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The Iola register., 1889-11-15
A WOMAN'S POCKET.

Just where it is one never knows;
Beneath the folds it never shows;
Above. below, before. behind
A puzzle to the humln mindi
MIN never knows his helplessness
Until he tries in woman's dress
To find the pocket
Twas sooner found in early days,
Before they had tine polonaise
Dressmakers now are sore perplexed
To know just where to hide it next.
In these hard times of scanty purse
IT'S hard to find the dress-but worse
To find the pocket
A fact by husbands too well known
She finds his pocket, while her own
Is so concealed about her dress
1t long since lost Its usefulness.
She Years her purse row in her hand,
Because she peve- can command
That hidden pocket.
He's new to matrimonial cares
Who volunteers to run upstairs
And fetch a trifie, more or less,
HIS bride left in some other dressf
Believe me, nature ne'er designed
That mortal man should ever find
A woman's pocket.
He opens wide the closet door
Each hook so full of robes galore
That ere he finds the proper gown
Each dress in turn has tumbled down.
Into the placket hole at back
He thrusts his arm, alas, alack!
'Tis not a pocket.
He drags il out In bis despair
And spreads il DER an easy chair;
Lifts up each tuck, and fold, and seam;
Walks round and round as in dream.
He's much too good a man to swear,
Yet undevoutly wonders where
She keeps that pocket.
He grabs IT up. and rushes down
Upon her lap tosses the gown;
"In truth you are the better half,
II you can find Why do you laughg
Il laueh because you've brought me herr
A petticoat, my hubby dear
To find pocket"
San Francisco News Letter
The Iola register., 1889-11-15
OWN YOUR HOME.
One of the First Things to BE Thought OF
by Young Couple.

oy . 1ouhS SouPic'
1t is al very we'll to rent for few
months if the house is pleasant and cozy,
but perhaps the house is for sale, and
some one buys it, and you are Obliged to
move. The next house you secure is not
as pleasant, possibly the location is not
good, or you may be troubled with sewer
gas. By the time you have moved half
dozen times you are heartily sick of it,
and wish you had home, and not mere
staying place. But it is cheaper to rent,
you say. There are no taxes to pay. I
don't believe it is cheaper in the long
run to rent, and if / did think so, I
should advocate buying or building a
home, no matter how simple it might be,
in preference to everlasting renting.
Take into consideration the cost Of
moving each time, the making over Of
old carpets to fit new rooms, the wear
and tear of furniture, and the general
expense that moving necessitates, and
am sure you will not sa.i it is cheaper to
rent. Even though it is cheaper from
money point of view. it is not cheaper in
strength, for it is not you, my mascu.
line friends. who have the hardest part
of it, but your patient, self-sacrificing
wives, mothers and sisters who are
obliged to work early and late, before
and after the moving. II you haven't
the money with which to purchase a
home, have one built on the iastallment
plan. This will enable you to pay so
much a month until your home is paid
for. Thousands of homes have been Sc
cured for the working people, and those
unable to pay cash for home, by this
method.
1t is said ''that three moves are as bad
as a fire." as far as destroying things are
concerned. People who have homes OF
their own are more economical as usu-
al thing, and are always Planning and
devising ways for beautifying them.
Again let me urge it upcG every one to
have home OF their own, even though
it has but two rooms in it.-National
Labor Tribune.
The Iola register., 1889-11-15
Warmth and Goodness in Clothing.

Clothing possesses no warmth in it.
self, but, as it is mere or less poor
conductor of heat, it prevents the es-
cape of the bodily warmth. WooleH
fabrics contain a large quantity of air
entangled in their meshes, which, being
a poor conductor of heat, adds consider
ably to the warmth of clothing made
from them. In hot weather We wear
light cotton or linen clothing, so as to
allow as much of the bodily heat to es-
cape as possible. There is prejudice in
favor Of light-colored clothing for sum-
mer wear, but it is hardly based on sci
eptific grounds. Dark-colored cloth is
the best radiator. allowing the bodily
heat to escape freely, while white Cloth
ing absorbs less of the heat radiated di-
rectly from the sun. Therefore, to dress
scientifically in summer, one should
wear dark clothing in the shade and
light clothing when exposed to the suns
rays. Practically, the matter of appear
ance is the only one to be considered,
as the warmth or coolness of clothing. is
not appreciably affected by its color
Popular Science News.
The Iola register., 1889-11-15
SUCCESS IN FICTION.
A Hundred Things May Make or Modify
the Fame of an Author.

