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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-27
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

An Illinois school teacher offer
packages of flower seeds as premiums
On good behavior and scholarship.
Two students of Columbia College
Robert Mahan and Charles M. Smith
had arranged to fight duel, but the
former and two others were arrested
upon starting for the place of meeting
. The mission of the American Pres
byterian Board in Japan, reports the
following statistics: Present adult mem
oership of its churches, 988; additions
during the year, 224; male missionaries
10; female missionaries, u; stations
four; organized churches. 16; ordained
preachers and pastors, five.
The annual report of the Superin.
tendent of the New York City Public
Schools for the year 1882 gives the
number of schools as 298; teachers,
1914: pupils, 50, 231. The new course
Of study removes the geographical text.
book from the lower grades, and brings
the globe and outline maps into greater
prominence. United States history is
occasionally substituted for the regular
reader in many classes. aIas .
Clubs are trumps. Ever the breth.
cen of the churches are forming them
selves into clubs. The Congregational
lists of this city and vicinity have already
organized a club, and now the Presby.
terian brethren are about to follow suit
"A closer personal acquaintance is the
chief object. If the devil and all his
minions could be driven out of Chicago
by means of these clubs, what a good
thing they would be.-Chicago Stand.
urd
An Alabama preacher read the
hymns, offered prayer and read the
scripture lesson, but when the time for
the delivery of the sermon arrived he
folded his hands upon the pulpit and
remained motionless for half an hour.
The congregation sang three hymns to
remove the uncomfortable feeling which
prevailed, but the preacher stirred not.
His reason had taken instantaneous
flight. "a, H., =
The Rev, A. ID. Mayo has been de-
iivering series of notable lectures al
the Peabody Institute, Baltimore, on
s'The New Education in the South"
In the last of these he said that Nash
vile, Tenn, leads all the cities in edu.
cation south of the Ohio, and that Mary
land leads all the States. During the
last year the Southern States have spent
S15. 900, 000for all kinds of schools, more
than $4,000, 900 of which wasforpublic
schools. This year they will spend more
than ever.
A Scotch minister, forgetting his
spectacles, could not read the hymn, SO
he said: my eyes are dim; l cannot
see." The precentor Immediately sang,
"My eyes are deem; caw-noot see."
The minister explained. 81 spoke ofmy
infirmity." This was sung as the second
line. The minister pleaded: 81 merely
said my eyes were dim" These words
were sung, and he sat down, saying: 81
did not mean to sing hymn" When
this line was sung the services closed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-27
A Clever Dog.

The following is an instance of sa-
gaCity-indeed, amounting to reason
in q dog: A French poodle that be-
longing to Colonel Pearson (not the
lately beleaguered Colonel at Ekowe,
but a Colonel Pearson living some years
ago at Litchfield.) The circumstance
happened to friend of mine, Canon
-, Rector of -. have the story
from his own lips, but have no per-
mission for his name to be used in any
publication. should the story be thought
worthy of it. My friend the Canon,
may say, has no leanings. Being q
guest at luncheon with the dog s master,
my friend fed the dog with pieces OF
beef. After luncheon the beef was taken
into the larder. The dog did not think
he had his fair share. What did he doa
Now, he had been taught to stand on
his hind legs, put his paw on the lady's
wrist and hand her into the dining.
room. He adopted the same tactics
with my friend the Canon, stood on his
hind legs, put his paw on his arm, and
made for the door. To see what would
follow, the Canon suffered himself to be
led; but the sagacious dog, instead OF
steering him for the dining-room, led
him in the direction of the larder. along
n passage, down steps, etc., and did moi
halt till he brought him to the larder,
and close to the shelf where the beef
had been put. The dog had small BIZ
given him for his sagacity, and Canon
- returned to the drawing-room. But
the dog was still not satisfied. He tried
the same trick again, but this time
fruitlessly. The Canon was not going
with him again to the larder. What
was Mori to do? And here comes the
instance of reason in the poodle. Find
ing he could not prevail on the visitor
to make a second excursion to the larder
he went out into the hall, took in his
teeth Canon IS hat from under the
hall table and carried it under the shelf
in the larder, where the coveted beef
lay out of his reach. There he was
found with the hat, waiting for the
owner of the hat, and expecting another
savory bit when he should come for his
hat.-Animal Intelligence.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-27
Two Singers.

