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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-12-20

HAT strange ideas
some people have in
regard to the enter
tain m o mt of chill
dren. One Christmas
time / attended q
Christmas entertain
ment in q church; .
live, active, intelli-
&c mt membership
It had, too, and no
coun try church 1t
was, Meth er. It
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-12-20

FATHER!'
my mothers grandfather" And before
any one realized it, he had his arm
around Dorothy and the ring on her
finger, and I Think he kissed her right
on that one dimple in the midst of the
applause of the assembled company.
Oil it was a great consolation to me,
that after all its years of concealment
the letter finally received favorable
reply. And as De Lancey afterwards
remarked to his fancee: 'If this letter
had ever reached your great-grand-
mother, why. just think! we'd have
been cousins somehow, instead Of" and
his words were smothered, in what
sounded to me like. q kiss.-Will p.
Hooper, in Demorest's.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-12-20


friendship with very angry man;
twin not look upon the wine when It Is glow.
So may my evening hat sit loose upon my morn.
ing head
Iwill not loaf with sinners at the corner of the
street.
Nor will talk about myself to every one meet;
I'll be the good boy of the school and study oil
the day,
Nor prod my seatmate with pin to see him
laugh and play.
When Wisdom crieth at the gates TIL know that
she means me;
And when she putteth forth her voice I'll an
swer: Here ber'
When slugger men afront me will give the
answer soft,
But the little man who triesitm may venture once
too Oft.
1wfll not lie about my age, my salary or weight;
To help in deed the friend in need I win not
hesitate;
viii not scon at feeble things, not even at the
poor;
And fractured toys and broken hearts I'll try to
mend and cure.
TIL 60 to see no gray-haired sire pose as the
Preacher Boy
Nor go to hear q sucking babe play Little
tauntterOy."
will not whistle In the cars the airs do not
know,
Nor hold high revel in my room while others
sleep below.
Twill not wear my dress-coat when the sun is in
the sky;
will not wear collar more than seven inches
high;
Will be 80 good and sensible that people in the
street
VIII lift their hats to me and say: "Ah, Ga
briel" when we meet.
Goodnight, dear mother, sweet good night; nay,
do not weep for me,
I am SO good tonight fear the morn ne'er
may see,
But il do live through 1t, when tomorrow dis
appears
You'll likely think yorr precious boy will live q
hundred years.
-Burdette, in Brooklyn Eagle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-12-20
THE OLD LOVE-LETTER.
A Timely Tale Of Two Christmas
Festivals.

AN old-fash-
toned, it is true,
but no one can
accuse me of
b cling behind
time, with the
hours marked
so clearly on my
face. But we
will not didlate
on tn i S now.
Talk Of work.
ing eight hours
a d ay-w h y,
look at me! I
work eight days
a week, strike
regularly, too;
of course by the
eighth day 1 am
pretty we'll run
doacn.
NnaGCnangeS,
what contrasts l
h a We expert
ed in my
time! How this
holiday season
b rings it all
back. In tn e
old old days I
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-12-20

KNOW perfectly
well that I am
not q thing Of
beauty. I am
squat Of figure,
and my mouth Is
wide and immo-
bile. My COM
plexion has that
undesirable soup
con of burn t
sienna character
istic of the terra
Gotta family, to
which I belong.
But, taking 1t all
in all, I am in
clined to think
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-12-20

A POET sings: ooh, what will the
Christmas bring?" Bills, sir, bills
Rochester Post Express.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-12-20
A LITTLE GIRL TO HER DOLLY.

