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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-19
GLADSTONE'S WIFE.
Personal characteristics of One of the
Leading Women in the World.

Personal characteristics of One of the
Leading Women in the World.
Mr.. Gladstone is accused of being
Jolly and jaunty of late, but it is not
always mentioned that on all festive
occasions, whether at an artist break
fast or theater party, Mrs. Gladstone
Is always at his side, as was the case
with Mrs. Disraeli and her lord.
Though not handsome, she has a fine,
kindly, English-matron presence. and
has exercised great influence over him
all through his life. "Let me ask Catha-
rine' was constant saying of his be-
fore deciding on important political
questions. She has great sagacity and
discretion. Many ladies and gentlemen
of remarkable astuteness in their own
estimation have endeavored in vain to
CLEAN from her the fain.est mixing of
coming events, and her aplomb is as
remarkable as her discretion.
An instance is going the rounds of
the clubs. When, two years ago, Mr..
Fortescue resigned the Secretaryship
for Ireland in Mr.. Gladstone's Cabinet
he was very anxious to hear what Mr.
Gladstone would say of him in announc-
ing the event, but WAS unwilling to ap-
pear upon the scene. He therefore, in
stead of taking his ordinary place, made
his way to the ladies' cage. The only
occupant he discovered on entering
was the one of al: o hers he would have
avoided see.ng-Mrs. Gladstone. He
was about to evince his discompo .ure
in the rugged spasmodic way peculiar
to that flower of Quaker subtlety. and
which was a subject occasionally of I'M
pleasant observation on his visit here,
when the lady. perfectly at her ease,
held up her finger, and. shaking her
mead with an air of tender reproval,
whispered in q low tone: Naughty,
Unlike Lady Beaconsfield,
who entertained very little, and wheE
she did with great discrimination, Mrs.
Gladstone en.erta:ns with a large and
promiscuous hospitality. never troubles
herself about the amalgamaiion OF her
guests and Is Systematically Indifferent
to their assortment at table.-BuGdlo
Commercial advertiser.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-19
A SENSATIONAL SUICIDE,
How q SwitZer Killed Himself in
French House of Worship.

How q Switzer Killed Himself in a
French House of Worship.
A painful scene occurred at the
Protestant Free Church, Rue Madame,
yesterday. just as the service was
terminating. one of the congregation,
Hermann Keller, aged thirty-four, a
native of Zurich. pointed revolver at
his forehead. excla ming: "A has
rhypocrisie! Vive Ia verite? and fired.
Death was almost instantaneous. He
had posted a letter, dated that morning
to a friend in Paris, in which he an
nounced that after few hours sleep
he meant to kill himself at church, and
explained his motives. According to
this lengthy epistle he and his father
had taken lea ting part at Zurich in
1871 in succoring the remains of Cen
eral Bourbakis army. Six years ago
he came to Paris and stayed at board
ing-house which had been conducted
for fifty years by his relatives. Two
months afterwards he fractured his ell
bow, and, thanks to quack doctor,
called in for the sake of cheapness, he
became a cripple.
This put an end to his plan for enter
ing the French army, and he was pro-
foundly discouraged. After a time he
taught English and German. but one
day some OF his pupils styled him, in
German. "a pig and French gov
erness, after a weeks engagement. jill
ed him ostensibly for difference of re-
ligion, but really for his lack OF money.
A Protestant pastors daughter did the
same, and it was because of the pastors
unworthy conduct to him that he m ant
10 make both father and daughter
ridiculous by shooting himself in
church. He wished for no cross on his
grave. but rather sword inscribed:
.'Guerre aux prettes, aux pasteurs, ayec
leurs cOnvies, ct aux cures"
As may be inferred from this letter,
the writer was prey to monomania-
The members of the congregation were
horrorstruck, and some tainted Two
doctors We're called in and found life
extinct.-Pdris Cor. London Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-19
WHO BUILDS A HOME.

