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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
HOW TO DRAPE LACE.
An Easy and Charming Way to Beautii
Toilet Table.

An Easy and Charming Way to Beautify
Toilet Table.
Lace and muslin are not often seen
on toilet tables nowadays, but a grace
full way which has lately gained favor
is to take length of muslin, soft sillk
or lace, allow it to fall to the ground
at one side of the table, carry it mp to-
the edge at the other side, and secure
it by small tacks. hidden under couple
of smartly-tied broad ribbon bows IL
the table has set of drawers on each
side of the open space in front. the
drapery conceals one set and reveals
the other.
In pretty, simple rooms it is much
the fashion to have everything in it OK
the colored linen, which washes so per
fectly. One design for the coverlid is
a powdering of large. loosely-tied bows
worked in coral stitch in white crewels
and silk, with or without frill OK
white linen about a quarter of yard
wide The mantel valance. chair seats,
toilet cloth, ottoman cover, as well as
the pincushion and nightdress cases
are en- suite. The pretty light blue or
pink shades are favorites, but there ara
greens, yellOws and many other colOrs-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22

the ends to fold in and meet. This
piece will cover the edge of the circu-
lar piece just described, and a few
slanting stitches, made with the floss,
will draw the two ends together and
hold the band firmly in place.
Before adjusting this piece, the
crocheted square should be drawn over
the globe and each chain caught by a
few stitches to the sides of the circular
piece which covers the end. After
fastening the bias piece, add the same
slanting stitches that are used to
fasten the ends together letting this
fastening come over one of the
erocheted cords) to the plush where
each cord comes, as shown in the illus
tration. Then fasten the ends of the
cords to the edge of the basket at
equal distances.
Last of all, make a bow with quite a
cluster of loops and fasten it to the
center of the crocheted square at the
top of the globe, adding n short
erocheted loop by which to hang the
finished holder. The basket may be
gilded or bronzed, but as it is intended
TO represent the actual basket of .
balloon, the natural finish is as salts
factory.-J. ID. Cowles, in Minneapolis
Housekeeper.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
Told In a Smoking Car.

Stranger lin train)-A man in your
business can't get home very often, Z
presume?
Commercial-Home? / should say
not. Why, sir, l get home so seldom
that l can't remember half the TINA
where l live. Have to telegraph to fhe
firm to send me my address
Stranger-You don't say so! :
Commercial-That's straight Why.
one time was away so long that for
got I'd ever been married, and took
such a fancy to a pretty woman met
in strange town that 1 eloped with
her.
Stranger-My! myi
Commercial-Yes,i it would have been
a terrible thing, but when called ON
the firm during my honeymoon and in,
troduced her, the old man told me she
was my wife before.-Agents' Herald
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
MAKING MIILINER's FOLDS.

wrinkle. To do this it is better to pin
one edge of the bias material along the
straight edge of the cutting board
The points of the pins can be easily
stuck into the wood sufficiently to hold
it firmly. Then measure the width
you intend to cut the strips at either
end of the board, and stick another pin
into the wood at these points Then,
with yardstick, chalk line with
French chalk from one pin to the
other. Take the pins from the ma
terial and cut the strip at the chalk
line, repeating the process of pinning
the material to the board for the next
strip.
For fold of ordinary size, which Is
five-eighths of an inch wide when fin
ished, the strips should be cut an inch
and a half wide. Fold one edge over
little less than half an inch on the
wrong side, as at b, Fig. L; haste It
with accuracy, then fold over the outer
edge, Fig. 2, at a. so that the edge viii
not quite meet the edge of b. There
should be about an eighth of an inch
space between them. Basic this care
fully.
Fold b over onto a. Slip thin, mar
row whalebone through a, bend it
slightly over the forefinger, and blind
stitch to a, running the sewing as
near as possible to the outer edge OF
the whalebone without running it OF.
Slide the whalebone along as the work
progresses.
The whalebone will prevent the nee
die from going through to the other
side of the fold, thus spelling the SYM
metry of the work, and it is not neces-
sary to use the care which is needed
when there is no whalebone.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
WOMAN AND HOME.
BuRNT-MATCH HOLDER.
Said to Re . Most Artistic and Original
BIT of Fancy Work.

