davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12

The Republic in answ ering a cor
respondent says: $50 you want the
$100,000,000 paid out annually in
pensions from the earnings of the
people reduced to pounds and car
loads of gold, do you, Also the
same with the S6s5,O0O,OOO which
in round numbers, is the amount
you foot as the pension disburse-
ments from 1879 to 1889. Well, here
it is: A gold dollar weighs 25.8
grains, and there are 1000 grains in
a pound avoirdupois. So there is a
fraction less than $273 in a pound
of gold coin. The $1OO,OOO,OOO of
gold coin will weigh 36S,571 pound
or 184 tons. And if all the gold
used in a single years pensions pay
ments were started out of Washing
ton at the same time it would take
Is freight cars, each of 10000
pounds capacity to haul it, The
$6s5, 100000 paid out in pensions
since 1879 would weigh 1850 tons
OF gold coin and would take 126
freight cars OF 10000 pounds capac-
ity each to haul it. This is q heap
OF money for the farmers and toilers
OF this country to earn over and
above expenses while paying the
robber tariff on everything they
buy
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12
The farmers of 0h;, az.

The farmers of Ohio are petition
ing congress to pay a bounty on
wheat raised, because of the low
price OF wheat and the heavy taxa
ton on goods purchased from homo
manufacturers. There seems to be
no reason for thus beating around
the bush. They would accomplish
their desire if the tariff should ha
reduced Their petition begins at
the wrong end of the trouble
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12

Yarmouth, who was recently an.
pointed by the president and con-
tlrmed by the senate, for the office
of collector of the Port of New Or.
leans, is disreputable character,
whose career has been one of rob
berry and blood. His administra-
ton was notoriously corrupt as gov
ernor Of Louisiana, which Office he
filled from 1868 to 1872. 1t was so
charged by the New York Tribune.
He became murderer by stabbing
to death Mr.. Byerly an editor who
dared in the discharge of his duties
to criticise Warmouths official acts.
But lie is republican, and that is
Dudley's endorse
ment. Birds of a feather, etc.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12
Scalv Skin Diseases

Psoriasis years, covering face, head,
and entire body with scabs. Skin red,
itchy and bleeding. Hair all gone
Spent hundreds of dollars Pronounc-
ed iacurable. Cured by Cuticura Rem
edies.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12
TERMS OF SUBSCRIPTION:

TheWEEkLY TINES, published every
Nednesda. will be sent to any daress
one year. postage paid, tor SI.2s.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12

Ed Noland has handed Governor
FRANCES his resi- gnation as state
treasurer.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12

MsELaEE,s WINE OF cAsou, for Weak Nerve.
The Butler weekly times., 1890-03-12

PMPLEs ,.blackheads. red rough ,chapped and
40 oily skin prevented by Cuticura Soap.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11

ONE ENJOYS
Both the method and results when
Syrup Of Figs is taken; it is pleasant
and refreshingto the taste, and acts
gentlyyetpromptly on the Kidneys,
Liver and Bowels, cleanses the sys-
tenn efiectually, dispels colds, head
aches and fevers and cures nabitual
constipation. Syrup of Figs is the
only remedy of its kind ever pro-
duced, pleasing to the taste and ac-
ceptable to the stomach, prompt in
its action and truly beneficial in its
effects, prepared only from the most
healthy and agreeable substances,
its many excellent qualities COM
mend it to all and have made it
the most popular remedy known.
Syrup Of Figs is for sale in 50c
and 81 bottles BY all leading drug
gists. Amy reliable druggist who
may not have it on hand will pro-
cure it promptly for any one who
wishes to try it Do not accept
any substitute.
CALIFORNIA ElG syrup co.
- saw FRANCISCO. ca.
LOUISVILLE. Nv. keN Y0Rg. nv
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11
THE BETTER WAY.