The hurrying host e'er crowds the van,
With piaudit and acclaim,
10 yield IFS honor to the man
v no makes himself name.
Ind ed, all honor should be bis
That people can bestow:
"A sood name-fair and sweet IL 10,
in happiness or woe.
Dut praise where It's deserved the most
Is grndgingiy bestowed,
As through earths troubles rush lfe'i
host,
With light or heavy load.
The man wbohighest praise deserves,
Meath Heavens eternal dome.
Is he who ne'er from duty swerves,
Aud makes happy home.
A homel Not merely four strong walls,
To turn the wolves away.
To rest within till grim death calls
Unto a brighter day:
But such home as hearts may love,
And live and bloom within,
Rejecting joys from Heaven above,
And never knowing sin.
The man who builds home like this
Is greater far than he
Whose wealth would waken seusuous
bliss,
: Whose name fills land and sea-
His wealth may fee. his name go down;
But homes with hearts of love
Will keep through ages their renown
As echoes from above.
Then hail the man who builds home
While lingering on the earth:
For when he sees Heavens gilded dome
Tw Il whisper of his worth.
And be who builds home i'm which
He MOLLY lives and dies
Will find its counterpart niche
Awaiting tn the skies.
Earl Marble, IN Youths Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-19
HOME. FARM AND GARDEN,

Where milk is used plentifully,
there the children grow into robust men
and women.-N. E. Farmer.
"A Western gardener has crossed
the cucumber with the long necked
squash and grown vegetable which
he calls the ''cucu. Detroit Post.
Ducks should have separate houses
from other fowls. No roOsts are neces-
sary, but they should have troughs, as
they do not like to pick and hunt on
the ground like chickens. Toledo B'ad..
Old and dry putty may be removed
by washing lightly with brush dipped
lightly in nitric or muriatic acid. Within
a couple of hours after such an applica-
ton the putty becomes sufficiently soft
to be readily handled.-Boston Budget
The Caitirator says that lampblack
mixed with strong vinegar will mark
sheep so that the name can be read for
year, but will not injure the wool.
as Is often done when sheep are marked
with tar or paint.
An Eastern gardener poled his
Lima beans with common six-foot
laths, driven one foot into the ground,
and when the vines had climbed the
poles they were pinched back. Result,
more and earlier beans than before
Chicago Journal.
When you are about to make a
corn-starch pudding, melt lump of
butter in the pudding kettle or pan be-
fore putting the pudding into it. There
will then be no danger of the milk be-
coming seorched. with ordinary care at
least-Honsehotd.
The fat of chickens Is said. by a
cake-maker of great experience, to be the
finest butter for making the most deli
cate cake. If the fat OF boiled chickens
is to be used, cook them without salt,
and there will not be the slightest flavor
of fowL-RiiadcLphia Press.
Horses will get more rest out of
their Sundays by being allowed the
freedom of a field. or lot. than by being
kept tied up in the stable. They need
exercise every day. and if they have no
work to do they should be given the
liberty of place where they can romp
as they like.-Prairie Farmer.
Cherry Pudding: This can be made
from canned cherries, AMI is quite as
nice as from fresh ones Two eggs, one
cupful of sweet milk, two teaspoOnfuls of
baking powder, flour enough to make
stiff batter. and as many cherries as
can be stirred in. Bake hall an hour
and serve with sugar and cream, or il
may be steamed in the steamer.-M T.
Post.
1t is an undeniable fact, strange to
say. that farmers enjoy fewer garden
vegetables than do those who live in
cit es There is no necessity for so do
ing. Every farm should have gar
den planted to all varieties of vege-
tables. even if everything else should be
neglected for that purpose. -Rural
NGU Yorker.
1t is mark of good farming to
have something to sell of everything
the farm can produce. The best excep-
tions to this is hay, which can often be
bought for less than It's manur.al value.
Clover and grass seed should be sown
on all farming lands as often as the ro-
tatiOn calls for reseeding. But it is some
times better policy to pillow under a
growth of clover as manure and buy an
equal quantity of clover hay to make up |
the rchange.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-19
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Labor in the farm workshop ON
rainy days pays better than fishing.
-Manuring with brains means simp-
ly thoughtful common-sense in the
practical work of the farm. To keep as
much stock as farm will fairly carry
in a grass country is manuring with
brains. Knowing that good grass
country is a good grain country is ma
nuring with brains, so to speak.
caJo Tribune.
Brown Bread: Three cups of Indian
meal, three cups of boiling water
poured over the meal, then add two
cups OF rye meal. one cup of molasses.
one and one-half cups of sweet milk,
one teaspoonful of salt, two large tea
spoonfuls of soda dissolved in the milk.
put in covered dish, and steam two
hours. -Boston Globe.
The time spent in securing plows,
or running to the shop for repairs,
when the soil is in condition for work
ing is criminal waste. The time to put
implements in repair is before their use
is required. All bright surfaces should
have been covered with q mixture of
lamp-black and kerosene and carefully
preserved from abrasion when last put
away.-Erchange.
Corn, says the National Lire Stock
journal, is the bane of the farmhouse,
rs well as other horses, not because it is
not sufficiently nutritious. but because
it makes too much fat and not enough
muscle. The farmer who has only
corn would do well to sell enough to
buy oats for his horses. 1t is just the
thing for tattening steers; but the very
quality that makes it valuable for that
purpose renders it unfit for horse feed
"A farmer in New York states that
about fifteen years ago he transplanted
huckleberries, of both the high and the
low kinds. from a cold, wet swamp to
a dry, gravely soil, where they have
grown taller than in their native spot,
and produce larger and more abundant
berries. He advises us to set out young
plants, about foot high, in the spring,
and then to mulch them for year or
two, and plow in some coarse horse
manure occasionally. They are slow to
start, but after they are started they
grow rapidly, both in bush and berry,
Chicago Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-19
A QUEER PRESCRIPTION.
How Noted Physician Managed to Secur
. Wife.

