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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04

buy them at the current rates for old
paper, which at present are very low.
Some farmers have faith that q new
government hog doctor will help them
out of their trouble. It is not likely
that the great national farm overseer or
any of his numerous assistants will de-
wise any plan for preventing hogs from
becoming sick, or for curing them when
they become diseased. That the disease
popularity known as ''hOg-cholera" is
contagious is now generally admitted;
that it originates in certain localities is
also commonly believed. That its spon-
taneous appearance in nOn-infected
region is due to some violation of the
laws governing health is eminently
probable. These laws are being con-
stantly violated by the owners of hogs.
On many farms hogs have no oppOr-
tunities for washing themselves or for
taking sufficient exercise. They are
kept for months at time in yards or
pens which are filthy beyond descrip-
ton. They are kept half-starved dur
ing half the year, and stuffed during the
other half. Req firing great variety
of food. and obtaining it when in their
natural state, they are restricted to =
diet of raw corn. That they should
contract disease under these circum-
stances is no marvel. The only wonder
is that so many of them live to be sent
to the market or be killed by the butcher.
.-Chic0g0 Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04
FROM STRANGE LANDS.
How . Travellers Enthusiasm Over ii
Sojcurn Abroad Was Cooled.

How . Travellers Enthusiasm Over Hi
Sojcurn Abroad Was Cooled.
Jones had been in Europe for three
months. and, as he landed ut the station
on his return home and proudly grasped
his valise that was covered with foreign
steamship and railroad labels, he fel,
that the admiring welcome he would re-
ceive from friends and acquaintance
would fall little short of triumph.
The fir,t friend whom he met said:
''Hello! Jones. Going away?'
'Going away?' repeated Jones, with
some disgust, ''I've been away. En-.
rope. Three months. Took in London.
Paris, Vienna. Berlin
Il think of going away myself" in
terrupted his friend. II think q week
at the SeashOre--
Good morning." said Jones, hurry
ing on.
The next man he met said:
''Been away, JOnes?"
''Yes." he replied, with lessened en-.
thusiasm, "been in Europe for three
months. Was all over Cthe Continent,
and saw everything worth see"
''COme to think of it. believe did
hear something about Your being in Eu-
rope. Well. so long, old man."
The next person Jones encountered
asked him when he. expected to take
his summer vacations anu by the time
he reached his house his enthusiasm was
SO far cooled thst he gave his left hand
to his wife, and bestowed o grateful
look in the direction of the dog, which
stood on the porch, wagg;ng q welcome
with his tail.-N. y. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04
MY BOY.

Shall not see my boy again?
Never again his form behold!
o unjust I always seek in vain
Those eyes of blue, those locks OF goidr
listen for his playful glee,
] gaze upon his little chair,
feel for him upon my knee.
He is not therei he is not there!
STILL while my heart lie rack'd with pain.
BY Hope. and Faith. and Love, I'm told
That shall see my boy again;
Those eyes of blue. those locks of gold
Yet Hope is still the painted bow
Upon the clouds that with them dies,
Fiail words to him who wants to know
OF other worlds beyond the skies;
And Faith. how narrow Is the range,
Against what Time and Earth attest;
Life seems day of ceaseless change,
And Death q night of ceaseless rest.
And Love. though strong in heart, now
weak
To save from fate so strong and cold,
The glories of the ruddy cheek.
Sweet eyes of blue, bright locks of gold.
Once as the night came down in gloom,
And fill'd my soul with visions Wild,
Some presence stole into my room.
Ny mother! with my darling child.
MY mother glided from above.
That years ago was laid to rest,
She smiled, and spoke in words OF love,
caspd her to my sObbing breast.
can not think that but drcaind, ,
That fancies vain my sense cOntrOH u,
So true and real the vision seemd. .
Those eyes of blue. those locks OIL goio.
Twas thus, tween doubling hope and rear,
Ipeer'd into the dark abyss,
Shall naught assuage the falling tear!
May not know of life and bissr
THE prayer is answered from above;
The angels throng the bending skies;
They touch our stricken hearts in love,
Their pres ence fills our loaging eyes.
Oh. now know it's not in vain,
These bitter pangs. those griefs untold;
For shall see my boy again
Those eyes of blue. those locks of gold
Louisville Courier Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04
A FASHIONABLE INNOVATION.

