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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-03
Protection and Politics.

We recognize no special training re-
quired for politics. and provided the
crookedness be discarded and he is a
live man. we see no reason why pious.
good man may not indulge in politics
as an exercise or pastime. We frankly
admit if the election took place in the
near future the Republicans would east
" win with good, solid ticket. At
present the dismay is widespread over
the issue of free trade and protection.
The Republican statesmen
and journals have espoused the princi-
pie of protection, discarding all refer
ence to the surplus as an unnecessary
element in the discussion, and SO far,
we are bound to admit, the advantage
is with the Republicans. They have
spread broadcast the fruits of Demo-
cratic teachings. Right or wrong,
they have impressed labor with dread
of Democratic rule. They have unceas-
ingly dinged it into the labore-'s ear
that q revised tariff means cheap labor,
lower wages and all the squalor and
wretchedness of the European laborer.
It is an adroit issue to raise by q party
skilled In astuteness, and it must bear
evil fruit. During the interval between
now and election, unless Democratic
voters can be disabused Of this notion,
the Democratic ticket viii be defeated.
This will be q bread and butter canvass.
and the party that will protect labor
the best will win.-7roy IN. y Cdtto.
lie Weekly
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-03
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.
"A polished floor can be kept look
ing nice by wiping it over with cloth
saturated with milk.
Cement for fruit jars.-One pound
Of resin, two ounces of mutton tallOw.
two ounces Of beeswax.
I'm finishing up nice garment, do
not try to save the haste threads, but
cut between each stitch, aud then 70
move with care.
The onion IL equal to celery as q
sedative, and with beef is a great giver
of vitality and help to the repairing
Of tissue worn out by work.
If the fat-iron Is dirty tie up a
piece of yellow bees wax in q rag. and
when the iron is almost but not quite
hot enough to use rub it quickly with
the wax, and then with q coarse cloth.
"A correspondent writes in the
Scientific american that the worst
toothache, or neuralgia coming from
the teeth, may be speedily and delight
fully ended by the application Of
small bit of cotton, satuated in a strong
solution of ammonia, to the defective
tooth.
-Rhubarb Pie.-TwO-thirds pints Of
stewed rhubarb, one large cup of sugar.
the yelks of two eggs, one tablespoonful
of -four. Mix all thoroughly and bake
in one crust. When done spread over
the top frosting made by beating the
two whites with four teaspoonfuls Of
powdered sugar. Return to the oven
to brown.
For sunburns, freckles and rough
skin the juice pressed out from cucum-
bers is q well-known English remedy
that is gaining favor in this country
and is said to be even better than the
Old-time country cure Of bathing the
face with acid butte,milk. The juice
Of milkweed is also used abroad for
this purpose.
jam Pudding.-Two teacupfuls
-four in which has been we'll mixed two
teaspoonfuls baking powder, piece Of
butter size Of an egg well mixed through
flour. Make into q dough with cold
water. Roll into sheet and spread
with q teacupful of any jam or jelly;
roll dough as you would roll jelly cake.
pinch ends and seam firmly together.
place in well buttered steamer and
steam one hour. Serve with cream and
sugar, or lemon sauce.
"A good housekeepe4 should never
be troubled with moths in q carpet, for
II it is swept thoroughly, especially the
edges and corners, moths will not
make it their abiding place. Newspa-
pers laid under q carpet are said to be
an effective aid in driving away these
troublesome pests, but hard sweepings
are more reliable. If room is to be
shut up for any length of time. some
thing should be sprinkled over the
floor.
1T Is said that among all the arti-
cles Of nourishment called for in the
treatment of acute febrile diseases, wa
ter is decidedly the most important.
The febrile patient desires water. and
needs it, and it does no harm when not
taken in too large quantities at time.
There is no objection to its being drank
cold except in diseases of the respira-
tory organs, in which it is better At
about the temperature Of the room. In
acute gastro-enteritis, ice and ice-water
are at times the only things the patient
can tolerate; in peritonitis these are Of
ten our best means of allaying vomit-
ing, and in the continued fevers the
most grateful for the burning thirst
Good Housekeeping.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-03
AN IDEAL RICH MAN.

