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The Iola register., 1902-07-18
MANY OF OUR SHEEP GOATS
Much of the Mutton Sold In Large
odtiep Is the Meat of
AnEoran,

Among stockmen it iB notorious that
q great deal of meat that is sold for
prime mutton in ST. Louis, Chicago,
Louisville and Kansas City is really
Angora goat meat-just as good eat
ing and far more profitable to the
stockmen by reason of the greater
value of the fleece, mohair against
wool, says the Kansas City World.
The Angora goat-raising interest is
steadily growing throughout the
United States. Its headquarters, that
is, the headquarters of the American
Angora Goat Breeders association, are
right here in Kansas City. w. Il, Nc
Intyre is the secretary of this associa-
ton. Mr.. Mcintyre says:
There are $4,000 Angora goats in
the country to-day and the business is
growing fast. 1t has all been built up
since March IA, 1891, when our associa-
tion was formed. Then, according to
government statistics, there were but
10000 Angora goats in the United
States. And not one registered. Now
we have about 10000 registered.
Registered goats range in price
from $40 to $40 each. Some bucks 20
from $25 to $500. Plain, unregistered
animals bring from $3.50 to $5 a head.
1t pays to raise any kind, but just now,
at any rate from the stud standpoint,
IL is more profitable to raise registered
stock.
"Angora goats do better than sheep
anywhere, but are especially better in
brush-covered sections. They are far
harder than sheep.
"Our association has 1903 members
now, in all parts OF the United states
and Canada and Mexico. We have some
in Australia"
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
GATHERING OPIUM.
Coltivators Go Forth in the Evening
with Lances and in the Early
Morning with Pots.

IL is "A sort Of garden cultivation, the
poppy plant being grown in little
squares or beds intersected by tiny
water channels for irrigation wherever
this Is possible. The growth OF the
plants is carefully tended, und at
length the time comes when they
burst out into flower, and the fields
look like a sheet of silver as the white
petals of the flowers glisten in the
morning dew.
These beautiful petals are the first
produce of the crop, for the women
and children Of the cultivators' fami-
lies come forth and pick them off one
by one and carefully dry them, so that
t'ey may serve afterwartg as the COW
ering OF the manufactured cakes of
opium. Then the poppies, with their
bare capsule heads, remain standing
in the open field until il is considered
that they are ripe for lancing. The
cultivators then come forth in the
evening, and, with an implement not
unlike the knives of coupling instru-
ment, they scarify the capsule on it's
sides with deep incisions, so that the
juice may eXude. In the early morn
ing the cultivators reappear with,
scraping knife and their earthenware
pots, and they scrape off the exuded
juice and collect it in their pots. And
this is crude opium. -"
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
SCOTCH FARE LAUDED.
Oatmeal, Scenes and Haggls serve as
PreVentiVes OF Dentists and
Dyspepsia.

Defenders Of the Scottish national
fare of oatmeal, scenes and haggis
have been few To the ordinary bill
OF faro nearly every nation save the
Scotch has contributed something, but
Scotch dishes, except at distinctively
Caiedonian functions, are generally esS
chewed, says the New York Sun.
&otch physician has, however,
come forward recently with arguments
In favor of Scottish cooking. He says,
for instance, that dyspepsia and den
lists are practically unknown IN Scot
land outside Of the large cities, in
which the national co oking Of Scotland
is discarded for foreign dishes and for
eign ways.
1t Is fact that though disting guished
In the field Of medicine, the Scotch as
dentists are little known, and wLhe
the details of eases Of dyspepsia are
less easily procurabk, il Is certainly
not a national ailment I'm Scotland.
The Scotch show no partiaiity for pies
and pastry, and in tho highlands they
are much out Of doors-two reasons
which might bc'pLen to account for
The absence of dyspepsia, apart from
the wholesomeness Of their diet.
The Scotch arc hardy race, and in
one particular AT least they have been
able in recent years to impress their
views upon the people of other coun-
tries, namely, in the moral general
use of cereals. The popularity Of
cereal food has vastly increased in the
United States in the last ten years,
and if the advocates ~ fCcotch cooking,
or rather Of Scotch fare, have been
unable to get recognition for their
views at the dinner table, they have
been more fortunate at the breakfast
board.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
Base Ball News

