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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27

The black numbering infldels! Al, al,
air
1t was not safe for non-Moslems to
attend those performances up to re-
Gently, and it is not safe for Turk or
any other Sumiste to be present at
them even to-day, for there was no tell
ing whether the fanatical frenzy of
this throng, wrought up to the highest
pitch, might not break out at any time
against the descendants of the men
who had slain their idol, Hussein,
and it must be remembered that Ali
is held by the Persians as great a
prophet, or greater, than Mohammed
himself.
The street professions on the tenth
of Moharrem are even more awful and
repellant, and these are held not in
Persia alone, but in all other countries
and cities where Persians and other
SLeeites are numerically strong, in
Constantinople, in Cairo, in Alexandria,
in Damascus, in Tiflis, in Baku, in
Candahar, Cabul and elsewhere. They
have n uniform character. They usual
ly start from mosque which bears
the name of the two martyrs or in
which some relic attributed to them is
preserved. In the procession are blue
and white robed mokahs, dervishes
and hadjees (pilgrims), and these in
tone all the length of the way a sor-
rowful hymn in praise of the martyrs,
bearing torches all the while. for the
procession always occurs at night.
Then follow guardians of the mosque,
fanatics of some fraternity or another,
and police and soldiers on horseback
who take care the way is kept open by
slashing right and left with clubs or
sabers.
whole procession is that made up of the
fakirs and of those others who volun-
tarily portray the sufferings and
wounds of the two martyrs. These
men, rendered frantic by hasheesh and
for the time almost incapable of feel
ing pain, inflict the most horrible in
juries and mutilations on themselves,
right in the face Of the awe-struck
crowds that are lining the way. They
walk-or reel rather-in sort Of lock-
step, grasping each other by their
TUNES or other garments, while with
the right hand they cut and slash each
other with their curved daggers, burn
themselves with torches, enlarge their
wounds with their fingers, and accom-
pany all this with a frightful hymn Of
praise, screeched or beloved at the top
of their voices. Some of these fanatics
run about with the upper parts of their
bodies perfectly naked, the perspira-
ton rolling off of them, while they APP
ply incessantly the terrible whip Of
rhinoceros hide to their bare flesh,
fetching livid welts at every blow.
Over all and everything floats the aw.
full chorus of this wailing song and
the deafening roll of drum, tom-tom
and gong. Many of them open veins
on neck or arms, purposely or accident
ally, and bleed to death.
The Christian fanaticism of the mid
die ages, 1 must confess, the wander.
ings and sclf-mutilation of the Flagel-
lants and the sects who deemed it glory
to God to torture and kill themselves,
had always been rather unintelligible to
me, confess. / understood it after see
ing similar scenes in the orient even at
this late day.
Wolf Won ScHIERBRAND.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27
FAMILY SCRAP BASKET.

THE best busters are those made of
neatly hemmed.
ALCoyEs and recesses for beds are
abominable. They cannot be properly
ventilated to keep the mattresses and
bedding sweet
A NEW way to serve grape fruit is tc
remove all the edible part from the
skin. placing it in deep dessert plates
with liberal allowance of rulverized
sugar.
EXCEPT by definite instruction from
slzillful physician, sick person
should never be awakened to take
medicine, for under nearly every cir
cumstance sleep is the first and best OF
nourishers and restoratives. 1t is M
, lures own medicine.
HERE is nice strawberry sauce that
can be used with any pudding: BEAT
to a cream one-half cup of sweet butter
and two cups of powdered sugar; add
heaped half pint of Strawberries.
Mash the fruit thoroughly and beat il
into the sauce"
BRooMs are bent out of shape by be-
| ing allowed to rest on the floor instead
of being hung up. Dipping them once
| or twice week in a kettle of boiling
suds is the careful housekeeper's
| method of making them last twice as
long as they otherwise would.
THIS is said to be an effectual YER
| min exterminator: Dissolve two pounds
of alum in three or four quarts of boil
ing water and apply, while hot, to
every joint or crevice where ants and
cockroaches congregate- 1t is useful
| to pantry shelves and bedsteads, for
kitchen floors and base boards. Use q
brush in appling it.
SHADES for the windows of a house
should not be selected until the color
of the interior decorations and the sur
roundings have been fully considered.
Glaring colors like bright blues and
greens are apt to be as disagreeable in
side as on the outside. Plain white
| awnings are found to look better after
the second year than faded striped ones
PAINT, however old and dry it may
| be, can be removed from carpets or
| draperies by liberal use of chloro-
form. Saturate the spot, keep it close
ly covered for half an hour. then brush
out The liquid destroys the oil in
the paint, leaving only powder that
usually comes out with no stain, I'M
less on very delicate fabrics. In OBJ
stinate cases, the application may need
to be repeated several times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27
SERVING POTATOES.
Cook Them In O Different Way Each Day
In the Week.

