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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
IN WOMAN'S BEHALF.
MEDICAL STUDIES FOR WOMEN.
Why Mothers Should Know Something CT
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Why Mothers Should Know Something CT
the Rules of Health.
"f l had only Known a few of the
facts about simple medical practice"
said young mother, Il might have
saved myself months of suffering and
an enormous doctors bill. But l was
brought up to think that girls should
not know about such things and to send
for the doctor whenever anything hap
pened Indeed, the stereotyped phrase:
Send for the doctor at once is tackled
on to all directions and advice of all
sorts wherever one may find it. l see
no necessity whatever for this everlast-
ing racing after physician, when little
common-sense on the part of the mother
of the family would set everything
right and save money and misery as
well as time and trouble. / think every
woman should have at least limited
course in simple medicine and surgery.
Any girl who is old enough to marry
and assume the duties and responsible
tiles of that relation is old enough to
understand the fundamental rules of
health, and should be expected to
know what to do in ordinary emer-
gencies. Instead of this, the idea
is carried that she must under all cir
cumstances call in doctor and follow
his advice, with a goodly bill to pay
afterward. OF course, doctors have to
live, and it is only natural that they
should discourage household medica-
ton. All the same, there ought to be
a young mothers school of medical
ton, in which physiology, hygiene and
the symptoms of the more ordinary
diseases could be SO explained and
demonstrated that the woman would
know what to do in case of sudden i'll
ness or accident. 1t is not reasonable
to say that such knowledge would in
any way prove disastrous. The more
familiar one becomes with disease and
its indications, the more readily one
can form an idea of the necessities of
the case. No rational person would,
of course, advocate neglecting those
who are sick. In most cases neglect
comes from ignorance of the fact that
MEDICAL assistance is required. Some
one is ailing, but in the absence
of clearly defined knowledge of the
requirements of the situation, the
disease is allowed to run on I'M
til it assumes some serious phase.
If the father or mother under
stood enough of existing condi-
tions to realize there was danger ahead,
many lives might be saved by the time
ly application of suitable remedies. 1t
is, therefore urged, and with great
show of reason, that very much more
attention to everyday medical study
be given. Any person of average in
telligence can readily master the pri-
mary rules of the profession and can
educate the eye and perceptions to
such an extent that the symptoms of
disease may be detected at once.
Having gone that far, practical,
everyday observations will supple
ment the knowledge already acquired
and enable the parents to understand
when the necessity for calling in medi-
cal counsel exists. 1t is often the case |
that for lack of this knowledge disease
gets such hold on the patient that all
the skill of the best practitioner is
powerless to combat it. IN. Y. Ledger. |
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
& Coal Dust Engine.

A novel motive engine has been in
vented, based upon the fact that very
finely divided carbon, floating in the
air, readily explodes, and to adapt this
to the generation of motive power the
inventor proposes to grind coal to an
impalpable powder, and, after intro
ducing the dust floating in the air into
the cylinder of an engine, explode it,
the idea being to follow very much the
same lines which are being SO thorough
~ developed in the use of gas in en-
CINE practice. The first difficulty which
suggests itself is how the ash is to be
got rid of, but experience in gupnery
shows this may not be serious OBJ
ctoola
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06

