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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15

bid, sickly, sour, selfish women would
be vastly diminished. Nohuman being
can remain normally healthful and yet
live a purposeless. idle. unoccupied
life. Our girls should be encouraged
and aided to be and to do whatever
their native instincts and talents qualify
them to do. The young woman who
aspires to position in the art world
should have every facility given her for
attaining it. She who espouses litera-
ture should be encouraged to devote
herself to literature. And women who
have courage and perseverance and
faith in themselves are well worth help
ing because they will not rest till the
goal of their ambition is won, no matter
what difficulties or disbursements
stand in the way.
As cases directly in point we give two
or three right out of the Home Inter-
ests family, showing in turn the right
way and the wrong way of treating up
grown girls. Some time since West
ern mother wrote us that her daughter
had a passion for modelling, and that
she and her husband were disposed,
subject to our advice, to aid their
daughters high ambition. The case as
stated was clearly promising and orders
were gent to this city for models and
primary instructions. The next year
the daughter was ready for New York,
and entered q studio here where she
has done such good work that her mas
ter, sculptor of reputation, writes us,
"She has great deal of talent, and if
she progresses as she did last season
will make her mark"
Another daughter of Western parents,
and of the same age, has for years
cherished honorable aspirations toward
the profession of literature, but her pa
rents, amply well-to-do, insist that she
shall enter Immediately on the life of
q teacher, and make good at once the
investments they have made in her i'm
perfect education. It matters not that
the peculiar strains of the schoolroom
make her an invalid for months after
leaving it, or that the whole bent of her
mind is in another direction. They
will neither give her time nor sympathy
in her chosen vocation. Is this wise,
just, reasonable? But even they are
wiser than another parent who wouldn't
let his daughters after they left school
do anything toward making themselves
an occupation, toward choosing a life
work, even toward perfecting the edu-
cation they had received, but has left
them purposeless, objectless and love-
less. If girl is poor she needs of all
things TO be aided to do what she can
do best, and at the same time be hap
piest in doing. If she is rich she must
have an object to devote herself to and
bestow herself upon, or she becomes
morbid, spiritless, selfish and inane.-
N. =. Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15
Help Yourselves.

I COULD not help stopping in the
midst of my writing just now, to watch
some little sparrows on the porch roof
just outside my window. 1t is regu-
lar feeding place for them, for we scat
ter crumbs there every day, just for
the pleasure of their company. Even
the baby has caught the spirit. He is
something like
"That bal little girl Of Ounce
Who never would finish her crust"
So he saves his for the sparrows. It is
raining and Louie's last crust is beau
tifully soaked. just on the edge of the
roof. Down came an old mother-spar-
row and four great baby-sparrows. l
never should have known they were
her babies only for their actions, for
they were as big as she was and a great
deal fatter. They never offered to touch
the bread, but all sat in row scream
ing at their mother to wait upon them,
with their mouths wide open.
There was no reason in the world
why they should not help themselves,
only that they always had been fed by
her. They were not patient children,
first, mother. me frstr' in such a dis
tracing way, that the poor mother
seemed quite confused in her efforts to
satisfy them. They would hop before
one another, and catch the crumbs
from each others mouths in a very
greedy way; and if the mother tried to
eat a bite; most likely they snatched
that up. too. No wonder she was very
thin and looked tired, at least thought
so. She flew off with bite of bread to
tamarack tree near by, to eat it in
peace, but three greedy children pur-
sued her. The fourth stayed by the
bread. and it was funny to see his at
tempts at helping himself. He would
dive his bill into the bread and then
jump back as if it had burned him.
I have seen some great children about
as helpless and exacting, and their poor
mothers usually looked thin and weary
and troubled. From morning till night
you will near such questions as "Mother,
where is my historyp'' '.Mother, won't
you sew on my shoe-buttons?' ''Mother,
won't you sew button on my jacket?'
''Can't you put up my luncheon, I am
in such hurry?' Every one of these
things the boys and girls could have
done quite as well for themselves if
they had only thought so. There is no
reason why boy should not learn to
sew on jarket-button as we'll as his
sister. It is not half so hard as learn
ing to skate or whittle. Boys and girls,
if you wish your beloved mother to
live long and happily with you, join at
once the "Help Yourself Society,"
Baptist Weekly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15
Know NV Boy Billl

