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GREAT AMERICAN TRAVELLERS.
DAME: Pratt Outdone by n PhiIa seIpala
Man and His wife.
Frorp the F'hlIldeIphia Times.

FROM the Fhiladelphia Times.
Mr. and Mrs. VIII Inn ]. Mead of this
city are probably the greatest Ameri-
can travellers who Journey for pleasure
only In the last 10 years they have
been around the world twice. Mr.. Mead
IS very well known in this community.
He figured IN political life as a MEM
Der of the councils an1 as one of tine
old-t5me board OF guardians of the
poor, his public record being of the
most creditable character. He amassed
a fortune as railroad contractor, ac-
comphsheng many of the engineering
fe,aits for which the Pennsylvania rail-
road Is famous. He II was who made
the Bergen cut between Newark and
Jersey City, through which all pass
who travel on the Pennsylvania nail
road between New York and Philadel-
plhta. When ne married the wealthy
Miss Aymer of this city in 1885, he had
retired from active business and was
free to go where he pleased. They
tourneyed to Europe and while in Paris
the thought occurred to him to take a
trip around the world, and the first
jump the bridal couple made was to
the icy shores of Alaska. Since then
they have been TO almost every habIta-
Bile and many unhabi table spots on the
globe. circlng It twice in their Journey
ing. and during that period returned to
this city only twice. and then making
short visits to their many friends.
Places rarely visited by tourists have
most invited them, they having dnves-
tfgated every portion of the Fiji ISL
ands. traversed New Zealand and Aus
tra1sa; spent o. season in the French
penal settlement of New Caledonia, in
the South Pacific; visited Persia, Tur-
key and Russia; crossed the mountains
and plains of the Caucasus; with an
armed escort and under the protection
of an Arab shiek journeyed through
Arabia; pierced the tangles of the jun
giles of India and of South and Central
Africa: were jofted through China on
sprtngless carts. and Mrs. Mead was
presented to the natives of Bechuana-
land as the first white woman who had
visited that country during their gen.
GRAFTON The appearance of Miss Bird,
the great traveller. in that country had
occurred before the present people were
born. Naturally she was an object of
much wonder. A letter received in this
city brings the Information that these
1ndefatigable travellers are now in Chi
cago. whence they viii go to New Or
leans. and there may be a further
route of travel.
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and conceal ball No. 2 and drops BAH
No. I In at the upper end. He then
lifts the tube. and shows No. In the
hand. This the spectators naturally
take to be the ball they had just seen.
believing that II has fallen through
the tube. As a matter OF fact. that
ball. (No. n has stopped midway, and
has jammed itself very slightly In the
middle OF the tube. See Fig. 8.
Proceeding with his demonstrations.
the performer turns the tube the other
way up. and holding II upright in the
left hand. but this time clear OF the
palm
He then drops in ball No. 2. which
by Its impact forces out No. l which
10 now. Cthe tube having been reversed
below the construction in the center.
No. remains In the center OF the tube
though to the eye of the audience "
has dropped through. and Is In the
hand. The performer contlnues-'T will
now place the tube here. on the table"
AS he does so, he again turns II the
other way up. and brings II down with
a slight rap. This frees the concealed
ball. which falls within the tube on the
table as In Fig. 7.
II viii now go TO the further side OF
the room. and thence pass the ball into
the tube" He then pretends TO trans
fer the visible ball (No. p from the
right hand to the left. I'm reality retain
Ing IL in the right by slight contrac-
against the lower joints of which the
ball rests. "One. two, three.-pass."
At the last word he makes a throwing
motion with the left hand In the dlrec-
tion OF the tube. at the same time
opening the left hand. which Is seen
empty. win somebody pick up the
tube, and see whether the ball Is
there?" The tube Is lifted. and the ball
found. While all eyes are drawn in
that direction. he drops ball No. into
any convenient pocket. and gets into
the right hand In Its place. ball No. 3.
Perhaps one OF the company would
like to try the experiment" He offers
the tube and ban for that purpose. but
in doing 50, deftly changes No. for
No. 3. which. as the reader Is already
aware. passes freely through the tube,
and with which. therefore. the modus
operandi cannot possibly be discovered.
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CHRISTMAS ROYALTY
How the Queen Celebrates the Day
Which the Prince Consort Loved.
POOR ARE NOT FORGOTTEN
Mrs. Fenwick Miller Tells OF Bril-
liant Festivities Within the Pal
ace, and of Many Homes Made
Happy Outside Its Gates.
Copyright, 1895.