r. ONE 10 ME, my Dolly
- n dear,
0AV Pretty soon twill be
~ New Year.
Have you always been
+ quite good;
Alaxtk Minded me as wells
99oS you could;
Kept your dresses clean
\ u and neat;
y ~ ~ 'Haved to others nice
and SWEET
, H. II you haven't, Dolly
NJ Dent,
III zM4S Now's the time for you
ri to'pent.
"Dolls as we'll q little girls
Must not tumble up their curls;
Must not tear their stocking knees;
Must say thank you, sir, and please;
Must be still when grown folks talk;
Good when they 20 out to walk;
II They're not, dear Dolly Dent,
Now'1the time for them to 'pent.
"That's what hear papa say;
And on every New Years Day,
As sit upon his knee,
He tells how good he means to b;
Kisses me, and mamma, too,
Promises what he will do
Do you hear me, Dolly Dent!
Now's the time for you to 'pent
sAnd when New Years comes we'll DO
Lovely children, you and me;
When we're told well 60 to bed;
We will mind just what is said;
And when mamma's friends are here
Sec how well We can appear;
Then next year, dear Dolly Dent,
You and won't have to 'pent."
IN. F. Butts, In Youths Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-12-20
THE MONEY JUG.

He Tails About Himself and Ends . In
Of Idleneos.
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-12-20
SWEARING OFF.

r YOU'RE waking call
me early, call me
early, mother dear;
For I've q heap to reso
lutte upon this glad
New Year;
There's lots Of things
I'm going to say
that I'm a-going to
do,
And I kind Of hope In .
thousand things I'll
manage to keep .
few.
Tn going to do the
very best that ever
fellow can,
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-12-20


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The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-11
Mistaken Ward Bosses.

1t looks as if the civil service commission
ers intended to do their duty and enforce
the civil service reform laws fairly and i'm
partially. Our dispatches day or two
ago called attention to their action at Troy,
n. Y, where they set aside the findings of
a board of examiners and ordered a new
examination of applicants for positions in
the postpffice in that city.
Arepublican was appointed postmaster
to succeed a democrat in Troy, and as soon
as the new official received his commission
the ward bosses met, and divided among
the different wards of the city the patron
age of the office. They took it for granted
that no democrat would attempt to get an
appointment, and they proposed to prevent
any republican not of their selection from
becoming an applicant They had every
thing cut and dried to suit their own no
lions, but the civil service commissioners
de,ided that the ward bosses were med
ding with matters with which they
had no concern. The examination that
occurred under the management OF the
ward bosses has been declared
to be unsatisfactory by the civil service
commissioners, and another examination
has been ordered. The commissioners an
uounce that the new examination will be
absolutely fair in all respects, and that
democrat will stand just as good chance
af getting position in the Troy postoffics
as republican. Those who pass the best
examinations will get the places.
OF course the republican bosses of Troy
are somewhat surprised. They had the
most implicit faith in their scheme. They
now want TO know whether their services
to their party are not to be recognized in
some substantial way They cannot get
over the idea that, b. the enforcement of
the civil service laws they are being de-
frauded in some way or other.
There is not much doubt that the civil
service commissioners are determined to
give the civil service refor N laws fair trial
Messrs. Thompson and Roosevelt can be de-
pended upon certainly to execute those laws
faithfully.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-11
a " Catch" Watch.