Kid Forney was in the box for lola
yesterday, in the opening game OF the
second series here with Sedalia, and
he proved that the two victories he
won from them before we're not acci-
dents. He allowed them FIVE safe hits
and but for his own wildness in two
innings would have shut them out
neatly. Lawson started in TO pitch
for Sedalia but lola opened up on him
and kept at it scoring two runs in the
first and three 10 the third, in the
second and fourth innings getting men
we'll along on bases and being retired
because hit did not turn up right.
He was taken out OF the box after the
fourth inning and Thomas took up the
task. He proved effective although
hit pretty freely, the visitors backing
him up with some sharp fielding which
alone prevented the score soaring
higher.
Wednesday mornings Kansas City
Times President Shiveley, of the Mis-
souri, Valley League, announces the
progress of the clubs toward the pen
nant, by printing the following table
which will probably be taken as Off
cial although it differs somewhat
from the league standing heretofore
kept by the different towns. Sedalia
claims she and Joplin have been
switched about. Here is the table;
MISSOURI VALLEY LEAGUE STANDING
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
GREEN CORN DANCE
The Annual Festival of the Creek In
dians Near Eufaula.

Muskogee, l. T., July 16.-Eight
miles west of Eufaula last night the
green corn" dance, the annual festi-
val of the Creek Indians, before which
none of the tribe are allowed to taste
green corn of the year was held. The
medicine men have lighted the great
FIRE from which each of the Indians
must take light for the fire in his own
home If he would prosper another
year, according to the old tradition.
The emetic that prepares the Indian
stomach for the new years fruit,
maize, has been mixed in the mystic
crucible OF the medicine man and after
it has been taken each Indian will be-
gin the greatest OF Creek festivities.
The dance is always held in the full
moon OF July and not until then can
the members of the tribe eatigreencorn.
The feather dance Of the squaws also
was held last night. The town king
has announced that the festivities will
continue three days. White people
from all over the nation are hocking
to the scene,
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
MUST HAVE THE SWORD.
An Article Tint Is Necessary 10 the
Completeness OF IA Naval
Surrender. .i

Naval red tape is as stringent as
that existing in the army, and some
times the enforcement of the regula-
tions leads to ludicrous results. Some
years ago, when the late Admiral Skier
rett was captain, an officer who had
been charged with an ofIense and or
dered under arrest presented himself
to be arrested. Th regulations pro-
vide that on such occasion the officer
shall be in full dress and wear sword.
The officer wore his uniform, but had
no sword.
II can't arrest you" said Capt. Skier
rett, looking for the missing sword,
unless you come prepared to submit
your sword to me-"
The officer explained that he had
not received his sword from home,
although it had been expressed to him.
well, you'l have to get one" was
the reply
So the officer skirmished about in
the navy yard for someone who had
sword to lend. Finding one, the Of
fender returned TO Capt. Skerrett and
was promptly and regularly put under
arrest according to regulations.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
CRANBERRY FLOWERS.
Beauties of BOR blossom SJlth
which Hut Few of Us Are
Familiar.

One of the daintiest of wild flowers
of June is the blossom of that time
honored concomitant of roast turkey,
the cranberry. While, however, ev-
anybody knows the berry, few are ac-
auainted with the flower, for the peat
bogs where il blows in the choice fell
lowship of the stately pitcher plant
and the golden club, and of many a
rare orchid, are quite remote from
the beaten paths of travel, says Coun-
try Life in America.
The cranberry plant ID a small,
slender, somewhat trailing shrub,
with the neatest of evergreen leaves,
from amid which a few threadlike
stalks lift their nodding flowers.
When fully expanded the pink lobes
uf each corolla are curled back like u
lily's, and from the heart of them
the compressed stamens protrude in
the shape of a spear-point or beak.
The imaginative may see in this long
beaked little blossom resemblance
60 tiny cranes head, whence some
hard-pressed etymologist has thought
w utIlNb tut WOId NIdhDCll bhdb
Is, crane-berry.
Those who like to make place on
the home table for oddities and rari-
ties of the plant world may well in-
clude in their list for June a few
sprays of the cranberry vine in
bloom-the unfamiliar, alert bios
SONS, looking brightly out from their
green bower, being sure to delight all
flower-loving visitors.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
DOGS REFUSE TO STARvE.
The clever Little Joke of n German
Professor who Was Called 10
Columbia University.

