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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22
A POLITICAL MOVE.
Tar Commissioner Cartilage Talks OF she
Recent Action of the Railroad Assess


rax Commissioner Cartlidge Talks OF .hs
Recent Action of the Railroad Assess
ors.
Mr.. E. T. Cartilage, tax commissioner
of the Santa Fe, in talking of the in
crease made in the assessment of the
Santa Fe's property by the railroad as
SCISSORS, said: 1--WE expected an in
crease, but were rather surprised to
find it so large. If the assessment as
it is at present stands, it will increase
our taxes in Kansas from s7O0, 900 to
over 5000, 900, or about so per cent.
"When we fled our figures with the
assessors l asked for a decrease from
last year of one-third, and fled papers
to show that our figures gave the true
value of the road. l had sent to sixty
county clerks in the state and got from
them statement showing the assessed
valuation of the personal property in
their counties, and also list OF the
transfers during the year and the con
siderations therefor. and the assessed
| value of the real estate transferred
From these figures / compiled table
which proved that the assessment we
set upon our property was correct
When this table was given to the as
SCISSORS they replied that they did no
need proof-they knew how to value
railroads themselves
Politics is the cause of the raise, O
course. When | was out on my frs
trip with the assessors, Gov. Lewellint
| told me that the value must be raised
| in Kansas; that that was one of thu
things that was expected of his party
Other officers said the same thing, anC
! the auditor stated that his predecessor
Mr.. Hovey, and Attorney-General Ives
of the populist party, were turned dowI
| for reducing the assessment OF the rail
roads, and that under the circum
stances the assessment must be in
creased.
81 believe the railroad assessment thi
year will reach sos, 900, 900. The assess
ors tell me that they have increased
all roads alike, and if this is so, it vii
be nearly s67, 100000 The Kansas Cit!
papers made a mistake in saying tha
the assessment in 1891 was reduced
from s72, ,OOO,O to s51,OO0,000 Th'
Capital, 1 believe, was the only pape
that gave the correct figures. which
show the reduction to be from S57, 600,
600 to s51, 900, 900. This is a little mat
ter, but we do not want credit for I
twenty million reduction when WI
didn't get Topeka Capital.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22

in miniature, Of course, but they are so
carefully modelled after the originals
that they afford an accurate study of
the building methods of historic race.
Five models of as many famous
pueblos of Arizona and New Mexico
occupy space in the main corridor of
the building. The stone and adobe
dwellings of the sedentary tribes
which of all the Indians reached the
highest mark of civilization are shown
as they stand to-day. These sedentary
tribes, so called in distinction from the
nomadic tribes, lived in that part Of
the continent which is now included
by the territories of New Mexico and
Arizona. The very fact of the situa-
ton of the pueblos signifies a great
deal to a student of etbnology. The
advancement of the savage to a
state where tribe lived together all
the time within the walls of city and
could be found at home at any time by
band of hostile Indians is in a
measure accounted for by the prox-
unity to the domains of the great
Aztecs. The range of the civilization
of the ancient inhabitants of Mexico
was as far reaching as it was potent
One of the most remarkable of the
pueblos is that of Bonito in the canyon
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22
WANTED GROVER.
They Have Him and He Is Truly an Ele-
phant on Their Hands,

They Have Him and He Is Truly an Ele-
phant on Their Hands.
The democrats are put in the embar-
RAISING position of having to choose be-
tween the professions laid down in
their last national platform and the
law laid down by the president in his
last message. There is no doubt that
the party will be able in some way to
make this extraordinary straddle with
out change of countenance- 1t has
never been in any other than a
straddled condition for so long that it
has come to feel unhappy in any other
condition. But still it is very embar-
RAISING to read in the platform an utter
condemnation of everything the repub-
lican party ever did and then have the
infallible pope of the party from Gray
Gables, call congress together with the
proposition that John Sherman was
right in all he tried to do at the time the
so-called Sherman law" was passed
With the free silver men claiming
that Sherman was right in passing the
compromise bill when he could not
stop free coinage entirely, and with
Cleveland claiming he was right In
trying to stop free coinage entirely,
and the republicans all knowing that
he has been right all the time, it looks
as though John Sherman was getting
substantially unanimous Endorsement
The mere impulse of human sympathy,
however, makes one sorry for the DEM
ocrats when they seem to get so little
satisfaction out of what they tried so
hard to get Grover seems to have
given his democratic disciples only one
crumb of comfort, namely. the thinning
out of republican names on the pension
roll.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22
HAD ENOUGH.
sack-Cloth and Ashes Altogether too Good
For Him.

