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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-08
THE DEADLY UPAS TREE.
It's Poisonous Quality Really ETists-Thi
Similar Effects of Hops

Its Poisonous Quality Really EKists-Ih8
Similar Effects of Hops
The upas, or Antiuris toxivaria of
Java, has been long known as the dead
u tree 10 many of the popular writers.
which is. unfortunately. not a grave
mistake, as credited by some The
tree. large one, belonging 20 the same
order as the hop, contains certain ele-
ments. consisting Of a peculiar princi-
pie having all the activity of a very
powerful poison This principle IS an
tiarin
This plant, when simply approached.
regardless of handling. but aggravated
By disturbing the foliage or exposure
to night influences, IS capable OF emit
ting an aeriform matter which very IN
pleasantly affects many Of those who
approach it. causing formidable erup-
ton upon the skin and more marked
tumefaction OF the deeper layers of the
surface. while others seem perfectly
free from its influences
Internally used, this plant is poi
son
In relation. now, with this plant. I
here intend TO show that the hop has
such action in some individuals, as
will endeavor TO illustrate Having
had the occasion of directing the use of
hops in the form of a fermentation. ad-
vised that large flannel bag be filed
and then immersed in boiling water. al
lowing the excess of water to drain OF
previous 10 use
In the course OF the procedure lady
manipulating the operation was COM
PEELED 10 have her face and neck ex-
posed to the abundant vapOr, which at
the time caused no Inconvenience At
ter the lapse Of six hours a general
burning OF the skin ensued, accom-
panied by stiffness OF the muscles, end
ing in general smarting and tumefac-
ton OF the tissue. adding to the features
very great Disagreement, and obliter-
ating the eyeS-Medieal Bulletin
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-08
JERRY KNOCKED OUT.
The Sockless Statesman Runs Against
Buzz saw.

The Sockiess Statesman Rams Against a
Buzz saw.
4 Washington correspondent says
Jerry Simpson ran against a buzz saw
in the house the other day during the
silver debate. 1t has become a regular
thing with him to interrupt speakers
with all sorts OF cute questions, designed
70 worry and disturb the speaker. and
intended also TO make Mr.. Simpson con-
spicuOus. He has INDUCED in this
smartness SO often the house has become
tired OF it, and Is not in humor To sub
nit TO much more Of it. While Mr..
Raynor. prominent democrat of Mary
land. was making his great anti
silver speech. Simpson attempted
10 display his freshness. Mr..
Raynor. who is one OF the most eloquent
men in the house. had the close atten-
ton OF the members and the great crowd
in the galleries. and was IN the midst of
one OF mis- most effective flights of ora
tory. when Mr.. Simpson arose rs usual
TO interrupt. Mr.. Raynor stopped
short. and turning to Mr.. Simpson, ex-
claimed: ''0h, sit down; speak in your
own time. Your questions never amount
70 anything, anyway"
Mr.. Simpson was hit 50 hard that he
stood for a moment almost daZed. and
then dropped into his seat, apparently
glad 70 get ont of sight. The members
roared and the crowd in the gallery
cheered for the beautiful manner in
which Mr.. Raynor had squelched the
gentleman from Kansas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-08
KANSAS PROSPEROUS.
Nets For Howlers to Crack-WhRt Kansas
Farmers Have Done the Past Year.

