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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
AGONY OF A BRIDAL COUPLE.
Friends who Ma Ike Life Miserable for
Young Married Folk.


The writer was at Maine Ta.ii-snad
station the other day when n groom lei
his bride to the. car steps. He was tho
worst prosecuted man that we have
seen this year. First of all, some ne
farious villains had tied white ribbons
and disreputable old shoes all over the
trunks Then, as the bridal couple
walked toward the train. band of
conspirators charged down and opened
rice battery. The groom was speedi-
ly dripping with rice, while the brides
veil was sagged with it The ornamen-
tation of her cloak caught the tiny kerr
nels and held them SO perseveringly
that she was whitened. She lost her
self-possession, ducSed her head and
stood silently awaiting O cessation of
hostilities.
The groom was a practical exempt.
fication of all that the civilizing intlu-
ences of this fin de steele age can do for
a man. You could see the savagery of
ancient DAYS lurking in his eyes; you
could see by the commissions of his face
and the twitchings of his muscles that
his every impulse prompted him to leap
upon his prosecutors, rend their limbs
and scatter them. IL it had been in days
of old there would have been a series of
horrible murders, the groom would have
seized the bride and would either have
climbed tree--our forefathe used to
do that--or would have hied away to
his fastDess.
The crowd laughed on, ignorant of
the danger they had courted. One
shrill-voiced miss screamed: Don't be
SO sullxy. WILL" and let him have a
double handful of singing rice lxer-
nels. The groom clinched his teeth a
little closer, turned, left his bride and
walked into the car. Why not have
this wicked persecution relegated to
the garnet along with the thumb.
screws and iron virginf It's fun for the
crowd, but isn't it about time to have a
care for tho frogs?-Lewiston Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
Stub Ends of Thought.

It's a cold day when you can't find
sunshine somewhere in this world.
1t makes your burden twice as heavy
to think about it.
A man who takes smile away from
his family to give it to somebody else
ought to be lynched.
Beauty speaks the same language to
all people.
If the flowers were as dissatisfied as
human beings are we would have to
use diSinfectants on them.
Love is the molasses on the bread of
matrimony- somebody must provide
the bread.
A poem without soul cannot hope
for immortality.
Hope is a necessity; realization lux
ury.
More women stop thinking to talk
than stop talking to think.
A million persons need one dollar to
one person who needs million dollars
Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
would not dance except with the best

would not dance except with the best
dancers among the women. AS to per-
sonal appearance and traits, it may be
said first that Warning was man of
slender, graceful physique, with singu-
larly well-shaped hands and feet and
head and face that were almest too
good-looking to be manly. Dark hazel
eyes. dark brown hair, eyebrows,
lashes, and very heavy, dropping
mustache, n straight nose, a soft, SEN
sitive mouth with even white teeth
clear-cut chin, and with it all soft,
almost languid southern information,
musical, even ultra-retined, and he
shrank like n woman from n coarse
word or the utterance of an impure
thought. He was man whom many
women admired, of whom some were
afraid, whom many liked and trusted,
for he could not be bribed to
say a mean thing about one of their
number, though he would sometimes be
satirical to her very face. 1t was
among the men that Sam Warning was
hated or loved-loved, laughed over,
INDUCED, even spoiled, perhaps, to any
and every extent, by the chosen few
who were his chums and intimates-
and absolutely hated by a very consid-
cradle element that was prominent in
the army in those queer old days-the
array of officers, who, by reason of
birth, antecedents, lack of education
or of social opportunities, were want
ing in those graces of manner and Ian
guage to which Warning had been ac-
customed from earliest boyhood. His
people were southerners, yet, not being
slave owners, had stood firm for the
union, and were exiled from the old
home as a natural consequence in a
war in which the south held all against
who were not for her. Appointed a
cadet and sent to the military academy
in recognition of the loyalty of his i'm
mediate relatives, he was not grad
uated until the war was practically
over, and then. gazetted to an infan-
try regiment, he was stationed for
time among the scenes of his boyhood.
ostracized by his former friends and
unable to associate with most of the
war-worn officers among whom his lot
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
I.-CoNTINUED.