George Devol, reformed gambler, says in
the St. Louis Globe Democrat: One trick, though
small one, that | used TO play years ago on
the uESuspectllg, has caused me many pangS
OF conscience while in a repentant mood. it
was quite simple. 1t was catch" watch, aud
1t caught EN-, too. Tbs case was made of pure
gold, the metal actually being hammered into
the proper shape. Tue works ware not worth
20 cents; they were as cheap could be found
But the case was very fine. aud / had TO carry
the watch in chanoiS-skia pocket to prevent
the soft gold from wearing away. Ia those DAYS
this was bsfo' de wah-brasS caadlesticks
we're in common use. would taSe the tallow
dripping that ran down on the outside of brass
candleStick and rub it on the case of the
catch" watch This gave the case the
appearance and smell of brass. As l
dressed generally in the style, when q gentle
man saw me pail out the watca-and l always
managed to pull it out in a way to attract at
teGtion-he would give me the laugh and say:
We'll, am surprised 10 see man Of your APP
peGrance Carrying an old brass watch Ike that"
IN bet you 500 TO $40 that my watca mas a
finer case than yours sir | would probably
reply. The man woald examine my watch. and
whea he opened 1t and saw the Cheap works he
was more than ever confirmed in the belief that
it was 4 snide watch and that was only giving
him bluff. IN bet you,'' he would say, land
We II leave the decision to q leweler.n Wewould
repair TO jeweler; and after the test was made
or course nly watch was found TO De pure gold
IA carats fine-somethi1g not known as to any
watch made Tor common use, No wafch-cases
are made OF pure gold. While ] ra6ed il the
gave him tae laugh aad left him 90 ponder over
the manner he had beea taken in as Il sucker
In all my travels I never found but one man
who got even with me on this trick, and he was
a St. Louis jewelers. CLERK in those times, but
is now running handsome store here of his
own. l had maize a bet with a man that nv
watch had a finer case than his, and we stepped
into ST. Louis jewelers. establishment to nave
the two watches tested. One of the young
clerks, who is now in business for himself,
looked ct the watches and said "Ill bet you
$40 that the other gentleman's watch case is
finer than yours DeVol.'' see here, young
man, l would advise you not ITO bet
replied, for this gentleman and myself have
just stepped in settle little dispute as to the
number OF clrats of gold in the watch cases,
and il is affair OF our own" But the young
clerk thought he had sure thing, and was
anxious to bet and took him up. He went up
stairs with tGe watches to test them. and soon
learned that my watch was catch" and that
had won my frien i'smoney and also mis- SO
bet The young clerk came down with a broad
smile on his face, and said my watch case was
tae finer OF the two. but tnas he guessed he
would just cnarsse ME $40 for making the test
That clerk was tue odly man who ever got even
with me ON that trick, and be was simply even
that was all
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-11

The new adiutant general of the army,
Col. John C. Kelton, is Pennsylvania by
birth, and graduated from West Point, July
l. 1851. He served in the Sixth infantry on
the northwestern frontier for two years, and
was then transferred to Jefferson barracks,
Missouri. In 1855 be was made a first lieu
tenant, and in 1857 he was made an in
structor at West Point. In 1861 be was
com i-issionel q colonel of volunteers.
When Gen. Halleck became general in
chief of the armies he appointed Col Kel-
ton member of his staff as assistant adju-
tant general, serving in that Office till
March 10, 1864. He was subsequently, chief
OF staff Of the army, and at Richmond was
promoted to the rank of brevet colonel and
brevet brigadier general for valuable and
arduous services. At the close OF the war
he went to Washington, serving as assist
ant adjutant general from July, 1855, to
July 26, 1870. when he became adjutant
general of the division Of the Pacific.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-11
The Opening of the Tennessee.

It is understood that the Muscle Shoals
improvement will DO completed in Septem-
Der OF this year, and the Tennessee river
will then be open for steamboat navigation
from its mouth 10 Chattanooga Mr..
Joseph II Brown, traffic manager of the
Western and Atlantic railroad, is Of the
opinion that the opening Of the Tennessee
viii have the effect OF bringing about a
wonderful reduction in transportation rates
in the south. He is confident that the
reduction will be far greater thaa that
which results from rate wars or legitimate
competition. or from the establishment of
railroad commissions.
When the Muscle Shoals improvement is
completed, steamboats, loaded at New Or
leans can discharge their cargoes on the
wharves of Chattanooga Pittsburg and
Chattanooga will be in communication with
each other by water Steamboats, can go
from the wharves of one city to those Of
the other. In fact, Chattanooga will be in
communication with the entire Mississippi
valley by water The -four. bacon and hay
of the west can be distributed in the south
at much less cost than at present
The picture which Mr. Brown draws of
the benefits which the south will enjoy from
the opening of the Tennessee river is very
attractive one, but it is by no means certain
that it is not overdrawn. 1t is to be hoped
that it is not, but it is worthy of notice
that commerce on the Mississippi river and
its tributaries docs not grow as rapidly as
tho country which is tributary to these
streams. Indeed, if we are not mistaken,
there has been a marked decline
in the river traffic. Somehow
or other the railroads take business
away from the steamboats,. The water
routes may assist in causing reduction in
transportation rates, but the railroads do
the great bulk of the carrying trade, and
will continue to do it. Quick transporta-
ton is demanded as well as cheap transpor-
tation, and while the op sning of che Ten
nessee river may help Chattanooga, by
enabling the merchants of that city to get
lower transportation rates, the probability
is that the benefits that other parts CT the
south will derive from the Tennessee i'm
provemeut will not be as great as Mr.
Brown seems TO think.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-11