Who serves his country bests
Net be who. for brief and stormy space,
Leadsfbrth 1er stu1ies to the fierce array.
Shcrtis the time Of turmoil and unrest,
Long yearsof peace succeed it and replace;
There Is q better way.
Who serves his country bestf
Not he who guides her senates In debate,
And makes the laws which sre her prog and
stay
Not he VINO wears the poets purple vest
And sings her songs OF love aud grief and fate (.
sThere is q better way.
He serves rs country best
Who joins the tide that lifts her nobly on;
For speech has myriad tongues for every day,
And song but one: and Law within the breast
Ii stronger than the craven lsw on stone;
There 10 . better way.
He serves his country best
Whoiives pure life, and doeth righteous deed,
And walks straight paths. however others
stray, g-.
And leaves his sons as uttermost bequest
A stainless record which all men may read;
This is the better way.
No drop but serves the slowly lifting tide,
No dew but has an errand to some flower,
No smallest star but sheds some helpful ray,
And man by man, each giving TO all the rest
Make ne arm oulwark Of the ccuntry's
Thereisne better way.
-Snssu Coolidge, in Congregationalist
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11
ra.n sudden silence heard our heart. hat

1uBu SUNNyu oLSnC0 aSoA1 W. ASo~'~
beat -
For now there was an end Of doubt and fear.
Now passions filled my soul and led my feet;
Then silent didst thou rise, thy love to meet,
Who, sinking on thy breast knew nauSnt
but thee.
And in the happy night kissed thee, Sweet
All Sweet! between the starlight and the
sea-
The last echoes Of her rich notes floated
down the chamber and slowly died away;
but in my heart they rolled on and on. /
have heard among the woman singers at
Abouthis voices more perfect than the
voice Of Cleopatra, but never have heard
one so thrilling or so sweet with PASSIONS
honey-notes. And indeed twas not the
voice alone; twas the perfumed chamber
wherein was set all that could move the
sense; twas the passion of the thought
and words, and the SURPRISING grace and
loneliness Of that most royal woman who
sang them. For, as she sang, almost did
I seem to think that we twain were indeed
floating alone with the night, upon the
wide, dark, summer sea- And when she
ceased to touch the harp, and, rising, sud-
denly stretched out her arms toward me,
and, with the last low notes of song yet
quivering upon her lips, let fall the wonder
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11

Harmachis-are, each in its own semblance,
frozen into stone and built within the Tomb
of Time immortal"
NAY, Charmion," replied Il grieve If
J did pain thee; but DER that vision comes
no change. / said what was in my heart,
and there's an end. Thou art my cousin
and my friend; more / can never be to
thee.n
It's well-'tis very well" she said; ''let
II be forgot AND now on from dreau-to
dream" And she smiled with such a smile
as I had never seen her wear before; twas
sadder and more fassful than any stamp
that grief can set upon the brow.
For-though, being blinded by my own
folly and tins trouble at my heart, knew it
not-with that smile, for Charmion the
Egyptian died the happiness of youth, fed
the hope of love, and burst asunder the
holy links Of duty. With that smile did she
consecrate herself to evil, did she renounce
her country and her Gods, and trample on
her oath Ay, that smile marks the spot
where the stream Of history changed its
course For had I never seen it on her
face, Octayisnus had not bestridden the
world and Egypt had once more been free
and great.
Aa3 - .was but Q woman's smilei
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11
THE MARRIED STATE.

