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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-16
WOMEN AT THE FAIR.
The Great Work They Have Accomplished
at the Columbian Exposition.

1he treat W CrN IDey haNe -hccohphsheu
at the Columbian Exposition.
Woman's influence upon the Column
bian exhibition is one of its most inter-
esting and instructive features. For
the first time in the history of such af-
fairs the women were given the most
ample opportunities to show both their
genius for organization and their abil-
ity to produce adequate results, and
they have more than justified the
faith of the government and the man
ayers of the exhibition. Their labors
began almost with the inception of the
enterprise, and they worked methodi-
cally and with a single purpose ever
since. Not only have they put to shame
the critics who were hostile to them,
but they have astonished their most en-
thusiastic advocates. They have
worked with as little friction as the
men, and it must be said in all fairness
that they have accomplished more, in
proportion to the means within their
reach.
Those who had charge proposed to
show not the female handiwork which
the public is accustomed to see at agri-
cultural fairs and the like, and which.
by the way, is worthy of all praise, but
the utmost limit of endeavor to which
woman can attain under her present
restrictions. There has been no flip
pancy or flight:ness in the aims of those
who have had the interests OF the wom-
en- in charge. They have animated by
single pnrpose and nave pursued it as
Systematically as men and with, per-
haps. more enthusiasm and loftiness of
spirit, becsu in sense their under
taking was novel and aroused more
profound interest in their bosoms-
Naturally there is no tone of flippancy
or flightiness in the splendid exhibition
they have arranged for the public. 1t
is entirely worthy of them in all re-
spects.
Its influence will lie twofold. 1t will
be a revolution to both women and
men. 1t will show the former what
their sex has accomplished under dis
couraging conditions, and it will sur
prise the latter into an admission of
injustice toward what they are pleased
to call the weaker sex. Women will
be inspired by the accumulated evil
dence of what their sex can accom-
plish and will continue with greatly in
creased energy the struggle for the
right to strive equally with men for
wealth, fame and happiness. while to
the men will be brought home more
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-16
The Girl of To-Day.

The modern young woman is as proud
of her athletic tastes and accomplish
ments as her grandmother use to be of
her extreme delicacy and weakness.
The modern young woman does not
faint easily, she can row boat up
stream. WELD a tennis racket with sus-
tanned grace for hours. climb noun
tains, catch the breakers or swim i'll the
surf. ride bicycle, perhaps, and in the
privacy of the women's class in the
gymnasiums, she can run, leap. fence
and perform numerous feats in her
pretty and comforta bic gymnastic-suit.
which an outsider. seeing her in snug
tailor-made dress or flowing evening
draperies. would not suppose could be
among the possibilities. And with this
addition of muscular force she has
gained intellectually and does not
shrink from the same college curricu-
lum which her brother attacks. The
girls of the closing years of the nine
teenth century, who has been able TO
avail herself of the privileges open to
her. is a thoroughly well equipped
young lady, and the country has right
to expect much of her whether her
chosen field of usefulness be domestic
or professionally. y. Ledger.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-16

keenly the ignoble distinctions in Their
own favor which they allow to stand
as barriers to the advancement OF wom-
en-. The earnest efforts of the women
who have been joined with the men IN
the management of the Columbian ex-
hibition and their perfected work Will
constitute the dawn of new era IN
the emancipation of the female sex.
and it is scarcely too much to say that
it will be the most important and far
reaching in results of any department
of this great Observation-Disclosures
American
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-16
THE IMPORTANT QUESTION.
Can Surface Cars BE Run Safely at n High
Rate of Speed?