Nets For Howlers to Crack-what Kansas
Farmers Have Done the Past Year.
When considered together with the
mortgage reports showing that the
farmers in sixty of the 1O6 counties of
the state made net reduction of nearly
four million dollars and gross reduc-
ton of over fifteen million dollars of
their Indebtedness in the last eight and
a-half months, the report of Secretary
Rusk, showing that over forty-five mil
lion bushels of last years corn crop and
over seventeen million bushels of the
wheat crop are still in the hands of
Kansas farmers, is one of the most re-
markable evidences of the prosperity of
the agricultural portion of our popula-
ton.
Our farmers have lived well. have put
In an enormous acreage of wheat, have
paid off probably seven million dollars
of debt, have fed and shipped trainloads
of stock in the last eight months and
have yet nearly eleven million dollars
worth of corn and twelve and a-half
million dollars worth of wheat of the
crops of 1921.
There is no reply to this convincing
evidence of the prosperity of our farm
ers. The miserable, woe stricken de-
tractors OF Kansas have nothing to say
except to make a general charge that
the press. the officials of the govern
ment at Washington. and the county
registers falsify the records. They pro-
duce no figures to sustain their humanity
calamity wall. While the farmers and
laboring men of all Europe are calling
upon this prosperous nation for food
and our charity is measured by ship
loads, the farmers of Kansas are living
on the best the land affords and paigny
off their debts and still their corn cribs
and wheat bins are running over. fine
hogs and sleek cattle cover their farms
or speed on every freight train to the
market. 1t Is high time that manhood
in Kansas reasserted itself. that self-re-
spect were .estored and that the yawn-
ing demagogues whose impossible prom
ises and libelOus accusations are an in
suit to the intelligence and integrity of
the state were dropped into the obscur-
ity from which they came and for which
they were intended by the Creator
Capital
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-08
1 Plea For Harmony.

The Abilene Reflector makes this plea
for harmony and hard work all along
the line: There is abundant room in
the ranks for all who are in sympathy
with our cause, and in the language Of
Gen. Phil Kearney there IS plenty OF
good fighting all along the line and
no man need this year wait for orders
or formal invitation. This Is no year
for an honest republican to stand back
and wait for ceremony. The man whom
the republican party OF Kansas viii
honor in the future Is the man who vol
UNFAIRLY pulls off his coat rolls up his
sleeves and goes to work TO redeem the
good name and honor of the state OF
Kansas, and woe be to the paper-collar
gang who hold off to be begged to assist
in the fight"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-08

nent politicians this state has ever pro-
I duced was the fnancier of the family
and but for her ambition and faith in
his abilities he would probably never
have been known beyond the confines
of his own county. Her farsightedness
in real estate purchases, which were
exceedingly small at first made for
them modest competency which gave
him opportunities in furthering his
political career All the household
labor was performed by her own hands
and the sale of dairy products gave
them their first start One plan was to
buy lot in a respectable quarter and
place several houses upon it The
houses were not built there The wife,
passing through the streets, would find
houses for sale cheap if they were
moved from the place These were
bought and placed on the lot mentioned,
the cost being much less than a like
structure when new. Fresh paper
within and coat of paint made them
desirable to rent. and little by little the
fortune has accumulated.
The officers of the building and loan
associations have found thousands of
women stockholders Young women.
fired with an ambition to own property
and have home of their own, are pay
ing weekly into the association hun
dreds of dollars Many of them have
to practice the most rigid economy in or
der to meet their obligations The
comparative newness of women in bus
mess life and their natural sensitive
censciences make them prompt, and
dealers in real estate have found them.
as rule, desirable purchasers. In an
organization recently started the plan
is the same as that of savings bank.
Any sum may be deposited At any time,
and after the deposits amount to fifty
dollars interest is paid to the depositor.
Among the persons who have dealings
with this association are women of our
most fashionable sets, who entertain
handsomely and seemingly have every
thing heart can wish. Their savings
are sometimes as small as twenty-five
and fifty cents, occasionally as many
dollars -Indianapolis Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-08
THAT RATIFICATION.
Why should the Average Kansas Farmer
Take Day on to Heat Drums, Blow Tin
Horns, Set OF Fire Crackers and kindle
BonfireSS

