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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
Definition Of Bible Terms.

A days journey is about twenty-tnree
and one-fifth miles.
A Sabbath days journey was about
an English mile.
Ezekiel's reed was nearly eleven feet.
A cubit was nearly twenty-five inches.
A hands breadth is equal to three
and five-eighth inches. A fingers
breadth is equal to one inch.
A shekel of silver was about fifty
cents.
A shekel of gold was eight dollars.
A talent of silver was FIVE hundred
and thirty-eight dollars and thirty
cents.
A talent of gold was thirteen thou
sand eight hundred and nine dollars.
A piece of silver, or a penny, was
thirteen cents.
A farthing was three cents.
A mite was less than quarter of &
cent.
A gerah was cent.
An epaph. or bath. contains seven
gallons and five pints.
A bin was one gallon and two pirts.
A firkin was seven pints.
An omer was six pints.
A cab was three pints.-Evangelist.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24

phosphorus is the essential thing in
making matches. II the phosphorus
diet caused the young ladies to shine
in society. they in all probability did
not adopt it in vain; for, just as fish are
easily attracted in the night by any
bright light thrown upon the water. SO
young men are invariably found to
flock after any girl who ''shines," even
though her accomplishments may be Of
a very shallow character. superficial,
or phosphorescent character. No exper-
fenced matchmaking mamma requires
to be taught the value Of display as an
almost certain means of attraction.
And that is why SO many of these
matchmaking ventures have so often
resulted in the most deplorable sequels.
Display is met with display, the one
frequently as hollow and false as the
other. The distinguished foreigner,
or the fascinating young nobleman is
discovered, when it is too late, to be
nothing more or less than an unprin-
cipled adventurer; and the merchant
who was supposed to be little if any
thing short of q millionaire is found.
also when it is too late, to be on the
verge of bankruptcy. Very often. in
such matches, both parties are sold,
and then the universal verdict is:
''Serves them right. BALLOTS Month.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
DRIFT OF OPINION.

~General George w. Jones, Of
Dubuque, Ia, ex-United States Senator
from Missouri and Iowa, and one of the
strongest supporters of the Democratic
party in the Northwest, has announced
his support of Harrison.-1oledo Blade.
~Keep before the loyal people
this declaration of DR.. John A. Brooks,
the Prohibition candidate for Vice.
President: "Ihare 6eeS rebel, q slave-
holder and q fre-eating Democrat, bat
thank God 1 haze nerer been Repaid
ican. and Ihaue not that sin to GnsCer
for"
D~The surest way to break the
solid South is to secure a Republican
solid North. We are not grasping at
possibilities in this campaign. The
Republican party may secure some
Southern State, but it will be wise not
to let the pleasant probability enter
into their calculations.-M T. Press.
D%If the number Of pensioners con-
tinue to increase, it is not because the
Cleveland Administration IL favorable
to such result. but because laws
passed by Republicans compel it to re-
spect such claims to a certain extent
The fact is notorious that the Pension
Bureau rejects as many claims as it
possibly can upon one pretext and an
other. often in direct violation of the
spirit, if not the letter. Of the statutes;
and Mr.. Cleveland has steadily resist
ed pension legislation in such a way
as to practically deprive Congress Of
its authority to pass special bills ex-
cept by a twothirds vote.-St. Louis
Globc-Democrat.
D~The country is comparatively
new, true. It was newer in 1860. when
Democratic free trade had its latest
test. As q country gets old. according
to free-trade theories, wages fall. As
this country gets old the fact is that
wages rise; they are thirty-eight per
cent. higher. to say the least, than
they were when the Democratic policy
ceased to govern. The advance has
been In spite of the most marvellous
migration of labor ever known In hui
man history. Over 5000 900 workers
have come to this country and yet
wages have risen; something like hale
Of them have come from Great Britain.
and yet wages there have risen com.
paEativeiy not 1t al.-G 4 zri6U1a
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
THE BOYS IN BLUE.

