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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06
KISSES BY MAIL,
Revival of a Story Which Hath an An
cient and Fish-LIke Smell.

Revival of Story Which Hath an An
Gent and Fish-LIke Smell.
The young postmaster of an Eastern
village was hard at work in his Office
when gentle tap was heard upon the
door and in stepped blushing maiden
OF sixteen, with a money order which
she desired cashed. She handed it with
bashful smile, to the official, who, aft
er closely examining it, gave her the
money it called for. At the same time
he asked her if she had read what was
written on the margin of the order.
''No, have not" she replied, 'for
can not make it out. VIII you please
read it for me?"
The young postmaster read as follows:
81 send you three dollars and dozen
kisses"
CHANGING at the bashful girl, he said:
Snow, have paid you the money and ]
suppose you want the kisses"
"Yes," she said, ''if be has sent me
any kisses / want them, too"
1t is hardly necessary to say that the
balance of the order was promptly paid
and in a scientific manner.
On reaching home, the delighted
maiden remarked TO her mother:
Mother, this post-office system Of
our is a great thing, developing more
and more every year, and each new
feature seems to be the best Jimmy sent
me dozen kisses along with the money
order, and the postmaster gave me
twenty. 1t beats the special delivery
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06
NOTES AND COMMENTS.

| N The present attitude of the
Democratic party and General Palmer
reminds one Of nothing so much as the
old story OF the man and the bear.
They daren't let go and they can't bol6
on.-Quincy (Ill.) Wing.
% In view of the distressing fire.
quency with which "the wrong Niger
has been lynched of late in the South,
we would suggest to the night-riders as
motto: Look before you LYNCH
Kansas City Journal.
~ The st. Louis Globe Democrat
says that those Democratic leaders who
were better than their party--Cox. Ran
dali and Beck-are dead. This is rather
hard on the Stuffed Prophet of Will.
lam street." as the New York Sun calls
Lawyer Cleveland.
70 One of Mr.. Dana's common ex-
hortations used to be: Democrats, get
together" Since reading the recent
mud-slinging between that gentleman
and Mr.. Cleveland, one might Judge
they at last had got together with
whoop.-Northwestern Mail
Tariff revision, an anti-gerry-
Wandering law and Federal control over
elections are the three leading issues Of
National concern at this moment Each
of these questions will be dealt with
satisfactorily in the present session Of
Congress-St Louis Globe-Denocrat
s Ohio Democrats are opposed Ia
the National election bill and the anti
gerrymander bill. The Ohio Democrats
are only keeping up their record. which
entities them to place beside Arkan-
sas as the most intensely partisan and
corrupt political party in the country
Chicago Inter Ocean
70 A curious characteristic Of some
of our Western Democratic contempo-
rariss is that, while they insist that
New York must and shall 60 Demo
cratic in 1892, they don't propose to let
New York Democrats have any thing to
say shout who the candidate shall be-
That, it strikes US. is trifte peculiar.
Albany Evening Times.
g-The Democratic and mugwum,
denuLciation of the Morrill, service
pension bill as ''raid'' and steal
is hardly calculated to please the boys
in blue who risked their lives in defense
of the Union or the pxtriotie citizens
who believe that the Goysrnmsns is in
duty bound to treat the aged veterans
with the utmost liberality.-Albany IN.
" Journal.
u Frederick c. Crawfr d. the re-
porter who interviewed Mr.. Cleveland
and who reported that Alr. Cleveland
called Charles A DAM. a ''senile old
liar anu thief" protests IN an open let
ter that Mr.. Cleveland did say every
thing that he was reported 70 have said
and great deal more, mHeh of which
was znp-intable. Mr. Crawford is q
very weslknown reporter, brother of T.
C. Crawford, the distinguished WASH
ington correspondent, and Of good
family. There IS as mach reason to be-
lieve his affirmation as Mr. ClevelaHd's
deniaL-OmahA World
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06
FACTS FROM HISTORY.
The Republican Party Has Always Been
the Party OF Reform.