Can Surface Cars BE Run Safely at n High
Rate of speed:
The question of the most Importance
to street car companies just now is
not whether the trolley, the storage
battery, or ammonia makes the best
motor. but how surface cars can be run
at high speed without killing too many
children. Children described as about
six years old" girls, preferred, are the
trolley-car's easiest game. Their judg-
ment of speed and distance is imperfect,
and they are liable to panics. The
street cars killed about one a week last
month in Rochester, and proportion
ate number in Boston. The old-time
ability of India to keep up its popula-
ton in the face of the institution called
Juggernaut is quoted in support of the
belief that our city population can
stand high speed on surface roads. But
the age of marriage is so much earlier
in India, and life is so much cheaper
and more common there than here, that
the argument is not good for much.
Americans are in hurry, and are will
ing to pay good deal for rapid transit;
but when it comes to paying regular
tribute of children. mostly girls about
six years DID," there is liable to be a
good deal of computation on the ques-
ton whether it really saves much time
to go so fast. There is an average loss
of some thirty years of time on every
six-year-old that is run down, and that
must offset some of the minutes saved.
Besides, the next six-year-old to be
ground up may be yours, and there is
no denying that that makes it awk-
ward. There are are bank presidents
that could better be spared, and that it
would be cheaper to run over, than
some six-year-old children.-Harper's
Waal-1v
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-16
After the Lovers Quarrel.

Miss Radcliffe (whc has net spoken
for an hour)-Aren't you hugging the
shore rather closely, Mr.. Herbot?
Mr.. Herbot (glumly) = Have to.
There's nothing else at present.
Judge.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-16
a FREE TRADE LESSON.
Wage Farmers Impoverished by Tariff
Reduction.


The laboring men who last year
voted to repeal protection and give free
trade a trial have no one to blame
but themselves if wages shall
now be reduced. In accepting free
trade they accepted also lower wages,
relying on the promises of the theorists
that with wages the price of food and
clothing would also go down, so that
while they earned fewer dollars every
dollar would have 4 larger purchasing
power. Whether the larger purchasing
power of the dollar will be realized re-
mains to be seen; the lower wages are
coming without doubt For several
months manufacturers have been hold
ing back. They know not what form tar
If legislation may take and they do not
care to be overtaken with a large stock
Of manufactured goods. manufactured
at high wages to be sold in competition
with cheap labor goods imported from
Europe No business man can blame
them for the reductions that they have
made.
The employers in iron mills west of
the Alleghenies have just served notice
ON one hundred thousand employees of
an intended reduction in wages, aver
aging twenty per cent, or one-ffth.
The cause of this reduction is stated to
be the proposed tariff reductions. The
men who are affected belong to the
smalpamated association and will re-
,ist the reduction. But what can they
do? The most that they can accom-
plish is the shutting down of the mills
II ought to be patent to every intelli-
gent man that if the duties on steel and
iron manufactures are reduced fifty or
seventy-five per cent, as proposed by
the tariff reformeTs, the price of
these wares will come down and that
wages will have to follow or bankrupt
the employers. The mill owners are
not going to take the reductions out of
their own profits, at least not all of
them. and what does not come out of
them must come out of the payment
for labor 1t is useless to argue
against these conclusions. They rest
On sound business reasons and cannot
&c avoided. We are going to have free
trade and with free trade we will have
free trade wages Thousands of labor
ing men in Pennsylvania and Ohio last
fall voted for free trade to punish the
employers of labor, they may now find
out that in order to strike also at their
own prosperity and the happiness CT
| their own homes. The fight at Home
stead was over the reduction in the
wages OF a few high-priced laborers,
now the iron industries are threatened
with reduction of twenty per cent in
all wages.-lowa State Register.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-16
A Minor Episode.

Reporter-The deceased was at one
time vice-president of the United
States Would you mention it in the
article?
Editor-Oh, no; that was some years
ago. Try to get something of interest
about him.-Puck
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-16

Miss May Dalzell, daughter of
''Private" Dalzell, has been dismissed
from the treasury department because
of her fathers offensive partisanship."
The democratic administration don't
propose to have any girls in govern
ment employ whose fathers believe in
the pension system.-Toledo Blade.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-16

