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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-08-06
SENATE JOINT RESOLUTION. no. 2

-, .,r,<,~, ~, q
SENATE JOINT kESOLoiAOISs "O.
in ~ ~. a;,,,ssifufjon of the State Of kan-
sas I,,iatinr 20 property exempt from Axati"h.
-, e :, y,,;n.,..r. o,.,hr SINE of Kds4sts.
4e rcsoted q ne H?.SataIe y asS - s,rs E,.us
tsro-thi1as 2, az nc "e1'oe's e'ee'''' ~ '''''
co"e"rr'a9 ua ,.,.,,,,, -, .r,c,,d
section one of article eleven Uf the Constitution o.
the State OF Kansas shall be SuOmltteu 70 ue eS
tors OF the State for adoption or ieJec.n - me.
general election 60 pe neiu Oh cnc n
c.eding the first Monday in NSteMosi;, a, ono NJ
eighteen hundred ana eisny in.s ~. Ss.,e of
OF article eleven al the CONSTITUTION y, .v cSiys.
Kansas shall be 80 amendeu as W reau ~ iu AZ
Section 1. The LsgishNre snail pIov, ,.S t.xa.
uniform aiid equal ratc Oh assSsSs 81. ~. state
ton; but all property used exc,.siveiy Ef s.ae'
coAnty, municipal Aterary, e9ucau,i; SSn
ti;ic, religious. bcsicv0'ens a0d cila,1tashe Vui
ps>cs shall bc exempt ffsAn tnxafion
Sslt. ,. The following shalt De me methT, y.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-08-06

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Head Ache With each bottle there is an ingen-
ious nasal injector for the more successful treat
ment of the complaint, without extra charge.
Price 30 cts. Sold by r. B. Stevenson, lola.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-08-06
st.vThat Couch

s,y going to the reliable and well known drug
stand of. w. Scott and buying u 81 90 bottle of
Green Mountain Cough Balsam. II, after using
two thirds, you get 40 relief, return the balance
and get your money back. See advertisement in
this DaOer
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-08-06

Advertisements not erceedisg Ten Lines can BE- in
serted under this Aeading for re cents per line tor
each pubiicafion "Losf,'' Pound, - " WGnfed, y
"To Rent, ;" Etc, ,ciu be fosnd here.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-08-06

do sOlemnly swear that the above statement
il correct to the best of my knowledge and belief.
j Il. YOUNG, County Treas.
Sworn to and subscribed before me this I'd day
of August, n. ID. 1850. L. $. STOEEK,
County Clerk.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-08-06
BRICK YARD IN FULL BLAST

BogHs & Jones are prepared to contract for the
construction Of anv building made of brick.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-08-06
THE GREAT CAUSE OF
SHuman Misery.

just published in sealed envelope. Price Cts
a LECTURE on THE NATURE. TREAT
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and impe.iimenfs to marriage generally; eonsum-i
ptiOn, epilepsy and dts; mental and physical in
capacity. &c.-By ROBxRT j. CULvkx1ELL, NJ.
d., author Of the ''Green Book % &C..
This wOrid-renOwned author in this admirable
lecture, clearly proves from his own experience
that the awful consequences Of self abSse may he
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out dangerous surgical operations. bOugies, m
struments, rings, or cOrlials; pointing out n
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which every sufferer. no matter what his cOntli-
ton msy be, may cure himself chsaply, raslical-
" and privately.
IThis lecture will prove boon to thousands
and thousands.
Sent, under seal, in plain envelope. to any
address, on receipt OF six cents, or two postage
stamps Address the publishers,
THE CULVERWELL MEDICAL co
Il Ann st. New York. y. T.. Post of1ee box ASH
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1880-08-06
THE STATE or KANSAS,

OFFICE OF SECRETAEY or STATE
l. James smith, Secretary Of State Of the State Of
Kansas, do hereby certify that the foregoing Is =
true and correct copy of the original enrolled
Joint resolution now OH file In my Office and that
the same took effect by publication in the STATUTES
book, May 10Th, 1871.
N testimony whereof. have hcrcuntO sub
scribetl my name, and affixed my official
tshAJ seal. Done Mt Topeka. this LIST day Of July,
A. d. 1870 JAMES SMITH.
Srrtdry 0f STATE
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-03
MOTHER, HOME AND HEAVEN.
The Sweetest Words in the English
Language are ss Mother, Home
and Hcaven.''