the Party OF Reform.
II any doubt has existed that Harpers
Weekly, the illustrated organ of Mug
Wumpery, has taken the final plunge
into the Democratic pool. that doubt
must certainly be removed by perusal
of recent articles in that journal con-
corning the attitude Of the two political
parties touching questions of public
concern. Thus, in recent number, we
find il declaring that in local issues and
upon general measures Of reform,
more worthy of confidence than the
Democracy, and it is explicitly alleged
that there was no honest purpose on
the part of Republicans in the recent
Legislature to enact measures looking
to the reform of the ballot, to the ne
moval of the evils of intemperance, or
to the exclusion of partisan influences
from the civil service.
If any thing in political history IS
true, it is that whatever has been ae-
eomplished in the direction of reform
In legislation and the elevation of the
character Of the general administration
has been the resuls of Republican ac-
ton. The Republican party was the
outcome of an organized protest of the
National consciencs against oyermaster-
ing evils in both our political and our
social life. Every one of those great
measures Of policy and legislation which
have lifted the Nation to higher planes
and made it better and purer and
stronger, has been simple incarnation
of this protest The journal in question
is quite well aware that in the country
at large every successful measure look
ing to ballot reform, to the restraint of
the liquor traffic, to the publication Of
the public service. originated with and
has been made possible by the support
of Republicans. 1t knows that ballot
reform and high license have hitherto
been made impossible in the State Of
New York by the persistent, if not the
malignant hostility of the Democratic
party. II knows that at the session Of
the Legislature inst concluded whole-
some law looking TO the reform OF cleo
tion me uhods, passed in spite OF Dem-
ocratic opposition, was defeated by the
veto of q Democratic Executive. and it
knows that it was nothing but the pres
sure Of an overwhelming public opinion
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06
CRUELTY OF THE LAW.
Crimes Committed by . One-SIde
Gavarnvnapk

Crimes Committed by One-SIded
Government.
wonder how any mother in the land
can help being stirred with indignation
at the thought that legally she has no
ownership in her own child. Every in
stinct of her nature and every fibre of
her being tell her that this is a false and
cruel assumption. In the whole cata-
logue Of rights that men ever appropri-
ated to themselves, writes Mrs. Obed
Nickerson, in Woman's Journal, the
most astounding and inhuman is, per-
haps, that they as fathers should lay
sole claim to the children. From their
own first inception to their birth, who
sheltered them? Who made a home for
them according to the Creators wise
plans? Who bore the sacrifices, the self
denials, the deprivations of society.
often the pain and discomfort? Who
went through the pangs of maternity at
the peril of life, that these children
might be ushered into existence, and
provided at first for their physical sus-
tenance from her own fount of supply?
Who, with unceasing care, watched over
them day and night, trying to shield
them from all harm and training them
in virtues paths? Whose is the unend-
ing love that many waters can not
quench nor floods drown? And yet, in
the face Of all this, men dare assert and
put it on the statute books that they are
sole owners of these immortals. How
came such law? Men put it there, and
men alone, as they have other laws to
which women are bound to submit. al
though they hare no voice in the max
ing of them.
In those earlier days, perhaps, men
had no thought but that they were do
ing right especially as they had always
been the dominating power every way
and everywhere. In this more enlight-
ened age. it seems hardly possible but
that humanity and common sense should
dictate mutual ownership, with a pre-
ponderance on the mothers side. had
hoped, with many others, that our legis-
lators would honor themselves and their
constituents by unhesitatingly abropat-
ing law which can not be right, ipnor-
ing rs it does the first principles of hu-
mainly. But sad to say, their only
verdict was 'Inexpedient" II it were
necessary, could give a multitude of
facts with heartrending details concern
ing the sufferings of mothers thus de-
prived OF their own children-torn from
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06
THE SIREN COMPLETE.

open up and down the abdomen, through
which any one could readily see the ribs
and the joining of the vertebra.
1.-The face had been given an agonized
look, the hands were clenched, and, all
in all, it was one of the most disagreea-
BILE sights l ever saw-even though did
produce it.
"Yes, it gave complete satisfaction.
When they exhibited it cloth was
thrown over the body, and when the
question was raised the proprietor would
say that he would leave it to commit
tee of medical men, thus being confident
of obtaining some notoriety. In one
case a number of provincial doctors
were completely deceived, and signed
paper retracting certain statements
which they had made to the effect that
the mermaid was sham"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06
DAIRY DOTS,

