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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28
THE BOWSER FAMILY.
Mrs. B. Describes Her Husbands Regular
Sunday Morning Performance.


Sunday Morning Performance.
l suppose the regular Sunday morn
ing programme at our house is the
same as at all others, and l presume
Mr.. Bowser's conduct is the same as
that of the average husband. He is
snoring away at eight o'clock, when l
give him dig and remark:
"Come, Mr.. Bowser, we are going
to church this morning."
After about dozen digs l get him
out of bed and in due time we have
breakfast. After that the performance
begins. AS the curtain goes up Mr..
Bowser is heard saying:
I'D like to know what particular
benefit we get from sitting in church
for an hour and half and listening to
a dry old sermon?"
"Well, we must go for example"
Example! Who knows whether
we go to church or stay home?"
Everybody knows, Mr.. Bowser.
We are in a neighborhood of church.
goers, and we shall be set down as
heathens if we don't 60"
II might listen to forty thousand
such sermons as we hear and not be an
iota better, but l suppose l must be
dragged off. Have got a clean
shirt?"
.'Of course you have-five or six of
them. Go right up and dress your
self"
He proceeds very slowly upstairs,
muttering as he goes, and in about a
minute calls over the banister:
IF there is anybody in Detroit who
can find my shirts I'll give him a $40
bill"
They are in the lower drawer of
your bureau"
"Oh! They are! What did you tell
me to look in the chest for?'
From the interval of silence that
ensues it is fair to presume that Mr..
Bowser makes discovery. There are
five shirts in the drawer, all alike as
to cleanliness. but he lays the five out
on the floor and makes selection.
When he has done this he calls out:
"Have'your given my shirt buttons
away again?"
81 never gave any of your shirt
buttons away"
''Then where are they?"
''In the shirt you have on, Of course.
You never had but one set"
''Oh, didn't! Some men have a set
for every day in the year, supposeP"
There is another interval Of silence,
during which he is supposed to ge.
into the shirt, but it is presently
broken by:
Where's my Sunday pantaloons?"
Hanging up in the clothes press"
''They are not there! I've looked
the blamed thing over forty timesr'
'0n the first hook at the right Of
the dcn-n
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28
WORK. FOR WOMEN.
The Efficiency Shown by Female Clerks In
Raflroa 4 Offices

II
Railroa Offices.
Any one who visits Missouri Pacific
headquarters or, in fact, the general of
fees of any of the great systems Gen.
tering in this city, will be astonished
at the number of female clerks en-
ployed. They can be found in all de-
partments. with possibly one or two
exceptions, and to say that they per-
form their duties well and win enco-
miums from those in whose employ
they are is nothing more than state
ment of simple truth. st. Louis is not
the only city where female clerks are
extensively employed in the railroad
Offices. OF the seven hundred en-
ployes in the general offices at Cleve-
land, between fifty or sixty, or about
eight per cent, are women. The per-
centage in that city is probably not SO
large as in st. Louis, but it is slowly
and gradually increasing. The NY
pano general offices have larger pro-
portion of young ladies on its pay rolls
than any other local line, and major
itv of them are in the car accountants
office. When Mr.. Babb organized this
department about two years ago he
had no clerical force at hand, and no
knowledge OF any available expert
enced men in the city. He made the
experiment of testing the capacity OF
female labor and he has found it emf
q nently successful. For certain kinds
of work in this Office" said Mr.. Babb
the other day, 81 find young ladies are
better adapted than young men. They
are as class thoroughly conscientious
and painstaking, and do not slide over
the work in the slipshod way that some
Young men do. For instance. l find
them peculiarly valuable in tracing
cars. We keep an individual record
of the wanderings Of every car, and in
this routine work the young ladies
give better satisfaction than men," OF
the twenty-four employees in this
office seventeen are young women.
Their wages range from 800 to $45 per
month. In the Office of Superintend-
ent of Motive Power Ross Kells num-
of women are also employed. These,
with a few stenographers in other
Offices, make the percentage of female
employees in the Nypano building
about twenty per cent.
In the auditing department Of the
Lake Shore and Bee Line roads women
have also gained a firm foothold. For
asserting and checking up tickets
they seem to have a peculiar fitness,
and the work is done with great
accuracy, rapidity and neatness. 1t
must be admitted. however, this class
of labor is employed as much from an
aim to economy as efficiency. As
nearly as could be ascertained the
female employees in the local railway
offices are paid from $50 to $50 per
month. This is from one-half to three
tourths the salaries usually paid to
men for the same service, yet at these
wages applications for. employment
exceed the demand. Female clerks
are now employed quite extensively
in some departments of the New York
Central, Michigan Central, and many
other large roads, and the tendency
appears TO be to increase the number.
st. Louis Globe Democrat
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28
Advice To Mothers.

