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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-21
Repairs for the Universe.

"a new industry to give labor to the
toiling Masses" said a gentleman
yesterday. ut is company. establish
ed on the plan of like institutions in
Berlin and Paris, having for its object
the mending of socks"
The listener started away.
Don't go. It's fact. See, here is
circular from the company. They do
not confine their attention to socks.
Stockings. underwear for ladies and
gentlemen, clothing of all kinds, fol
every age and for both sexes, will be
mended."
hats?"
"They have done so. Silk hats arc
not circumstance. Broken china and
strained bedsteads are not ne elected. 1t
it is simply a company that manufac-
lures nothing and repairs everything"
Suppose the furniture mechanic
should upset his glue pot on the seal
skin sacque which his neighbor was sew
ing on. You can't repair everything in
one shop?"
That's where you are not informed.
The company are just starting. Their
present specially is clothing. They call
at any address on receipt Of a card and
get the socks or other articles, take
them to headquarters, mend them. and
return them with bill. They will call
for any dish or article of furniture and
return it mended in like manner. But
they have not yet got so large factory
that they can do so varied business.
They have no factory at all. only rented
rooms. But they have arranged with
boot makers, fur makers. dressmakers,
cement makers, furniture makers. hat
makers. and makers of about every
article of Household utility who will do
the work. The company looks after the
repairs and guarantees the work, saving
the owner all the trouble and sometimes
much expense"
"Suppose q man splits dress coat. :"
"They will handle the job, bringing
it to him so neatly darned that he will
not know where the darned slit is, and
all for thirty cents square inch of
darning. That's sample of their
prices"
'.But if they farm out the work why
should man not take his own work to
q tailorP"
because he hasen't the time. He
can get the work done by the company
at the same price, and save all trouble
except that of writing letter and pay
ing the bill."-N T. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-21

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mollusk to make for them according to
order. The Celestials tempt the oysters
to open their shells, and then meanly
drop between the gaping valves rough
bead Of mother-of- pearl. The mollusk,
thus annoyed, at once closes upon the
obtruded fragment, and patiently sets
to work TO crafty the crafty Chinaman,
for in time the artificial ball is covered
with true pearl, and can defy detection
Is is probably only . Chinaman who
would thus stoop to take advantage Of
. poor oyster, and only an oyster that
would thus submit to be tricked. Yet
the manevre works, after all, for the
good of both, for it gives the mollusk
something definite to think about, and
the world a very respectable imitation
of the genuine article without compell-
ing divers to risk their lives.-Harper's
Weeklu
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-21
Fer Girls.

Learn to darn stockings neatly, and
then always see that your own are in
order. Do not let button be of your
shoes a minute longer than needful-it
takes Just about q minute to sew one
on. and oh. how much neater foot
looks in trinity buttoned boot than it
does in lop-sided affair with all the
buttons of. Every girl should learn to
make the simple articles of clothing
We know . little miss of seven who
could do all this, and who also made
the whole of new calico dress for her
self and pieced large bed-quilt. She
was not an overtaxed child. either, but
a merry, romping. INDUCED. only
daughter. But she was smart" and
she did not die young, either. Indeed,
we have seldom known children too
smart to live" Very few die of that
complaint. whatever their grandmothers
may think. So never be afraid of over
doing the business. Help all you can.
and study over the business daily. Once
get in the habit of looking over your
things, and you will like it wonderfully.
You will have an independent feeling
that you need not wait for any ones
in repairing and making.
but that you can be beforehand with all
such matters. The relief to your weary
mother will be more than you can ever
estimate. Fashion Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-21
THE WHEEL HORSE.


