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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06

history of the Mother Hubbard wrapper
woman has justified herself for all time.
and that man stands condemned by all
right-minded persons"
Ipause for breath, and Jim looks at me
in amazement, gets out of step, and waits
for me to continue, for evidently there is a
look of inspiration in my face that awes him
into silence.
"As if to tempt man, in order to see If he
were indeed inco-ruptible, the Mother
Hubbard was invented" say, in oracular
tones. ITO. be sure it had not the classic
sweep Of the flowing Greek robe, but as
man claimed not to care an atom for
looks was only an admirer Of good, COM
| mon sense and believer in the motto,
handsome is that handome does,' any lack
Of grace was thought to be more than COM
pensated for by the purely healthful char
acter of the loose garment, hanging from
the shoulders innocent of flounces, ruffles
and puffs, and allowing the free play of
every muscle. a robe tit for Hygeia her
self, calculated the large-brained woman
who invented it. So thought womankind in
general, and forthwith it was universally
adopted by childhood, youth and old age.
"'Ohl what a comfortr sighed the
! maiden, as she loosened the long-strained
draw-strings and breathed freely for once.
"'Well, if this isn't reliefn exclaimed
the matron Of many cares.
"'What q blessing to humanity = cried the
sensible old maid, as she slipped it on in a
trice and went about her duties.
'But there was one dissenting volce-one
only-and, strange TO say, it was u bass
one.
"'That outrageous looking Mother Hub
bardI'' roared man. Take of that
slouchy thingr Don't dare to appear in
that rig without string around your
waist and like vituperative remarks
saluted the feminine ear from every
quarter Woman was joined to this idol
however, and she was determined not &c
relinquish it without struggle. But she
saw 1t branded with infamy; it became the
topic of conversation on street corners, in
drawing rooms, and at the club; poetasters
ground out its imaginary defects, and the
facetious column teemed with irony at its
expense.
s.It was tarred, feathered and ridden on
the rail of public ridicule. Tender fathers
grew stern when their daughters appeared
at the breakfast table clad in the tabooet
garment. Public opinion-man's opinion
at last ran so high in some of our Western
towns that laws were passed forbidding ths
wearing Of the Mother Hubbard on thf
streets. Arrests were made to put stop
to the nuisance. At last flesh and blood could
bear no more, and, worn out with the abuse,
shame and contumely heaped upon her,
woman yielded up the point and the bone OF
contention was buried forever"
We have reached the station, and the
peroration ofmy speech.
sand now, o man, cry, looking upward.
as we enter the dark building, and STUN
Bile over trunk that besets my victorious
path, "dare not cast q single stone Of scorn
at wasp-like waists or any thing of the
sortr'
We enter our train. I glance at Jim. He
has pinched look about the mouth and a
general appearance Of thinness which it is
good to see in one of his sex. He gives me
ens reproachfuI glance, signs heavily and
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06

even his own recollection. Day after day
he boards up misfortunes that would make
a common man contemplate suicide. The
wife is hatchet-faced woman with thick
jowl and sunken cheeks, and a nose 50 vio-
lently turned up that it pulls the upper lip
out Of position. She fries bacon and quar-
rels with her husband. Their son is a
miniature edition of his father. When he
grows up and enters business on his own
account his work shows an improvement on
that of the parent.
Bloof Atkins boy was "chunking" the
martins that congregated in the gourds
hanging to pole that stood near the door
Of their hut. The martins were enjoying
themselves, which seemed to annoy him.
''Say, my little fellow" called stranger,
from the roadside.
"Sur."
"Does Mr.. Bloof Atkins live here.'
s'Yezzur."-
He dismounted and went in.
''Mr. Atkins" he said, ''you remember
Jour uncle, Tony Green!"
II never seed i'm in my life, an hain't
heerd Nv i'm in nigh onter thirty year"
He is dead"
"Frum whut I've been tole erbout i'm, eff
the devil kin STAN it, Tony kin"
HE left good pile Of money behind
him"
IAN that'll worry i'm will be thinkin'
erbout that pile"
TT belongs to you."
"Whutf'
sits yours by the law-ffty thousand
dollars
when kin git it,"
'.As soon as you can prove your identity"
''Speak er little plainer.''
"As soon as you can prove that you are
the nephew of Tony Green"
The proof was made. Bloof got the
money He bought a farm. Ten year
passed when the sheriff sold it for him.
After the debts were paid two dollars re-
manned. Bloof went back to the old place.
He had never owned it or he would not
have gone there.
money weren't made fur me ter han'l,"
was ali he said. CHARLKS s. BLACKBURN.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