Said to Re Most Artistic and Original
Bit of Fancy Work.
The novel receptacle for burnt
matches, shown in the illustration, is
one of the most artistic and original
bits of fancy work seen for some time.
Its novelty lies in the use of one of the
small incandescent electric light
globes as balloon. the basket attached
to this forming the "holder" proper.
They may be obtained at almost
any building where this system of
lighting is used. The globes in time
''burn out" or become defective and
can be obtained for few cents or for
nothing. The remaining materials
necessary for the balloon are the small
Japanese basket. costing two or three
cents, yard of ribbon three-eighths
of an inch wide, three skeins of floss,
and scrap of bias velvet or plush
Make chain of from forty to fifty
stitches, according to size of globe,
with the floss, using a small-sized
crochet-hook Throw the thread over
to form long stitch and catch back
into the chain; make one chain stitch,
then another long stitch, and proceed in
this manner across the original chain.
Turn and GO back across this row in
exactly the same way, and proceed
thus till square of the open work is
formed. From each corner of this
square, crochet chain which shall be
long enough to reach to the top of the
basket, from five to six inches; better
too long than too short.
A small circular piece of plush or
velvet should be used to cover the
lower end of the globe. The edges
may be caught up about the side with
few long stitches. Fold in the edges
of bias piece of the plush leaving it
just wide enough to cover the brass
rim at the bottom, and long enough for
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
Making n Change,

The young gent from Boston had
gone west to grow up with the coun-
try, and as an incidental to that growth
he had taken position as waiter in a
gulch restaurant. Yet the dignity and
culture of the place of his nativity
hedged him about, and, as far he could,
he insisted upon the proper recogni-
ton of it. One day a terror of the
plains came in to feed, and he spotted
the Bostonian.
Say, waiter" he began.
81 beg your pardon" interrupted the
Hubster, Il am not waiter, sir; l am a
functionary Of"
The terror yanked a gun out of his
belt in a manner that ended the sem
tence abruptly.
''Oh, you are" he said, with fine sar-
casm; well, if you amt back here in
two minutes with a feed fer me and
my pardner, you'll be a defunctionary.
Now git" and the culture of Boston
got.-Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
Governor of the Cbickasavs.

ARDMoRE, l. T., June 14.-At Tisho-
mingo on Tuesday Tecumseh Mcclure
was declared governor of the Chicka-
saw nation to fill the unexpired term
of Gov. e. Jonas Wolff, who is disqual-
flied, being under indictment charged
with ENLIGHTENMENT. Mcclure is a
strong advocate of allotment and has
issued his manifesto urging the legis-
lature to convene on the 18th inst for
the direct purpose of taking action to-
ward a mutual adjustment of affairs in
connection with the Dawes commits
sion, another spike in allotment.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
Tobacco Crop Badly Damaged.

PRINCETON, KY, June 1.-THE long
drought, which has continued here for
thirty-five days, has had very damag-
ing effect upon all crops, and especially
has it been disastrous upon tobacco.
At least half of the crop set has died,
and the remaining plants present a
sickly and withered appearance. The
plants in the beds are too far adj
vanced in growth to be transplanted,
and from present indications there will
not be more than half tobacco crop
aiSed
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
Mrs. 1IalaprOp.

A delightful Mrs. Malaprop is re-
ported as speaking of an invalid daugh-
ter as indicate. Members of her fam
lily, she says, are in the habit of riding
to Baltimore on communion tickets.
Another lady referred one day to a
spinal staircase, hearing which a
bright girl remarked: Perhaps she
refers to the back stairs" Another
lady refers occasionally to nashua Of
the stomach, and to her sufferings
from neurology; and still another de-
scribed the visions which she saw
while in state of prance.-Demorest's
Magazine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
More Work for LAWYERS.

Dora-Edith married a very nice man,
/ hear.
Clara-He's nice enough, but it won't
be long before there will be divorce
in that family. He Is cross-eyed-
What difference can that maker"
''She can never tell whether he is adj
miring her or some other woman--N.
Y. Weekly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
Sweetbriar for the Rooms.

Sweetbriar is one of the most de-
lightful of our more common plants
with which to decorate our sitting
rooms, for its fragrance, though very
sweet, is not liable to affect one seri-
ously. The leaves are excellent to fu
in pillows with, like balsan
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
Finding Fame as Advertised.

Tracey-Windle's bicycle trip around
the world has made him famous. Tha
papers are full of it.
Stacey-Yes; he wore Higgins I'm.
derwear," 'Hedman's Hats" ''Brog-
anne's Shoes" rode only the Uncle
Sam Bicycle" used Bears Soap" and
took Hundred Doses for Dollar" in
every clime.-Puck
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
WHY She 1Iourned.

''Why, Mrs Gazely, what are you
wearing mourning for? Weren't you
only married two weeks ago."
Yes; but you know Mr.. G.'s first
wife has only been dead year, and my
husband expects me to show proper re-
spect, you know."-Alex Sweet, in
Texas Siftings-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22

iron rod running through the center
supports. The trays are eighteen
inches in diameter and have slightly
raised rims, the top tray being French
polished and the second lined with
card cloth. A special feature of the
table is brass wire basket to contain
newspapers, needlework, etc. The
table is two feet six inches high and
made of oak, walnut, mahogany and
birch, and forms very useful addition
to the furniture of any room.-Lady 8
Pictorial
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
Cold Doth Make Us An Akin.

