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Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-04-29
UNDERTAKING.
RELIGIOUS NOTICES.


EOURTH STREET NJ. i. CHURCH-Preach-
II ing Sunday at 1880 4. IN. and 7:30 D. IN.
by the pastor, Rev. A. Il. Riker, u. ID. sunday
school at . p. N. Epworth League, Monday at
7:l5 p. IN.
ct. MATTHEW'S CHURCH. Cor Fifteenth
- and Chapline StS.-Rey. r. X. Swope, ID d.,
rector. Services at 1890 a IN. and $50 p. N.
L1lRST PRESBYTERIAN oHURCH-THE
IL pastor, Rev. ID. A. Cunningham. ID. d., Will
preach nc 1880 Il. III. ana 1880 p. m. Evening
subject, Bunyan's Characters, "hF. Ready-to.
Halt sabbath school at 9 a. 10.
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Bargains to-day in Colored silk I'm
brellas. l. q. DILLON q CO.
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FEMALE HELP WANTED.

r AIDES WISHING TO MAKE IS Weekly
IL by doing writing at their homes, address
enclosing stamp, Miss LOUISE FAlRFlELp,
South Bend, Ind. sp-'q
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"ANTED-THIRD HAND BAKER a
wv Young man from is to % years old: with
board: good wages. Enquire at this ONCE.
ap2gh
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-09
THE NEW ART INSTITUTE.

business pertaining to first-class post
office.
Visitors to the exposition not know
ing before leaving home their precise
location in Chicago may find it conven-
lent to have their letters and other
mail matter addressed to the worlds
fair station, or to have money orders
payable there, rather than at the main
office in Chicago. Afterwards, if desir-
able, they can have their addresses
changed, either by notice to their cor
respondents or by application to the
postmaster at Chicago, or the superin-
tendent of the worlds fair station.
Mail matter intended for delivery on
the exposition grounds should be plain
" addressed Worlds Fair Station, Chi
cage, ILL., giving, if possible, also the
precise locality in the grounds to which
the matter is to be delivered, so that
carrier delivery can be easily effected.
"Postmasters throughout the coun
try will be expected to give as much
publicity as possible to this announce
ment, without thereby mourning any
official expense. 1t is especially desira-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-09
The Inventor of billiards.

The English are very fond of the
game of billiards, and a letter has been
discovered in the Britain museum
which gives the origin of the national
sport. 1t was invented by a London
pawnbroker, whose name was William
Kew. Kew not only lent money but
he sold cloth, and for the latter pur-
pose had yard measure with which
he used to compute the amounts One
day, to distract himself he took the
three round balls which are the en-
blems of his trade-they may still be
seen in front of certain shops in Lon
don-and, placing them on his counter,
began to hit them about with yard
measure. He found it made pretty
game. He got kind of skill in MAX
ing one ball glance off the other, and
his friends who saw him thus employed
called the game Bills yard 1t was
soon shortened into billiards. But the
yard was the instrument with which
the balls were knocked about and the
difficulty arose what to call it. They
called it after the name of the pawn
broker-a Kew
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accurately of what their eyes have seen
and their ears heard, and those who de-
pend on them for their everyday in
formation will be more fully and re-
liably informed than they could other
wise have been.
The fair officials have done all in their
power to render the visits of the nota-
bles ENJOYABLE, according them every
possible privilege and in every conceiva-
BILE way ministering to their comfort
and convenience. 1t is safe to predict
that in all the worlds fair season there
will not be an event which will add
more to the history of the exposition
than will the meeting of the newspaper
people.
Saturday is at present the great day
at the fair. The haif-holiday granted
by many of the business houses of the
city on that day to give their employees
q chance to visit the white City"
swells the number of admissions to
more than double that of any other
day of the week. There is also much
greater incentive to visit the fair on
Saturday. and especially in Intervening,
in the superior attractions which are
offered in the form of fine musical con-
certs and brilliant Examinations There
are several bands constantly employed
at the grounds, and they perform every
day, but on Saturday, in view of the in
creased attendance, the directors exert
themselves to furnish something extra
good. The Examinations in the evening
defy description. They must be seen
to be properly understood and appre-
ciated.
The average daily attendance for the
first three weeks of the exposition has
been in the neighborhood of thirty
thousand, Saturdays excepted. The
regular Saturday crowd is about three
times that number. At that rate, OF
course, there is no money being made,
as the regular daily expenses of the,
fair greatly exceed the amount re
ceived from the sale of tickets, but the
attendance is on the increase, and when
the summer season is fairly on it will
be twice or three times as large as at
present, and in the fall season the rich
will come. One reason why there is rush
a small attendance just now is that the
knowledge of the incompleteness of the
exhibits has been so widely published
that it is keeping a great many out
siders from coming until later on.
Much has been said and written
about the sights to be seen in the Mid
way Plaisance, but hardly day passes
without ushering in some new attrac-
ton to the myriad curiosities assem-
bled there. 1t is at present the most
wonderful thoroughfare on the globe,
beyond doubt, and it is safe to say that
anyone who has once visited the place
will declare it to be worth the price OF
admission without going any further
into the great fair. Some very ludicrous
things occur In the Plaisance, and near
ly everybody who passes through it Is
kept on the broad grin from one end to
the other. The Turk with his vol
luminous unmentionables goes stalking
Enthusiastically along unmindful of the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-09
CORN PALACE DECORATIONS.
Some of the Unique Designs to BE Seen In
the Woman's Building.