MRS. WINsLOw's SOOTHING SYRUP
should always be used when children
are cutting teeth. 1t relieves the little
eu& srer at once 1t produces natural,
quiet eleep By relieving the child from
pain, and the little cherub awakes as
bright as a button" 1t Is very pleas
ant to taste. 1t sooths the child, soft
ems the gums, allays all pain, relieves
wind, regulates the bowels, and is the
best known remedy for diarrhea,
whether arising from teething or other
causes. Twenty-Five cents a bottle.
(Feb1S '9)
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28
FOR SALE.

A nice little farm of 112 acres, well
improved, with living water the year
around, 100 acres in a growing crop,
the rent this season to go with the
farm; no incumbrance and warrantee
deed given. The place lies one mile
east of Humboldt, Allen county,
known as the Cushman farm. This
place was taken under mortgage by
the undersigned who lives in Illinois
Aid not wanting land, I will sell it at
q price and on such terms, that anyone
can buy it at speculation. Address:
II. e. LOwREY,
Bloomington, I'll.
II. l.. HENDERSON, lola, Kans.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28

"What did you go and move them
off the first hook to the left Of the door
for? Hereafter want you,to let my
clothes alone!'
have about three minutes of rest
and then Mr.. Bowser inquiries:
SIS there any such thing as a collar
in this house, or have all of mine been
taken for dish cloths and mop ragsP"
"Your collars are in with your shirts.
It is strange how helpless some men
are"
There is silence for about five min
utes this time. Then Mr.. Bowser
comes down stairs with one end OF his
collar buttoned, his hair standing up
and his eyes having dangerous look.
"Mrs. Bowser, do you pretend this
is one of my collars!" he huskily de-
mands.
Certainly it is. Any thing wronge"
Wrong! Why, the internal thing
won't go half around my neck! I'll be
hanged if this isn't the worst run house
in Michigan!'
l buttoned his collar. 1t buttons
very easily and he goes back up stairs
to put on his necktie and vest and call
out:
'How much did that secondhand
man give you for my coat?"
81 haven't sold any coat"
''You must have! l can't find my
Sunday coat anywhere up here. It
isn't down in the basement, is it?"
l go up, and his coat is lying across
chair, right where he flung it.
at will be the last time l 60 to
church for a year, and you chalk that
down." he growls as ! descend to finish
my dressing.
BY ten o'clock Mr.. Bowseris dressed
and downstairs. Then he discovers
that his shoes want shine and his hat
and overcoat must be brushed, and
after pulling the right shoe on the left
foot he mildly observes:
Church! church! Don't you ever
say church to me again.
By and by he discovers that he is
minus handkerchief and gloves, and
after going up stairs and hunting
arc und he calls out:
''Did the young 'un swallow all the
handkerchiefs in the housed"
mo. dear, you will find clean one
in your hip pocket"
"Why didn't you say so at first9"
"You didn't ask"
SWELL, my gloves are gone"
"They are in your coat-tail pocket"
"Oh! they are! You saw me come
upstairs and never said a word.
suppose now I'll have to wait half an
hour for you"
mo, dear-Tm all ready. / had to
stop to tell the cook about those ducks,
and to feed the baby, and to fix a but
ton on my shoe, but I'm all ready"
'.It's the last time l fool around like
this. There! my burned old watch has
stopped"
Never mind the watch. Let's be
going"
"And believe I've busted my sus-
pendersr'
l get him started, however. He
growls all the way to church. scowls
at the minister throughout the SER
mon, and it's only after the service is
out that he says to me as we walk
homewards:
"Mrs. Bowser, 1 wish you would
reform in one matter. Look at the
number of people out to church to-day,
and then think how they would esti-
mate us if we stayed at home. hope
to see you more enthusiastic about
getting out to servicesm
"Why, dear, I'm always ready to
gor'
"Then prove it by your actions. It's
a duty we owe TO the neighbOrhood
and to ourselves, and if can't get you
started without such fuss as you
made this morning l shall go alone
hereafter!''- Detroit Free Press
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28
BREAKING YOUNG MULES.
How to Develop Team That Can Always
BE Depended On,