"Why, certainly, colonel" said he,
81 have been most derelict of late
during the visit of all these charming
people from the north; and that re-
minds me, some of them are going to
drive out here to hear the band this
afternoon apd take a bite at my quar-
tiers. l was just on my way TO beg Mrs.
Braxton and Mrs. Cram to receive for
me, when your orderly came. And,
colonel, want your advice about the
champagne. OF course l needn't say l
hope you both will honor me with
your presence" Old Brax loved cham
payne and salad better than anything
his profession afforded, and was dis
armed at once. AS for Cram, what
could he say when the post commander
dropped the matter? With all his
daring disregard of orders and estab-
lished customs, with all his consum-
mate sang-froid and what some called
impudence and others 'cheek," every
superior under whom he had ever
served had sooner or later become
actually fond of Sam Waring-even
stern old Rounds-'old Double
Rounds the boys called him, one of
the martinets of the service, whose
first experience with the fellow was as
memorable as it was unexpected, and
who wound up, after vehement
scoring of some two minutes duration,
during which Warning had stood
patiently at attention with an ex-
preston of the liveliest sympathy and
interest on his handsome face, by ask
ing impressively: "Now, sir, what
have you to say for YOURSELF"
To which, with inimitable mixture
Of suavity and concern, Sam replied:
Nothing whatever, sir. l doubt if
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
TTo BE CONTINUED
The Miners Cabin.

One charm of the anthracite coal re-
gion of Pennsylvania has almost dis
appeared, and that is the comfortable
and even picturesque log shanty of the
Irish miner. The best of these were
well chinked from the weather, and
within their flattened logs were white
washed and spotless. The floor was
scrubbed until it was nearly as white
as the walls. On one side was great
fireplace, with large CRATE piled high
with perhaps a hundred pounds of
glowing anthracite. Wrinkled old Irish
women, in the whitest of starched
caps, sat in front of the CRATE, knitting
stout blue wooden stockings. To the
tiny breaker boys coming home on
winter nights after hard days work
these shanties, with their cheerful fires,
were welcome resting places where
they might stand in front of the fire
unrebuked while black streams ran
from their grimy boots over the shining
floor. The shanties have given place to
formal tenements, and the Irish miners
are retreating before thousands of
even poorer laborers from continental
Europe.
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IA
tired and sick of it; the same thing year
after year; drudge, drudge, and no end
to it when there amt bit of use of it;
tell you, Ike Staples, such life amt
worth living. and won't stand it any
longer"
'Why, Jud Wilmot, how kin you
talk that air way? Sich a life amt
with living; land sakes! what on airth
do you want? Here you be with as good
hum as any Teller kin ask fer; good
dad and mar and alters plenty to eat
-and-say.Jud what bout Mandy? BE You
fergettin' her? You know your dad'll
give you that west eighty-acre piece
when you and Mandy git hitched and
by n by you'll hev the hull farm; why.
-Jud, you orter be the contentedest
Teller in Injiany.'
Yes, Ike, that's all very fine, but
Just the same l want to see some of the
world before l settle down; it's grub
grub, all the time: here it is Thanksgiv-
ing to morrow, but / don't feel very
thankful can tell YOU: can see moth
ing ahead of me hut feeding hogs all
winter. blowing in the spring, harvest
ing and haying in the summer, shuck-
ing corn in the fall, and then do it all
over again the next year. No, Ike, l
have made up my mind to go and have
one whirl anyway, and the folks hadn't
ought to object; but they will l ex-
pect there'l be fuss, but am going,
and right away, too, after Thanks
giving"
Ike Staples continued his advice and
backed it up by relation OF an expe-
rience of his own, winding it up by
saying how glad he was to get back
home.
Judson Wilmot glanced at the cross
roads storekeeper, for Mottville was
nothing but a crossroads. with a pity
ing look, and evidently thought there
was vast difference in the chances of
himself and the little old weakened fell
low seated in front of him on a cracker
barrel. He said nothing, however, eX-
,cept to ask for the mail, and picking
up package of raisins he had pur-
chased turned to leave. As the post
master handed him farm journal and
New York paper. he said, with real
A-AAN y CT AiC NhhNhAN1-
We'll, Jud, l 'spose you'll go, SO I'll
bid you good-by; but you had better
eat a big Thanksgiving dinner to-
morrer, for you'll not git any SIGH
-cookin' as your mars till you git home
again"
The Wilmot farm was located about
-FOUR miles from the post office. 1t was
perhaps the most prosperous place in
the country, and the Wilmot family
stood high in the esteem of everyone
The family consisted of Father Wilmot.
called squire" by his neighbors, the
mother, kindly old lady whose whole
happiness was bound up in her only son
Judson, and her only daughter Matte,
a bright girl of eighteen. at home now
from school. to eat Thanksgiving dinner
with the family.
Judson was just twenty-one years old
on Thanksgiving day, aud this fact and
one other had caused Mother Wilmot
TO try and Guido all previous efforts at
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
Improved.

