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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-03-19
ANOTHER SET BACK.

The propositions to submit to pop
ular vote amendments to the Wis
consin State Constitution, giving
women the right of suffrage and to
prohibit the manufacture and sale Of
intoxicating liquors, have been de-
feated in the Legislature of that
State.
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The new Cars wife is a sister of
the Princess of Wales, and his own
sister is Duchess of Edinburgh, so
that he is doubly allied to Queen
VictOria's family.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-03-19

ACCORDING to the New York
Herald, ten thousand brakemen are
killed in this country every year.
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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-03-19

Both Houses of the legislature ad-
journed Tuesday morning, Otter Il
session of sixty-two days, in which
a large amount Of work was done
No business outside Of that of clos
ing was transacted Tuesday morn
ING.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1881-03-19

THE legislature of North Carolina
adjourned Monday, having in sixty
days passed nearly 500 bills. They
raised the school tax to 12l cents on
the hundred dollars worth of prop
erty. A. w. Simpson, member from
Dare, a white Republican, was ar
rested when about to leave ON a
charge of larceny. A considerable
quantity of stolen plumber was found
in his carpetbag, and in box in hi >
room. He says two other white Re
publican members put up q job on
him because he would not vote for
certain bill.
THE dog law has been passed by
the legislature, and the young
lambs can now gambol on the green
hillsides and fiowery meadows with
out fear or molestation.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

The best dapcers in Washington ars
army and navy ofisers ~ f20Ff
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25
Our Young Folks.
.RLNTER AND -SUMNER.,

On. Iwish the winter would 70, li'1i f}os {
And wish the summer would come. Yf4ie
Then the big brown farmer will hoe,
The little brown bee will hum. SOP sToW -
Ho, hum!
Then the robin his fife will trill, $50,
And the woOdpecker beat his drum,
And out of their. tents in the hill t. ls1i-<
The little green troops will come.
~ H0, huml aiE IEsD liU -
Now the blossoms are sick in bed,
And the dear little birds are dumb, f,Yi 4. atl
The brook has cold in her head,
Oh, summer takes long to come. - = U1
s.5 ,rz, Ho, hum UNI :,a. iitasl9.aY Il
When in bonny blue fields of sky, ~.
And in bOnny green fields below,
The clOud-fOcks fly and the lamb-a0cks lie.
Then summer will come, l know.
~ ,-alG HO, no! nf tAti
Then around and over the trees,
With q Autter and nirt will 60 al.aB 81 F.r
A rOlffcking, frolicking breeze,
And away with a whisk, no, no. 90 r-t. e
Oh, the blossoms take long to come, trlIrl
And the fcicles long to go:
But the summer will come. and the bees will
hum. ...-rE
And the bright little brook will flow, '5e'
gtE M know, HO, hO!
n. u. Kn0UltOn, in st. Nicholas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

els anything the matter, Mrs: Col
lins?'' BIZ ,tE.seg ~ 3S'if'itif reg
"Oh, I don't know where my chl-
dren are! II left them while / ran INTO
Mrs. Browns minute. and the kitch-
ems all upset, and I'm afraid"
'sWhyg we Just now met Elbert,with
the baby, kiting along like the wind.
over, there by. Webster, & Green's.
Leastways we supposed it was the baby,
from the way he carried it. And he
never" !
"Merciful mani. he's taken her to
schoolr' iqpf9f - yiiia ''i'- '','ii r
About ten minutes later, q f1ustered
little woman raped at the door OF, the
First Primary Room, and inquired for
q baby. 1t was handed to her. along
with an empty milk bottle, and wrap
ping them both in Fed cloak which
she carried, she thanked the smiling
teacher, and walked quickly home.
At first she had felt very angry to-
ward Ebert; but when- she looked at
the clock, and remembered his horror
of being iatej she softened toward him
considerably. and by the time she had
got the baby home, and found her none
the worse for her little run away. she
had her laugh also; and being fair
minded woman, she told, Ebert when
he came home to dinner that it was
very thoughtless in her to have staid SO
long at Mrs Browns. And Ebert
gave her a hug, and said he was glad
he didn't iedce the baby, cause she
might have been burned up, you know!
-Hdrper'S Young People. =. ~ 5T5l
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