As THE overland express was snort
ing through Alameda yesterday, on its
way to New York, the engineer sudden
ly whistled down brakes, the conductor
frantically shouted and jerked the signal
line. and with many jar and squeak
the long line of ears was brought to a
stop.
The cause of this "sudden fetchup''
was fat old lady with a red face and
a green parasoi, who had planted her
self squarelv in front of the engine, and
was making the most frantic signals for
it to pause.
"What's the matter? Anything on
the trsck?' said the engineer, ex-
citedly.
"Nothing but me-" said the oldlady.
stifiiy.
HAS there been smash up? Is
there-there a drawbridge open?'
"Don't poke fun at me. young man.
l want to see the proprietor"
"The what?'
ssThe man who runs this thing-the
captain-or whatever you call him."
"What do you want with the con-
ductor?''
.'None of your business. want to
see the head mantle boss-and to
onct.''
"Well, ma'am." said that function
ary, running up, watch in hand, "what's
up? What can 1 do for you?'
"You 60 through Chicago, don't
your
"Why, of course. What of it?''
"Know my son Bill-Bill Skinderson
-there?''
"No. For Heavens sake get off the
track. you old
"Don't sass me. you red-nosed goril-
la, or I'll inform on you. Deary me, l
thought everybody knew my boy Bill
prominent man there-runs the biggest
fruit stand in town, and-hands off, you
rascal. Don't dare to tech me. I'll
move when I'm good and ready"
"Wel, hurry up. What do you
want?''
ooh! thought you'd change yer tune.
Well, I wish you'd just stop over day
or two at Chicago and look up Bill and
tell him that little Mariah James jan
ders have kinder worked round into fits
and there more hopes. She's sorter-"
"Start her up, Jimmyr' yelled the
furious conductor; and if the old lady
hadn't hustled up her skirts and
bumped herself, she would have had a
first-class case of damages against the
company. After that she stood apo
plectic with rage. shaking her parasol
at the disappearing train, and ANNOUNCE
ing her determination to 60 right over
"and see Governor Standard the very
minute the dishes were washed. San
Francisco Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15

mumps and lots of measles. Grandma
SAYS they've come out splendid. I
should think they had. don't believe.
there's half q one left inside of her, and
she's as cross as cross; she goes yaou,
yG0u, yG0u, sc00u, sC00u, tOG0u. and she
keeps knocking her mumps axidentical-
ly, all the time, and then she Just hollers
my, how she boilers!
The picture little way back is q pict-
ure of her. The dot is her nose, she is
SO swelled up that it looks like little
red button.
I've made up some poetry for you to
put in your Ortograff album. 1t be-
gins:
We are all in the dumps
Because of the mumps.
That swells up In bumps,
And gives US big humps,
And will not bear any thumps,
trumps
.fiamps
crumps
That's far as I could make up the
lines, but know lots more words that
rhyme, so I've written them down for
you to make up some lines to your
self.
Grandma sends love and says am
not to write anything that will worry
you, so guess l had better stop now
for fear shall. hope your cough is
better, and you don't have to take
Drover's powders to make you sleep.
Your very affectionately daughter,
P. S.-Hannah says the canary is GO
ing to moult. don't know as that is
any better than to mump. but l dare
say we shall all moult if he does, be-
cause it begins with NJ like our other
complaints and suppose it's catching
everything seems to be.
2. P. ST. forgot to say that the
spots on the twins legs isn't meant for
measles--it's buttons on their boots.
8. P. S.-f I didn't spell all the
words right it is because you wasn't
here to tell me how, and grandma's
bizzy, and Hannah don't know. Have
you learned how to speak Marseilles
yet? The people must be very stupid
not to use the American language when
it's so much easier than any other.
Give my love to Uncle Joe. Does he
live in q nice house in Marseilles. and
do his little girls dress like us, or wear
high caps and white sleeves like the
children in papa's picture of the mar
ket2 - WSde-AUdke.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15

In the earlier part of the last century
there lived in Scotland Colonel
Townshend, who could apparently die
whenever he chose and come to life
at will. His frame would become rigid
and cold, his eyes dull and CHASTITY, and
his features shrunk and waxy as in
death. In this state he would remain
for several hours, and then would
slowly revive. He once performed this
strange experiment in the presence of
three physicians, who, perceiving no
pulsations of the heart and no respira-
ton, convinced themselves that he was
really dead. But soon after they left
him he revived. It has been asserted
that he died actually while repeating
the CHASTITY performance.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15
Our Young Readers.
SUMMERS GONE.