iris not the horse John Gilpin sped
Nor that of Tam O'Shanter;
Nor honest Barnum's Woolly steed.
Nor old King Richards ranter.
IT'S not the horse that flies the turf.
With speed of lightning running:
Or poses I'm the ring or surf
And charms us by his cunning.
No! mol the horse my muse shall sing
Is solid, stout and stable:
He's safe in any road or ring,
And wins because he's allie.
He sports a heart both good and Doid,
And stands serene and steady;
His head is of the Roman mold,
His action prompt ana ready.
He treads with care the dangerous way,
And steadies every motion;
He's neither lured nor led astray
BY foolish within or notion.
He holds the leaders firm in check,
Regardless of their prancing:
And curbs the bride on the neck,
Whene'er they go to dancing.
And if the load be heavy, and
The hill be hard ascending,
He bends on all his giant strength,
As if his life were pending.
And when he's going down the hill
He's faithful to his teaching,
And steady, steady, marks the slope
His eye with flaming fire is bright,
His ear Is tuned for hearing;
He's ready for pull or fight,
As suits the time and gearing.
He calls q halt and scans the way
When near the post of danger;
But ever ready for the fray
When called by friend or stranger.
This is the Wheel Horse of my lay,
The careful, keen observer;
That sees the path and feels the way,
And moves with force and fervor.
IT'S he who points the distant goal.
And husbands all his treasure.
OF courage and of strength the soul,
And staunch in weight and measure.
A kingdom for a statesman! who
Such qualities discloses;
Well follow the bold Titan through,
as Israel followed Moses!
Well celebrate the high renown,
Award the nobiest station:
Wen crown him with the peoples crown
The helmsmau of the Nation!
augusta Ne,C Age.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-21

DIR. Ladelle claims that prussic aciC
is an antidote for poisoning by strych
nine. The enthusiast who undertakes
to prove this runs more or less risk. He
must first be thoroughly poisoned by
strychnine or else the prussic acid viii
not effect a cure. In case he has moi
taken enough strychnine the prussit
acid will act on its own account. The
poison has two chances to the en-.
thusias.'s one.-N. Y Mail.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-21
There has been started in Rerl;n

There has been started in Berlin SO
share company for the removal OF
trichine from pork" Application has
been made for patent for recently-in-
vented process to that effect, consisting
of picking pork by means of highly
heated brine, in which muriatic acid
forms large ingredient, which process,
it is claimed, win kill any trichine that
may be in the meat, and preserve tbs
latter permanently.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-21

Thirty years ago peddler made
his appearance in Pittsburgh under the
name Of John Foley. He was indus
trious, but seemingly poor. He died
about a year ago at the age Of eighty.
His estate was found to be worth about
S23, 600, and his will developed the fact
that his right name was John Johnston.
He left his property to four children.
wherever they could be found. The
search for the heirs was for long time
unavailing, but it has at length resulted
in the discovery of some of them. Why
Johnston left Ireland and how he got
his wealth remains . municipalities
bnrQA Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-21

The best musk comes from China.
Twenty-Five pods are packed In . lead.
en- box, which is enclosed in pasteboard
inscribed with Chinese characters, and
in this shape tie perfume 1saohas Lon,
DOM 7. Herald
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-21

the dark, and in the beginning OF the
middle ages, saved civilization from be-
ing utterly wrecked and annihilated in
a deluge Of bloodshed and rapine. 1t
was q hermit, who, at the close of the
eleventh century, wandered throughout
Europe preaching the first crusade; and.
although the precise object which Peter
proposed to himself has not even to this
day been accom- plished, the influence of
the crusade can be directly traced in
every epoch of medieval and modern
civilization. Most mundane things have,
unhappily. tendency to degenerate,
and oriental reclusiOn faded from the
noble solitude of the Thebaid into the
stupid cenobitism of the "caloyers' of
Mount AthoS. from among whom not
only women were excluded, but also the
females of every domestic animal, and
who passed much of their time, as Gibbon
Inadvertently insinuated. in continuous
guietism and the beatified contempla-
tion of their stomachs. In the Catholic
countries there have been until recent
period a considerable number of reli-
giOus ascetics who have led secluded
lives in the odor of sanctty. They were
as common at one time in the south of
France as in Andalusia and Calabria;
but railways, which are no respectors
either of mountains or OF valleys, and
constitutional governments unfriendly
to monasticism. whether it be gregarious
or segregated. have made havoc with
the hermits of the continent. In this
country the monastic hermit was, from
the accession of Queen Elizabeth to the
advent of Catholic emancipation, per-
sonage prescribed by the law. The
secular hermits-''the Old Man of the
HILL" 'sthe Recluse of Norwood" and
similar types of eccentrics-hourished
until the days when Stephenson and
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-21

