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Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-03-14
MY vIOther-in-Law.

Israel to me, when / told him that
pretty Susie Hoyt had consented
to be my wife-"take my advice,
and get as far away from your
mother-in-law as possible. Ispeak
from experience. Taking it up
and down, / have had my share OF
matrimonial happiness, but the ma
iority of the differences between
your aunt and myself, l attribute
entirely to the influence OF my
mother-in-law. BY the way, who
is Mrs. Hoytl don't remember
hearing you speak of her."
"She ceased to be Mrs. Hoyt
when Susie was five years old, and
became Mrs. Gardiner. Hoyt, as
far as l can learn, left nothing but
Susie. Gardiner left a lawsuit"
"Oh! a widow again :"
Eyes; and, Uncle Israel, she is
not one bit like the traditional
mother-in-law. She is little NOR
sci of a blue-eyed woman, as gen
tie and as sweet as Susie herself"
"They all are. Butter would
scarcely melt in the mouth OF Mrs
Bond, before l married her daugh-
ter, Julia, and-well, you have
heard her discourse"
l had cold chills of apprehension
creep over me, as l imagined Mrs
Gardiner assailing me In like fash
ion. Upon the strength OF my
uncle's mother-in-law, | went al
once and secured house at the
very extremity of the city suburbs
"a gem of a cottage, with whole
city between its white gate and my
I
mother-in-law elects residence.
saw her gentle lip quiver wher
I told where we were to live, ano
there was pitiful tone in her voice
when she said, "It's very far from
here :" but she made no other re
mopstrance, and l hardened my
heart and furnished the house,
Directly opposite was handsome
residence, with wide grounds,
lovely country mansion, withiI
easy distance Of my business, which
I long had waited for fortune'
wheel to give turn in my favor t.
purchase.
After we were married and set
tied in our cozy little cottage
Susie and | often would sit in tn
porch, and talk about the happi
ness of living in the house / covet
ed. and which was for sale, thong
rented and occupied. Sometime
Mrs. Gardiner would come over t
spend the day, and Susie would te
! her castles in the air when m
/. cotton speculation made US rich.
$ I was doing a small business 9
that time in leather store, bein
, Junior partner; but had investe
/, every dollar ! could command
E joining a company to buy som
. thousand acres Of cotton in Loui
lana, growing. We felt very ce
: tain of realizing an immense TO
tune, when our cotton was read
to pick and put into the marke
aud every letter from our agent
. the South gave us new hope. 5
we furnished the new house in in
: agination, and looked forwai
J. to owning 1t some day.
But, all this time, l could n
truly find any reason to regret n
mother-in-law. II is true she oft,
5 advised me, hurting my marri'
: dignity, somewhat, by taking u
:; ground that she who had been n
Susie's constant companion {
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active Stocks that often yield enormous returns
every so dayr. Selected Stock Privileges spec.
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and reliable information how to operate safely
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D"""Ni' ''a 23Q-vl
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before the cottage gate, turned IN
the gateway of the opposite house,
driving up the wide, shaded ave
nue. to where, upon the porch,
Susie was sitting with her boy in
her arms. l could not question
then. 1t was enough to foldmy
treasure in my arms in utter thank
fulness.
But when Susie'led the way to
the wide drawing room, furnished
exactly as we had often explained,
/ cried out in amasement. My
mother-in-law, leading me to a sofa,
made me sit down, saying:
"You must let me explain. l
wanted to prepare a surprise for
your home coming, and Susie has
arranged everything for me. You
will accept this house from your
loving mother, will you not !
have won my lawsuit. We never
talked much about it. My husband
left me two hundred thousand dol
lars, but his relatives disputed the
will. After three years litigation
the case has been decided in my
favor. But Susie is my only child,
and all l have is hers, so you must
let me give you the house you like
SO much for your home and hers"
II will on one condition"
"What is that!"
"That you come and share il
with us. There is no longer the
width of a great city between you
and your children, for you must
never say again, mother, that Susie
is your only child"
"But you don't like a mother-in.
law"
IL have had my foolish likes and
dislikes in my life," replied, "but
never one so utterly unfounded anc
idiotic as that one whose basis eX-
isted only in my imagination. d.
not punish me by refusing to com,
and live with us"
Susie's blue eyes pleaded more
eloquently than my tongue, anc
the baby stuck in most coaxine
''coo," and Mrs. Gardiner con
sented. Whether she ever re-
pented, | can't say, but l know
from that day to this, we have had
happy, united home. l do MOI
know that my own mother, hao
she lived after my babyhood, could
ever have given me warmer affec'
ton than my wife's mother bestow-
ed upon me.
do know that there is no name
more loved and reverenced in my
home than that Of Mrs. Gardiner
in any capacity, whether as Susie's
mother, the children's grandma, OF
my mother-in-law.
The cruel judgment so often
passed upon a mother-in-law, i
often unjust aud without founda-
ton. A true woman is always no
BILE and self-sacrihcing in any ca
pacity.
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Select nnd Orjginul.