a Hundred Things May Make or Modify
the Fame of an Author.
Success in fiction depends upon hum
dred fuctuating things, upon the
changes of fashion and public taste, up-
on accidental circumstances. upon what
often seems mere caprice and chance
of popularity in so far as it does not de-
pend upon the particular genius of the
writer. 1t is not, perhaps, so wonderful
as some people think that, in face of our
nineteenth century theories of art for
art and preference of analysis and fne-
drawn character-paipting to more robust
models, the general reader should have
gone back with spring of evident re-
lief to records of wild adventure, fight
Ing and bloodshed. This is a sort Of
natural recoil from faro too ethereal for
natures daily food.
The wonderful power of George Elios's
genius kept us all up to the mark as
long as flesh and blood could bear il.
But when that force was withdrawn the
lesser professors of the craft dropped, as
men tugging at rope would fall were
its strands suddenly to give way And
". lEs
Henry James, who carries that art to
perfection-his minute and delicate and
purposely inclusive rendering of life
too full of motive ever to come to any
thing-naturally gives the fascinated,
yet unsatisfied reader an appetite for
the downright effects of Mr.. Rider Hag-
gard.
While the American Hamlet of the
day wavers and hesitates, the Zulu's
Straightforward rules of action are de.
lightful to less sophisticated intelli.
gence. This is quite enough to account
for the sudden surging upOf the ancient
legend of adventure and movement amid
society which has had it's fill of phi1os-
ophy, of domesticity, of criticism, and
all the analytical processes. 1t explains
why persons of the finest taste have set
upon the fashion of turning, in real or
affected disgust withcontemporary work
their own and others'-to The detective
school of literature-to Gaboriau and his
kind.
But, except by showing the necessary
and inevitable succession of the tide in
light literature, as in every thing else,
this change of front throws but little
light upon the causes of success in fic-
tion. In a year which has consumed
edition after edition of 'Robert Els
mere" and done precisely the same
thing for ''Mr, Barnes of New York"
what can one say? Evidently no rule
can equally effect these two exceptional
successes In every communication be-
tween the literary person and the public
the chief necessity seems to be that the
former should have something to say,
not necessarily moral lesson, nor any.
thing of an instructive kind, but at
least his story-something that has
been in him before he had ever thought
of making fame or money by it.-Forum.
The Iola register., 1889-11-15
RECEPTION GOWNS.
Pretty Gowns Particularly Suitable fol
Youthful Figures.

