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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28
AN ICE BRIDGE.
Description of the Most Awe-Inspiring and
Sublimest Spectacle on Earth.

Description Of the Most Awe-Inspiring and
Sublimest Spectacle on Earth.
The grandest sight in the park is be-
yond the lower falls of the Yellow
stone. l have never seen, but have
frequently read. of the beautiful sight
presented by the falls of Niagara in
winter and Of the wonderful ice bridge
formed at their base by the freezing Of
the waters. but l can not imagine how
Niagara can compare, even consider
ing its tremendous volume of water,
with the sublime lower falls of the
Yellowstone river in midwinter. Here
was the ice bridge. too, or rather an
ice mountain, which rose to height
almost equal to the descent of the falls.
A feeling of awe creeps over one upon
beholding in this wilderness such desc
late grandeur as can not be seen else
where on earth. stood on Lookout
terrace, q short distance below the
falls, and saw q great sheet of water
shoot out from the land and with a
mighty roar plunge fully 395 feet into
the abyss beneath.
Nothing could freeze IN the basin
that received this deluge. for the force
of the descending river must have
broken any thing that came in its way;
but the spray that shot far out beyond
the solid stream frOze as it fell and
formed the beautiful ice bridge or ice
mountain have mentioned. The walls
of the great canyon of the Yellowstone
81.
majestic. sublimest spectacle on Gods
earth. Nowhere in the wonderful park
nor elsewhere on the globe can there
be found such an extensive view of q
combination of stupendous natural
scenery and gorgeous coloring. On
this wintry day. far in the depths of
the park. away from humanity and
alone with nature, can not describe
the feeling that came over me.-COr.
Philadelphia Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28
FLORAL DESIGNS.
The Belfry of Bruges for u Wedding and
Floral Font for ChristeninEs.

/ The Belfry OF Bruges Tor wedding ana
Floral Font for ChristeninEs.
A beautiful floral design for we'd
ding is copy of the belfry of Bruges.
the belfry forming the canopy. Another
design consists of large parasol. with
( the handle turned aside at Il sharp angle
and pair of love-biris cooling on their
floral perch. For approaching home
wedding. the family has designed a
I temple of tree ferns. wrcathed with
flowers and foliage. Over the entrance
will be placed plaque of white flow
ers. with drawn bow and spread ar
/ row i'm crimson. Over the mantel will
be another plaque of crimson flowers.
with 4 pair of doves wrought in white
ut either end. bearing rosy scroll in
their beaks, on which is inscribed the
motto of the groOm's family in golden
bloom. The bridal bouquet will be of
st. Joseph lilies with a border of callas
tied with u broad white satin ribbon.
One little maid of honor will carry a
bouquet of lily of the valley. another a
and the two attendant pages will carry
Wnltc uOral WanuS lieu With Olue IlD-
bon instead of wearing the usual bou-
tonniere.
Floral decorations for christenings
are TO less elaborate. At house.
christening any number of flowers can
be used, and font of flowers may be
designed after any of the models seen
in the churches and of the same size.
A fringe or background Of ivy is laid
around the edge of the pediment: a
tier of callas above this, their pointed
lips overlapping; lilies nestle above
these; hyacinths are grouped higher
still, and the shading IS produced by
alysSum laid in the curves of the stem
amid its own foliage. The exterior of
the basin is 4 solid mass of carnations
and standard roses: the brim is bOr-
dered with lilies of the valley; the in
terror is mosaic of roses. buds, lilies.
carnations, tulips, hyacinths; and
garland Of half-Open rosebuds twined
with smilax is flung across the basin,
at one side trailing about the stem and
pediment. as if growing there, while
seven snow-white doves. emblems of
the seven gifts of the Holy Spirit,
hover with half-folded wings on the
brink of the font.-N. y. Nail aud e.
DreSS
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28
A MoRmoN.s FORTUNE.