TO clean an iron when stuck up
with starch, rubbing it hard. while hot.
on limbs of green cedar makes it a.
smooth as glass.
When hard boiled eggs are desired
for garnishing, take those that have
been laid a week, and the shell can be
removed without marring the inside.
"A bad water-flter is less desirable
than pure water in its natural state.
When. therefore, filtration is employed
because Of real danger of infection, the
filtered water should, as a rule, be
furthermore boiled. as the entire alb
sence Of sediment and cloudiness does
not insure that the bacteria of disease
may not have made their way through
the filter.
Young girls and ladies should be-
very chary of giving young men their
photographs. There are few circum-
stances which justify it. Only in cases
where the man is greatly to be trusted
and very we'll known is it at all per-
missible. 1t is more prudent to make
it rule to give ones photograph to
no one. thus saving ones self much
trouble. and hurting the feelings of
observation-disclosures.
The best time to battle is just be-
fore going to bed. as any danger of
thus catching cold is avoided, and the
complexion is improved by keeping
warm for several hours after leaving
the bath. A couple of pounds of bran
put into thin bag and then in the
bath-tub is excellent for softening the
skin. 1t should be left to soak in
small quantity Of water several hours
before being used.
To Bleach a White Straw Hat
Scrub hat gently with soft brush and
a suds of soft water and white soap.
Alright place in batter made OF white
corn-meal and buttermilk. In the
morning wash in clear water and hang
out to dry, and when dry, place in a
box or barrel, over birthstone smoke
L think one trial will bleach your hat
beautifully white; if not, repeat This
is the old-fashioned way of twenty years
ago. before acids were used-Toledo
Blade.
Sewing On Buttons When you
begin, before you lay the button on the
cloth, put the thread through SO that
the knot will be on the right side.
That leaves it under the button, and
prevents it from being worn or ironed
away and thus beginning the loosening
process. Then, before you begin sew
ing, lay large pin across the button
so that all your threads will go over
the pin. After you have finished filling
the holes with thread. draw out the pin
and wind your thread round and round
beneath the button.
Charcoal is great sweetener of
the breath, and besides that it
strengthens and whitens the teeth,
removes the tartar, prevents tooth
ache and gives the gum and lips an
color" About as much
as can be placed on the point Of
. knife should be rubbed gently into
the interstices OF the teeth on going to
bed, to be rinsed out thoroughly in the
The objection to charcoal is
its grittiness. and it must be reduced as
nearly as possible to an impalpable
powder. Its purifying qualities are in
and it is said if taken inward
y it will cure Indigestion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06

