davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-28
JAPAN.
The Cause of the Financial Distress IN the
Country of the MikadO.

The Cause of the Financial Distress IN the
Country of the Mikado.
There is undoubtedly much misery
throughout Japan at the present time.
The newspapers continually report ex.
treme cases of it. people in some prov.
inces being obliged to live in caverns,
while others are dying for want of food.
With poverty. lawlessness increases,
and the jails are filled with offenders.
many of whom are more desperate than
criminal. and go there for the sake OF
the prison fare. Riots occur frequently,
and the tax-gatherer is often resisted
with violence. When it is considered
how patien. and peaceable the Japa-
nese people generally are; with how
little family of the lower class may be
supported; how deferential they habitu.
ally are toward the law. and how
they arm to resist it, or court prison fare
for subsistence, it must be admitted that
the existing state of things is not only
deplorable, but ominOus. Since the
opening of this country to foreign inter-
course nothing like it has been wit
messed.
1t is in the character of the japanese
to spend all they have in hand, taking
little thought for the morrow This
trait has probably much to do with the
pleasing impressions they make on most
foreign observers. and we are far from
wishing them to become heavy-heartesl
and penurious Philosophers outside
of Japan have called economy ga ques.
tionable virtue" and it may no doubt
be carried too far. Still, when ono
comes to deal with economical qaes-
tons, the frugal or lavish disposition Of
a people becomes an important consid-
Grafton; and, in these modern days
when capital is power. even more than
knowledge used to be, frugality and liz
dus.ry. which are the roots of capital,
are practically Indispensable to the ma
tional welfare. For indolent and en-
travagant communities have no chance
in the race with those who gather and
honor wealth. But the Japanese, as we
have said, made little provision in their
prosperity for possible adversely, and
the consequence of this want of fore
sight became apparent and troublesome
when the Government decided at last
to call in the paper money. Prices
then began to fall, and debtors to feel
the pressure, and when poor crops came,
and the value of Japanese products in
foreign countries also declined. the effect
proved very severe. This, too, is trace
able in the statistics of foreign trade
Japan Mail
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-28
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Fruit raising and poultry keeping
land can be occupied for both purposes.
The farm fences of the United
States cost more than the farm build
ings. The length of fences is rated at
100000 miles, and $4,000, O0O.OOO is
given as their cost.-Chicago Tribune.
MIR. Seth Green thinks profit can
be derived from marshy lands by rais-
ing frogs. He claims that they would
destroy many insects, while in some
markets the frogs are salable at good
prices.
Whatever the stock and whether
breeding or feeding. the owner should
remember that grass. hay and grain,
literally but not unduly allowed. must
ever be the basis from which real profits
are reached. Ciereiand Leader.
Preserved Currants-Get your cur
rants when they are dry; to every pound
of currants put pound of sugar il u
preserving pan, with as much juice as
will dissolve it. When it bOils skin and
put in your currants. Boil till the juice
jellies. Can while hot or the same as
any canned fruit. This is nice for tartS.
The Household.
Bread Pudding half pint Of
beef tea, boiling, over the crumb of
French roll, beat well together and let
it soak for half an hour; add two eggs
beaten up in milk; beat all together, add
salt and pepper. put the pudding into
buttered pie dish and bake quickly for
three-quarters of an hour.-N T.
Herald.
Soap bark is admirable for cleans
ing wOOlens of all colOrs. Take large
tablespoonful of the bark and simmer
it for half an hour in one quart of wa
ter. Add this decoctiOn to bucket Of
warm water and wash the wooden in it.
This quantity will be sufficient fO'
dress. Iron on the reverse side before
the material is quite dry.-IadianaOofis
journal.
Every crack and crevice in the
ground is an exhaust pipe or flue to
carry off moisture from the soil and con-
vey away ,ts gases. For that reason in
the growing season such apertures should
not be permitted. The way to prevent
them is 20 roll the ground frequently OF
to work it shallow with short-teethed
implements, as harrOws. cultivatOrs OF
shovel plOws. But don't go deep.-N
Y Times.
Cheese eakes.-Take quart of new
milk; put it in pan that will hold two
quarts; let it merely boil; then pour in
quart of fresh buttermilk: let boil enc
minute, when you will have some fine
cIrds; strain them and beat well and
add sugar to taste, a few currants, four
eggs, a scrap of nutmeg and little new
milk. A tablespoonful of either wine
or brandy improves them. Make puff
paste and bake in patty-pans.-7olede
Blade.
Rugs of soft and pretty effect are
made in this simple way: Take any de-
sired colored wOrsted and coarse steel
knitting needles, cast on thirteen
stitches, and knit plain knitting to the
length required; as each strip is finished
wet it thoroughly and then let it dry.
Take piece of stout ticking the size the
mat is to be, and sew each strip firmly
on it with strong linen thread on the
selvage side. Having done this, cut
through the middle of the knitting, and
there will bea fluffy, curly carpet.-E1-
cbUDoe
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-28
THE SUN-STRUCK NEWSBOY.
Hot, Jim: amt it orful warm7