HOW TO Develop Team TftaC IAN Always
BE Depended On.
1t is thought by some farmers that
in breaking young mules the first thing
to do is TO knock them down FIVE Or
six times, and then something can be
done with them, writes Thomas ID.
Baird. BY this treatment the animal
receives a shock, both mental and
physical, that in many cases Injuries
the constitution of the animal without
conducting TO its proper training. This
Is not only erroneous, but it is in
human. The first thing in breaking
young animals of any kind is to govern
your own bad habits; then you are
ready to and fit to break the animal.
In observing the action of the mule
and studying its nature, we find it to
be timid animal, possessing a great
amount OF curiosity in its composition.
Affection strongly characterizes all its
actions, but it possesses a popularity
unusual in most domestic animals
that of resenting any injury received
at any time. From these circum-
stances the mule has received the
credit of viciousness and stubbornness,
which by proper treatment from the
beginning, can in most cases be over
come. 1t is much easier to train up a
mule in the way it is to 60 and fit it
for the purposes for which it is in
tended than to overcome bad pro-
pensities arising from years of
mismanagement. At all times one
should move among the colts quietly
aud without evincing any outward
manifestations of fear. In this way
YOU will soon gain their confidence.
BY kind treatment mules may be rem
dered the most docile and affectionate
creatures among our domestic animals.
That shy. sl1ittish disposition, so COM
mon in the mule. is much of it from
encouragement and Entertainment
The same may be said of horses.
in breaking mules, begin when they
are young; handle them gently but
firmly; avoid the possibility of their
breaking-away from you for success
depends upon the result of the first ef-
fort and the impression made upon it.
Having all the harness strong, and in
gearing, be gentle, steady and conf
dent. After being hitched, do not en-
deavcr to repress too great eagerness
in the animal, lest it become discour-
aged. In all things be quiet, gentle
and frm; this will give the mule con-
fdenoe in itself. And. in breaking
them to the wagon, never let them
start until told to. Train them. by
getting in and out OF the wagon until
they. learn to stand tiliThey are told to
go, and then teach them TO go slow
and steady. Then you viii have a
team that you can depend on.-St.
Louis Republic.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28

Piles! Piles!! Itching Piles!!!
Symptoms-MOisture; intense itch.
ing and singing; most at night; worse
by scratching. Ifallowed to continue
tumors form, which often bleed and
ulcerate, becoming very sore.
SwAYNE's OINTMENT stops the itch.
ing and bleeding, heals liberation, and
in .rost cases removes the tumors. AT
druggists or by mail, for 80 cents. DIR.
Swayne & Son, Philadelphia.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28

The proper mode of treating muck
is to dig it up in the fall and let it re-
main exposed in order to permit the
frost to pulverize it and also to allow
it to undergo a chemical change.
When in a fine, dry condition it is
superior to all other absofbents for
use in the stalls and for saving the
liquid manure. a.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28

The banana peel has at length
found rival A Portland, Ore. man
slipped on wet leaf and broke his
shin-bone. A curious feature of the
accident is that hs1xalled around for
two days before be knew Ne was hurt
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28
AUCTIONEER,

Geo. Alyea will cry sales in Allen
and adjoining counties. Charges for
household furniture aud farming i'm
plements l per cent; for stock 4 of l
per cent. Address LaHarpe, Kansas.
July 2O.tm,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28

The bestway for a girl to bring an
unreasonable lover to terms is to snub
him; but she should not snub him too
zealously, or she may succeed in bring
ing him to terms with some other girl
Journal of Edacdtsoa. 49,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28
PETITION TO THE LEGISLA-
TURE OF THE STATE OF
KANSAS.

Published by request of the F. NJ. L. Al
ITO THE HON. LEGISLATURE STATE OF
i Kansas.
We the undersigned citizens of Kansas do
hereby petition your Hon. body to revise the
laws in such manner as to reduce our presen
rate of interest to six per cent per annum Oh
real estate, and eight per cent per annum or
personal security.
And to impose as penalty that any person,
persons, company, banker or corporation
charging more than the herein proposed legal
rate 10 forfeit both the usury and legal iBteret
[Any person interested In the above petition
Please cut cut pin TO sheet of paper and cir
culste and send petition to yourReprpsentativeI
Exchanges please Cory.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28

-Tommy-"My father is a church
member" Johnny-''So is mine"
Tommy-':But my father says your
papa amt, cas he don't never come to
church, nor put ncehin' in the collee-
ton box" Johnny (bravely)-"Well,
my papa is an honorary member, anc
honorary members don't chip in:
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28

Under the new code duello the
man who writes the last card IL
awarded the battle.-Louisrille Com.
Dsercidl.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-12-28
Piles! Piles!! Itching Piles!!!

