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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-25

church has not developed sufficiently to
lead to the disbanding Of the choir al
together then the appropriation for
music is cut down one-half. In q GER
tain church up-t wn where this plan
was tried q few weeks ago the choir re-
signed en- masse. The reasons given by
the officers of the churches for this ac-
ton are numerous.
The Deacon of Fifth-avenue church,
which has recently changed the order
of things musical, said to the reporter
that the members of the church had be-
come educated suffic emily in music to
do their own singing, and all they
would require thereafter would be a
prscentor, in which capacity Brother
So-and-so would willingly act. Al liar
in another church, OF the Method st
Conference, said the change in his
church Was consequent upon desire to
interest the children of the Sunday
school in the working of the church. To
this end they had reserved the front
seats in the,:center aisle for the children.
who would hereafter meet twice week
and practice the hymns for s lnday. on
which day they would attend in a body
and take the place OF the old choir. OF
the five hundred churches in New YORK
it is estimated that less than ten per
cent will next year have paid choir
The organist, too, will he affected by
the change. for the same reasoning that
subst tutes unframed TOR trained voices
will without doubt sooner or later find
it just As easy to get along with some
one of the Sundayschool scholars for
organist. The salaries that orgsnists
now receive average very low. Posi-
bly, there are six men who draw one
thousand dollars. but the majority of
them. if paid at all. receive as a rule
about three hundred dollars per year
N. T. MaI ind Express.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-25
Political Mechanics.

The nicknaming of prominent men,
part cu'arly of those miXing in politics,
is practised in tn s country more per-
hapS than in Othe and, as q. rule, the
recipient takes to it kindly. Thus Gen.
eral jackson was as well known as
"Uld Hickory" and more eadily recog-
nized than if called President ia ksop-
Senator Ienton in his lifetime was
almost as we'll known rs " Id Bull
ion so called from his advocscy OF =
gold aud silver currency and his invet-
crate opposition to banks and paper
mon v. The late Thomas Ewing. of
Ohio, while Senator in Congress. had
his nickname of Solitude" and it so
stuck to him that even now, long after
his death the prefix is still given him. IT,
distinguish him from his son aud name
sa ,e, eneral Tom wing. Senator
wing made a speech in the United
States Senate which fastened the
..Soitude' upon him 1t was du ing
the National Dank agitat on. when the
supporters of that in I'll ution were ac-
{ We in pi, turing the ru that would
come upon the country i the banks
charters were not renewed Senator
Ewing in debate spoke OF the mech mic
being out OF W rk, and that the busy
hum of industry is heard no in this ie
busy season of the year, and wound up
with the 8 sertion that sour canals are
q solitude, our lakes but desert wastes
of waite :" A number of Congressman
severl of them enators, and more
than halt of them Democrati-mad. up
q party to return to their homes by the
way of he New York Canal. The West
was then sending its prodsce to the
asst via lake AID canal, and the Con-
gressional party 20 nd that the anal
trade, judged by the number of DO Is
m t, was immense, and it wa stand
ing oke with the LemOcratic members
when a file, o. boats hove in SIGHT to
call Mr.. living from the cabin the
pa .ket-boat to look at his '.sol ltude."
At the lower end the canal there
had been break, and a arge nu Der
of boats We're usually in 81 ht. OF
course, it was fun to see them and to
DO mt them out to the Ohio mem Der, ut
the fun was not on -ide, nor to his
lik NO. At Rochester. ust as the
packet boat landed. q freight boat was
d SC arging cargo, and MIR. Ewing and
the other ongressmen were lockers
on. By some accident, a hogshead
filled with molasses had its head burst
in and the contents poured INTO the
canal. An Ir sh laborer standing near
to Mr. Ewing, without knowing who he
was. excla med ..Jabers, mon, that
must be solitude swlteDed" The other
ongressmen roared with 'aughter. d
MIR. Ewing was for ed to Join them.
The De,nocrati me nhers told. the oke
audit got into the newspapers, and it
sided in perpetuating the s5uS riquet OF
solitude" ON Senate Thomas EYinr.
| tel tie tale as it was told and Printed
D. the time.-LGr. Ltnci8a0tl en- usrer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-25
FOREIGN GOSSIP.
The ! ondoners consume about 49,
700. 600 pounds of meat each week.

