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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
why Am a Protectionist.
BY HUGH Y. CAMP.


Because. having studied the effect of
protection, find that it has been main
" instrumental in making my own
land the best land under the sun TO live
in.
Because it has and does enable Us TO
paw our laborers and artisans. the very
bone and sinew Of our land, the largest
wages and enables them TO feed, 10
clothe. to educate themselves and their
families better than those OF any other
land.
Because all the rest Of the world
wants our trade. and IS mad that We
will not cut off our tails" 20 enable
them TO work for Us, instead OF our own
citizens.
Because it has enabled Us 70 build up
IN or midst industries OF all kinds, 50
that in case OF war we could laugh our
enemies 10 scorn" and find within our
lines everything essential to our com
fort and our lives
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
THE FIRST AND LAST TROPHY.

Alliance men of Kansas.
Keep stiff the upper p.
-AithouE h our foes have smitten rs
Upon the thigh and hip,
Screw up your courage, brethren,
And do not be a-feAred,
For our banner still Il lett us,
lis Old BIZ PETERS beard
They may pile the votes upon us
hundred thousand deep,
They may KNOCK our platform into
sad and shapeless heap
Yet still our glorious ensign
Is defiantly upreared,
And the winds OF woe blow vaInly
Through Old Bill PETERS beard
Though We cannot smash the railroads,
Though the Ioathsome mortgage
sim insists that we must pay him,
Yet we win not bend the knee
Though fast our number dwiudIes,
Yet still our hearts are cheered
BY that capillary emblem.
Our Old Bill PETERS beard.
Although the crops, eonfound 'em,
Have brought our schemes TO smash.
Aud the farmer is perverted
BY having piles o, cash
though the grass grows DER our order,
W. have one shrine euIear-J.
And our horny hands tuG fCudiv
At Old Bal PETERS beard
Y1u NAV talk about your Webstcrs,
Your Callcuus and your O. avs.
You may mention all the statesmen
81 our own or former G'y-.
Hnt Of all the mighty leaders
That the nation has r. ve-,1,
D. Hn b.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
MAKES HIM TIRED.
An Alliance Editor Wants to Join Part
hat Stands For something.

An Alliance Editor Wants to Join Party
hat Stands For something.
The editor of the national newspa-
per organ of the alliance, published a
Washington. is sick of his party and OF
his mission in journalism, and has de-
termined to join the republican party,
If reports be true. He is quoted as
saving: Il am going 10 j)in party
that stands for something, which has
positive views, and knows how to adj
vCcate and how TO defend them; which
seeks and generally secures prosperity
for the people. and which usually wins
I am tired of chasing the will-o-t7e
wi>rs OF the third party movements
The leaders in them pretend that they
are endeavoring TO I'd the people Of
boss rule. In reality they are seeking
TO elevate themselves to bossship,
which. If successful. would be more
tv-annical because more ignorant than
the nominations Of the leaders or OF
the bosses in the two great parties"
Undoubtedly this expresses tue con-
vicuon> Of thousands Of good men VINO
have been honestly seeking reform
party. A reform movement, 70 retain
the confidence OF honest citizens, must
give evidence of reform purposes OF 4
practical and sensible sort When moth
ing i apparent, however, but some
wild experimental schemes and a gen
eral scramble for Office, 1t Is not sur
prising that good men are becoming
disguised and returning TO the only
party that has accomplished any gen.
uine reform work for the past thirty
years No patriotic citizen, no matter
what his politics. can contemplate in
his quiet moments the grand achieve
ments of the republican party without
4 feeling of pride that he is one OF the
sovereigns in this great kingdom OF the
peOple.-Emporia Republican
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
TIDAL WAVES.
Third PARTY Tides Rise In "Of Years" But
>ub<ide In Presidential Contests.