culated for the sacred avowal-quie,
verandas overlooking green lawns and
retired hooks where busy sightseers
are not likely to intrude All! many
are the heart stories that have been
murmured soft and low within the
gates of that magic city by the lake,
and many are the fates that have been
sealed beside the still waters of the
limpid lagoon.
An attractive spot for the searcher
after historic lore is the Washington
house, in the northeast portion of the
state building section. Tucked away
in the funny little rooms are the old
household treasures of the first presi-
dent of this glorious republic-pianos,
paintings and bric-a-brac in the last
stages of decrepitude which in their
day were considered the finest in the
land; chairs, tables, ETC., which are
held as too sacred to be handled by
careless hands. The house, the grounds
and all are reproduced as nearly like
the original homestead as human skill
could make them.
-
is another historic feature. 1t is the
Walton lodge, quaint little cottage
erected to commemorate the great
deeds of the immortal Isaak, the patron
saint of fishermen.
Few visitors at the fair in passing
the quaint little cottage seem to recog-
nize the import of its mission or the his
tor;c interest connected with its name
When the members of this Chicago
fishing club determined to have an ex-
hibit which should illustrate and en-
nance the usefulness of their art they
wisely chose for their building a model
of the fishing cottage which Isaak Wal
ton and his adopted son, Charles Cot
ton, erected on the banks of the River
Dove in 1914, and which, after all this
lapse of time, still stands as an inter-
esting reminder of the great apostle of
piscatorial pleasures.
Here within the last few days the
disciples of the great fisherman have
held contests of skill in the art of cast
ing the fly, and beautiful and valuable
prizes have been awarded to the victo-
rious contestants. 1t is exceedingly
doubtful if the father of fishermen ever
beheld in his day such feats of skill
with the rod and line as were performed
on these occasions
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
FEMININITY VS.. PHILOSOPHY.
Elizabeth Cady Stanton Snapshots ut
Herbert Spencer.

Herbert Spencer said recently of a
woman who had died early in life, after
the production of some remarkable es-
says on Induction" and Deduction"
that mental powers so highly devel-
oped in a woman are abnormal, and in
volve physiological cost that the fem
mime organization can not bear without
injury more or less profound. To
which Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton re-
plies that Darwin was an invalid all
his days, and that Mr.. Spencer's own
health is not all that could be desired
or his physical being as rugged as it
would have been if he had devoted his
life to simple care and toll. Mrs. Stan
ton mentions among woman writers
that have lived healthy lives and died
at good old age, after doing much
thinking and a good deal of hard work,
Caroline Herschel, Maria Mitchell,
George Elliot, George Sand, Harriet
Martineau and Frances Power Cobbe;
and she concludes her argument with:
Il doubt whether as many women die
annually from writing essays on In
duction' and Deduction as from over
production of a family, and yet no
flags of danger are raised on the house
tops where mothers of dozen children
languish and die, or on workshops
where multitudes of women labor from
fourteen to sixteen hours a day."
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
ginning to speak herself Characteristics of

ginning to speak herself Characteristics Of
nearly all women
FoURTH-Woman's failure to recognize tbs
importance of an engagement Most noticeable
among women who have the feweSt social
duties
What do insist upon, however, is this: that
in the public the average woman shows an in
considerateness, a disregard for the ordinary
courtesies Of existence (Which amounts some
times TO positive insolencel, TO degree which
is not anywhere nearly approached by the
average man.
There is a degree of truth In what
this writer says; it is true of some wom-
en-of women enough to detract from
the comfort of the whole. But rude
ness, spitefubness, Indifference to en-
gagements, an impetuosity of ideas
that demands or seems to demand re-
lief, are not sins monopolized by wom-
en-; they share them with their breth-
rem. The average woman, like the av-
erage man, represents the average in
telligence and culture of our people. 1t
is not the exceptional man or woman
who is representative The manners
that prevail represent the popular con-
ception of what is good.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
BUILDING AND SCIENCE
A CONVENIENT HOME.

How . Square House May De Made TO
Look Pretty-A Dwelling Which Con-
tains Ten Rooms and Can BE Erected In
Good style for Only Twenty-Eight Hun
dred Dollars.
Here is plan showing how a square
house may be designed so as to have a
pretty exterior. No one doubts that a
simple rectangular system of laying
out rooms is most economical, and the
colonial style of architecture, with it's
gable roof, modest holdings and de-
tails, is particularly adapted to SIM
plicity of arrangement in the plans.
One is enabled to secure both conven-
fence and beauty by proper DISPOSE
ton of parts and suitable combination
of colors. There is charm to almost
everyone about all that relates to
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06