The following items are taken from
the Kansas Farmer:
THE prayer of every dairyman should
be: ''Oh! Lord, deliver me from the folly
and certain punishment of being stingy
to my own cows"
SOME people think that cheese is SIM
ply cheese and make no distinction, and
because skim chips 'lay hard in the
stomach" they can not eat cheese.
OFTEN after farmer provides himself
with COWS, best for the business, and pro-
vides the best milk-producing food, his
COWS are ruined by improper milking.
SCIENCE has demonstrated that a
cows teats possess the sense of feeling,
that they are not made of rubber, and
these facts should be remembered by
the strong-handed, hurried milker.
THE British Board of Agriculture off,
cially announces the prevalence of foot
and mouth disease among the cattle of
Schleswig- Holstein. AS consequence
cattle from that country are rigidly ex-
cluded from entering the Kingdom.
One HUNDRED DOLLARS worth of
cheese takes from the farm less than
one-seventh the fertility taken by one
hundred dollars worth of grain, while
one hundred dollars worth of butter
If the skim milk be fed on the farm
takes nothing from the soil.
FALL-MADE butter is always preferred
to that made in summer because the
weather being cool the milk is kept at
the proper temperature to raise the
cream in the best condition, making
butter Of great solidity, and the grasses
that start after the fall rains give it q
fine flavor 49,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06
A GOOD sRooDER.
Great Importance of Taking Care of the
Chicks.


Great Importance OF Taking Care of the
Chicks.
make brooder of plain box three
feet square and ten inches high, open at
the top. Over che top tack cover OF
galvanized iron allowing the iron to ex-
tend half an inch over the sides all
around. This carries off all smoke and
fumes from the lamp / next make a
floor of matched boards we'll seasoned.
Before placing this tack on the under
side exactly in the center piece of tin
ten inches square, with half-inch wash
ers between the tin and floor. This
leaves a space of half an inch above and
below, and prevents the tin from heat
ing the floor too much in the center. l
now tack a strip of one-inch lath all
around the box over the galvanized iron
and saw out half-inch of the center of
each side strip to admit fresh air and
then nail on the floor.
For the upper half make another
box eight inches high and exactly three
feet square. For the sides l use two
eight-inch side lights and for the back
and front a plain board eight inches
high with one and one-half inch strip
of fine wire gauze inserted near the top.
This gives pure, fresh air without causing
a draft on the chicks. The front is
arranged to Tide in and out for door.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06
Onion Culture.

All writers on onion growing advo-
cate very early seeding, plenty of man.
ure, and that the land should have been
thoroughly cultivated two or three pre-
yious years to eradicate weeds and
their seeds. In 1888, says writer in
the Country Gentleman, violated all
these conditions and all other prerequi-
sites l ever read of by sowing an eighth
OF an acre on sod ground on the 14th of
May, and produced a crop most remark
able for size Of tubers and quantity Some
weighed over pound each; the variety
Red Wethersfield. The plat was in the
corner of pasture field which had not
been plowed in twenty years. 1t was
a sandy loan, rich, of course, but no
manure was added. The well-harrowed
sod furnished what onions required-a
mellow, shallow seed bed with firmness
beneath. Not scullion grew In re-
gard to weed seeds, a stiff sod is freer
from them than land which has been
recently cultivated. / planted on such
as the latter in 1889 with poor results. /
shall sow on sod again this season,
about the middle of May, when the
ground will be warm enough to ger
inmate the seed and give it start at
once. l regard this as of more impor-
lance than early sowing. Almost any
thing will do best planted when condi-
tons are right to start it quick and
push it ahead.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06
A MERMAID FACTORY.
An Old Artif1cer Tells How the
Sirens Are Made.
Monkeys Bodies Joined to Fishes Tails
with Cunning and Dexterity-A
Favorite with Showmen-
Even Doctors Deceived.