After cramin' the sweat o. his brow
in the muskit, my gran father blazed
away. Butsthe heat o. the gun bar'l
hsd melted theice balls, an they went
out'n the gun like b stream o. water
out'n q hose. But the cold weather
want foolin' round there for nothin' /,
an fore the stream o,Water had gone
three foot Awas frs inter . solid chpuk,
AM went kerpinkity inter the painter's
skull. Butmy gran father said he owed
his life to natur arter all, for the charge
o. ice never would q made the painter
give NIP the ghost, an it never would
had no effect on him st all only there
wasn't force 'noggh to drive il clean
'throukh Mis- head. That saved my
grandfather from q chawin'. The chunk
g. ice stopped in the skull. The animal
heat melted it, an fore the painter
could recooperate and get his work in
on the old man he died of water on the
brain. I was sllus sorry my gran father
didn't haHe that painters stuffed an
handed down in the family" concluded
the old settler, as he adjourned with the
boys for refreshments.-PiEe County,
Pa, Cor. N. r. San. Q'E<a
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25
Robbie's Ride After His Father.

I ROBBIE's father was going to the
city, and going on horseback, too.
Robbie wanted to go very much, but it
was long way. Robbie was very lit
tie, so he must stay at home with moth
er. He watched his father ride away,
and he did not cry, as everybody ex-
pected he would. o no. for fine plan
had crept into his small head. iIet
After his father was out of sight,
! Robbie looked around until he found
his stick horse. He didn't look for his
hat, for he didn't like to wear it. He
only kept it on because mother said, if
he did not, he must wear bonnet.
So. in his red dress, Robbie went
trotting off through the front gate. No
body was on the watch lust then, and
master Rob got we'll out OF sight before
any one missed him. ,y'i -
He had made up his mind that he
would 60 with father. and expected ev-
cry moment TO catch up with him. -.
The stick horse trotted bravely along
the muddy road. Fathers horse had
gone through the mud. Robbie could
see the tracks of the hoofs; so he
would not turn aside either, but
splashed along through every mud
hole. a-.f a- .-r.a It,i 81.
At last the stick-horse did not trot so
merrily. He fell into. q walk. for
Robbie's shoes were so heavy with mud
he could scarcely drag them out of each
miry place. His hands were very red
and cold, too. Surely he would soon
find father, so he trudged along the
muddy road. At last he did see man,
and on horseback, too. But he was
coming towards Robbie. When at last
he came up to the stick-horse and its
tired rider, he stopped.
Where are you going? he asked of
Robbie. &c.
'.rm going after father, and he's
gone to Richmond, said Robbie.
swell, wouldn't 60 any farther to-
day." said the man. You get up here
in front of me and wen have fine ride
home" -"
At first Robbie did not want to turn
back. Butthe kind neighbor persuaded
him. and took him, muddy shoes. stick
horse, and all, safely home.
Whether mother had missed Robbie
before he got back, don't know. But
I do know she was glad the stick horse
had not carried its little rider on any
longer journeys. ''l - i'"i.. Tag. e I.
y Robbie was washed and kissed and
petted, but he never rode after father
again. Our Little Ones. ...,,.. ..-..
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25
ASTHMA, ~ i.
JONAS WHITCOM1'S
REMEDY

aa: eeen used q theusands Of the won't 0ses WITH q
public With fun conadsnce In its msta i contains =
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NY mother had suffered eight years from ths hazs
vest asthma. The recurrence Of this thrse 1enth1
agony every year must soon wear her cut Jonas White
combs Assha Remedy arrested the terrible disease
md has kepe on Ter the vAelo season TIE gTaa1
ASens Of the Xmaicas Hon. Ii1ienaTy SocistJ, 9
the n. 7. As6spendsas. = :
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110NCA1Tlos 1ts.-In tie interest," merely q
such pesene without any conferenco With those We
eeynesly u1s all vhe suffer - theee -
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Se06e 9RMely fer Asthma H0es CoA &c Il. -
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