They must have been engaged at
least an hour, inasmuch as she seemed
to have grown aweary of asking him il
he would love her always.
She was silent for ten seconds, while
she thought to devise some other in
quiry to PROFOUND.
Suddenly her face frightened.
Darling" she cooed. do You take
me for better or for worseT'
He smiled patronizingly.
Dearest"
He pressed her hand lovingly.
-'it must be for better always in
case of lady or you don't sell the
pictures.
For time she was puzzled by his re-
ply, but she eventually reflected that
he was photographer. and it was all
plain to her.-Detroit Tribune
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01
have that west eighty acres take
these buds of and go to work like
man"

The usual group were in Ike Staples
store on tina. same Thanksgiving after
noon.
well, Ike, how about the new
bank?" asked one.
"There amt agoing to be nary new
bank" responded Ike. II sized young
Wilmot up wrong; he amt got no
money; he did make strike. but arter
that he jist played angel as they
call it, for some theater folks, and he
went broke. He told me hisself that
he had to walk near all the way home
and that all he had wuz that slick suit
of clothes, and tibet he wuz agoing to
work that west eighty of the squire's,
and l bet, boys, he wuz as glad to git
hum as wuz when my old man of
fered me dollar day and board; but
Jud is good Teller, and he and Mandy
air going to get spliced between now
and Christmas" j. j. FULLER.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01

nnt-white cap, OF sOitest nlmlest lace,
That made picture frame about her sweet and
placid face
Such a brave little Mother!. SO many a year
had fed
Since her husband leal and loving, had been
numbered with the dead
So many, many summers had she borne lone
Is heart
That her fair age and his bright youth were half
life apart
Such a gentle little Mother. All: the boys re-
member now,
Sorrowfully, every shadow on that tender, tran
quill brow.
They remember how she taught them, how she
kissed them each at night
And they felt no need OF angels keeping watch
TIL morning light
Such trustful little Mother! There were dark
days now ana then
Though the dear lads never dreamed ii until
they were bearded men;
She would go away alone kneeling in her cham
Der dim,
And would tell the Lord her troubles, casting
all her care on Him.
Such a happy little Mother! With a laugh like
bells a-chime,
Ever swift to see the bright side. ready with
quip and rhyme
oh, so quick with loves own pity! Oh, so earn
est meath the Jest,
Ever lavshins her kindness, giving ever of her
best
Such winsome little Mother! Why the vii
lage children came
Trooping merrily about her. she knew every one
by name;
Baby faces smiled 10 greet hers, by some sub
tie impulse stirred,
As IL 1edglings knew the brooding OF the ten
der mother bird.
Such a true little Motherl Never dallyinE with
wrong:
Honest to the very hearts core; bearing bur
dens late and long;
Paying every debt with interest: filling every
day with work
With deep disdain for any who the day s
demand would shiris.
Such a blessed little Mother! Through their
tears her sons to-day
Thank the God she served and honored that
she sleeping passed away;
Lifted 10 the home in Heaven. to the comrade
gone before,
Just as earth's Thanksgiving greetings fioated
through the open door.
Margaret E Sangster, in Harper's Bazaar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01

In order to discourage suicide, Swed-
ish law compels the body of every per-
son who commits suicide to be sent to
the dissecting room Of the nesres>
university.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01

ONT you go and
do no sech
thing, Judson
Wilmot; you
jest stay whar
you be-"
We'll, ! just
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-12-01