THERE'S purple tint on the woodland leaves,
And the winds are up all day;
There's q rustlfng heard In the yellow sheaveS,
And it seems to sadly say:
"Sweet summers gone aWay!
In the wrinkled brook no roses peep;
And the bees no longer stray;
And,the butterflies have gone to sleep;
And the locust trills all day.
Sweet summers gone away!
On the browning fields the spider spins
Where the lambs no longer play;
And the cricket now his chirp begins;
And the quail is whistliny gay.
Sweet summers gone awayl
There are loving arms for baby dear,
Though the skies are chill and gray,
And q coy hOme-ne3t all the year,
And sweet kisses every day,
Though summers gone away.
George Cooper, IN Nursery.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15
NAYS LETTER TO HER MOTHER

Ny Darling Mamma:
PAPA says I may write and tell you
that we are all well and you mast enjoy
yourself and not worry about US for we
are getting along splendidly.
That's Just what he told me to write,
and he has directed an envelope all
ready for me to put the letter in. But
l don't see what he means by saying
we are all well, for there's lot of
things the matter with us. There's
measles, and mumps, and malaria, and
if there were any more sicknesses that
began with NJ, I guess we would have
them, too.
Grandma-she's got the malaria;
that's the prettiest name, and I think
it's the prettiest-looking sickness. 1t
makes her face yellow, but it don't puff
her out like humps. Edith and me
think il makes her cross. DO grown
folks get cross when they are sick just
like childrenP She takes Queeneen to
break up ahills, she says, but 1 am
afraid she will break up herself, for she
shakes as if she would fly to pieces
some days. 1 think she's got all the
malaria there is in the house for none
of the rest of us have had any; but
there was measles enough to 60 round,
and we've all had 'em except me.
suppose I should have had some of
them, too, but grandma says had 'em
nine years ago when I was only year
old.
Billy, the boy that carries news
papers, brought us the mumps, and we
amt much obliged to him. I asked him
what he wore his face in worsted COM
ferable for, an he said caused he'd
got a corn behind his ears, and then he
asked me if I saw anything green, but
of course couldn't through his big
comfortable. Anyhow, don't believe
it was green corn in the middle of
winter. Hannah said, the next to-
morrow, when she saw him, that twas
mumps, an he had no business to come
here, and she said, you'll catch it,
Miss, for talking to that naughty boy
in the hall when you was told not tor
I did catch it, too, and wish l hadn't
talked to him, for my mumps was awful,
but they are most better now. Once I
sneezed while had them, and I thought
had torn off both ears and turned my
nose wrong side out, it hurt so; but l
hadn't.
This is picture of Edith. with both
her mumps.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15
EDITH AND HER MUMPs.

She took them from me, grandma
says, but don't see how She could, for
I kept 'em till long after hers began.
They said she was only going to have
'em on one side, but she was most
through with the measles so she had
room enough to have 'em on both sides
just like me.
You know can't draw as well as
papa, because he is a celebrated artist,
but 1 thought it would be comfort to
you to see how she looks.
Jimmy and Josey have each got
mump apiece, and they are dreadfully
measled too. Their faces are as red as
red can be. and the little spots on them
are redder still, and their mumps are
all red and speckled too. Isn't it fun
ny? Perhaps it's because they are
twins. I've drawed portrait of them,
and if I had time T d paint it, too, so you
could see how bright their measles is.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15
Timely Help.

There are few parents who are not
willing to give their sons start in life,
if they can-to sci them up in business,
to brood and foster their pecuniary in
terests until they can manage for them
selves. But most parents seem to feel
that when daughters have finished their
education and become of age there is
little more to be done for them. They
must marry or become domestic
drudges, or mere stay-at homes, looking
for no wage for services rendered. and
not expected to render any stated serv-
ices or to receive any fixed or regular
income. If they prefer to set up for
themselves they must enter upon some
occupation which is likely to afford
them a present support, without any
outlook for the future other than life
long hand-to-hand struggle for daily
bread.
Now, there are great many girls
who are eagerly looking toward the
professions open and opening to wom-
en-, and longing to enter upon fields of
activity and enterprise for which they
seem to themselves peculiarly fitted. A
young woman who aspires to place as
a lawyer, physician or writer, and
expects to attain it by her own unaided
efforts. has long and weary way to
make before she can reach her goal. If
she will only teach, or learn teleg-
raphy or some other trade which
requires comparatively short prep
aration, or is supposed TO do so.
and easily yields living, it is all well
enough. What is the use of bestowing
elaborate training upon q young woman
in art and science or literature or med
icine or the law, when in few years.
more or less, she viii in all probability
marry and go to housekeeping? To
reply Immediately. If she marries, her
training in art will enable her to make
her home beautiful, her training in
science to make her home healthful,
her training in literature to keep her
from sinking into the mere domestic
drudge, her training in medicine to
rear her children with hygienic wis
dom, her training in law to manage her
affairs with discretion, and to be her
own lawyer in case of her husbands
death. Does not the success of a man
depend as much on his wife as on HIM
self A man married but not mated
cannot achieve the full, rounded. per-
feet success that is possible to him
whose wife is his companion and equal.
Every talent, accomplishment, capabil-
ity she possesses is so much capital
for her in tie marriage partnership,
and many a woman is compelled to
draw on this capital for resources
during her husbands life and to de-
pend upon it entirely in the event of
his death.
If girls were trained to depend upon
themselves for support. and were not
socially compelled into ineligible mar
riages, the number of unhappy mis-
called homes would be greatly dimin-
ished. Ii girls were permitted to choose
their professions and occupations as
boys are. and aided in doing so as many
boys are. the title of "Old maids"
would soon cease to be any more of a
stigma than that of "old bachelor is.
And the number of purposeless, NOR
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15