Prohlsaey Of the sp-ndthrift Children Of
Brigham Young.
Judge Baskin tells me that though
Brigham Young left over a million. his
children are fast going through it.
Many of the girls have not turned out
well. and. in his opinion. none of the
children have the ability of their father.
l came across a curious fact in connec-
ton with Brigham Young the other
day. and that is that his children acted
in the Salt Lake Theater when it was
first started. The MOrmOns are not
proud of this, and when l asked Mr..
Game about it one day he evaded the
question.
Judge Baskin tells me that Utah
would be a thousand per cent. better
off if it had never seen Mormon. He
says the Territory contains some of the
best land in the United States-land
which will produce four hundred or
five hundred bushels of potatoes to the
acre. and other things in proportion.
He says this talk of the Mormons max
ing the desert blossom like the rose has
been originated BY the Mormons. and
there is nothing in it. He says all the
land needed was irrigation, and the
streams of Utah are such that this
could be easily gotten. Irrigation is
better than rain, and any other
class of Americans would have
brought forth better products and
n larger population than the
a. l.
Of Utah it would now have thriving
Gentle population. Salt Lake City
would be larger than Denver. and the
Territory would be State filed with
some of the most entcrprising men Of
the West.
l asked Judge Baskin what was to be
the future of the Mormons. He re-
piled: 81 believe that the MOrmons
will have Joe Smiths son as the head
of their church within five wears. and
that they will accept his doctrine.
This man is now i'm Illinois. and he
teaches Mormonism as it was taught
by his father before polygamy and tenn
poral government by the church was
mixed up with it. The Mormons of
Utah are being converted to this doc
trine. and if the Government continues
to legislate against polygamy. l think
they will adopt it. The only thing that
keeps the Mormon Church together
now in political way is the desire to
uphold polygamy. This being taken
away. the management of temporal
affairs will pass out of the hands of the
church. and it will become like any
other religious denomination. Then
Utah will grow. and it will take its
rank among the Western States as one
the most fertile and wealthy among
them.-Cdrp, in Cleveland Ledder.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28
MOSS LAMP.MATS.

How These Pretty and Useful Articles Arc
Easily Made.
Purchase one-half ounce each of four
shades of single scarlet zephyr. Take
the darkest shade. open and cut where
the thread separates it into small
skeins. Take four threads of the
zephyr, tie knot very near the end.
then divide. holding three threads in
the right hand and one in the left hand.
Now tie square knot about three
fourths of an inch from the first knot,
continue tying knots that distance
apart till the zephyr is gone. Should
one thread be used up before the others
tie on more zephyr and finish. After
all the zephyr is tied up, take the work
in the left hand, untwist if twisted. cut
with scissors the three threads in the
middle between the knots.
Procure a thin cardboard little
larger than the lamp or vase bottom
YOU wish to use, cover with the material
You wish the center of the mat to be.
Wind the tied and cut zephyr loosely
around a card two and One-half inches
wide and cut once. Now sew the dark
est shade around the outside edge Of
foundation, each piece sewed in the
middle, leaving the ends loose, one
halt OF an inch apart. Put the next
darkest shade inside this, in the same
manner, with the lightest shade inside,
leaving space large enough for the
lamp. Cover a stiff cardboard with
scarlet flannel and fasten the mat firmly
to this. and you have pretty mat. OF
course q moss mat should be made of
shaded green. double zephyr preferred,
TIslet Temple, in Household.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28
PERSONAL AND MsERsoNaL


Henry Irving's receipts since 1873
are said to have been nearly two mil
lion. five hundred thousand dollars,
including the proceeds of his american
tour.
Senator Sabin and wife have per.
manently taken into their family the
two little orphan girls of the late Drie-
gate Raymond. of Dakota.-CaicaGo
Journal.
"A resident of San Bernardino. Cal,
is staggering through life under the
weight OF the expressive name of Bogus,
given him by his not too discriminating
parents.
There is . man in Dakota who IS
known to fame as Mr. Ann Eliza Wick
erbee. His neighbors call him and his
wife mo. TO-" because she il one and
he is nothing.
w. p. Carroll, an eN-Confederate
officer. at East Carroll, Miss, has been
q continual sufferer ever since the war
from q wound he received at Chicka-
manga. Recently surgeon distracted
several pieces of bone from the wounded
part, and now he claims to feel as we'll
Times.
Pretty Nellie Dusey. of Grand
Rapids, fell in love with q gambler
named Hickock. and as she had eight
thousand dollars he married her.
After spending her money he de-
serted her. She followed him. and
the other day met him on the street IN
St.Paul. He roughly repulsed her. and
she fell dead at his feet.-DetroH 1ri-
buHe.
Among the smart small boys in
Maine. Master Willie Smart. aged
twelve years. of the Portland Boys
Legion Of Honor. has received prize
for saving another small boy from
drowning; and Walter Berry. Of Au-
gusta. aged ten years. has captured in
Kennebec pond trout thirty inches
long and weighing nine and one-half
pOunds.-Boston Journal
The cantatrice, Emma Thursby.
had rich Omeiet at breakfast not long
since. A concert had been given for
her benefit. and the breakfast was given
by the ladies who managed the concert.
Miss Thursby was asked to serve an
VthciCts anu Ou 'uttiHS IL SAC SaiuC W .
pile of twenty dollar gold pieces. The
dish contained two thousand, thres
hundred dollars.-N Y. MaH.
MIR. Ira d. Sankey. Moody's help
mate. has given the Young Mems
Christian Association at Newcastle.
Pa. fine building costing forty-five
thousand dollars. Subsequently, he.
with George Greer. of Newcastle, pre-
sented the building with nine hum
bred dollar piano. and in return the
citizens placed handsome life-sized
crayon of Mr.. Sankey in the parlor.-
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The millionaire Francis W. Tracy,
husband of the famous actress, Agnes
Ethel, who died in Buffalo. N. Y, re-
Gently, made the following requests:
Buffalo Orphan Asylum. $4,000: Buff
falo General Hospital, 100000; Church
Charity Foundation, $4,000; Buffalo
Historical Society, $4,000: Young
Mems Association. $4,000; Fine Arts
Academy. $4,000; Home for the
Friendless, $4,000; Buffalo Catholic
Institute. i10.0OO-an aggregate Of
800. Buffalo ErDress
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28
AMERICAS FARMS.
The Development They Have Caused Dur
ing the Past f1ty Years.

