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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-08
WIT AND WISDOM.

In dis life alters try to hep a man
up de hill. He ken go down by hisse'f
Plantation Philosophy.
An evil thought in the heart of
man who has heart is about as trou-
blesome as wasp in the earn. Y
Herald.
81 hear" said Mrs Parvenu. '.that
Mr.. Willows son took the diploma al
Yale last year. always said Yale was
an awful unhealthy city."-Boston Post.
Charity is one of the sweetest i'm
pulses of the human heart; but, to be
truly beneficial, it must be administered
with discriminating judgment.-Chica-
90 Herald. go
DO not go without some good reso-
lntions. Resolve on something, wheth-
err you carry it out or not. AS the poet
says:
It is better to resolve and fail,
Than never to resolve at all.
The Pope is having the roof of the
Vatican refrescoed: If he thinks this
will keep out the rain, he is greatly mis-
taken. He should hire an artist with
bundle of shingles.-Buriington Ere.
Press.
Mother Ito governess): "Come,
work the children out of the room; my
doctor is coming" Little daughter
"Oh. mamma, let US stay here. We
want to-" Mother Well, what dc
you want Little daughter" Why,
you know papa always says the doctor
leads you about by the nose, and we
want to see him do it."-Foreign Fun.
-" Mother, may Bridget cut that cake
now?' asked little Johnny last evening,
right in the presence of some company
who had just got seated. No, child,
not now" ''Oh, yes; not now That's
what you've been sayin' fur week, and
you said you wuz goin' to cut it as
soon as you'd have company" In an
hour or so after Johnny got a slice OF
the cake.-Merchant TraUeler.
A Reverie.--
We stood at the bars as the sun went down
Behind the hills on a summer day;
Her eyes were tender, and big, and brown,
Her breath as sweet as new-mown hay.
Far from the west the faint sunshine
Glanced sparkling from her golden hair;
Those calm. deep eyes were turned on mine
And a look of contentment rested there.
[ see her bathed in the sunlight flood,
i see her standing peacefully now;
Peacefully standing and chewing her cud,
As rubbed her ears-that Jersey cow.
Get on your wraps now, dearest,
and We'll 90 out" The fair creatures
eyes sparkled with the excitement Of
anticipation as she exclaimed: "And
you have got double sleigh, of course,
Charley, with three horses hitched
ohraasf Russian 70 shiop silyormounto6
harness and dark buffalo robes, and
Wen 90 out for dash through Harlem
Lane?" .Well, not exactly" returned
Charley. .'We'll walk to the park for
q slide."-N. Y Mail.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-08
The Artist and the Model.

Artists are supposed 10 be naturally
romantic. Perhaps they are; bat it has
yet to be demonstrated that they rs a
class fall in love more readily than
other men. And yet one is continually
hearing of affairs d'amour AMONG the
knights of the brush at Paris. They
rarely become enamored of their mod
els-that is. rarely seriously enamored.
Models are not, as a rule, of lovable
or loving kind. But there was a case
of true love between an artist-we will
call him Palette rather than use his own
name and damsel who sat for him
in Figure pieces.". He was an Ameri-
can, young, whole-souled and success
fully rising. She was an Alsacienne,
young, handsome, and poorer than the
proverbial church-mouse. Her parents
had lost their little property in the
Franco-Prussian war when the hungry
German gobbled up the fair provinces
of Alsace and Lorraine. Rather than
swear fealty to the Kaiser they had
sacrificed everything and fled, eventu-
ually turning up in Paris, where they
had managed to wiring out meager
guerite,. the daughter, had been en-
dowed by nature with a splendid face
and form, and she was as good as she
was beautiful. BY and by her father
was disabled. and the mother had to de-
vote to him her constant care, SO that
on Marguerite's shoulders fell the bur-
den of supporting the little family. All
went well for awhile, and then bad
times came. -
There was no work to be had. A
friend of the family, one Monsieur N, a
freguenter of the studios, suggested sit
ting for the artists. No! 1t could not
be thought of. At last necessity COM
PEELED some action. There were stern
landlords and implacable tradesmen to
face. Palette was looking for model.
He was painting a classical picture.
He wanted an Athenian girl, but he
could not find any one who satisfied
him in the Greek costume. He pressed
N. whom he knew well, and n. pressed
Marguerite. who, in the end, consented.
Palette was enchanted. The very
thing, and he painted away for dear life.
Somehow the picture was an I'M
considerably long time in the finishing
there was always something to be
done to the figure of the Greek girl.
And Palette was capital talker and he
drew from Marguerite her history.
First she had his sympathy, then his
friendship. She sat for him often in
other pictures. He assisted her family
in vsrious ways and he discovered that
she was a very uncommon girl. To
make long story short. he loved her;
devotedly, too, and she loved him. And
they were married, of course? No!
There is no happy ending to this tale;
there was no ring of merry bells.
Marguerite fell i'll and died.
And Palette? Well, he will never
marry. He keeps her memory sacred.
He paints with sadder and more eff
fective touch now. and people say there
is wonderful deal of heart and poetry
in his work. He supports the mother
and makes her old age free from care.
The father died not long after his
daughter. 1t is sad story; it is story
of romance. but such things show the
better nature of our race.-PariS
Letter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-08
The Bears and the Wheat Market.