If the census could be taken of those
men in large cities who are most pros
porous in business it would be found
that large proportion of them look
forward to home upon a farm as a
resting place after the toll Of years.
There is a feeling of security in owning
farm. which is not enjoyed by those
engaged in traffic, and therefore farm
life is growing more popular with men
city-bOrn and bred.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15

"A turtle has lived forty-three years
in the neighborhood of Undertook, N.
Y. as shown by the various dates cut
in his shell.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15

The English language is very COM
prehensive, but the language used by
the natives of Finland has more of the
real Finnish to it.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15

In Hungarian shanty in Fayette
County, Pa. birth, death, and a
marriage, occurred all at the same
time.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15
Three OF The BEST BOOKS FOR
SINGING CLASSES.

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Such . full sized book the above has this advantage
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and Anthems. you have on hand large collection
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This book covers precisely the Same ground does
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No writer e1ces this one in the perfect cearnes, and
simplicity of his explanations and the thorouehness q
of his work. The teacher who this method needs
to have in his hand the CHORUS CHOIR INSTRUCTION.
BOOK $l.20, by the same author. Tho pages CORES.
pond and the larger book gives directions for the use a
the smaller.
OLIVER DITSON T. CO., LYON l. KEALY,
BosTox. CHICAGO.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-10-15

DIR. j. c. AYERS estate pays the
largest tax in Lowell, Mass, $4,000
New-York tribune., 1880-09-27
OrGuOSIl5.
IMfR0vEMENfoF sAvANNAHRlvER, Ga.

JMPROVENEN'rO OF SAVANNAH RIVER, Ga.
UNITED STATES FNGU OFTTcE,
Army BUILDING. New York. sept IL. 1850
SEALED PkOPOSAIN IN zip iain. a,tt' csd 10 tac uu
der ae VII rrcPivec oricr unfN = O'Clock
OF October 1885, nt which isne anu Ice thoY
viii b. rrSrhce bcHr-. icr frerc:r IN tis
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ma e tai AIN removed. speeiaeaD.s ins IA lions b. lid
Cerr blanks oposais Obtained ~ t.s sice
on ftam Mr. l.. FkiMONl, AaS-snr bl suees, >.ylnsa.
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TREASURY DLPARTsTNT
OsifcE rliI 5S 'RrTARY
WAsglsGtON c. sept IL. lS-O.)
CFMED PROPOSALS vlll b. received nj the
> tmtei states Treasury DpfruA,nt uni - &C JoS
noon rhurs ay 1874 Tor supplying iurnitao ior
lie Dcrt is.ol ifOus buiif,lg - IA csgp. ~
Further deta with plsns specifications OF the urni
tn rpauircd b. obtained ppce ion 10 tho Ire
ury Deiarlrest Wsshin gtcn. d. e..
ils Will eoardcrsd from PARTIES engaged ia
the and ws.o have tiN leid
ANA delivering uio furniture "i.hn tho time
specified uy thr Department.
The Drpa t,ueut reserves fsht reject al bills
or parts VI bids. and 10 waive defscts
JOHN SHERMAN.
New-York tribune., 1880-09-27
Eau SCHOOLS

kNNUAL SESSION (22N " UNIVERSITY
\ Ian =, IOJL betlns October nest AIiresi d. H.
JAot aH, rrcfc'ary, ~ ff'.srAl
COLUMBIA COLLEGE LAW SCHOOL.
ar ,icat !osrn IT, ktwNurs, IN We nesav, the na dy
al 9cotrt t.., a!.l tOn..ndes uth NAY "a, 1881 mo
ecrs sltd- .rslaces Ci esaie y'1r9 rhe dearso
al pashc or o. L. VA Il auutcrS a:on src STUDENT
sun ~ r su A. .un r.rs he prescribed sNSniinai
For catalogues address, a. : ireit JOaelst. -
THECDDRL " DN Nl5llI. warden, etc.
New-York tribune., 1880-09-27
nnmmer Resorts.