Some of the Unique Designs to BE Seen in
the woman's Building.
The corn palace decorations presented
to the Woman's building by the ladies of
Sioux City are in place, and the pavilion
is one of the most beautiful in the
building. 1t is open, a frieze extending
downward some three feet. On
the outside of this are medallion heads
of the goddesses of Grecian mythology,
each framed in millet seed. The back
ground is of pearl honiny, while the
heads are of differently shaded kernels
of corn, the hair being of the silk.
The inner frieze is also NEUROLOGICAL,
the four panels representing four scenes
in the legend of the planting of the
corn. The first panel depicts the send
ing forth of 'Triptolemus, the seed
planter" the second "Eumolpus and
the Olympian Gods" the third the
giving into Hades of Persephone, the
planting of the corn; the fourth. the
coming up of Persephone. All the
groups are in kernels of corn on back
ground of crimson, with a border of
the tassels of broom corn. All around
the lower edge are blossoms, made OF
corn husl1s and of the sacred Egyptian
lotus. The ceiling is blue, with
Grecian border of millet. Four cupids,
one at each corner, hold strings of
corn which at the center are gathered
into graceful festoons. The tents are
bare at present, but later will be
wreathed with vines of purple grapes,
the grapes being made of the purple
bean
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-09
A Fragment OF the Moon.

A remarkably fine specimen of mete-
oric iron (which, according to Prof.
Tshermel's views, is simply a piece Of
ore projected through volcanic agency
from the face of the noon has been
sent from Rockingham county, South
Carolina, to the state museum at
Columbia Its greatest length is not
above IL inches, and its thickness
through the thickest part is about 2
inches In general shape it is fiat,
though somewhat conceived on one side
and conyexed on the other. as If broken
off from the outer surface of rounded
and larger mass 1t is entirely coated
with thick crust of dark brown
rust and weighs 25M pounds.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-09

an first concerned herself in the affairs
of nations; but there was an added sig
nificance in these meetings in the fact
that they were held in the Worlds
Fair city during the greatest celebra-
ton the world has ever known.
Between the meetings of the editors
and the sessions of the women's con-
gress there were frequent excursions to
the grand central point of worldwide
interest-Jackson park-public and
private receptions, theater parties, etc,
and the visiting celebrities were treated
almost as guests of the city. 1t is not
at all likely that any of them will ever
forget the occasion, for everything went
off successfully and the sights pre-
scented at the worlds fair so far charmed
and entranced these people of mental
superiority that their enthusiasm and
praise knew no bounds. They will all
take back to their homes with them i'm
pressions that will in all probability re-
suit in much good to the exposition.
The scribes can write intelligently and
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-09