Select nnd Otjginul.
selrct this week, original when we get time.
A man always feels put out when
he is taken in.
Motto for yeast factory--"Early
to bread and early to RISE"
Cheek wins in this world, espec-
tally if the cheek is dimpled and
rosy.
Seeing is not believing. There
are many men you can see and yet
cannot believe.
Oregon has a town named Pay
Up, and they are talking of calling
it See-you-to-morrow.
Fifty cents for boiled isters'"
said countryman at a restaurant
yesterday. ats stew much"
A good word is an easy obllga-
ton, but not to speak i'll requires
only our silence, which costs US
nothing.
A Texas paper remarks: "See
to it that your wife is kissed, and
petted, even if you have to DO it
yourself"
"John, If you're going to be out
till two o'clock tonight, you'll have
to stay at home and let yourself in,
for / won't"
The proverb SAYS, "Laugh and
grow fat" If that is the case there
must be some tall laughing done
in this place.
If We are suffi ciently watchful
over our own conduct, we shall
have no time to find fault with the
conduct of others.
Our school-boy remarks that
when his teacher undertakes to
show him what is what, he only
finds out which is switch.
1t Is the wife who has the max
ing Of a mans home, says an ex-
change. True, and now and then
she makes his wig wan too.
The Toledo Blade tells a story of
a little girl who saw her mother in
party-dress and exclaimed: "Why,
mamma, you look as fine as hired
girl"
John Smith is working his way
West-probably towards Oregon.
He was last heard of in Salt Lake
city, where he got into trouble for
chicken stealing.
An Allegheny woman was struck
in the side by a bullet fired from q
pistol, and she jumped up and
down and cried out: 81 never get
new corset that something don't
happen to it right awayp
"What do they always put d. c.
after Washington for !" asked Mrs.
Quilp of Mr.. Quilp. "Why, my
dear, don't you know Washington
was the Daddy of his Country"
said Quilp, with a snicker.
An Irishman noticing a woman
pass along, espied two strips de-
pending from under the lady's
cloak. Not knowing that these
were styled sashes, and in the right
place, he exclaimed: "Faith,
ma'am, yer galluses are united
A Western Judge propounded
an awful conundrum the other day.
Said he: "If Christopher Colum-
bus had got drunk on the morning
he was to sail for America, and had
been led to the station-house, where
would America have been to-day 7
A correspondent states that on'
} of the send men" Of Bryant's use'
. to relate an incident that was u
! "bring down the house." 1t We
5 illustrative of the bridal trip OF
e colored couple. A storm came u
Q and the steamer was bounced abor
: in lively manner. The bride WI
}, very sick and called upon II
e bridegroom to pray. He said ]
= didn't know how. "Well, der
% said she, "do something religious
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1877-03-14
Young Men.

p.v,ie, Great Mercantile College, Keokuk,
Iowa. ON the Mississippi. Nineteenth year
About sixty dollars pay al expenses, for Mem
bership. board and stationary. Book keepers,
Penmen, Reporters, Operators, Archtec,s, sur,
fare reduced. Good situations. No vacaion'
Don't fail to address frof. Miller, keokuk Iowa
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Never Grow Old.

/ looked in the tell.tale mirror,
And saw the marks Of care.
The crows feet and the wrinkles,
And the gray in the dark-brown hair.
Ny wife looked DER my shoulder
Most beautiful was she,
"Thou wilt never grow old my love" she said,
"Nevor grow old to me.
"For age is the thrilling Of heart,
And thine, AZ mine can tell,
Is as young and warm as when first we heard
The sound of our bridal bell !"
/ turned and kissed her ripe red lips;
"Let time do its worst on me,
II in my soul, my Love, my Faith,
Inever seem old to thee"
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Address, JAMES WICK, Rochester, ". 4.
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17
Order for Service by Pub'
Heat s0H.
THE UNITED STATES Of AMERICA,
DISTRICT OF u ANSAs