hundred year old, an to his dyin' day
he stuck to it that what I'm gOin' to tel
YOU were ez true ez preachin,. an,
b'lieve it. He started back fur his cabin
over the ridge. He hadn't gone ful
when he shot d wolf. He hadn't much
more'n fired his ole flint-lock when he
heerd a yell off to the left, an lookin'
that way see a big painter comm fol
him. Painters was 9 picnic for the old
man, an he rammed down q big charge
o. powder an reached fur his bullet.
pouch, when, 10 an behold ye! it were
gone. He'd lost it somewhar in the
woods. Fightin' painters without bull
lets wasn't so much of picnic Be.
sides, the old man had got cold while
standin' thar, an he didn't care to
tackle an able bodied painter while his
hands was all stiff. The painter come
a creepin' up, with his fangs q shown
an his jaws redder'n . round o. beef an
his tail a-switchins like b COWS in f3
time. Cold ez it were, my gran father
said the sweat started out on his forrid
an rolled down his cheeks bigger'n boss
sches' nuts They dropped on the ground
i'm big balls, fur they friz .ez fast ez they
fell. They piled up at his feet, an the
painter'kep' q creepin' up. Suddintiy
an idee hit my gran father plumb in the
top-kpot.s He grabbedsup q hsntu o.
the wsat ez Were ffiz in balls an pour
ed ;, m in his muskit. ~ II
- /. skini gil these ip onithat paintdr
fore they melt, he thinks to hissef,
a.mebbe they'll settle his hash! oTr
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25
The Obelisk.

IT is extremely doubtful whether the
obelisk will stand this climate. 1t is of
granite and naturally absorbs water
more or less. It has been thawing and
freezing upon its exterior for several
weeks, and it is probable that when the
warm sun comes again it will begin to
scale. The granite is not pure, but is
composed of quartz, feldspar and horn
blende, with small percentage of crys-
tails of mica. Perhaps its true nature
would be best described by the term
"Syenitic GRANITE and but for the mica
would be called sYenite. When polished
the granite looks very much like the
Scotch red granite or the red granite of
Connecticut. The effect of the climate
of France, which is much milder than
ours, has already become visible upon
the Luxor obelisk, and it is evident that
it will crumble into dust before another
thousand years. We can afford, says a
New York correspondent, to give our
monolith thousand years to waste
away. By that time we will all be
where good obelisks go, and even w. II.
", the old original .obelisk importer,
will not be around to get up any scheme
to consolidate the fragments. Already
one side of the obelisk, or a portion of
its height, has been worn away, doubt
less by the sands of the desert which
were blown against it, or by the effect
of the dew and the sun on the grains of
the rock. By such process a portion of
the hieroglyphs has been obliterated.
The obelisk viii be an attractive curi-
osity to visitors to New York,
and will also be the subject Of
an interesting study for scholars. No
doubt an Psychological society will
be formed to solve the riddle Of its
origin and significance. The conception
likely to become popular is that as the
obelisks were erected upon the eastern
bank of the river Nile and the pyramids
upon the western, the obelisks were
typical of the rising sun, the symbol of
generative and preservative power in
the pantheistic nature-worship, and the
pyramids were typical of the setting
SUN, the symbol of night and death and
the dark underworld into which the
human soul would at last descend as the
sun disappears beneath the horizon.
Hence the 2obelisks were used to- adorn
the gates of the temples where the gods
of life, light and truth were worshiped;
to record, like newspapers of to-day, the
name and fame of monarchs: so the
pyramids were used, as sepulchres for
illustrious persons. The hieroglyphs, if
accurately translated, would show that
the middle perpendicular line set forth
the renown of the proper constructor
- kLo ,rn4vno1ekh rrA,s1o 1n
side line sets forth phrases designed to
be to the honor and glory of Sesostris.
The New York obelisk was. set up by
Thothmes Ill, and was subsequently
removed from Hetiopolis to Alexandria
in honor of Julius Caesar. The one in
London and our own were nicknamed
"Cleopatra 3 Needles" presumably be-
cause Cleopatra designed their removal
and their erection at the Caesatium at
Alexandria. Exchange.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25
Husband and Wife In Law.