Copyright, 1885.
Chrfstmas-tide festivities had decHn-
ed i'm England for some time before her
majesty came to the throne. 1t was
the greatest festival of the year in old
er days; but the stern Plrr5tans disap-
proved of 1t. as they did of all other
feasts and 5unketings, and under their
influence the keeping of Christmas had
come to be comparatively a small af-
fair. 1t was always a holiday. but had
ceased to be made the most Of" Two
great influences have restored 1T to IT'S
present popularity as a festival with a
deep meaning that is to be expressed
dn gifts and kindly feelings. Those In
fiuences are the Prince Consent and
Charles Dickens While the latter by
his enthusiastic writing In praise of
uhe Christmas idea was famfliarizing g
the minds of the people with the notion
or ITS being season of generosity
and jollity, the court was by its EXAM
fashionable. Christmas was the fav-
ofte festival of the prince" ut Is re-
marked i'm the Life of the Prince Con-
sort, for which the queen has made
herself responsible. He chung to the
kindly custom of his native country.
interchange of gifts as signs of affec-
ton and good will. The queen shared
his feelings in this respect, and the
usage was introduced into their house
hold on the first Christmas here and
was always after continued" The
principal novelty to the English in the
royal customs here alluded to was
THE PALACE CHRISTMAS TREE
Familiar aus we now are with this
means of displaying the Christmas
gifts by hanging them on a bushy ever
green fir tree. IT was a novelty when
the Prince Consort set 1T up in the
palace on the first Christmas after his
marriage. The custom that me then
initiated has never been dropped. The
Queen has not one, but several Christ
mas trees always prepared. There is
no one set up to hold gifts for her maj
esty herself. ON which the loving hands
of her children, whether they are near
enough TO do II themselves or have to
employ a proxy, hang presents for the
royal mistress of the home. Then the
Queen has another one dressed for her
own family, on which are placed her
gifts to them; and there is yet a third
tree set up. the largest of all. for it has
TO hold the royal gifts to the household.
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determinate order. The alphabetical
lclub, diamond, heart. spade) being as
good as any. In arranging the pack.
the performer takes face upwards the
eight of clubs. and on II lays the king
OF diamonds. on this the three OF
hearts, then the ten OF spades, two Of
clubs, seven OF diamonds. and 80 on
TIL the pack Is complete This must be
done privately beforehand. Before lay
ing out the nine cards. the performer
Invites some one 20 cut the pack. He
then places the lower half on the up
per. and takes the nine cards needed
from the top. When the medium re-
turns. he first notes the bottom card.
which the performer takes care that he
shall have fun opportunity OF seeing.
This gives him the FIRST card OF the
nine, being the one next following In
the formula. Thus II the bottom card
be a queen OF spades. the first card on
the table viii be the four OF clubs
and knowing this. IL Is easy 10 calcu-
late the names OF the others.
THE SILVER TUBE AND BALL.
This Is a more ambitious feat The
visible apparatus consists OF an ebony
ball. IL inches In diameter. and a nick
eled brass tube. six inches IN length
and OF such a diameter as just 10 admit
the ball. Midway between the two
ends its internal diameter Is restricted
(by the application OF minute dabs of
metal at four points of the circumfer-
ence) 10 the extent OF rather less than
one-slxteenth OF an inch. The protec-
tions are rubbed down 20 smoothness.
and are 50 slight that no one casually
booking through the tuoe could even
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WHICH WAS THE CARD?