Third PARTY Tides Rise In "Of Years" But
Sub<ide In Presidential Contests.
Speaking OF the showing made by the
Farmers Alliance in the late elections.
the New York sun recalls something
OF the history OF Independent political
movements in the last eighteen years.
The sun lays it down as n general
statement that in the year midway be
tween presidential elections an indie
pendent movement rises ike a wave,
temporarily overwhelming a portion of
the political world. and then subsidies.
The grangers made a strong showing in
1874. BY 1876. presidential year, the
granger wave rs political factor fiat
tened out-sank into the respective
bosoms of the republican and demo
cratic parties again. In 1873 the green
back movement swept over the coun-
try. Il secured 10000 votes even in
Pennsylvania But presidential year.
1850, the contest was once again be-
tween republican and democrat.
In ISS3 came the independents Dur
ing that year many republican votes
were lost in the elections. but with lssi
behold. democrat and repuh lean
pitted against each other came up
smiling into the ring again. In 1850 it
was the democratic party that was
threatened by the great labor demon
strati1u. aud the labor candidates
pollcd a large vote in many places
But who ever knew = democrat 70 20
back on his party when 4 critical time
came? In the presidential year % ISIS
it was the same two old candidates,
democrat and republican. that fought
for the presidency. In 1879 the Farm
ers' Alliance movement made pro-
found impression on the elections.
But. the sun Is convinced. history will
repeat itself again in 1s92-Emporia
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
MhrI Am a Prot-ctIonI.t.

By DAVID H MASON, OF CHICAGO
All the prosperity enjoyed by the
American peopie-absolutely all the
prosperity, without any reservation
whatever-from the foundation of
the United States government down 20
the present time, has been under the
reign Of protective principles; and all
the hard times suffered by the Aneri-
can people in the same period has been
preceded either by a heavy reduction Of
duties on imports or by insufficient pro-
lection. thus refuting ali free trade
theorie. on the subject As l desire
nv native land 70 be on the apex of
prosperity. rather than under the heel
Of hard times, I am a prOtectionist
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
Canning Inan-try Boemlng.

In the wake of the free trade asser-
tons OF last year. when assertions we're
depended upon TO carry the elections
against facts, that our canning industry
would be greatly injured by the new
tariff. comes the acknowledged fact
that the amount OF canned and pre-
served fruits put up this season has been
phenomenal The bouutiful fruit crop
was supplemented by cheap Mckinley
sugar, cheaper tin cans than last year.
and a liberal drawback provision for
export
IL is remarkable that the particular
items OF the Mckinley tariff which
were singled out for attack by the free
traders are exactly the ones which tur-
nished results most opposed 70 tHelr
enemies predictions Thus dOta TIA
Mckinley tariff vindicate itself
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01

The state house Investigation. which
has been in PFC reS> by q committee OF
the alliance legislature. has proven a
fat failure. - lar a. revealing any ras-
ca itv i concerned The effects OF that
legislature viii be felt in Kansas for a
long time II withheld sufficient ap-
preparations from the charitable insti-
tution> OF the state, greatly impairing
their efficiency. and refused TO make
provision 70 represent Kansas al the
Column bian exposition, but wasted from
So, O00 70 SlOO, 600 in useless investiga-
tons and attempted impeachments, in
order TO make political capital, and
completely failed in every case.-Troy
Chief
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
4 Great Inventor.

Friend that new metal you've in
vented is a wonderful thing, and, ap
piled to battle ships, will be vast
guard against the terrible destruction
of life in war.
Great Inventories; I flatter myself
it is a wonderful thing, but my new in
veution on which am engaged now
will make me even more famous.
Indeed! What is it,"
~ gun that will send ball through
the metal like paper. "-Boston News
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
Free Traders Attitude Toward Recp-
rocity.

When the reciprocity plan and pro-
zramme were put forth by Mr. Blaine,
the free traders very generally hailed
the new policy with shouts Of triumph
They pretended TO find in 1t evidence
that the secretary of state was coming
over to their ground and was already
about half way TO free trade
Why is il, then that every apparently
successful movement in the direction
pointed out by Mr.. Blaine Is misrepre-
sented and ridiculed by the free trade
organs, while every seeming rebuff or
difficulty in the way OF extending
American trade IS magniied and dwelt
upon with evident JOY by these same
enemies of the protective tarit?-The
sun. November =
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
anIrpor.pt PIutocr.,Ic Rank.

Only one American besides Senator
Sherman has been honored by having
his portrait hung in the directors room
of the Bank of England, and that was
Alexander Hamilton. Mr. Otis, of
course, cannot expect this recognition
for some months TO come. The Bank
of England Is as yet in almost total
ignorance Of the provisions of Mr. Otis
great financial measure poria Re-
pub'ic
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
A. the Hottom of the Page.