Mrs. Motter-Didn't Mrs Smith say
she'd never speak to you again, after
you scolded her Johnny?
Mrs Potter-Yes; but she heard T
had cold. so she couldn't throw on
the temptation to run over and tell ma
her cure.-Truth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
Twelve Horse Thieves Rounded Up.

PERRY, Ok. June 14.-Deputy mar
shals arrived here this morning from
Pawnee with dozen horse thieves.
In the past few days number of
horses have been stolen right out of
the town. Six wagons and teams were
stolen last week from wagon yards in
the daytime. There seems to be large
organized band there.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
-Cherubini so closely identified

-Cherubini so closely identified his
sympathies with his work that when
writing pathetic passage he would
cry like child. He was often found
in tears over his score, and some of his
manuscripts are thus so blotted as to
be almost illegible. He was very neat
with his work, saying: Whatever is
doing at all is worth doing as well as
ono can -
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22
M,LLlNER.s FOLDS.
Directions for Making This Exceedingly
Popular Trimming.

The present fancy for trimming
skirts and bodices with milliner's folds
is pretty one and quite effective, but
it is not an easy matter to make them
neatly unless one has had considerable
experience in this sort of work. These
helpful directions from the Household
will therefore prove welcome:
Cutting the material is an Important
part of the process. The strips must be-
cut exactly on the bins, or the fold VIII
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22

Lyon, were placed in nomination for
acknowledgement. A ballot result
ed: Furbeck, AIS; Daniels, IA; Ram
dolph. %; Cole, 90. The nomination of
Furbeck was made unanimous and the
convention took recess until o'clock.
Upon reassembling. A. C. Gallagher,
of Crawford, offered the following,
which was adopted:
Resolved. That the peoples party. in conven-
tion assembled promise their support now and
In the future to assist the miners Of Kansas in
their lawful undertakings and the enforcement
OF the law in which they are directly inter-
ested
DIR. Dykes, of Smith county, nomi-
mated j. w. Amis, of that county, for
secretary of state and he was chosen
by reclamation.
For auditor Van B. Prather (present
incumbent) and Henry L. Harbaugh,
of Sumner, were placed before the con-
vention, but Harbaugh's name was
withdrawn and Prather nominated by
reclamation.
Then w. III. Biddle, for treasurer;
John 7. Little, for Encouragement,
and Ii. n. Gaines, for superintendent
of public instruction tpresent incum-
bents) were successfully renominated
by reclamation.
7. j. Close rose as an ex-union sol
dier, and placed before the convention
the name of Col. w. A. Harris, an ex-
confederate, for denomination as con-
gressman-at-large. He closed by ask
ing the ex-union soldiers to stand up in
honor of the ex-confederate, which
they did, giving him three cheers. Col.
Harris was renominated by acclama-
ton.
This closed the work of the conven-
ton. kilograms were sent to the
South Dakota populist convention, the
railway men in session at Chicago and
after speeches by many persons the
convention about 10 o'clock adjourned.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22

Better be poisoned in ones blood
than poisoned in ones principles
Confucius.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22

The bad Hamlet often has difficulty
in lodging the bad egglet.-Philadel-
phia Record.
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NOVELTY IN TABLES.

Very Convenient Little Thing to Have
In Ones Room.
The newest table provides on three
tiers accommodation for all the small
things one likes to have ready to hand
in a library, a boudoir, bed. smoking or
invalid's room. 1t occupies but little
space and has the great advantage of
being perfectly steady and firm, an
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1894-06-22

all the indignities he has done you?
God in this world has invited us all to
the banquet of His grace. He invited
us by His providence and His spirit 365
| days of every year since we knew our
right hand from our left. If ave de-
clined it every time, or treated the in
! vitation with Indifference, and gave
twenty or forty or fifty years of indig-
| nifty on our part toward the banqueter,
and at last he spreads the banquet in a
more luxurious and kingly place, amid
the heavenly gardens, have we right
| to expect Him to invite US again, and
have we right to blame Him if He
| does not invite us?
If twelve gates of salvation stood
open twenty years or fifty years for
our admission. and at the end of that
time they are closed, can we complain
of it and say: These gates ought to be
open again. Give us another CHANGER
If the steamer is to sail for Hamburg,
| and we want to get to Germany by
that line, and we read in every even
ing and every morning newspaper that
it will sail on certain day, for two
weeks we have that advertisement be-
fore our eyes, and then we go down to
the docks fifteen minutes after it has
showed off into the stream and say:
Come back. Give me another chance.
1t is not fair to treat me in this way.
Swing up to the dock again, and throw
out planks, and let me come on board. :"
Such behavior would invite arrest as a
mailman.
And if, after the gospel ship has lain
at anchor before our eyes for years and
years, and all the benign voices of
earth and Heaven have urged us to get
on board, as she might sail away at any
moment, and after a while she sails
without us, is it common sense to ex-
pect her to come back? You might as
well go out on the Highlands of Never
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-06-20
charaoteristin rradennrl,s.