An Infant Iadustry.-Baby farm
ing. Truth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-16

locks toss no more in the wind. Laugh
ter has gone out of the hall. Death in
the summer house,
Here is a father in mid-life: his COM
ing home at night is the signal for
mirth. The children rash to the door,
and there are books on the evening
stand, and the hours passed away on
glad feet There is nothing wanting
in that home. Religion is there, and
sacrifices on the altar morning and
night. You look in that household and
say, Il cannot think of anything hap
pier. do not really believe the world
is so sad a place rs some people de-
scribe it TO be-" The scene changes.
Father is sick. The doors must be kept
shut. The death-watch chirps dolefully
on the hearth. The children whisper,
and walk softly where they once
romped. Passing the house late at
night, you see the quick glancing of
lights from room to ROOM 1t is all
over. Death in the summer house.
Here is an aged mother-aged, but
not infrm. You think You win have
the JOY of caring for her wants a good
while yet. As she goes from house to
house, 10 children and grandchildren.
her coming is dropping of sunlight in
the dwelling. Your children see her
coming through the lane, and they
cry, ''Cirandmother' come" Care for
you has marked up her face with many
a deep wrinkle, and her back stoops
with carrying your burdens Some
day she is very quiet. She says she is
not sick, but something tells you will
not much longer have mother. She
will sit with you no longer at the table,
nor at the hearth. Her soul goes out
so gently you do not exactly know the
moment of its going. Fold the hands
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-10
An Augusta interest.

The Bath Times Of Saturday evening
contains the following article which will be
Of interest to our readers:
'sSecretary Plummer oflthe Bath board Of
trade. il in communication with large
manufacturing concern, recently burned out
in an up river town. They are now in tenn
porary quarters and will locate in the place
offering them the best Inducements. They
make tools hammers etc. and could be com
b,ned with some OF our own industries advan-
tageously. Then our workmen are skilled
In this very line, many of them. and could
be transferred from iron ships to iron tools
readily. of course the hustling town of
Gardiner is after the concern but We ought
10 offer better Inducements. There will be
= meeting of the board of trade Monday,
when an animated discussion will insure
good attendance. This is something tangi-
hle and ought TO be snapped up. Our bust
ness men will surely not let it pass without
. good honest effort to capture it,"
We certainly hope that our Bath friends
may not be successful in this instance
though, ordinarily, We are glad to note any
thing that contributes TO their material pros
perity. The firm referred to is undoubtedly
that of H. II. Harvey & Son, an establish
peut which the city of Augusta can i'll
afford to lose. The removal of Mr..
Doughty's large harness plant will be
heavy blow TO the business interests of this
city. To lose Mr. Harvey also, with his
large force of employees and substantial pay
roll would be calamity. We sincerely
hope TINT he may be prevailed upon to
rebuild his plant in this city and continue
to carry on in our midst the fine business
which lie has so successfully built up.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-10

There Is little douhs but wha, Senator
Carlisle Of Kentucky ma, h.v. the appoint
nenf OF secrssmy Of the treasury in Mr.
Cieveiands cabinet II he desires IT,. There
- probably no man in the Democratic party
better qualified for the place; but grave
doubts are entertained A. to hi. acceptance
Of III pfofsfed. The simple reason seems
10 b. that Mr.. Carlisle is not financially
able TO hold such an Office. He i almost
wholly dependent upon bis salary for snp-
port, AMI IL h we'll known fact that cabi-
net officer who comes anywhere near living
~ 70 conventional requirement. a, the
national capital. spends several times
the amount Of his Official income.
Scnstor csriisle's ultimate ambition
- thought 70 be place upon the
supreme bench Of the United States, and il
10 moi improbable that it may be sra,ified
bcfose the close of Mr.. Cleveiand's second
term in the presidential Office.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-10
Remarkable Experience Of Waldo County
NQman