"Mermaids made and repaired" Such
an advertisement, says writer in the
Philadelphia Times,wa well calculated
to attract attention, and, as it confront
ed me one day in a ittle-frequented
street in large Eastern city, de-
termined to make the acquaintance of
the maker of these incongruities. Pull.
ing an old-fashloned brass bell-handle,
little old man crowned with square
paper cap came to the door, and after
cycling me suspiciously for moment
invited me in. There was the 'beggar-
ly array of empty boxes" walls contain
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06
BLOODLESS BATTLES.
Warfare In Which Women Are Competent
to Engage.

Warfare In Which Women Are Competent
to Engage.
In recent address before a G. A. r.
assemblage I'M jamestown, n. Y, Mrs.
w. c. Scofield, president Of the Political
Equality Club, said:
zone of the arguments used by our
unsympathizing friends, who have
sought to silence us, has been that wom-
en- ought not to be allowed to vote be-
cause they could not help to fight the
battles of their country. The expert.
ence of few brave women during our
last war proved that some of us, at
least, were able to render good service
in tho discharge of even this dreadful
duty. But we do not want to fight, and
we do not need to fight, for we have you,
brave boys in blue to fight our battles
for Us. We have no ambition to become
acknowledgements, nor yet to be put in
command of awkward squads What
we do want is to have q voice and al
influence in the conduct of the affairs of
the nation and of life, which shall
make possible and permanent the
reign of peace so long foretold for the
children of men. Men of the Grand
Army Of the Republic, on fields where
cannon roared and horrible carnage
ragged, and brave and beautiful souls
fioated out in countless numbers upon
seas of blood, you have won; and to-
night we speak again our gratitude and
our thankfulness for what God hath
wrought for US by the service of your
willing hands and lives. But there are
other fields yet to conquer, in the blood
less warfare against evil and wrong
which has been going on since the be-
ginning Of the world; citadels of SUPER
stition and ignorance to be undermined;
work to be done for the down-trodden
and the needy: vast and ever-increas-
ing army of foreigners and children to
be taught the true spirit and intention
Of our God-giyen constitution, which
civil and religious liberty to
all, and finally the enfranchisement Of
women, in order that the wage-earners
may receive equal pay with men for
equally good work; that the quality of
the work done, and not sex, may decide
5he question of pay" ..s.~.r
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06
Women Doctors.

Sir William Gull, the eminent Eng
lish physician, who died recently, when
asked his opinion of women doctors, ex-
pressed himself as follows: Person
ally" he said, smiling, 81 should only
be too pleased to be called in consulta-
ton with one of my fair confreres, but
such has not often been my fate" Then
more seriously, he added: 81 think one
ought always to help women studying
medicine in every possible way. have
the greatest respect for the ladies now
practicing in London, and feel sure that
they must fill far more satisfac torily
than the average medical man could do
certain posts. A young child at first
would always rather be attended and
operated upon by a woman than by a
man. though they get wonderfully soon
accustomed to the doctor"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06
Mr.. CariisIe's Had Break.

EE-Speaker Carlisle;s assertion that
Large majority Of the people Of the
cnsn.ry voted against the Republican
party and its political creed at the last
election" is an especially unfortunate
remark to make. 1t is unfortunate BE-
cause it viii, compel intelligent per-
sons to inquire into the matter, In
which case they will discover that in
the section in which the elections were
free and honest the Republicans lad
their opponents by the hundreds Of
thousands II the South. where the
elections were, as they usually are, no.
toriouslJ and confessedly dishones,
the Democrats were ahead. but under
present circumstances the South dossn'l
''coInt.'-Troy IN. " TimsA
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06

Is IT always best to estimate profit in
dollars and cents? Is there not pleas
ure in watching and caring for all ami
mails? asks the Hartford Times. We
pay for amusemenSs, and do not realize
how much each day these dumb animals
help to divert the mind from care and
worry, each in turn giving a homelike
feeling, and in their mute way doing
their share toward making a happy
home, of which fact, however, we may
be unconscious.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06
them to be perhaps committed to strang.

them to be perhaps committed to strang.
er hands.
The ruling of our legislators on this
question alone is enough to arouse every
thoughtful man and woman to the crime
of one-sided government How can 1t
be possible for the nation to be much
longer blinded to the injustice of allow
ing men alone to legislate in their own
interest especially in cases like this
and others somewhat akin. where wom-
en- have so much more at stake?
How long, o Lord, how long?
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06
Journalism I'm G.or@ia.