General Joe Wilson and Colonel
Clifton Bell met in Colonel Tom Null
queens Boudoir yesterday and ex-
changed the compliments of the season.
Each was stepping higher than blind
horse.
"Good morning, Colonel Bell" said
General Wilson; show is your daughter
this morning."
pretty well, thank you," replied
Colonel Bell; "she had q slight attack
last night, but she rallied towards
morning, and when left the house an
hour or two ago she was playing the
piano as clipper and natural-like as
ever"
II am glad to hear it" said General
Wilson, and, by the way, l would be
very much pleased to have your daugh-
ter call upon my daughter and practice
duets with her. We have fine collec-
ton of Chopin's Etudes and Mendels-
sohn's Songs Without Words. Has
your daughter q decided talent for
music?'
81 think she has," answered Colonel
Bell. ''In fact, feel safe in positively
asserting that she has. Her penchant
for vocal music is very marked. Ihave
lain awake at night on numerous occa-
siOns to hear her sing, and to me her
voice is the sweetest ever heard"
MY daughter. too, has . beautiful
voice." said General Wilson. With the
advantages contemplate giving her
she will make great cantatrice. There
can be nothing finer than her upper
fxx-, ~
when she executes an aria about her
bottle of warm milk.
"Ah," said Colonel Bell, with an in
credulous smile, "you should hear my
daughter MARBLE and trill on the G cleft.
one time and three motions, when there
is pin sticking her."
"These girls are wonderful beings"
observed General Wilson, philosophi-
cally.
They are, indeed" replied Colonel
Bell.
"Are you ever harrassed," inquired
General Wilson, "by the fear that your
daughters head is going to fall off?
Frequently, when am holding and ca
ressing my Josephine, her head rolls
about in manner that inspires me with
dread lest it fall off its neck
"That doesn't bother me so much"
said Colonel Bell, "as the complexion
which my daughter has. So far from
inheriting the clear, fair complexion of
her parents, she has dreadfully red
skin, and looks as if she had acquired,
even at her tender age, habits of intern
perance. 1t worries me good deal"
40, that'll be all right in time, !" ex-
planned General Wilson; they're all that
way at first. They bleach them out as
they get older. My daughter used to
be so, but she's as fair as lily now"
81 am greatly relieved to hear you
speak so encouragingly," said Colonel
Bell. "The truth is l know very little
about girls; my daughter is only about
a week DID,"
lis that allr' exclaimed General
Wilson. "Why, you have heap to
learn yet. My daughter will be year
old next September. Detroit Free
Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-27
Aunt Sukey's Dream.

All the colored lottery players in the
city were highly excited over q little oc
currence recently. An old negro woman
known as .Aunt Sukey," who lives in 6
shanty on the river side, between Seventh
and Eighth Streets, happened to dream
that bank in which she had 81, 100 de.
posted was broken into by burglars anc
her money stolen. The news SO excitec
her thatshe rose in her sleep and started
to walk to the bank. She woke up. how.
ever, before she had gone more than 6
few squares. and was SO overjoyed te
find it was only dream that she tolc
1t to several of her yacquaintsnces. The
news spread rapidly all over the city.
and the lottery players, who are guided
mainly by dreams and omens, com,
menced playing on that number il
nearly every lottery office in town. u
is not on record that they realized any
thing, but the run on it will probably be
keps up for several days.-LouisriM
(0arierJoufnal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-27
Mr.. Beecher's First Smoke and First
Drink.