in the front row of the dress circle.
"What beauty does such goose see in q
compression that sends her shoulders up
into the air and makes her neck, face and
arms look like boiled lobster, pops her
eyes half out of her head and gives her a
general appearance of idiocy" he continues,
taking advantage of the fact that the or
chestra now gives him an opportunity to
speak in his natural tones.
"Hush! do be quiet" l say; ''some one
will hear you." but my words fall upon un-
needing ears, and he rushes madly on,
pouring cataract of invective over the I'M
conscious little damsel who sits tanning
herself and chatting merrily with her COM
panion with an air of satisfaction that
seems to make up for any amount OF
physical discomfort
81 haven't any use for girl like that.
Suppose she thinks that fellow of hers ad
mires her. Bet he's ashamed of her and
would like to crawl through knot-hole if
he could. She's about as ornamental as a
bump on a log. If she was my sister
wouldn't use her for scare-crow in our
corn field?''
"You really shall not go on in this way
any longer" l whisper at this last out
burst. II came here to enjoy the music,
not to listen to TRADE upon feminine van
ity. Just wait until after the operas over
and / will meet you on your own ground,
you cross old boy; have a settler for you,
l thinlz,"l remark significantly, as open
my libretto and begin studying the argu-
ment.
Jim smiles, looks over my shoulder, and
we are soon lost in the mazes of a modern
opera-plot Miss Wasp passes from our
memory, and would, doubtless, never have
reappeared but for the fact that just as we
are about stepping into the aisle, at the
close of the entertainment, the offending
creature crosses our path again, brushing
hastily past Jim in her anxiety to make an
early exit
There's manners for you,' breaks out
my irate companion once more, and there is
no calming him now.
do wait until we get out of here, and
then you can say what you please" plead,
and he does manage to hold his breath un-
til we are in the outer air, and then Jim
bows himself in manly strength, grasps
the very pillars Of the temple of fashion,
and down comes every frivolous daughter
of the Philistines in he general disaster.
"You women rave about classic beauty"
he growls, as we walk rapidly along toward
the station. "You trot out your Venus of
Milo on all occasions, and demolish every
adjective in the language in your effort to
describe her lovely form, and then you &C
and work the reverse lever and bring your
selves up standing, a perfect mOnstrosity
to the eyes of all beholders. What is more
inconsistent than a woman!"
"a man," 1 reply, with coolness that
seems to nettle him for moment, then the
absurdity of such an assertion strikes him,
and he bursts into hearty laugh.
eyes, a man." l repeat, with additional
emphasis. you've had your say: now Pm
going to have mine. I feel that in the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06
PLANTING IN HILLS.
The Origin of q Custom Prevailing Even
Unto the Present Day.

The Origin of n Custom Prevailing Even
Unto the Present Day.
As soon as the pioneers OF our coun-
try had cleared a piece of land Of trees,
bushes and brush, when the stumps
so numerous and the roots were SO
green that they could not pillow
nor spade the ground. the practice
was to take an old chopping axe and
strike the cutting edge into the rooty
seed-bed, making a cash two or three
inches deep, into which the golden
grain was dropped, after which the
planter closed the cash by stamping the
virgin soil with the heel OF his boot.
The number of kernels per hill varied
among different tillers of the soil. But
most farmers planted a larger number
of kernels than they intended should
grow and como to maturity. A pre-
vailing rule was:
zone for the blackbird. one for the crow,
One for the cut-worm, and three to grow"
As soon as the corn had come up all
laborious use of the hand hoe. In most
instances there would be an excess of
surface water. Therefore hills were
made for two purposes. one Of which
was to prepare as much depth as prac-
ticable of mellow soil for the roots of
the growing crop; and another object
was to form shallow channels between
the rows in which the surface water
could flow away. Then, after the roots
of trees had decayed and the stumps
had been removed and the land had
been plowed, in wet localities. the land
was thrown into ridges with a plow;
and the corn was planted on the top of
the ridges for the purpose of placing
every hill above the standing water.
Still another idea prevailed among
many tillers OF the soil. namely, that
growing corn must be hilled so that
the brace roots could strike out more
readily than if the cultivation were
level.
When planting cucumber seed, or
muskmelon seeds, or watermelon seeds,
the practice was to put shovelful of
manure on tho surface of the new land
and then haul up the leaf mold into a
hill and the seeds on the summit I'M
told numbers of old farmers still adhere
to the ancient practice Of killing up corn
and potatoes. Indeed. many tillers of
the soil have practiced the killing sys-
tenn for SO many years that they really
think killing to be absolutely essential
to the vigorous growth Of the crop
plants. But when there is not an ex-
cess OF water in the soil there is no
doubt but that level cultivation will
produce larger crop than killing. L
have always preferred level cultivation
for every kind Of crop plants to killing.
The surface of the ground in the garden
where various kinds Of products are
cultivated is always kept as level as it
can be conveniently. Noeffort is made
to hill-up corn plants any more than We
would raise mound where tree is to
be transplanted Level cultivation will
require less labor, and will yield heavier
crops than high hills or low, broad
hills l have never been able to dis
cover any difference in the yield OF po-
tatoes. growing in hills or with level
cultivation. -Husbandman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06

