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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-25

81 has also bin axed if it is q sin fur
a member of de Church to dance. OATS
also accordin'. IL yo' was to dance as
hard as ye could. an whoop an boiler
an balance four an git drunk it would
be VERY wrong. Seems to me dat
moas' any religun orter be strong nun
to allow any man or woman to walk
frew q squar dance an shuttle q leetle
when de fiddler calls out Balance 70
pardnersp
.'One sartin member Of dis Club wants
to know if q pusson kin 70 to de theatre
an git to hesben toof Pears to me dat
q religun which can't stand . play
lastin' two hours is leetle weak some
whsrs. / has bin to hosraces an dswg-
fights wild my religiun, an didn't feel
il lskin' of bit. want to be good.
an l doan' want to be stopped on de
road after death an turned back, but
want religun dat hasn't got to lead
around BY q rope. IL 60 to circus /
dosn' want to feel dat Satan has his eye
on me an has got nv name writ down
in his book. III play keerds / want my
mind free TO watch de game, instead OF
tremblin' all de time fur fear lie lost my
chance. II dance / want to lii up my
Qeele an utN u kOOu ~
religun pullin' me out doahs.
"lze tellin' you, my frens, dat de man
who has a religun dat is allus skeered OF
eyerythin' he meets an dat has got to
wear goggles ober its eyes an hev cot
ton stuffed into its ears hasn't got much
to brae Of If your religun can't rub
agin de world an come out all de better
fur tiff il can't stand up when leetle
strain comes to test its backbone, you
better sell out an buy new kind. We
will now purceed wild de reglsr pur-
ceedings."
Judge Wintergreen Smith here arose,
and asked. that the rules be suspended,
and the application of Elder Bambo
Robinson, of Patterson, N. j., be acted
upon. The Elder was going down to
Salem to look at a coon-dog which had
been offered him for SO, and he thought
it would be q good thing to be q MEM
Der of the Club on bis journey.
"Brudder Smith, did you cher meet
ND wild de ElderT' asked Brother Gard
ner.
mo, sab, but Fze met up with his
fadder-in-law."
'Jist goin' down to Salem to buy q
coon-dawg. chr u
OATS all.
"Jist wants to be 'lected heah on dat
dawg's accountP
Oats what / 'spose, sab"
can yo' has de face to sit mp hssh
an move dat de rules be 'spended in his
easel Am Giveadam Jones in de halif'
Eyes, sab"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-25

cenze; prepare on rur our dgp4Ssure.
We .hall leave Avellino the day After To-
morrow"
And 80 We did. Lila looked slightly
downcsst, but vincenfo seemed satisfied.
and I augured from their faces. and
from the mysterious smile Of SiRnors
Monti that oil was going well. 1 left
the beautiful mountain town with
regret. Knowing l should see
it no more I touched Lilla's fair
cheek lightly at parting, and took what
knew was my last look into the sweet
candid face. Yet the consciousness that
/ had done some little good gave my
tired heart Q sense of satisfaction and
repose-a feeling had not experienced
since I died and rose again from the
dead.
On the last day Of January l returned
to Naples, after an absence OF more than
month, and was welcomed back by
all my numerous acquaintance with
enthusiasm. The Marquis DAvencourt
had informed me rightly-the affair OF
duel was thing of the past, an almost
forgotten circumstance. The carnival
was In full riot; the streets were scenes
of fantastic mirth and revelry; there was
music and song, dancing and masquerad-
ing. and feasting. But withdrew from
the tumult of merriment, and absorbed
myself in the necessary preparations for
my marriage.
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A woman's Joke.

Apretty girl from out of town had
been staying for some time with ayoung
lady friend in Buffalo, and as the time
for her departure drew nigh a young
maR from out Of town turned up and
volunteered TO attend the young girl on
her homeward journey. The hostess
put up liberal lunch for the travellers,
and then filed in all the crevices with
rice. She also put some in the young
mans coat pockets, slid some into the
young lady's parasol, and likewise de-
posted some in the depths OF the young
mans umbrella. Both boarded the train
without noticing these suggestive addi-
tion to their traps. The result is not
yet known, but as the young man is
slightly bashful, and the young lady is
known to blush on slight provocation,
the consequence, when the rice fell all
over the car floor, can be imagined
Buffalo Enquirer.
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fro BE CNOTINUED.
STORY ORA woMAN's WRONGS.
In Her Kindness, a Man, Not Her Hus'
band, Lives with Her Three Months
Guch