THE UNITED STATES Of AMERICA, :.
DISTRICT OF KANSAS. s.
AT term of the Circuit Cart Of the C:litesl
States Of America, in and for the District of Kan
sas, begun aud held at the City of Topcka in said
District oa Monday. the eth day of November,
A. ID. IS.i, present Hon. Juhu +. Dillon and
Hon. &. q. Foster, Judges, at which term Of
said Cour the following proceedings amongst 9TH
we're iiii. and appear of record in the words
and figures following, to wit
WEDNESDAY,, NOVEMBER %, 1876.
John l.. Withrow, Complainant.
l,3 ..
his wife, AMI =. NJ. Moore, As
signee OF John ChapinIn, De
PENDANTS.
At a stated term of The United States Circuit
Court tor the District of Kansas, in the Sth Judi
cial Circuit held at the Court House in the City
of Topeka, on the 9th day of November, n. ID;
the Honorable Cassins q. Foster, and now on
this Goth day of November, 4. ID. 1876, in open
Court comes the complainant in this suit, by his
solicitors, E. ). Bertram and 1. h. johnson,
and show to tine Court by affidavit and other
proofs, that personal service of subpoena cannot
he had upon John Chapman, one of the defend
ants herein, and it further appearing to the Court
that personal service as to SAIL defendant Is i'm
practicable. il is therefore, ordered by the Court
that service be made upon said defendant by
pu lcaticn in Tie lola Register, newspaper
published in the county where the land, which
the subject matter of this suit is situated, for
period Of six weeks notifying the said defend
ant John Chapman. that unless he appear, al =
swer or demur, TO the Complainant's bill,
on the first day of May, A. ID. Isl, said
bill will be taken As true, and decree rs
PRAYED for in said bill rendered against HIM,
and it is further ordered that the expenses Of pub
licaiIpn be taxed as II part of the costs of this
suit. JOHN r. DILLON,
dw prs. fee. sl7.OO Judge,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17

The House of Representatives passed
the bill creating the Electoral Commits
sion by very large majority. This body
is largely Democratic, and scarcely a Dem
ocratic member but voted for it. Now,
however, that the decision of the Com
mission has been in favor of counting
the vote of Florida in favor of Hayes 4
Wheeler. the House by about the same
majority that it passed the bill, refuses
to ratify the action of the Commission,
and the Democrats repudiste the work
of body of their own creation. Verify,
it makes difference whose OK is gored.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17

REGISTERED LErTERs.-The question
is very often asked: "What is the differ
ence between registered letter and any
other 2? The difference is, that regis
tered letter does not 60 in the mail
proper. 1t passes from hand to hand,
outside the mail pouches, every person
through whose hands it passes being re-
quired to sign q receipt on receiving it,
and secure receipt for it on passing it
over to the next in transit. The person
holding the last receipt is thus always
able to show who is accountable for the
loss. The responsibility rests upon the
man who has signed a receipt for the reg
istered package, and who is not able to
produce the package or receipt from
somebody else for it. The safest way to
seud money is by money order. Where
it does not 60 to money order office, it
should always be sent in a registered
package Money ought not to be sent in
an ordinary letter under any circum-
stances. There is no possible way of
tracking" such letter.-Ohio State
journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17

THE RISE OF SILvER.-The causes OF
the rise in the price of silver are these:
l. The German Empire refused to sell
silver at the panic price prevailing.
2 The India Council in London some.
what curtailed their drawings on India.
3. Some kinds of India produce, par
ticularly saltpetre and cotton, have ad
vanced in London.
f. The purchase Of silver bullion in
London for our issue of change coins.
5. 1t has been discovered that the pro-
duction of silver in Nevada was greatly
overrated 1t was a California mining
stock jobbing performance. An agent
of the London Times, who has investi-
gated the mines. estimated the product
of this year at from $25, 600, 900 to $50,
600, 900, and has exploded the notion that
these mines are inexhaustible.
The causes of the decline were the OPP
posite of these, together with the idea
that Germany was going to throw vast
amount of silver upon the market.
When Bland introduced his bill to re
vive the silver dollar. it would have been
worth but 70 cents When his bill passed
the House, the silver dollar was worth 9S
cents.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17
DR.. G. MclAkE'S
PILLS

These Pills are not recommended as
remedy for call the ills that flesh is
:ir to" but in affections of the Liver,
ndin all Bilious Complaints, Dyspepsia
nd Sick Headache. or diseases OF that
haracter, they stand without a rival.
AGUE AND FEVER.
No better cathartic can be used pre-
rlratory to, or after taking QHinine.
As simple purgativa they are I'M
Yaaled.
BEWARE OF IsIITATIOEs.
The genuine are never sugar coated.
Each box has red wax seal on the
id. with the impression DE-. MeLANE's
liver PfILs.
Each wrapper hears the signatures of
NELANE and FLEMING Bros.
'n;'l ny all respectable druggists and
10y S.oroi SannnrS generally.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17