Pretty Gowns Particularly Suitable for
Youthful Figures.
Many of the new gowns are all in one
piece, whether cut in princesse breadths
or with the skirt sewed to the waist, or
in the now quaint fashion with the waist
shaped by innumerable fine tuclzs and
shirrings at the top of breadths which
extend from the neck to the foot. The
last fashion is especially pretty in soft
cameFs hair and other fine woolens
made up with insertions 6; herring-bcne
or other open crocheted stitches done in
silken threads between the shirred pUffs
and above hens or tacks. Thus grace
full empire gown for slender young fig
IRE is made of gray camel's-hair all in
one from top to bottom and only two and
three-eights of yard wide at the foot.
1t is fastened behind, is without reeds
or hustle, and is made over fitted silk
slip that is held in place by several
short whalebones set below the bust
and curving out on the hips. The
high neck has three gathered
puffs in round yoke shape sepa-
rated by herring-bone insertion crochet
ed in gray silk. and below the bust fine
lengthwise tucks taper the fabric to fit
the waist: similar trclxs extend all the
way up the back, concealing its fasten-
ing by hooks and eyes. The long
sleeves, slightly full and high on the
shoulders, taper to the wrists, and have
but one seam, which is plated inside
the elbow. and three rows of herring
bone insertion are about the wrists.
This simple gown has only frill of the
wool gathered to edge its neck, and is
worn with an amber necklace and brace
lets. Old-rose, pale green, Eiffel red
and cream white wool dresses will be
made by this model for very young Ia
dies and for girls just in their teens to
wear at Christmas parties, and to assist
at afternoon receptions throughout the
winter.-Louisville Courier-Jo urnal.
The Iola register., 1889-11-15
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Most kinds of cake are best If cooled
in the pans they are baked in.
Gold fish may be fed with worms,
insects, crumbs of bread, and yelks of
eggs dried and powdered; water should
be frequently changed.
Occupations which are of an out
door character are the best for the
health; eight hours for work, eight
hours for sleep, eight hours for rest.
To prevent blue from fading put an
ounce of sugar of lead into pail of wa
ter, soak the material in the solution
two hours, let dry before being washed.
Essence of peppermint, applied with
the finger-tips over the seat of pain,
gives relief in headache, tOothache.
or neuralgia pain in any part of the
body.
Baths should be of the same tenn
perature as the body. Bathing enables
the skin to throw off effete matter, caus-
ing the dead and useless epidermis to
peel off.
1t is better to use coarse flannel
than fine for lamentations. There is
more air in the interstices of the former,
and for this reason will keep warm
longer, air being o bad conductor of
heat.
In order to prevent too much oil in
the hair, wash once a day in half pint
of rain water containing one tablespoon
full of alcohol, and carefully avoid
greasy or grease producing foods, as the
oil exudes through the pores in perspi-
ration, thus rendering the hair oily
Good Housekeeping.
Physicians declaim against the COM
mon practice Of excluding light from sick
rooms. They say there is nothing so bad
as darkness in sick room, or anything
more health restoring than sunlight,
II the patients eyes are weak, they can
be protected by screen, but the room
should be flooded with the cheering
purifying healing rays of the sun.
-Botanically, the onion belongs to the
lily family. The odor of the vegetable,
which is what makes it so unpleasant,
is due to volatile oil, which is the same
as that in garlic, though in the onion it
is milder, and, naturally, does not last
so long; there are, besides, easy ways,
If one only knows them, of removing at
once all unpleasantness from the breath.
A little parsley, or few grains of cof-
fee, or even a swallow or two of milk, If
taken after eating, proves an effective
remedy Christian Union.
"A medical authority reports that a
glass of water should, be taken before
breakfast, because the secretion of mu-
Gus by the lining membrane of the stom-
ach is constant. and during the night a
considerable amount accumulates in the
stomach: some of its liquid portion is
absorbed, and that which remains is
thick and tenacious. If food is taken
into the stomach when in this condition
it becomes coated with this mucus, and
the secretions of the gastric juice and its
action are delayed. A goblet of water
before breakfast washes out the tena-
cious mucus. and stimulates the gastric
glands to secretion. In the case of old
and feeble persons water should not be
taken cold, but warm hot.
The Iola register., 1889-11-15
A NEGRO CAPITALIST.
The Romantic Career of a Runaway Slave
i'm Washington.

i'm Washington.
A letter from Centralia, in the new
State of Washington, says: Thirty-seven
years ago George Washington, a runa-
way Virginia slave, reached a little
prairie in the fork OF the Chehalis and
the Skookumchuck, and seeing fine
supply of deer and pheasants he fixed
his camp there.
In the woods and solitude of the
far Northwest he was free and he wav
happy. He managed somehow to get
some potato seed and some fruit plants,
and, later on, hogs and cattle. The pro-
life soil made him rich in hogs and cat
tie and corn and fruit a=d vegetables,
but the white man began to come, and
Washington discovered that the curse of
color was still upon him, and that he
could obtain no legal utie to the soil he
cultivated.
He adopted various expedients, till
the war made him free man. He mar
ried colored woman. a native of the
Sandwich Islands, and when the rail-
road people came to Georges farm they
made station there to secure supplies.
They called it Centralia, as it was mid
way between Columbia and the Sound.
They had no notion then that it was
also the very heart of magnificent
farm country, and that in its neighbor-
hood the finest coal and iron mines in
America are to be had. Streets and
villas and churches and schools and
hotels and banks, and newspaper offices
now occupy the spot where George
Washington's flocks and herds used to
coam, and where his corn grew. A gun
and a pair of blankets were all he
brought to the spot where Centralia
stands to-day; but George Washington
is now big capitalist. probably the pos
SCISSOR of half million in bank-nOtes,
and still owning three hundred acres of
town sites.
He is seventy-two, but hale and
hearty, and if he lives dozen years he
will be millionaire many times over.
They tell me that in business he is as
shrewd as a fox, but one is forcibly at
tracted to him by the kindly smile that
plays about his features, telling plainly
that neither age nor injustice has soured
the disposition of the runaway colored
Virginian. Moreover, every poor man
who comes here finds a friend in the
manumitted slave, for he gives him a
house lot for S15O, and allows any
length of time to gay. He loves to
stroll about the town and watch 1t
growing.
The Iola register., 1889-11-15
Mr.. BsEcnER.s ocroRc ON.
How He Assisted n Beautiful SIays Girl
to Obtain Ereedom.