Stylish Ladies' With Time to Spare All
knitting Silk Stockings for Men.
Here is a startling piece of inform
alton. The fashionable amusement this
season is to be knitting silk stockings
mems half hose, girls. The days OF
macrame lace are in the past. The
crazy quilt has fulfilled its mission and
gone-but knitting-beautiful, useful
and gracious employment-is just the
toniest thing ont. 1t has a practica'
side which appeals to the grOsser in
stincts of men. Hand-knitted stockings
are the very acme of elegance. Neither
the Prince of Wales nor yet Barry Wall
can have anything more truly refined
and dainty than hand-knit stockings.
But they cost from "a to Sc pair. The
raw material. however, for q pair only
costs about 81, and if the charming fin
gers of 4 lovely woman supply the SO. %
worth of labor they are only that much
more valuable.
A woman to be attractive must pos
sess the power of sitting down quietly
and listening. If she is always gallop-
ing over n lawn tennis ground or kick
ing up her heels over croquet wickets
she will be very interesting to boys, but
very tiresome to men. Then if she sits
down she must be employed. If she is
utterly idle she will fasten her mandi-
bles on the first man that comes along
from the desperation of idleness and
tindiIg it difficult to get away from a
woman who evidently has nothing to do
but to talk to him. the man becomes an
unwilling captive and spends his time
devising methods to escape. Now, if
she has four shining knittin g-needles in
her hands, flying back and forth through
silken meshes of red or blue or royal
purple, she is plainly not dependent
upon chance corners for company and
the chance corners will appreciate this
fact by remaining in the neighborhood.
Everybody if familiar with the rows Of
rocking chairs that line the plazzas OF
summer hotels, every rocking chair
with its burden of idle. clacking. novel
reading femininity. Give these women
some kind of useful and picturesque
employment and see how quickly they
are transformed into natural appearing
human beings. And the employment
must be obviously useful. Men cannot
grasp the true inwardness of cutting
out little pieces to put them together
again IS patchwork. Crocheting is all
blamed nonsense to the masculine ur-
derstantiing, but they can take in stock
ng-knitting with scarcely mental eff
fort. 1t means something tangible to
their blunted sensibilities and the pros.
pect of having pair or two of hand
knit hose gently thrust upon him is not
without its charm to the average man.
" Y. Nail ant Express.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04
LOVED WISELY AND WELL.


Tho Railroad Presidents Daughter and
| Her Happy Choice.
He was president Of railroad and
she his only daughter. and he had ambi-
tious hopes of her future. One day she
came walking into the magnificent
apartment which he called his home Of
flee, and trembling like a frightened
fawn. she laid her soft white arms about
his neck and whispered questioningly:
"Papa?"
"Yes, child" he said kindly, for he
loved his only daughter.
Papa" she repeated. twill you be
angry if l tell you a secret?'
Il hope not, child. What is it?'' he
tenderly inquired, taking her hands in
his, and drawing her around SO that he
looked into her fair sweet face. SO like her
mothers in the dear, dear past.
II am loved, papa, and 1 love in re-
turn
''Child, he cried, startled almost in
to harshness, ''what does this mean?"
''It means just what have told you.
father. am woman to the world.
though only a child to you, and with a
wOman's heart have done what q wO-
man ALWAYS does"
'.But, child, you should have told me.
I have high hopes for you, and have
made my plans looking to -FOUR future
welfare and happiness"
Il couldn't tell you father. because,
because" and she hesitated and Sob
bed.
"Well, because whatP" he asked
sternly, pushing her from him.
because, father, l have given my
heart to one you and the world would
say is beneath me. Father, he is only a
man in your employ"
"What? A hired man? A groveler
at SO much per day? Great heavens.
that all my plans should be destroyed
and all of my hopes blasted because of
a foolish girls within. Away from me.
away! away, thOughtless girl. migrate
full childr' ard purple with rage, he
rose to his feet and Numbered forth the
cruel words. The girl staggered toward
the door. ''Hold. he cried. tell me who
this man is? What is he?"
'Spare him, papa, oh, spare him."
she moaned, ''for l love him. He is
young in years. but he is the eldest and
best conductor on your road"
A change came over the fathers face,
the purple clouds faded away, the sum
Light of smile shone through the rift
ed frowls, and extending his arms, he
exclaimed, jOyfully:
MY child, my only daughter, loved
always best, come to your fathers
bosom and bring kiss Of forgiveness.
l was hasty. child. The man You have
chosen has been a faithful servant, he
has been with us many years, he has
had many opportunities. and you have
done your father n noble service in thus
keeping the money in the family"
The wedding took place in two weeks
because the old gentleman was nervous,
and thought there might be chance for
the conductor to escape if the affair
were pOstponed.-Mevchznt Traveller.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL,