Why Their Rewards Should Not He
Weighed with Apothecaries' Scales.
General Harrison is always at his
best when talking to the old soldiers.
The comradeship which exists be-
tween men who have shared common
perils creates bond of sympathy that
binds most strongly. General Harrison
is sure Of appreciative hearers when
ever he talks to the old soldiers. His
words are more eloquent and tender
when referring to them and the hard
ships they endured and the sacrifices
their families bore than on any other
subject. One of the best things he has
ever uttered was in a recent speech to
some Indiana veterans who called upon
him. After recounting the terrible
scenes through which they had passed
and the trials and sacrifices which
their families at home had to endure,
he uttered these impressive words:
my countrymen, it is no time now to
use an apothecary's scales to weigh
the rewards of the men who saved the
country" That was forcible and
well-deserved rebuke Of the course
which the Democratic Administration
is pursuing toward the old soldiers.
Mr.. Cleveland is attempting to weigh
on apothecary's scales the services OF
every disabled and dependent veteran.
He spends hours in searching for
minute flaws in their petitions for PEN
sions, in order that he may find some
excuse for vetoing a just claim of
Union soldier. Their struggles and
hardships, their perils and sufferings,
the sacrifices of dependent families at
home-all seem so small in his eyes
that he thinks he can weigh them in
apothecary's scales. But the people of
this country who gratefully appreciate
the work and the worth of the Union
soldier will resent with all the power
at their command Mr.. Cleveland's at
tempt to minify and belittle the immOr-
tai services of the Union soldiers.-Des
Aoines (La.) Register.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24

that without any compulsion Or stimu.
lus Of excitement. In floods, congagra,
tions, during railroad disasters. cpl
denies, etc.. women have demonstrated
their courage and devotion. Last
though not least. the heroines Of ma
tiOnal revolutions are as exalted as their
male companions. One has only tic
look at the women in the Russian re-
volt. Similar examples could be giver
ad infinitum.
As regards regular warfare, especial
ly in modern times, there is no obstacle
save one why women could not shout.
der the musiset. Any normally devel.
Oped woman could endure the same
amount of fatigue and privation as the
average man, did her training CORE
spond to his. But-and there are o
great many buts-how are our sisters
educated? With boys the fundamental
principle is preparation, physical as
well as psychical. for hard and con-
tinued struggle. With girls the funda.
mental principle, in most cases. is the
complexion. or something similar. and
accomplishments. However, this is a di.
gression.
As, in combat, it would be criminal
for the leading General, or even sub.
altern officer, to endanger his safety.
most military leaders have to keep be-
yond rifle range at any rate. So it is
with women. They do not, as a rule.
fight in the ranks. e., they do not
march, counter-march or pull the trig-
ger. Modern rules have almost entirely
eliminated direct combat or assault, it
is true; but, nevertheless, these have
an active though indirect part in the
struggle. Napoleon said that three
things are needed for waging wars
money. money, money. Now, in the
withdrawing and wealth-producing
capacity, women certainly do not play
very inferior role.
Women do not fight directly, because
it would be criminal to endangar their
lives. They are far too valuable to the
national existence of any race to serve
as lannon's food. What influence
would the loss Of as many young wo-
men as men during the last rebellion
have exercised on the growth and de-
velopment of our country? The dis
aster would be irreparable. And that
is the reason why women do not fight.
-WO7ndn's Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
FOR WOMAN READERS.

Mrs. RAYMOND, (Annie Louis Cary)
has given $3.50 for free bed in the
Maine State General Hospital.
EDNA DEAN PROCTOR, the authoress.
has given drinking fountain to Hen
mixer, n. H.. her native town.
Miss MARY E. LEPHAN and two other
ladies have. for seven years. done thu
entire work in Lepham's bank of Mar
tinsville, Mich.
Mrs. ADA n. BITrENBENDER was the
author OF the Nebraska law which
makes mothers joint guardians Of thsk
children with the father.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
WOMEN IN BATTLE.