H. l.. HENDERSON. lola, Kans.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-18

ne association. Mr.. White, the Treas
urer, reported that the receipts during
the month amounted to $57 81 and the
disbursements $40 80, leaving balance
OF 80 TO in the treasury. A vote of
thanks Was rendered to Mr.. Gribble,
who has kindly donated several volumes
to the associations library. Mr.. P. G.
Jones made suggestion, which was
unanimously approved, that some of the
members give series of social gather
lngs to young men and talk to them in a
familiar way, whether about business
success, sugar planting, law, or about
any other interesting subject which
they are willing to hear. After the
routine business was concluded a collec-
ton of So 10 was taken up, and the rest
of the time was spent in devising means
for reaching young men, after which the
meeting adjourned.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-18
SHIPPING NOTES.

lsstslmer J. A. Cummins brought 300 bags
!. u 40 bags rice and several packages mer-
l.ilss from Koolau and Waimanalo. She Will
aF again next Monday.
Es,s Castle Cooke shipped 1891 bags sugar
30. ship Hystjc Belle the other day, and not
Eusportsd.
Iasrs Hackfeld & Co.'S steam scow and
airi-Vhituey cutter were hauled on the
hals Railway yesterday to be renovated and
Fl'sd.
ICE Anercan barkentine Amelia, Captain VIM.
S'iAl arrived May 18th. q days from Port
'ls1d, W. T., with 457, 389 feet lumber for
csc Allen, and was locked at Allen & Rob
Ils wharf. Reports having had fine weather
SEIZURE l1sssg', with the exception of thirty
hours southwest gales.
''Glooner WaimaIu leaves To-day for Lau-
Ntloe, Hawaii with $1,000 feet lumber and
f'i.l freight.
--' steamer "aimanalo sailed last evening for
i@41 with coal.
- American bsrkentine Mary Winkelman,
AL 4 d. Dyreborg, sails at o'clock this
'-'l8 with 1887 bags sugar, weighing $685.
'--4s' % barrels nolass es and ABS punches
'-l' HE cargo weighed 1.O20 tons and is
'''1 Ss-Sl5. Shippers are; H. HackfeId &
'-,-. bags sugar; 7. Il. Davies Il Co, 1856
y sugar NJ S. Grinbaum Co., 1,O21 bags
~. -, ., l. Bruins, 50 barrels molasses, and J.
-F''''i ~ lunches bananas.
49,. :, ''D'l bark Thomas Bell Is still unload
VA al 'le FOrt-street wharf.
49,. l''e Of the of the barkentine Mary Wink
resigned his position yesterday.
1a '''Ia VS., Bovine has been moved to the
1'' C'nPany's wharf.
IN steamer Kllauea Hou was lowered from
ii ~, Marine Railway Wednesday evening,
Nh g.. LAST evening for Hamakua, Hawaii.
sasJ,,- , ~ freight and boiler from the Homo
~, ''a Works for 'lahubona.
e,I, ',',asF r.. Bishop from Lahaina, and
s,,t. ,,'l' from Hamakua, are both due this
a,e5.. 1 steamer Eva brought 200
Gt,arrs T from Eva yesterday for the
~ '-' Mary Winkelnan.
HI. 'e P', bark Island City was hauled On III.
a',i sp5 WAY Wednesday evening TO be re-
~a and is n. "e'e1 again yesterday after
R',, yB,,, lying at the Pacific Mail Com
''osg5,, :. 49,, 9Ha" Of the bark saranac received
s3tpt tie nt.t accident to his foot yester-
asdpty ~''hap Will not keep him away
h'''aly the e. aspOrted OFF port last evening
i0Fsst Queen from San Franctsco
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-18
COFFEE GONE UP.
A LOafer Sent on the Reef for Thirty
Days.

Yesterday Mike Coffee was sentenced
to thirty days Imprisonment at hard
labor for vagrancy. We have often
wondered that this fellow has not been
hauled up before. Cinnamon have been
arrested for vagrancy and punished,
while Coffee has been allowed to roam
the streets doing nothing. However,
Officer Larsen took hold of the matter
and arrested Coffee as a v4grant. The
case was heard yesterday in the Police
Court, when the following evidence was
adduced, the Attorney General assisting
in the prosecution:
Capt. Larsen stated he was police
officer; had known the defendant Coffee
the past six months; had seen him ire
quently day and night in and out OF
saloons had not heard of his doing any
honest employment during that time.
c.. O. Spinney said he had known Col
fee one and half years and did not
know of his doing any work.
Sam Macy said he had known Coffee
since 1886, had met him night and day
on the streets doing nothing, ana won
dered how he got along.
Robt Lang said he kept rooms on
King street. Coffee had had room
since March I'd and paid his rent reg
ular.
coffee then made long harangue to
the Court on his own behalf, but failed
to impress the Court that he had done
any honest employment during the past
six months.
The Court found that good case had
been made out and sentenced Coffee to
thirty days imprisonment at hard labor
and to pay So 20 costs.
There are two or three street loafers
whom the police should keep an eye on.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-18
LOCAL AND GENERAL