Examiner am surprised that you
all made mistakes in answering the
question: Where was magma charta
signed?" Think over it-can no one
tell me?
Little Boy lat bottom of class)-I can,
sir.
Examiner-Well?
Little Boy-At the bottom of the
page.-London Tid-Bits-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01

-Uukind to His Family.-"I under
stand that brute, old Bellows, beats his
wife and daughters?' He does"
The old scoundrel! What makes him
do it?' HE sayg when he goes into
euchre game he'd beat his grsndmntheT
IL he could. N. Y. Herald
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
4 Game of Chance.

Prof. Hardhead-I am surprised, Miss
eddie, to find that you play chess
Miss eddie making a move)-Why
so, Mr.. Hardhead?
You said you never INDUCED in
games of chance"
why, Mr.. Hardhead! Do you con-
slider chess a game of chance
1t is, as you play it."-Life.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
4 Decrea.e in Arecti on.

"You don't love me so much as you
did, pouted Mrs Mcbride. Didn't l
Just now say you were worth your
weight in gold?" demonstrated her hus-
band "Yes; but you said that when
we were first married. and weigh seven
pounds less now."-Pittsburgh Chron-
icle-Telegram.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
An Auiance Basebau Team.

There are Just nine alliance members
Of congress who stand out for their
party, the southern alliance members
having Topped back TO the democratic
party. There are just enough left TO
organize a baseball team. 10 afford
them employment when their official
terms expire. Troy Chief
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
Let Them Fight.

The old parties need not worry much
about the alliance any more. The two
branches Of that organization Will pick
each other 10 pieces without much loss
Of time.-Emporia Republican
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01
Imports OF shoddy Under the New and
the Old Tariffs

Imports OF shOGdy etc. eight mouths u
bounds -7...'---,'.........'-. = 20 "a
Imports o. shoddy e,e- eight months OF
treunSsI ........,...-. -. rs n
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-01-01

A FIRE at Baier & Hamilton's agricult-
ural works, Sacramento, Cal, destroyed
So, 600 worth Of property.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-02-28

shorts Cutoff was so simple that it
puzzled everybody.
l consulted half a dozen eminent en-
gineers.
every pretty, indeed" they said, and
at once turned the conversation to the
explosions on western rivers. Had |
ever been blown Mp? How did 1t leel?'
But as TO Shorts Cutoff, they only
thought it a neat continuance, but evil
IDENTIFY by a person who did not compre-
bend intricate machinery.
I took it to q man of another order.
England is the worlds machine shop;
he was Englaud's chief engineer. \
great man he was, dead, alas, now. A
freeman, who recognized the world as
his country and genius everywhere as
his brother.
lie understood Shorts Cutoff at a
glance.
How wish old Short could have been
there. To see this great mans eye glow
with enthusiasm as he said: "Admira-
blel This is what we have all been
waiting for. Padiham must see this.
We must have it in every engine in
England. Command my services TO aid
in making 1t known
"Can you recommend me?" said /,
presently, "a thorough mechanic.
want some more models made Of these
valves and machinery, to illustrate their
action"
oYou must 90 to Padiham, the best
artisan know in all England"
sWorth seeing for himself, as the man
whom you name best among these mil
lions OF craftsmen.
"Padihsm is the man."
"He ought TO have name and fame. y
"He might il he chose"
Worth knowing again for this rare
abnegation."
'sHe is an oddly. Some unlucky
mode Of life stunted him, mind and
bodv. until he was a mature man. dc
Is dwarfed in person, and fancies his
mind suffers too. 1t makes him little
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-02-28
where's your friend.