Sack-Cloth and Ashes Altogether too Good
For Him.
A prominent Douglas county repub-
lican was in Topeka recently doing
pension business for those of his friends
who still remain on the pension roll.
He said that before leaving home he
met an old republican soldier who had
wandered away into the jungles Of
demo-populism and had voted directly
for W. A. Harris and indirectly for Grover
Cleveland. The informant said the old
soldier came to him voluntarily and
stated his abject repentance for the
foolishness in which he had INDUCED.
He said: 81 am as repentant as the
prodigal son for having been jackass
enough to vote against my own record
and my own convictions adhered to
for pretty long life time. 1 am not
repenting in sack-cloth and ashes, be-
cause sack-cloth and ashes are too all
fred good for me. I am repenting in
plain rags and ordinary dust. / pro-
pose If necessary to pawn my cows In
the next campaign TO see to it that the
people who have advertised Kansas as
a great national poor farm are driven
back into the awful obscurity from
which they have accidentally escaped
by such fool votes as my own. I am 9
farmer and for the farmer, but in elect
ing these men now in power we farmers
did just what we should do il we adver-
tised Our farms as being covered with
cookie burs and deprived OF stock
water am for the republican party
now as never was before" Not all
the repentant voters are as frank as
this one but this one has power OF
good companY.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22
AGAINST CALAMITY.
A Protest Against Cowsrdice-Kansas w
Redeem Herself.

A Protest gainst tCowsrdice-Kansas VIII
Redeem Herself.
If the glorious Kansas column is to
countermarch because of the grief we
now have on hand, then we may as
well expect all sorry things.
protest rgainst any such expecta-
tions.
protest against the heaping OF cal
umny on our state by our own peopls
of any class.
protest especially against the wels
dressed calamity howl which attributes
all our financial, and hence our polit-
zeal troubles, to our discouragement OF
drunkenness and our belief IN the
widest possible interest and partic1pa-
ton in the joys and sorrows OF citizen
ship regardless of irrelevant distinc'
tious.
l protest against any assumption
that the present ebullition of angered
| ignorance in politics is indicative OF
the general future of the state.
protest against any theory that wa
are to drive wealth from our borders
and remain only a squeezed lemon
an abandoned province
protest against any prophecy that
we are to fail to add to our natural adj
vantages whatever art and science can
give us-to the end that we may attain
all that makes life worth living-a1
that makes states great.
/ protest against any forgetfulness
of our mighty resources and our abil-
ity to own the greater part of them
with all their fruits if we are honest
and frugal and diligent.
I protest against any apology for
the magnificent record made by our
state during the first thirty years of its
life or any contradiction of it in the
years to come.
1 protest against any forgetfulness
of the legend on our great seal, "Ad
Astra per Aspera." which admits but
two things-difiicultie and stars.-C. s.
| Gleed
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22
AN INSIDE OPINION.
A PopuIist View of Our Populist Governo'
and His Appointments

A PopuIist View of Our Populist Governos
and His Appointments
Republican denunciation of Gov. Lew
elling may not be given full faith and
credit by populist sympathisers. but
when the populist editors speak right
out in meeting and tell what they know
and what the rest of the world knows
about the great Iowa tramp who in
habits our governors Office then the
best of populists ought to listen. Here
is sample brick from the arsenal OF
the Topeka Populist:
"Attorney-General Little and Gov.
Lewelling are insisting that the NJ X. &
T. Offices remain in Parsons. On the
face of the reports it looks as though
they were in earnest. But the journal
says that the governor has retained
ex-senator c. HI. Kimball to keep him
posted and assist him in the matter.
If this be true the whole business is
probably fraud as far as the state adj
ministration is concerned and only in
tended for political effect, for c. Fl.
Kimball is one of the dirtiest and most
contemplate corporation whelps in
the state. He is one of the same breed
as Jim Legate and John V. Moffat
those other friends of the governor
from whom all decent men revolt. IL
Kimball is in il the whole thing is q
fraud After enough bluster to enable
the governor to hoodwink the people
by saying: See how stand for the peo-
ple,' the fuss will settle down and the
railroads will do as they please. Great
is humbug in the governors office"
The fact is that the man who is ca
pable of such fraud as that worked
on the state last winter by Lewelling
is capable of any other fraud. Lew
elling's appointments have nearly all
been surprises to his own party and
alrzarc 70 dacanf rennla OanArallY.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22