letter. felt so easy in my mind that
l told Dolly how ! feared for her.
But" l wrote, ''of course you never
could really admire a fat little man,
who never reads or talks, and with a
nose all tip, and who. cares for nothing
but eating
1t turned out that the most unfortu-
nate that could have done was to con.
fess nv fears to my provoking sister.
She answered me by vehemently de-
claring that Sir Charles was the most
lovable fellow she had met for long
time, and really was so excited that
posted letter at once.
"You distress me, Dolly. you know Mr.
Dacre would never forgive you il ne saw
your letters. hide them even from mother
On. pray do think before yop madly risk the
loss of his love. for that will follow the very
hour he loses his nigh opinion OF you.'
This is how Dolly answered my ten
der appeal:
ting. Kitty! l am very much attached to Sir
Charles: and. if Jack is ever so angry, can,
help it,
Thus fiippantly the letter ran on.
Twas really angry and distressed, but
resolved to try no more lectures; they
clearly made matters worse. So, the
next time wrote, l gave full descrip-
ton OF day we had spent in court,
hearing Mr.. Dacre plead. / described
his dignified appearance, his easy,
graceful gestures-above all, l dwelt on
tba seaSsY Fl his n0se.
Dolly answered:
II am quite shocked at you, Kitty, to make
such an idol of q nosei"
And then she continued, as usual,
about Sir Charles.
Meanwhile Mr.. Dacre seemed quite
happy. and said he had his daily letters
from Dolly as regularly IS when she was
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1884-03-21

best, and, with the delusive shell ringing
in his ears, plunges down 10 death.
But the monster Of the deep. that has
been lying waiting for him under the
shadow of the boat, cares little for ex-
orcism or enchantment. and SO the
diver is never seen again. His COM
rades in the boat feel the rope suddenly
shaken, and as suddenly released the
lessened strains tells its grim story at
once, and then the empty bucket comes
floating up to the surface-a message
that the diver is dead. In the vast ma
iority of cases, however. the divers grow
old at their toll, neither meeting with
sharks nor kings ransoms in their crop
ings along the shell-strewn banks: and
the Bahre n men speak Of it as mo-
notonous and laborious means Of liveli-
hood, and one in which they seldom
earn a competence. The surroundings
of their work are squalid, almost revolt
ing, for the shore is heaped with decay
ing masses of oysters, and the sea breeze
perpetualfy blows the smell of them
across the encampment of the fishers,
which lies sweltering under terrible
sun, and but poorly provided with the
few things that 60 to make an Oriental
comfortable.
That a thing of such GOODNESS, and
that demands SO much labor and peril
in the getting, should be initiated, was
only natural. and . thousand different
varieties of artificial pearls are known
to trade. OF them all, however, only
two deserve honorable mention-the
sSn %snk
gile bead of glass is filed with the
silvery matter scraped from certain
kinds Of fish, and which is therefore
partly natural pearl; and the other,
which the Chinese compel the disgusted
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-31
CONTEMPTIBLE SHYSTERING

For hypoc;iticai ma-querading in high
places commend TO US the mugwump ad-
dress and Grover Clevcland's reply appear
ing yesterday mornings dispatches. The
reply Of Cleveland is an insul: to the intelli-
gence of the American people. For the man
who is 10 be at the head of this great nation
TO stoop TO double dealing III a light so trans
parent is humiliating. The subject of the
address and reply is civil service reform. In
one breath Cleveland says that ''there is IA
class of government positions which are not
within the letter of the civil service statute.
but which are SO disconnected with the
policy of an administration, that the removal
therefrom of the present incumbents, in my
opinion, should not be made during the
term for which they were appointed solely
on partisan grounds, and for the purpose of
putting in their places those who are in
political accord with the appointing power. -
But in the very next sentence he makes an
exception under which every office holder
in the United States, outside of a few clerk
ships, can be swept out and replaced by
Democrats. His exception is that there are
many holding positions who were active
politicians in the interest Of the Republican
party. As there is not a Republican officer
in the United States, hardly, who did not
lend his influence for the election of James
G. Blaine, of course Cleveland's exception
makes clean sweep. Why not be op.nly
and manly instead of a sneak. How much
more commendable it would have been to
say: "The people of the United States
elected me as afDemoerat 20 run Demo-
cratic administration, therefore shall put
democrats In Office
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-31
MISLEADING