How He Assisted n Beautiful Slave Girl
to Obtain Freedom.
1t may not be out of place in ccnnec-
ton with the history of the late Henry
Ward Beecher to mention an affecting
incident in his life which may have faded
from the remem brance of some of oar
elder citizens. In 1860 or 1861 beau
tiful octOrOon girl, raised, and owned
by prominent citizen of this county,
Mr.. John Churchman, attempted to
make her escape North. She was ar
rested and brought back. Her master
then determined to sell her. and found
a ready purchaser in another citizen.
Mr.. Fred Scheffer. Shortly after this
the late owner was impressed with the
belief that the girl intended to make
another effort to go North the first op-
portunity that presented. TO meet
the emergency and save trouble
Mr.. Scheffer proposed to Sarah
that she should go North and raise
enough money from the Abolitionists
to purchase herself. This proposition
she eagerly accepted, and, being fur
nished with means by Mrs. Scheffer to
pay her fare, she started. A few days
after her arrival in New York she was
taken to Mr.. Beecher, and on the fol-
lowing Sunday morning was escorted
to his pulpit in Brooklyn. She was
woman of commanding presence,
rounded features and winning face and
long, jet-black hair, and of course,
under the circumstances, attracted
most eager attention and interest from
the large and wealthy congregation
assembled. She was requested to
loosen her hair, and as she did SO it
fell in glistening waves over her shOul-
ders and below her waist. RObed in
spotless white, her face crimsoned. and
form heaving under the excitement of
the occasion, she stood in that august
presence a very Venus in form and
feature. For a moment Mr.. Beecher
remained by her side without uttering
word, until the audience was brought
up to a high pitch of curiosity and ex-
citement. And then in his impressive
way he related her story and her mis-
sion. Before he concluded his pathetic
recital the vast audience was a sea of
commotion. Tears ran down cheeks
unused to the melting mood. eager
curiosity and excitement pervaded the
whole congregation, and, as the pastor
announced that he wanted $4,000 for
the girl before him to redeem her
promise to pay for her freedom. costly
jewelry and trinkets and notes and
specie piled in in such rapid succession
that in less time than it takes to write
this down enough and much more was
contributed than was necessary to meet
the call that had been made.
After she was free the ladies of the
church wrote little book, in which
full occount OF her life was given.
With the money that was obtained
from the sale of this they bought a
little place for her at Peekslzill, where
she raised fowls and sold eggs and but
ter for living. She is living there
still, and is now about fifty years OF
age. She never married. She is
never tired of talking about how good
Mr.. Beecher and his family have been
to her. For some time she worked for
Mrs. Scoville, Mr.. Beecher's daughter,
at Stamford, Conn. - Staunton Vir-
ginian.
The Iola register., 1889-11-15
AUTOGRAPH QUILTS.
New York Lady Explains an Idea Origin
al With Her.

al With Her.
This is the day of autograph hunters
The epidemic assumes various forms.
One lady of my acquaintance has an al
bum of several hundred postal cards
from people whom she admits she never
saw, and never expects to see. Another
rage is the quilt autograph. Few peo-
pie at present have the temerity to as
pire to the crazy-guilt. For my part
have not yet been able to decide whether
I like such things or not, for have seen
so many that were originally intended
to be things of beauty, witched and be-
witched into what really appeared more
the productions of the weakened brain
of some poor aesthetic lunatic. In fact
never see crazy-quilt without a vivid
childhood remembrance of a kaleid-
oscope view l once had after falling from
high swing. Autograph quilts con-
tanning block from each State and
Territory in the Union are also much in
vogue.
My idea of an autograph quilt is en-
tirely different, and as it is original
with myself will give it. am saving
q piece of each dress and apron
of my children's clothes from their
babyhood up. Upon each piece l sew a
bit of paper with the date and age
of the child at the time 1T wore the gar
ment. After shall have ceased collect
ing l shall make each quilt of tho
pieces from the dress of each particular
child and then with indelible ink mark
each block with the age of the child at
the time the garment from which it was
taken was worn and also with the name
of the garment. What think you OF my
idea? Try it, mothers. twill be some
thing the children can always keep, and
something they will prize above gold,
long after dear mother has crossed the
Mystic river into the great beyond. 1
love to piece quilts and expect to be
Just old-fashioned in that way all my
Life. During our warm summer weather
we have had sewing classes in which we
have taught our young girls how to sew.
and piece quilts, and we find it one of
the best ways of teaching little girls
how to use a needle, and really an
economical way too, for every household
has more or less pieces to spare, and the
quilts are always valuable.-Mrs. Z. A.
Warner, in Rural New Yorker.
The Iola register., 1889-11-15
Ancient Tortures Revived.