According to Miss Willard Man Needs Home
More Than Woman Does.
Man needs home, if possible. more
than woman does; though without it,
either, is at best but jewel torn from
its setting. He is in more danger with
out its anchorage than she for the
centripetal forces of her nature will
always draw her her strongly toward
the light, even though its beacon shine
from some happier woman's fireside,
while the centrifugal forces of his nat
ure will drive him afar off into dark
ness. Women who go their way alone
are not. in this kindly age. so lonely as
men who do the same. Almost always
such women make for themselves niche
in some home sanctuary, are sheltered
by its walls and warmed by its genial
glow, but an isolated man finds this
solace impracticable. In the long
run, Gods compensations balance desti-
MES once cruelty unequal, and to-day.
in America at least, the term '!old
maid" has in it as little of reproach and
almost less of pathos than ''old bache-
lor"
found out what man might be in the
home? He has been thus far an en-
bryonic figure there, a mere sketch or
outline, dim and shadowy. Nor is it yet
apparent what he will be, but we may
catch some glimpse Of that new and
magnificent creation by study Of the
evolution of home. This is the most
attractive theme in sociology, and the
silence of philosophers concerning it
seems unexplainable. The locomotive
has in sixty years been developed from
a speed of six to one Of sixty miles an
hour, and the car from a numbering
stage-coach propelled by steam to lux
urious and palatial ''Pullman;" the pillow
has grown from a wooden board to
glittering, steam-driven monarch OF the
sod; the public school has advanced
from horn-books to the methods Of Pes
talozzi and Of Froebel-and meanwhile
the home has kept pace with these other
forms of growth which are but its cater
ers and its conseryers From Frances
E Willard's ''Glimpses Of Fifty Years.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11

where thou art, and give me the writing.
By Scraps thy face is too comely for me
to wish to lose the sight of itr'
Checked in this my design, / could do
naught but hand her the papyrus, thinkin 9
to myself that as she read would arise
suddenly and plunge the dagger to her
heart She took it, and, as she did so,
touched my hand. Then she made pretense
| to read. But no word did she read, for
saw that her eyes were fixed upon me over
the edge of the scroll.
why placest thou thy hand within thy
robean she asked presently; for, indeed. I
clutched the dagger's hilt. SIS thy heart
| stirredr'
~ ca, o Queen" 1 said, sit beats high /"
She gave no answer, but once more made
| pretense to read, and the while she watched
me.
took counsel with myself. How should
do the hateful deed, If flung myself
upon her now she would see me and scream
and struggle. Nay, must wait a chance.
The auguries are favorable, then, Har-
machis,' she said at length, though this
she must have guessed at.
"Yes, o Queen" l answered.
| "'Tis weu,- and she cast the writing on
| the marble. "The ships shall sail. For,
good or bad, am weary Of weighing
chances"
This is heavy matter, o Queen" I
| said Il had wished to show upon what
| Circumstance base my forecast"
Nay, not so, Harmachis; have wearied
of the ways Of stars. Thou hast prophesied;
| that is enough for me; for, doubtless, being
| honest, thou hast written honestly. There
| fore, save thou thy reasons and we'll be
merry. What shall we do: I could dance
70 thee-none there are who can dance 50
well-but it would scarce be queenly. Nay,
I have it: VIII sing" And. leaning for
ward, she raised herself, and, bending the
harp toward her, struck some wandering
| chords. Then her low voice broke out in
perfect and raost sweet song.
And thus she sang:
Night on the sea, and night upon the sky,
And Eusic in our hearts, We foated there,
LuIled by the low sea voices, thou and L
And the winds kisses in my cloudy hair;
And thou didst gaze on me and call me fair
Enfolded By the starry robe Of night
And then thy singing thrilled upon the Air,
Voice Of tie hearts desire and Loves de-
light
AdrifI, with starlit skies above.
With stariit seas below,
We move with all the suns that move.
With al the seas that TOW;
For, bond or free, Earth Sky and Sea
Wheel with one circling will.
AID thy heart drifteth on TO me-
And only Time stands still
Between two shores Of Death we drift
Behind are things forgot:
Before the tide IS driving swift
To lands beholden not
Above, the sky IS fair and cold;
Below. the moaning sea
Sweeps DER the loves that were Of old,
But o Loyei kiss thou me.
All, lonely are the ocean ways
And dangerous the deep,
And trail the fairy bark that strays
Above the seas asleep!
All. toll no more st sail nor oar;
We dHft, or bond or free;
On yol far shore the breakers roar,
But, o Love! kiss thou me.
AID ever as thou ssnSest drew near
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11
CHAPTER XIV.

