The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-09-26

they are commonly called, says
the Wilmington On. CO. Star, is gradu.
ally assuming proportions. the article
being baled ready for shipment faster
than freight room can be found for it in
New York steamers, to which place, we
believe, all the shipments are made from
here. Further South, from Pensacola
Fla, for instance, it is shipped to West.
ern cities, in considerable quantities. In
those places it undergOes steamine
process, by which the straw is converted
into fleecy fiber which is used for STUFF.
fling mattresses, cushions, etc.
There is no real economy in buying
ready made Undertaking of poor
quality. The cotton soon wears out
and is more easily discOlored in the
wash. Its cheapness is often attractive,
but in the end it will prove expensive.
Neither is it economical to purchase
cheap cottons or calicoes to be made up
in the family. The highest priced will
always prove the cheapest; for there
are just as many stitches needful to
make up a five-cent cotton cloth or cali
co as eight or ten-cent goods, and the
latter will wear twice as long as the
former. 1t is poor economy to employ
young and inexperienced servants at
low wages. Their board is the same as
that of more competent servants, and
they will destroy, break and waste far
more than an equivalent for higher
wages, without taking into considera-
ton the comfort and equanimity of the
mistress of the household.
School and Church.
The Wisconsin State Normal Schools
have dropped Greek, trigonometry and
astronomy from their courses of study.
Prof. John Tyler has just returned
from his three years of study in Ger
many to take the chair of biology at
Amherst.
The ladies of the Congregational
Church at Marysville, o., have taken an
original way of raising money for church
purposes. They have published cook
book, and made profit of $500 on
their venture.
-TOnahatcho, young Seminole In
dian, has been attending the public
schools at Fort Meyers, Fla, and stands
at the head of all his classes. He is a
bright and intelligent Indian, and APP
pears to adopt readily the habits of the
whites.
The New Testament Revision Com
pany, which meets in Westminster Alb
hey, have advanced SO far in their work
that they expect to publish their New
Testament from the University presses
early next year. Two editions will be
issued: large octave, and a smaller
and cheaper volume for general use.
The New York school system is the
largest in the country. 1t has sittings
for l24,S53 pupils and an average at
tendance of los, $50. The yearly expend-
iture for teachers salaries is 1885,
600; and the machine is run by crack
Drained spiritualist whom the authori-
ties can not make mp their minds to dis
pense with.
The first Protestant Church in Alaska
was organized on August 3, at Fort
Wrangell, by Rev. S. Hall Young, mis-
sionary, assisted by Rev. Henry Ken
dali, ID. d.; Rev. Sheldon Jackson, ID.
D.; Rev. A. L. Lindsey, ID. d., and
Rev. w. H. II. COrlies, Nj. ID. Twenty
three members were received, IL of
whom were Indians. Among the latter
were several chiefs of the Stickeen Ma
ton.
Statistics of the St. Louis public
schools: There are SIS schools, held in
95 school buildings, so of which are
owned by the School Board. These
school buildings have seating accom-
modations for $1,000 pupils. The en-
rOllment last year was 47,273 pupils,
and the average attendance $4,000 for
the last quarter. These schools give
employment to about 1000 teachers, in
Guiding officers and principals. The
schools are divided into higher, district
and colOred schools, there being three
white and one cOlOred of the first class,
81 of the second and twelve of the third
class. Twenty-seven of the district
schools have kinder-gartens as part of
their educational work, and one OF the
district schools has a class for mute
children. The aggregate value of all
the school property is about S3,OOO,OOO.
The annual expenses for this year are
estimated at about 100000. 1t is esti-
mate / that the expenses for the current
year will be $697 900 for teachers, Off
GERS and janitors' salaries, $4,000 for
supplies, repairs, fuel and miscellane-
Gus, and $l3O,OOO for exclusively de-
partment or School Board Office ex-
penses.
Foreign Notes.
An English Lord recently attempted
to evadc payment of debt of f2 IS.
for coal by pleading the privileges Of a