Ex-senator Jones, of Florida, has written
the following letter to the New York
World: 1T may appear strange that after
SO much has boon said about me and mine |
have remained silent for four years. am
aware thas l am in the public eye, aal de-
sire especially to remind the conspirators
who did all they could to destroy me that
am still in Detroit. In the language of taas
great Irishman John Philpot Curra1, they
may assassinate but they cannot intimidate
me. At the proper time l shall speak to
my beloved constituency and tell them why
left their service before thu expiration of
my second term of Office in the Sonata. The
sufferings and persecution that 1 have borne
here none but God aud fe " devosel friends
have any knowledge of" When the ex-
senator chooses to make the promised ex-
PLANTATION he viii have an interested audi
ence.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-11
INDEX TO NEW ADVERTISEMENTS

MEETINGS -Oglethorpe Lodge No. l, l. o. o. F.
Chatham Assembly No. 1856, R. 5. G. A.; Pulaski
Council No. 153. r. A; Congregation Mickva
Israeli Ancient Landmark Lodge No. 281, F. &
A N; Savannah Cadets; Southern Mutual
Loan Association.
SPECIAL NoTIcEs-Notice to Water Takers;
AS TO Bills Against British Bark Windermere;
The Franklin Loan and Security Company;
Artesian Water Soap at Heiit's; Lime Juice,
J. ]. Reilly, Importer and Specialist.
AxUsEMENTs-W.- T. Reds VS.. Kieffers at
Base Ball Park To-Day.
LEGAL NoTIcEs-Application for an Act to
Incorporate the Savannah and Oconee Railroad
Company; AS to Notaries Public.
SUMNER REsoRTs-The Pierrepont, Asbury
Park, n. j.; Fauquisr White Sulphur Springs,
Virginia.
AUCTION SALEs-Fine Mich Cows, by Robt. Fl.
Tatem; One Hundred and Two Feet of Salt
Water Front, by LaRoche & Mclaughlin
CHEAP COLUMN ADVERTISEMENTS II In
waited; Employment Wanted; For Sale; Lost
Personal; Miscellaneous.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-11

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The other day letters were received by a
Methodist church in a New York village
from ex- President Cleveland aud President
Harrison in answer to appeals for help.
Mr.. Cleveland said that such appeals were
sent to him so necessarily that ne could not
favorably consider or even pay any atten-
ton to great many of them, bat in this
instance he sent So, as the committee
promised to send him in return card with
pressed moss upon it. President Harrison.
is said to have sent 10 cents. 1t is almost
impossible to believe that the President
would have sent SO small an amount, but
the local newspaper says there is no doubt
about the amount of his contribution
Probably he doesn't believe in helping any
denomination EXCEPT his own.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-11
Teachers and Professors shut Out.