Rebel soldiers are not now entitled Ia
pensions, nor * there any likelihood that
they will ever be:-k. c. Times.
The Times don't believe il own words.
No attempt vii! be made in the immediate
future TO pension rebel soldiers, probably,
but it will come. What will come, though,
immediately after the Inauguration of the
president in 1850, unless the Democratic
party should be whipped in 1888, viii be
bills providing for the payment q, fret the
border states for their slaves and the pay
mcnt of southern claims, then the pension
ing of rebel soldiers. II won't be two years,
maybe not year, before the papers of the
border states which did not 90 out of the
union, and which furnished their quota ci
union soldiers, will be setting out the justice
of their claims FOR pay for their slaves eman.
cipated. The re-instating Of the old Bour-
bon rarty can't mean anything else than
that in the estimation Of the majority OF
tine people Of this country the Republican
party is a wrong-headed party and that the
Democratic party is right-headed party
and even the kansas City Times will moi
deny that the representative majority of the
Democratic party are in favor of making
every possible restitution to the people who
failed in the secession scheme
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-31
KANSAS CORN.
From Dun,ou,s spirit Of IN. rurf

From Dunton's Spirit Of the Turf
There are but few OF all the American
people who have the ieast conception oil the
resources OF Kansas. Take the single pro-
duct oil corn, Tor example. who can tell us
how much OF train OF cars 1t would take
to carry the corn crop OF 1881 to New York
city? 1 have not computed II, but one who
has, informs me that If all the corn was
loaded and put upon railway train and
transported across the country, when the
engine reached New York the caboosc
would be the other side OF the Rocky Noun
talns, beyond Denver. Kansas corn crops
arr SIMPLY enormous; and this Is one grand
reason why Kansas Is such pros
porous state Kansas has undoubtedly
won the hrst place among the corn
growing states oi America. IL Is an
undoubted fact that Kansas has this year
raised 62,Ooo,e0 bushels more merchanta-
Bile corn than any ether state. And, AZ corn
Is king, Kansas Is the king OF the corn
growing states. IL, then, corn
Is king, wheat may be said TO
be queen, and Kansas Is moving her king
and queen upon the great chess-board OF
the Union, ana Is rapldiy check-inatins all
that moves against her. II Jacob were
awe To-day, ne would undoubtedly send his
chidreh 10 Kansas TO pay corn. therefore,
there Is no doubt about the advantages Of
Kansas as a stock-srowing state. Moreover
the grasses OF Kansas are not surpassed by
any ri the western states, SO 1t Is not sur
prls,ng that she raises more horses than
Michigan kentucky. Limos or Wisconsin.
hallsss has always been stock
country ;. Even before CIVILIZATION
drove The Indian and buffalo from Its vast
plains uhe euuaio ana wild morse roamed
,hese great pFairies IN countless nerds and
bands, since winch the cattle interest hss be-
come phenomenal but better than al, the
New Engiander and European have settled
upon tnese lerlile acres ana cut mucn oil
,his country INTO small larms OF lew nun,
ur'1 acres, ana INDUSTRY, intelligence ana
wealth. grow apaee. No longer stale with
merely P9ssioie greatness, II has already
;.chie'sa oisiihctioi ana an enNiabie posi-
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-31
THE OLD MAN

A Washington letter says that the an
nouncement that MIR. Tilden has engaged
hotel rooms here for two weeks from March
has caused much comment among Demo-
cra.s. wonder il he can be seeking 10 re-
store relations with Cleveland so rs to be
able TO dictate cabinet appointments and
other offers. \ Democratic congressman
from California, who knows Tilden init
mately, speaking OF the report, said: "Mr.
Tilden has repeatedly announced his retire
ment from active Tolitir;. and for that rea-
son 30 not think be si.I come. Besides,
he il q:':e infirm and in no condition 10
sustsin the eXciteincr, which such an oc-
easion IS Che Inauguration world naturally
produce An adverse word from Tilden Al;
any time during the campaign would hase
settled Cleveiand's h:tsh, and I've can't see
why bis Luckiness should want 10 Stub the
man whose money and brains came 80 rear
beating the Republican party in 1876.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-31
POOR ELIzAbETH AND MARIA.