rT'HE SEASIDE HOUSE at
EOCkANAY BEACH
is ous -"as0u, with excellent
tranAiest permanent guota al mo cra
p-iceA
New-York tribune., 1880-09-27


Musical.
NOVEL MUSICAL INSTRUCTION.
n q urdereucd i-srci. limo .le work pub
ii4h a. g. -c ruef- cniiI ed IA, CiGs liarO Instruct
Or am nn the ~ piano playing hnki sosey
10 the lr1rryren ami serving preliminary Tor iutrre
Irvat isr,eiior To p1pui4Ize ms sy-tem ~, an
ey'aes 10 tiic al - we N c-
gnsen seminar kraIs ana hii- krais 3orte
and mnil.le 10 inpart 10
them his mch0 insfTurtiRV according To t' novel stem
viu them Ihe ueact KS II professions eApoF
enc. The pm iletS II aftni.s ne cEdFeh
music ,lass Terms $40 lIr the irst 81 ld ''Vs o'
wrek appliclo0us writing wili D. received care g.
7oHi' 'e'' % O"''" 5. W. WOLFsHEr,L
Misceuaneous
PPARATUS and FL URNIrURE 0fall kinds
- 10 scnnra Acsacmics Colleges and Hals send ioT
csiacr7ic. RAK... PRATT < 60. No ~ B0nd-', y Y.
XCELLENT OPPORTUNITY. - Frocb-ps
- N ..orsu.T System taught aad position sc irrd for
cvus! !, .rsc e. Ai,uss, "PRf&CiPAL" Box - tribune
Uhtowa Glcc, -, n eAlsay.
tyREE CLASSES fOr Scif-suppOrtiag WnMra.
in op, October Eritir bookkeeping phon0gr.ply.
pteleTa sad ph DO color eppy tur eirt
lars G. YOU SO NOaEA's 'hiuNrlhN A5soDIA1ON'
: L@as lStl.St.
DBIVAIE TUIIION.-Wanted, a boy of
a0nt Is - I.il two Drsri rrrel II rmifga class
under ulr prlasr csct iatr, uon Of rde.swIkc en,
tlus l.fs pvatc tifor ritun tsJ rei-i to bp IdJor
aBd Hal. ADDRESS 81 - r.S-F l.. Irlbhae Os41.
New-York tribune., 1880-09-27

A PRIVATE FAMliY having more room
~ tben 70 needs VIII frw beautiful iGrRished
rooms with breakfast dcs e lnra ioa arghtiu refer
encss oxeaaAgea. MURRAY HILL 1873 East S0tltsf
New-York tribune., 1880-09-27

EXTRA LARGE newly furnished rooms
r. mo era trprlv.ners wh without board. No ION
+ at 2-ihst nta, adison 81 lre and Elevated station
New-York tribune., 1880-09-27

DARLOR FLOOR 10 LET also second
story .ront and oier lo5 and los East
New-York tribune., 1880-09-27

A COMIC Il FABLE furnished room 10 let
n for one young Use Of ilno 3os wess
New-York tribune., 1880-09-27
West Side.

BASEMENT PARL0R also several nice.
~ lyErnislr upper rooms ia respectable quiet family
~ W-t i3th st; references required appointments
New-York tribune., 1880-09-27

MISS MCDONALD'o classes in drawing,
vi coors. porcelain decorations oyergazo aieheo
rus ser A. ! t..L
New-York tribune., 1880-09-27

STEVENS HIGH SCHOOL,
Rlves-st between 9Th and Gihs5s. Hobokeu, Nj,
OPENS SEPTEMBER IS.
coURsE OF LECTURES OK NATURAL HISTORY
PHYSIOLOGY. CHEMISTRY AND PHYSICS.
A AGYMNAsIUM ATTACHED. a sCBoLARsHIP IN
TIE STEVENS INSTITUTE GIVEN A. A
PRIZE AN NUALLY
JUNIOR DEPARTMENT. s6J PER ANNUM.
SENIOR DEPARTMENT. 800 PER ANNUM.
Trcse terms inc!ucc al tie studies.
New-York tribune., 1880-09-27
EnstrurIlon.
For BOYS and Young Men-City.

WIN. w. RICHARDS'S School for Boys,
w T23 Gthave Lyric HalD, reopens Sept 20 tve va
cancies. svlId foT circular.