Did evey note steal down o ca Ii
Fro1seraoh's quivering i-re,s
Fraught with deeper-tone SSe
And wild affection's fire.: Nj
To which so much of chersshe6 thought
So much of love is giveH
to those words whicLIsweetly tell
OF Mother, Home and Heaven?
Others are words ofjoy and woe
That strangely swsS the heart,
And low within its Treasured depths
Their thrilling echoes stait;
Yet there's no o.ker power by which
lis founts so deep are riven
as by those gShtle words which speolS
OF Mo'her' Tome and Heaven.
Go mid the Sccean's briuy spray,
And wave 95n wave leaps proudly up
WIN lIdnde. ings to the 81 les,
Ana ask III sailor IN his bark
Der Nose Wild waters driven,
w han NERVES his soul; he'll tell thee
thoughts
GO ask the lonely prisoner
Y While dropping n his cell,
What were the treasured woI dis which Oft
With winning influence fell
Upon his wayward soul which long
With sin and care had siriven?
He'll whisper, "Oh, those sweetest IDS,
My Motler, Home and Heaven"
Oh, yes, there's MAJ C in those name;
TO ne. re in trials hour,
And to tho soul bowed down with sin
They come with holies. power;
And there is naught on earth which VII
The wild affec ions leaven
AS those sweet words which tell the heart
OF Mother, Home and Heaven.
But. oh in Deaths still hour the soul
Their sweetest power can know;
And when he comes 10 place his seal
In pa1eness on my brow,
I do out ask this precious thought
Of love and hope be given
A boon to guide my spirit on
.sMy Mother, Home and Heaven"
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-03
THE COLLECTION OF THE POLL TAX.

Our neighbor, the Times, stated a
few days since that the Sheriff was
making arrangements to commence
Immediately the collection of the poll
tax from those in this parish who are
liable to 1t. This will be good news to
those who desire to see the public
schools in operation, which have not
yet been opened anywhere in the
parish, although the season is far ad-
vanced. If closely collected, the
amount realized will be quite hand
some sum to be devoted to this praise
worthy object.
Nor is there any reason why dol
lar of this tax should be lost, so strin-
gent are the provisions of the law,
both towards the collie ctor and the tax
payer, provided for it's collection.
The voter is not enticed to its pay
ment by the withholding of the right
of suffrage as long as he Is in arrears,
as is the csse in some of the States. 1t
has been found that the glory of voting
for the average candidate put up in
these days by either political party, is
not an incentive strong enough to call
for the payment of even a moderate
poll tax. Our Legislature has framed
more stringent and effective law on
the subject. This Is act numbered 120
of the last season. The Sheriff cannot
obtain his quietus until he makes q
satisfactory exhibit of his efforts to
collect the tax. The tex is made O
lien and privilege on every species oi
property, real and personal, of the tax,
payer. 1t Is a perpetual privilege
which follows the property in all its
changes into other hands and cannot
be relieved until payment is made
Nor can the colored laborers, wha
have taken up the idea, under tbs
culation of their Radical mssts. pa,,s,,
the owners of the soil m6sss Is
their children so easily escape . ovides
visions of the act. Section 8 iplt gr'
stringent in its character. 1t nfSssttt1s
employers liable for the taxes of thess
employees and virtually makes tho re
ceipt of the sheriff showing payment
by them full satisfaction TO th,
amount paid in settlement of claims
for wages. If the employer neglects o
refuse to collect the tax from his EN-
| ployes before the end of the year hi
property may be seized and sold t,
satisfy the claim of the State in tn
premises.
! 1t will be observed that, IL properl
executed, there is no escape for an
, adult man in the State from the pre-
= visions of this tax. The amount is s
small that it will notjustify any one !
y throwing obstacles in the way of l
a collection. All should pay II promp
ly on the demand of the sheriff..
Shreveport ,StoD,tl1Td.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-03
A KISS AND IT'S RESULT.