New style hats and bonnets can be seen
at Sachs store.
Cream Cashmere and cream tricots can
be had at Fishels.
If you want cheap iron tank go to the
Union Feed Company.
Gents Indian gauze undershirts at 25
cents each at Fishel's.
The latest styles of hats, trimmed and
untrimmed, at Fishel's
Usual services at 7 o'clock this evening
at ST. Andrews Cathedral
Superior Iron water tanks for sale ckeap
at the Union Feed Company
The Union Feed Co. will hold their reg
ular quarterly meeting at noon to-day.
There was a good attendance at the
meeting OF the Debating Club last evening.
a fine assortment of misses trimmed
school hats-something new-at FisheIs.
The Mary Winkelman leaves for San
Francisco at 9 o'clock this morning. She
will carry a mail.
The sale of the stock of the late George
Engelhardt will be continued this morning
by Mr.. L. ]. Levey.
Rev. A 0. Forbes and daughter leave
on the Mary Winkelman this morning, en-
route to Colorado.
White embroidered founces, skirt
lengths, at So 40 t1ounce, and fancy col
ored embroidered suit for 81 at n. S. Sachs
store.
Yesterday morning the Royal Hawaiian
Band serenaded Mrs. }. 0. DOminis at her
residence, Washington Place, Beretania
street.
HOusekeepers and others should read
the advertisement of the Honolulu Market
in another column. The meat kept by
this company is Al, and we predict for
them very large trade.
The following employees of the Custom
House were discharged yesterday by the
Collector General for good and sufficient
reason: Geo. Markham, A Gilfllan, G.
w. Miles, r. Mossman and G.. Nawakoa.
Following are the officers of the Union
Mill Company for the ensuing year: James
RentOn, President; Geo. F. Holmes, Vice
President; L. r. Walker, Treasurer; F.
M. Swanzy, Secretary; j. r. S. Kynners-
ley, Auditor.
At meeting of Engine Co. No. 1, held
last evening, the following ticket was nom
mated for the coming election to serve as
Engineers: Chief Engineer, Chas. B. Will
son. First Assistant, Chas. Hustace Sec
ond Assistant, J. F. Morgan.
His Excellency the Minister of the Inte-
riOr was driving along Beretania street
yesterday morning, when his horse took
fright at the bus and the carriage col
lided with the telephone post, breaking
one of the shafts. His Excellency had to
foot it to the Government building.
Chas. j. Fishel's new stock of laces and
embroideries, ribbons, pom pom flowers
something new, hats, tooIe illusions,
tips, plumes, also fine line of lace founc-
ings, have arrived by the Australia. Evil
IDENTIFY this is the finest line of goods ever
shown in this city. Be sure and inspect
his stock.
Ii you really want your moneys worth
of the finest homemade French and plain
candies the most delicious ice creams or
fancy and plain cakes, call at the Pioneer
Steam Candy Factory, Bakery and Ice
Cream ParlOrs, established 1868, Hotel, OPP
posite Bethel street. F. Horn, practical
confectioner, pastry cook and ornamenter.
2. S.-The only place where the genuine
Butter Scotch is manufactured and sold.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1888-05-18
CHU ON & CO.,
Importers and Dealers in
Chinese & Japanese Goods,
~ NUUANU STREET,

Have constantly on hand Silk, Satin,
Grape, Grass Cloth, Embroidered and
Hemstitched Silk and Grass Cloth
Handkerchief, Silk and Grape Shawls
and Scarves.
A great variety of Chinese and Japa-
nese Tea Sets, Vases, Bronze and Lac
quered Wares.
Ivory, Sandalwood and Tortoise Shell
Card Cases, Paper Cutters, Fans and
Jewelry Cases.
Gold and Silver Jewelry, setting with
Tiger Claws, Cats Eyes and Amber,
such as Scarf Pins, Earrings, Bracelets,
Necklaces, Etc.
An assortment of Chinese and Japa-
nese Nick-Nacks and Curiosities too nu-
merous to specify.
Chinese Mating a speciality
Ebony and Marble Furniture in sets
Tables, Chairs and Settles.
A full assortment of Flower Pots, Artl-
fetal Flower Baskets, Lacquered ana
Bamboo Goods, Etc.
New Goods received by every steamer.
The public are respectfully invited TO
inspect our goods. hoV4o