mers also select everything OF value
with the greatest care; rags, fat, bone.
metal, paper stock, etc, being stored
ON the lower deck of the dock. The
silver and jewelry form no small item
of the contractors profit, and the total
value of q scow load is estimated at an
| average of two hundred dollars.
TIE space between the dock plat
forms i; often closed in with odds and
ends, and the interior converted into q
miserable habitation ~ the trinmers,
men and women. who thus herd to-
gether, their supplies being drawn
from the dump.
These dumping docks are the princi-
pal source of supply fo- the industry
we illustrate, and wagon load of tin
cans can be bought at such places for
four or five dollars.
The furnace is an old soup boiler,
into which a few sticks are thrown;
the bowl is then filed with cans, q
quart of kerosene poured over them
and ignited.
The heat developed by the oil is not
great enough to attack the tin, but
melts the solder, which flows to the
bottom of the bowl. The solder recov-
cred from load of cans averages for
ty pounds. After this process is COM
pleted the tin plate scrap is sold to
make what is called ''acid."
Into large open vat containing
waste acid, acid ferric sulpate,
sulphuric or hydrochloric acid,
the scrap is thrown and allowed
to remain until the tin is stripped
from the iron underneath; more scrap
and metallic iron is added until the So
luton is neutral. The tin thus dis
solved is used as a basis for the
preparation of stannates or other tin
compounds, and by dyers.
The iron plate is rolled into balls for
melting. the ferrous sulphate purified
and sold as commercial copperGs, and
the remaining acid used in repetition
of the process.-Scientifc American
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facetious remarks of American funny
fellows, who inquire of Mr.. Barghash
Begorra or whatever his name is, the
name of his tailor. Our friend from the
Bosporous is too dignifed to notice
any testing remarks about his ward
robe; he likes big pants and he doesn't
care who knows it.
The story is told. of one venturesome
Turk that he conceived a strong desire
TO possess a suit of American clothes,
and late one night stole away from the
Plaisance and sought the ''old clio" men
of Clark street. 1t is hardly necessary
to say that he was afforded ample OPP
portunity to crafty his suddenly &C
quired taste for a change of appare
Like all luckless. wights who wander
into the unhallowed precincts OF the
''levee" he was speedily skinned, or
in other words relieved of his oriental
vestment and all the cash he had and
decked out in a back-number suit OF
"hand-me-downs, the bare sight OF
which would give respectable clothier
bad attack of the horrors. In this
plight the poor misguided Turk found
his way back among his brethren in
the Plaisance, who, when they recog-
nized him, set up such yell of derision
that he crawled into an out-of-the-way
corner, where he remained, like coon
in hollow tree, until some kind friend
brought him another outfit of fez and
| baggy trousers. In these he speedily
clad himself and stored away his Clark
street regimentals as curiosities.
In a half hours walk through the
Plaisance one may hear nearly all the
languages spoken in the world, and
among them some that are rarely ever
spoken in this country. Then there is
the mingling of the many strange
costumes. The dark-skinned citizen OF
Cairo with his white turban and sky
blue gown jostles the still darker
skinned gentleman from Java with his
calico pants and nondescript headgear,
and so on. And they all seem to be as
neighborly as though they had dwelt
next door to each other for years in
stead of few days. 1t is indeed
strange thing that has come to pass
here in our city, the name of which but
few years ago was unknown among
the nations which now find harbor
with us.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-09
A PECULIAR INDUSTRY.
How Old Tin Cans Are Utilized
Nowadays.
Melted to Recover the Solder Used In
Making and Sealing Them-Other Conn
mercial Commodities Rescued
from the Watts.