as Such.
Seven wears ago Esther Racow was
married TO Abraham Kushneer IN Zes-
mir. Russia On Friday night in the
saloon of Jacob Elstein. SO Essex street,
Mrs. Kushner was found by reporter
of the Sun. She is an exceedingly
pretty woman. apparently about y
wears old, with the pathetic look in her
large black eyes that blind persons
have. The table at which she sat while
she told her story to Sun reporter
was surrounded by twenty or thirty OF
her friends, typical Russian Hebrews:
They espoused her cause warmly anu
yolubly. A person not used to Essex
street would have thought, If he passed
by the open door, that a fight was about
to break out. Mrs. kushneer talked
quietly and in very straig
manner. The language she used was
mixture of Russian and German. She
said: d,
Nv husband and had been married
ouly about month when we came TO
America. When we left Castle Garden
I went to the house of a woman in
Chrystie street, and my husband went
in search of work. After few week he
sent wordIto me that it was the custom in
this country for wives to support their
husbands. / went in search OF him and
found him in the house of |. Hlllel SUI
garman, who has lodging house at l3S
East Broadway. Mr. Sugarman gave
me work. and my husband and l slept in
the coal cellar, but was contented.
1--WE had lost our baggage at Castle
Garden, and Mr.. Sugarman sued the
company and got $500 for us. My hus-
band got the money and from that day
l never saw him. Shortly aiterward
gave birth to my child. Then L was
told that my husband had gone to
Australia.
NEARLY four years afterwards a man
came to the house where was living
and asked for me. He said he was a
cousin of my husband. He came day
after day, and finally said he was my
husbands brother. Then one evening
he upbraided me for not recognizing
him as my husband. l am nearly blind,
and finally was persuaded against my
will and went to live with him. About
three months afterward. learning my
condition, he left me and wrote letter
saving he was not my husband and that
nv real husband lived in Elizabeth
street. The name of my pretended
husband was Joel Fogan.
Then divorce proceedings were be-
gun by my rea, husband, and l found my
self disgraced woman and my child,
dead now. illegitimate. But kind
| friends are helping me, and L hope to
have my good name restored to me
soon.'
Every word that Mrs. Kushneer
spoke bore the stamp of truth, and il
she could have told her story in the
English language to jury it would
have insured a verdict in her favor.
On July !, before Justice Bartlett in
the supreme court of Brooklyn, Z. ).
Mashbir of Mashbir & Curker, 15C
Nassau street, moved that the decree oil
absolute divorce granted more than q
year ago to Abraham Kushneer from
Esther KusEneer be set aside. Fraud
and conspiracy were alleged. Briefs
by counsel for both sides were submit
ted on July 6, and on August II, Justice
Bartlett granted the application for q
new trial York Sun.
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Thinning Out Rasnberrie..

The time to thin out raspberries, az
well as blackberries, is while they are
growing, If the very best results are de
sired. says Joseph Meehan, in late is
sue of the Practical Farmer. Yet il
seems to be almost universal that prun-
ing at this time is carefully avoided.
They are allowed to grow as they will
until winter time comes, when they
get their thinning out and pruning.
This is clear waste OF growth. If a
dozen cane spring up where but six are
wanted, what is the use OF permitting
the useless six to grow? Any one can
satisfy himself on this point in single
season. if he has few hills to plant to
experiment with. Let him cut out the
half of the canes from one lot of hall
dozen, and from another lot cut none
and note the difference in the size o.
cane when the growth is over for the
season. Those left OF the thinned-oul
ones will be much larger than those In
the uuthinned lot. The time to cut out
the useless ones to the best advantage
is as soon as they have made growth
enough TO show which are the strong
est canes. Then cut out the weaker
ones. II the time has gone by to catch
them at this particular time OF growth.
cut them out at any time before growth
ceases, and there will be some benefit
result. There is another kind of prun'
ing which is of advantage in stiffening
canes, causing them to maintain them
selves erect fairly well the season follow
ing without the aid of stakes. This
consists of topping them when they
have reached the desired height, say
three to four feet. In good soil, wher
left to themselves, raspberries vii
grow four or five feet in a fairly cree
position. After this they bend over
ana the bending top pulls the whole
cane over in a slanting position. The
cutting off remedies this. The stiff
erect position becomes more fixed thai
before. Side shoots spring out, which
in turn can be stopped if they get to-
long. This is work which is usual.
done in winter, but which is of NOR
profit if done while the plants are grow
inu-Kansas Farmer
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rHE rosAcoo srEMMERs.