Some men have lived to read their own
obituary notices, but certainly very fey
women have passed through such an expert
cnce as has the lady in this case She was
and is hard working widow with several
children. About two years ago her health
began to fail and symptoms of consumption
TO develop themselves. She consulted able
physicians, both at home and abroad, but
without avail. Repeated examinations were
made. resulting in unanimous verdict that
she was victim TO consumption and must
surely die. At last she was confined to her
bed, rapidly wasting away with all the dis
tressing symptoms of that dread disease.
During the last days of May, local spe
cialist in lung diseases was called in. He
found her propped up in bed, liable to lie
down, liable to sit up. breathing with diff
Guilty, harassed by an incessant cough.
After careful examination he withdrew,
and announced to the sorrowing family that
she could live but a very few days and
might die at any time that he would leave
no medicines as nothing could be done.
In four weeks from that time, this same
woman left her home to visit her parents,
living at distance of several miles. In
five weeks she was doing her own house.
works and has done it ever since. In six
weeks, she recommended finishing pants
for clothing manufacturer in her vicinity,
and, during the month ending Nov. 22d,
finished l03 pairs Her health and strength
are fully restored. She gratefully ascribes
her wonderful recovery to that equally Won
derful remedy, ''Rodolfs New Medical Dis
coyery," which she was urged to try, after
having given up all hopes of life. Her
name is Emily Walker; she lives in Brooks,
Me-, and will Dfirm these statements, on
application in person or by letter inclosing
staMns.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-10

Gail 1lsmiIton's holding Gladstone re-.
sponsible for the continued mprisonmea,
OF Mrs, Msybrick. 10 much the same a.
anyone calling President Harrison 10 ae.
count for permitting the free use Of lynch
law down soutb.--Lowell Mass Mail.
Not exactly, brother. II President liar
fison had power to put stop to lynch Law
no one doubts but what he would 10 so. 1t
10 within the power Of Mr.. Gladstone to
secure the release Of Mrs. Maybrick from
her imprisonment. but he evidently does
not choose to exercise 1t, For this, Miss
Dodge calls him to account, in the vigorous
and incisiye style that has always dis
tinguiahcd the brilliant COMPOSITIONS
that have come from her pep,
1t 10 evident that her woman's
sympathies are fully enlisted in the
cause she has so ably chsmpioned. and
while the people of our country NAV be
somewhat loath to believe Mr.. Gladstone
guilty Of any wilful malice in his attitude
towards Mrs. Maybriek. still they very gen
orally entertain belief in her innocence
and the hope that the clemcncy Of the Brit
isl' government may yet be- exercised to
free her from her present unhappy con.li-
tiou
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-10

trstion, cows have ineEsased IN nuDhers
sni vaIn<
The founding 81 NJ inisssry N this
STATE within ~ pc year, vhereby tvo
Immense factories me already extensively
ensaeea in The production Of condenseti
milk, has siso crested m increased demand
Tor The rs~ Material, the purity Of which i
nor conceded Ia ali the markets Of the
world. and these important indussries viii
continue 10 demand, a. they deserve, the
constant protection Of tic State, IL We are
to maintsin the high reputation Msins
row ssjoys for the alnost absolute con.
s;ition Of health among her aeeks aad
herds Regarding the prevalence Of
tnberculosis in Massachusetts, cattle
the commissioner says: srhe qaarantins
against Massachusetts cattle, which went
into eject JAM Isf, issa, Is still in force,
the experience of our board during tie year
just closed. having fully satisfied us that
the measure was both wise AMI necessary
for the protection Of all concerned, and As
YET no results have been reached in Mass
aehuset,s that lead Us to believe that tuber-
eulosis among tie bovine population has
received such official restraint as 10 nlateri-
ally decrease the disease To any marked ex-
tent among the cattle u the Oil Bay state. =
Hence il is In this account that the quaran-
tine is Recommended to be kept in force.
In regard to CHAMBERS among horses
the commissioners remark that
the unusual number Of ca-es that
have been brought into the State within the
past few years would seem to call for
some more restrictive legislation in regard
10 them, for not only does the State pay out
large amount annually for such diseased
bra.es, but they invariably act AS a menace
10 all our native stock with which they are
brought in contact.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-10