has been expended in this department
to bring it to the very high state of per-
lection to which it has attained.
To properly provide for such vast
number and variety of plants as have
been exhibited in the department of
Horticulture it has necessitated the
erection of numerous and extensive
greenhouses. Immediately on the west
of Horticultural hall stand these build
ings. forming in themselves a miuia-
ture city of glass-covered houses In
these at the present time are to be found
treasured for transportation to fields
afresh countless bulbs and plants
which have served to beautify the won
derful city of white. Here at all times
we may find stroling to and fro arm in
arm and hand in hand couples whose
sentimental air suggests the romantic
story of loves young dream. Love and
flowers always go together.
There are other pleasant places where
signing SWANS delight to roam with
the dear creatures in whom all stheir
hopes of future happiness lie. Away
up north among the state buildings are
several green and coy spots just cal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06

of the lovers of nature, and the busy
gardeners and attendants of the horti-
cultural department have had their
hands full in changing the plants as
their respective seasons opened and
closed.
True, the average visitor takes little
heed of these things He casts an adj
miring glance at the bright blossoms
and with hurried sniff at their sweet
,odor and the commonplace remark:
''Yes, very pretty" bolts away to vi
,sions of more practical and prosaic
things. But there are those who love
to linger among the fragrant flowers
and who note with sorrow the fading
glories of the beautiful flower beds
about the Horticultural building and
on the wooded island. Here all summer
long have bloomed some of the choicest
and rarest exotics ever seen in this
country. With the changing months
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06

the reigning beauties of the garden and
dollhouse have held sway each in turn
giving place to the other as its appro-
pirate period came and went, and now
that the chilling hand of winter is
stretched forth to seize them in its icy
grasp they are being uprooted and con-
veyed to the preserving warmth of the
Conservatives
It has been said by exacting individ-
uals that in the respect of flowers and
plants the exposition has been sadly
lacking, and it has been remarked by
thoughtless persons that it wasn't
worth while to erect so handsome and
extensive structure as is the Horticul-
tural building for so meager a display
as is contained therein. Such COM
ments could emanate but from callous
and inexperienced persons who have no
knowledge of the infinite labor that
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
SHORT PARAGRAPHS.

A STATUE of Queen Victoria, by her
youngest daughter, the Princess Beat
rice, has recently been unveiled in Lon
don.
A MEMORIAL to Jenny Lind is likely
to be erected in Westminster Abbey I'M
der the statue of Handel, whose words
she so well loved to render.
FIVE of the deputy inspectors of fac
tories in Pennsylvania are required by
law to be women. Twelve hundred
dollars salary is paid them
The silver candelab bra presented by
the women of Nebraska to the woman's
building at the Worlds fair are very
elegant in design and beautiful in con-
struction.
THE first stained-glass window ever
designed by a woman is in Grace
church, New York. Its author is Miss
Tillinghast, who has studio in Wash
ington square. The subject is Jacobs
dream"
WOMEN have led in the progress of
the ceramic art since our last great eX-
position. The lockwood ware of Gin
cinnati and the gold china of Miss
Healy, of Washington, are the greatest
novelties in their line at Chicago. Miss
Healy's process is the cause of much
argument and envy by European por-
celain makers
CAPT. MAGNUs ANDERSON claims that
but for his wife the Viking would not
have been built, and he would not have
sailed it across the Atlantic. Whenever
he was discouraged and ready to aban-
don his plan her faith and enthusiasm,
still undaunted, encouraged him to
take up the plan again. Half dozen
times he gave it up; as many times she
inspired him to begin again
THE two daughters of the banker, E
P. Bergamini, OF New York, have sur
rendered their private fortunes in order
to pay the debts of their fathers
estate. They will be left penniless and
will support themselves by music teach
ing and stenographic work. Besides
this they devote their personal atten-
ton to the payment of all the claims of
the people, many of whom are Italians
and unable to speak English
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06

colonial days. 1t is natural, when one
makes plans for convenient houses, to
select those of moderate cost because
convenience in arrangement means
more to those who live in houses of
this class than to those who live in the
more expensive dwelling.
The first desirable features are a
hall, sitting-room, dining-room and
kitchen. In this class of house it is de-
sired that the kitchen have about the
same arrangement and conveniences
as in the more expensive structures
The bathroom and pantry are also
considered as important in the first as
in the latter The cellar as well is es-
sential, even more, if a comparison
must be made, than in those that cost
more.
The plan which is here given is a
comfortable, economical house. 1t is
economical in matter of cost, expense
of furnishing and labor in caring for
it. There is no waste or useless space.
On the ground floor there is sufficient
room to meet the requirements of COM
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
Homemade Celiuloid.