When a boy gets to be as big as
cigar he goes and smokes-because his
father smokes. was very curious tc
know the taste of tobacco, notwithstand-
ing the good example received from
nv father and elder brothers, and in
spite of the good warnings l received.
They were all very good in their way. but
they did not meet my curiosity to know
what was in it. wanted to know, apd
l found out. Laughter. There never
was boy who was so entirely satisfied
with an experiment IS / was. Re-
newed laughter.1 l had an intense curl
osity to know how wine tasted. If my
father had called me up and said: My
boy, / see you want to know about
this" and had given me . taste of Ma
deira, might have been cured. know
the taste cured me. Well, laid up all
my pennies assiduously together with
Woodruff. who was my playmate. and
finally we got enough to buy pins OF
port or Madeira; do not know when
It was. Then we skulked down inso the
meadow and got . secluded fence where
nobody would see US, and got q tumbler,
and well remember the feeling OF ex-
pectation that had as my curiosity was
about to be grsti6ed. turned out hat
a tumblerfui and took a good swlg. 1t
WAS the most notwithstanding experience
7 ever had. / came down out OF the
heavens, thump, to the very ground.
The reaction was hideous, horrible, re-
puonapt. Inever felt any desire for it
afterwa=d.-Frons has Lecture-rooma
Tall.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-27
A Negro Money.Maker.

There has Just died negro, Hay.
tan. who during his life probably signed
more bills of exchange and promissory
notes than any man who ever lived.
Toussaint Lagorille was the business
man of Emperor Soulouque, who looked
to him to work the difficult miracle
called-raising the wind. He during
the earlier weeks of his sojourn here
found it easy enough. In those days
imperial crowns, though only gilt, were
above par, and everybody held that an
Emperor Though rough-hewn ebony
had only to will to do. All went well
with Toussaint Lagorille until his bills
of exchange on Soulouque brought back
only protests. Twas not so nominated
in the bond. First explanations passed
current, but when nothing but protests
and explanations came of bills of ex.
change, Toussaint Lagorille could get
from no banker gold or exchange fol
paper. But SOulouque clamored fol
more. Every post brought to Uncle
Toussaint appeals, or menaces, or pray
ers from Soulouque, so Uncle Toussaint
went to usurVrs. Terms were easy at
6rst-only 100 per cent. interest year:
but when usurers, too, found bills OF
exchange brought nothing but protests,
their terms rose to 500 per cent.-to
1000 per cent. Uncle Toussaint man.
aged by hook or by crook to procure
$500. 900 to 1000, 900, which he sent
Soulouque, against bills of exchange for
$21 900. 900 on the imperial treasury.
His majesty rewarded the faithful ser.
vice by making Toussaint Lagorille
Duke della Grande-Terre, which was the
greatest title his majesty bestowed, and
by which Duke de Trou-Bonbon and
Duke de Marmelade seemed nobodies.
Duke de Ia Grande-Terre had visiting
cards of 18mo size engraved, and with
them and title engraved on them he
managed to get new loans from usurers.
he had, while negotiating these loans,
laid by $4,000 for himself, which he
invested in French SIS, which brought
him some $500 year income, ON which
he lived in anything but ducal splendor.
As you may readily imagine. His ducal
palace was bed-chamber on the sixth
your seventy story of a house at Mont.
martre, and he took his meals at petty
restaurant in Rue Lepic.-Paris Cor. n
o. Ricayune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-27
COnch Pearls.

In the Bahama waters, at depth OF
some fifteen feet, this shellfish, of old
represented as the trumpet of the god
Triton, breeds in great numbers, and,
gathered by the colored divers, is sold
regularly in the Nassau market for two
cents each. The creature which inha.
bits the big fluted shell, lined with its
brilliant red enamel, is used for fish.
bait, and more often for human food in
the shape of very edible fritters. The
shells, moreover, are exported for orna.
menting garden plots, while the tinted
lining is made into canoes. But most
remarkable of all, perhaps one concb
in thousand carries within its soft
body a pearl of great beauty, which
commands an immense price. These
conch pearls are round or oblong in
shape, some of them as large as pes
and suffused with wavy liquid color
Of pinkish hue, which changes beauti.
fully as the light touches it at different
angles. They have sold in Nassau fol-
as much as $500 each, and in London
have been known to bring $1,000. Sc
rare are they, and so well covered in
the creatures body, that the search fol
them does not repay the labor; conse.
quently many pearl of great price
has been thrown away, many broken in
crushing the shell of the creature fol-
bait, and not a few never discovered
until they reach the table completely
ruined by the heat of cooking. They
tell here of an eaterpnsing but unsuc
cessful Yankee who once tried the ex.
pertinent of manufacturing these pearls,
then inserting them in the flesh of the
conch, and palming them off as gen.
uine in the Nassau market. To find one
of these splendid gems is the hope and
prayer of the poor negro's life, as the
discovery is not merely unwonted cash
in pocket. but is mighty symbol Of
good luck. For, like his race every.
where, the Bahama negro is supersti-
tious. He sees signs Of portent in the
markings of fish, in the colors of the
waters, in. the mutterings of the wine
through the trees.-Nassam Cor. ~ Y
Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-27
Home Toilets.