The ondoners consume about 49,
10000 pounds Of meat each week.
The Supreme Court of British
Columbia holds that a Chinaman's mar
tage, under the Methodist form. is
soid ii Ar
From 1884 to 1891 sumptrary edi Is
rs to dress were issued at Berlin. The
laSt forbade women without rank to
wear six dresses. ~.- af7s-
King Humbcst of Italy seldom par
lakes OF food at the family Ia lie He
81 ers much fr I'M dyspepsia. and has
sne little that he eats-and he eats only
70 I've specially prepared and served
n his private room.
Whales were eaten by persons of
the upper classes in Europe as late. at
east, as tie latter part the tn rteenth
century. The tai and tongue. d es,ed
wi peas or roasted, were pri ed as
chO &c del cac es. The rincess
tleanor de Mortfort paid in 1866 the
,um of z4s for ''I0O pieces of wale," to
BE- used az food in her househould.
- he South African Medical Journal.
which describes itself as a "bantling,
complains that the ethical tone of , ape
opoly is even worse than it is in
tngla,l /. "for atient to suggest a
consultation is nora ~ to offend for
one doctor to help another is unknown,
aud patients. in the TEMPORARY absen .
of tn ir own attendant. are left to the
tender mercies OF chance. $3.50
The Austrian Parliament has pass
ed bill suring cOmpensat on to p r.
sons wrongly convicted. This is the
first time such a m q sure waS adopted
by a European leg slati,e assembly. 1t
was stated by one of the sp akers in its
support that dur ng the last twenty
years l+S pc sons had been m .de '.vic-
TINS of judicial errors in the Empi e.
A similar mea ure was introduced in
the belgian la lament in 1874. 1t has
been reintroduced tn year.
sir Henry Brand, the late Speaker
of the rit sh Parliament, was not
wanting in tirmness, but he ruled rath-
er by ia t than by any great display of
the former uality. Members who IeIt
themsel, es aggrie ed rushed in hot
haste to he Speaker chair t, pour
out their wrongs. They found them
Sci es confronted with genial pleas
ant, somewhat oucoli man of the wor d.
who while mai tanning his di n ty, en-
tirely declined to discu' matters in the
tull bottomed wh g style and how er
hardly they felt themsl es Gated they
withdrew from the steps of the chair"
assuaged and cain d.
"A correspondent writes fr I'm Paris:
"But of all the balls the most curious
are the 'beggsrs' balls. holwi stand
ing the tr ubles and trials they have to
endure THROUGH the day, VIII n ev, ming
comes they dance and as happy
and merr as though they were ich
and perfectly free. hey ha their
halls. and meet Tor plea three times
W elk and. contrary to the gene al
b. lief they are reported to be ex eed
ing'y oderate in eating and drinking
even those whose rockets are well fill d
with pennies gathered d ring the day.
The melody Of b ind, lame, paraly ed.
one armed aid dtformed persons at
these balls is one of The sights Of psr-
is" ......a.. 49,. ..... .Nl
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-25
Widows Ways.

widows are queer" said the thin
man with the cold tea scheme. as he
scratched his nose with the point of q
Barlow knife; "there is something
about them that is not to be found in
any other portion Oh the human race. "
"Over .ow OF electricity, p'rhaps,"
sententously suggested the thin man
without shirt collar.
P'rhaps."
while the husband is alive he acts
as a sort of ground wire tia they can
discharge their excess of the element
through" continued the tn man, in
the style of one who has long studied
and philosophical upon subject OF
deep personal Importance. A woman
possesses much more electricity than a
man. 1t is necessity Tor the serious
mission of life she iulfills. This fire.
quentIy accumu ,ates, like an excess of
steam, and then she has to blow off.
"lou have found it so?" sympa-
thetically asked the man with the cold
tea scheme.
1t has struck me that way" replied
the thin man with sigh.
''l on are a ground wire, perhaps?"
81 am no ground wire" answered the
thin man in a low, subdued tone OF
voice.
Il have occasionally noticed that you
looked as though you had been struck
by lightning. but what referred to was
woman without her ground wire-a
widow. There is something wonder
fully fascinating ABOUT them. They
seem to belong 10 the fraternity; to
have tai,en all The degrees, as l may
say, anu can give man the sign and
grip and claim full fellowship. If l
may be allowed the express on, they
know exactly how to tickle him under
the chin right where his chin is most
tlcklish. And then they have the nerve
TO do it. There is where they hold such
an advantage over the unmarried girls
that come IN competit on with them.
While your miss is biushinr and putting
a fellow to all sorts of desperate at
tempts to make himself agreea lie, your
widow is quietly making HIM think he
Is the handsomesL and smartest man in
the world. You see she puts him in
good humor with himself and then he is
sure 10 be in good humor with her.
She knows to an ounce Just how
much lsattery a man will take from
woman, and she also KIN VS. that this
earth does not contain the full amount.
She is the terror of her sex. The mar
Red women are aira d of her, for sac
knows too much, and the girls detest
her, for they feel she is rival in the
field W tn tactics of which they are in
in sublime ignorance. Naturally the
unhappy position >cites sympathy. and
the men view her rs sac. ed trust be-
queathed to them by some departed
ground wire that they are bound to re-
spect. Then they are SO coy, com.
Portable and confidential like. They
tell you all their Little woes a d trou-
bles, and hopes and annoyan es, and
the first thing you know they make you
feel like father TO them.
'.In fact they are so warm and COM
fort NJ as widows that man.
That's enough" broke in the thin
man. Don't 60 any farther. Your
picture is pretty one. Don't spoil
it with a bad frame. As widows they
are angels, but
LAS wives, what are ey?''
"Well. Pm married to one and not
at Liberty to say. '-Pittsburgh Chron
ffie ..a
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-25