In the suburbs of great cities an in
dustry has sprung up, having for its
object the recovery of the solder used
in making and sealing tin cans. In
consequence the formerly despised and
useless tin can has acquired sufficient
commercial value to rescue it from the
back lot dumping ground and garbage
scow.
Under the present system of street
cleaning, New York city's refuse is
loaded on scows from docks located at
convenient intervals along the river
front, and then taken to sea and
dumped. These docks have double
decks, the upper projecting sufficiently
to allow the contents of cart to fall
upon the middle of the seow, and be
distributed by the trimmers who keep
the vessel on an even keel. The trim
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-09
He Knew Germ IN.

st is a good thing to be able to
speak German" said young man a. a
table in the Austrian village. II never
appreciated he value of my study OF
languages till came out here to the fair.
There are so many foreigners on the
grounds that one can't very well get
along without a smattering of French
and German. manage to make my
self understood and the Germans and
jabber away with great content when
ever we meet" At this moment a
Viennese maid came over and laid bill
of fare before the youns man, who
ordered cheese sandwich and stein
of beer with great airiness in what he
supposed to be German. The girl looked
dazed for a moment Then she went
away and came back with plate oil
cold beef, potato salad and bottle OF
white wine Chicago Post
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CHARMED GUESTS
Visiting Editors and Noted Women
at the Worlds Fair.
An Eyentful Period In the History OF the
Great northumberland Satur~
day Outing-Fun in Midway
Plaisance.
rsnec,a, CHICAGO Correspondence,

During the last two weeks Chicago
has been entertaining great many
brainy men and women from all over
the world The National Editorial as
ISOLATION has had its annual meeting in
our city, and the leading women think
ers, writer's and workers in the various
branches of reform work have been
holding their congresses here in the
new art institute. Among these peo-
pie were a large percentage of the
country publishers of the United States,
as well as many of the heads of metro
politan papers, and hosts of the worlds
representative women.
The meeting of the editors was one
of the most memorable they have ever
held, and the congresses of the women
were the greatest gatherings of the
kind ever held in the world since wom-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-09
1t Is Hard to Tell.

II man is fond of pink catalogues.
with pages full of italic type, cactus
sprouts and hyacinth bulbs, liberty
bells made out of glass, imported aspar-
agus at ten cents stalk, cigars costing
twenty cents each and wearing gold
labels, sedan chairs carried by Turks at
one dollar an hour, Japanese vases.
with yellow catfish chasing red butter
flies over a pink landscape. effervescent
drinks at two dollars and seventy-ive
cents pint, Turkish dancing girls and
other Injuries, he can manage to spend
quite a roll of money in one brief day
at the fair. 1t is impossible to say just
what is the expense of seeing the expo
sition unless you know youE Inan.-Chi-
cago Record.
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GUIDES AS INTERPRETERS.
A Corps of Men at jackson Pa k Who
Can Talk Half a Dozen Languages.

A Corps of Men at Jackson Pa k Who
Can Talk Half a Dozen Languages.
Guides that can talk half dozen
languages-such is the latest acquisi-
ton to Capt. Rice's staff on the world
fair grounds. While the corps is not
gotten up strictly as an interpreters
corps, it is practically such.
Company No. % is the one these lin
gusts belong to. and it is under the
command of Capt. Foote. 1t is drilled
in the same manner as the Column ian
guard. but it does not draw the same
salary. Each mans remuneration Is
thirty dollars per month.
The company will, when completed,
consist of two hundred and fifty men.
At present it contains about eighty,
but is in the formative process as yet.
The personnel is to be one of great in
telligence. Most of the men are from
colleges and universities of the coun-
try, but many are from foreign coun-
tries and speak readily five or six lam
guages. Most of the men speak more
than one language, and those that
speak English, German and French, the
languages WIFI WHICH one eau Scl
along anywhere on the globe almost.
are numerous.
This corps of guides must not be con-
founded with the roller-chair men.
The latter are under the control of con-
cessionaires, while the guides are under
the control of the exposition manage
ment through Capt. Rice. commandant
of the Columbian guard. They will be
stationed at different buildings in the
grounds, and from there they will be
ready to do service for such as need
them. The price is to be fifty cents an
hour for parties of five or less, so that
party may have the services of an in
telligent guide, speaking their tongue.
at ten cents apiece, in case there be five
in the party.
The corps is to be uniformed differ
emily from the Columbian guard. The
uniform is to be of cadet gray, and will
be trimmed with black braid. The cap
is to be of blue, and the buttons are of
kind known technically as blind"
buttons. The men are not uniformed
as yet, and every morning as they drill
on the administration court visitors
wonder what body of soldiers they are.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-09
Trolley Balloon Line.