The Island OF Jamaica produces abort
all the ailspice that is used 1t n i.ao-,-ii
also as pimento. or Jamaica pepper. Tao
tree on which the berries grow is ever
green. and the flowers grow IN t,ersa
clusters. These develop into ssaai, g.-reJ.sl
aromatic berries, the size Of 5I..ek Pep
per. If allowed TO ripe,l they become
pulpy and lose some Of their ,,ungaacv
For commercial purposes the l,erzaes9 ar.
gathered when green. carefully dried in
the sun. and afterward packed in bags
holding 16o to $50 pounds and shipped.
Pinaenfo trees grow IN many part us
tropical America. but n<-i,ere do they
thrive as in jamaica The trees are
never planted by man ard reca:vc 70
cultivation worthy Of the name. The
SEEDS are dropped by the birds. and the
rims and the tropical sun do the reSt.
surplus trees are cut down asid become
waking sticks and umbrella hanslIss.
ms sYace u more mild and Innocent
team most other spices. Bakers Hci.sr.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-10

4 noblo type of the man who knows
how to do good with his money was
John Plankinton, OF Milwaukee Mr.
Plantations charitable deeds began in
curly life, from the very generosity of his
nature. and were continued uninterrupt-
edly. What he has done is best attested
by the fellow citizens of the great pork
PICKER who had shared his public maniti-
ceRce and were thoroughly cognizant Of
his Inany private charities. IN illussrs-
ton of the esteem and love in which he
was held it is related that when Pres;-
dent Cleveland visited Milwaukee in
1897. the applause which greeted him as
his carriage drove along the streets was
as nothing to the ovation given John
Plankinton, who rode in the procession.
When. year or two later. Mr.. Plank
inton's body was borne to the cemetery.
all the houses along thesline CT she flu
neral march were ,lraped IN mourning
and expressions of personal sorrow We're
heard on every hand. II was tribute
10 rich man who spent his money '. ise-
iy and who knew what was beautiful in
n life that is worth hving.-New York
World
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1893-01-10

S-nator VIM. T.. Chandler, 10 North
American Review.
The cholera again threatens us, anil can
only be averted by the suspension of immi-
grafton. Not only will it be wise on gen
eral grounds to take advantage of the sus-
pension of immigration which the cholera
of 1892 has caused. to continue the same
for 1898, but there is no other safe method
of avertiug an invasion of cholera in the
coming year, The most eminent authori-
ties assert that the suspension of all imm-
grafton is the best way to keep out the
cholera. Many believe that it is the only
reasonably sure method 1t is not believed
that the cholera germs are now here, al
though it is possible that they are. 1t
is certain that there will be another
outbreak of cholera, more or less extensive.
in Europe; indeed ii has already appeared
there. II cholera comes to this country, il
Is conceded that 1t will he brought with the
Immigrant passengers in the steerages of
the steamships. There is no serious danger
from cabin passengers coming as visitors
III there is no suspension of immigration it
will be indispensable to secure the adoption
and observance of the most rigid precautions
and rules in the European port, for period
before the sailings of emigrsnt vessels. and
the maintenance Of strict regulations during
the voyages. For this strictness we must
depend upon foreign officials and the officers
of the steamship companies and not upon
ourselves. No one believes that we can pre-
scribe and enforce upon foreign govern
ments and the steamship officers such meas
ures as will keep the cholera from coming
here. II will sail into our ports and over
tax all the resources of our quarantine anil
hesth authorities, and viii slsrm and ,iis-
tress our whole people. even if il doe. not
in fact extensively break into our borders
and ravasc our holmes. Ii VIC allow imni-
grafton We arc largely at the mercy of for
eigncrs. If we suspend immigration our
lives are III our own hands In suspension
alone is there any certs,ntv of safety. Pro-
lection to the Worlds Fair REQUIRES the
suspension. The Columbian Exposition
At Chicago can only be protected from
cholera. and made success so far as
foreign visitors are concerned. by the prb-
posed suspension of immigration. We are
inviting. and we very much desire. Euro
rean visitors to the Worlds Fair, They
vii not come in the same steamships with
esarms of Immigrants, nor will they come
even ia steamships bringing no steersye
passengers If they are to encounter the inn
migrants upon the docks of the steamship
eon'PNnies. Two currents. one of cabin
rAssensess coming as visitors. and one of
iu'hagtanfs coming for settlement. will not
etoss ths ocean eide by side. One or the
eshef siu stop. and hat one should be. AT
least for the year 1888. the current az inn
migrants ~ " i'i'-