| Why should the Average Kansas Farmer
Take a Day on to Beat Drums, Blow Tin
| Horns. Set or Fire Crackers and kindle
| BOnfires?
Friday March 25l was set apart as q
day for rejoicing and jubilee by the alli-
ance party managers over in Kansas.
| The alleged reason for the dem lastra-
/ ton was for the formal ratification Of
| the work done by the cow enti1n at 1T.
| Louis last month Just why tn IRE
should be any undue exhibition Of mi:.th
and hilarity Is not az once apparent to
the casual observer. Certainly the plat
form and preamble adopted by the st.
Louis convention calls for weeping and
wailing and the destruction of teeth if
the despair breathed from its where
asses" and resolutions Is At all con-
tagious. The convention itself does not
call for any particular Endorsement.
The party which it was intended for was
for the most part present in the conven-
;ion en- masse and the Formally of in
IlorSing at home that which was per-
formed abroad is rather more ridiculous
than en- imposing spectacle. 1t is the
prospects OF fusion with the democracy
III hdhSiS liIil pdNt OctGHlDu - TIC d.
sumption that the day would be one of
barbecues and the night one of bon
fires? Was it the smell OF flesh pots
that made the leaders of the alliance
imagine that the people would care to
take day OFF and parade around the
streets with flying banners? Or was it
the hope OF carrying Kansas and one or
two republican states and thereby
throwing the election of president into
a democratic house? Certainly it could
not have been the straddle on the sub
treasury that inspired the enthusiastic
ailiancemen with the thought that re-
joicing would DE TIE order OF the day;
nor was it the lodging of prohibit
zion and woman's suffrage that gave
rise to the presumption that the people
would care to unite in 4 glad hosanna.
What could it mean?-Kansas City
Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-08
NO FUSION FOR HIM.
A Prominent Democrat Speaks His Mind
Freely on Fusion.

A Prominent Democrat speaks HIS Mind
Freely on Fusion.
Bailey P.Waggener, ex-rnayor and the
democratic war-horse of Atchison, in a
recent interview at Wichita with refer
ence TO the probability Of fusion be-
tween the democrats and the alliance in
the coming state campaign. very posi-
lively expressed himself as an anti
fusion democrat. and vehemently scout
ed the idea of the big, broad-shoul-
dered democratic party allying itself
with the alliance. which he character
lied as "a political prostitute" He
thinks fusion is impossible. owing to
the strong sentiment against il by the
notwithstanding democrats of the state,
and stated that with tyenty-seveu
years experience IN the politics of Kan
sas he had always observed that when
ever the democratic party lowered its
colors by fusing, i came out of the fight
very much weaker than il it fought the
enemy siagie-handed-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-08
WOMEN AS MoNgY-saveRs.
They Generally Make Closer Economists
Than the Men

They Generally Make Closer Economists
Than the Men
The fact that women are economical
and money-savers IS difficult to impress
upon the minds Of men as class The
methods adopted by women are sensi-
bic and practical sometimes Iudicrous.
and often pathetic, according TO the
position in which they are placed in re-
gard to the amounts which fall to their
lots to dispose Of There are a few
Hetty Greens, and it Is more whole
some for the race that her class is an
overwhelming minority. Money-savers
OF her kind are detrlment and not &
benefit One who denies herself even
tie common decencies not to mention
tie necessaries of life, is not a good
example for others Whenever a WON
an Is allowed a certain sum or earns a
regular amount with which all ex-
penses must be met then she IS better
able 70 appreciate relative values, and
she viii soon aceustom herself 70 the
best methods for procuring the most
and best for her mo>-y. As a class
women are more saving than men ever
think of being.
The wife of one Of the most proui-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1892-04-08

uncertainty. confusion. division-almost
paralysis. Now there is order, harmony,
resolution and enthusiasm. Republic
cans are not lulling themselves into
fancied security, and sitting idly down
to await results. They realize that
fight is before them-a hard. hot con-
test that will neeessitate the employ
ment of all their skill and energies.
But contemplation of the coming
struggle gives zest to their spirits and
harmony and strength to the organiza-
ton. They a.e in splendid condition
for the campaign, and are going to press
the fighting from start to finish. II
they should not win-but it is not
worth while to consider remote posi-
bilities. They will win"
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-24

William P. Mclean was born in Kinds
county Miss. on the 9th day of August,
le36, and has lived in Texas since the wear
1852 He attended schools in Cass and
Harrison counties, and in 1854 entered the
university of North Carolina, Chapel Hill.
N. c., as student. He graduated in 1857
and after graduating took law course in
the law school Of that institution. He re-
moved to Victoria county in the year 1860.
and IN 1861 was elected to the legislature,
out resigned in the winter of '61 and go
and entered the Confederate army as
private in the Nineteenth Texas infantry;
was promoted to adiutant OF that regiment,
and afterwards to Acknowledgement of the
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-24