-
Mr.. Morton Il.
What manner of rich man Mr.. Nor
ton is will be shown in the following
accounts of two incidents of his life:
He was trained to merchandising in
country village, subsequently re-
moved to Boston, where he prospered,
and then to New York, where he be-
came the senior partner Of the dry
goods firm of Morton & Grinnell. In
1862 the firm found itself hopelessly
involved. 1t could not collect its out
standing accounts, and could not pay
its creditors The creditors met, the
firm made a statement and offered to
pay fifty cents on the dollar for clean
discharge. The creditors were salts
fed that the firm could do no better,
and they accepted the offer of fifty
cents on the dollar, and gave receipts
in full.
Mr.. Morton subsequently went into
business as q broker and banker and
soon acquired fortune. One day he
sent all his old creditors an invitation
to O dinner. The invitation was &C
cepted and each man found under his
plate a check for the other fifty cents
of his old claim with interest from the
date of the settlement. There was no
law compelling Mr.. Morton to pay this
second fifty cents on the dollar. He
was legally absolved from all obliga-
tions when his creditors accepted his
offer in 1862, but he was not morally
absolved and he knew it, and he acted
on it and paid every dollar of his old
debt with interest.
In 1879 there was great distress in
ireland, and an appeal was made to
this country for food for the starving
poor of that unhappy island. Mr..
Morton was then a member Of Con-
gress. The Government rendered the
use of a war vessel of large capacity
to carry food to Ireland. Mr.. Morton
volunteered to be one of three men to
load that steamer with provisions. and
he paid for one-third Of the cargo,
valued at many thousands of dollars.
It was not publicly known for some
years who loaded the vessel, and then
Mr. Bennett. of the Herald, who was
one of the three, made it known that
Morton had first proposed to be one of
the three.
So we have rich man on the ticket
for Vice-President, not a railroad
wrecker of the Tilden stripe, close
listed. mean and penuriOus. but an
honest. debt-paying, benevolent gen.
tleman, and we can account for the
dislike the Democratic press manifests
for him and the objection it makes to
his being richie believes it right to
pay a debt in full, and believes it the
duty of those who are able to help the
poor.
The Republican party presents Levi
P. Morton as the Republican Ideal of a
rich man.
The Democratic party worships the
style of Sam Tilden or Seven-Mule
Barnum. Sandus1y CO., Register.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-03

~While it Is true that Levi p.
Morton contributed shipload of pro-
visions to the famishing people of Ire
land, 1t must not be overlooked that
Grover Cleveland is also a generous,
impulsive man. He gave twenty-five
dollars to the Charleston earthquake
sufferers.-Sx. Paul Roneer.Press
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-03

~When in the Senate Judge Thur
mAa voted against the amendment TO
the Mexican Pension bill excluding
Jeh Davis from the benefits of the
measure Omaha Republican.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-03

the deserts of the great West into fertile
fields, improved rivers and harbors, fos-
tered educational institutions. fought
Southern kn-kluxing and ballOt-bOx
stuffing and Northern election frauds
of every kind and degree. II is opposed
to keeping Southern poor whites and
negroes in ignorance. to the coolie sys-
tenn. and to bringing the products of
European pauper labor into competition
with American free labor. 1t believes
that the prosperity of TIE country de-
ponds upon the equal enjoyment of civil
rights, good markets for farm produc-
lions, good wages for lab0ring men. a
diversity Of industries, the education of
the ignorant and the protection of the
home. 1t il inhexibly opposed to the
doctrine of free trade
and q tariff for revenue only. While
the trend of the Democratic party was
and Is in the direction Of slavery and
free trade, the trend Of the Republican
party was and is in the direction Of
freedom. equal rights and protection
to the laborer and the laborers home.
But young men, before voting, should
also study the life, public services and
surroundings Of the men who are At
the head Of the two parties. and one Of
whom will be at the head Of the Gov
eminent during the next Presidential
1ovolan6 and Harlem In tim
things only are they alike-both are in
middle life. and both in harmony with
their parties. In all other respects
they are wide apart. Cleveland has
always been q Democrat, Harrison .
since the formation Of the
party. Both were young men when
the war broke out. Cleveland had no
wife. held no important public o0aca
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-03