nIustrnssd - NIcHpLL. after CATION WOOD
VILE and oREHTENHAoEN.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11

W Sats NaSsIlOuius thc luAuTc
but no answer came. At length looked
up. and behold Charmiou stood before me
-Charmion, no longer gay and bright, bu,
pale of face and hollow-eyed.
Royal HArmachis," she said, ''Cleopatra
summons thee presently, to declare to her
the voices of the stars"
a So the hour had fallen,
1T is well, Charmion, !" answered. "Are
ali thugs in orderln
"Yea, nv Lord: all things are in order
well primed with wine, Paulus guards the
gates, the eunuchs are withdrawn save one,
the legionaries sleep, and already Sepa and
his force lie hid without. Naught has been
neglected, and no lamb skipping at the
shamble doors can be more innocent Of its
doom than is Queen Cleopatra"
st is WELL" said again; ''let Us be 60
ing.n And rising, placed the dagger in
the bosom of my robe. Taking a cup of
wine that stood near / drank deep of it, for
food had scarce tasted all that day.
lone word" she said hurriedly, s'for it
Is not yet time: last nlght-ah, last night ~
and her bosom heaved-''I dreamed q
dream that haunts me strangely, and per
chance thou also didst dream a dream.
Twas all a dream and tits forgotten; is it
not so, my Lord!"
Yea, yea" said; "why troublest thou
ne thus al such an hourr'
Nay, know not; but tonight, Harma-
CHS, Fate is in labor of great event, and
in her painful throes mayhap she'll
crush me in her grip-me or thee, or the
twain of US, Harmachis. And If that be so
well, would hear from thee before IT'S
done, that twas naught but a dream. and
that dream forgot"
Yea, It's all a drean,n / said, idly;
''thou and I, and the solid earth, aud this
heavy night of terror-ay, and this keen
pointed knife-what are these but dreams,
and with what face shall the waking cone!''
80, now thou fallest in my humor, Royal
Harmachis. As thoi sayest, we dream !;
and while we dream yet can the vision
change. For wonderful are the fantasies
of dreams, secing that they have no stabil-
lily, but vary like the vaprous edge Of sun
set clouds, building now this thing and now
that, being now dark and heavy and now
.alight with splendor. Therefore, before we
wake tomorrow, ten me one word Is that
vision of last night wherein / seemed to be
quite ashamed. and thou didst seem to laugh
upon nv shame, a fixed fantasy, or can II,
perchapce, vet change its countenanceI
For, remember, when that waking comes,
the vagaries of our sleep will be more un-
alterable and more enduring than are the
pyramids Then VIII they be gathered into
that changeless region Of the past where all
things, great and small-ay, even dreams,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11

SIN FHANC1SCO, CHI.
LOUISVILLE. Nv. kEN YORR. nv.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11

1 WAS night, aud ]
I sat alone within my
chamber, waiting the
moment when, as il
was agreed, Char.
mion should sum-
mon me to pass down
to Cleopatra Alone
at. and there before
lay the dagger that
s to pierce her. Long
I keen it was, and the
idle was formed of a
of solid gold. Alone l
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11

or TIE VAILED WORDS or CHARMIoN: OF rue
PASSING OF HARMACHTs INTO THE PRESENCE
: OF CLEOPATRA; OVERTHROW OF HARNACHIS
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-04-11
CLEOPATRA.
Being an Account of the Fall and
Vengeance Of Harmachis, the
-, Royal Egyptian,
AS SET FORTH By his OWN HAND.
By H. RIDER HAGGARD,