Henry Ward Beecher, last Sunday in
Plymouth church, attempted defense of
his late polit;csi scmersa::..: He said he
Stood fer C!cveiand, hui thai he respects
women ai,1 worIans honor just az much as
he ever did. We guess Elizabeth Tilton
would probably back the old gentleman in
that assertion. Oh, what letting down
there has been for this countrywide. a
dark Babylonish picture rises up for the flu
ture. As for Beecher. he is OF the same cut
and pattern with the man whom he supported
for President, and his getting up now and
defying the membership of his church is not
at all surprising. Poor Mrs. Triton and
poor Mrs. Halpin. They know and God
l-,nu.s
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-31
The following document is being circulate

The following document is being circula;-
cd in Mississippi;
ave. the undersigned members Of the
colored race, and citizens of the state of
Mississippi, after mature deliberation upon
the 0iscouraging and HOPELESS circumstances
surrounding our race in this state and the
south generally.
And whereas, the resGl. of the late ma
tional election, coupled with the manner in
which our state elections are conducted
(mosi notably the last onel has caused Us to
fully rellize the insecurity of the rights and
privileges guaranteed BY the constitution of
the state and general government, in conse-
sequence Of which our people are threatened
with general decentralization that may re-
suit in a great injury 70 them and the COM
munity in general.
Therefore We do hereby unite in call for
general mass convention, TO convene in the
city of jackson on the - day of January.
1885. IL is earnestly desired that every
county IN the state shall be fully rcpre-
scented.
The purposes Of this convention are;
First-To ascertain the true condition
and feelings Of oar people in the several
counties.
Second-To set forth cur grievance. in a
plain and straightforward manner.
Third-To determine upon the best course
Of redress and finally devise some means
for lettering our present depiorahle con-
dition.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-31
FIVE TOWNSHIPS THE MOST

The Sumner County Press has been doing
considerable Dragging over Sumner county,
her wealth, population, etc. That i all
right. Sumner IS one of the best counties in
the state-hetter and greater than any county
in the state outside of tie Arkansas valley.
But when the Press comes to making COM
parsons between Sedgwick and Sumner that
ner, next to Butler, is the largest county in
this section; that Sumner has one hundred
and thirty-fye thousand acres Of land more
than Sedgwick, which is big difference.
Don't forget the Cherokee strip.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-31
KANSAS DEMOCRATS nv MIS-
SntJRI


II has been decided that Kansas City
Missouri, is to be the political headquarter,
for the democracy of the state of Kansas
II is well. Bourbonism will never flourish
on Kansas soil, nor mugwnmp-seed mature
within her environments. The State Journal
at first protested against the idea, but sue
cumbed yesterday. The democratic editors
Of Kansas will hold their first meeting in
Kansas City. Missouri, on the sth of Janu-
AIRY, at which time, no doubt, some of the
cousins of Frank james from the Sni hills
are expected to be present. Democracy has
always aourished in that country of lop-
cared hounds, dog-leg tobacco and rot-gut
whisky, Of sorrel-topped coon hunting men,
and sallcw, pipe-sucking women, of mud
plastered palaces and cottonwood log-cot-
tages and of slippery-elm bark for 10th man
and beast, either for provender or poultiees.
Hog and hoIniny, corn pone and the home
of tangied-haired bush-rangers, thou ideal
political paradise, receive our Kansas dele
CATION Of hungry democrats.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-31

Pari.es dessr.Ex s..ssAsk 90 wssses6 EAs-
g<sg % ell sszss win q re-, % easi as1 rrf
prsoss- Law srt<Fs az ". r. Ss<0's 49, -
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Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1884-12-31
WHIP CRACKERS.

Some fool, the biggest fool we ever read
after, and everybody viii understand better
the full intent o: such an assertion when We
tell them, tbs, we are in the habit of read
ing the paper published across the - well
no matter-has been writing letter from
Wichita to the Stste Journal. touching the
attitude of the Democracy with reference TO
the respective claims of Click and Blair a:
political bosses for Kansas under Cleveland.
The editor of that paper cracks the party
whip over the heads Of The rlngry crew BY
saying: TO the would-be postmas;e.s Of
Leavenworth. Atchison, Wichita. the road