The Iola register., 1891-04-24

Will the editor please tell rs upon which
finger lady should wear an ENGAGEMENT ring
And settle a disputed question. Answer al
your convenience james.
Goodness gracious, James, what
makes you ask such an embarrassing
question of bashful fellow who never
was engaged in his life and who
doesn't know any more about the
etiquette OF engagement rings than a
Hottentot knows about the rules of
precedence at the Queens receptions!
But there is a little girl i'm the office
setting type and so, "to settle your
dispute" we asked her, and she
answered up right pert and clipper,
"Third finger, left hand, ,"-and then
she looked kind of wishful. So we
guess that settles it. Only, see here
James! Don't GO to slipping rings all
promiscuous on girls fingers thinking
that it doesn't count so long as you
don't slip it OH the third finger left
hand. 1t counts just the same OH any
finger that it fits--and the average
girl hasn't got finger or a thumb on
either hand that any engagement
ring will not fit. So be careful, James,
and don't try any foolish and unnec-
essary experiments. Some knots are
a mighty sight harder to loose than
they are to tie.
Mr.. +. p. Minor takes the Atlanta
(Ga.) Constitution, and it frequently
has some very interesting reading.
In recent number is a column head
ed kansas Iniquities" and filled
with a perfect TRADE of abuse, from
which we select the following para
graph: Kansas has always neen Civ
ing trouble i'm some shape. 1t has
been the hot-bed of political iniquity
for more than thirty years. The
country has been bleeding and ul-
cerous sore in the heart of the union
all the while. 1T did more to de-
velop the spirit of hatred between the
sections North and South than any
other factor in our history outside of
the question of slavery in the abstract.
The territory has been an exceedingly
fair garden spot in the paradise of the
west Mississippi valley, and it is no
wonder that adventurous spirits have
struggled over it. 1t has been the
battle ground of the sections, because
it held the great gateway to the far
ther west-it has stood in front of the
portals 1t has been to the American
people what the Dardanelles-and
especially-has been
TO the twin-continents, Europe and
Asia, and their warning peoples.
The "sick" Turk is represented in
America by the putried corpse of re-
But the analogy must
end there.
Our esteemed contemporary, the REGISTER,
seems at last to have discovered that dis
cussion of Alliance principles is tiresome to its
as it may seem its readers are finding them
selves confined to that class of citizens whose
interest is dramatically opposite the order
And the news of its wonderful growth. its
majestic strength doubtless is very sad news TO
Ritter in Bronson Pilot
1t is strange how easily some people
deceive themselves. Mr.. Ritter ac-
tually imagines that he was engaging
in a a"discussion of A Alliance principles"
when as a matter of fact he was only
dishing up tiresome rehash of point
less complaints and unfounded criti-
cisms of the lola REGISTER. If he
means to say in his second sentencel
which strictly construed does not
mean anything-that a majority of
the REGISTERS readers are of a class
whose interests are directly opposed
to the interests of the Alliance, then
he il delivering pretty hard blow at
the Alliance for a majority of the
readers-and as large a
as at any time in its history
are farmers. We had hardly expect
ed to hear MIR. Ritter declare that the
Farmers Alliance was dramatically
opposite" to the interests of the farm
er. And, by the way, Mr.. Ritter,
who is the president of the Allen
county Alliance, Is a lawyer and lives
N Bronson. Isn't it little strange
hat the Allen county Alliance had to
20 outside the county and outside its
1Un ranks, and pick up a Bourbon
county lapyer for its president?
The County Commissioners held a
special session Tuesday and Wednes-
lay, and after long and careful delib-
sration entered into a contract with
he Fred J. Meyers Manufacturing
company, of Covington, KY, through
heir agent, Mr.. Frank DinsmOre, for
he fitting up of the county Jail with
,teel cages. The carrying out of this |
contract involves the complete remod- |
cling of the present interior of the
all. The old wooden cells and floor
will be removed and the windows en-
arged. A new floor of concrete will
De put down and on this will rest the
lew steel cells. These cells are con-
Itructed on the truss bar plan, and
ire made of tool-proof, chrome steel,
having a ceiling and floor of the same
material. There are to be four cells
md each cell will be large enough to
accommodate four prisoners. Besides
hese there will be larger cell es-
,ecially fitted up for use in case of
ickness. The locks are so arranged
hat the jailer can lock or unlock any
II all of the cells without going inside
he corridor. The result of the change
will be to make the Jail bealthful, and
ibsOlutely safe against the escape of
ny prisoner. The action of the Com
nissioners will be very generally en-
Iorsed, because every grand jury that
las met for years has condemned the
Id arrangement and the county is
incurring the risk of a big
Iealth was lost while confined in the
all. 1t will take about two months
o do the work and the expense will
'e something near S4 600.
Mayor Slower, County Commissioner
several of the county Off
ers and quite number of other citi-
ems, were at the 5. X. depot last Fri
ay morning when the State Board of
Iailroad Assessors came in. The Board
, composed of Lieutenant Gov. Felt,
ecretary of State Higgins, Treasurer
'tover, Auditor Hovey and Attorney
ieneral Ives. Only Mr.. Felt and Mr..
yes were OIL the tain, however, Mr..
tower and Mr.. Higgins being in New
'ork on State business, and MIR. How
y being detained by illness. The last
AIMED was represented by his chief
Jerk, Mr.. McFadden. Mr.. Felt and