DO YOU SEE ANY CHANGES ToU WOULD LIKE
To MAKEm
great able bodied man, when he was cpend-
ing the greater part of his earnings in
drink" and her eyes flashed angrlly.
'You did quite right" said Mr.. Falconer,
decidedly; ''there are some classes of poor
whom it is positive injury to help
The answer TO Mr.. Falconer's letter came
in due time; it was characteristic of Mrs
Stanford, bewailing his hasty marriage in
one breath, and congratulating him in an
other, and he smiled as he read aloud: 81
will visit you as soon after the wedding as 1
can be spared. Lilly sends greeting to Mrs.
Falconer, and bids me say that her remem-
brance of her is very pleasant one" but
the main part of the letter he wisely kept to
himself.
''The dear girl" said Isabel, in grateful
relief. Il believe l shall find my first i'm
preston of her correct"
A few days later charming little note
came from Lilly herself, acknowledging the
gift of the picture. 'sYou say, dear Uncle
Harvey, that it was my new auntie's selec-
ton; she must have exquisite taste, and
nothing could have pleased both Ralph and
myself more perfectly. Thank her for me,
until can thank you both in person, which
j hope to do soon after our return from the
mountains"
ssDo you see any changes you would like
10 maker"
They were making formal tour Of the
house, as Isabel had been so wearied and
busy that she had only peeped into the par
lore and la few of the chambers. Oracle was
with them, holding fast TO the hand OF her
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06
A COSMOPOLITAN CITY.
Buenos Ayres Has Many Languages But
Little Learning.


Buenos Ayres, with her 800, 900 pop
ulation. is the most cosmopolitan city
in the world. so far as language is con.
cerned. Any one who walks for half
an hour along one of the principal
streets OF this city will have his ears as
sailed by all known tongues. from
Choctaw to Hebrew. The merchant
who can not converse with equal facil-
ity in Spanish, Italian. French or Ger
man is handicapped in the race for
wealth. This state of affairs is very
demoralizing to the new conner, who
has been accustomed to consider rthe
English language all-sufficient and to
look with contempt on any poor for
eigner who failed to master any of its
many inconsistencies The shoe is on
the other foot, so to speak, as English
in this corner of the world avails one
little; but because the Argentines are q
nation of linguists it does not follow
that they are scholars. Force Of cir.
cumstances has made these people
adopts at acquiring foreign tongues 1
remember recently conversing with a
gentleman. who spoke four languages
fuently, who tried to convince me that
Chicago lay in the route Of vessels ply
ing between this port and Japan.
Geography evidently was not his strong
point The fact is over 80 per cent of
the adult population can neither read
nor write. but it is safe to say that the
coming generation will present much
more fattering figures. thanks to the
yankee school ma ms" who came.
saw and conquered. being already q
power in the land. Y. Mail and Ex-
DreSS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06

OVERTY is hereditary
with som e people,
each generation en-
hibiting it in a higher
state Of development.
The man is industri-
GU S and sober; his
face grows prema-
turely old with toll;
but the shine of his
eye is not the sparkle
of the diamond of
hope, but the dull
glisten Of the pewter
of satisfied despair.
He owns nothing but
the clothes he wears,
and how or when he
bought them is beyond
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06

"A New YORK street-car conductor
complains that ladies take especial
pains to pay their fares in coppers. and
that if he gives them change in the
same coin he is greeted by an angry
glare that makes him feel like cui-
prit
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06

Fl E RE is something
after all in the say
in g tn at clothes
make the man. 1t
is not easy to iden-
tify a man whom You
have never seen but
once, and then he
happened to be IN
the water bathing.
One of the professors
of the Texas Univer.
sity at Austin can
corroborate this as
sertion if ne is ques-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06

aY in heavens name
d o g 8 q w o m q n
squeeze up her waist
until it looks like
that 2" Indignantly
asks Brother jim, in =
dicating one of our
Chicago young ladies
arrayed like q but
terfy and 8 h a ped
like a wasp, who has
just passed down the
aisle and taken a seat
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06

"A young man at a recent fire threw
away a pail Of water because it was too
hot to do Gny good.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06
{" A SE11lER...

Brother Jim Criticises W0man's Follies
In Dress and Gets w0rsted.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06
BlOOE ATKINS.

Tho Story of Man Who Was Born to
POverty.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-09-06
vanishes in the ''smoker," leaving me to my
pleasant reflections.
JULIA H. TaAYER.
THE PROFESSORS FRIEND.