Some little time ago Prof. Hirth,
who was called from Munich, Ger
many, to Columbia university as Chi
nese lecturer, lived in the same house
with a rabid vivisectionist, then prac-
ticing on half dozen large dogs.
Hirth's colleague was trying to find
out how long the dogs could stand
being left without food before they
would fall upon and devour each
other, The dogs were fed on wind
for two weeks, yet looked round and
happy The viyisectionist couldn't
understand it, says the Washington
Post.
The KENNEL being closed on all
sides, it seemed impossible for any
one to feed the dogs on the sly.
Still, the fact remained that they re-
fused to starve, even after months
apparent fasting. Then the vivisec-
ZIONIST watched, and discovered that
late at night Prof. Hirth had lowered
large chunks of horse meat into the
kennel from above. Hirth had al
lowed each dog six pounds of horse
steak and bone day.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
MISSOURI VALLEY MISUNDERSTANDING
Passing of the West.

To those whose days have been spent
in the enjoyment of the freedom of
the old west, even as it appeared in
the sos, there comes regret in the
contemplation of the new order Of
things. For assuredly the old has
given way to the new, says the Tacoma
Ledger. The old west as the early set
tiers knew it for 20 years or more
has gone as went the Indian and the
buffalo, and with it has gone that larg-
er freedom which were its characteris-
tics and its charm. There is no longer
any west. The methods and condi-
tions Of the west are the methods and
conditions of the east, plus western
energy. Indeed, to be entirely Just,
it may be questioned whether western
push is not an importation, for GER
tainly IT. did not flourish in the ante
railroad days.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
BA9Y FOUND FIRST DIAMOND.
GlItterInR Pebble In the Hands of q
Native Child FOrerunDer cd
south African Mines.

Mr.. Howard Henspan, in his new
biography of Cecil Rhodes, tells the
following story of the first diamond
found in South Africa:
"ln 1867 diamonds had been discov-
cred in the region to the north of
the Orange river This discovery
was made accidentally, A Boer fam
lily one day saw native child glee-
fully playing with a small pebble that
glittered and coruscated in the sun
with unusual brilliance. He took the
stone from the child, examined it
and carried it home with him. lie
could have had but little idea OF
what the stone really was, for, prob
ably, the only time he had eve.
heard of diamonds was when he had
read the Old Testament; but Boer
has always keen eye for business
and, thinking that the stone might
have some commercial value, the
farmer showed il to a British trader
named O'Reilly, O'Reilly seems to
have recognized the stone immedi-
ately as a diamond and bought it OF
the Boer-after considerable hag-
gling-for G2O. Next he submitted
IL to Dr. Atherstone, Of Grahams-
town-an authority on mineralogy--
who unhesitatihgly declared it To be
diamond of the purest water The
diamond was then shown TO Sir Phil
ip Woodehouse, high commissioner
of the Cape, and was bought by him
from O'Reilly for C 500"
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
The Great DeveIopme e nj and Incrense
of Tranc During the Last
Few Years.

The first locks at ST. Mary's falls
were opened in 1855, in which year
the registered tonnage was 6.206.
The hall-million mark was reaL.led in
1853, and the 1000, 600 mark was passed
in 1873. In 1881, exactly coiroident
with the opening of "A new and much
larger lock, the northwest began TO
grow by heaps and bounds, and the ton
mage of the canal rose from 1000, 600
tons in 1882 to 1900, 600 in 1890 and to
1b,OO0,000 in 1890. During the past FIVE
years, two more enormous locks have
been in operation, one Of them on the
Canadian side Of the river, and in this
short time the tonnage of the canal
has leaped up to nearly 2s,5o0 600 tons
This colossal tonnage is simply mani
festation of the development which
has taken place In the northwest, along
with which has come the building Of
thousands of miles of railroad, includ-
ing two lines from the head Of Lake
Superior to the Pacific coast. says the
Engine ering Magazine. If by sohe e cat
aclysm Of nature the great lakes
should be dried up, the enormous traf-
fc now carried on their waters would
be divided among the railroads - IL
would simply cease TO exist. The wh ole
galaxy OF cities from Buffalo to Chi
cago and Duluth would be over
whelmed in hopeless, irretrievable ruin
and the railroads could in no wise es-
cape the general disaster.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
WANTED TO WED WHITE GIRL
UeIored Man Was willing 60 DO Any
thing to 0btntn BiBhop's
Approval.