The Development They Have Caused Dur
| ing the Past fIfty Years.
The farms of AIeerica comprise S37.-
62S square miles. an area nearly equal
to one fourth of Europe. and larger
than the four greatest European coun-
tries put together Russia excepted),
namely, France, Germany, Austria and
Hungary and Spain. The capital in
vested in agriculture would suffice to
buy up the whole of Italy, with its rich
olive groves and vineyards, its historic
cities. cathedrals and palaces. its King
and aristocracy. its Pope and Cardinals,
and every other feudal appurtenance.
Or. If the American farmers were to
sell out, they could buy the entire PEN
insula of Spain. with all its traditions
of medieval grandeur. the fiat lands
which the Holianders at vast cost have
wrested from the sea and the quaint old
towns they have built there. If he
, chose to put by his savings for three
years the Yankee farmer could pur-
chase the fee-simple of pretty Switzer-
land as a summer resort. and not touch
his capital at all. for each years earn
ings exceed clio. 100000 sterling.
The farms of America equal the
entire territory of the United Kingdom,
France, Bel gium. Germany. Austria,
Hungary and Portugal. The corn
fields equal the extent of England.
Scotland and Belgium; while the grain
fields generally would overlap Spain.
The cotton fields cover an area larger
| than Holland, and twice as large as
Belgium. The rice fields. sugar and
Kingdoms of no Insignificant size.
And such is the stage of advancement
reached by American agriculturists.
that Mulhal estimates that one farmer
like DR.. Gin or Mr.. Dalrymple. with n
field of wheat covering one hundred
square miles, can raise as much grain
with four hundred farm servants as
five thousand peasant proprietors in
France.
The cereal crop for 1880 was more
than $500. 100000 of bushels. If
placed in one mass this would make a
pile of $500. 900. 900 cubic feet. Built
iito ~ -OAu Hid>S dS - tuC uoiiiO
of st. Paufs (36j feet). and as wide as
the cathedral across the transept (2Sj
feet) it would extend solid load of
grain, down Fleet street and the length
of the Strand to Piccadillv. thence on
through ightsbridge. Hammersmith
and South kensington, to distance of
over six miles. Or it would make a
pyramid three times as great as that of
the Cheops. If loaded on carts it
would require all the horses in Europe
and million more (33. SOC. OOO to re-
move it, though each horse drew load
of two tons. We're the entire crop of
cereals loaded ON continuous train of
cars, the train would reach one and
one-half times around the globe. Its
value is half as great as all the gold
mined in California in the thirty-five
years since gold was found there. The
corn and cotton fields of America form
Kingdoms in themselves surprising in
size some of those of Europe.-Frons
4. Carnegie's "Triunpham Democ-
rncY.' published by Charles ScriJner's
Sons.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Most Likely.-Did Jack Frost mar
~ an ice girl?-Judy.
Wherein manufactures differ from
clocks: 1t is the hands which strike in
the former.-LOweU Courier.
IL made dollar slick to-day"
said Jones. '.How did you do it?" in
quired Smith eagerly. Creased it."
retorted Jones.-N. T. Nsrs.
1t is said that the very center of
the earth is the only spot where one
can be merry all the time. and the rea-
son is that, as science tells us, every
thing there loses its gravity.
Literary Bohemian beg your par
don. but have been out of situation
for the last two months and venture to
ask you for a little relief: should also
be very thankful if you could give me
some employment. Editor-Can You
read and write? L. B.-Sir? Editor
Well, it stands plainly written outside
the door: mo begging allowed on
these premises.'-F1iegende Btatter.
The small boy who furnishes the
historian with a good deal of data
watches his baby sister with constant
curiosity. She doesn't know any
thing" he said. 'She can't talk; she
can't think; she can't read" He
looked az her moment. meditating on
his own superiority. and then said.
pityingly: Poor little thing; she's
never been to q circus! Blade.
A Conscientious Housewife When
old Mrs. Van Kare read that Christie
pher Vert had been appointed Boiler
Inspector in Philadelphia. she secured
up her big wash boiler and took it
around to the new official for his in
specton. She said that she thought it
was safe enough. but she wished to
comply with the law, and an expert in
spectOr might discover a weak spot in
it that she couldn't see.-NorristoWn
Herald
"A well-Known BOstonian was try
ing q horse one day in company with
the owner, a professional jockey. Hav-
ing driven him mile or two. the gen.
tleman. who noticed that he pulled
pretty hard. requiring constant watch
ing and a steady rein. said: do You
think that is just the horse for a lady to
drive?" well. SIR" answered the
jockey. IL must say 1 shouldn't want
to marry the woman that could drive
that horse. ~. y Ledger.
1--we been digging over my gar
den," said Brown, land I'm all worn
out" .'Ahr' remarked Fogg, "a new
variety of earthen wear. eh9" Fender
son. who was present, thought it was
mighty good joke. and seeing Smith .
short time afterward, of course he had
to tell it. Il say, Smith," said he,
'.Fogg Just got off a neat thing.
Brown was saying that he was all worn
out digging in his garden. and Fogg
asked him il that wasn't new kind Of
crockery ware. What do You think Of
that" Il don't see the point"
..Darned if / do either, now: but I
thought 1 did when Fogg told ia
Boston Transcript.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28
CITY ELECTIONS.
The Methods by which They Are Co
Quoted in German Municipalities.