Cook Them In q Different Way Each Day
I'm the Week.
On Sunday have them mashed-not
pounded into sodden mass, but
whislled into a creamy substance. To
attain this they should be peeled,
steamed, broken with a potato whip,
moistened with milk and butter, sea-
soned with salt and pepper and beaten
like batter until they are very light.
On Monday bake them in their skins
They should be washed clean, baked
in C. good oven and served at once. For
Tuesday they may be peeled and baked
with roast. When the meat is within
half an hour or so of being ready lay
them in the gravy under it and bake
until they are covered with a crisp
brown skin. On Wednesday serve them
in kentucky style. These arc sliced
thin as for frying, soaked in cold
water for half an hour, put in pud-
ding dish with salt, pepper and milk
and baked for an hour. On Thursday
serve them fried wiIole. Peel and boil
them. Roll in beaten egg, then in
cracker crumbs, and fry in butter. On
Friday have potatoes Ia Parisienne.
Wash and rub them with a coarse cloth
until they are skinned, drop into boil
ing water and boil until done Have
ready in saucepan some hot cream
and butter, q little green parsley, pep
per and salt. Pour the water off the
boiled potatoes, cover with this and let
it stand. On Saturday boil the pota-
toes in their skins and serve with butter.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27
Nothing in the Assignment.

An old-time newspaper man was as
signed to see purser of a coasting YES
sci and get n good story. He reached
the boat short time before the sailing
hour, and the purser at once began to
fill hiln up with good grog. When the
newspaper man got out of his grog
trance he was way out on the ocean.
Eventually he wound up in Savannah.
a year from the day he started out he
walked into the newspaper Office on
Park row, and, rushing up to the city
editor all out of breath, he exclaimed:
Say, there was nothing in that as
signment You gave me."-N Y. Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27

prosaic looking wooden back. To be-
gin with, panel of light-colored jap
anese gauze or painted satin is nailed
straight on the wood; /, is then framed
by darker drapery arranged with
rosettes at right angles something like
a door curtain; should thin material
be chosen for the drapery, it is desira-
BILE to arrange it previously on loose
frame, and nail the same on the piano
The ends are covered plain with pieces
of colored cloth. handsomely embroid-
cred. Here again, on account of OPEN
ing the piano, it is better to have the
upper ana lower parts made separate
ly; the top one can be made to hang
down little and finished off with a
point and fringe, like the model given
in the accompanying illustration.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27
WOMAN AND HOME.
FIRST YANKEE BONNET.

Made by Miss Bctsey Metcalf. of Provi-
idence, e. LAT First Her Work Was
Assaulted from the Pulpit and by the
Press-Preachers Supposed 1t to BE an
Invention of Satan.
Until some years after the rcvolu.
tionary war all the straw bonnets sold
In this country were imported from
England. Even those patriotic daugh-
tiers of the revolution who refused to
drink the taxed tea went on buying
and wearing the imported bonncts
until young American girl made one
for herself, and thus set the fashion of
independence for others. 1t was in
l79S that little Betsey Metcalf, OF
Providence, r. l., saw an English
Dunstable straw bonnet in the window
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27
How to Polish Steel Buckles.

Buckles are to be found upon every
part OF a woman's toilet, and, of the
many chic varieties, those made of steel
take the lead. Old-fashioned specimens
that look as if they might date back
several generations arc greatly priced.
''How can L furnish them up?" is the
query OF the fair owner. Boiling oil
acts as cleansing agent. The buckle
to pc renovated is dropped in oil that
has been heated. 1t is left there for an
hour, when the polishing process be-
gins. The best polisher you will find
is the ever useful chamois, or, if you
prefer them. the inside of an old kid
glove or soft piece of leather will do
the work nicely.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27
storr of an Honest Iarxe-