Brown-It is disheartening to see
the tortures Of the middle ages re-
vived.
Smith, haven't heard Of it In
what way?
"You knew that Jones had made an
assignment"
"Yes l heard about it Do you know
the cause"
Playing roulette.
'But what has that got to do with
the revival OF the tortures OF the mid
die ages?"
Broken at the wheel. Texas
Siftings-
The Iola register., 1889-11-15

One of the most wonderful OF fishes
is the one bearing the name Of chiasmo-
don niger. or the great swallower. The
body is elongated, of nearly uniform
thickness most Of the length of the fish.
The laws are very long and fitted with
sharp teeth, some OF which seem to be
reversible. The manner of feeding is
to grasp fish by the tail and proceed to
climb over It with its jaws. As the cap
tive istaken in the stomach and integu-
ment stretch cut, and the distended belly
appears as great bag. The fish will
swallow another one six or twelve times
his own size. This rapacity proves his
own destruction sometimes, as the gas
formed by the process of digestion MAKES
a balloon Of his stomach that brings the
fsh to the surface.
The Iola register., 1889-11-15
observation-disclosures.
How the Old Gentleman Amused the Hab-
itues of Dry-Goods store.

HOW the old GeltIeman Amused the HAD
itues of a Dry-Goods Store.
Observation-Disclosures is an affliction
which is the cause of much inconven-
fence to those subject to it. 1t is a dis
ease-a disease which, in its results,
frequently ends disastrously. Elderly
people are affected with it more than
the young. This is probably accounted
older his brain becomes worn out in pro-
portion to the wear on the other portions
Of his system. Many humorous incl
dents of Observation-Disclosures have been
published at the expense of those afflict-
ed, who, if accused at the moment,
would fail to see the humor of the pro-
ceeding. and, in fact, might get mad
about it. One of the most comical
freaks ever performed by an absent
minded person witnessed in my strolls
lately. An elderly gentleman, perhaps
a retired doctor, was out with his two
young daughters inspecting dry-goods.
Happening to pass an establishment
where goods are displayed in profusion
on dummies near the walk, the old gen.
tleman stepped up to what was appar-
emily display of fancy dress goods near
the door. Picking up the lower edge of
a piece he examined it closely, at the
same time calling loudly to the young
ladies': Here, girls. don't you think
this is nice piece of goods?" Imagine
his CONSERVATION and the consequent
amusement of score of people in the
vicinity when the supposed display of
dress goods began to move and walked
off. He had picked up the hem of the
garments of a fashionably-attired lady
who was standing in the doorway
Chicago journal.
The Iola register., 1889-11-15

"A writer in the Quarterly Journal of
Inebriety declares that the practice of
drinking cologne is becoming common,
and that he has discovered it as the
cause Of obscure and complex nervous
disorders in many women. Here is one
more evidence of the obstacles to prac-
teal prohibition, for if alcoholic tip
piers are to be made abstemious by law
rather than persuasion evidently cologne
must GO when all alcoholic beverages
are ruled out.
The Iola register., 1889-11-15

The State Horticultural Society Of
California has decided that the fig
culture promises the most of all the
branches of fruit planting in the coun-
try. 1t recommends also the more ex-
tensive cultivation of apricots and
prunes. The grating Of the Japan
plum has produced remarkable results
in California.
The Iola register., 1889-11-15

srAll communications forthis Iml paper erinos mos
be accompanied by the ,;nation nnnd on but as Al
n.idence OF good faith on the part Oh a, .n
49,, write only on one side OF the papei
Re nsrticulariy careful if giving MINES ,i.,, hi
dates to have the letters anu hsuie' p'"
and q ;stinct.
The Iola register., 1889-11-15

"A poplar tree of unusual size was
lately felled on a farm in Utica town.
ship, Clark county, Ind. and as it struck
the ground, large limb broke of, in
the heart of which was found the antlers
of deer, a cows horn, and a number Of
curious shells. The mystery is how
they got there.
The Iola register., 1889-11-15

Good and properly cooked food should
be eaten, not food seasoned to cover up
decay, partial or complete.
The Iola register., 1889-11-15

"A Toledo manufacturer exhibited
at the Detroit exposition a cake of sill
yer soap weighing S94 pounds.