Three students of the Harvard
Medical School vino recently passed
their examination are far from happy,
One wrote most excellent set of
papers. the other two copied them wor'l
for word, and the examiner ranked
them at ninety eight per cent. He re
marked. however, that as the three
papers were identical this gave the
three but about thirty-three per cent.
each, and as fifty per cent. is re-
quired for diploma all were plucked,
that no invldious dist notion be ar
bitrarilv made against any two of them
who might be supposed to be the copy
ists.-N, Y, Sun,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-25
-nr. rcrdyce. otTo,sdo st,ict,v forbid,

-nr. Fordyce, ofTo'edo strictly forbids
callers at his &c kissing his hi.dren-
He has collect d good deal of datasyo-
ing to show that many forms of disease
may be transmitted by kissing; also,
that disc ses caught in this way are
more viol MT than when contra ted by
other means. lie favors a law making
it q pun shable otfense for diseased
person to kiss authenticated biote.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-25

az An communications for this pape
should be accompanied by the name of tn,
as an evidence of good faith on the part OF
the writer. Write only on one side of the pa.
per Be particularly careful in giving names
and dates TO have The letters and figures plair
ena distinct
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-25

AT Brentwood. Tenn, James Bowers
took Miss Roark to her home from
chu CHI, and see nc pistol on the mantel,
he began to haniie it ,ayiully. Somehow
the weapon was discharged. and the
young lady was instantly Killed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-25

i'm Wilcox County. Ca, under the
same roo We the great grandmother.
grandmother, mother, daughter, grA d.
daught r aud creat-granddaughtsr, the
only four persons IN the family.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-25
an OLD, OLD STORY.

