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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-01
Girls In New England.

NEVER in the past twenty years has
there been such q scarcity of girls for
general Homework in North Adams,
Mass, as at the present time. The
local intelligence bureau is overrun
with applications for domestics, and is
unable to supply the demand, though
the highest wages have been offered.
This is in a great measure owing to the
mills and shoe-shops taking off the best
girls, who prefer factory work to gen.
eral housework, because of the larger
wages they are enabled to earn. In Samp-
sons shoe-shop there are GIRLS who
average $40 per month, and in
some Of the other shops they can do
equally as well. Pittsfeld is similarly
troubled, and in this latter town some
of the women who work in the silk
factory on piece-work earn as high as
$15 to $50 per week. In fact, at the
present time women there can earn
more than men, and are in greater de-
mand, though manual labor is worth
81. % per day this season, against ons
dollar last year.-Erchange.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-01
A Horse Trade Spoiled.

I THINK that one of the most fasci-
mating qualities of the child is its love
of truth after it has been thoroughly
trained to appreciate that troublesome
virtue. I saw it illustrated q day or
two ago on the occasion of an attempt
at barter. The heir of the house owns
a pony; farmer came into the yard
with another pony, and also proposal
for an exchange. The points of the
strange animal were gravely csnvassed
When the father came on the scene he
was addressed by his oldest daughter
in this fashion. and with great rapidity
of utterance: "Papa, this is . splendid
pony, he don't kick and plunge. and
run away, and balk and crib, and he
hasn't got any SPAWN" The trade
didn't come of.-LoMisville Courier
Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-01
Women as Engravers.

AT the present time there are only
two women in the United States notable
for first-class engraving on steel. These
are Miss Sartain, daughter of John
Sartain. Chief of the Art Department
of the Centennial Exhibition, and Mrs.
Wormley, of Columbus, Ohio. Miss Sar-
tain had the good fortune to be edu-
Gated under her accomplished father,
whose task of engraving Rothermers
latest picture. the Battle of Gettys-
burg" she lately returned from Europe
to assume in part. that he might accept
the honorable appointment offered
to him. Mrs. Wormley, who first be-
came expert in drawing, devoted her
self to the illustration of large work
which her husband, distinguished
chemist, wrote on crystals. After she
had finished the drawings they were
sent to some Eastern city to be en-
graved. A difficulty arose-no en-
graver could be found willing to under
take the microscopic work required.
1t was the opinion of engravers who
were consulted that only the artist
who drew the picture could sue
cessfully engrave them. Thus COM
PEELED to finish the work, the wife
of DR.. Wormley learned the art of en-
craving, engraved the plates, and en-
joys the honor of having contributed
so largely to the beauty and complete
ness of celebrated scientific treatise.
The work in progress of the wood-carv-
ing school in Cincinnati, under the di-
rection of Mrs. Pitman, has been highly
praised, and will be q unique contribu-
ton to the Woman's Department from
Ohio Wongan's Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-01
ALL SORTS.

EDMUND YATES says that the only
rival to English womanhood is Ameri-
can womanhood.
A WESTERN critic describes q prima
donna's voice IS possessing timber
enough for log boom.
INSTEAD of clipping the natural locks
young ladies now glue fringe of false
hair across their foreheads. It is q
wise economy. Il saves their own
crop.
A GOODNESS has sprung up between
night and morning.-N 2. NesOs. All!
That accounts for the warm feeling be-
tween morning and night. Haven
Register.
The behavior of exceedingly young
misses at Saratoga this year is said to
reflect very great discredit upon those
who are the guardians of their morals
and manners. r-.f.;.s
The following is list of names in
vented by the author of the "Lime-kiln
Club: Trustee Pullback, Sir Isaac
Walpole, Pickles Smith, Hearsay Smith,
Empire Williams, Waydown Beebe, j.
Sheetiron Bennett, Overplus Tbbetts,
Conveyance Jones, Giveadam Jones,
Whalebone Hawker, Layover Cook,
Satisfaction Grimshaw, Elsewhere
Smith, Adversely johnson, Sorghum
Harris.
JUSTICE CREIGHTON, of Nashville,
has rendered decision in the case of
L. Lyman, who sued Denis Carly for
money alleged to have been lost at a
game of poker. Justice Creighton de-
cides that, under section LII of the
Code, party may recover money lost
at a game of chance, but can not re-
cover money lost that he has previous
ly won. 1t is also decided that whether
or not the game was "square" had
nothing to do with the case.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-01