sort" said he. where's your friend,
John Brent?" ~
"Here in London, searching for MIS-:
Clitheroe!" -,
"Where's your horse-the black?
"Dead, Shot and drowned In the
Missouri, helping of fugitive slave.
THAT'S brave. Well, Richard Wade,
nv dear child Ellen Clitheroe and her
father are here in my house. They are
safe here, after all their troubles; up ID
that room where perhaps You marked
roses in the window. She has oeen
sick at heart to have heard nothing
from you since she came TO England
1t will be the one thing she lacks to see
you, and IL you will let me say few
| words TO you first, I'll take you TO them.
go on. If you have protected my
friends, you are my friend, and want
to hear what you have to say"
II am short, and shall try to make a
long story Short" said Padiham.
wish TO tell you, in as few words as L
may, why Mr.. Clitheroe and his daugh-
ter are in my house.
Look at me, stunted man! Life in
coal mine stnnted me-. l suppose /
was born under ground. | know that L
never remember when was not at work,
either harnessed like q dog and drag
ging Goals through a shop where could
not stand upright, or, when l grew
stronger-Digger | was not TO grow
down in the darkest holes, beating out
with pickax stuff TO make other men 5
houses warm and CHEEKY. Ii l had had
air and sun and light and hope might
have been shapely man.
1T was in Lancashire, the coal mine
where had been shut p, boy ana man,
some twenty years, as reckon. Ihere
came one day a weakly man, who hadn I
been used to work hard, into the shait'
and they put him at drawing out the
Goals | dug. Hugh was the name ne
gave, and he hadn't been long enough
underground to get his face black be-
fore we'd baptized him Gentleman Hugh.
had never seen @ gentleman 10 know
him, but / had a feeling OF what one
ought TO be, and so had my mates In the
pit. Gentleman Hugh seemed 10 Us TO
suit the nickname we gave him. We're
roughs down in the coal pits, and some
of US are brutes enough; but Gentleman
Hugh managed to get us all on his side,
and there wasn't a man OF US that
wouldn't give him lift.
gentleman Hugh took fancy to me
and so did / TO him. Nature had mis-
used me and life had misused him. We
had something to pity each other Tor.
But had the advantage in the damp,
dark hole where we worked. had lost
nothing; knew of nothing better; |
was healthy and strong, If was stunt
ed; / could help Gentleman Hugh and
save him wearing himself out. And so
| did. He was the first person or crea-
ture had ever cared for.
FRO BE CONTINUED.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-02-28
There they were-fact, mot fancy.

There they were-fact, not fancy.
could still hold to the JOY OF hope.
They were too far away in this dusky
corner for absolute recognition; but
there were the familiar gables OF the old
hall; and there was my horse, yet him
self, bending over that very group OF
Luggernel springs. l must cling TO my
confidence; l would not doubt. II L
doubted, should become stupid bum
gler over the models, and probably dis
gust Padiham by my awkwardness.
Good morning, Mr.. Padiham.
Good morning." said he, in that
hearty voice which resolutely declined
being Surly.
We went at our work without delay.
For nearly two hours put myself and
kept myself at Shorts Cutoff. Padi-
hams skill and readiness astonished me.
Great artists are labor-ssving machines
TO themselves; they leap to conclusion
in moment, where a potterer would be
becalmed for tide.
BY and by found that I could be OF
no further use TO this master crafts
man.
You understand this job better than
l do" said l.
II understand it" said he.
O"I'll take short SPELL" said !, land
look about the shop little"
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-02-28
M. QUAD'S SKETCH.
Bold. Bad Terror Run Dot OF a Western
Town BY Chinaman.
FRO BE CONTINUED. ]