though somewhat removed from the
central portion of the grounds tins
building is at all times thronged with
visitors who seem 10th to leave the de-
cayed remnants of former members OF
early tribes of this country and the
moldy skulls of human beings who once
lived and moved and had their being In
all quarters of the globe.
There seems to be sort OF fasclna-
ton in these repulsive relics The aver
age person will stand and gaze into the
sightless sockets of grinning skull
with as much interest as he will view
beautiful picture or a wonderful mech
anism. OF course there are exceptions
Some people-and they are not only the
timid, nervous women, either-steer
clear of these exhibits and glance
askance at them if they unintentionally
happen upon them.
One day recently party of men were
strolling about among the mummies
when one of them, big. rough-look-
ing fellow, turned away from the sight
with an expression of mingled awe and
disgust, and expectorating with some
force, exclaimed: Say, fellers, this is
too dang much for me! Them things
give me the fontags. Seems like can
taste 'em."
With laugh the others followed the
squeamish fellow from the building
without going any further and thus
missing many very interesting sights,
among them being the pueblos of the
Aztecs.
Ranged along in the central portion
of the building are these primitive
structures of the most ancient race OF
redmen in North America. They are
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22

all connected with one spot, though
running off in strings in five directions.
1t is uninhabited to-day and still
remains as it stood untold centuries
ago.
A novel feature of the daily pro-
gramme at the fair is the playing of the
chime bells in the tower of Machinery
hall. Visitors from the country who
have never seen the operation of q
chime of bells are at loss to under
stand how it is done. Some very
naturally suppose that it is done by
simply pounding upon the bells with q
hammer, but then again that seems q
little improbable when they hear some
of their favorite tunes played and with
such correctness as they are executed.
A visit to the east gallery of the hall
will enlighten the uninitiated on Chime
ringing.
There the operator is at work At
first sight it would seem that he was
engaged in running a double-geared
combination pumping apparatus or in
spirited contest of human endurance
against machinery, but a few moments
observation will reveal the fact that he
is engaged in playing the tune which
at the moment is rolling through the
corridors of the grand Court of Honor.
Prof. C. E. Bredberg is the operator OF
the chimes at the fair and he manipu-
lates the handles of the keyboard in a
mastery manner Through his skill
the ears of the tired sightseer
who sits upon the base of some statue,
or any other base that will afford him
a moments rest, are delighted with
some old-time melody as it goes ring
ing across the domes of the beautiful
city of white.
At stated intervals during the day
Prof. Bredberg opens his music book to
familiar tune and places it before
him on his Ginning stand. Then he
copmences series of gymnastics that
give him muscles like blacksmith's.
1t is not nearly so easy as it looks to
the knot of visitors that always gathers
around the railing when the professor
begins. He dances up and down the
line of handles, at times using one
hand and at others both. When he
grasps a handle he gives it a vigorous
push downward, and without an in
stant's hesitation goes on to the next.
1t is the big bells that have hardened
Prof. Bredberg's biceps 1t is no trick
at all to ring the little ones, but the
deep-toned monsters with heavy clap
pers are harder. To ring them an
amount of strength such as the ordinary
man does not possess must be put into
the stroke. There must be certain
amount of delicacy in each stroke. too,
for any discord, however slight il
might be in an ordinary instrument,
produces grating jar when it appears
in chime. Prof. Bredberg is too old
| at the business to make any mistakes
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22
COWS. CATS AND RATS.
A Parable Worth Reading, No Matte
which Side One Is On.