General Hunts father was one of the
homeliest men in Washington. He was
4 physician. After he had practiced
his profession for time he married q
Miss Ringold. one of the handsomest
young ladies in all of Maryland. This
story of the marriage has been told me
by an old Washingtonian: Zone time
was visiting General Jackson's family
when he was an occupant of the White
House. During my stay l was taken
| seriously i'll, and the General called on
DIR. Hunt to attend ME. When he came
into my room, where l was confined to
my bed. President Jackson came with
him. The two thought 1 was asleep,
and not wishing to disturb me, they sat
before the fire and began a conversation.
heard the General say: Hunt. how
did you ever happen to marry Miss
Ringold?'"
I'm tell you.' said the physician.
When she was attending board n.y.
school her eyes were injured and she
was blinded. l was called to prescribe
for her. For some time kept her eyes
bandaged. and she finally recovered
her sight, but she did not see me. About
year afterward we CHANGED to be to-
gether at reception. She knew that
l had previously attended her. and that
evening she came to me, complained OF
suffering from severe cold. and asked
me to prescribe. took from my pocket
blank prescription and wrote: DIR.
Hunt; to be taken immediately
She read it, and looked up laugh.
ing.
Its bitter pill. DOCTOR she said,
and must be well gildei if tale it
"'our engagement followed, and soon
after our marriage occurred. didn't
have much gold to gid the medicine,
but managed to make enough to keep
her from starving. Washington Cor.
PITTSBURGH Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-19

-Disinfectants are often used to grea,
advantage in communities threatened
with epidemics. but it is great mistake
to rely upon them to the exclusion OF
individual measures having far
greater Importance. Humboldt said
that persons whose bodies are strength
ened by wholesome habit in respect Of
food. clothing, cleanliness, exercise
and fresh air are enabled to resist the
cause which brings about disease in
other men. But then it is so much
easier to rely upon the germicide
poisons of the Board of Health than to
adopt sensible habits Chicago 1rib-
xne.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-19
TRICKS OF THE TRADE.
How Long Named French Dishes Reduc
Hotel Expenses.