A Threadbare Argument Against Wom-
ans Right to Vote COntroverted BY
Hlstory-Her Value to the Nation.
In the first place. the proposition that
women can not fight in war is utterly
groundless. Historical instances where
women not only led the men to battle,
but fought shoulder to shoulder with
them, are too numerous and well-known
to need repetition here. Especially is
this true in regard to beleagured strong
holds. Ancient and medieval history
offer ample proof of this statement; but
while these facts can not be gainsaid,
they undoubtedly form more or less
numerous exceptions; nevertheless, the
comparative rarity Of such occurrences
is not due to an inherent incapacity of
woman to WELD the sword, but to her
constantly increasing value in the So
cial organism.
In primitive state of development
men and women went on the war path
with their families, and women formed
a very important factor ia the struggle.
Witness the invasion of the Tartars in
the beginning Of the thirteenth CEN
fury. In a large measure this may
also be applied to the period Of trans
migration. The German tribes, in
their invasions of the Western En-
pire, were frequently accompanied by
their families. and, as Roman histo-
rians testify. in case of defeat. the vet
Grams OF their tried cohorts had to fight
stubbornly to overcome the desperate
resistance of the women in charge of
the camp.
Generally speaking. the slur about
women's cowardice is hopeless nonsense.
Under equal training. and when occa-
sion demands, women display at least
as much fortitude and courage as the
bravest of men; in fact, they are even
apt to carry the latter quality too far.
Any one who has seen women follow
the hounds will testify how regardless
of danger they are. More than once I
have seen women override obstacles at
which most men would hesitate. Again.
in less frivolous cases, a. in the last
great blizzard. many women have risked
their life for the sake Of others. and
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
Figures for Working-Men.

For the sake of q comparison between
the wages paid to the operatives of the
different manufacturing countries. be-
low is table showing the average
weekly rate Of wages paid in the wool
en- factories in the United States (Mas-
sachusetts), France (Rheims district).
England yorkshire district) and Ger
many (Rhenish district). It Is impos-
sible to doubt the accuracy of this Ia
bic, as Carol D. Wright is responsible
for the United States figures, ex-Consul
Frisbie for those of France, Robert
Giffen for the English and ex-Consul
Du Bots for those of Germany.
OCCUPATION. United France. England. Ger.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
THE FEMALE DENTIST.
A Profession in which Several wome
Have Achieved Gratifying Success.

Have Achieved Gratifying Success.
1t is said that the most successful
dentist in London at present is a Ger
man Baroness, who is the cleverest
tooth extractor in England. That is hel
branch of business, and ''dental sur
geon" she calls herself, the other den.
lists sending their patients to her wher
extreme measures have to be taken
The female dentist is just beginning to
appear over the professional horizon in
this city, and believe on the whole she
is a success. A man know lives in a
clearinghouse and tells me that lone,
unprotected female who sat opposite
him at table greatly aroused his curios-
ity as to her occupation. She always
started off bright and early after break.
fast and never appeared until late din
ner, but she never dropped the smallest
hint of how she occupied the long hours
between the two meals. She seemed to
be successful at whatever she did,
for she was always well dressed and
seemed to have no anxieties of a
sordid kind. He noted many
times how large and powerful her
hands and wrists were and puzzled him
self greatly as to how she used them.
She was always thoroughly up with all
the news and gossip Of the day, and
was ready to talk with the utmost free
dom on any such general topic. but the
moment matters became in the smallest
degree personal she promptly retired
in her shell and pulled the shell in after
her. Finally he happened in rather an
out of the way part of the town to see
her name in gilt letters on the edge Of
the window. as the doctors put up
theirs, only after it it bore the letters,
d. ID. S., and then he knew how to ac-
count for her powerful wrists and her
reticence. He enlarged on the German
Baroness at dinner tina. night, and she
looked up quickly. laughed and owned
up. She confessed that he father had
been a dentist and from her childhood
she had maintained the greatest in-
terest in the subject, so that her
father taught her all he knew.
After his death she went to Paris to
study and now has been for two years
working on such teeth in Gotham az
are presented for her inspection. She
said: I'm the old heroic days of dem
tistry, when main force was used and
anguish was the natural concOmitant,
women had neither the Drawn nor the
nerve for the work. but since the intro
duction of all sorts of machine appara-
tus milder methods and cocoine have so
a,neliorated the profession it is one
women are eminently capable of filling,
as well as the teeth. There are four or
five female dentists in New York and
most of them are doing good business.
A great many women prefer to come to
us, and We are, believe, peculiarly
successful with children, because We
understand better how to manage them.
1 love my profession and take the great
est pride and pleasure in it, and, more
than that, am making money in it,
N. ]. Letter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24