-TheRoman Catholic cathedral in the
City Of Mexico is said to be the finest
church building on the continent.
-Whitelaw Reid, Of the New York
Tribune, has offered $4,000 to found .
college at Cedarville, Ohio. his native
town.
Some of the colleges have already
adopted the revised version of the Scrip
lures for chapel-readings.-CAicago
Current.
The Baptists now have thirty -four
churches in North Dakota and about
1000 members. They have missionary
who is planting that faith freely.-SI
Paul (Minn) Globe.
Some index of the growth of Da-
kota is found in the reports of the Sun
day-schOOls. Six years ago these NUM-,
bered 80, with 5000 scholars. There
are now CAS-, with $4,000 scholars.
President McCosh, of Princeton, is
credited with the statement that the age
of nine or ten years is the best at which
to attempt to acquire knowledge IF
languages. He maintains that child
of that age can learn more easily than 3
man Of twenty-five.
The Commissioner of Education re-
ports that in the South the school en-
rollment of white children has increased
297. 1S5 and Of the cOlored children 1884,
23l. during the past two years. The
total expenditure for public schools in
1884 was 81, %. 467, an increase of
81, 232, 495 over that of 1882.
The church authorities in Prussia
are becoming alarmed at the growth OF
the dissenting spirit in the National
Church. The Upper COnsistory of Ber-
lin has recently issued a declaration.
directing the pastors and the people of
the State Church what position to take
against the inroads of sect and schism.
The King. the Court and II 900 adj
herents of the Wesleyan Methodist
Church in the Friendly Islands. have
withdrawn from the New South Wales
Conference, to which they officially be-
longed, and have organized themselves
into the Free Church of Tonga. Their
grievance was that the conference re-
fused to allow them to join the New
Zealand Conference.
"A ledrDeO Cnlndmon says DuuunlSm
was introduced into China by accident.
One of the EmperOrs of the Han dynasty
heard of the remarkable teachings and
works of Christ and sent an embassy to
see him and bring back his teachings.
The embassy. on arriving in India, heard
of Buddha, and supposed he was the
sage whom they were seeking. They
obtained his books and returned at once
to China, where the Emperor cordially
received Buddhism.
AT the Amherst College annual
ting. Rev. DIR. Lyman Abbott,
whose two sons were graduated this
year. said that he wished that the college
should, as he expressed it, ''cease to
teach the Latin and Greek languages
and teach the Latin and Greek litera-
lures" His idea was that young men
should. in the preparatory schools, learn
to read ordinary Latin and Greek at
sight, and in the college take up more
of a study of the literature. He thought
that details were very often useless. and
more general knowledge could be OBJ
tanned in the same time, and knowledge
which would be more useful.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04
DISEASES AMONG SWINE.
Some Suggestions Relative to the Mortal
i;y Among Hogs.

Some Suggestions Relative to the Mortal
i;y Among Hogs.
Thirty years ago the hog was re-
garded as the least likely to contract
disease of any animal kept on farms.
At present the mortality among hogs is
greater than among any domesticated
animals. This seems strange in view OF
the fact that most hogs arc slaughtered
before they have reached full year.
Young animals are generally healthy,
after they have passed the period Of
weaving. If they go through the
troubles incident to the change from the
mothers milk to the food supplied by
their owners they ordinarily get along
well till they have reached maturity.
Now the pig is more easily weaned than
the lamb. colt or calf, because it will eat
great variety of liquid food which fur
nish very good substitute for mother
milk. 1t will readily eat the milk of the
COW, common swill, or any kind of
ground grain mOistened and made thin
by the use of water. 1t does not suffer
"CduCu 30 AuOSS OIL
mails do. 1t is not label to ''infantile
disease" 1t is killed in early youth,
long before it reaches the age when
diseases are likely to occur.
Still the hog. under the influence Of
civilization. has become very I'M
healthy animal. The disease known
as cholera is ravagi"g the pig-pens in
this country rs II ia the human habits
tons in Spain. In many places cau-
tious farmers fear to keep many hogs.
They regard them as very hazardous
property. The department of agricul-
ture has been investigating the disease
known as hog cholera for
more than a dozen years. Every
new commissioner of agriculture
sends out persons to investigate tfe hog
cholera They examine several dead
hogs and kill a good many that are sup
posed to be infected with the disease.
They make extended reports that are
published by the government and dis
tributed about the country. II investi-
cation could stamp out hog cholera it
would have disappeared years ago. But
the investigations 60 on, and so does the
swine plague. The only results of the
past Investigations are the production of
q largo number of reports. No one at
taches any importance or value to them
except the buyers Of paper stock. They
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04
Close Figuring.