The following formula makes a sub
stance as transparent as pure glass and
at the same time very pliable and strong:
Dissolve four to eight parts of gun cot
ton in a mixture of alcohol and ether,
in proportion of l of gun cotton to 100
of the combined liquid, after which
add to 10 per cent. of castor oil, or
any other oil unsiccative, and to 10
per cent. of Canada balsam. Flow this
mixture on to glass plate, and dry in
C current of air at so degrees. The re-
suit is a leaf of hard substance as
transparent as glass. and very nearly
unbreakable, resisting perfectly the
action of all salts, acids and allalies.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
WOMEN'S MANNERS.
They are Neither Better or Worse Than
Those of Men.

They are Neither Better or Worse Than
Those of Men.
Women's manners are and long have
been II e subject of much discussion 1t
has been said that women usurp the
rights of others, intrude on the time of
other people without conscience; that
by thoughtlessness and indifference
they detract much from the peace of
life, and add irritation to friction. One
popular writer accuses women of pre-
suming on their sex in their relations
with men, especially in business, and
assert that they are splteful to others.
He sums up their offenses under the
following heads:
FIRsr-The indifference with which a woman
will contemplate the fact that the convenience
Of others has been sacrificed 10 her caprice.
Very observable in yonng women
SECoND-The needless delay woman often
causes in making her appearance when visitors
have called upon her. Nest commonly noticed
among women who are no loager classed as
girls
THIRD-The unwillin9ness of a woman to
wait for another 10 finish speaking before be-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
PICTURESQUE PLACES.
Spots in the White City Where
Lovers Like to Linger.
The Refreshing Atmosphere of the Green
houses-The Historic Attractions
of Washington House and
Walton Cottages
Especial Chicago Correspondence

The falling of leaves from the trees
and the chill of the air at morning and
evening strongly suggest the approach
of winter and remind US that the end of
the worlds fair is at hand. In another
month the fire on the hearth will be-
gin to feel good and the heater and the
furnace will have been put in readi-
ness for the winter season. With all
this in view the departing verdure of
the trees and plants becomes still more
attractive to us, and we are 10th to part
with the sweetness and beauty of the
fading flowers, and we regret the time
lost among other attractions of the
great fair.
As the summer season has faded
into autumn the delicate blossoms
of the tropical plants have disappeared,
the more hardy beauties of colder
~climes have come to gladden. the eyes
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
AN INVITING EXCHANGE
Is That of San Francisco, With Its Got
Cookery and Service.

Is That of San Francisco, With Its Good
Cookery and Service.
The managers of the Woman's Elk.
| change in San Francisco are demon
strating the value of such an organiza-
ton in other and more practical lines
than as n depot for embroidered doy-
lies and painted menu cards. They
have rented large and pleasant room
on one of the principal business streets,
and serve appetizing lunches at rea-
sonable rates to the public. 1t is by
no means ladies' lunch room, though
the unmistakable fine touch of WON
ans taste makes the place most attrac-
tive and homelike. The window is
filed with wealth of flowers, not
gathered carelessly, but grouped with
a happy harmony of color. These
flowers are for sale as well as for dec
grafton. Each of the immaculate little
tables inside has its bouquetof flowers
There are rose days, when every flower
belongs to the Queens family. There
are pink days, and violet days, and
cool green and white days, when the
flowers of divers kinds follow the same
color scheme, and the place is pretty
enough for a wedding. The photog-
raphers of the city frequently perpet-
uate the picturesque scene in photo
graphs which find ready sale, and the
patrons find the place most charming
for entertaining their friends.
OF course, without good cook in the
kitchen all these frills and furbelows
would amount to little in the minds of
men, but the cooking done by a woman
is exceedingly good. The whole place
is run by women, the only man being a
Chinaman who scours tin and keeps
the floor clean in the kitchen. This
kitchen is always on exhibition from
one of the windows of the room set
apart for the use of ladies up stairs,
and the cleanliness of the place is
not the least attractive feature by any
means.
The waiting upon guests is all done
by women, who are not allowed to re-
ceive any fee. If some insistant and
grateful customer refuses to depart
without giving fee the waitress turns
it over to the management The super
intendent, most cultured and cordial
lady, presides over the whole, and as
for noise and confusion it is unknown.
In a small department near the en-
trance the fancy articles are received
and sold that form the chief stock in
trade of the usual Woman's exchange.
N W Sun
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
To Determine a ships Speed.