Author OF King Solomon's Mines"
"She," "Allan Quaternnain,"
Etc, Etc, Etc.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-10
WELCOME NEWS.
Texas Border Settlers EIated Over Secretary
Mobiles Order-Texas- Oklahoma Colony.
The pr's Friend.
EDERv1IrE. Tex, April 6, 1890,

EDERvIILE, Tex, April S, 1890.
To the Gazette:
News was never more welcome to the
settlers on the Texas border than the
notice in THE GAZETTE last week that
Secretary Noble had ordered the cattle
men to vacate the entire Indian Terri
tory. It is the end of the last contest
between the boomers and cattle kings
for the possession of Oklahoma Territory.
Nothing but scramble for politics and
office will delay opening the Territory
from Texas to Kansas, and with either
of those we Will have nothing to do. In
good faith to the promises made to Sec
rotary Noble, the Fort Sill move is aban-
dOned by our colony. In good faith to
the defeated cattlemen, as citizens, we
forgive you for all the compliments YOU
have passed on US in years gone by, and
assure you that it is our ambition to see
that no obstacle is put in your road to
prevent you grazing and fattening cattle
till October l. You refused to compro-
mise with the settlers. On the 9Th of last
month the cattlemen of the Fort
Sill country dehantly wrote US
to ''turn our wolf loose. - Our answer
is, we have "doue it - If our colony
should start to Fort Sill, the cowmeu
would be put out with the settlers inside
of ten days. A little reflection will con-
vince the reader that for five long years
the TeXas-Oklahoma colony has never
yet defeat, has never cut fences, burned
xfasS, or been run OF of their homes by
SesilitaTy, while the Kansas boomers were
simply notorious through defeat. We
serve notice that if any settler burns
grass, cuts fences, or tries to settle in the
Fort sill country before October l (un-
less authority from Washington is given)
that the settlers WI! have neither sympa-
thy or respect in the colony Respect
for our victory and for our state, we be-
lieve Will protect the cattIemen 8 prop
erty till their time is up. The head
quarters OF our Texas Oklahoma colony
will he ct Edprvile, Tarrant county,
Tex, and your manager is an Oklahoma
boomer no more. The work is done
A Fort Worth suburban home is the finest
know Of to live aud die in.
TO the Fort Worth GAZETTE: We
thank you for being the best friend the
settlers hlve found in Texas.
To the Fort Worth ana Denver rail-
road: We viii never forget your help in
the hour Of need.
TO John Howard: Shake, old boy, we
told you eve had EN-
To our colony: We are going North
10 bling our friends and relatives to
Texas, 20 live among peace. plenty,
fruits, flowers and music, and if they
ASK us what we have raised here lately in
Texas, l shall tell them q world of
wheat, corn, oats, cotton, babies-aud
HI with the cattlmen only, and that
/ am Buckskin Joe an Oklahoma boomer
no more, but citizen of the greatest
town in the greatest state OF the United
States. J. s. WORKS,
-, President of the Oklahoma Union.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-10
TEXAS LUMBERNEN.
They Meet at Houston for the Transaction of
BusIness-Lead Ore Question.


BusIness-Lead Ore Question
erecis1 70 the GaTette.
Houston, Ten, April s.-The fourth
annual convention of the Iumbermen of
Texas met here to-day, President Crib
BILE presiding, and c. F. Drake secre-
taTT. Two hundred delegates we're pres
entSand fOrtY-fve new delegates were
enBslled
'sSsTn 1856 the first sawmill was erected in
TeXas, with a capacity Of 10, 600
feet day. The war soon
followed and the mills closed, but
in 1867 on small scale the business was
regenerated. Realizing the enormous
values of the Texas long leaf pine for
ests, Northern capitalists came to Texas
and developed the industry, and to-day
the sawnil industry in Texas is third
greatest IN the state, and represents a
capitalization of 500, 900 900.
There was little business done to-day,
the time mainly being spent in eight
seeing.
Il message was wired to the Texas del
eGation in congress protesting against
the imposition OF duty on lead ore from
Mexico, which would destroy, if passed,
all the large smelling interests on the
Mexican border, as we'll as cause retail
Htory measures to be adopted by our
neighbors.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-10
AT THE COURTHOUSE.
Dates for Hearing Murder TriaIs-Cases Ems.
tered and Others Disposed OF. s.