to our own readers as '.good night
parting: ''When you put of your gar
ments to 60 to bed, then put away all
your cogitations, and lay them aside,
whether they be public or private. for
when all your members be free from
all cares you shall then sleep the
quieter, concoction (digestion) and
the other natural actions shall be best
performed"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-01
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SINGING CLASSES.


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Such full sized book the above has this advantage
Dvsr smaller ones After you have been through it,
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and Anthems you have ON hand large collection
which Just the thing for Choir practice and also for
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This book covers precisely the ground - does
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-01

A NAN out West turned States evil
dence and swore he was . member of
gang of thieves. BY and by thew
found the roll Of actual members, and
accused the man Of swearing falsely.
81 WAS q member" said the man, 81
was an honorable memberr'
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-01

THE Roman nobility of to-day hunt
and dress like Englishmen and talk
English. They are greatly affected by
AnQlomania.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-01
How to Go to Bed.

WHEN to sleep, where to sleep and
how to sleep are questions concerning
which few people consider it necessary
to consult anything but their own in
clinations, their convenience or their
necessities. The tramp, like the man
in state of nature, curls up or stretches
out whenever or wherever an "exposi-
ton of Sleep overtakes him, and en-
joys his slumbers without going through
any preliminary formalities. The gen.
crafty of other people go to bed the
way they have always gone, without
stopping to consult books of instruc-
ton, if they ever knew such books had
been written. and get to sleep as quick
~ as possible-which on hot nights
such as those we have been expert
encing during the present week is not
very soon. d SD:
In the days gone by it was considered
necessary to give some instructions con-
corning the best time for slumber and
the proper manner of preparing for it.
Turning over pile of ancient volumes
and tractates containing hygienic rules,
we have noted some suggestions made
in different ages concerning this impor-
tant matter. Whilst the written and
printed instructions substantially agree
on all the important points, there is .
curious difference between them and
modern practice in one or two features.
A triplet, current in the days of our
fathers and grandfathers, concerning
the proper course to be pursued after
meals, instructed people, If they would
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-01

monkey dressed in red coat and cap,
and this queer-looking object attracted
the birds earnest attention. He turned
his head one side and then the other,
looked at him with the right eye and
then with the left, but plainly could not
decide to what species the strange ami
NAL belonged. He looked on quietly,
however, till the poor little creature
took off his cap and made q low bow.
The bird evidently regarded that as a
personal affront, for quick as flash he
swoeped down, snatched the offensive
cap from the astonished and alarmed
monkey, and flew into tree. Neither
coaxing nor scolding could ever induce
him to return anything he had once
seized, so the family paid the enraged
organ-grinder the price he set upon the
cap, and the monkey went off bare
headed. though I don't suppose he felt
badly about that.
Guido had strong fancies, and taking
q dislike to q young LADY visiting st the
house, he resolved to play q joke on
her. One morning there was great
hue and cry through the house; Uncle
John-an elderly gentlemaD-had lost
his false teeth. They had been stolen
from the buresu, and the house was
searched, and everybody questioned
without success. Guido, meanwhile.
sat grimly perched on top of the book
case. and heard all the excitement. But
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-02
Fixed Mark.

