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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-01

the back door, but the boys were there
to welcome him.
He took it good-naturedly enough
when he found he couldn't escape. The
boys piled him with questions about
how many veins he had struck, and
how much he would sell out for; and
of course he couldn't do anything but
grin sheepishly and try to look as if he
didn't mind their chaff
Then the landlord gave him a dig
about his expedition, and the girls who
waited on the table had something to
say, and when he rashly ventured out
after supper the statesmen from Gla-
zer's surrounded him with tin horns
and tin pans and other instruments of
torture, until he was forced to turn
and fly back to the hotel
Then they kept it up outside until
the landlord himself got tired and
threatened to scald them if they did
not go away.
Next day the boys were not surprised
to hear that Bascomb had left town
without bidding anyone good-by, and
for whole week the boys didn't get
over laughing at the Yankee who was
too smart; and it was unanimously
voted that Jim Macarthur was genius,
as well as philosopher.
Not one of the boys ever expected TO
see Bascomb again, and consequently
they stared as if they had encountered
a ghost, when, precisely three weeks
afterward they saw the lanky gentle
man walking along the main street,
hands in pockets as usual He was
in company with two well-dressed
strangers. and the boys were surprised
TO see the trio strike for Fox's hill.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-01
FEATHERED ARCHITECTS
Birds That Not Only Build Homes, But
Light Them.

Light Them.
In the forests of Bengal, province
of British India, there is found a little
bird somewhat resembling a sparrow,
which has reached such perfection in
the construction of its nest that it is
difficult to realise that it is entirely the
work of this small member of the
feathered tribe. In shape the nest re-
sembles ''kooji" (Indian water-eool-
err. The neck or top of the nest Is
long and narrow, but below this it
bulges out into larger compartments
The usual number of these compart-
ments is two, but as many as five have
been found joined together by narrow
tubes or ''necks," and suspended from
the branch of tree. The opening into
the nest is in the lower part of the last
spheroid. The nest is built in this way
to prevent its being entered by other
birds, or by reptiles of any kind
Among other peculiarities of these
nests are the methods employed by the
birds for lighting them. When the
nest is completed, the little inhabitants
line it with glow-worms, which are
found in large numbers in the forests
of that country. The birds fasten these
insects to the sides of the nests with
soft clay. To one looking into the
nest it presents a most remarkable
appearance, for it is all aglow with
phosphorescent light AS it is not
solidly built the light of the glow
worms is visible through it On dark
r;orl,t fba lirht time oyrocad "a aSna-
cially brilliant, and many Il weary
wayfarer has had good cause to bless
the little bird that had thus strangely
built its nest. The Hindoos call it the
''beacon light" and declare that it is
intended to direct the flight of the
male bird to the home of his tender
little mate. However that may be, it
serves more purposes than the one for
which it is supposed to be intended,
as many native who had lost his way
in the Businesses of the forest has been
enabled by its assistance to turn his
footsteps toward the open country.
The eastern people, ever supersti-
tious, have written much poetry about
this unique phenomenon, and have
ascribed most wonderful things to its
power. We cannot tell what the orig
inal intention of the birds was in so con-
structing their nests 1t is possible
that the little shining worms serve as
food for the young birds, and perhaps
for the older ones also. But we think
the most likely solution of the mystery
may be found in the fact that the
brilliant light thus reflected by the
worms serves as a protection against
the visits of a certain kind of snake
found in the jungles of India This
snake is of long, thin species, and is
very dangerous, but it seems dreadfully
frightened by the light which shines
out from the little birds nest and has
been known to get away in an opposite
direction as quickly as possible when
it has found itself in its vicinity. A
wonderful provision of nature, truly
Harper's Young People.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-01
DOES FARMING PAY2
1t Does to Those Who Attend to Their
Business and Do Not Fool Away Their
Time Growing.