Quoted in German Municipalities.
A striking feature of the German
municipal system is its entire indie
pendence of national politics. No is
sues but those arising out of municipal
questions are allowed to influence the
city elections. Every male inhabitant.
twenty-four years of age. has a right
to vote on municipal questions. pro-
vided he has his own household and is
not dependent upon father or mother;
that he has not received aims from the
public funds within twelve years; that
he has paid all municipal dues; that
he occupies house or pursues trade
with two employees; that he pays an
income tax or a class tax. Under one
or another of these five conditions all
industrious persons in the city are in
cluded. That all voters should count
equally is regarded as unbusinesslike.
The arrangement adopted TO meet this
point of view is this: Voters are di-
vided into three classes, each of which
elect one-third of the City Council.
To the first class are assigned so many
of the largest taxpayers as pay one
third Of the taxes assessed: to The sec.
ond so many as in the aggregate pay
the second third of the taxes; to the
third class belong all not included in
the first and second. Each of the
three classes elects forty-twO members
of the Council. its influence upon ques-
tons of finance being kept in strict
eqality with its tax payments The
City Council of Berlin has long been
conspicuous for the educational and
financial standing of its members.
Election to it is accounted an honor to
which the ablest men of the city as
pire.-Brookiyn Eagle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28
Lizards as Weather Prophets.

One Of the greatest attractions to the
walker in Southern CaEfornis. pre-
Stunning that he or she is interested in
nature. Is the abundance and variety Of
liZaris. Some are unastraetive. while
others are bedecked with Gorgeous
hues. They are veritabie barometers.
as upon the slightest cold breeze they
60 down into deep holes and lie dor
mant until there is q change. Yester-
day, when q cool wind swept down
from the snow-clssi peaks. not lizard
could be found; but to-day, when the
sun has returned and every thing Is
bright and CHEEKY, these rePtilian
weather prophets are out in full, force.
darting about at every step Of the
walker>-Saa Fr0neisco C0ll
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28
A Girl Worth Having.