There are some women, too many.
who dress at home in such style thai
they are always ashamed to be seen by
anybody but home folks. If knock at
the front door is heard, they run and
hide, or wait till they have '.primped
up" before opening it. In their creed
anything is good enough for home
folds; all nice things-nice clothes, food,
dainties-mustb be reserved for company.
ANY old calico or wooden dress is good
enough to do homework in, any old
worn-out shoes good enough to wear
round the house. As a natural result
of this theory, the parlor is always shut
up save on great occasions, the sitting
room is rarely used and the family life
passes entirely in the kitchen. 1t is nc
unusual thing for women who hold such
theories and carry them out in practice
to find no time to comb their hair till
after the dinner work is done, and &C
round with it in frowse two-thirds OF
the day. This is perhaps the case with
farmers wives more than with any other
class of work-people. The mechanics
wife has got her breakfast and told heI
husband goodbye for the rest of the
day by seven o'clock in the morning,
but at that hour the farmers wife sees
no stopping place for hours to come.
Milk, cream, butter, chickens, pigs,
calves, children, hired help, keep her
hands and her thoughts busy, too busy
to think of how she looks while at heI
work. But how she looks is continually
impressed onher children, her husband,
her servants, if she has them, and this
impression often results in the going OF
her sons to cities and into trade or me-
chanics rather than staying on the farm.
1t results in q preference on her
daughters part for professional men
and mechanics rather than farmers for
their husband. Nothing is more natural.
To antidote this unfortunate result, a
pretty and tasteful home toilet will be
found very efficient. Calico of fair
quality can be purchased at eight cents
q ward, and with clean calico dress on
and nice calico apron the housewife
may be always dressed up while at her
work. If she unvaryingly combs her
hair before engaging in any morning
task, her hair win be in order for the
day, and lesson Of value will be set
her entire household. A bit of edging
in her neck may take the place of
collar if the collar is too much trouble;
and neatly attired in fresh calico and
whole shoes she need not run and hide
if there comes q knock at the door.
The farmers wife who is careful of her
own appearance while at her work will
have better opportunity for and more
influence in persuading her husband to
look no worse than he need to while al
his work, than she who cares for none
of these things. 1t is sensible and wise
to dress according to ones work, but
there is surely no reason in the shabby
appearance seen in so many of our farm
ers while at their work. A reasonable
attention to externals fortifies ones self
respect and certainly does not lessen the
respect of others.-N. Y Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-27

Occasionally some queer reason,
are given for taking a newspaper. One
old lady cheerfully informed us not
long ago that since she had moved
away she didn't care so much about
what was going on here, but sit was
pleasant to know when your friends
died." aud she took the paper to keep
the run of them. She was probably sis
ter to the woman who informed Under.
taker Raymond that she did ..enjoy 9
good funeral. Old Colony Memorial.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-27

An exchange says: "A friend tells
If the remarkable success he has in the
use of decayed wood as fertilizer for
his fruit trees. He has fine, thrifty trees
and plenty of good, sound fruit since ne
adopted the common sense plan OF fer
.ilizing his orchard with decayed logs
and stumpS."
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-27

Cream Cookies.-One and one-half
supfuls of thick aour cream, one and
one-half cupfuls white sugar, one egg,
,ne teaspoonful each of salt, saleratus
and caraway seed. Mix soft, and roll
little thicker than usual for cookies.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-27

When a man says he believes the
whole world to be made up of knaves
it is generally because he has been il
the business himself and doesn't want
It known.-N y Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-27

The New Orleans Rcaytsne says
that the history of journalism has al
ways shown that it is impossible for an
administration or any other organ 70 be
, good newspaper.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-04-27

AN Edinburgh medical journal pro
nounces badness contagious. This viii
furnish another excuse for the young
men to stay away from church.-Detroa
Free Press.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-10-04
MARYLAND REPUBLICANS.