How He Made His Acquaintance and His
Subsequent Resolution.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-11-06
The Blood ia Life.

j. nj. Loose Red Glover Co., Detroit
cheerfully furnish the following for pub
lication Mrs. s., age 80, cancerous face
(celI cancer,) has tried many physicians
and on presentation to me was horrible
sight to look upon, nose partly eaten away
deep pits in cheeks, forehead and chin. As
a last hope put her on Loose's Extrac,
Red Clover-large doses internally, and
as local application, used the solid ex.
tract In plaster form. She improved rap
idly from the first week, and in 4 months
was entirely well. Now IL months since
first treatment and no sign of return.
John j. ver.-Ulceratio of the leg
(lndolent ulcer) Recovered entirely af.
ter three months treatment with Red
Glover Extract and solid extract dressing.
Now one year since treatment and no sign
of return.
Cancer of lip and skin disease. Entire
ly cured with three months treatment
with Red Glover Extract and solid ex-
tract dressing. Now over year and no
sign of return. II. B.-Secondary Syphi-
lis was entirely cured by Red Glover Ex-
tract In three months, with none OF the
after results such as arc left by mercury
In such cases. If you have any doubling
physicians they can write to me and will
give them full history of each case. DR..
w. II. Yarnall.
Send for testimonials. For sale by j..
L. Bostwick.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-11-06

ton in swamp and its rough repu.
tation. On October 10Th, 1888, n
warrant was issued for the arrest of
Macarthur for assault with intent to
murder. In June, 1889, jury found
him guilty after fair trial in the
Altoona Circuit, with a recommends
ton to mercy, whereupon sentence
was suspended upon the promise of
Macarthur to do better and leave the
county.
George Susie is about % years Of
age. and has wife and one child
He was engaged at the hotel as man
ager.
Alpena weekly argus. [volume] (Alpena, Mich.) 1871-1893, 1889-11-06
The Black River Tragedy.

Last Saturday forenoon George
Susie had gone behind a bar, at
Black River, to get some implements
for work he was doing. AS he
was reaching for the desired articles,
a desperate, named Duncan Near
thur, suddenly reached over the bar
and discharged a 3S-calibre revolver
twice at Susie. The latter had his
back toward the assassin at the time.
The balls entered the back of Susie,
between the shoulder blades and pen
etrated down far into the body. The
cowardly murderer then presented his
revolver at the proprietor of the sa-
loon, saying: II have mind to shoot
you w The man answered back: LET
her go, Gallagher !" The assassin
then said he would spare him, and
presented the revolver at another per-
son and threatened to shoot him. The
man begged off, and Macarthur said
he would spare him too. He then
went cut on the street, saw two boys
near by, and fired two shots at them,
but did not hit them. He then re-
loaded his revolver, and left for the
woods, no attempt being made to stop
him. AS soon as possible, the deputy
sheriff organized squad of men, arm
ed with rifles, and started after the
murderer. He was traced to a farm
house back of Altoona that night, and
the next morning was captured and
conveyed to the county jail at Harris
vile. After being captured the MUIR
derer said it was his intention to kill
sixteen men at Black River, but Susie
was not one of the sixteen. He had
shot him as the murderous mood had
happened to come on him at the time.
Medical attendance was summoned
from this city, and Drs. Maiden and
Cameron went to Black River by the
noon train. The wounds were prob
ed but the balls had entered too far
to be reached by probing, and SO they
had to be left in the body. AT latest
reports the injured man was alive, and
there is some chance of his recovery.
The murderer stopped in this city a
short time, but left for Black River
about week ago, and is reported to
have drawn revolver on man here
but did not discharge it. He has a
bad reputation, and it is probable
that he was somewhat crazy with liq.
uor at the time of the shooting, but
that is no excuse for the dastardly
deed. This world has no use for such
men at liberty.
AS the desperate was known to be
a good shot, it was no pleasant task
hunting for him in the woods, as the
men searching for him could not tell
what moment he might shoot at them
from behind a tree.
The Harrisville correspondent of
the Free Press has the following
to say In regard to Macarthur: "He
was for eight years proprietor of the
Bull Pen saloon at Black River, SO
called on account Of its dismal situa-