The wild bear of the woods is subject
to regularly recurring periods of ex-
IRENE obesity and extreme emaciation.
During the autumn he feeds on the ber-
ries and nuts of the season, and wakes
fat and sleek. His fur grows thick and
lustrous, and his shape rounds out with
adipose tissue. He looks altogether
comfortable and prosperous. With the
advent of winter he retires from bust
ness; and for months he lies torpid in
his lair, drawing his subsistence from
the stores of fat already accumulated
underneath his shaggy and elastic skin.
In the spring he comes out lean and
hungry animal, the glossy black of his
fur has faded into dingy brown, and
he looks like a tattered and starving
tramp of the animal kingdom. The
bear in trade has likewise his periods
of prosperity and of depression; he is
sometimes fat and sleek and prosper
Gus, and sometimes lean and desperate,
but these periods are not of regular re-
currence. Like death, he has all seasons
for his own; he does not go into winter
quarters, and he is about as likely TO
have a period Of abundance or of pinch
ing want at one time of the year as
another. He is creature of accident
and circumstances. Just now, in Wall
street and in the grain and provisions
markets, he is having his innings. His
proportions are expanding. He is
squeezing the market and growing pros
porous. 1t is merry time while it
lasts, but, bye and bye, the bulls will
get him in a corner and gore him with
their sharp horns.
|. The bear in wheat, which is the great
est staple of this region of country. is
making much of the large amount of
that grain in sight. He proclaims that
the market is glutted. 1t is a good cry
for immediate purposes, but a little
consideration of statistics will show that
it is greatly exaggerated. If we COM
pare the figures of the present year,
when the wheat crop throughout the
country is much below the average,
with those of 1880, when the crop was
unusually large, it will be found that
there is no extraordinary excess of that
grain On hand, and not more than
might be expected in consequence Of
he great increase of storage-room made
within the past four years. The whole
isible supply of wheat at present is a.
,05,6 bushels; at the same date in
$3.50 it was 81. O23, 500, a difference of
ess than 100000. The elevator
epacity of Chicago in 1850 was 49,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-08
Excuses for Bankruptcy.

One day three or four weeks ago a re-
tail grocer over in Jersey sat down with
his clerk one evening and said:
James, 1 owe New York houses over
$1,000"
''Yes, SIR"
."We have $1,000 in cash in the safe,
The stock is all run down, and this
would be the time to fail in business"
at certainly would"
'.But 1 want a reasonable apology to
give my creditors when they come down
upon us for explanations. See if you
can't think of something tonight, and
let me know in the morning"
The clerk promised, and the grocer
wheeled chest OF tea and bag of
coffee home as beginning. Next
morning when he appeared at the store
The safe was open. the cash, gone, and
N the desk was note from the clerk.
reading:
Il have taken the $4,000, and am
prepared to skip. 1t will be the best
excuse in IKE world for your failing so
dat that creditors can not realize two
cents on th. dollar. val Street News.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-08
A Boys Tragedy.