The wife has been much advanced by
the general tenor of legislation of late
years in respect to her own property.
She has acquired pretty independent
position as to title, control and DISPOSE
ton, but this relates to her property, not
to his. The law has not yet raised her
to the station of superintendent of her
husbands contracts, and probably never
will. He is bound to support her and
the children which she bears to him, and
in order to fulfil this obligation he ought
to have as much freedom in the man
agement of his business affairs of the
world as unmarried men are allowed to
exercise. In taking wife a man does
not put himself under an overseer. He
is not q subordinate in his own family,
but the head of it. The law assigns
him this position, not for his own adj
vantage alone, but as much for the real
good of his wife and children, and some
what for the general interest of society.
A husband left free to lead and govern
in his own family is the most useful hus-
band to all who may be concerned in the
results of his conduct. That exceptions
to this rule may be pointed out Is no oh.
lection to or disproof of the rule itself.
Human institutions are all more or less
imperfect, and their complete efficiency
in practical working can not be ex-
pected in every instance. It Is enough
if they produce beneicence to the great
mass and in the great majority of
cases: A subjugated husband is a less
pleasing and less energetic member, of
society than one who keeps his true
place yet knows how to temper author
ity with affection. The law does not
discourage conjugal consultations or free
and voluntary cooperation in all trans
actions which affect or may, affect the
welfare of the family. But the
law does not undertake to secure this
delightful harmony by coercion, but
leaves it to issue spontaneously from the
holy relations of matrimony.-Georgia
Supreme Court. 'fo.l1f,oIsr -
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25
Society Notes.
Mrs. F1LG1BBoNs has gone to see her

Mrs. FILGIBBoNs has gone to see her
The most stylish purse of the season is
made of undressed sealskin, with moth
ing in it.
A novelty in neck lingerie for gentle
men is made of hemp or manila, and
is so worn as to- close up pretty snug
when the gentleman steps through the
trap. 1t is much affected in Nevada
and New Mexico. SI4" 5'J..i &.
The engagement of Johnny Snebbly
and Miss Lebechin will be announced as
soon as Mr.. Snebbly has got a lift in his
salary to $11 q week. s.
Mrs. Isinglass held . brilliant recep-
ton in the back parlor of her fashion
able hotel on Saturday evening last.
She received o.. 66 q piece from all OF
her regular boarders except young Mr..
Fasboy, who paid her sixty cents and a
silver watch. and stood her Of till next
Saturday for the rest of it. i. Ssv.
The fascinating Mrs. Tommary, OF
North Hill, had q new girl last week; a
genuine Swede, imported, that runs at
one hundred and seventy-eight pounds
and broke two lamps and s0up-tureen
the first day in the house.
Miss Diffenbach, the accomplished
and beautiful cantatrice of West Hill,
slapped her old mother over the head
with the dish-rag last Tuesday evening,
because the old lady wouldn't let her
20 down and sing in Dutch chorus at
the masquerade in Bogus Hollow. Miss
Diffenbach has the true temper of 9
lyric artist, and our city will yet be proud
Mrs. Dinkleman read q profound pa
per last week before the "Americsn
Woman's Society for The Elimination Of
the B. B. in the B. S.", Mrs, Dinkle-
man said she always got the drop on
them when she used corrosive suhli-
mate. ,ytya - tt.
Miss Birdie Mac Whether fen up against
the side of thes skating rink tho other
night, and blackedi one Of her eyes and
knocked. tho other, clear out. The one
she knocked out was glass one. 1t was
calamity rescued by Mr.. Percival de
Claude O'Halligan, who unfortunately
stepped ON it before be pidked it up.
insured in the Glen Eyerie AM6thal BY
George Dupcan.--B urlinSton Hgtckeye.
The best dapcers in Washington ars
army and navy officers ~ gaF$ss
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

"A dog got between. the tracks, on
the Pennsylvania Railroad just as two
express trains were approaching from
opposite directions. The animal looked
in either direction, and then did the
only thing which could have saved him.
He stretched himself out on his belly,
placing his nose between his paws and
remained in that position until the trainS
had passed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25
Glacial Americans.