The other day a middle-aged man.
who betrayed the fact that he was a
stranger in the city, appeared at the
Central Market and purchased and ate
q dozen pears. These were followed by
a dozen plums, and, after a brief rest,
by half of large watermelon. He
then took some lemonade and bought
some candy. and sat down to wait until
his stomach could take in something
more. In a little while he was noticed
to be uneasy, and soon after that he in
quired for doctor.
Anything wrong?" asked the stand
keeper.
''(iot cholera morbua How much
will it cost me- to see a doctor and get q
cure?"
''Oh, about two dollars"
Just what l figgered on before I left
home-just exactly. I'll have seventy
tve cents left. and you hold on to that
cocoanut until come back. Iwant to
finish of ON cocoanut Detroit Free
Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04
WIT AND WISDOM.

This would be a better world If
people in it who lose their tempers
would never find them again.
An insult from certain sources is q
compliment. When an ass kicks at you
he does so because he recognizes you are
unlike him.-BOston Post.
1t is said that sliced cucumbers will
remove freckl.s and we are not at all
surprised. Sliced cucumbers can even
remove little girls and boya-Boston
Transcript.
"A little girl, aged three, asked her
father for more candy, but was told to
wait until tomorrow. Looking out of
the window for . few moments she sud-
denly called out: Papa, it looks like
tomorrow now. "-Laaca Journal.
Fond mother-'Now, Mr.. Rich,
am going to give you a treat. Sophie,
want to have you play Some Day for
Mr.. Rich" MIR. Rich-..Ah, should
be delighted; any day next week will
do" And now his name is not ON their
invitation lists.-Boston Post.
Young man. says an exchange, it is
the girl who will pass ali ice-cream sa-
loon without looking in who will make
you q good wife. But beware of tho
girl that can look in without going in.
She is too strOng-minded for the average
man.
Good words are food and clothing,
and shelter and inspiration, to the
thoughtful. The poor may be charitable
in gentle words and good wishes, and
these are the richest gifts any one can
offer. The kind word and look will be
remembered when the dollar going with
them is forgotten. - Toledo Blade.
A selfish man:
The man who deals in shad and pike.
And other jewellers of the sea,
No matter what his natures like,
Can never generous be.
For though he strives to nObly act,
EndeavOr all ne can,
There still exists the sad, sad fact,
He is q selfish man.
-Mamma-What is the trouble, dear.
You've said 20, myr' and 20, dear!'
at least dozen times? Little Edith
I'm writing to papa. It's \ big fraud,
80 it is. ''What is a big fraud? 20.
this reducing the postage. 1t doesn't
make letter writing one bit easier.
Philadelphia Cal.
"a" said Mary Ann, the cook, in
singing the glories Of Ireland, Eat home
in me native town there are sthreets OF
most beaucheous corn-craik hOuses.'
what are cOrn-craik houses.' asks
Gretchen. the nurse-maid. 20, the
loikes of thin ignorant furriners,''
groans Mary Ann. ''Why, corn-craik
loik the cOrn-craik pavements yez hev
here. "-Hdrpers Bazar.
Society Girl-My dear Miss McSid-
dons, how you must adore your art.
You seem perfectly wrapped up in it. ]
love to see you gaze upward in that soul
full way of yours wien You come to par
ticularly emotional passages. Are you
seeking inspiration when you look like
that? Emotional Actress-Oh, no; ]
am just counting the receipts in the
gallery.-Ram6l.r.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04
Il have heard a ooOd :

Il have heard a good story Of an old
settler in this region who had never
killed deer, but was fortunate enough
to entrap one in snare. 'Now," said
he to his wife. ''T'll have it to say tina!
I've killed one deer So he tied q rope
about the animals horns and fastened
it to a tree. Carefully loading his big.
bored rife he stepped off few yards
and aimed deliberately at the buck
head. Bang went the gun. the dust
flew from the rope, and the deel
bounded of. free and unfettered. to en-
joy the pleasures of his haun's in the
green wood. The bullet had cut the
rope in VaIdosta (GG.) Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04
Official Dignity.