81 tell you, it's great thing to have
a girl who knows enough to warn a
fellow of his danger.
Have you?" inquired one of the
company.
Yes, indeed: Julia's father and
mother were laying for me the other
night, when she heard my tap at the
window. and what do You think tina:
girl dido"
Cant think"
''She just sat down to the piano. and
sang the insides out of Old Folks at
Home You can just bet didn't call
that evening."-7id-Bits.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28

The servant girls in one of the New
York suburbs recently struck for
higher wages, and. failing to carry
their point, a score of them left in q
body for the city. Whereupon the
Graphic produces q cartoon-two burly
women bearing 3 banner inscribed:
1.-The Servant Girls Ultimatum-We
Want Pianos in the Kitchen; We Want
Sundays OF. also Thursday, Friday
and Saturday; Electric Lights in House:
No Limitations on Cousins: No WASH
ing or Ironing to be Done in the House;
We Want the Earth"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28

"A resident of Towaligo, Ga, he.
''chin-whiskers" tfIirty-six inches in
length, which reach to his knees while
standing. He conceals several feet OF
these patriarchial hair-looms beneath
his dress.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28

1t is estimated that fifteen thousand
persons are injured in this country
every year while coupling cars.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28

-Marysville, Kan, has three local
dramatic companies. and the place Is .
very small village.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28
Shadows on the Snow,
~ b. L. HARJEON,
PART IIl.-CoECLupEp.

1UfhDn OF "BLADE-o'GRAsa;" "0oIplu
GRAM" JOSHUA NARvBL:" H1c, Mo
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28

Doctor Bax still held Laura's hand,
and did not appear to heed the curl
ously-inquiring look Reuben Harrild
cast upon him.
:. There are mysteries and miserieS
in all families" the doctor continued.
g 1t is wonderful the suffering man in
flicts upon himself"
IS Reuben. you had son -"
Laura held her breath.
Yes. had son. said Reuben.
gently. -. Go on, doctor"
A SON whom Won have not seen for
years. You parted from him in
anger. He went abroad. What if he
shOuyd be dead -?r
mo, no, Doctor Bax!' cried Laura.
do not say that! For mercy's sake,
do not say that!'
What if he should be dead?" said
DR.. Bax. firmly. What if he should
have died, unforgiven! If it were SO
Reuben. would YOU not give all you
possess to be able to take him once
more to your heart, as you used to do
in the old days, when he was 3 curly
headed boy?"
II would, Heaven help mei''
Dear friend, give me your hand.
Laura, your brother was here last
Christmas, was he not?"
Yes" sighed Laura, "he was
here"
land from this window you saw his
shadow on the snow" said Dr.. Bax,
waving his handkerchief across the
window.
Il did. Look, Doctor, lookr' Laura
gasped, for at this moment the shadow
Of a man darkened the snow-plain
without
Keep up your courage. Laura. Do
not tremble 80, my dear. Reuben
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1886-05-28

SCH III Tit COlu
II might do SO Tonight" said DR.
Bax. Il confess should appreciat.
the company of kindred soul to whom
l could talk as l drive along to m,
friends. William, of course. cam
come"
William laughed. and shook hi.
head.
II beg your pardon" said Mr.. Wy.
mer. twitching button off his glove
IF l might be allowed to"
DIR. Bax held out his arm and Mr.
Wymer sedately accepted it-thougi
he WAS SO long and the doctor so short
that they formed y queer conjunction
and they walked to the dOg-cart to.
gether.
The doctor waved his hands and
drove Of; Mr.. Wymer being compelled
to hold on tightly, for the pony was il
the maddest of humors, and kicked ur
his heels in rare fashion.
An hour afterward Laura and Will.
lam were standing at the door, looking
out upon the night. He had told he,
OF his dream On last Christmas Eve, and
was pointing out the spot where he hac
seen the shadows.
''Tney have taught me 4 lesson
shall never forget, darling" he said.
MY love, strengthened by faith. car
never yield again to doubt. Tell me
once more, Laura, that you forgive me
for the SORROW have caused yon."
Il have nothing to forgive" she
said. sweetly; II am so perfectly hap
Ply. The sorrow Of the past year was
hard to bear, but its fruits will b
sweet. And, oh, William, shall never
think with any other feeling than graf
ltude OF the Shadows you saw last
Christmas on the Snowv'
THE END.
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1886-10-07
VII.

We sternly denounee the betrayal Of the in
tere-iS of the miners Of Iowa by the last
Republican legislaIur and its shameless
violation Of the pledges given by its platform
and party leaders as shown by the defeat OF the
measures Of relief demanded by the miners Of
the State.