft Ian
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-10
CHICAGO is SWELTERING
Terrible Heat Since Sunday and Four
Deaths Before 8 A. NJ. To-Day

BY scrippsM Press Association.
Chicago, August 9.-There is no re-
lief from the sweltering heat which has
prevailed since Sunday. Fou deaths
from heat We're reported to the coro-
ner before 8 O'Clock TODAY.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-20
The worlds Largest Hopyardo.

1t is not generally known, but the
largest hopyards in the world are
in California. along the Sacramento,
Russian and Feather rivers, and the
very biggest hoptield on earth is at
Pleasanton. in Alameda county. where
there are 36S acres. with more than
$4,000 vines under one wire
As the picking must all be done by
hand and within the short season
when the blossoms are at their best, an
army of people has to be suddenly
mustered for the harvest. The mild
climatic conditions that favor the de
velopment of the hop and the pleasant
inland valleys where it is grown COM
bine to make hop picking something
of a summer time delight, for the work
is neither difficult nor arduous, and
the pay is fair.
There are but two drawbacks to
hop picking. One is so called hop
poisoning, which is simply n sort Of
pFickly heat or rash sometimes pro-
duced by contact of face and arms
with the nettlelilSe fuZZ on the stalks
of the hop vine. 1t does not affect all
pickerS. The other is the dark stain
ing of the hands resulting from the
resin of the blossom. 1t may he re-
moved by rubbing with the crushed
green leaves of the hop.-San Francis
co Chronicle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-20
swindle by Pawn Tickets.

The most lucrative game which New
York swindlers work on the credulouS
and eager New Workers themselves
continues TO be the bogus or false
pawn ticket swindle. 1t is not I'M
known in Chicago, and it has so many
fine points about it. all of them APP
pealing to the man who loves to make
a few dollars on the side, that the
rogues who work il are never out of
customers. The simplest method is for
the swindler to tell his intended vic
tim he has in pawn n ring or gem worth
500. He claims to have pawned it for
only SO, and rather than lose the
difference between the real value and
the amount for which he pawned it he
will give the customer a rare bargain.
There is SO due the pawnbroker. be-
sides 50 interest. leaving an equity Of
SO. He will sell that equity for just
half. or $50. After the victim has paid
over the $50 and has redeemed the
pledge he finds that the real value of
the article is $50 to SEQ and that he is
out So to SO. The pawnbrOker gets all
he loaned, and the original owner
makes all the victim Overpaid.-Chica-
so Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-20
RemIniscence of a Thespinn.

At Brighton Beach 1 hit Nose Rosen-
stein. who was organizing n one night
Faust" company, for n job.
What part do you wish to take?" he
inquired shortly.
Il wish to take the place of Mephis-
topheles. of course" L answered, draw
ing myself up proudly. for 1 had on 4
new suit of clothes and could afford to
look him in the face.
"And why do you wish to take that
particular part?" he inquired.
1 was amazed at his dullness; but,
cOncealing my disgust as far as posi-
BILE, l explained that it was because the
devil always gets his dues. He seemed
pleased at my repartee, wrote me out
500 per week contract and paid me
my first weeks salary of $50 in adj
vance. l played the devil in Faust
until nearly the end of the season. after
which / was cast in The Foundry" a
workipgman's play.-Indianapolis Sun.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-20
Her Criticism.

Mary is very stout, quite deaf and
the trusted housemaid of q family in
the East park section. Incidentally she
seems to be something of an art critic.
When she cleans the family rooms, she
is heard to mutter and shake her head
in busting the pictures, and she seems
TO be especially severe on few repre-
sentatiyes of the altogether that
hang in the little den. One day Mary
was flirting her dustcloth about in this
little room when her mistress happened
in. Mary was standing gazing intently
ut a beautiful photograph of Bougue-
reau's Cupid and Psyche"
And phwat pictur' is that:" asked
Mary in hard, cold tones
"Oh. that is Cupid and Psyche
said the lady rather indifferently.
Moody and Sankey. is ut: Well,
hav' heered Of them felleys. Sure. they
ought to be ashamed of themselves
Philadelphia Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-20

Halbard is the arms carry'd by the
serjeants of foot and Dragons; the
head of the halbard ought to be n foot
or 10 inches long; one end ought to be
hollow to receive the staff, but the
other broad. ribb'd in the middle, edg'd
on both sides and drawing to a point,
like the point of Il two edged sword.
On one side of the head is likewise
fixed Il piece in form of half moon or
star. and on the other Il broad point Of
four inches long. crooked n little.
which is very commodiOus for drawing
fascines, gabious or whatever obstacle
happen in the way. The staff of the
halbard is about five feet hong and an
inch and half diameter, made of ash or
other hard wood.
Halbards are very useful in deter
mining the ground betwiXt the ranks,
and for dressing the ranks and files of
a battalion. and likewise for chastising
the sOldiers.-Gentleman Directory,
1IOJ
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1900-12-20
Nath & Brautigsm Co.
BAKERY.
Phone IL. l716-l71S Second Ave
Vibration.

vibration is the great buCbcar Of
this business said one of the best in
formed stationary engineers in New
Orleans 1t * governed 10y fixed
laws. of course. but they are so subtle
AMI Intricate that il * next TO impossi-
hle to master them. They have most
important bearing. however. on the life
engines 10 jar themselves literally To
pieces for no apparent cause. Some
slight error IN adjustment had set up n
vibration that was communicated from
part 20 part. like contagious disease,
until the whole plant was affected.
"A steady trcmor Of that kind will
not only wear out the parts. but 1t
causes what we call structural
changes in the metal itself Wrought
steel will gradually lose its touGhness
and elasticity and become as brittle as
cast iron. W hen it is fractured. the in
terror will have n strange. ETanulated
appearance. and the worst of il is that
the alteration may Ice going on for
months without the knowledge of the
most careful engineer alive That is
the secret OF the breaking OF 4 great
many propeller shafts 1t sea.
There are different ways OF stop
ping vibrations. and one Of the NEST
curious is 10 set up 4 counter tremor in
the opposite direction. one neutralizes
the other"-New Orleans Times Demo-