In such winter as this it il peculiar
~ gratifying to learn that there have
been Americans who have seen the val
leys of this continent filed with gla-
ciers, and even the mountain tops buried
in them. The Natural History Society
last night. discussing recent discoveries
in the Trenton grave beds, seems to
have about agreed. from the Clipped
stone implements found at the, depth of
sixteen feet below the surface, that
race of men lived in America at the
same age that the most ancient dwell
ers in Europe laid down their stone SHOW
els and hoes for future reference. We
have been in the habit of considering
America the land of big things, but it
has most wonderfully dwindled, peaked
and pinned since those days when the
Delaware river flowed . mighty stream,
about fifty feet higher than its present
level, and mastodons were among the
game in the New Jersey forests, where
men now hunt deer and such small
game. These continued revelations of
the prehistoric population that occu-
who begin to look like quite lot of inn
migrants, reveal also Lue gap OcCWecu
those races and that which we call the
"aborigines." This gap is porten-
tous fact in American history. and
proves that the human race has not so
good a chance on this side of the planet
as on the other, where the continuity Of
the race was never so completely lost.
Starting even as the two hemispheres
did. In the pal@olithic or neolithic age,
to Judge from these discoveries of the
crude arts of the epoch, the American
world "petered OUT completely per-
haps at the very time when Egypt and
India were in their glory. With ice
1900 feet thick in the Delaware Valley,
then containing 5000 Sc usre miles Gas
Rev. MI. Wright, of Andover, opined
last evening", and other glaciers where
other rivers are now drying up. man
was still able to exist here as in Europe.
But something worse befell tho '.West.
era'' than the Eastern world, and
crushed out human life here, or at least
shook off its grip upon the earth for
ages. Boston Transcript. - toiih-Aa
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-02-25

The Wisconsin Supreme Court has
rendered decision that money lent on
Sunday can not be recovered, either
principal or interest.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1881-04-06
Letter from Boston.
The Huh, April 4, Is

The HUB, April !, 1881.
| Port of Boston, Wednesday March 80.
Cleared-British steamer Partisan, Wylie,
Liverpool via. Halifax, n. s., by II. & A.
| Allan.
| That was what the morning paper said and
| it was a simple announcement enough, but
never since the DAYS of the Great Eastern
has craft created such fnrore as this same
Partisan.
The new steamship is of the allan line,
built in Glasgow and is said to surpass every
thing of the kind in point of size, coven-
| ience and elegance of fittings. Externally
she was not particularly graceful, giving one
the idea rather of huge clumsy strength.
| Her turtle backed" forecastle and poop
| detract somewhat from her general appear
| ance, though they are undoubtedly very ser
viceable in preventing heavy seas from wash
ing over; and the raised bulwarks forward
guard against flying spray.
| She is about 465 feet long. &c feet beam
and has depth of hold of 36 feet She is
four mastcd. two-funnelled, sqaare rugged
forward and capable of Spreading a large
amount of canvass if it should be necessary
The massive compound engines are of the
three-cylindcr pattern, capable of making
sixteen knots an hour. The double steel
| hull enables her to carry heavy water bal
| last and gives almost perfect assurance OF
safety in case she should ground on rocky
coast.
| There are ten life boats, and the berth,
! have moose-hair pillows which can be
strapped over the chest and back in less thar
a minute, forming. it is claimed, a perfect
life-preserver.
| Some of her conveniences are unparalleled
and seem like unheard-of Injuries Electric
| bells with attendant call-boys, state room,
supplied with steam heat, running water
soft beds and an undrcsmed-of amount o
ventilation; bath rooms in abundance and
pretty lavafories at every turn.
| The saloon is forward of the engines, a,
wide as the ship and artistically fitted up
with tables, sliding chairs, beautiful eur
,ains and elaborately carved panels in doors
side board, &c. Over the saloon forming
really broad bslcony to it is the music
room where Broadwood upright piano ant
comfortable lounges are the principa
| features.
Aft of the saloon is the ladies' boudoi
which is really Oriental in its suggestions
1t is furnished in deep red plush with Persian
carpets, has rich curtains, inlaid mapl'
walls and inlaid tables.
The smoking room every right-minde'
person would disapprove of utterly, for i
was altogether too costly tempting and com
Portable.
We may look upon the Partisan q
. specimen Of the ocean steamer Of the fu
ture, comfortable and beautiful ~ we'll .
Necessary and useful. Her great width o