| SHARK Twain"-Samuel L. Clements
while breakfasting with a friend a
little time back, told an amusing story
at his own expense, which is too good to
be lost. There had been some talk at
the table about General Grants banquet,
when Mr.. Clements remarked, with a
smile and his peculiar drawl: "Speak-
ing of banquets, reminds me of rather
an amusing incident that occurred to
me curing my stay in smoky, dirty,
grand old London. l received an invi-
tation to attend banquet there, and l
went. 1T was one Of those tremendous
dinners, where there are eight hundred
tc nine hundred invited guests. l had
not been used to that sort of thing, and
l didn't feel quite at bone. When we
took our seats at the tables, ! noticed
that at each plate was little plan of
the hall, with the positions of each guest
numbered, SO that one could see at
glance where friend was seated by
learning the number. Just before We
fell to, some one-the Lord Mayor, or
whoever was bossing the occasion-arose
and began to read list of those pres
cnt-No. l, Lord So-and-so; No. 2,
Duke of Something or other. When
this individual read the name of some
prominent character or literary celebrity
it would be greeted with more or less
applause. The individual who was read
ing the names did so in so monotonous
a manner that | became tired, and be-
gan looking about for something to en-
gage my attention. / found the gentle
man next to me on the right well-in-
formed parsonage, and l entered into
conversation with him. l had never
seen him before, but he was a good
talker and enjoyed it. Suddenly, just as
he was giving his views upon the future
religious aspect of Great Britain, our
ears were assailed by deafening storm
of applause. Such Il clapping of hands
l never heard before 1t sent the blood
into my head with rush, and I got ter
ribly excited. ! Strengthened up and
commenced clapping my hands with all
my might l moved about in my char
and clapped harder and harder. who
is it I asked the gentleman on my
right. Whose name did he read p
Samuel L. Clements, he answered. |
stopped applauding. didn't clap any
more 1t kind of took the life out Of
me, and | sat there like mummy, and
didn't even get up and bow. 1t was
one Of the most distressing fixes l ever
got into, and it will be many a day be-
fore | forget it"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-02
An Illustration of Gratitude.

The San Francisco News Letter tells
the following story "A certain stock
broker in this town had landlady,
pleasant sort of woman, but who had
an eye to the main chance. One evening
the good lady became lachrymose.
What ails you, Mrs. So sympatheti-
cally asked the big-hearted broker.
'Oh, sir p replied the dame, I'm in a
heap of trouble. l do wish I was rich.'
That's a very common disease. How
much, now, would you call a comfortable
independence 'Well,' said the lady,
if I had $4,000 I'd be happy woman
The broker reflected. He wanted to
make the old woman happy, and so he
invested in Consolidated Virginia to the
amount OF 90 shares, which gave profit
Of 1000, which he instantly handed to
Mrs. s., with his best regards. The
lady was overjoyed. She wept on his
waistcoat; she called him her preserver;
she would have kissed him, but he
wouldn't let her. At last, when her
transports somewhat subsidized, the in
stinct of money making began to show
itself, and she requested the broker to
reinvest the whole sum on her behalf
He demurred he objected he begged
OF her to be content with the profit she
had made. He knew the uncertainty CT
stocks; but all in vain. Mammon
reigned triumphant in the old wolnan's
breast. She insisted, he yielded, and
lost half the investment. The lady had
$4,000 left, but was she satisfedl No
She actually sued the broker for the re-
mainder
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-02
Checked Perspiration.