Mr.. Opha Moore, of Columbus, o.,
has proposed n system of aerial navi-
CATION which does away with the ne
cessity of transporting a heavy motor.
He proposes to use balloons to carry
the passengers, and to provide each
balloon with an electric motor. The
balloon is to be driven from a trolley
line. The motor is to actuate q screw.
Exactly where this plan surpasses the
system of cable traction applied to
balloons does not appear. The trolley
lines are supposed to act also to hold
the balloon on it's course. The poles
are to be about one hundred feet high.
The air ship is to float 40 to 100 feet
above them Parachute descents are
proposed, if necessary
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-09
RUSSIANS INTERESTED.
United States Minister White Writes Of
His Observations in That Country.

United States Minister White Writes Of
His Observations in That Country.
The following interesting extract is
taken from a recent letter from Andrew
d. White, United States minister at
st. Petersburg:
1.-THE interest taken by leading Rus
slams in the Columbian exposition,
strong as it has been from the first,
seems rather to increase. Not only
have the emperor and empress and the
heir to the throne expressed themselves
to me as greatly interested, but il all
classes of Russian society with which
have to do the same feeling is very
clear.
There is evidently feeling that the
two nations are under somewhat sim
liar economic conditions, each being
vast in extent, with enormous unde-
veloped resources, and, that our country
having taken the lead in all that per-
tains to material development, to say
nothing of leadership in other fields,
both the exposition and the country at
large are the most fitting places for the
study of the leading facts. The result
of this feeling is that a considerable
number of Russians are making ready
to visit Chicago, and, what is still more
to the purpose, the government is send
ing large number of its foremost eX-
perts in various departments for the
study of the exhibits at Chicago, and
for examination into the various insti-
buttons throughout the United States
A recent publication gives the names
of some forty such special delegates,
among them prominent professors in
the universities and leading officials in
the ministeries. Several OF these are
also representatives of people in the
highest political and social positions.
Typical of these are such as the young
Prince Secgius Wolkonsky, who belongs
to one of the most distinguished fam
lilies in the empire, and who has already
distinguished himself as an official and
writer; and Princess SchahooSloy,
who, distinguished by the development
of establishments for woman's work on
her estates, is sent especially to take
charge of the Russian exhibit of such
work at Chicago. She, too, belongs to
one of the most noted families in the
empire, and is one of the empress
maids of honor"
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LETTERS SENT TO THE FAIR.
Postmaster General Bissell Gives the Pub
lie Some Useful Pointers.

lie Some Useful Pointers.
Postmaster General Bissell has issued
the following to postmasters and the
public concerning mail for the worlds
fair station:
"For the benefit of persons who in
tend to visit the Worlds Columbian eX-
position at Chicago, notice is hereby
given to the public, through postmas-
tiers, that there is now in operation in
the Government building on the grounds
of the exposition branch of the Chica-
90 postoffice, known as the worlds fair
station, and which will continue
through the entire period of the fair.
This station post Office will make
regular collections and deliveries
through its own force of letter carriers,
from and to all parts of the exposition
grounds, and will transact money order
and registry business, as well as other
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-06-09
He Paid the Fiddler.

Colonel, i hear you were a social
lion at Washington"
Yes. sir; loaned three congressman
ten dollars apiece and got chance to
pay senator's hotel bin"-Atlanta
Constitution
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Sanitary Music.

ComposerWhatd do you think Of my
new song?
Critec-It needs ventilating
Composer-Needsv entilating?
Critic-Yes; the air is bad, don't you
know.-Detrot Free Press
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BILE that, with this qualification, they
shall endeavor to get the press, in the
general interest of the public, to give
information from time TO time of the
arrangement"
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The Difference Between Them
Ted-I hear he left his wife. Do you
know the cause of the separation? Ned
AT present it is the Atlantic ocean
Judge.