The Hartford boy of twelve, who stole
two thouss nd dollars out of his fathers
pockets and filled the house with alb
surd purchases without exciting his
parents suspicious, was comedian in
the precocious-boy line compared with
a tragedian of that kind and age on the
Hudson River, who has been noted for
his addiction to dime novels. He read
at the rate of fifteen five-cent oGes in
less than one month. His whole frame
would be in tremor of excitement
and his eyes would glisten while hold
ing one of the Jesse James series in
his hand.
He made the acquaintance of two
cousins, both named Charles Crosby,
whom he infected with his terrible nom
sense. He murdered his employer in
cold blood, and in accordance with de-
liberate plans; borrowed the clothes
and took the name of the Crosby boys,
and so evaded the officers for some
time. He had long boosted that '.you
could bet your life" he would have a
nobby suit of clothes, a gold watch and
chain and considerable ..chink."
This evil is of quite as much i'm
portance as many which receive far
more attention. Scarcely day passes
in which the police do not report the
arrest or discovery OF youthful Grim
inals, whose criminality has been born
of this vicious literature, which in Illus
trated papers, dime novels and Jesse
James dramas is quite as worthy of be-
ing stamped out as the pleuro-pneumO-
MIA, or OF being prescribed as diseased
pork. Those whom it does not make
criminals it often converts into vaga-
bonds or dreamers, who imagine that a
living got by fraud or violence is easier
and more delightful than that wrought
out by industry and honesty.-Detroa
Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-08

babe goodbye to Jane and John in
Chicago.
A few words of explanation, a hur-
ried and rather embarrassed introduce
ton, and the friends seek different fer
ries; but not until blind, boisterous.
good-natured Edgar has made his friend
promise to dine with them at the Wind.
sor That evening.
As an ordinary thing Miss Kitty
rather enjoys counting her brother
sympathy when in trouble. But for
some unaccountable reason. she refrains
from confiding to him the mishaps oil
her Journey And very family and
feebly she echoes his regrets that she
did not know Haselden before leaving
Chicago. But Edgar's attention is soon
diverted; and he is utterly unaware OF
the constraint in his sisters manner
and voice as she greets his friend when
he appears with cOmmendable prompt.
ness that evening.
perhaps was rude" Dwight Hasel.
den confesses, ingeniously, as he and
Kitty stand by the window of private
parlor of the Windsor, in the dusk of q
November evening, and indulge in an
amused yet tender retrospection. "But
you reminded me so .forcibly of Edga,
that could not resist staring mildly
even if there was not another valid
reason to justify me-" he added fondly.
al had never seen as much as a photo
of you, and, of course, knew nothing
of your Western trip"
.'Do you KNOW" she acknowledged,
penitently, Il took you for one of those
conceited commercial travellers. And
can you guess what quite confirmed me
in my cpinionp Your foppis hAess in
wearing this" and she holds up to his
inspection the familiar cluster diamond
which sparkles upon the.third finger OF
her left hand. ''Can you ever forgive
meP'
His pardon is not in words, but il
suffices. Chicago Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-08
Turkish Character.

In character the Turks are thrifty,
sober and fairly Industrious; the m CUNT
aineers are an especially hardy and act
i've race. Temperance is enjoined by
their religion, and such insobriety as
exists is limited to the Christians, and
is not general enough to present itself
as q temptation to a foreign workman.
1t appears that the qea.ity and consci-
entiousness of the work executed is bet
ter in Asiatic Turkey than in other
parts. Nevertheless l find that in
Epirus the embroidery is noticed as be-
ing particularly rich, beautiful and du-
rable. the jewelry and diamond setting
very good, but the work of builders,
masons, joiners, carpenters, black
smiths. is quite second-rate and want
ing both in solidity and finish. In this
district the artisans seem to live under
favorable cond lions. In Yaniha, the
principal town, a tolerable kind OF
house may be purchased for $3.50, $500,
or rented for S45. There is such
abundance of excellent game in the
country that hare costs twelve cents,
brace of wild ducks or partridges
twenty cents only. At the cook-shops
a good meat dinner, with wine, may be
had for fifteen cents. These charges,
compared with the rate of wages. prove
that as regards food the laborer has no
reason to complain. French, Italian
and German skilled workmen generally
manage to save considerable money
some of them earning twenty dollars
per month here easily save one-half of
their wages. The landowners agree
in stating that their great impeachment
TO good farming is the absence of plow-
ing, reaping and thrashing instruments,
which would however be most certainly
imported at once if there were work
men who would properly repair them
when out of -COnstdntinOple Cor.
brooklyn Eagle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-08
To coRREsroxDENrs.