Thus we see. according to official
authority. wages are 100 per cent.
higher in the wooden and worsted in
dustry in the United States than in any
of the European countries. In these
they are about alike, with the impor-
tant difference above noted. pointing to
prospective betterment in Germany;
while at the same time these carefully
prepared Official statements fully re-
flute the charge that only Germany is
the home of pauper labor.-lndustrial
Record.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24

The names and locations of the
navy yards in the United States are as
follows: Charlestown Navy Yard, Bos-
ton. Mass; Brooklyn Navy Yard,
Brooklyn. N. T.; Gosport Navy Yard.
Norfolk, Va; Kittery Navy Yard, Kit
terry, Me-; League Island Navy Yard.
Philadelphia, Pa; Mare Island Navy
Yard, San Francisco, CAL; New
London Navy Yard. New Lon
don, c.; Pensacola Navy Yard, Pensa-
cola, Fla; Washington Navy Yard.
Warrington, D. c.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24

~The Democratic managers are
going to try one more Chinese trick
on General Harrison. They propose
to dress . squad of loafers as China
men and have them parade in Califor-
mia towns In honor Of the Republican
candidate. ztjbGae.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
Napoleon as a Deserter.

When the first Napoleon having aban-
doned Moscow arrived at the ferry on
the river Nieman, he asked the ferry
man, who did not know him. if many
French deserters had crossed over.
NO." was the reply, ''you are the
first. "-Teras Sitiings.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
RAILWAY DEPOT SCENE.

Going East to the rock-bound coast
Going W, st to the setting sun,
Going North ike q mighty host,
Going South each and every one
Rushing like a fIver
What hurry, what a furry,
Constant hustle. f1eetest rustic,
Like the leaves in CULVER
So the line OF travels sweeping
Through the railway depot, heapirg
Baggage everywhere.
Has some Pharaoh been setting
Free the multitude unnumbered.
Have oppressor's rods been heavy
Fleeing ones are surely numbered
With their earthly care.
Boxes, bundles. each one trundles
Bag or baggage, trunk or package,
Precious things and rare
Who. II any, homes are keeping,
While this caravan is sweeping
Over rail and stream.
Old and young, and strong and feeble,
Maid and matron side by side,
Robust sons of Anak graspirs
CRYING babe. the family pride,
Crying boldly, crying loud.
Loudly chatting and combating.
What treading what threading.
Mid the eager. earnest crowd.
Babe scarce was worse confusion;
Balaam's pet is no intrusion
In this noisy hum.
Some to meet their loved ones coming
Anxious faces look in vain
Some 10 pass the summer outing
They may hot return again.
Save in sorrow, save in woe.
Cheeks that wrinkle. eyes that twinkle,
Laughter merry. red lips cherry
Telling love they dare to know.
False and true beside each other,
Enemy and winning brother.
So we touch upon life's road.
Saint and sinner touch each other
Under stations common roof-tree;
Rain and shine fall on each brother;
Rich and poor both cross the sea
And over rail together go.
Ears may tingle, while they mingle,
In Times hurry ana its furry
Tares and wheat together grow.
Pure and vile in railway station
Sometimes name one destination
Farther on they separate.
Out and in the life-tide rushes,
Every language, every tongue.
Cabmen add their bosterous cal'ings
Fill each expanded lung.
Deafening ears with iarson rude.
Cinders and smoke almost choke,
Cars are rattling, like waves battling
With the rocks by storms pursued.
"All aboard" conductors shouting
Leave behind all fear and doubling
Flying over hill and plain.
-kfcd-0F Gibbens. in Democrats NonfA!y.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
MATCHMAKING.
The Mischief Sometimes Done by
Professionals

A Mission No Sensible Person Voluntarily
Cndertakes-An American Mothers
Clever Scheme-A Fathers
''Buckwheat Straw
Principie.'
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
REGULAR DEMOCRATIC TICKET.
ron PRESIDENT.
GROVER CLEVELAND,
or Xsc lori.