-stemming tobacco in O reeking basement
Women and girls, old men and sober boys,
Hundreds, IN groups Of many shaded faces,
WORKING IN nei S 3ey 7, E nor noise
In the vast basement the reluctant ceilings
Were propped with pillars weary with delay
The midday light shrank from the poisoned
While feeble jets Lit as with ghostly tspers,
The woeful scenes where life was worked away.
Looking around my angry heart protested,
How" I inquired, are such conditions
made?
What human laws betray such sOulless
Are these the victims Of crimes stern
The foreman said: NO of the laws of trade
Then OF myself my soul did ask the question
Would work here and earn my daily breads
Would toll here to make an honest livingr
And, at the end OF lock stepped hours, for
giving,
Go sleepfuily and dreamlessly to bed'
I'm too discordant. i wovld hurl this handful
OF clay I've borrowed, at the Great White
Shrieking atfate I'd die. like Caesar, stand ng
With torch and steel I'd take my chances
Within the votex of the great unknown.
Seeing my thoughts, the foreman gave {
gnal,
n
But suddenly a low and rhythmic murmur
Broke forth into cadence strong and firmer
And in it joined the aged and the young.
The rats peered from their holes. The oaker
pillars.
Smoky and stained, began to Vibrate white:
And still the song rose up in wild derision
OF present things, aud claimed with strang'
decision.
There Is land of restful peace and right
The song transform d the walls to paid onyx
The rafters changed maze OF antique oak,
The sodden floor ew firm and tesselated
And in the stead Df vapOr poison -fre1ghted
An incense rose with faint and filmy smoke
Ny soul retains that songs redundant sor
row.
There may be justice somewhere, who can tell
Perhaps the captor he who wears the fetter
Perhaps the torch and steel were not the bet
ter,
To be wronged, perhaps, were just as well.
Perhaps these lives of ours. when sere ant
withered,
May be picked over in some juster land,
Torn from the earthly stem and there in
spected,
By aroma OF good deeds selected
Perhaps it's so. We do not understand.
Work on, sing on o toilers. May the future
Restore the world to him who works and sings
May Justice come and like a mail-clad Palias
Hurting her spear through envy, greed ant
malice.
Present you with the homage of her Kings.
e. f. WARE.
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cenzo hard at work, his shirt sleeves
rolled up to the shoulder, splitting some
goodly logs of wood, while Lila stood
beside him, merrily applauding and en-
couraging his efforts. He seemed quite
in his element, and welded his axe with
a regularity and vigour should scarcely
have expected from man whom / was
accustomed to see performing the some
what effeminate duties of a valet de
chambre. i watched him and the fair
girl beside him for few moments, my
self unpreceived.
II thie little budding romance were
left alone II would ripen into q flower,
and Vincenzo would be happier man
than his master. He was true Tuscan,
from the very way he handled his wood
axe; could see that he loved the life of
the hills and ields-the life q: simple
farmer and fruit grower, full
Of innocent sajoymea.s, as sweet
as the ripe apples @ ks orchard
could foreses - GESTURE with
Lila beside him. he would have days
Of unwearying contentment, rendered
beautiful by the free fresh air and the
fragrance Of flowers, his evenings would
alp softly by to the tinkle Of the mando-
line, and the sound Of his wife and chill
ensu's anGing.
MhaAielEss fate eonla . man dskiksa-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-25
The HOLY Trou.er. of Marfa-Zen.

The London st. James Gazette says
that in the great church of Maria-Zell,
in Syria, there is a more interesting
relic'than the garment now on exhibit
ton at Treves. 1t is the neither gar
ment of st. Joseph. It is made of the
hair of some animal, and at present is
destitute OF buttons. There is a long.
narrow side pocket for the carpenters
rule, and the hinder parts bear evidence
of considerable wear, as if from sad
die. being darned and patched in places.
1t is stated that the Empress Helena
discovered this interesting relic, which
is said to be peculiarly efficacious in re-
storing vigor to elderly gentlemen.
The tariff is known to be so high that
only rich men can avail themselves of
the privilege of trying on" the wonder
working unmentionables labeled 'Hozen
st. Jozef." 1t is secured in covered
glass case placed behind screen in the
corner OF the great collection of curious
relics, which is probably the largest in
Europe Ladies are not now permitted
to see this wonderful garment-whose
authenticity has been vouched for by a
number of cardinals, but not as yet by
any of the popes-because it is said that
one OF the sex purloined the buttons
while a companion kept the curator in
conversation at distance.
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Sam Jones Discourses or eggs.