Teachers and Professors Shut Out.
When congress enacted the contract labor
law it is doubtful if it had any idea Of tue
trouble it was about TO cause pc pie who
had made no demand for such law. The
law was enacted 70 protect American
| laborers against the cheap labor Of Europe
which was being imported under contract
by mine and mill owners In the law.there
is an exception in favor of actors. artists,
lecturers and singers. 1t was not thought,
probably. that preachers and professors
ever came TO this 3untry under contract.
The first case under the law that attract I'd
attention was that of preacher, who came
from Europe to New York, under con-
tract with rich congregation OF that city.
Judge Wallace, OF the United States circuit
court, before whom the case was tried. de-
cided that the preacher had been imported
in violation Of the law.
Another case has arisen. The trustees of
the Catholic university at Washington, D.
e., desire to engage a number OF European
professors to teach theology to candidates
for the priesthood. Remembering the case
Of the New York preacher, they requested
an opinion from the treasury department
whether professors could be brought to this
country under contract. The solicitor Of
the treasury, Mr.. Hepburn, has informed
them that they cannot.
The trustees think this is very remark
able state Of affairs and are not inclined to
accept the solicitors opinion. They have
appealed from his opinion to the Attorney
General. There is not much doubt that that
Official win sustain the solicitor. 1t is diff
cult to see how he can avoid doing so. 1t
may be that it was not the intention of con-
gress to shut out professors of theology, but
it is pretty certain that the ter rs of the con-
tract labor law does shut them out.
1t may be that if case were carried to
the supreme court, a decision based upon
what congress meant would be rendered,
bat until the law is changed by congress,
or interpreted differently by the COURTS,
preachers of the gospel and professors of
theology cannot be brought to this country
under contract.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-11

Mrs Emily Guion, of New York, is again
before the public Mrs. Guion gained an
unenviable notoriety some months ago bv
engaging matrimonial agent to secure a
husband Tor her by paying him In advance,
and by allowing herself to be imposed upon,
by the agent, who provided as a candidate
for her partner in life a Montana horse
thief, who borrowed 81, 900 from her and
deserted her. Mrs. Guion employed New
York lawyer named Mundy to bring suit
against her faithless suitor and the matri-
monial agent, and now she has employed
another lawyer to bring suit against
Mundy. 1t seems that she fell ia love with
Mundy, and that she agreed to advance
him $500 to go to Ireland to investigate
the claim of one Of lis clients, She had 50
much conf ience in him that she handed
him check for s., 900, with instructions to
return 81, 500 to her. ae went to Ireland.
and took trip to Paris, and Mrs Guion
got only $3.50 of her $4,000 She appears to
be a very innocent and susceptible young
thing.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-11

Superintendent of Census Porter has ap-
pointed the following specialists to assist
him in preparing the eleventh census: s. d.
N. North, of Boston, t. have charge of wool
and worsted statistics and those of the
periodical press; Henry I. Cook, of Tren-
ton, n. j., clay and pottery statistics; John
8. Billings. of the United States army, NOR
talty and vital statistics; Henry Bowers, of
Philadelphia, chemical statistics; Henry
Garnet, of the geological survey, geo.
graphical department; Frederick w Kruse,
OF Olean, n. Y, local finance statistics
William G. Hunt, of Massachusetts, social
statistics; and J. K. Upton, of New Hamp-
shire, statistics Of state finance and in
debtednesS. These are very important
offices, and it is to be hoped that Mr.. Porter
has selected men who will do their work
satisfactorily to the country.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1889-06-11
It's An RfPnr.


. From the Detroit Free Press.
Il think dropped q letter into the mail the
other day without Stamping il, said a man at
the pOstofice as he called for the chief clerk
III you did it has gone TO the dead letter Of
fee"
Has, ehs You must have known that it was
q mistake"
Yes"
And you ought to have held it for inquiry"
We have our rules
And they are mighty impude1t rules. let me
tell you, The pOstofiee department. needs
oyerEauling, and I'll help TO see il done,'
The next day the man returned, this time
with smile on his face, aud said:
on remember was speaking about an IN
stamped letter 81
Yes"
was much put OUT
Yes"
:. well, want to apologize. That letter was
directed TO an acquaintance. In il called him
a mar and hoTsethief. Last night found out
that was mistaken. He hasn't got the letter
and won't get it, and so wont know anything
about It The postofice department is ali right.
Rules are all right. Clerks are all right Have
a cigar and press on TO promotion and increased
pay"