1t Does to Those Who Attend to Their
Business and Do Not Fool Away Their
Time Growling.
The Omaha Bee has started an in
vestigation in Nebraska as to whether
farming pays in that state. Correspond
ents have gone among the farmers to
interview them and learn their exact
condition. The names and places OF
residence of these farmers are given,
and in the two counties of Hamilton
and Gage many farmers have testiie1
that farming pays and well ''wnere the
same attention is given to it that a man
gives to any other business. If all the
farmers in the west could be inter
viewed the result would be the sams
a = testified to in Nebraska 1t would
be shown tina: 80 per cent. of the farm
ers in the newer west went on their
farms with nothing few yeacs ago,
and now own them or have them al
most paid for. and horses aud machin-
ery to work them. In the city, where
a man has been able to save his earn
ings and buy home, he counts 1t the
same as he would bank account
Judge the farmers in the same way,
and few will be found who are not
much better off now than they were
when they bought their farms with
promises to pay.-kansas City Gazette.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-01
AN IMPORTANT QUESTION.
Timely Reflections as to the Necessity OF q
Constitutional Convention-Faets For the
People to Reflect On.

| Timely Reflections as to the Necessity OF q
Constitutional Convention-Eaets For the
People to Reflect On.
Is Kansas to have a constitutional
convention? The question cannot be
authoritatively answered until the peo-
pie have expressed themselves at the
polls. That the state needs new con-
stitution no one of intelligence will
deny; but that it is to have one in the
near future is not SO well determined.
Besides candidates for national, state
and local offices to be balloted upon
next November, the people will ex-
press their sentiments upon the propo-
sition, shall we have a constitutional
convention?" The last legislature pro-
vided that this question should be sub
mitted to the people at the coming fall
election, not wishing to take the re-
sponsibility of acting upon it in the
absence of special instructions from
constituents. If q majority of the
voters of the state decide in favor of
such convention, it will be the duty
of the next legislature to prepare and
issue formal call.
The call for q constitutional conven-
tion, if it should be made, will fix the
number of delegates, apportion the
state into districts for and provide the
time and manner of the election, and
determine where and when the conven-
ton shall assemble; it will also fix the
compensation OF delegates and make
an appropriation for their payment and
for the other expenses incident to such
gathering. The work Of the conven-
ton, it is estimated, will cover a period
of from fifty to a hundred days, the
length of time depending somewhat
upon the degree of harmony and
amount of business-like spirit that pre-
vail. After the work of the conven-
to the people-probably at the next gen.
eral election following for ratification
or rejection. 1t is within the discre-
ton of the convention to decide whether
the new instrument shall be voted
upon as a whole, or whether Sec
tions containing subjects upon which
there are well known divisions of pop
ular sentiment-such as prohibition,
womaa suffrage, etc.-shan be voted
upOh oCpdIdOcly. Lie DcItCT plhu OO-
viously would be to present these ques-
tions separately, in order that the gen.
eral body of the new instrument, con-
tanning only provisions as to which
there is no disagreement may be
adopted withou risk OF defeat.
Voters should think over the matter
in the meantime SO that they may take
intelligent action when the opportunity
is presented Political interest will be-
come so excited and absorbing when
the campaign gets under headway that,
unless the newspapers frequently di-
rect attention to the subject, the call
for constitutional convention is like
ly to be overlooked by many and a fair
expression of the people not be OBJ
tanned The question is certainly one
of sufficient Importance 10 merit care
full examination and study.-Emporia
Repu blican.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-01
cLEvELAND's DECLARATION.
The Stuffed Prophet Has Announced Him
self as n Candidate.

The Stuffed Prophet Has Announced Him
self as a Candidate.
In his letter to Gen. Bragg avowing
himself as candidate for president in
the Chicago convention in June Mr.
Cleveland says:
1 have alsoan idea that the presidency is pre-
| oninently the peoples Office, and have been
sincere in my constant advocacy Of the effective
participation in political affairs on the part OF
| all our citizens. Consequently believe the peo-
| pie should be heard in the choice Of their party
candidates and that they. themselves should
make nominations as directly as is consistent
with open, fair and full party organization anG
| methods.
Translated into plain English this
means that in MI. Cleveland's opinion
the fact that he will not be presented
by his own state should not bar him
from the field, and that individual dele
gates from his state should be permit.
ted to cast their votes for him if he cfu
induce any to do so, no matter whlst
action may have been taken by the
state convention concerning presiden-
tial nominations or what rule NAV
have been adopted by the delegation
on the unit question Thus it appears
Mr.. Cleveland is ready TO override for
his individual advantage decision for
which he and his adherents stubbOrnly
and successfully fought in the Chicago
convention of 1854.
The late Daniel Manning was then
"boss" of the state. Under his skillful
manipulation one-third of the state
delegation. led by John Kelly, Bourke
op1 L
ly declared that they would not cast
their ballots for Grover Cleveland be-
cause he was not their choice nor the
choice of the people they represented.
were compelled nevertheless to cast
their ballots for him, or, rather, their
ballots were counted for him against
their will and against their vehement
and Dg-maintained protest Mr..
Cleveland approved then of sup
pressing everything except majority
rule IN the state and in the party. Now
he IS ready to override party dis
cipline, destroy the ladder on which
he climbed to the nomination eight
years ago and seize for himself the
liberty he denied his fellow democrats
in the last Chicago national democratic
convention. He accepted twenty-four
votes under the operation of that rule,
without which he could not have been
nominated; and he knew that every
one of them was cast for him against
the will of the twenty-four delegates
and of the people who elected them
There is no protest from New York
state this year. The state delegation
is unanimous. But it is not for Mr..
Cleveland. Therefore he will ''go to
the people. Chicago Herald Oem.).
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-01
PEFFER'S BILLS.