tered and Others Disposed OF. &
In district court Monday johns VS.
Strickland was convicted of forgery and
sentenced to Imprisonment for two,ye ars.s
The note on which Strickland stands con-
victed of forging the name of w. II.
Cousins is for $50. It was drawn in
September Of 1885, aud cashed by w.
F. Lake. The verdict was q surprise TO
many, as the friends of the accused
man, and even the prosecuting attorney,
thought the case would go in his favor.
Mr.. Strickland himself was taken visibly
aback, and good deal of sympathy was
expressed in his behalf.
The case of the State against John
Stateham was up in the morning, and
the young fellow was duly acquitted of
having voted Illegally. He was under
indictment for having voted illegally
when the revolutionary amendment to
the constitution was before the people in
1887. 1t was alleged that he was under
age.
Tom Grayson, the colored man who
stole Col. Chambers stock some weeks
ago, was put on trial for theft of horses.
He pleaded guilty and will reside in the
penitentiary for two years, according to
the verdict rendered.
The case OF the state against W. F.
Elliott, who was charged with stealing
cattle, was nolle pressed on the ground
of insufficient evidence.
Five murder cases have been set fs4t
trial during the month, st the folla3Fing
dates: J II. Youngblood, on thssl7th
instant, for the murder of Ed Yonag,
near Bedford, on the 23d Of July, IsSzs
Con Hines, on the 18th instant, for the
murder of Louis Warden, on the 23d of
September, 1889, in this city; a. j.;
Mostello, on the 2lst instant, for the
murder of John White, on the 18th of
February, in this city; JEFF Daggett, on
the 22d instant, for the murder of Dick
Van, on July IS. 1889, in this city; Will
Suddeth, on the 23d instant, for the
murder OF John Craftsman, at Mansfield
on February. 13, 1888.
The grand jury Monday returned
seventeen true bills, all for misde-
meanors This makes thirty-thres bills
which they have already found at this
sitting.
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-10
CITY OF MEXICO3

Rumors About Diaz's cabinet Unfounded-A
Would Pe Conserve i've Laadar-Notes ~
Srecial to the Gazette.
CITY OF MEXICO, April S.-President
Diaz returned to-day, after a week s
hunting trip, and says the rumors of the
cabinet changes are unfounded.
FL Universal "a newspapsr) scored q
success, coming out as a morning
journal.
Agustu Yturbide, in a New York IN
terview, claims he is leader of the Con-
sentative party, which is untrue. He is
only second lieutenant of the Seventh
cavalry, and almost stranger to the
people and politicians, though to GER
tain extent protege OF President Diaz.
Quicksilver has been discovered in
Guerrero.
Ex-President Gonzales has arrived
here
Fort Worth weekly gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1890-04-10
Information Manned.
JI,IrowN, I. T., March 81, 1870.

JIsIrowN, 1. T., March 81, 1870.
Editor Register:
I ~. II. Glover OF Jimtown, I. T.,
Man ts3nformation of his son, Ed Glover,
WIGS fzheD last heatd of was in Dallas,
Tex, November, 1888; had been works
ing for s. b. Putnam, railroad mans,
for nearly two years, and quit to go
home, but has never been heard of
since. When he quit Putnam he was
twenty years Old, about five feet nine
inches high, and heavy Quilt, fair skin,
blue eyes, and dark hair. Any person
knowing of his whereabouts or anything
of him since that time will please write
to me Immediately and give all the in
fofFRation they can and l will replace
the eSpenses of writing. Dallas and
Fort, Worth papers please copy.