Tbs & a fruitful cause OF sickness.
disease and death to multitudes every
year. y a tea-ket:le Of water is boiling
On tie Ere, the steam is seen issuing
from the SPOUT, carrying the extra heat
away with it, but i the i'd be fastened
down and the spou. be plugged, a de-
s,,uctlve explosion follows il very
short time.
Heat is constantly generated within
the human hody, by the chemical disor-
ganization, the combustion, Of the food
we eat. There are seven millions Of
tubes or pores on the surface Of the body
which in health are constantly open, con-
veying from the system by what is called
insensible perspiration, this internal
heat, which having answered its purpose,
IS passed of Ike the ]ets Of steam which
are thrown from the cape-pipe, in puffs,
of any ordinary steam engine; but this
insensible perspiration carries with it, in
a dissolved form, very much Of the
waste matter Of the system, TO the ex-
tent of a pound or two or more every
q hours.
1t must be apparent, then, that If the
pores of the skin are closed, if the null
titude Of valves, which are placed over
the whole surface Of the human body
are shut down, two things take place
First, the internal heat is prevented
from passing of, it accumulates every
moment, the person expresses himself as
burning up, and large draughts of water
are swallowed to quench the internal
fre-this We csll Fever" When the
warm steam is constantly escaping from
The body in health, it keeps the skin
moist, and there is soft pleasant feel
and warmth about i. But when the
pores are closed, the skin feels harsh,
and hot. and dry.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-02
What a Prisoner Made.

Solitude seems to be the mother OF
ingenuity and invention-as the provert
says necessity is. Most pepitentiaries
employ their prisoners in steady work,
and wisely, too, TOR few confined men
would make so good use of lonely cell
life rs the convict here mentioned did of
his cant play-time.
There is at present confined in the
Name State Prison, at Thcmastown, a
young French Canadian, who is incar-
cerated for the murder Of woman.
During his leisure hours, with nothing
Lut pocket and shoe knife, file and
milestone, this prisoner has manufac-
tured clock which keeps accurate time
and which is crest mechanical curl
osity.
1t has a rooster on top who flaps his
wings on the hour being reached. There
are also figures showing the day Of the
week and month. Underneath is a
glass case, three feet high and two feet
wide, containing PAS figures of men,
birds, animals, etc. These objects go
through various performances, as small
springs are touched, and a music box
plays tunes at the same time. A mouse
is made to run out from its hiding place
and is quickly caught by a cat. A beg
gar approaches man for money, is i'm
pudent, and after tussel is knocked
down.
A snake slides stealthily over the
floor, and at the door a sentinel stands
with a small tin cup IN his hand, who
takes off his hat and politely bows when
coin is dropped into his cup. Among
the objects are full companies of infan-
try and cavalry, which come out and 60
through the manual of arms very finely.
The clock is exhibited by the prisoner
while in his cell, and many are the odd
dimes he receives from visitors.
The Portland Transcript, after relat-
ing the above, says, at tie present time,
another convict in the same institution
is making very handsome dollhouse,
with four rooms, the furniture all being
in miniature style. One set is trimmed
with red satin, and another with blue.
1t is intended as present for the lady
who has played the prison chapel organ
for several wears
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-02
Do Not Marry an Unamiable Per-
SOC.

This advice holds good for both boys
and girls-young ladies and young gen.
tlemen-men and women.
1t is all very well to talk about love
as the foundation of matrinony. No
body believes in that doctrine more fully
than We do; nobody advocates it more
strongly; but it does not follow, necessa-
rily, that because you are in love you
should marry; and whoever maries an
unamiable person is self.doomed to a
life of misery.
No human life is going to be without
causes Of provocation and irritation.
They are innumerable; they sre almost
constant. One is lucky if, no; year OF
a month, but week, or a day, even,
lasses without them.
And it is no test of amiability to be
good natured in the few and rare mo-
ments of serenity when all human
troubles seem to have subsidized 1t is
ike the amiability of a well-fed pig. 1t
is The man who, when troubled himself,
can preserve calm and cheerful eXteri-
or 10 cheer those around him; who,
when oppressed by cares, has yet an en-
couraging word for his brother; who,
when disappointed himself, has yet the
disposition TO point out to others the
star of hope in their horizon, who is
really amiable.
Il is not great occasions and rare
events which constitute the bulk OF
human existence. The great desider-
a-aIn is that the current OF our daily life
should be smooth and even. And with
an unamiable husband or an unamiable
wife this is impossible. Therefore, We
say, however much in love you may be,
don't marry an unamiable person. No
wealth. 10 rank, no taste, makes up in
a husband or wife the lack OF amiability.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-02
Burdette's Boy.