1t is always refreshing to learn Of
lawyers who viii not undertake an un-
just cause. Of Judge Ira Perley, his
biographer says: lie believed IN the
justice of his clients cause; he would
not enlist in it otherwise" Atone time
sharper tried to retain him. and was
smoothing over his crooked conduct
as well as he knew how, when the
judge astonished him by exclaiming:
II think you have acted like an in
fernal scoundrel, sir!"
''Is there any charge for that opin.
ion?'
'sYes. sir: five dollars!.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27
a Careful Father.

look here" said the parent to the
school-teacher, Il see that one OF the
lines in my boys copybook is: Less
haste, more speed.
yes"
'.Ard here's another Tint reads: The
longest way round is the shortest way
home"
YES"
"wcll. 1 want it stopped 1 don't
want those moldy proverbs festooned
around his intellect. I'm educating
him for businessmen the United States
senate. "-Washington Star.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27
Rolled Water for the Skin.

If one cannot have hot and cold wa
ter in ones room, one may at least, by
taking a little trouble, have only
boiled water in the wash-pitcher. It
need not be warm, but it should once
have been so. Only those who have
tried it know what difference there
is in its softness, and how good 1t Is
for the skin.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27

The peerage never fell so disas:
trously upon any one as on Bernard
Coleridge, the eldest son of the late
chief justice. 1t means for him the
sudden close of most promising career,
and practical ruin. His fathers estate
is worth less than two thousand pounds
annually. which is really inadequate
to the dignities of his rank. The new
peer succeed in developing most
successful practice as a barrister. He
must abandon this because he becomes,
nolens volens, a member of the house
of lords. The theory Is that every
member of the upper house is judge
of the highest appeal court, and cannot,
therefore, appear as an advocate in
that or any inferior court.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27
A Financial Transaction.

at will cost me great deaSto git
YOU up" said the adoring count Won
Schwarzbrod-
mo, count" said the beautiful Amer
lean heiress, looking at him with tear
full ewes. 1T will not cost You as much
as you think. Papa has failed."-Chi-
ca0o Record.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27
Some Bees.

How the hum of a bee viii make n
jump and run! Yet we need not be
disturbed, for not all bees can sting;
some bees are perfectly harmless But
if they are harmless, they are not as
useful, for it has been discovered that
the honey Of the stingless bee is not as
sweet or as wholesome as that Of the
singing bee.-Outlook.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27

TENDER new peas are appetizingly
served in cases. These are made Of
mashed potatoes stiffened with a little
-four and baked in futed cake tins, tho
center filed with bit of bread. The
Ia then removed and the peas poured in.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27
Appropriate Uniform,

Wife Tin fashionable store)-I won
der why all these salesladies are dressed
In black?
Husband-I suppose because business
II dead.Judge.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27
Very Familiar.

BEG your pardon. sir, but you seem
to be staring ut me in a strange fash
ion. DO you see anything about me
that is familiar to you?"
Eyes, sir; my umbrella. "--LIntran-
sigeant Illustre.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27
DRAPERY FOR PIANO.

It Hides the Ugly Wooden Back OF the
Instrument Completely.
The drapery on this cottage piano il
quite new invention, giving an unu-
sual perspective to the otherwise very
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-07-27

You are weak" said a woman to
her son, who was demonstrating
against her marrying again. "Yes,
mother" he replied; Il am so weak
that can't go a step-father. "-Demo-
rests Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-27
RETURN OF THE MONEY! MAN "
ne has Recorded About Twelve Word, of
the Chim pan.ee Lanruncr

' Ai'S A.erotHeu About Twelve Word, OF
the Chimpanzee Language
NEW oi:k, March 27-ProfesSor Gar.
ner arrived here on the steamer Etruria
from his stay in the wilds of Africa for
many months. where with his cages and
Photographs he has been endeayorinc to
catch the language of the simian tribes
Inc most interesting part of an interview
he gave on the subject of his task WIS This.
Daring my stay in the cage | recorded
about twelve words of the chimpanzpq
language and about half as many of those
OF the gorilla tongue. found that the
two were entirely different. The chin.
panzee was the much more docile and for
that reason ] made more headwav In
learning their words To reduce them ro
writing, however, would be utterly inpo,.
slbie, Tor There Is no alphabet on earth that
Is capable ot expressing the peculiar
sounds.
They are the most barbarous that the
human ear ever listened to. and about as
hard TO initiate as to write The yocahu-
larry Is very limited-not more than 2lC
words i'll ALL ! should say-but thev can
express great many emotions by varying
TIE luf1ectlon, lntonation, or loudness OF
their words. In fact, there are but very
few simple sounds and il is bv ringing
the changes upon these that the simians
are enabled to make known what IS going
on III their minds To get at the bottom
OF all this, of course, will require years
OF patient investigation, and for that pur-
pose Will probably go back to Africa in
a little while. -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-27
Williams Agreement.