Third brigade, Walkers division, and
served until the close of hostiIities. In
1869 he was again elected to the legislature,
this time as a representative from Red
River and Titus counties. In 1872 he was
made Democratic elector at the CorsicaHa
state convention, but resigned this place by
reason of receiving the nomination for con-
gress by the Democratic convention Of his
district. He was elected to the F'orty-third
congress and in 1875 to the constitutional
convention. In 1884 he was elected Judge
Of the Fifth judicial district In 1891 he
was appointed member of the railroad
commission of Texas.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-24

Special to the
GALVESTON.
from Galvesf0
ToLiverpool
To Continent.
To New York,
Galv
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-24

the crucifx before which he bows; and be
raised in due time out of all his poverties
into the glorious home built for him and
built for US by him who maketh the Seven
Stcrs and Orion -,
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1892-03-24
Exchange at New York
NEW YORK, March q.
Exchange a Sow Orleans

E1chanse 10 New Orleans
NEW ORLEANS, LA. March q
to the Gazette.
COZ s....4 s4aiG4 s51s
-Commercial, 90 days. 20 -
ork slgnt-BaEk ......-....l50 premium
rclal. e. -.--.-..--. ....,.... 80 premium
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-16
HOW 1T WOULD WORK.

If it would be right and proper to dis
franchise railway employees, under gov
ernmental ownership and control, as is
proposed by acertain school of reformers
and defended by great q political
party, why not apply the same rule to
all employees of the government in all
departments of the public service? If
such scheme is necessary to secure
honest and efficient service in the man
agement and operation of the railways,
why is it not also in the postal service,
and in all the other departments even
now? There is one thing that would be
accomplished effectually and certainly
by such policy, and that is no political
party would hold control of the govern
ment more than one term, unless the
party in control at the time the change
should go into effect should fill all the
public positions from the opposition
party or parties, which would rob party
success of its chief inspiration, if the
champions of the proposed change are to
be believed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-16
WANT SOMETHING NEW.

They don't offer anything new, is fire.
quently heard on the streets by the peri
patetic political philosophers. That is
true; there is nothing so very new from
campaign 10 campaign. Some new APP
plications of legislation, that is all.
Theories of government have been evolv-
ing for thirty centuries. Substantially
all the strength and weaknesses of gov
ernments, the inequalities and unequal
distribution of this worlds goods have
been considered by wise men time out of
mind. There has been progress and will
be progress. Reformation but not revo-
luton may be expected. Nothing rew.
Indeed! What do these reformers offer
that is new? Absolutely nothing, that
they are willing to stand by. The sub
treasury scheme is not new. but as it is
practically abandoned nothing need
be said of it, except its death
through self explosion. The ownership
of railroads is no new theory. 1t was
substantially set out in the anti-monopoly
platform of 1884 and had been practically
tried with poor success In foreign coun-
tries.
The difference between setting out
nothing new and setting out some old
worn out and discarded doctrines as
new is something very much in favor OF
nothing new" All this demand for
something new is senseless, unless
that something new" is suggested by
him who demands it. A thousands
evils may be found. but who viii find
an adequate remedy? There is not
place. or condition in things finite or
infinite but about which complaint may
be made in some way. In our lives Is
too much suffering, too much I'M
satisfied longing. The climate, the
seasons, all mankind, how sadly
reformation Is needed. If one will he
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-16
complain through life and dis

can complain through life and die
complaining.
How foolish to wear away ones life
IN useless complaints. The only justi-
fication for complaining is against some
willfuI wrong for which the complainer
has an adequate remedy to suggest.
These complainers who ask always some
thing new are cynics and could no more
be contented than the wind can be still.
1t is but the foment of the political at
mosphere which will by and by be still.
What pleasure they take in deceiving
others, and may be themselves by mis-
quoting the past, yes, classifying the past
and the present, and by the lowest ap-
peal to prejudice among men, astounds
US. This campaign on the part of So
called populists has degenerated into the
most vicious appeals to class prejudice
and the most wholesale and indiscrimin-
ate lying. These hypocri'ical leaders
viii not win if their true character is
known. Deception and the hope that it
will not be discovered is their only sal
walton.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-16
FREE TRADE A COMMERCIAL CURE
ALL" OR "DEMOLITION'-WH