Travelling into town one night about
dusk, Parson X. had occasion to call
at the mansion of an esteemed parish
ioner, who had, among other worldly
possessions, two or three very fine
daughters. He had scarcely knocked
at the door when it Yves opened by
one of there blooming maidens, who
as quick as thought, threw her arms
around his neck, and before he had
time to say "Oh, DON'T" pre- 1sed her
warm, delicate lips to his, and gave
him as sweet kiss as ever heart of
swain deserved. In utter astonish-
ment the worthy divine YVES endeavor
ing to stammer out something, when
the damsel exclaimed, ooh, mercy,
mercy! Mr.. K. is this you?
thought as much as could be it was my
brother Henry"
ssPshaw ~ thought the parson to
himself, "you did't think any such
thing" But taking her hand he said
in forgiving tone, "There is no harm
done. Don't give yourself any uneasi-
ness; though you ought to be little
more careful.''
After this gentle reproof, he was
ushered into the parlor by the
maiden, who, as she came to the light,
could not conceal the deep blush that
/ glowed upon her cheek; Whlle the
bouquet that was pinned upon her
bosom shook like a flower garden in
an earthquake. And when he rose to
depart, it somehow fell to her lot to
wait upon him to the door; and it may
be added that in the entry they held
discourse together for some minutes;
and on what subject it is not for us to
say.
AS the warm-heartod pastor plodded
homewar1ss he G~gucd with himself in
this wise
"NIiss ]. knew it wfs 1 who knock
ed at the door, or how did she recog'
: nize me before spoke? And is il
probable that her brother would
knock before entering? She must b'
2 desperately in - pshawl Why, i
she loves a brother at that rate, hov
: must she love her husband; for by tn
great squash, I never felt such kis
in my life ~
t. Three weeks after the above inciden
q Parson X. was married to Miss j.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-03
BILL ARP ON NEWSPAPERS.

Your papers are great comfort to
me; in every number 1 find some
thing to put away in my mind and
memory; something that 1 did not
know before and that will be of service
to me in time to come. If a man can
read he can get good education by
taking a good paper he can keep up
with the world, and make himself an
entertaining member of society; he
can talk upon almost any subject.
Book learning is a very good thing,
but know man who has power OF
that, but he never reads the news
papers and he passes for fool in his
neighborhood. Some papers are not
much in appearances, but / never took
one that didn't pay me some way
more than paid for it. One time an
old friend started paper away down
in southwest Georgia and sent it to
me; and l subscribed just to encourage
him, and after awhile it published a
notice that an administrator had an
order to sell several lots of land at pub
lie outcry, and one of the lots was ir
my own county. So inquired about
the lot, and wrote down to my frienc
to attend the sale, and run it up Il
| fifty dollars. He did 50, and bough
the lot for forty dollars, and L sold it t,
the man it adjoined fer a hundred dol
lars, and so made sixty dollars clea
by taking that paper. My father toll
me that when he was young man h
saw notice in paper that schoo
teacher was wanted in a distant county
and he went down there and got tn
situation, and little girl was sent
him; and she grew up mighty preH
, and sweet, and he fell in love with an
married her. Now, If he had M
taken the paper, what do you recko
{ would have become of me? Would
be some other fellow, or not at ali :?
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-03
A VOLUNTEER REPORTER.

Some supposed friends ofa newspaper
have peculiar idees as to what kind OF
items paper really requires. Not
long since gentleman came into the
Galveston News sanctum and said
"Look here! You miss heap-of live
items. Pm on the streets all day; III
come up every once and while and
post you."
"AIl right, fetch on yorr item; but
remember, we want news"
Next day he came up beaming all
over. "I've got n live item for you.
You know that internal bow legged
gorilla OF a brother-in-law of mine, who
was in business here with me ?"
"I believe / remember such per-
son." said the editor, wearily.
"Well, I've just got news from
Nebraska, where he Is living, that he
is going to run for the legislature.
Now, just give him blast. Lift him
out of his boots. Don't spare him on
my account"
Next day he came up again. "My
little item was crowded out. brought
YOU some news" and he hands in an
item about his cat, as follows:
GA Remarkable Animal.-The fam
lily cat of our worthy and distinguished
fellow-townsman Smith, who keeps
the bass grocery store OF WARD no. 10
(beer always on tap), yesterday became
the mother of five singularly-marked
kittens. This is not the first time this
unheard. of event has taken place. We
understand Mr.. Smith is being favora-
bly, spoken of as candidate for elder
man."
The editor groans in his spirit as he
lights cigar with the effort. 1t is moi
long before he hears that Smith II
going around saying that he has made
the paper what it is, but it is not inde
pendent enough for place like Gal
weston.
Many readers will say this sketci
is overdrawn, but thousands of edition
all over the country will lift up thei
, right hands to testify that they 20
personally acquainted with the guilt'
} party.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-03
THE IDEAL SABBATH.