SUCH a quaint lit
tie Mother, in a
gown of silver
gray,
Her snowy h al r
smooth parted, in
the dear old fash
Toned way,
And on her head a
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-19

there was beginning of anti-admlnis-
tratIon party ia the Senate, he cut
his bridges and burned them
behind him on the subject of compro-
mise. He was Democrat who stood
by the organised administration OF his
party, and the Democratic people OF
the United States would do the same
thing. The people did not intend to
abandon that organization nor did they
intend to see the chief OF that admins
tration shot down.
do not intend to be deferred by the
taunts that l am serving with the Sem
ator from Ohio (Mr. Sherman); that he Is
my chief. Politics make strange bed fell
lows. Where do other gentlemen stand?
Under the leadership of the distinguish
ed Senator from Kansas (Mr. Pefer)
lgreat laughter. 1t is a question of
taste very much about these things. II
there is more affinity, more OF attach
ment for the doctrines of the senator
from Kansas, say to my friends, go as
you like it.
At SIS p. m. Mr.. VOORHEES, moved
that the Senate sake recess until 10
O'clock tomorrow morning, which was
agreed TO.
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GROWING DULL IN THE HOUSE.

WASHINGTON, D. c., October 49,
The remainder Of the week in the House
promises TO be exceedingly dull. 1t was
decided to postpone consideration OF the
bankruptcy bill till next week, and to-
day. after the disposal Of the routine
morning business, the House went
ahead with the consideration OF the
printing bill.
During the first morning hour Mr..
Wolverton, from the committee on
judiciary, called up the bill to reduce
and register the fees of clerks OF the
United States district and circuit courts
and the returns made by the district
attorneys, marshals and commissioners
and it was passed.
Mr.. Geary then called up the New
York and New Jersey bridge bill.
Dewitt Warner, Of New York, and
Geary almost came to blows in a dis
pute over an amendment TO the bill,
after which it was passed.
The House then resumed consldera-
ton of the printing bill, and at 5
o'clock, without completing the consid-
tioL Of the bill, the House adjourned.
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sanntn to Sit From 6 TIL 10.

WASHINGTON, D. c., October IL
Senator Voorhees, said to-day in reply
to a question by q representative Of the
Associated Press that he would make
an effort to continue for the present
the recess system inaugerated last
evening. He says that his plan now is
to have the Seaate sit each day from
10 to 6, and that he is Of the opinion
that this will prove the best plan for
turning out work and getting rid OF the
long speeches. 1t is, he thinks, fairer
to all parties, and will have tendency
to keep Senators in better humor than
the night work, which is wearing upon
the temper as well as upon physique.
Mr.. Voorhees, expresses the opinion
that the end of the long debate is near,
and intimates that the present week
may close 1t.
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representative than the Baltimore sun.
which reads the fllbusters lecture
that ought to reach their coosciences,
il they have any. It demonstrates that
no self-respecting repeater and no re-
pealer who hopes to retain the respect
Of the people can afford to assent to a
compromise which fails to put an imme-
date stop TO the silver purchases. The
people have been told and have come to
believe that these purchases have been
argely responsible for the drain OF gold
from the treasury, for the financial
stringency and for the prevailing lack
OF confidence. They believe that the
cessation of these purchases will put q
stop to this drain and this stringencY
and will restore confidence. An over
whelming majority Of the House OF Rep
resentatlves and a majority of the SEN
ate recognize the fact Of the existence
Of this belief on the part Of the people
and are ready 10 obey the public
demand. Unless the admistra-
ton, meaning thereby the leg
islative as we'll as executive controlling
political force. causes these purchases
TO cease, permanently or temporarily,
it will be Justly accused of a shameful
trifing with the public interests. The
representations on the subject OF the
effects Of the silver purchases, IL they
are believed after they have been dis
credited in this manner by those who
uttered them, will, If the remedy is not
applied, aggravate the panicky and
stringency producing conditions which it
is desired to eliminate. A compromise,
which would put stop to the
compulsory silver purchases, coming in
the meanwhile the bullion which the
government already has, would not be
surrender Of principle, or Reputation
Of the representations that have been
made, or a betrayal OF the public con-
fdence. But compromise which
merely reduces the amount Of current
silver purchases and enables the re-
public by bond issue to borrow the
gold TO meet the drain, is not q com
promise at all, but an unconditional
surrender on the part Of the repealers
Of every principle for which they have
commended.
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Hau,ing in Great Crowds.