"Have you ever observed how
many people carry some distinguish
ing mark of occupation or habitf'
asked a phrenologist Now, see
That man is jeweler. Do you see
the peculiar wrinkles around his
right eye and eyebrow2 Those come
from habitually carrying his jewel
er's glass there. Half those passers.
by are desk workers. Their shoul-
ders droop.
"see that young lady2 When she
is at home, she sits with her left
leg drawn up under her-sits on it,
in fact. The knee is forced out. See
where it hits her skirts2 Her walk
is one sided in consequence.
'Those young men are bicycle
riders. They walk on their toes like
a schoolgirl A mans occupation or
condition has a good deal to do with
making his facial expression. Sol
diers get hard, severe look; over
worked laborers constantly look tired
reporters look inquisitive; mathema-
ticians look studious. Judges become
grave, even when off the bench. The
business makes the face, say.
There are the butchers face, the
publican's face, the beggar's face, the
ministerial face, the lawyers face,
the doctors face, all SO distinct each
from the other and singly, that one
seldom fails torecognize those calIings
showing through the countenance.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-06-20
Atmo.pberIcal curIo..

If it We're possible for one to rise
above the stratum of air which sur
rounds the planet earth, the sun
would appear to the observer as a
huge, sharply outlined ball of fire,
while everything else would be
wrapped in impenetrable darkness.
This is true because we know that
there could be no sensation of light
conveyed to the brain without an at
mosphere for the suns rays to act
upon. But, on the contrary, if the
earth's atmosphere extended to a
height of 700 miles instead of 40 or
SO, as is probably the case, the suns
heat and rays could never penetrate
it.
Had such have been the state Of
things in the beginning, this earth
would never have been populated
with its varied forms of animal life.
But should such state of affairs ac-
cidentally be brought about through
some unknown agency every yestige
of animal life would perish from the
face of the earth in very short time,
and the te1Tors of starvation would
be augmented thousand fold by the
fact that everything would be wrap
ped in darkness darker than the black
est midnight.-St. Louis Republic.
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a IRusTY euARpIAN.
Rez,s broad Grin was No. to BE Frined
With by Strangers.

Rexss Broad Grin Was Not TO BE 5rined
With by Strangers.
More than 40 years ago, in 1851, I
visited a party of friends In the Ben
digo goldhelds in Australia, where 4
was cordially welcomed. Among the
valued possessions of my friends was
an English mastiff, which belonged
to one Of the gentlemen
The good understanding between
myself and the mastiff appeared to
have become so well established dur
ing the evening that ON the next day
left the claim where my friends
were at work to fetch kettle of tea
from the tent without the least mis-
giving to my reception by him. Rex.
who was always allowed to run loose, .
came forward to meet me. He al
lowed me to stroke his head, and so
far as I could see showed no interest
in my movements as entered the
tent and took drink of the tea, but
when started to leave the tent with
the kettle of tea in my hand imag-
inc my astonishment when saw the
supposed friend Rex facing me and
showing his teeth in very threaten
ing way. Iput down the kettle, seat
ed myself on the edge of the camp
bed and spoke to him. He waggedi
his tail and looked so friendly that 1
thought I must have made mistake
about his intentions. Not at all.
The moment attempteda6o leave
the tent with the kettle I had reason
to know that Rex's broad grin was
no mere notion, but, ON the contrary,
a real sign that he was true to his
trust as he understood it. talked to
him again, set down the kettle and
attempted to leave without it. Still
Rex objected. He had his doubts
and determined to give his master,
the benefit of them. There was no
help for it was held prisoner and
could do nothing but sit down and
wait patiently for one of the party to
come to my relief. No one came un-
til nearly two hours later, by which
time my long absence had caused my
friends to suspect that 1 was being
held prisoner by Rex. I bore the
dog no grudge for his faithful zeal,
and in few days found he would let
me come and go and take whatever
1 wished.-S Nicholas.
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IN. sense ofuono,.

a Russian peasant was, for some
offense or other, declared to have for
feited all special rights and privileges.
The full gravity of the punishment
was brought home to him as follows:
'Henccforth you can never be ap.
pointed headmah of your village Cthe
peasant bowed), nor be called as a
witness Che bowed again, nor serve
on a jury (another bow, nor enlist
as soldier"
The peasant bowed deeper still and
said:
"Your honor, would it not be pos
sible to relieve me of the duty of pay
ing taxes7"
Another version is to the effect
that the peasant expressed his thanks
and earnestly pleaded:
tCould you not manage at the
same time to relieve my SON, Mikol-.
ka, of these rights7 -Scewernsld
Westnik.