All communications for this paper should be accom'
panied by the of the author; not nece ssay fol
publication but &c evidence Of good faith on thu
part Of the writer Write only one side Of the pa
per Be particularly careful in giving Danee and date
70 have the letters and figures plain and distinct
Proper names ere often difficult decipher, becaus'
af the careless manner In which they are writteA-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-08

-Parlor Sunday schools are the latest
means used for reaching those of the
upper classes of London society whc
are not regular church attendants.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-02-08


maliar diamond ring! and in confusion
and terror Kitty Warner retreats hasti-
ly to confer with the porter, and to
bride that worthy. into making a full
explanation of the cause of her blunder
to the disturbed dreamer in section 4.
An upper berth is found for her pres
entity and heavenward she mounts, her
blue eyes suffused with tears. and her
cheeks burning with shame at the
thought of her last and most disgrace
full encounter with this man, who has
been the bugbear of her whole journey.
81 hate him! dol" she exclaims,
passionately. "f had to ride on this
horrid train another Gay should dien'
And poor Kitty cried softly as she sud
denly remembers that her handbag
hangs on the hook of section 4, and
that Edgar's letter and all her posses
sions are in it.
81 don't suppose he'll be ungentle
manly enough to open it, though" she
thinks, with flash of honesty, as she
remembers that he has not yet justified
James suspicious in every respect.
Still, it is very anxious head that lays
itself upon Kitty's pillow that night.
However, she finally falls into a
troubled sleep that lasts until the porter
makes his morning rounds and warns
the passengers of their rapid approach
to Jersey City.
"Why. Kitty, darling! Welcome
hOme." exclaims fam liar voice as the
train runs into the station at last and
the little girl in blue leaves the car in
which she has spent some of the most
unhappy hours of her life to receive her
brothers. cordial and somewhat bearish
greeting.
"Here, let me take your traps-why,
Haselden, my dear boy! You, too,
Brutus!" and Edgar turns in surprise
to greet Kitty's bugbear, the I'D. H."
who has unwittingly been the means
of spelling her pleasure ever since she
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-10
FINEST BARGAIN IN SOUTHWEST TEXAS.


Two Farms for Sale in Guadalupe County.
One thousand two hundred and seven
ty-three acres of land in Guadalupe
Co., square shape, fronting on the Gaud-
alupe river; $50 acres in cultivation, mill
creek runs through the property, 900
acres well timbered, birch, oak, pecan,
cottonwood, sycamore, and black wal
nut. Variety Of soil, rich river bottom
land, and all fenced except hundred
and thirty acres on an island-two wires
and one plank and mesquit post. Five
California houses and three log tene-
ment houses. The home house has four
rooms and shed room and kitchen with
galleries. There are convenient stock
pens on the place. Three hundred acres
in cultivation, divided into three fields.
The property is situated nine miles from
the rail road and county seat and on n
main stage road. 1t lies on the north
side of the Guadalupe river and on both
sides OF Mill creek. The titles are per-
feet, having been in possession for thirty
four years.
There are about 900 acres of the rich
est alluvlal land between the two and
three hundred acres in timbered land.
There is some rough land with sand
stone In great quantities, excellent for
building purposes.
In the second farm there are 700 acres
adjoining the above tract. 200 acres OF
river bottom on the south side of the
river, 300 acres in cultivation. This
farm is not extensively improved, but is
fenced and being cultivated by negroes
in the employ Of the owner. Address,
j. w. BRADLEY,
Real Estate Agent, San Antonio, Tex.
G-2-tf
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-10

SPEAKING of the corruption in the DEM
ocrato party the New York World says:
"Referring TO the demand of the World
for Congressional investigation Of the
charge that Stanley Matthews secured
his seat on the Supreme bench through
bribery and corruption, the Portland
Oregonian says: If the Democrats In
Congress thought there was any party
capital to be made they would not delay
this investigation Perhaps not; but
there are influences at work inside the
Democratic party in behalf Of Mr..
Matthews which are anything but cred
liable to the organization. 1t will be re-
membered that Mr.. Matthews was con-
ilrmed by Democratic votes. Senator
Pendleton was one of the distinguished
Democrats who voted for him. Mr.. G.
Washington Mclean used his influence
In his behalf. Mr.. Henry Watterson, Of
Kentucky, did the same thing, but there
is some excuse for Mr.. Watterson-he Is
a nephew of Stanley Matthews, and he
admires the gentleman. But the same
Democratic influences that helped to
make Mr.. Matthews a Supreme Judge
are now being exeried to prevent an in
vestigation by Democratic House. Mr.
watterson is still the nephew Of Stanley
Matthews and Speaker Carlisle halls
from Kentucky. Mr.. Wa'ttr3on has
great influence over Mr.. Carlisle, and
Mr.. Carlisle has great influence with the
Democratic side Of the House Of Repre-
sentatives. Mr.. G. Washington Mclean
is now permanent resident Of Wash
ington City. But for these facts-and
they are shame and disgrace TO the
Democratic organization - we might
have known before this all about the
Gould-IIuntington contribution and the
compact with Garfield which made
Stanley Matthews, corruptionist, n
member of the United States Supreme
bench"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-10