How Long-Named French Dishes Reduce
| Hotel Expenses.
"There is where we make or lose"
said hotelkeeper speaking of the GU
linary department to Post reporter.
1T has to be watched closer than any
other branch of business"
"Where do you get all these dishes
with Choctaw namesP Do you supposs
anybody knows what they're ordering
when they pick one out?"
That's one of the tricks of the
trade. Don't mention u.s. Tllput you
on. The secret of the thing is that it
saves lis a good deal. If we get up a
bill for dinner full of French names.
nine out of ten persons will puzzle over
it for minute or two and then order q
plain dinner of meat and vegetables.
These fancy dishes cost good deal be-
cause they are rare and require vast
amount of seasoning. spices, etc., and
must be carefully made by special
cook. o, yes, we have them. that is.
some of them. You may find several
down on the bill that are not made up
at all. If we happen to have call for
any one OF these particular dishes, the
waiter returns with an apology and the
information that it is all gone. You
see We keep up our reputation, make a
big spread on the bill of fare. feed the
people on meat and vegetables, and if
the guest is not exactly satisfied he gets
up from the table kicking himself be-
cause he hadn't been raised in France
or the Black Hills and couldn't read
what was set before him. He'll prob
ably go away and tell his friends about
the delicious French dinner we set up.
Say" he continued as he directed lare
arrival to the dining-room, did you
ever see bottle of olives or sauce, or
any of those expensive relishes, on the
table uncorked, or dish of nuts SET be-
fore you without nut cracker! |
thought you had. / know you have if
you ever took meal here when didn't
know you were around. You see if we
uncork those things the people would
cat 'em: if we don't they can't get in
side of them, and it S hard work TO get
busy waiter to do it before you're
through your dinner and crying for pie.
Any way only one person in hundred
is likely to want to appear greedy
enough to taste everything. There's
only one person that will do it. and
that is woman. Take woman away
from home, and she'll taste evcryth ne
set before her She just tastes to BE-
see how other people make
things, you know, and then she'll so
back home and talk till the next trip
about that perfectly lovely iell. or that
horrid catsup. Come around and take
dinner with us tomorrow. '-DetroH
Post
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-19

AnF person who takes the paper regu.
larry from the post-ofiice, whether directed to
his name or whether he is q subscriber or not
Is responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing to
take newspapers from the post-offce. or re-
moving and leaving them uncalled for, ia
prima facie evidence of INTENTIONAL FRAUR
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-19

"A new charity in country towns has
taken the form of ''book reception"
A party is given by some leading lady.
and each invited guest is expected to
bring with hipa book as a donation.
A library for the benefit of the poor is
in this woy soon collected.-Baston
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-06-19

sunny face opposite her.
mo, ma Am, but it's q nice ride, "
said Edgar. contentedly.
81 am going to take you to show me
the way to your mother. And then we
will bring her back to Evergreens and
she shall be my guest too"
''Oh, are you IN earnest? Do you
really mean to have mother and me,
too?" exclaimed the boy, rising in his
excitement.
Yes. you and your mother. too"
II do like yon. Please" he said
timidly, ''may 1 kiss you?"
1t was rather a shy kiss given and re-
ceived. for Miss Henrietta was so I'M
used to children. But some bright
drops fell upon the curly head.
A pale but sweet-faced little woman
returned with them to Evergreens.
How mother and son gained health and
strength and color in the pure breezes
and sunshine, in the generous fare and
quiet pleasures provided by their host
ess! How Cloverville wondered and
specula.ed as to "what had come over
Miss Winchester" when she ushered
Mrs. Clark and the bright-eyed boy in
to the pew so long held by herself in
solitary satisfaction! And Clcverville
wondered more when Miss Winchester
discovered that the lady.like unob.
trnsive widow was the very person tc
assume the Office of housekeeper at
Evergreens!
She told Mr.. Dale of his mistake Ions
after that eventful summer when little
Edgar became her guest
a can not thank you enough" she
said. with deep emotion. II was one
of those offending many of His little
ones. and Divine pity turned your very
natural mistake into q means to save
me from the threatened and meriteJ
punishment Chicago Interior.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-04-03

8. As to what Ministers in this Associ-
alton have Sabbaths not occupied by reg
ular appointments. What they are, how
many each.
Second:-1. That we win inform every
Minister preaching within the bounds OF
this Association, requesting them to in
form their several churches Of same, and
specially requesting both Ministers and
churches to aid us in getting up our re-
ports.
2. That each Church be informed of
the time and place Of our next meeting,
and requested to send a delegate to meet
with us who will be received by us rs
members; Ministers are also requested to
meet and act with us as members.
Third THAT Elder J. B. Wood be ap-
pointed to preach the Missionary sermon
at our next meeting; and that we do now
adjourn to meet with Mars Hill Church,
ON Saturday before the fifth Sabbath in
May, it being the Goth prox.
T. +. DREwIrT,
President Missionary Board.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-04-03