Trouble at Houston? No, / didn't
have any there? o, if you mean that
egg incident the other night don't be
delicate about mentioning it. The fact
is, some hoodlums down there did Ere
some eggs in my direction. The eggs
were ancient too. I'll admit that. but
then little thing like that doesn't
trouble a man in the vineyard. /
reckon those eggs were thrown in my
hoSor. but they missed the mark and
struck some ladies in the audience
1t happened this way. / was making
an attack on Satan right on his own
stamping ground. It was in q park
and suddenly the electric lights fzzled
out. / didn't stop for little thing
like that. Then I thought smelled
something.
Il was sure / smelled something.
Then / thought heard something pop.
/ was sure something popped. Sud
denly it dawned upon me that . smell
and pop only 60 together in enc
way. Eggsl Rotten eggsl The great
est humiliation that platform speaker
can suffer. talked on rs II nethiag
hadshappened. but msmentarily ak
pected that the marksmen would ring
the bell Bat they didn't. The cur
rent was turned on again, and whes
the audience was infoicsd three or
four women and ~ many men turned
mp with eggs scrambled all over them.
] didn't get any until he next norn@
ing ct brsakfaeAn-Elasaa ON Stsr.
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IMPERFECT VISION.
Pc ople Like This Young Girl Who Had
Never Seen the Stars.

A girl, some sixteen years of age.
had all her life been the victim of a
blemish in her eye that hindered per-
feet vision. At length a surgical opera
ton was agreed upon and successfully
made.
The girl was kept within the house
till her ewes gathered full strength, and
was permitted gradually and sparing-
" to 90 out of doors. 1t SO happened
that some time elapsed after her re-
covery before she went into the open
air after nightfall. One evening she
rushed into the parlor with her face
aglow with excitement. The Joy of a
great discovery illumined every feat
ure.
"Oh, comer she exclaimed; come
out quickly to the lawn and see what
beautiful things have appeared in the
skyw
Her friends hastily followed her out
of doors. wondering what might have
occurred. They saw nothing.
What do you meanP" they asked
her.
"Lookm she said, pointing eagerly
HcdNcu"dEu, uOu Nou oCO bhOSO
bright things up there? There they
are-and there-sparkling all over the
skyw
MY dear child" said one who loved
her. those are the stars"
Yes. the stars. which she had not
seen before. Friends could hardly
realize the fact that for all the years of
her life the dear child had been NOV
ing through Gods world with a limited
vision. seeing only what lay close
around her, utterly oblivious that there
were stars. hosts of stars, all over the
sky. and all so very beautiful! How
strange it all seemed!
Yet how many there are who 60
through life with imperfect vision of
the best things that lie along their
pathway. comments the RAMS Horn.
The best of love, truth. sympathy and
goodness is unknown to them. Just be-
cause they will not open their eyes to
behold. Let none imagine he per-
ceives or understands all of divinity or
of divine truth in the world till his
eyes have been opened by the truth
that points to and makes plain the
highest in knowledge and happiness.
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the COTTON sLossom Clue.