Bob Burde.te, the Hawkeye man, has
a two-year old boy, and this is what he
writes of the youth "He runs about
$50 miles a day, and wouldn't Quit then
i it wouldn't grow dark. He is very
busy. He has all the care of me, and,
in addition to his regular routine duties,
he manages thousand things no one
else would think OF. Yesterday morn
ing before 10 o'clock be picked and ate,
regardless OF maturity or color, pint
of wild strawberries, followed wagon
half q mile down the road, got lost in
woods, choked the fountain with gravel,
fell out of a hammock, stung himself
with Q bee, ate some strange looking
berries that his mother knows are deadly
poison, played with mad dog-his aunt
says she knows it was nad-talked to a
tramp who came to kidnap him lit was
an honest farmer coming in to the cir
Gus, but the boys aunt and mother
united On the tramp and kidnap theory
stepped on q red hazard, built dam and
fell into the brook. helped him build
the dam; in fact, | confess that bull,
the greater part of it, and enticed the
prince to assist, but he fell into the
brook himself, and all the statements to
the effect that l pushed him in, and en-
eouraged him enjoy it, are simply cam
paign stories, circulated for political
effect"
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-02
Fond Of a Practical Joke.

Mr.. Raymond, the American come
dian, is often the victim of this kind of
pleasantly. For his farewell benefit at
the Park Theatre, he invited a number
of comrades from the Lotus Club to ap-
pear as jurors in A Gilded Age, promis-
ing them that their names should be
suppressed. The full list of course was
promptly furnished to the papers, and
the Lotus eaters found themselves uneX
pectedly famous. But they had their
revenge. The entire point of the final
scene Of the play depends upon the YER
dict of mot guilty" promptly rendered
by the jury. But to the demand of the
Court Foreman Shaw solemnly answered
Guilty" There was a pause, dead 81
lence, and then roar of laughter from
the audience. "Oh, foreman gasped
the actor, "they don't mean it-they
mean just the other way p "Guiltyl'
repeated Foreman Shaw grimly, and the
action of the play was completely
stopped. By this time Mr.. Raymond
had regained his self-possession. He
saw from the laughing eyes of the jury
that it would be of no use to poll it.
- move, your honor, that the jury be
allowed to retire for consultation !" he
shouted; and then, in a passionate
whisper, "Let up, for Heavens sake !!
The appeal Of the practical joker was
too humble to be refused, and the fore
man gravely. stated that he desired to
change the verdict to "Not guilty.
Then came the hurrahs of the super
numeraries, the delight of Colonel
Sellers, the vindication of the heroine
and the curtain. Mr.. Raymond will
not soon forget his friends verdict
London Herald.
The Vancouver independent. (Vancouver, W.T. [Wash.]) 1875-1910, 1880-09-02
The Wrong Leg.

There was an eminent sergeant, some
years ago, who had cork leg that was
triumph of artistic DESCRIPTION. None
but his intimates knew for certain which
was the real and which was the wrong
leg. A wild young wag of the supper
bar, who knew the sergeant pretty well,
once thought to utilize this knowledge
of the sergeant's secret 10 take in a
green, newly fedged young barfister.
The sergeant was addressing a special
jury at Westminster in his usual earn
est and vehement style. and the wag
whispered to his neighbor, "You see
how hot old Buzfuz is over his case; I'll
bet you a sovereign III run this pin into
his leg up to the head, and he'll never
notice it, he is so absorbed in his case.
He is most extraordinary man in that
way" This was mole than the green
horn could swallow, so he took the bet.
The wag took large pin from his waist
coat, and leaning forward drove it up to
the head into the sergeant's leg. A yell
that froze the blood of all who heard it,
that made the hair of the jury stand on
end, and almost caused the judges wig
to fall off, ran through the court. "By
jove! it's the wrong leg and I've lost my
money" exclaimed the dismayed and
conscience wag, quite regardless
of the pain he had inflicted upon the SER
ceant