The ideal Sabbath Is the Sabbath at
home when the head Of the household
farmer or merchanic, merchant or
lawyer, capitalist or operative-enjoys
his weekly rest among those for
whom his six days OF labor hAvc been
spent. Whether the Sabbatic instltu.
tion was or was not created by the
fourth commandment, thera seems to
be In those words, ssThou, nor thy son,
nor thy maid.servant,n gllmpeeof
the restful enjoyment which the day
o. rest, in the primitive conception OF
it, would bring to the families that
keep it sacredly.
The day of rest, being rest and not
revelry and dissipation, and belng
therefore day of home enjoyment,
brings with it opportunity for sober
thought and conference. A Sabhakhfnl
keep hg people will become . though
full pc ople, and such thoughtfulnes b
manliness. All men, and especially
the busy millions In the advanced
civilization like our own, need for the
minds seke, not less than for the sake
of wearieG nerves and muscles the
seventh day intermission Of sAelr on.
dinary work. A true Sabbath 81 sono.'
thing far more restful than . day Of
noisy jolli,y. In its calm air the mind
rests by thoughts, not though htlessness
by quiet musing, by conscious and
unconscious retrospection, perhaps by
reconsideration Of what might have
been, perhaps by thinking what may
be, perhaps by aspiration and resolve
1 towards something In tho future that
shall be better than what hes been In
! the past. The home In which Sunday
is day OF rest and home enjoyment q
I n 49, r. IA a.
j lows. In the Sabbath-lkecping Village
life is much less frivolous, and at the
3same time INDUSTRY Is moro produc-
coSve, for the weekly rest. A sabbath.
: = Keeping nation Is greater In peace and
ha3 war for the character which itl
tevhnquil and thoughtful 6abbaths
fsS fp impressed upon 1t.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-03

DurABLE wuITEwAsH.-Take q
barrel and slack bushel of fresh limo
in 1t, by covering the lime with boil.
ing water. After II is Stacked add
cold water enough to bring it to the.
consistency of good whitewash, then
dissolve in water and add one pound
of white vitriol (sulphate of zinc) and
one quart of fine salt. This makes q
whitewash that will stick as well as
paint. 1t owes It's durability chiefly
to the vitriol, which hardens ahd fixes
the wGsh.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-03

The'other day an EnglIshman went
over to Ireland to see q friend OF his,
VINO is an Irish landlord. He said that
he should like to meet one OF the most
ardent opponents of landlords, and HIS
friend referred him to the village black
smith, who, he said, was q Sood enough
fellow, but who, he believed, contem-
plated shooting him shortly. TQAs
.oaga ss ne e.psloea .he aas
.s Are we not" he said, usu..ering
from absentecs taking from Ireland all
the money that we earn, and do you
suppose that we mean to continue to
pay this tribute to the SaxonSv "Buf,n
replied the Englishman, "here there
are many resident landlords." " You
are mistaken" answered the black-
smith, /" know the country, and i tell
you that 1t is full of absentees. ."--iStM.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-03
THE TRUTH ABOUT KANSAS.


article from the Boston Post can not
fail to interest the reader. 1t concerns
the negroes in Kansas GA little
over q year ago, Gen. Conway and
Wendell Phillips were trying to fire
the enthusiasm of the North up to the
point of supporting and encouraging
the exodus movement among the col
ored people of the South. Now, Mrs.
Comstock, an elderly lady, with white
hair and benevolent face, and dressed
in the style of the Quakers, has been
sent East by Gov. st. John, of Kansas,
to solicit money, clothes and other
things for the relief of the offering
colored Immigrants of that State. OF
course genuine humanity and philan-
throphy do not stop to inquire into
causes. Their springs OF action are
touched by the simple fact that suffer
| ing exists, and we trust there will be
free response to the appeal which Mrs.
Comstock is now making in behalf of
sc, 900 negroes more or less destitute.
But it is nevertheless proper and pro-
| fitable to inquire with whom the res
possibility rests for this serious state
of things. There are now five times as
many colored people in Kanses as
there were year ago, and even then
whole families slept in the open air,
|
starvation. 1t is not denied now that
Kansas YVES represented to the deluded
blacks as land of promise, place
where the sforty-acres-an idea
was to be finally realized, while in ad-
dition milk and honey were to flow in
streams feom forests of gum trees
whose branches would swarm with lu-
scious 'possums almost ready to pop
open from very fatness. So alluring
YVES the picture that whole families
left their little homes where they had
plenty and comfort, disposing of their
mules and poultry and such other pro-
perty as they may have had for tri-
fling considerations to join the grand
march for the new Canaan. The dis
appointment of the. present rude
awakening from such a fairy dream
can hardly be appreciated by those
who do not know how thoroughly sen.
suous the highest enjoyment OF the
Southern negro is. They found thai
they had been fed upon delusions
Many WHO could get together the re
quisite means returned to their ole
homes with experience to last then
;. through life. Many others VIII,
could not raise the money accomplish
: ed the same thing through great hard
. shin and suffering. But the grea
: mass have not been able to get away
!, They have had to live by ftful EN-
). ployment, by scanty charity or starve
- The Minnesota demogogue who stal
;, ted this whole iniquitous business an
= the smaller demagogues who helped
> along can now contemplate their work
= = They will still cling to the old story c
- cruelty practised by the whites; the
- have no other defense. But can the.
. show such suffering from any caus
y among any community of $4,000 black
;. at the South as is acknowledged to ea
~ ist among that number in Kansas
;, They know they can not, and in ths
e significant fact is their condemnation.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-03