| Bold, Bad Terror Kun out OF western
Town BY Chinaman.
I was the only newspaper man In Gus
! ter City when the last Terror OF the
! West came in and surrendered himself
and went out OF the Terror business for
| ever. He had heard that Grizzly Joe,
Wildcat Bill, Rattlesnake Hank, Awful
| Sam and the rest of the Terrors had
| either been keeled over or quit the
! trade, and he came in to make terms. |
was talking with the Sheriff, when the
! last living Terror, who answered TO the
name of Deadshot Steve, walked up.
He was armed with two revolvers in his
belt and a bulldog pistol in his pants
pocket. Down along his spinal column
was a bowie-knife, and in his vest pocket
the left ear of the last man who had re-
fused to drink poison with him.
"Well?" he queried, in voice which
had made hundred men chill in other
days.
"Its played" quietly replied the
Sheriff.
'.All out of business?"
every one. The man across the
road will give you SIS for your outfit.
come IN OuJ Vi Lub Wtb.
"It's tough" said the Terror, as his
thoughts went back 10 other days." but
this we're civilization walks over every
thing. cave"
met him later on, when he had had
his hair cut and been washed up and
exchanged his buckskin. and asked him
how he felt.
Queer, but I'll probably get used TO
it," he replied. when a mans bin
alvin holy terror for twelve years he's
sort o. rooted TO it. Got TO change,
though. The terror business is played"
Two days later, as was ready TO de-
part, | encountered him as he was
welding an AK on wood pile In front
OF a saloon. When again asked how he
felt he looked really cheerful as he re-
piled:
I'm a-gittin' thar, stranger, and you
can put me down as cured. When
Teller calls me liar both hands go back
fur my guns before kin stop 'em, but
that's habit, you know, and iii soon git
over it,"
And you have gone to work?"
HAD TO do IL or 90 up fur vag.
Civilization is rOllin' right In yere,
and everybody's got to knuckle or take
to the hills. I've knuckled. Sands all
gone"
went to the postoffice to take the
stage, and fifteen minutes later the
vehicle and its load passed the wood-plle.
Dead Shot Steve was no longer there.
Looking out across the plain we saw
him speeding as II for his life, and
thirty feet behind him, and hardly hold
ing his own, was a chunky Chinaman
armed with a broken broom handle.
The Terror was being run out OF town
by a washee man.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-02-28
JOHN BRENT
BY THEODORE WINTHROP.
Copyrighted. 1891.
CONTINUED.
CHAPTER NX.
49, IA. ~, --,-.-r -,
BY THEODORE WINTHROP.
CHAPTER NN.

DEAR Mr.. WADE-We are Fastening on;
] can write YOU but one word. Our Jour
ney has been prosperous. Mr.. Armstrong
is very kind. My dear father, fear. is
shattered out of all steadiueSs. God guard
him and guide me! My uudying love 10
your friend. Your sister,
ELLEN CLITuEROE.
Armstrong handed Us this note at St.
Louis.
And next morning we three pursued
our chase across the continent.
At New York another hurried note for
me:
We sail at once for home. Ny father
cannot be az peace until he is in LauCa-
shire again. Don't forget me, dear friends.
50 away sick az heart.
ELLEN CLITHERoE.
They left me-tbe lover and the ex-
lOver-aud followed on over seas.
am not to mauuder about myself.
So omit the story how / saw a vista in
new life, hewed in and took up a
''claim," which / have held good and
am still improving.
Meantime nothing from Brent-nOth-
ing from Miss Cltheroe.
wrote Brent and rewrote him, but
no answer.
That winter my old friend Short per-
fected his famous Cutoff Everybody
now knows Shorts Cutoff IL saves
thirty per cent. Of steam and fifty per
cent Of trouble and wear and tear TO
engineer and engine.
Short burst into my Office one morn
ing. He and Brent and ] and a set Of
other fellows worth knowing had been
comrades IN our younger days. We
still hold together, with a common pur-
pose 20 boost civilization, 50 FAR as our
shoulders will DO IL.
Look az that" cried Short, deposit
ing a model aud sheets Of drawings on
my table My Cutoff. What 90 you
think OF it?'
I looked and was thrilled. Ii was a
simple, splendid triumph of inventive
genius. difficulty solved so easily that
10 seemed laughable that no one had
ever thought Of this solution.
Wheeling Sunday register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1882-1934, 1892-02-28

Beauty often depends on
plumpness; so does comfort;
so does health. If you get
thin, there is something
wrong, though you may feel
no sign of it.
Thinness itself is a sign;
sometimes the first sign;
sometimes not.
The way to get back
plumpness is by CAREFUL
LIVING, which sometimes in
cludes the use of SCOTS
Emulsion of cod liver oil.
Let US send you-free-a
little book which throws much
light on all these subjects.
Soorr q Bo~xK. Chemists "a South 9Th Avenue,
New York.
Your druzgis, Keeps Sco,rs Emulsion Of cod liver
ol-al druggists evsryvhere do. 81.
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CHAPTER XXII.
pAD1HAM's STORY.

How jubilant l felt the next morning
as 1 made my way toward Lameiy
court!
As the clock dallied on its last stroke
of seven, entered Padiham's shop. !.
NV first glance-eyes never looked
more earnestly-was toward the two
drawings.