THE STATE CoNyENTIoN-A LONG PLATFORM
There was q large attendance at the Mary
land Republican Convention, in Baltimore.
J. Morrison Harrison presided Hart b
Holton, Of Baltimore, was nominated by ac-
clamation Tor Governor; for Comptroller,
Washington Smith was named and X. Stock
EFT Matthews was nominated for Attorney
General A colored delegate pledged o,W0
black votes for Holton.
After long deliberation, a platform Of
principles was adopted The platform is
very elaborate. 1t approves of the admin
istration Of President Arthur. alleges abuses
IN the administration Of the State Govern
ment and declares that only Republicans
can bring about reform 1t recommends the
abolition OF the office Of Tax Commissioner
and the transfer of its dnt!es to the
Comptroller; the abolition of the offices OF
weighers Of grain and hay and the repeal
of the law for the compulsory inspection of
tobacco. 1t also inserts in its entirety the
minority report at the late Democratic state
Convention. 1t recognizes the right of
laboring men to form combinations for pro-
lection, and points to the policy of pro,ec-
tion of the Republican party 1t holds that
colored schools should be placed on an
equality with white schools, opposes the
convlct-labor contract system and
freight Determinations against the citi-
zens of the State. 1t declares
eight years past the people Of Maryland
would have been in the fun enjoyment of
the measures of reform they demanded,
had not the voice of the majority been
stified. the legally expressed will OF 1900
voters contemptuously ignored, and the de-
cision of the counties of the State over
ridden by the grossest outrages and by false
and fraudulent returns in the city of Balti-
more. and they further declare that ii there
Is any force In law or virtue, in positive,
manly resistance, the iniluities OF 1910 shall
not be repeated"
MI. Holton, the nominee for Governor, is
prosperous farmer and memher-elec to
the next Congress from the Fifth district
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1883-10-04
GLEANINGS.
THE population of Egypt is q, ~, zoo

The population OF Egypt Is 6,sSS,- -O0
CApT. WEBB is to have a monument at
the spot on the Severn where he first saved
. life,
GRAND SEcRETARY-ELEcr TURNER, of the
Knights of Labor. will remove that hody's
offices from Pittsburgh to Philadelphia He
will employ fifteen clerks.
A New York man has invented an ear
trumpet which is concealed in the head Of
cane SO that sensitive deaf man can hold
it to his ear without attracting attention
A CURIOUS well is said To be in Missoula
county, Montana II contains but eighteen
inches of water, which never lowers an
inch, though water Is constantly pumped
from it to supply 4 steam boiler At q depth
of thirty feet solid ice forms around the pipe
in the hottest weather. As a strong draft
of air comes from the iottom, the VEL Is
supposed to tap subterranean channel.
Mr. FRANCIS j. SABINE. of Toronto, is the
father OF a little a-months old daughter,
who possesses no less than twelve toes on
her two lite pedal extremities There are
six toes on each foot. four small and two
hig ones. The whole twelve are perfectly
formed with sound Joints The cliid's ears
arc also peculiar, being both naturally per-
Iorated in the lower part, exactly in the
place from which ear rings are hung.
Co.. GEORGE H. PERKINS, of Norwich, is
the oldest business man III Connecticut
He is in his 18th year, and il Treasurer OF the
Norwich and Worcester Railroad Company
His recent order To ticket agents concerning
trade dollars reads rs follows: The trade
dollar, so called Is generally refused in
payment. and YOU will please not receive
them. They were intended for China, and
it ia inexpedient to delay thelr departure
for The place og destination