vember. II this condition Of things was
brought about by fair and untramm eled ex-
preston of opinion NJ the ballot box there would
be NO Just ground for complaint: but we know
it is not. We know tits the result Of frauds. of
violence, Of Intimidation, and sometimes of
murder The facts were first denied until
proofs rendered further denial useless Now
the crime is by some boldly avowed, and by
Others and the best Of the benedciaries con-
nived At and apologized for. Think of . man
having the effrontery to set up n reformer
whose own election TO high once 10 the fruit
Of crime against that right preservative Of all
rights, the ballot.
Sesssor Wade Hampton. Of South Carolina.
gentleman who has pro0ted as much - any
one from Southern bulldozine. In an article
published In . recent number Of tho Forum,
while practically admitting these crimes seeks
TO justify them BY saying that the negro Is In
capable Of self government We know this u
untrue. and the great advances that have been
made in the duties Of citizenship BY the col
ored race in the North, many OF whom were
once slaves, proves his statement to b fAlSo.
At first the Democrats oppoxed making The
black mans vote constitutioasl but do you
think they would now recall that measured
By NO means And whyf Simply because
they are willing to count the negro since they
can refuse to count his vote. And the Govern
ment 1t Washington which took these same
negroes and stood them up in front OF rebel
cannon to save Tie constitution, now sits down
and says the constitution 10 powerless to save
the negro. I say out on such outrage and in
justice. This ID not . question Of the negro's
Eighfs alone; II ID question Of your rights and
mine. It presents the question whether the
naa down South Who fought 70 destroy the
UAioa shall count for twice - much In Ameri-
can politics - the man up North who fought
TO preserve IT.
Let No Republican orator b 50 mealy
mouthed and unpatriotic - not 70 speak OF
these outraeeA Let such injustice Be aFrAigned
q the bar Of the civilized optnioa Of America
where: produce the statistics and cease not to
proclaim the shame Of Il until the sense Of
justice Ct the American people shall correct
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-03

and should be abandoned Let US thank the
President for his courage IL not for his wis
dom. He has 20 far alighted from the fence
that one foot at least now touches the ground
The different theories advanced to-day by the
advocates OF protection on the one hand and of
free trade on the other are IS old as the Gov
eminent itself. 1t is not too much to say that
the supporters Of those different views of our
ear.n are no nearer IN agreement now than
they were in the days Of Clay and Calhoun; and
LEFT In the domain Of theory alone IL 10 safe to
say they will be ~ Tar apart 1t the close OF the
next century - they are to-day. Now, some
questions may, concede, be settled theoreti-
cally. but the tariff 10 not, in my opinion. such
question A single years experience ID worth
AL the theories that have been advocated, from
the clear and statesnAalike utterances of
Alexander Hamilton down to the musty theories
Of Grover Cleveland
"You want 70 build up vast monopolies ana
impoverish the many TO enrich the fev." shouts
the free trader" to which tho protectiouiss re-
plies: I'VE wiah to DO nothing Of the kind; our
~1tect 10 to diversity our industries, keep our
home markets. for home products. and at the
same time protect the American leborer from
oonpetttion With the unpaid lsborer Of The Oad
world"
Al ounce Of fact We ere told, II worth .
pound Of theory; and the srgument in favor Of
protection rs dedueed from Theory = power
fully andconclusiyely reinforced By the solid
facts derived from one hundred years Of ex-
perieace.
The speaker then went on to show that the
country has invariably suffered business a.
precision fron large reduetaoas Of the taril, pros
pert4y following their restoration; that pfotec-
ton Aas cheapened the cost Of the necessities
ct Life, and 70 deny that the tariff 10 maintained
in the Interest Of class.
! am ready to say now that II II be true that
protection Is Tor class and not for the whole
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-31

Ladies Use Peerless DYES.

DO Your Own Dyeing, at Home
They will dye everything. They are sold every
where. Price 10c. package They have equal
for Strength Brightness. Amount in Packages or
for Fastness of Color, nOn-fading Qualities
They do not crock smut; 40 colors. For sale by
o. B. CUTTING, West Concord VT. t20mar 60
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-31

no one except the sculptor and the
committee knew that it was not made
of enduring bronze. A few days later
the sham statue gave place to the real
one.
In a paper read by Baltimore ply
stefan it was truly said that persons
accept medical charity who would not
accept it in any other form, and who
are able to pay the doctor. The rea-
son for this condition of things lies, in
a great measure, in the willingness OF
physicians, especially young physicians
who want practice, to give their servi-
ces. No other profession is so charita-
BILE as the medical.
A New York bachelor over 20 years
of age recently visited Maine, fell in
love with a damsel less than half his
age, was accepted, and went home to
prepare for the coming of his bride.
when all things were in order, instead
of going after the bethrothed himself he
sent his younger brother. The young
er man was pleased with his future
sister-in-law, so pleased that he per-
suaded her to marry him before start
ing for New York.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-31
Farmers and Western Mortgages.
American Cultirdtor.