nrs. esrdusrss views On 0srd-Pisytn8
ana Dsnclng-Ths Eidsr's Ceen-Deg'
al has bin sxed by member Of dis
Club" said Brother Gardner after ths
meeting had been opened with sns
usual ceremonies, IT has been axsd II
it is wrong fur 9 member Of de church
to play kesrds. / reckon dat il accord
in to who you play wild an hsw ysu
play. has bin . member Of De church
fur thirty two vars, an de ole WsnaA
an me kin sot down to . game OF keefds
widout de slightest fear dat our facher
am gwine to be mixed up wild sulphur
an brimstuu. II de rest Of 20 can't 40
it den let keerds alone. Oars sunthin
wrong about ye.
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"Above the age of go her chances are
only 1-10th of l per cent, or in 1000.
That marriage is lottery is a time
worn saying, but Sir Francis Cation has
been investigating The result so far as
temper is concerned, with the following
curious results, based on the peculiari-
ties of POS couples. He found that 50
per cent of wives had good tempers.
against 4S per cent of good-humored
husbands; twenty-five husbands had
mild and docile wives, and twenty
four of them had fretful, violent ana
masterful wives. OF fifty-four bad-tem-
pered men, thirty-two had good-temper-
ed and twenty-five had bad-tempered
wives. 1t was also found that % per
cent OF wives are fretful, Is per cent
violent and six per cent masterful. y
BROOKLYN Eagle.
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The answer came swiftly. Even If
hsdseen her when 1 was free, doubt il
j should have known her value. We
men Of The world who have social posi-
tions to support, we see little OF
nothing in the present type oil
iwemanhood; we must marry"ladies, So
cailed-educated girls who are as well
versed in the worlds ways as ourselves,
If not more So And SO We get the Cleo
pAtras, the Du Barrys, the Pompadours,
while unspoilt maidens such as Lila too
often become the household drudRes of
common mechanics or day-labourers.
living and dying in the one routine OF
halo work. and often knowing and car
fng for nothing better than the noun
tain-hut, the farm-kitchen, or the COW
cred stall in the market-place- Surely
1t is an Unbalanced world :.
so many mistakes are made: Fate
plays us so many apparently unneces-
sary tricks, we are all of us such
blind madmen, knowing not whittier
we are going from one day to another.
] am told that it is no longer fashion
able to believe in a devil, but / care
nothing for fashion. A devil there is, l
am sure, who for some iDscrutable rea-
son has a share in the ruling of this
planet-a devil who delights in hooking
us from the cradle to the grave. And
perhaps we are never so hopelessly, ut
terly fooled as in our marriages.
Occupied in various thoughts. scarce
n saw where / wandered, till flashing
eaimrner Of blue blossoms recalled me to
Che object of my walk. I had
reached the Punto d'Angelo. It was, as
Lila had said, a fat rock bare in
every place save at the summit, where 1t
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1891-09-25

Baron Nordenskjold's projected south
pole expedition is received with favor
by Australasian scientists, as likely to
bring increased revenues by the opening
up of new regions for whaling, sealing,
etc The baron's expedition is to start
during our next summer and be ready
for work during the following antarctic
summer. The antarctic regions are al.
most unknown. Vast areas are unex-
plorcd. Biscoe discovered southern
continent as it was thought, in 1881. In
lS41 Sir James c. Ross got within
twelve degrees Of the south pole. No
one has ever wintered in the antarctic
zone. The new expedition will pass the
winter there.
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ers. Of course, she had plenty; but she
accepted none of them; she continued
to reside with her father snd mother at
the lighthouse. And there she died of
consumption on the Goth of October,
1872, at the early age Of q, about four
years after the event which had given
her fame.-New York News.
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woman's Chance to Marry.

An English weekly not long ago gave
it's readers some information on this
subject which is apt for this purpose.
II said:
taking the earliest marrying age to
be Is, which is the minimum in most
civilized countries, and letting 100 re-
present her entire chance of marrying,
at certain points of her progress
through life woman's chances of mar
riage stand in the following ratio:
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The most remarkable case on record
is that of I. Meredith, aged seventy
eight years, of Monticello. Ill. He has
been tapped for dropsy 27s times, with
an average weight OF thirteen pounds
of water removed each time, making
1914 pounds which has been removed
from him. His case beats all past re-
cords. and is the most interesting case
in the history Of the disease. He is
now confined 70 his bed, and is gradu-
ally growing weaker and cannot live
long.
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ON THE ROAD TO SALEM.

"Brudder Jones, remove de Jsdgs TO-
de aunty-room an keerfully examine
him b see If he ar loose in de top Of de
headi II yo' find be is yo kin send him
home in hack. II yo' find it's jist
kase he doan' know any better, den 20
may purceed TO see what effeckt . leetle
shoe leather will hev on his consan-
guinityr'
The Judge returned about twenty
minutes later, and he had the demesnor
of man who had been run up sa1
down feur flights of stairs by ghost
n Quad in ~ y World. =
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In sections Of Florida cabbages are
being given away for cattle feed, such
Q drug are they on the market.
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- = - - = - . y
! resumed my walk.
/ realized all / had
lost. This lovely
child with her sim.
pie fresh n a { ur G,
why had / not met
such an one and
welded her instead
of the vile creature
who had been my
souls u q d o ! n G ?