In order to determine the speed of a
ship when the displacement in tons,
length, beam and indicated horse.
power are known, ship-builders and
naval architects use the following
rule: Multiply the indicated power by
a constant; call this product A. SQUARE
the displacement in tons and find the
cube root of the result. Divide pro-
duct A by this cube root; finally extract
the cube root of this last quotient.
This will give the speed in knots pei
hour. The constant above mentioned
is 24O for ships about 400 feet long, and
ranges down to 200 for ships 200 feet
lOnp
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06

proof paper. All outside woodwork is
of white pine. The inside walls and
ceilings are hard finished on two coats
of brown mortar. The woodwork of
the hall and stairs is of red oak; par
Tor, of butternut wood; dining-room
and kitchen, of yellow pine; bedroom
and second floor, of white pine. All
the first floor is finished natural color
in hard oil; second floor painted in
suitable tints. The outside work is
painted three coats. The house is
heated by furnace and would cost, in
GLIDING furnace and plumbing, $500.
GEORGE w. PAYNE & SON.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
SEEKING HIS KIND.
Uncle Rastus from Missouri Visits tn
Great White City.

Uncle Rastus from Missouri Visits the
Great White City.
He was certainly the blacklist man on
the grounds. There were no interme-
date shades about him, and instead OF
light holiday attire the old man was
habited in best suit of black, which
looked as if it might have been an heir
loom for several generations. His shirt
front and collar and the whites of his
eyes matched in fairness, but for the
rest there was no distraction of hue.
Even his lips were of so dark pur-
plish shade as to maintain no outline of
color. He was study in black and
white, and his weakened old face was
twisted into hard knots of interest as
he squinted at the sights in the sun
shine. All his upper teeth were gone
and he limped painfully as if he car
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
Once More to the Breach.

The Lawrence Journal calls atten-
ton to the fact that republicans once
saved Kansas from slavery. They are
now called upon to save it from an
archy. The other time the true men of
Kansas responded by using shot and
shell, by enduring hardships and brav-
ing death. Now only few hours
work is required of every man to re-
deem the state. His duty as q citizen
demands that he use every effort in his
power to prove that Kansas is not a
country of regulators, anarchists and
cranks-Kansas City Gazette
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
Bricks Made From Sawdust.

Among the many methods of utiliz-
ing waste products may be mentioned
the employment of sawdust in making
building bricks. The dust must he
dried and all coarse products and chips
separated from it, after which it is
mixed in the following proportions :
Two bushels of sawdust, one of ce-
ment and five of sharp sand. When
these ingredients have been well mixed
in dry state two bushels of Stacked
lime are added and the whole incoI-
porated and pressed into molds. The
product is said to be satisfactory and
cheap.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-10-06
TRANSPARENT FISH.

Some Wonderful Freaks OF Nature from
the Pacific Ocean.
John F. Arundel, Fellow of the Royal
Geographical society, entertained an
audience the other night with an inter
esting lecture on the many curious
features of life in the islands of the
Pacific, says the San Francisco Exam
liner. The speaker is a relative of the
earl of Arundel and is very wealthy.
In company with several other Eng
lishmen he owns the Phoenix i lnds,
some of the Kingswen group and