GALEsDURG, Ills, March 27.-The com.
mittee, representing the citizens of Gales
burg, approved unreservedly the agree
ment submitted by c. w Williams, the
horseman OF Independence, la, 10y which
Williams binds himself to remove his en-
tire establishment here and to operate a
district fair and ract track Williams
was present in person. The citizens spent
$4,000 on improvements on the proposed
iair site and present them to Williams.
The hOrseman moves here in Anril
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-27

WASHINGTON, March PA large daily
average of notices of reduction of pensions
sent out to veterans and other pensioners
Is kept up by the pension bureau. These
are III accordance with the act of Dec. y.
1898 and provide for reduction unless ad-
dltional evidence i filed within thirty
Gays The notices are sent after final
review of the cases in the board of revision
and ali have been forwarded by registered
letters during the past three weeks in or
der to record the time of receipt. Already
2,UO3 have been sent in this way.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-27

VI ~ pNl u 81 -
Ch'clro Na-ch :, Isa3
DR. Burnham - Ad ,-ns $; -. city:
My Dear Dnctor-Mv aIj nIIvn was fist c ed
to "-an Jak lzst y. IN the ca of captain J .
Ernsu>. Of Atiant Ga wto WIS attackct in
this city with ate ucp"-'a ,mod k'dneys)
and cys j. i,ri'ama' ion 1. 2. sdccrl Afirr prc-
scribing the u u! r,m,di,s without 4 all. San
Jas' was suggested. aad the i'm Jrovensert Wa 20
m srked after the tr-t dose that "A com; lc:c cure
follow ed so speedi Y. that al once commenced
an invest cation OF :is merits. ard have pre-
sciloed II III almost Cvery Euovn form If Kid
ney. bla dr. ureihral, v'ginsl and cat i-rh al
troubles, followed in each iEsiaLce by the hap
p e-i results
in few day. WAS simply marvcl,us
A Cas- % onurt sis in my family was very
n u-h improved by few doses aua rarically
cured in le : Than u week rom pr -ciical exuer-
snoe In numner of bad c ises of ieucnrihoea I an
free To say inst have found no remedy that i
equa' to .-San .Iak."
And " le have never before iven a prufes-
siona' endorsement TO propri-t ,ry remedy. s-y
unhe alirC at without reserve. ihtt cor sio-
er san Jhk' Il y.rItabic boon to humanity. and
after app wing i; the surr-t profes i3unl tc-ts
can say with Confidence IL l. better tn4a II j.
iecommsn n ed , be.
shall continue 10 prescribe It in all cases Of
geniio uiinsrv or catarrhal troubles . preference
to 81 other known .medcs.
As nerve tonic, csIec'allv in the ceSe- of weak
uraemic children. ''san JaE" can toe relied upon
mecicine Il also in is favor. In pr scrbrr IL r
Children am pre.cut using --Sgn Jak'' an
Alternative In skin q sea.es and several cases #
chrome eczema n sying yciidcl readily 4 IL.
Influence tai shall c,niiu &c 10 use 4 N similar
ct-er. feeling con'ireBt That II meet all the.
Indications in srch case-.
NCry sincerely.
(Sigrcd) GEo. W. ssYDEE. NJ. u.
Ask your Druggist for home ref
erences.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-27

WASHINGTON, March 21.-The Post has
undertaken the task of raising by
popular subscription fund sufficient
TO relieve the Young Mems Christian asso-
citation OF Washington of the burden of
its debt. Pres dent Cleveland expressed
his sympathy with the plan III the follow.
ing letter:
EXECUTIVE MANSION, WASHINGTON, d.
e., March 23.-I am somewhat familiar
with the Young Mems Christian associa.
tion, and in my opinion it should he en-
couraged by all who desire the improve
ment and elevation of our young men. /
cheerfuliy inclose my check for 500 to aid
III extending the usefulness of the Wash.
lpgton association.
.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-27
AFFAIRS IN RIO JANElRo.
A"o r"s' week One of General Festiy;tv-
Outlook in the Soutb.