casual meetiug-one of merest chance;
an NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. a smile. dance.
He would be more TO me thi a other men,
Of course l thought him handsome, bright aud
gay;
But so were others-he not mort than they.
My heart, that might the future have re-
vealed,
Was slilied and sleeping, all its secrets scaled.
To meet SO cooly seems q mystery now;
To part so gayly-ah, wonder how!
To clasp his hand. to lean upon his arm.
Yet no soft gatherings Oil me with alarm;
Nor dream that of my own it formed part
Twas all 80 naturall Oh, we little know
What fate was shaping out betwixt us two;
What each to each, what heart to heart might
what should be to him-what he to me.
A moment when first had dared to feel
Emotions which my pride would fain conceal
When sudden thoughts across my mind were
cast
And sudden Hutterings made my heart beat
fast;
When fancies strange as sweet, and sweet as
strange,
Sought shy aimietance, through my heart to
o timid hopes. soft doubts and tender feari
o coy concealment from the one most dearl
o burning bushes that unbidden rise!
o falterins tongue, and traitorous telftale
o sweet anxiety. and pleasing pain.
To iove-to love: and not to love in vain!
To watch his eye, and half in wonder see
Twas always brightest when it fell on me:
To mark, when by my side. his tender tone,
His hands soft pressure when 1t held my own:
What my heart whispered that it knew full
weilt
A summer evening. calm. and bright and
fair!
A ha hos
pressed. ...
To calm its thrills Of happy. sweet unrest.
Yet when he spoke was filled with fiuttering
fear
fear Iss. might all unworthy prove
or his affection true, of his deep love:
And something of my fears he seemed to
know,
His manly voice had grown so soft and low.
An. what tale he whispered in my ear,
so hard to answer, but how sweet to heari
j could not answer: all my heart seemed filled
With language, but my recreant tongue was
s6llcd,
And OH SO tender was his meltinr mood,
He ciasped my hand-the clasp understood;
He sought my eyes-but oh! dared not raise
Those little tell to receive his gaze:
One little word he said, with fond caress,
spoke; that word that little word was
"Yes."
Amornlng when the sunshine seemed to be
The fairest thing on this fair earth TO me.
Eor-So at least old tales and stores run
The bride is blessed whom it shines upon
Assembled friends with presents rich and
rare;
A laughing group of girlish bridesmaids fair:
A father-mother, claspiny to their heart
The darling child with whom they fear to part
The daughter who like timid bird ca ressed
Prepares TO autter from the parent nest,
And dearer. dearest to that biusning bride
Is he whose place till death is by her side.
An, ever side by side, and hand in hand.
And heart to heart, henceforth those twain
must stand.
Then many fond csress mid fearful smiles:
Bells pealing, holy altar, fower-strewn aIsles;
A wreath-a snowy robe-a bridal yei.-
a happy bride, who tells this old old taller
Florence AtrOn, in Chdmbers' Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-04-25

She felt herself to be one of the chief
mourners, though her place in the pro-
cession would probably not be lar from
the least afflicted.
As she stepped down from the car, she
pulled a very long face. and was sur
prised to see no signs of tie calamity
which had befalon the village. She
meditated upon the way tine world
moves on though is best men die a ID
took her way, to save time. through the
back streets to her niece Martha's.
swell. Martina she said, sadly,
'I'm sure d dn't think l should be
back again so soon when let you.
When 20 they bury?''
amazed. She was busy washing. and
was not in the least prepared for her
aunt's appearance. She was used to
making careful arrangements when she
expected guests--being, as her friends
said, very set In her ways-and if there
was ANYTHING she disliked it was lack
of ceremony, even from her nearest rel
atives.
81 haven't heard of am DEATH she
assured her aunt, who was appa entity
much perple >ed.
'' omebody told the Vests last night
that MIR. Dan ell johnson had passed
away, and Ms West had came right
ont to tell me- she explained at last.
Martha began to laugh. ale was out
to meeting last night as sure as the
world she said. Hes had a bad cold
you know he's always been subject to
fall CO ds-but he's about again. l
heard Jesse's wife fuSsin at him about
doin' up his throat when we were COM
in out O the meetin' house last night
''She was dreadful down hearted
aNout him, I'm sure, when she come in
Thanksgiving night" ventured Mrs.
Peak, in self-defense.
''Now, Aunt Peak" said Martha.
''haven't you seen enough of L. dia
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-08

Mrs. and Miss Chamberlain have re
turned to London from Paris and are saiC
to be preparing to return to the United
States.
Miss Nellie Hunt, daughter of the Amer
lean Minister to Russia, ia engaged to 8
Russian nobleman who is one of the house
hold officials in the Imperial Palace.
Sam Ward, Americas most noted cpl
cure, was recently given a dinner at thu
Guards Club, London, and was allowed
the privilege of making up the menu him
self the day before.
Lady Wolsely, formerly Miss Murphy
of San Francisco. at the peasant festival
in London, sold pop corn and gave nj
change. Her peasant dress" is said II
have been the most magnificent ever hear(
or dreamed Of.
Mary Anderson now declines to see the
reporters of the London papers any more,
and when they call they are received BY
her brother, who has a very high opinion
of his sister and does not want the En-
glish journalists to forget it.
Mrs. j. W. Mackay's latest creation O
Worth is described as a 'peom." 1t is
ball dress of pale pink velvet, the train
covered with a tunic OF the finest poin'
d'Alencon. This held in its place by clus
tiers Of pale pink roses, white lace ant
daisies. The skirt is bordered with q band
of curled pink ostrich feathers, and
boquets of white lilacs and daisies are
scattered over the train.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-08

The Railroad situation.