A Parable Worth Reading, No Matter
Which Side One Is On.
A waiter in the Topeka Capitol says
that once there was very rich man,
and he was the king of the land, and
the wealth and the talent and other
good things of his dominion were pretty
evenly Distributed; but the people OF
Catarugas county were cutter than any
body.
They could raise Cats to beat the
earth, and SO one day while they were
down they showed the King, who
owned great many Cows, that ii he
would exchange Cows for Cats, head
for head, a Cat would be worth as
much as Cow; because it could be ex-
changed for Cow" and this increase
in the value of Cats would add vastly to
the wealth of the Kings realm, and the
wealth of all the people, and the hap
piness of every body, and so the King,
who had a hundred million Cows, is
sued his proclamation and be-
gan the good work of exchanging
Cows for Cats as requested; and so it
turned out, sure enough that Cats ioere
worth as much as Cows; and then all
the merchants and men in trade ac-
cepted Cats in exchange for goods and
in payment of debts the same as if they
were Cows and laboring men of the
realm took Cats for their pay, and
everything was lovely and everybody
was happy and the people from Cata-
rugas county smiled the most, and as
the business progressed merrily it was
found that the Kings backyard began
to fill up with Cats, while the Cows in
the corral began to thin out, and then
the King tumbled, and he said: "Ho.
no! you are doing me up! You will
soon have all my good Cows while i
will have only your common Cats"
but the Cat men were nervy, and
they said to the King: "a Cat
is worth as much as Cow, and
if anybody wants to exchange Cat for
a Cow, why, you just give him Cat
instead; it will do just as well" and SO
after that the King of the land froze to
his Cows and paid off all of his officers
and soldiers and pensioners and labor,
ers in Cats, and they roared, and well
they might; because, as soon as the
King squealed on the Cats everybody
shook them because they could nc
| longer exchange them for Cows, and
| all the merchants and men in trade in
stead of giving a Cows worth OF good:
for a Cat, would only give Cats
worth, and the laboring men Of the
realm now got Cats where before they
had got Cows and they were hot about
| it, and when the Cat men told them,
you can still pay debts with the Cats
the same as if they were Cows, they
| said-Rats!
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22
"US POPS.
A Voice from the states Prison Speaks
as With Authority.

Voice from the states Prison Speaks
as With Authority.
Gov. Mckinley is one of those men
that nothing but the hand of the Al
mighty can down. He is an American
of whom every American citizen should
be proud.-Chanute Tribune
The major is the daddy OF that in
famous tariff bill VIII the Tribune
contend that the formulating of that
bill was the result of divine inspiration?
Has the Tribune forgotten that the
Ohio democrats downed the major a
few wears ago when he ran for con-
gress; or, since that great republican
tumble last fall, does it believe that a
democratic hand, held up by US pops, is
stronger than the Almighty's? Let the
major run for an office in which he can
take hand in the formulating a law
and he will find that the people" will
lay an almighty" heavy hand upon
him--Prison Trusty.
Here in Kansas it is that prisoner
in the state penitentiary is permitted
by populist officers to throw mud at q
man like Maj McKinley-soldier, con-
gresham, governor, patriot, gentle
man. statesman 1t is enough to make
cayotes blush to think of such thing.
The prisoners little toy paper. the
Trusty, was never permitted under re-
publican management OF the peniten-
tiary to publish solitary line that
could be construed into partisan or per
sonal matter. The whole business is
wretched outrage.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22