"Gr0ver Cleveland has done more 20
advance the cause of free trade than
any prime minister Of England has
ever done. Spectator.
FOR vICE-PREsIDENT.
ALLEN @. THURMAN,
Of Ohio.
"The only time England can use an
Irishman is when he emigrates to
America and votes for free trade
London Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24
FOR vICE-PRRsIpENr.
ALLEN q. THURMAN,
ENGLISH SYMPATHY.


The very conservative and truthful
London Globe says: ''As a rule the
Presidential contest has very little
interest to the Old World. On the
present occasion. however, an issue
is involved which very closely concerns
Europe. more particularly Great Brit
ain. Mr.. Cleveland has taken his
stand on free trade. and. although his
party managers have considerably
planed down his platform, he is uni-
versally recognized in the State as
pledged to initiate a new departure in
fiscal policy. Nor can there be any
doubt that he would act up to this un-
Outstanding were he elected.
1.-The central issue Of the contest
lies between the maintenance of the
present fiscal system intact and its
modification in the direction of freq
trade. And ON that broad question Mr..
Czerelands candidature naturally AMI
necessarily carries English sympathy"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-08-24

and built q nigh rall-tence around 1t.
My cattle of course concluded that il
must be something good, and at once
tore down the fence and began to
eat the straw. l drove them away, and
put up the fence a few times; but the
more l hunted them of, the more anx-
ious they became to eat the straw; and
eat it they did. every bit of it. As ]
said. married my girls on the same
principle. When a young man that !
don't like begins to call on my girls,
encourage him in every way can. !
tell him to come oftes, and stay as late
as he pleases: and l take pains to hiat
to the girls that think they'd better
Sc: their caps for him. He don't make
many calls. for the girls treat him as
cody as they can. But when a young
man that l like comes around, man
that think would suit me for a son-in-
law. / don't let him make many calls
before give him to understand that he
isn't wanted about my house. / tell
him. and give them orders never to
speak to him again. The plan always
works exactly as wish. The young
folks begin to pity and sympathize with
each other; and the next thing ! know
is that they are engaged to be married.
When ! see that they are determined to
marry. I of course give in. and pretend
to make the best of it. That's the way
/ manage it"
An old Lady who had several unmar-
red daughters fed them largely on q
fish diet, because, a. she ingeniously
observed. fish is rich in phosphorus. and
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-11
Hard and Soft Water,

All cooks do not understand the diff
ferent effects produced by hard and soft
water in cooking neat and vegetables
Peas and beans cooked In hard water, con
tanning lime or gypsum. will not boil
tender, because these substances harden
vegetable caseinc. Many vegetables, as
onions. boil nearly tasteless in soft water,
because all the flavor is boiled out. The
addition of salt often checks this. as in
the case Of onions. causing the vegetables
to retain the peculiar tiavoring princi
Piles. besides such nutritious matter as
might DO lost In soft water For ex.
tracing the juice Of meat to make a
broth or soup. soft water. unsalted and
cold at first Is the best. for 1t much more
readily penetrates the tissue but for boil
Ing where the juices should be retained,
hcs1 water or soft water sailed Is prefer
c,Slc and the meat should be put in while
De water is boiling so as TO seal up the
pores at once. Journal Of Chemistry.
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-05-11
Tobacco Market.
RICHMOND, Va. Ma,

About 5000 pounds of dark new loose
tobacco were sold at auction on Change
at > 20 to - cents, which prices showed a
much stronger market than last week for
good darh IN manufacturing sorts. The soft
weather has caused increased breaks in
all interior markets Dark leaf is gener
ally stronger and more active, as it is be
lieved the end of the crop delivery is near
at hand. Besides western markets are
leading to better feeling, with advanced
prices. In Virginia there is lately no
complaint of plants. In the West there
Is no account Of seed not terminating.