Bishop Conaty, rector of the Catholic
university at Washington, while ON a
visit to Brooklyn recently told Of a
priests experience in small New
England town. The clergyman was
Just about to retire for the night when
he heard a knock at his door. He
called: -'Cumc in" aud black man
presented himself and said, rather
hhamctsCaaiy:
"Father, there is girl outside. May
] bring her in?"
Assent having been given, he disap-
peared for "A moment and returned
with a white woman and informed the
scandalized priest that they wished to
be married.
He was shown the door with prompt
ness and the girl was severely admon>
ished on the course she was pursuing.
Fifteen minutes later, says the New
York Times, there came another knock
and on opening the door the priest
found himself again face to face with
the would-be colored bridegroom.
With great indignation the p-iest
said:
81 thought sent you about your
business before!"
The ebony-hucd citizen paralyzed
him with this reply:
YES, | know yuu did, Father James,
but Mary and have talked il over, and
we thought maybe yon would look at
the matter differently if you knew |
was willing to turn Irish"
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
VICTORY FOR THE ROADS
The Ct ]agO Strike Goes Against the
Men

Chicago, July 16.-!The striking
freight handlers voted to go back to
work this afternoon.
The Association of Railway General
Managers embracing every road which
enters Chicago has issued the follow
iRg signed statement:
'All OF our old men, not before on
hand for work, reported at the freight
houses at noon today and we're put to
work. No conference was held with
any committee, or otherwise, since
Tuesday, and no agreement was made
with the union or with any committee.
The men simply reported for work,
they doubtless expect, and will re-
ceive the pay offered July l and
which the railroad companies have
been willing all along to pay"
After ten days OF strike the Chicago
freight handlers strike terminated to-
day in an unqualified victory for the
railroads. A meeting of the strikers,
presided over by President Curran,
resulted in an almost unanimous vote
to return to work, leaving the wage
scale and other Questions for settle
ment between the: men and their res
pective roads.
At the conclusion of the meeting the
strikers went byIhundreds to the ware
houses to apply for their old positions
and the teamsters who have remained
out in sympathy all took up their
reins. By noon immense quantities
Of freight which had been held back
for days were being rushed to the
railroads, or taken from warehouses
and cars. Where stagn alton had
ruled commercial activity again
reigned. Chicago merchants express
ed unbounded relief at the termination
of hosilities, but they we're scarcely
less happy than the men themselves
although the strike is estimated to
have cost them 10 million dollars to
say nothing of the trade that has been
permanently lost to them.
The little hall where the meeting of
the strikers took place was jammed to
sun ocation, and thousands were un-
able TO obtain entrance. 1t was brief
meetiug-only long enough for an
angry speech by Curran and the vote
which followed.
Men, " said Curran, ''we came out
like men; we have acted like men, and
we should not go back like sheep, but
there has been treachery in our COM
mittee. Yesterday when | was about
to use the telephone, the wire got
crossed and | heard one of the mem
bers of our executive committee talk
ing with a railroad manager. He was
was encouraging the manager to hold
out, for he told him that the strike was
almost broken. That is a sample of
of the faith that has been kept with
me. The officials of the Truck drivers
union have not kept faith. either, and
it seems useless to continue the fight
any longer. Shall we go back and
ask for our old iobs?"
In this simple form the matter was
put to a vote and almost Immediately
a great chorus of ayes had brought o
a peaceful end one of Chicago's most
serious and threatening labor situa-
tions. 1t is believed the roads gen.
orally will allow the truckers seven
teen cents an hour and minor conces-
sions granted by the proposition of
July /.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
EdIsOn's Mig Loss.

In the; experimenting with the
extraction OF metal from
low wgrade ore Thomas Edison has
spent $2,000,O00 within n few years,
only to find at last that his plant -
worthless for the work and he will
have to build another.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
POPE MUST HURRY
Has Only Week More for Friars'
Land Negotiations.


Washington, July l6.-One week
from tomorrow Governor Taft will
sail from Italy, resuming his journey
to Manila. If the Vatican has by that
date concluded to accept the terms
respecting the sale of the friars' lands
and the removal of the friars them
selves from the Philippines, the papers
will be signed by Governor Taft and
the arrangement will be regarded as
closed. If, on the other hand, the
cardinals committee which is dealing
with this important matter is unable
to accept the terms proffered, or if it
is not prepared to make final ans
wer, the governor will still proceed
on his way and the negotiations will
be suspended.
This decision on the part of Secre-
tary Root probably is the most inn
portant outcome of his recent trip to
Oyster Bay, where the subject was dis
cussed with the president.
1t does not follow that Governor
Taft's resumption Of his journey with
out signing the papers of sale and
withdrawal means the absolute aban-
donment of the negotiations on those
points. Technically, they will be re-
garded as merely suspended and so
open to resumption at any moment
when either of the principals has had
a change of mind sufficient to warrant
new proposition.
Mean while, there will be no chang
OF the status of the friars' orders in
the Philippines; their lands will re-
main in the possession OF the insular
government and the several hundred
friars who are tarrying in Manila as
charity charges upon other branches
of the church probably will remain
there or gradually find their way TO
auother country.
-, As-... I,,ly IT The onmn
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
THIS WAS HOBSON DAY
He Spoke At the Ottawa Chatauqua
Assembly.
sy scripps-McRas Pre.s Associatioa