Hot, Jim; amt it orful warm7
Did yer ever see der beat
OF this afOre since yer was bornf
Folks drOppin' on the street.
Papers don't sell worth q cent,
haven't made "pic"
Ter day. Dis kind o. biz is 'nOugh
Ter make body sick:
hut Teller must do sOmethin
Ter keep hisself alive.
'Taint no SLOUGH bizness. eh. old pard,
Ter pick up grub Ter hve?
Mothers dyin' every day,
Father can't do much
But hobble on from day ter day
Upon his cane and crutch;
And Siss and Ted and Tommy,
Yer, see are most too small
Ter peddie. I'm the oldest
And have to work for all.
I've got to manage mighty close
Ter keep us out o. debt.
Please, Jim. jest hold my papers
oh. -Olly how the sweat
Rolls down my cheeks and blinds my eyes
tell yer faint no fun
Ter peddle papers all the day
Beneath the burnin' sun.
But must be climin' lively
Ter git my papers sold,
Fur If bring EN- home, you bet
I'll get an oreful scold,
Because didn't sell 'em all
Old dad'Il raise the deuce.
He doesn't seem ter heed der times
He won't take no excuses.
It's hard ter please der whole of 'em.
But I'll hsre ter paddle through
Here Gomez high falutin' duck,
Let's STRIFE him for a chew.
Oh. Jim. I'll never stick it out,
The sun is beaJin' so:
I'll bet my life it's hotter than
Dat place way down below.
Dem rooster OATS a-preachin'
Are givin' folks a deal.
For thout going any further down
The heat here makes 'em Squeal.
1t can't be any worse down there
I'll tell yer what IL is;
Such wedder's dis kind o think
Don't help the prcachin biz.
Oh. Jim. come in der shade awhile,
I'm feelin' mighty weak.
just take my arm and help me long.
acknowledgements
Hurry-Jim-Tm gettin worse
1t is fearful warm-oh-my!
Im-Jim-oh!-GOd! how-dark-it-is
Tell-tell-moth-er-
Buffalo Sunday Morning
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-28

On. investigation tho alleged finding
of hard in the midGle of . boiled
potatc,by a.laGN at the Highlssnds, turns
out tobe something like the. old story
of the ''Tnree Black CNows.'' The lad &
who. was nanaed as the finder was called
upon by a Journal reporter, to whom
she. said tina, the substance found in tae
potato was not a biyd,. but vas in fosMn
vesy like enc. There were no ewes OF
feathers, but the general outline sf a
Grd was eprodused in such way As to
make an object s0 strange in itsSif As
10 need no eXaggeratio& to make i in-
terestiNg. JoaSaal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-28

An acre of land will produo~a bur
den OF food Just in proportion - its fer
tility and supply Of water frvT. above
readily percOiating through the soil.
Stagnant water in the soil is. fully as in
imical to the growth of the finger
grasses as to the cultivated grains. and
. soil that is not adapted 20 the growth
of all the cereal grains is not SO to tho
cultivated grasses. Farmer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-28