Official dignity is still so severely
maintained in Germany that the Direc-
tor of a Pomeranian Court recently is
sued q stern rebuke to those subordi-
mates who did not show sufficient respect
to their superiors when encounterine
them in the streets. He requested them
to observe the following regulation:
Every official who meets the Director
or one of the Judges is expected to pass
him or them on the right, and on ap
preaching them within two steps win
make bow and take of his hat down
70 the level Of The knsA"-Bsrlia Rspe2
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04

- any person wne takes me peper res~
ary from the post office, whether directed to
his name or whether he is q eubsOriber ar mot
- responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing 70
take newspapers from the post Office or re
moving and leaving theiu uncaIled for u
Vrima facie evidence of INTENTIONAL rRAuT
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04

Among the six thousand families Of
Boston in 1900 there were only about
fifty pianofortes. Some of the titles Of
the music played on these early pianos
in Adams administration were: 1.-THE
Irish Howl" 1.-The King of Sweden's
March," 1.-The Hessian Air." Baron
Steuben's March," and 1.-The Duchess
of Brunswick. ''-Bost0n Tr0nsc5ipt.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04

The horse-ca is the relic OF q past
age. There has been NO Substantial inn
provement in it since it waHinvented.-
PaslGdelphia Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04

"A Boston woman who invented .
corset has made $50, 600 in thres years.
-BokoN josrnol
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04

OF the 517 students ut the University
Of California Sl9 intend to practice law.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1885-09-04


he expected some one, and when he
heers q step he starts and trembles as if
he thought it war Cynthy. When we
got to Cynthy and Jim the revnoo men
he'd torn down the still, and seen thar
war no arrestin' to do-only burryin'.
We couldn't loosen one from t'other
and we buried them so. Tom we buried
clost to them. told old Jake tibet his
boys went down the river. 1t would
kind o. unsettled him if he knowed they
war dead, and l can write leetle, and
he gets me to write to Jim and Tom
down the river; and l keep the Postofiis,
so l answer his letters. 1t don't do no.
body no harm, reckon, and it do chirk
the old man up His old woman is
dead. and he's tibet lonely he asks of
ev'ry stranger if they've seen his boys.
l reckon the worlds the same as it was,
and the rafters 60 down the river a
shootiu' and a cussin', and the boys play
marbles and checkers as they allus did,
and they've got another fiddler fur the
dances, and when it comes eyenin' and
/ get to thinkin' of how tall and hansum
him war that night and of how purity
and smart Cynthy war, and how they
war fust to 60. when we could hev
spared others better, and how the Jedge
ulster play checkers here, instead o
settin' down at the tavern all alone,
feel Gurus and as if things war different.
Here thetr' and the old man clutched
me c0nyulsively as the plaintive note Of
mourning dove came to us through
the evenin' air; ''thet's down at Postum
Crick, there's been two on 'em thar
ever since it happened. And folks do
say" he added in whisper. ''thet it's
the spirits of Jim and Cynthy." -FSaak
L. Wells. in Chicago Tribune.
The Wellington enterprise. [volume] (Wellington, Ohio) 1867-188?, 1885-01-07
Delaware County Creamer.

Mr.. u. Peters has the agency for the
sale of the Delaware County Creamer, a
full size sample OF which may be seen nj
Boyt & Woolley's Cabinet rooms. 1t Is
highly recommended by experienced but.
ter makers and by actual test has won for
itself u reputation second to none. II
would require lengthy description 10
give an accurate idea Of It's merits, to ob.
tain which call on Mr.. Peters or at Hoy,
Il Woolley's for circulars and for an exam.
ination OF the Creamer itself. II is guar.
anteed superior to anything in the market
and those desiring to buy are invited 10
inspect its claims for popular favor. 1913