Nasty comes down squarely to consll
tutional argument, and says: with
Bradley on the Commission, the Corners
is clearly NV the opinyun that it is un,
eonstooshnel. Sich thing wuz never
contemplated by the fathers,i it wuz never
done afore, and there amt no precedent
for it. The idee Nv hevin compromise
in which the Dimocrisy didn't git more
than twice what they claimed is sumthin
new in Amerikin history. ] don't com
perhend it."
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17

THE GREENBACK IssUE.-The gren
back issue is not, after all, the insight.
cant, ridiculous thing which the bond
holders organs have tried to make it ap.
pear. Every day it is becoming more
prominent, in spite of sand scattered
over it by the shackled press of this
country. The money rings are becom-
ing alarmed! United States Senator
Angus Cameron, of Wisconsin, has in
troduced bill to pay the duties on i'm
ports at the custom house in legal tender
greenback notes, at par with gold. That
is good move in the right direction,
and is strong indication Of further i'm
portant action upon the matter.-Ne,O
Y0rE Aoitator.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17

SINCE the Florida decision the Demo
Gratis do not seem to be quite 50 fond Of
the Electoral Commission rs they were a
short time ago. They now claim that
the Republican members are not suffi-
GENTLY imbued with true patriotism, but
are partisan in their action. Well, let
us see about this charge Of partisanship.
Three votes were taken while the Florida
question was pending. In two Of them,
Justice Bradley voted with the Republi-
cans, but in the other, he vent with the
Democrats. But in no Instance did a
Democratic member act with the Repub-
licans.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17

The Electoral Commission is hard al
work on the Louisiana muddle, and
nothing has yet been made public tina
affords any Indication as to what the de
cision will finally be. 1t is,probable, how
ever, that an agreement will he reached
bv to-day. After the vote of this STATE
is counted, pretty good idea Of wha
will be the ultimate result of the cleo
ton can be formed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17

TIE attention of all who wish to take
q good newspaper is directed to the at.
fractions offered BY the Kansas City
TINES in the advertisement published
elsewhere. Its system of Premium Dis.
tributions is novel, but the TINES ha.
been at it about year, having already
made three Distribu tions, and its subecri.
bers seem to be as we'll pleased as the
publishers at the result. Its list of pre-.
miums for 1877 is certainly very attrac-
tive. See the notice in another column.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17

The Lake Shore Railroad Company
has just paid the widow of one of the
victims of the Ashtabula disaster, So, l1j
in settlement of her claims against the
corporation for the loss of her husband
1t isn't every woman who is lucky
enough to have her husband killed in a
railroad smash I'D,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17

= BorH houses of the Kansas Legisla
lature have resolved to adjourn sine die,
next Monday. 1t is not probable, how
ever, that the necessary business can all
be finished by that time, and the session
will have to be prolonged day or two
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17
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To the Working Class.-We are prepared to
furnish all classes with constant employment at
home. the whole Of the time. or for their spare
moments. business new, light and profitable.
Persons of either easily earn from 80 cents to
s. per evening, and proportional sum by devo-
ting their whole time TO the business Boys and
girls earn nearly much men. That all who
see this notice may send their address, and test
the business We Make this unparalleled offer. To
such as are not well satisfied we Will send one
dollar 70 pay for the trouble Of writing Full
particulars, samples worth several dollars to
commence work ON, ami n copy Of Home and
Fireside. one of the largest and hest Illustrated
Publications. ali sent free by mail Iesier, II
You want rrrnanent profitable work, address,
GEORGE. STISsoN & Co, Portland. Maine
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17

S. NJ. FORD, Topeka correspondent OF
the Kansas City Times, was expelled from
the House of Representatives in Topeka
for having used ungentlemanly and in
sulting language in one of his recent
disnatcheS to the Times
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17

The State Board of Agriculture has
had the matter of holding a State Fair
under consideration, and unanimously
recommend that NO Fair be held. The
reasons given for coming to such con-
clusion are published at length in circu.
lar form, and appear to be satisfactory.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-02-17
BUILDING, FENCING
AND FUEL.

One Of the special advantages which
this county possesses over the treeless
plains of Western Kansas is found in
its timber, coal and stone. The average
width of timber belts is half a mile or
more, and the quality is excellent, fur
nishing a reasonable supply for all prac.
teal purposes, as is shown by the fact
that the price Of good hard wood in the
towns seldom exceeds $3.50 per cord. In
the eastern and less timbered portion OF
the county coal of fair quality is mined
in quantities sufficient for domestic
purposes, and will no doubt be devel-
oped as the wants of the county require.
For building and fencing stone of an
excellent quality abounds in many local
tiles, yet so disposed as to interfere but
little with the cultivation of the soil.