The mansion at Sayre, Pa. occupied
during the latter par. Of his life by Colo
mel Robert A. Packer, once President
of the Lehigh Valley Railway, was ded-
icated as a hospital recently. The din
ing room. which is to be used as the
male ward. cost SIS, 600, and the man.
sion about 100000. - Philadelphia
Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-28

General X. RrinkcrhOff declares
that We can nca blink the fearful fact
that the tide 81 crime is rising. He
would gladly doubt it, and figure il.
away, if he could, but the statistics ar e
ritiless. National, State and County
satisfies all concur that the flood Of
crime creeps upward year by year. at
must be checked or it will Overwihelm
u.s." he exclaims.-N 7. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-28

-Dromedaries were expected to make
rare sport in races with horses in Wen
ma. but. they proved SO slow that the
mesnest cart drawers brought in from
the street beatthem easily.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-28

"A fund of $4,000 has be en- raised
to establish girls school in connection
with the Episcopal institute at Burling-
ton. VT
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-28
Total :.

1--WE might have charged a dollar for
the curtain just as well as not, but we
didn't. We believe in treating every
man honestly and fairly. Did he pay
the bill? Should say he did. He had
Just SCI. 90 in his pocketbook and thirty
five cents loose change in his pockets,
and we had his clothes. You see in
sizing him up we left him enough for
his car fare. That's more than the law
yer or the doctor or the dentist would
have done. Willyou come around sOme
day and take nap with u.s." Chicago
Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-28

Troubles borrowed and stolen out
lumber, by far. all others in the world
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-28

" Any person VINO takes the paper rego
Early from the post office, whether oirected 70
his name or whether he is suoscrioer OF nut
is responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing 70
take newspapers from the post otEce, or re-
Sr;-,a r. - n o--:si.-,,,. 's'-rS-rON Al FRAUD
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-08-28

Occupancy of chair "A hours, equal TO $40
shaves. at l5c .--...-.................- 5l
Extra for ha r-cuts, shampoos, and tips 1.2j
Extra for curtain. 80
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-03-19
A Lady's view of the Harem.

Interview With Ex-Governor Stanford.
During our ten days sojourn in CONSTANT
nople in January of last year, Mrs. Stanford
and managed to see pretty much everything
that was worth seeing, fact that was greatly
due to the courtesy of General Wallace, the U.
S. Minister at that Capital Tor example, Mrs.
Stanford was guest in several of the most
aristocratic harems, while she and l were
accorded the somewhat unusual privilege of in
specting the crown jewels. / may say that
my wife was not favorably impressed with the
for she found that even those OF the highest
rank had been so persistently treated as
overgrown children that their thoughts and
actions were of decidedly infantile turn.
They play with pet animals as the little girls
in this country do with their dolls, are indolent
in manner, and, as rule, s,ovenly in dress,
although making brilliant outward show
when visitors are expected Their utter sec Luz
sion from the world is pitiable to thin k OF,
and must naturally dwarf their antelieets !;
while their enforced laziness, of curse, tends
10 develop seltishness and obes It's. Many OF
their faces are pretty, but .hey are rarely
marked with the intelligence that is born as
rule. of experience and observation. The
chef wife In tae seragho If the late Sultan il
trea ted with profound res ect by the few who
come in contact with her but she told Mrs
Stanford that she had not been outside the ha-
rem walls for Twelve yeats past Can you I'M
agine an American woman, rich il power
health and money who, would voluntarily SUB
init to such absolute stagnatl0ns II the ultla
woman's rights advocates would only make 5
visit TO Turkey they might cease to regard az
American husband ~ that tyrant. man
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-03-19