The San Marcos Free Press says;
ave learn that business is fearfully dull
at San Antonio, many business houses
being closed and others closing daily"
The above Is n downright SANDER upon
the business interests of the city, is with
out foundation and entirely uncalled for.
IL is true business is not rushing, but
where is there an inland city In Texas
or anywhere else that is booming at this
season of the year. II can be said to the
credit of San Antonio that there have
been fewer failures or assignments
among the business men in proportion
to the number this season than any other
city in the Union, and what Is more
there will be none. The Free Press
should be more fair, and should not re-
sort to such bushwhaoking statements
simply to make sentence or round of
period, for II is not such terribly long
distance from here TO that town that the
truth should get so attenuated.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-10

The condition of three great nations,
the United States, France and Great
Britain, is most positively shown in the
following figures from the Iron Age:
"The expenses Of the United States,
with 5G,OO0,0OO people, for 1883, were
S2G5, i0s, 1877, and the income S30s, 2s7 900,
leaving surplus of Sl32,s79,OO0 to be
applied to the debt, Notwithstanding
S60,OOO,OOO paid in pensions. The esti-
mated revenue Of Great Britain, with n
population of 100000, for the present
year is Gsi,OO0,OOO or Si20,00O,0O0. De-
Quoting es,OO0,0OO or Si0,00o,0OO placed
in the sinking fund for payment on the
debt, there is left for all expenses $780,
100000. How is II with France? She
has population of less than 3S,0OO,0OO,
hardly 100000 larger than Great Brit
ain, almost 20,0O0,00O less than this coun-
try, and yet her national expenses last
year were SGO5,OOO,Oo0, well nigh twice
as large as those of Great Britain. and
not far from three times as large as those
OF the United States, leaving her de-
felt of 73,0O0,000 francs or li,G0O,OOO to
be provided for by extra taxation"
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-10

Are an immense benefit to the sick peo-
pie. The wonderful skill OF many ply
SLAMS to recognize disease shall be I'M
touched. but in millions OF cases they
don't know how to cure, use poisoning,
destroyable remedies ~ and declare n
great many diseases as incurable. Our
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dition. Every sick person should make
n trial because II never fails TO cure the
severest diseases of women, cancers,
consumption, fevers, cramps, epilepsy,
insanity mot orgy, piles, diseases ofskin,
scrofula syphilis, carries of the bones,
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ingly easy. Remember that these med
icines are adopted by the authorities OF
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discovery in the medical line since crea-
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ences and testimonials given. Call on
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and Gulf States. -H-lyr.
The best smoking tobacco is 'Little
,Joker.n
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-06-10
A FINE RANCH FOR SALE.
$500 Acres fenced and Stocked with Horses,
ratfIa and Coats

$500 Acres fenced and Stocked with Horses,
Cattle and Costs.
A fine ranch of 0,500 acres Of land, all
fenced, In Uvalde county, % miles from
the town OF Uvalde. The land Is situated
at the mouth Of the Sablnal and Frio
rivers, fronting seven miles on the
sabinal. Has plenty Of good grass,
water and timber. One-third valley.
light mulatto soil and 40 acres In Guilt.
walton. Six hundred acres Is enclosed
for horse pasture. There Is good
eight-room frame house, three tenement
houses, stables and cribs, two wells with
good water. on the ranch are 400 head
cattle, one-half TO two-thirds Durham,
100 head horses and mule colts and 200
Angora mixed goats. Title warranted
perfect. 10 be purchased at a bargain;
Address for the next 60 days for full
particulars ~. b. H." this Office, or j..
w. Bradley, Real Estate Agent, san
Antonio, Texas. 0-Stf