Of Chaco in New Mexico. This home Of
the Indian was built in the shape of
half circle and faced out on yawning
ehasm. The high walls of the houses
facing to the rear served the double
purpose of a forti6cation against
enemies and a protection against the
elements The buildings were all of
stone and the masonry of the tribe.
judged by the ruins of the towns that
are left, was really marvellous. Their
tools were much better than those of
the other tribes of the time and the
people more peaceful and industrious.
The pueblo of Mashongnivi was built
by the Moqui. 1t is much larger than
either the towns of Taos or Acoma and
built entirely of stone. Altogether
there are over two hundred dwellings,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22

now, and when he pushes handle he
is certain that it is the right one. HIS
practiced ear catches the sound from
the tower high above him even when
the machinery huns it's loudest. If
anybody wants to know whether or not
the professor earns his salary let him
try to pump ten church organs at once
and he will have some idea of it.
The chime now on exhibition is COM
posed of ten bells in the major scale of
ID, and includes the fat seventh note.
They grade in weight from d, the
heaviest weighing 3,19o pounds, to E,
the smallest one in the collection, $50
pounds. The aggregate weight is H.
$40 pounds. exclusive of the attach
ments, or with all the attachments
about 16, 900 pounds. The bells rest on
heavy oak frame with the big bell on
top and the smaller ones beneath it
They were taken up to the tower sepa-
rately and hung in place without hav-
ing been tested in any manner before
leaving the factory. The tongues of
the bells are connected by means of
wires, straps and pulleys to the levers
VI buc Culluluk Stduu OuC huuuiCo ACCs
below.
The subject of salvage on the fair
buildings is already under discussion.
In few weeks more steps will be
taken to dispose of the material of
which the great buildings are COM
posed. Much of it will of necessity
be wasted, but there will be great
deal of it that can be utilized for build
ing purposes. A great deal of the
timber will be just as good as new and
will doubtless go at half price or less.
and it is quite likely that great de-
mand will arise for 1T to be used in the
construction of dwellings near the
grounds.
There will undoubtedly be q use
found for much of the iron and steel
used in the construction of the fair
buildings and there will be plenty of
chances for junk men to get on a profit
| able deal in refuse. As there is nearly
| two months left in which to discuss
this matter it does not at present COM
mand much attention, but it will soon
become question upon which the fair
officials will be engaged in good earnest.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22
I. It's a Diver

1t was in the Italian section of the
Liberal Arts building, and 1 was look
ing at a fine piece of armor well set up
helmet and vizor, breastpiate. greaves,
etc--when a woman's voice behind me
exclaimed: ''Its diver. I've seen 'em-
Amt he natural loolingr" They were
evidently an elderly country couple
and she had just caught sight of the
armor. wondered what the smith
who had wrought with such patient
art would have said could he have
heard the exclamation, and have seen
the couple walk on perfectly satisfied
that they had seen diver, the husband
delighted with his wife's knowledge.
The very resemblance which made the
mistake not altogether inexcusable
made it all the funnier. Doubtless
amusing mistakes like this have counted
up into the millions at the fair, yet in
spite of these it has not failed in its
function as an educator.-Century.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22
INTERESTING EXHIBITS.
The Pueblos Of the Aztecs IN Min
iature at the Worlds Fair.
Curiosities and Relies In the Anthropo-
logical Section The Columbian
Chimes-The Probable DISPOSE
tion Of the Fair Buildings.
Especial chicago Correspondence I

JUDGING fro m
the int e r e 5 I
manifested by
those who view
the exhibits in
the building de-
voted to an
thropology and
ethnology at
the fair it ap-
pears that the
people are far
from indiffer-
ent to the histo-
ry of the abo-
ri gin al occu-
pants of North
America. A l.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22

The United States cruiser Detroit has
sailed to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, under
orders to protect American interests
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-09-22
Waiting for Wind.

Small Boy Ton river bank)-Do you
know bout weather?
Old Gentleman have studied mete-
orology little.
"Well, I've been standin' here most
hour, waitin' for the wind to blow
hard an it don't blow a bit. Do you
think it will soon?"
81 shouldn't wonder, my little man.
The sky looks very streaky. But what
do you want of wind?"
II want to have a swim"
1T does not require wind to go swim.
ming"
"No, but mamma won't let me go in.
That's why want wind"
81 don't understand"
Don't? Guess lisa good while since
you was boy, isn't it?"
'Yes, good while"
"And your mem'ry isn't very good,
1 s'pose?"
perhaps not 1 certainly cannot
recall any connection between wind
and swimming"
.'W'y, don't you see? If wind comes
along and blows my hat into the water
1 can go after it and mamma won't say
word. She paid dollar and half
for that hat."-Good News