From Professor Langley's illustrated
article on "The Planets and the Moon"
in his series on "The New Anstrono-
my" in the March Century, we quote
the follvoing THE truth is however,
that, looking at the earth from the
moon, the largest moving animal, the
whale or the elephant, would be utterly
beyond our ken; and it is questionable
whether the largest ship on the ocean
would be visible, for the popular idea
as to the magnifying power of great
telescopes is exaggerated. 1t is prob
able that under any but extraordinary
circumstances our lunar observer with
our best telescopes could not bring the
eaath within less than an apparent dis
lance of 500 miles; and the reader may
Judge how large moving object must
be to be seen, much less recognized, by
the naked eye at such distance.
"Of course, a chief interest of the
supposition we are making lies in the
fact that it will give us measure OF our
own ability to discover evidences of life
in the moon if there are any such as ex-
ist here; and in this point of view it is
worth while to repeat that scarcely any
temporary phenomenon due to human
action could be visible from the moon
under the most fayoring circumstances.
An army such as Napoleon led to Russia
might oonceiyabIy be visible if it moved
in q dark sohd column across the snow.
IL is barely possible that such vessel
as one of the largest ocean steamships
might he seen under very favorable cir
eumstances, as moving dot; and it is
even quite probable that such conha-
grafton as the great fire of Chicago
would be visible in the lunar telescope,
as something like a reddish star on the
night side of our planet; but this is all
in this sort that could be discerned.
"BY making minute maps, or, still
better, photographs, and comparing
one year with another, much however
might have been done by one lunar OBJ
server during this century. In its be-
ginning, in comparison to the vast for
ests which then covered the North
American continent, the cultivated
fields along its eastern seaboard would
have looked to him like golden fringe
bordering broad mantle of green, but
now he would see that the golden fringe
has pushed aside the green farther back
than the Mississippi, and would gath
er his best evidence from the fact
(surely noteworthy one) that man, as
represented by the people of the Unit
ed States, has changed one of the feat
ures Of his world during the present
century to a degree visible in another
planetl"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-03-19

Creole is not used by Americans unless re-
ferring to people Of Spanish or French descent
The Americans in Louisiana outnumber those
of French descent, ard the native Americans
of that State never call themselves Creoles.
The word Creole is of Spanish origin, and
was used during the old Spanish colonial rule
in Spanish America; and az the city of New
Orleans was for long period under Spanish
dominion it was but natural that the French
and their descendants born here who COM
prised a considerable portion Of the popula-
lion, should adopt the term. To conclude
will copy portion from the History of Mexi-
leo and Texas" by Hon John NJ Niles.
member Of the Senate OF the United States, A.
j. 1913; ''fhe existence of various castles. or
mixed races, which now constitute so large
portion of the whole population of the country,
is the consequence of subjugation Of the ma
tives. The whole population Of the Spanish
colonies is divided into classes; the natives of
old Spain, settled in America, were denominat-
ed Chapetones, or Gachupenes; they claimed
the first rank and engrossed most o. the places
of power ard profit merely on account of their
birth: the descendants OF European Spaniards
in the colonies were called CTeoles, and al
though they legally enjoyed the same civil
rights as the natives Of old SPAN, they were
treated as distinct and sabordlL te class, and
entirely excluded from all situations of any
importance OF the mixtures, the Mestizos
are the descendants Of while and an Indian:
the descendant of an indian and a negro are
called Zembos, and these castles produce other
mixtures of different shades of color and de-
grees of blood too various 70 be divided into
distinct classes. IN. O. ficayune
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-03-19
TEE EFFECTS OF POISON!
Some Startling Statements Dangerous
Drugs Worse Than Opium Smoking.