1t would be hard to satisfy all the
theories of the free traders. One day
they distinctly theorize that the tariff is
a tax which the consumer pays. This
involves that goods abroad are sold at
''cost of production" including but
reasonable profit on capital invested; that
such goods will still be imported into
this market and sold plus the tariff.
Again, they argue that foreign goods
will not be sold here at all because
barred out by the tariff, and that the
home manufacturers then put up the
price so as to rob consumers and build
private fortunes. They are not agreed
as to the effect in the home manufacture
ing enterprises. Some assert that home
competition becomes so sharp and enter
prises so multiply that overproduction
and ruinous prices for manufactured
articles result. Then comes the friend
of the manufacturer in favor of free or
freer raw materials to lower the cost of
production Of the fabrics. But Springer
says the cost of raw material is lower
under tariff than otherwise, and in
wool districts Springer argues the benefi-
cence of free wool to raise the price of
WOOL Finally manufacturer says the
restrictive tariff is killing all kinds Of
business and manufacturing as well.
The harmony of the free trade chorus
is wanting. The "iniquity' of the tariff
all are agreed upon but nothing else.
The latest is an accession to the Demo-
cratic party of manufacture, and he
thinks free trade would stimulate manu-
featuring. This may be true. We
think otherwise. lift helps manufac-
lures what is to become OF the tariff
barons." who have made fortunes under
protection? Is this proposition to help
the tariff barons" still higher in the
scale OF riches? Does it mean to say,
"Mr. Tariff Baron. you are standing in
your own light. Protection is hurting
your business. Free trade will give YOU
free raw material which will cheapen
your cost of production and make bust
ness better with you, don't you see
This is great ''cure all" Free wool |
makes higher priced wool to the wool |
grower and lower priced wool TO the
wool consumer It benefits the manu- |
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1892-10-16
KANSAS ALL HAIL!
From the Ohio State Journal.


The tragic event at Coffeyville, Kan,
on Wednesday last could have happened
in no other state in the Union, for Kan
sas, above all others, has oftenest COM
manded the attention of the country on
account of unusual occurrences within
her borders. Kansas! What a world of
recollections that name awakens. Bleed
ing Kansas, where John Brown, the
mailman saint of Ossawatomie, thought
out the strange purposes Of his life!
Kansas, where the Emigrant Aid asso-
citation and the southern census suffer
ers combined to hasten the .irrepressible
conflict. The land where the Kansas
legion, the kickapoo rangers and jay
hawkers engaged in a guerrilla warfare
that was the skirmish line of the great
rebellion. Kansas. the home of
the grasshopper, the cyclone, and
the hot wind. Dreary, drouth-stricken
Kansas! Beautiful, crop-burdened Kan
sas, where feast follows famine. The
state famous for her colleges and lynch
ing bees. The home of the Bender fam
lily and the rendezvous of the untamable
and hilarious boy. Kansas, where
the popularity of the prairie dog and the
sunhower was disputed only by John j.
Ingalls,. Prohibition Kansas, the politi-
cal birthplace of John Peter st. john.
Petticoated Kansas, where members of
the gentler sex are blessed with munich
pal suffrage. Favored Kansas, repre-
sented by Senator Whskers PETER and
Sockless Jerry Simpson. Fighting
Kansas. the scene of the war between
the steadfast friends Of Judge Botkin
and their deadly opponents. Pro
technic, impulsive, irrepresslble, history
making, notoriety seeking Kansas. Il
is very chilly day when its name Is not
in the newspaper headlines. In ali these
United States there IS none other Ike
busy, beautiful. bleeding Kansas. In
no other state would gang OF bandits
try to rob all the banks of town, and
then only succeed III having themselves
shot full Of holes for their pains. In 10 9TH
er state would the hide bound Democrats
agree 70 make their beds with the Peo-
pies patty just in order to get even with
the Republicans. Glorious Kansas, the
proudest diadem in the coronet OF states.