Great Schemes Still Undergoing the Pro-
cess of Incubation in the Fertile Brain of
the Kansas Alliance Senator.
Senator PETER the other day intro
duced bill "by request of course,
which a Washington correspondent
says attracted some attention because
of the peculiar and extraordinary pro-
positions which were incorporated in
the measure. 1t is entitled "a bill for
creating fund for the payment of PEN
sions and for setting our army of idle
laborers at work on extensive public
improvements; for removing the
strongest incentive of crime among the
poor and to vice among the rich; for
protecting Americans from the influx
cf undue alien competition and for
other purposes" 1t proposes to levy a
graduated tax in all states, the pro-
ceeds to be expended for pensions and
paving soldiers the difference between
the coin value of the money they were
paid in and gold. The remainder is to
be expended for building canals, i'm
proving navigable streams, establish
ing a system of first-class highways,
building storage reservoirs at the heads
of streams and maintaining forest
parks. Only citizens OF the United
States are to be employed on such pub
lie improvements The bill provides
that to protect American laborers from
foreign competition a tax of 500 is to
be collected from each male immi-
grant
Another bill lately introduced by the
senator is one making every form of
money issued by the United States, in
cluding treasury notes, gold and silver
certificates, and all gold and silver
coin, legal tender for all debts, and
preventing Determinations of any kind
against any kind of money.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-01
What Jerry said.

The New York Herald's correspond
ent had a talk with Hon. Jerry Simp-
son, of Kansas The statesman said Gen.
Weaver, OF Iowa, could get the alli-
ance nomination for the presidency if
he wanted it The alliance would carry
eight states this year-four northern
and four southern. II Weaver should
decline, Donnelly, of Minnesota, would
be the best choice. Said Simpson: at
is not the presidency we are after.
Our underlying purpose is either to OBJ
tain control of the house and senate, or
else to hold the balance of power in
both houses. What we want is the
control of the legislative branches of
the government We can never ac-
complish our purpose in any other
way."
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-01

know that there is one on his own
coat"
THE deuce there isl cried Mart
feeling behind him, with very red
face
Il dare say" continued Jim. the
philosopher, declining to join in the
general snicker at Mart's expense,
that there is something hanging or
sticking 20 me at this present moment.
but don't care enough to look for it. >
''Oh, ho!" cried Lew Anderson, the
fourth of the group of idle boys who
were stan6ing this first day of April on
the main street of Bosco, small town
in the Michigan peninsula. what is
King Jim's idea of joke, for instance?
Shall we blow up barn with dyna-
mite, or throw couple of children in
the lake? would suggest that we set
fire to the lake as a starter"
There was a general roar of merri-
ment over this sally, but Jim was not
abashed. He was king, indeed, among
the Bosco boys, by virtue of superior
strength, wit and intelligence, and he
knew that no serious revolt against his
rule was contemplated.
''Poohi" he said, with a smile. "You
don't grasp my idea l think we four
boys ought to distinguish ourselves by
doing something out of the common
run-something we can talk about next
year with pride"
81 catch on" said Mart, with more
force than elegance. Suppose we
send somebody up to Wandel, forty
miles, Tor Or. Bixby to mend a broken
leg.~and when he comes, give him the
deg of ch air"
"Very WELL" said Jim, dryly, "Dr.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-01
The campaign of 1888 was one of