Some Startling StatementS--Danger0
Drugs Worse Than Opium Smoking.
VIEWS or MEDICAL AUTHORITIES
The Washington Post says:
For centuries it has been contended
that cough medicine, to be effective,
must contain morphia, opium, or some
other equally dangerous drug, and to-
day nearly every cough medicine in the
market has for its base some one of
these deadly poisons. In every State
of the Union physicians and coroners
are constantly reporting innulaerable
cases of poisoning and death resulting
from such compounds. One author
ity states that these have done
more injury than opium smok-
ing. A purely vegetable and at the
same time efficacious cough cure has
been considered an impossibility 1t is
for this reason that eminent medical
authorities and public men everywhere
like DR. James A. Steuart, Health
Commissioner of Baltimore, and DIR.
Samuel X. Cox, of Washington, have
spoken so enthusiastically of the discov-
cry of Red Star Cough Cure which is
absolutely free from poisons or nareot-
les. DIR. O. Grothe, OF the Brooklyn
Board of Health, and heads of similar
boards in other cities, are also among
those who have issued official certificates
in its favor.
Prof John J. Caldwell. NJ D., mem
Der of the Electro Therapautical Soci-
ETY., New York; Medical Society, Kings
County (BrooIdynl; Medical Society
Baltimore: for six years in civil and mil
itary hospitals; assistant surgeon T. S.
Volunteers: author Of Electro Thera-
peutics. etc, certilies that very desir-
able new departure has been made by
the introduction of Red Star Cough
Cure; that in addition to the rare quail
ity of being entirely vegetable and harm
less, he finds it to lie an ingenious com
pound, pleasant to take and of remark
able efficacy.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-03-19
SAM'I. A. CLAGGETT,
Sanitary Inspector.
JAMES s. MORROW,
Chief Judge Appeal Tax Court

Over fifty physicians of Baltimore,
including those of leading hospitals,
charitable institutions, colleges and
schools, have voluntarily endorsed Red
Star Cough Cure, not only as the best
thing of the kind ever discovered, but
as being entirely free from the harmful
features of other cough mixtures.
Every one viii find it safe, sure cure,
It is entirely free from opiates, narcot-
les, emetics and poisons. 1t leaves no
bad effects. 1t does not derange the
system. It is pure, pleasant, prompt.
Sold by druggists and dealers in medi-
cine throughout the United States at
fifty cents 1t bottle THE CHARLES A.
NoGELEK COMPANY, Sole Proprietors,
Baltimore, Maryland.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1885-03-19

To BOW at the Feet of Foreign Talent.


From the Philadelphia Ledger
There are artists and musicians among
us who have won fame and fortune.
But for one th1t is successful scores
struggle against the petty jealousy of
their countrymen and poverty produced
by this foreign craze. 1t is notorious
fact that Americans who have painted
pictures and published music under
their own names have been a complete
failure; but on assuming a foreign,
high-sounding name their works have
found ready sale. A large number of
paintings held by the rich i'll this coun-
try, with French and italian signatures,
are the work of resident American ar
lists. ii their owner knew that the
artist was plain George Smith or John
Thomas they would not consider them
worth the canvas they are painted on.
Why have not Americans more ma
tional pride? Why do not the rich
spend more Of their money at home?
Money paid out here for Injuries bene-
fits the masses. The artist and musician
pay it to the merchant who in turn pass
II 10 tLelI EN- fsiONeS.
Foreigners who excel should be well
paid for their works, which should be
brought to tins country; they help to
educate us, to elevate and refine, but
they must not be patronized to the Sc
clusion of our own. We have the same
eleyating, refining influence with us,
in men and women of talent and genius,
but who languish in obscurlty for want
Of patronage, because our great weak
ness is for show, and that is made bet
ter by buying in Paris, Florence or
Rome. In order to avoid lie loss Of
millions we must learn to appreciate, to
encourage and support our own.
Another evil consequent on the first
is, that seeing Americans rushing
abroad to spend their money, foreign
ers have naturally come to the conclu-
sion that our art productions must be of
a very inferior order when we will not
buy them ourselves. This impression
is created by the Americans wherever
they go; consequently they not only
send their own money abroad, but pref
udice foreigners, so that they will not
send their money here for anything that
can be had elsewhere If Americans
had that true-born pride ard love of
country, which should animate every
heart, there would be no bowling at the
feet of strange talent to neglect of our
own; but with a helping hand American
genius liberated would m cunt and hold
place with the highest talent of the
world