In previous criticisms upon Western
farm mortgages, we intended to con-
vey tlfe idea that while many of these
loans were sound, and many of the in
vestment companies solvent, yet if the
strictest good faith is not observed
there is here a dangerous opening for
fraudulent imposition. Cases of de-
ception are numerous. We do not be-
lieve farmers with small sums of sur
plus money to invest are safe in ac-
cepting the rosy representations of ev-
cry commission broker in Western
farm mortgages. While it is SO diff
cult to separate the wheat from the
chaff, it is better to buy mortgage
notes secured by property nearer
home. A New York banker is inform
ed by a resident of border cOmmu
nifty THAT there is not hen-cOOp in
his part of the country which does not
have a mortgage on it," Again, zone
loan company that claims capital of
only $4,000, with doubt whether
half that sum was ever in it's treasury,
has disposed of guaranteed mortgages
amounting to several million dollars"
A financial authority in this city in
forms US that a Nebraska loan COM
pany is about to be formed to issue
and sell debenture bonds, based on
chattel mortgages, that is, loans, with
cows, horses, sheep, hens and farm
tools as security. Think for mo-
ment of buying $500 Nebraska mort
gage bond with a flock of sheep as the
only security
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-31

Wednesday and Thursday, Sept. and SsS
| The Association offers the following stakes ani
premiums
Stake No. 1, for foals of 1887. Entrance SIS, il
cent. of the entrance added by the Association.
| Stake No q for foals of 1886. Entrance $40, il
installments OF IS, IS and slOi 800 added by the
| Association.
Stake No 8, for foals of 1886 Entrance, s25
payable s5, 80 and S12; 800 added by the Assoeia
Stake No f. for foals of 1884. Entrance, $50
payable IS, $40 and SIS 800 added by the Associa
Stake No. S. for stations that have never beaten
240 Entrance $40. payable $40, $40 and $50; slO(
added by the Association.
Stake No. 6, fer mares that have never beaten
three minutes. Entrance, $40, payable $40, SIS and
SIS; $50 added by the Association.
Stake No. Z. John w Currier, stake opened to
any horse owned by member of the Association
Entrance $40 payable $40, $40 and $50; 800 added
to entrance money.
three. No. three mile heat best two in three; four
to seven inclusive mile heats, three in five; en-
trance money in each stake to be sent to treasurer
in three payments of June Is, July 10 and August
L. Horse OF colt entered to be named at time OF
second payment.
In addition to the foregoing stakes the Assoca-
ton offers the following premiums
No. J. for matched pairs $25, divided BIZ to first
SO to second and s. to third.
No. 2, gentlemen's roadsters that have not been
IS to third.
No. 8, roadsters that have been in race; s25, di-
vided s12 to first, SO to second s5 TO third.
No. 4, presidents premium for brood mares with
colt at foot; $50, divided $25, SIS and $40.
No. S year old geldings and fillies $25, divided
sl2 to first, So to second and S. to third
No. 6, twoyear-Old geldings and fillies; $25, di-
vided s12 to first So to second and $5 to third.
No. T. three yearold geldings and FLIES $25 di
vided S12 to first, SO to second and IS to third.
No. 8, year-Old stalliOns S25, divided S12 to
first So to second and IS to third.
No. 8, twO-year-Old stations; S25, divided S12 to
first So to second and IS to third
No. TO- three year-old stations; $50, divided SIS,
$40 and SIS.
Entries for premiums to close August 1, 1885,
Horses eligible in only one stake or premium
class except that horse is barred from stake
No. by reason of having been entered for other
stakes OF premiums.
Entries for both stakes and premiums to be
made to E. III. HOFFMAN, Secretary, Lyndon Vt.
Entries for premiums free for stock owned by
members, or got by stallion owned by member.
Membership limited to Orleans, Caledonia and
Essex counties. Membership fee 200 per year.
Arrangements will be made for the transportation
of stock free, or at nominal rates. Hay and bed
ding furnished.
The stables and stalls will be in charge of j. D..
Gould and all intending to exhibit should apply
seasonably for accommodations. Post office ad-
dress, Passumpsic, Vt
w. S. BAILEY, President,
East Hardwck vt.
o. II. MOSSMAN, Treasurer.
Al June IA Barton, VT.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-31
Dangerous Habits.