A very sad and serious accident occur
red last Monday, about O'Clock p. M, at
the residence Of our fellow townsman, S.
NJ. Brian Esq. 1t seems that his young
est child, S. Morgan Brian Jr., the pride
and pet Of the family, waschasing chick
ems in the corn crib loft, when he acct
dentally fell His groaningss were heard
BY the colorcd servant s'Nick," who car
ried him into the house in senseless
condition. Drs. Brian and Kelly were
called, and, after a critical examination.
found that his skull had been fractured
on the right side. After the examina-
ton, his wound was dressed. He did not
speak, until late in the evening, when
consciousness returned. The little fell
lows sufferings were beyond human inn
agination. Ills recovery is thought to be
very doubtful. We tender to his afflicted
father and family, our sincere coincidence.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-04-03
An exchange has this to say, Of you

An exchange has this to say, Of your
s.home paper
OF course the city paper IL larger.
There is more in it. you say. Yes. But
what is in ite More murders, more riots,
more horrors, more sensational items,
more Suggestions Of what may be, more
scandals, gossips, fights, disputes, more
mere conjectures, more ideas that you
don't care = fig for, more palavcr about
what you are not interestedin. But your
own paper helps you to push your busi-
aess, 70 al your schools, to build your
churches, TO sustain the good and put
down the bad. Your own paper Is part
Of your family. 1t b interested In you.
yoar town, your neighborhood, your
school, your church, your store, your
post-ofRce, your farm. your little home,
your welfare, your health and success and
happiness. Sustain it.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-04-03
A Northern View.

If were black man with a family to
support, and was determined TO be in
dustrious and sober, would go South.
The climate is more lenient, the feeling
of white people toward the colored is
more kindly and Christian than with us.
Knowing well the feeling toward colored
people in this.section and In that, am
persuaded that that race will get justice
done them sooner at the South than at the
North. We cannot teach the South how
better to treat the black man until we
treat him better ourselves. Imagine a
scene, State House, Boston, within five
minutes of Fannuel Hall, and within one
minute of the historical commons. The
Legislature assemblies and white MEM
beers take their places. \ colored man has
been accidentally elected. lie comes in
to take the oath of office. As he passes
down to his seat, what do hear his CO.
legislators say? '.Put that gentleman Of
color near me:s' ..Welcome to the halls
Of lcgislationg'' ssImage Of God cut in
cbony?'' No! They viii snuff the
breeze and the hair on the back part of
the head rises in wrath until It covers the
bald spot on the top, and one and all,
they cry ''Nigger.- Tdlmage ON the
Scxfh.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-04-03

The Commissioners Of Agriculture for
this State has addressed the following let
ter to the Presidents and members Of the
several Police Juries Of thit State. We
call the attention Of our Police jury to
this important matter. and ask that they
furnish the needed information:
Sirs: ~ am receiving daily numerous
letters from all parts Of the country, ask
ing Information ~ to lands OF Louisiana.
their resources for tliuber or agricultural
purposes; their fitness for stock raising:
their minerals and soils; their facilities
for transportation by river, railways aud
bnrges; their prices per acre; whether
Improved or unimproved. These inqui-
nes arc made In moof cases BIZ persons in
pursuit Of eligible homes or profitable In
vcstnsent, and the advantage Of giving
ample sal9 conect infos nation + obgisus.
have the honor TO request you to fur
nis6 me with the desired information.
YOuF reports Will BE- embodied In one
pamphlet for general distrlbufion. and =
namber viii be sent to each parish also.
Early attentionto this request = earnestly
solicited.
The southern sentinel. (Winnfield, La.) 1883-1910, 1885-04-03

First Quarterly Conference, winnfield
Circuit, Alexandria District, u Louisiana
Annual Conference u. e. Church South,
was held 4 winn6eld, La, on March %.
1885. Present: Rcvs. n. s. Cornell, r.
E.; d. c. Barr, p. c.; A. n. WALES, Sup
w. A. Little, 5. s T.; r. C. Jones, s. &
r; 8. n. Barr, s. Ct. $. s. S.; C. ID.
Hunt, 5. & T.; J. n. Rogers, s.; II. w.
Bennett, s. 4 r.; J. n. Abel, T.; s. A.
Neal. 5.
Religious services conducted by the
Presiding Elder.
w. a. Little was elected Secretary, and
business transacted as follows:
Assessments for r G on Winnfeld
luCulL. 80. 4tUO w
Amount collected for r G LIST ar - Is
Subscription collection for r Z 10 90
Second Quarterly Conference to be
held It Sanders Church.
Conference adjourned.
n. 8. CORxELl., p. E.
w. A. LITTLE, Secretary.