II was learned from Palisade yesterday
that the water along the oyerhowed por-
ton Of the E. 4 P. track had gone down
considerably. ]. L. Fast left Palisade
With . force Of men to replace the bridge
over Pine Creek, which he thought he
could do by noon. About two miles
md Q half Of the track near En-
por's ranch which has been under water ,
offers the most serious obstruction. 5upt.
Gilman left here yesterday morning with
seonstruc.ion train, but did not expect to
DO able to go any further on than the
Stone House, seven miles beyond the Hay
Ranch. Neither the mail nor the express
which left here yesterday morning had
cot through to Palisads at 8 o'clock in the
evening, and il is not likely that they
can DO taken through until this evening.
Nj. Gilman is making prodigious efforts
10 clear the way and get q train through,
but it will be some time before the track
can be put in such order as will insure
regular trips. Mr.. Foley, who came in on
the delayed train Thursday night, says it
was estimated that there was a flow OF
from 10000 to $4,000 miners inches Of
water across Bradley's Flat-a perfect
rival.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-08
OVER THE WATER.

The Funeral of Jerome j. Collins
TO Fake Place To-mOrrOw-A Re-
ard for the Heads of French
Soldiers A Marrow Escape for
BiSmarck-Clues 80 an Extensive
COnspiracy-Nellis Adjudged In
sane-The ParnelIites Irritated
Over the Irish Land Question.
ESPECIAL TO THE sENTINEL.l
QUEENSTOWN, March Ton the arrival
of the steamer City Of Chicago here this
evening, the remains of Jerome J.. Collins
and his mother were received by the Mayor
and corporation Of the city, relatives Of
the deceased, and large number Of citi-
zens. The bodies were conveyed to the
Cathedral on biers, followed by a long
procession bearing torches and q band
playing the Dead March. The funeral
takes place in Cork on Sunday. A guard
of honor from Her Majesty's ship Revenge
will escort the remains to Cork.
LONDON, March THE Commander of
the Black Flags offered a reward of fl6 for
each head Of q French soldier and $50 for
the head of an officer.
BERLIN, March Bismarck had a mar
row escape from a passing engine to-day
while driving across the railroad track.
Deputy Schenck Van Stanfenberg is at
the head of the new party.
GENEVA, March TIT is believed the
police hold clues to an extensive con-
spiracy, which would nave sacrificed hun
dreds of lives.
LONDON, March IA Notwithstanding
bag has been found in the Chester railway
station.
Nellis, the Irishman who surrendered to
the Greenock police recently, and pro-
fesged to give the names of the murderers of
the Earl of Leitrim, has been adjudged
insane and sent to the madhouse.
QUEENSTOWN, March THE remains of
Jerome Collins will be escorted to Cork by
q guard of honor, consisting Of so blue
jackets, 10 officers and 2 pinnaces. A
model of the Jeanette, ice bound, was
landed with the coffin. The latter was
wrapped in the American flag.
BERLIN, March THE Deutsche Tage-
blatt publishes an array of comments de-
rogatory to Minister Sargent, made by
certain American newspapers at the time
of that gentleman's appointment.
SUAKIM, March Two chiefs of the
Amara tribe, with 100 men, and 40 cam
els, have arrived. They report that the
losses of the rebels at Teb amounted to
5000 killed or wounded.
LONDON, March THE Parnellites,
irritsted at the refusal of the Government
to reopen the Irish land question, intend
to begin forthwith q great agitation in Ire
land, and make strong appeals to the Irish
to demand an amendment to the land
Act, and open subscriptions to a special
fund for agitation purposes. Michael
Davitt's services will be secured. A con-
ference of the leaders will be held at
Eastern to discuss the programme.
Prince Victor is coming to England to
visit the Empress Eugene.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1884-03-08
To Parents.

1t may not be impairment in the press,
it certainly is not with any impertinent
intention that this paper calls the atten'
ton of parents, mothers especially, to
what passers-by notice on the streets
almost every evening that they are ont
from twilight to about half-past z o'clock.
There are a number of vicious, proving
and conscienceless boys, ranging from IL
to IS years of age, who appear to have
nothing else to do but loaf around street
corners and wheedle little girls into con-
versation. 1t is not credable that mothers
know what company their daughters may
be found in night after night at the hours
indicated on the public streets and in
alleyways. Such boys as have been alluded
to nave been reported to the officers at the
Sheriff's office, and warned to keep away
from the grounds on which the school
children play. Since this they loaf around
further off. word to the wise is enough.