sy scripps- s-McRae Press Associatioa
Ottawa, Kas., July l7,--Captain
Richmond Hobson was the great at
traction today, especially since he
saved young woman's life at Alton,
H., by jumping into the Mississippi.
A large crowd at the Chatauqua heard
him speak.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
THE REASON Is KNOWN
The Cause of the Rejection of the
Taft Proposal is out
Bv scripps- McRAs Press Association.

Rome, July lit is now known
that the semi-rejection OF the Taft pro-
posals regarding the disposition of
the friars in the Philippines is due TO
the action of the cardinals Steinhub,
Gotti and Tutto the committee ap-
pointed to treat with Taft. All three
of them belong to the religious order
The Iola register., 1902-07-18

In musty tones the sages wrote each line,
Only to sigh and sigh and find no light
would shine.
tent;
] am content II snooze can TIL nine.
The Rubyiat OF a Happy Man.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18

Sheep and cattle cannot pasture
over the"same territory. Where the
sheep wander the grass is CLEANED
with the devastation of a prairie. fire,
and the odor Is such that cattle will
for weeks shun the range.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
Public Debts.

There are several states without
debt, but no American city with the
single exception of Washington, the
local debt of which is an obligation of
congress. State debts are decreasing
steadily, but city debts are increasing.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
The Making of Books.

Another Life of Napoleon" is an.
nounced. Still, says the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald, it isn't likely that tho
world knows all about the Little Cor
poral even yet.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
Yet To He .Learneh

There are three things about the
north pole that have never been discov-
sred-exactly where II n. what is 1t
and why ii is.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
IL Would Seem So.

A tombstone epitaph seems to be
A case Of posthumous fame,
In which a man gets what he wants
After he's out of the game.
Chicago Daily News.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18

Joplin. Mo-, July l6.-The Joplin
team put up shallow exhibition
against the leaders today. Nevada
made runs almost at will and made no
attempt to play ball the last three in
nings. Score:
The Iola register., 1902-07-18

Below is the tabulated score, giving
the game by innings and the detail;
r.. II. f.
Sedalia ....... ..... .O00001 O0-2 8 3
lola. ola.................. 2 0 1000 90 = 3
The Iola register., 1902-07-18

Washington, July IT, The comp
troller OF the currency has issued
his call for statement Of the nation
al banks to the close OF business July
18th.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18

1t is interesting to study. lola has
never been able TO beat Ft. Scott or
Nevada, sometimes because Of rotten
umpires, however. Yet she has
beaten Springfield three times.
CHANUTE 10, JEFFERSON CITY s.
Chanuute, Kansas, July l6-The
game heretoday was n slugGltg match
in which Chanute had the best OF u.
Score:
R II. f..
Chanute .......t...., .....,,.t..,',.,,W IS
Jefferson ity.....,............. ....... 8 o 3
Batteries es-Chanute, Lindley and Brophy
Jefferson City, Holla, and OHalleran.
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
TODAY'S MARKETS.
By Wire TO NJ. T, Beebe, lib West
Madison Avenue.

CncagO, July H.
open high low sclosel Yesterday
Sept wheat II 3-s 72l-s II 3-s721-2 7ll3S
Sept corn 50 l-2 6l is 50 S-s 30 is 595-s
sept oats 29l- 301s 29h 20l-s 20 a-s
Sept pork IS 60 1896 lis. 30 1855 1862
The Iola register., 1902-07-18
FoRr SCOTT ,, spRINGrIrLD /.

Springfield, Mo, July l6-Fort
Scott today won the first Of the series
in the best game OF the season. The
works of Pitchers Gill land Jones was
far above the average. Kane was put
in in the eighth in hopes that he would
get hit, but he struck out. Score:
The Iola register., 1902-07-18

Jefferson City, Holla, and O'Ilalleran.
NEVADA IL, JOPLIN 3.