If all could realize how easily GER
tain diseases are transmitted there are
some habits which would be less fire.
quently INDUCED. While riding in the
street car one often observes ladies re-
move coins from their purses and hold
them between their lips, while some
trifiing duty about their toilet, such as
buttOning the gloves, is performed. If
those who do this could see how care
fully physicians disinfect their hands,
and even the money taken from certain
patients, they would never again be
guilty of that most atrocious custom.
Common decency demands that the
mouth be restricted to the purpose for
which nature intended it, and the
hands be allowed to do their work un-
aided by it. The business man who
receives letter with a stamp inclOsed
and attached to the corner should be
careful when he mails his reply that
his own lips do not mOisten the stamp
so recently at the lips of another, and,
possibly, a perfect stranger. COnta-
giOn is very easy of transmission ; its
germs are everywhere. The hands of
all, both clean and filthy, touch many
things in common. One should there
fore be extremely careful, after such
contact, not to carry the fingers to the
mouth. One author has very wisely
said: "The only safe rule, in fact, is to
be as careful of the hands, as if one
were a dentist-never to put them near
the mouth without having first washed
them" This precautiOn entails some
trouble, and yet it may often avert the
evil consequences which follow conta-
giOn.
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-31
Who was Adam :?

The story is told that as Artemus
Ward was once travelling in the cars,
feeling miserable and dreading to be
bored, man sat down by him and
said: "Did you hear the last thing on
Horace Greeley ?" ''Greeley Greeley7"
said Artemus. "HOrace Greeley 2
Who is he q' The man was quiet
about five minutes. Pretty soon he
said: George Francis Train is kick
ing up good deal of row over in
England do You think they will put
him in a bastile 2" "Train 7 Train
George Francis Train 7" said Artemus
sOlemnly, 81 never heard of him."
This ignorance kept the man quiet for
fifteen minutes. Then he said "What
do you think of General Grants
chances for the presidencyF Do you
think they will run him 7" "Grant
Grant, Hang it, man." said Artemus,
"yOu appear to know more strangers
than any man | ever SAW The man
was furious. He walked up the car, but
at last came back and said "You con-
founded ignoramus, did you ever hear
of Adam I" Artemus looked up and
said with the utmost cOmposure
"What was his other name ~
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-31
GLEANINGS.

John A. Logan, the younger, objects
to being known as f'the son of Senator
Logan" and wants to stand on his own
merits.
Gladstone's methodical habits enable
him to do more work than 10 ordinary
men. AS an example of his careful
ness, even in little things, it may be
mentioned that he almost always un
ties the string of parcel he receives,
reels it up and puts it away in a drawer
for future use.
The first native of Vermont to grad
uate at Dartmouth college was Calvin
KnOwltOn, in the class of 1888. He
was a son of the Hon. Luke KnowltOn,
one of the settlers of Newfane, Wind
ham county. He died in 1900. He
sustained several civil offices, was a
respectable lawyer and worthy man.
A Chicago sculptor, who was unable
to get bronze statue cast in time for
its unwilling in neighboring city, put
a coat of bronze paint on a clay model
of the statue and had it set upon a Pc
destal. Orators grew eloquent in
praising its majestic appearance, and
St. Johnsbury Caledonian. [volume] (St. Johnsbury, Vt.) 1867-1919, 1888-05-31
Money in a Lottery.

Do you see that man across the
street Mark him well, my son. Three
years ago he drew a prize of $3.50 in a
lottery. He was a happy, industrious
man before he won that prize. 1t ruin
ed him. He has sunk every dollar he
could borrow, beg or earn since that
iuckiess day in that same lottery
Look at him now. Note the hungry
look in his eye. He has only one OBJ
ject in life. He wants to draw the
capital prize. He is lottery maniac.
If you ever feel any symptoms of his
disease coming over you, get down on
your knees and pray for deliverance
and then hunt up this man and take
another good look at him.-[Chicago
Tribune.