Outlook in the SOUTH
MO JANEIRo, March 27.-Affairs here
are rapidly resuming their normal asnect
ana aside from the damage done 10 tho
.ot's ana along the water front by the
hre from the insurgent warships all traces
:" warfare have disappeared. The past
"e'h mas been one of general festivitv
mark ed by the constant firing of saln+es
anu The holding of reviews. The usual
reisious professions were held and the
ch"rch services were very largely attend. ..
eo. FOR months past the city was filled
with troops, and almost everything mar.
.ooA Oh military character. Now the
,roops, or at least by far the greater num-
pe' Vi 'hehl' nave gone south to reinforce
.ne government armies in the states where
the insurgents are still opposing tho fed.
erai authorities. The harbor has bner
deserted by al! the warshins and the load.
ing and discharging of merchant vessaIs
are proceeding rs before the revolution
Inc government entertains no fear of
much further trouble in the soutb The
insurgents sympathzers claim that the
piaclhs OF Admiral de Mello at the head
oi 'he provisional government will attract
many persons 10 the rebel standard. hut
Tie government here believes that the in.
sufsent forces will gradually met away
uHI'! nothing remains The government
mas l-,VOJ men at Itarare and more at sac
fauIo ans. the forces are believed tn bo
more than sufficient to meet any that the
insurgents can bring against them. If is
reported here that the rebels are already
retreatlnS from Rio Grande Do sui, and il
Is thought by the time the government re-.
inIofcements arrive there 10 enemy Will be
there 10Y them TO engage At anv rate il
Is declared by government officials who are
IN position To know the exact position Of
affairs In the south that no battle of consa.
quence is likely to occur
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-27
Two Bills Passed by the Iowa House.

DEs MONIES, March 2i.-The house has
passed bills appropriating $1,000 for uni
forms of the members of the Second and
Fourth regiments during the war and fix
ing the salaries of shcritis at - 300 a wear
in counties with from 2s.0OO to Sl5 900
population, and $1,000 in counties of over
~, 600 \ resolution has been passed by
both houses for Adjournment April &. but
there is talk of reconsideriug and substi-
tutiug an earlier date.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-27
Astor n Full Pledged Tory,

LONDON, March 25.-William Waldorf
Astor's Pail Mall Gazette contains an ar
ticle entitled Irish Misgovernment: the
United States Municipal Degradation, -
which says that the Irish by their admin
istration of the affairs of some American
cities have shown themselves dangerous
to civilization. The article says home rule
for Ireland would ruin the United King
dom, and declares the Irish ought to
be Kept down"
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-27
Call for au African King.

WILLIAMSBURG, Mass. March 81
Prince Beselow, the African prince i'll the
class of '91 a: Villa ms college, has re-
ceived a call from his people to return to
his native land and take possession OF he
kingdom which has heretofore been under
the control of his uncle.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-27

MINIATURES, March GA special to
The Wisconsin from Holland, Mich.
says: Eugene Mckay, Charlie, petrie and
two other men left here III u boat TO camp
out and hunt. Their boat and outfit was
found on shore and there is no doubt that
the four were drowned in the heavy gale
which prevailed Saturday night.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-27

PHILADELPHIA, March 21.-Judge But
Ter in the United States circuit court de-
cided that the sugar trust did not act CON
trary to law when it absorbed the Phila.
delphia sugar refineries. Shortly after
the cousummation of the big sugar deal
the government brought suit for the prr-
pose of having the trust dissolved on the
ground that the combination was con
trary to law
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-27
Ann Arbor Road to Change Hands

TOLEDO, o., March 2i.-The Toledo. Ann
Arbor an Northern Michigan will soon
pass from the present management
INTO other hands. Mortgage suits have
been pending in the United States courts
for some months, and these will be fore
closed. President Ashley and the entire
directory will resign. ka9
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1894-03-27

CEDAR RAPIDS, Ia, March 2s-Grand
Chief Ramsey of the railway telegraphers
said in an interview that he had informa
tion to the effect that there would be no
strike of the employees OF the Union Pa
ciiic railway. The real employees of the
company. he said, had no intention OF
striking and the agitation in that direc-
tiou was by outsiders.