General HancocBs makes the fourth
defeated Democratic candidate now
living. The other three are General
Mcclellan, who was defeated in 1864;
Horatio Seymour, who ran in 1868;
and MIR. Tilden.
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-03
A BOY, a WOMAN AND a cow.


since an American philosopher pro-
pounded the query: "Why is a
woman afraid of COW ?" and yet no
one has ever succeeded in giving sat-
isfactory answer. There Is once in q
while woman who doesn't seem to
have the slightest fear, even when
ps ssing COW with one horn all twisted
out of shape; but follow that woman
home and you will find that she kicks
the dog, cuffs the children, jaws her
husband and knows how to sharpen
butcher knife and use an ak. The real
woman has a mortal terror of cows,
and the real COW seems to have an an
tipathy for her.
Friday forenoon lady was walking
down Cess Avenue when she suddenly
came upon COW. The animal was
feeding on the other side of the street
and the boy sent out to watch her sat
under shade-tree and played on a
mouth. organ.
The lady halted.
The COW looked up.
"Lost any thing, ma'am 2" asked
the boy es he removed the music from
his mouth.
"I-I'm afraid of that cow 70 she re-
piled.
"What fur? Cows don't bite nor
kick, same as a horse. All they kin
do is to run their horns through you
and pin you to the ground."
ooh! my-she's coming"
| "No, she hain't. She's just making
believe that she wan to git at ye and
hook ye over the fence"
| ooh! but dare not PISS ~
eyes, you dare. Cows know when
a woman is afraid just as quick as any
body. The mint you give cows to un-
derStand that you arc able to catch
'em by the heels and mop tho ground
with 'em they go 70 hunting fur
clQver.'
"Eear me, but guess I'll go eack!''
aI wouldn't. If YEN only sgt on
yer hands and shake yer fist AZ hei
she'll wilt right down. Cows know
who's bo~s just as well as men do
Now, then, I'll hold yer parasol while
you spit on yer hands,"
"Oh! can't-I'm going righ
home !"
"Well, my little brother he swear:
at 'em instead of splitting. on his hands
See if you can do that.n
aNo-no-no Pm going now!"
, eff was woman and couldn'
swear or spit on my hands, shoult
: carry a sword-cane to stab cows with j,
I observed the boy, rs he looked acros
!. the way.
! "My soul but there's another CO,
}. up there ~ exclaimed the lady, as sh
;, looked up the street.
eyes, lots of cows around these day'
IL but never heard of two cows attacl
!. ing woman at once. / guess or
Il generally hooks 'em all to pieces frs
y and then the other comes up and paw
: at the mangled remains. II YOU
e The lady uttered first-class screa,
s and made a jump for the neare1t gait
: 1t opened hard, and after one pull sh
! went over the fence and up the fror
u steps of strange house, there to RI
y main until her husband could be sum
moned by telephone to come and al
as body-guard.
ssI'd just like TO be woman,
1t unused the boy as he sat down to pun
II ish his mouth-organ some more. l.
l. carry bowie-knife down the back I
y my neck, and the first cow that trie
le to hook me would feel that ere knii
ID playing mumblety-peg around h
" vicious heartstrings."
10
The Ouachita telegraph. [volume] (Monroe, La.) 1865-1889, 1880-12-03
Col. william H. Sparks, who is on a

Col. William III. Sparks, who Is on q
friendly visit to Col. George w.
Adair, has been resident of New Or
leans for over fifty years, he being
now nearly eighty-one years Of age.
Col. Sparks was born in Green county,
Georgia, and was member OF the
Georgia Legislature in 1924. He Is the
only surviving member of the Legisla-
ture. His license to practice law Is
the third oldest In the State, the hol-
der of which Is now alive. The two
licenses older that arc held by living
men are held by Col. John p. King,
of Augusta, and Col. Pulaski Holt, of
Macon. Col. Sparks is remarkably
we'll preserved man and looks as II he
were good for the year 1900.--( Geo.)
Post 1ppeaI.