"Some thoughtful friend" says a
Georgia journalist, has sent US Jug Of
juicy mountain dew but, as our printer
is sick, we shall not be able to do it full
justice before next week. 4 man can't
set type and enjoy life at the same
time"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06

Use little mutton tallow or vaseline
when there are signs OF the cows teats
cracking.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06

OUR people throw away their bulls
generally after using them two or three
years, says an Iowa paper. They do not
seem to know that well-bred Short-horn
bulls bring high prices for exporting if
well fed. 1t is one of the characteristic
wastes of our farmers. A thin bull is
not worth big price. Two cents
pound buys the most of them. They
fatten rapidly and sell for four cents in
Chicago if first rate.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06

IL we keep the ground clean and soft
for considerable distance around new
~ set trees all summer. it will pay.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06
TyinR Cattle.

An Eastern farmer sends to Farm and
Home his way Of tying cattle, which is
herewith illustrated. 1t is simple and
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06

safe and is done in less time than it
takes to tell it
The illustration speaks for itself and
needs no further explanation.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1890-06-06

THE little principality of Wales is
quite alive with the dairy spirit that
is moving the rest of the Kingdom to
such exertions at Improvement in all
the dairy arts Three stationary and
one itinerant dairy school are already
in successful operation.
The Seattle post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, Wash. Terr. [Wash.]) 1888-1914, 1890-01-19
now MRs. nAYEs DrKp.



Had by the Ex-RreSidsatss Late Wife.
ladies' Hoxae ssaEazins.
Mrs. Rutherford II. HAYES ives one Ct
tie sweetest, stsanehest afsd most sterling
women that ever swayed TIE domestic des-
tifaics OF the White house.
she haa her OWE ysews Of life and they
were exalted. To her misa they had no
association With locality or soe;al or oflicaai
position. What seemed 10 her to be the
proper mode % life ia the retirement Of
private station, in her home at Fremont.
formed TO her mind. the proper rule Of ex-
istence in the conspicuous place Of vile OF
tire president OF the United States.
NJ Intensity Of satire, nor injustice Of
criticism, could Move her a hairs breadth
from what she regarded as the true way.
As she lived she died. calmly, brayely
and with serene confidence
Some OF her nearest relatives had died OF
paralysis and she bad prsmonition that
she, too. weulg pass away With the same
disorders. she had long talk With her
husband on the subject about three years
ago. He endeavored 20 chase away her
fears with light and kindly words.
last summer. Just shout the time of the
anniversary of the death O. her brother,
spoke of her preznonitiens again. Her
fears nov amounted 10 an absolute con-
viction and she spoke Of her end BY par
afysis as al event certain to take place.
Noneof the endeayors OF her husband to
tufn her thoughts to more cEterful sub
ject could avail. She quietly insisted on
arranging With him, her business and
other affairs. she put her house in perfect
order.
And now. she finally said. IF | be
stricken with paralysis, as / believe ! shall
be. / viii not, as yon know. be able to
speak, but perhaps, still may be able 10
hear. You may ask me then whether my
mind il serene and clear, whether ! am al
case and free from pain. For the answer
yes 10 these questions. shall press your
hand. II cannot trntbfally reply IN the
affirmative, my hand will not clasp yours.
Three days after this, what she feared
would happen. came TO pass. She was sud-
denly stricken down with paralysis. Her
organs OF speech were benumbsd. She
could not utter a word.
Then all that she had said came sadly
back 70 the memory OF her devoted hus-
band Looking down into her shining eyes.
he took her hand IN his and asked the ques-
tons which days before she had suggested,
Wife, dear, are you at ease, is your mind
serene and clear, and are you free from
paing''
Slowly the poor white fingers closed upon
his, giving bis hand gentle, feassuring
pressure The next day the brave and low
ing wife was dead.