Fort WAYNE, IND, October IS
Every engine owned by the Pittsburg,
Fort Wayne and Chicago Railroad that
can haul train, and every passenger
car, including the emergency excursion
coaches, will be In requsitiou tO-mor-
row and Friday in carrying New York
ers to the Worlds Fair. Between the
hours OF the morning and o'clock this
morning nineteen long passenger trains,
each consisting Of nine TO twelve
coaches. passed through this city en-
route to Chicogo over this line. To-
morrow and Friday morning the com
pany expects to double the number Of
trains. All yest-bound Nickel Plate
trains are being run in two to five sec
tions, and that line is being taxed to It's
utmost capacity.
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a MODERN LooHINvAR.

Miss ADELE SEAMAN, Of Egg Harbor,
y. j., was engaged to AUGUST KLEIN.
The wedding evening and the hOur
came, but Gus was missing.
1t happened that among the guests
was HARRY SHAEFEH, a former sutton.
While the guests were waiting aud at
about the time they began TO wonder,
HARRY whispered few hurried words
TO ADELE; and then, with his eyes
shooting flashes of electric JOY at the
rate Of q thousand volts, stood up in
Gus place and was married.
The echo OF the minister's voice had
scarcely ceased when the beIated Gus
appeared.
He wasn't in it-except the soup. He
was painfully DC troD.
Moral: Be sure Of your intended, or
don't send an invitation to your rival.
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The SUN LYING AGAIN.


WASHINGTON, D. c., October 1s,--
The New York Sun this morning con-
tanned a list purpOrting to give the po-
sltion of members of the q. S. Senate
on the repeal bill. In this list Senator
Brce Dem, Ohiol, is classified as
among the unreliable repealers."
Mr.. Brce is in New York to-day and
whom this classification was brought TO
his attention he telegraphed his private
secretary in this city to correct the mis-
take. The telegram said.
"My position has never been doubt
full. 1t has alwas been for uncondl-
tlonal repeal and l have not seen any
which l believed as strong.
This could have been ascertained easily.
The classification is careless, at least,
and ought not to be repeated"
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THE REASON WHY.

'sDo Won know" says the Atlanta
Constitution, why so many careers,
full Of promise at the start, fail 10
reach eminence aud pause at mediocre
"? Do you know why we have so
much superficial literature and art, so
many statesmen, professional and bust
ness men who achieve nothing and
wear gray hairs and eyeglasses before
middle age, and become the victims Of
dyspepsia and nervous prOstration|'
And it answers its question:
The explanation is 90 be found in the
fact that too many Of the men and women
who try 20 90 90 tAe front are engaging IN
700 many OCCUPATIONS. The man who wants
y be successful as @ statesman, lawyer or
,rch0ut cannot do his work well and be q
1lic lecturer, temperance leader, educa-
al rciOrmer, and secretary or Two or
societies. The woman who wants 70
model wife and mother cannot anord
q society leader, magazine writer
lent of literary club and ruling spirit
lurch and charitable societies.
%, man may have great abilities, ana may
DO fttsd FOR a distinguished and succesSiuI
career but he must devote DIS me Work 10
some specially. If he tries 70 lead and
shine In half q dozen dihsrent occupations
be will neglect them all more or less, and
ne viii inevitably degenerate into super
fetal person.
INC Old ashioued idea Of concentrating
rrr energies upon one thing in order 20 do
r. well should be revived ia this superficial
ace No man is a universal genius No
man can hone % be a brilliant success In
several widely different lines OF work.
This is true, so far as 10 goes, but 1t
does not answer the Constructors Ques-
lion as to early gray hairs and fallen
careers 'iull OF promise at the start
There are other answers, and
none Of them are: TOO much work, I"
r.or TOO many irons in the lre."
The young man Of ordinary iutelli-
gence and ability who endeavOrs
to succeed honestly and faith
fully will succeed, no matter
what hts start in lie may have
been. The thousands who fail, or are
worn out before their time, have their
own answers as to why.
Their answers may be myriad, but
not one in his heart will blame his
failure or condition on 'Oyer work" or
anything Of the sort.