The campaign of 1888 was one of
principle, not personality. The cam
paign of 1892 viii be fully as much so.
The battle has not been pitched, but
events are shaping themselves in such
a way as to preclude the possibility of
juggling with the real issue to be
joined. The democratic house is fore
stalling the democratic national con-
vention, and determining in advance
what policy the party shall adopt. and
that will hardly less absolutely deter
mine the position of the republican par
ty. 1t looks now as if the republicans
would stand for the Mckinley tariff
bill and the Sherman silver act, the
democrats, on the other hand, for the
overthrow of both, one in sections or
by piecemeal, the other by the substi-
tuition for it of free coinage. The re-
publicans could ask for no better for
tune than to have the battle fought on
those lipes--Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-01

birth
With pink of frIgrant apple blossoms they
tinted check and chin,'
And hue of purple violets her eyes they pris-
oned in,
And yellow OF the crocus brought to shine
among her curls,
And sunny smiles they gave to her, and tears
like purest pearls.
Nor did they wit withhold, oh! no, few girls are
bright as She
But I'll confess that she has made an April
fool of me.
n she command me stay, stay; il go 1, straight
waygo;
II she decree that night is day, swear that it
is So
Frowns she, my heart sinks in my breast;
smiles she fain would dance,
And whether skies be fair or dark depends upon
her glance
and though she may neglect me quite, some
other swain to bless
with her delightsome company, in feigned un-
consciousness
OF my discontinue, small blame finds her per
versity,
for III confess that she has made an April fool
of me.
But fits rarely-I rebel, and vow no more III
bear
These April moods this April maid so oft sees
fit TO wear,
Scarce is my farewell spoken, when penitent
appears,
She silken fringe that wells her eyes all gemmed
with April tears,
And then-and then-(what lover, pray, relent-
less could remain.)
Ikneel for pardon, and take up the cap and
bells again,
Content, If near her I may live, whate'er she
wills TO be,
For I'll confess that she has made an April fool
of me.
Margaret Eytinge, in Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-01
THE APRIL FOOLS.

The April fools, the April fools!
What happy folk are they.
The white flowers deck the cherry boughs,
And daffodils are gay.
The bluebird calls, the redbreast sings,
The blackbird pipes all day,
And they believe-the silly things
That birds and flowers will stay.
'Tis wind and frost and scorching skies
That make the April fools grow wise!
The April fools, the April fools!
What happy folk are they,
They're light of head and light Of heart,
And dance the hours away,
Young love, with fluttorlng purple wings,
Blithe hope for them is new;
And they believe-the trustful things
That all they say is true!
Sweet simpletons! but who would frown
And shake their air-built castles down:
For dark were life, and full Of sighs,
Should all its April fools grow wise.
Marian Douglas, in Harper'S BaZar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-01

Next day two more strangers came
to town, and they went to Fox's kill;
and the next day the whole pack went
away.
The following week Bascomb came
back with carpenters and builders and
carload of machinery. and the boys
began to think they were dreaming.
The statesmen at Glazer's store
woke up about this time, and began to
neglect the affairs of the nation in
watching Bascomb and his men,
Jim Macarthur had not very long to
wait to find out the why and wherefore
of these mysterious movements. His
father sent for him, and said:
$50 you are the boy who fooled Bas-
comb, are you? 1 just heard to-day
that you were the one who conceived
that great April fool joke. You ought
to be proud of its success"
"Why?" stammered Jim.
Because" explained his father, with
a grim smile, you put the fellow on
to the biggest vein of copper that has
ever been found in this region. 1t is
fifteen inches thick, if it's oner'
"Whatr' cried Jim, in amazement.
He never said a word-he never told
Il thought"
''Of course, of course" said Jim's
father HE let you fool boys think
you had fooled him, and he just slipped
down to Detroit, bought the whole hill
for song, formed company, aud
now he can sell out his share for
hundred thousand tomorrow. But he
won't; he'll hold on, and he'll be a
millionaire in five years"
Then Jim went out. called the boys
together in caucus, and they then and
there resolved that they had played
the most expensive April fool joke on
record Victor Valentine, in Golden
Days.