at some other point. as to which the
performer would have no indication
WHICH WAS THE CARD?
For this feat. the concurrence Of two
persons Is necessary. For greater
clearness. we will designate them the
performer and the medium" the the
ory being that the trick is performed
by means OF some sort OF clairvoyant
faculty. During the absence OF the me
dium from the room. the performer
lays out in rows OF three. nine cards.
face upwards. as In figure 1. and
invites the spectators to touch one
of them. This done. the medium re-
turns to the room: the performer gazes
at him fixedly, but does not speak or
ment's consideration. the medium says,
'The card touched was the queen Of
diamonds" or as the case may be.
Again he retires. and another card Is
touched. with the like result. Finally.
to show that the mediums clairvoyant
faculty Is not dependent upon the pres
ence OF the principal performer. the lat
ter steps into another room. or behind
a screen. before the return OF the me-
dium. and still the card Is correctly
named.
The secret is OF the simplest. The
performer having laid out the nine
cards. keeps the rest of the pack In his
hand. The surface OF the top card. by
previous agreement with his confdant.
represents the area occupied on the lat
ter by the three cards. and Is divided
lto nine maginary spaces correspond
ing with them. CSee Fig. %
The performer has only to let the tip
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over an hour. and her menu ss shorter
and simpler than that of most OF her
wealthy subjects ON an occasions. The
queen attends divine service In the
morning: and later IN the day. II her
health and circumstances permit. some
and given for her amusement by the
immediate members of her household
CHRISTMAS AT SANDRINGHAM.
II. to some extent. modelled on the
similar usages 70 which the Prince of
Wales was brought up. He and his
The Anaconda standard., 1895-12-15
MACICFOR CHRISTMAS
Clever Tricks to Be Performed With
Balls, Dominoes and Cards.
FOR AMATEUR MAGICIANs
Professor Hoffman Explains Some
Simple Devices by Means OF
Which a Company of Friends
May Be MystifIed.
copy1sh,. 1895. by Bach.ner. johnson .

tcopyr1gh;. 1895. by Bachelier. johnson q
Bacheller)
Most houses contain a box OF domi-
noes. These may be utilized for the
performance OF a very effective httle
fat as follows:-
The performer lays upon the table
10 dominoes. side by side. face down.
wards. Anyone Is then at liberty (the
performer meanwhile retiring from the
room). to shift any number Of the DOM
dnoes from one to nine inclusive) from
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hadn't Met tn. Genti.m.n.

"HI. there. kid. what's yer name7'
Don't know"
why don't you know
Ma got married agin yistiddy."-chi-
cago Record
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three-five or the sIx-two) which the
performer has in his pocket.
The reason for avoiding a double"
Is that its removal does not force a
break in the chain at the particular
point. The numbers on either side of
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quietly to the little church that they
generally attend. just outside Rich
mond Fark gates. w;hich for Christ
mas day recesves decorations from the
cor servatorles of the royal home.
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
HOUSEHOLD NOTES.

RUB spoons with salt to remove egg
stains.
PALS and tubs saturated with glycer-
inc will not shrink.
The latest clothes prop for the back
yard is a slender iron pole.
TIGHT collars are apt to produce a
permanent swelling of the throat.
AFTER knives have been cleaned they
may be brilliantly polished with char
coal powder.
UPON curtains the principal part of
the embroidery is now placed upon the
turnover portion of the top. This has
much the effect of a valance when we'll
overlaid.
ARUG made of old ingram carpet, cut
bias and sewed on to ticking or denim
with carpet thread. is said to last ten
years and grow softer and prettier
every year. The preferred width of
the bias strips is one inch. and they
should be sewed-by the middleton
the foundation, at spaces a quarter of
an inch apart.
For a dry shampoo the hair should
be lOOsened, then every inch of the
scalp should be gently rubbed until
all the dust and dandruff are loosened.
The hair should be parted in different
parts of the head and brushed with a
very stiff little brush until the scalp is
clean, and the hair also. Thenit should
be rubbed with alcohol or some hair
tonic and the snarls gently combed and
brushed out.
For shampooing get five cents worth
of powdered CASTLE soap, the same
quantity of borax; add to them j.
tablespoonful of alcohol, the beaten
yoll1 of an egg and pint of hot water.
Put this in a bottle and cork. There
is sufficient for three or four shampoos,
as it only takes a small quantity ap-
piled to the scalp to cause a good lath-
er, which must, however, be carefully
rinsed out with several basins of warm
water.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11

doctor, rising. 81 should have been
very glad to have helped the young
lady escape from your care; any true
man would have been You are rating
the settlers here very low, monsieur.
Unfortunately, all we hear of you
does not point to your making either a
happy or a safe home for a good
woman. Put up your revolver; / arl
not at all afraid; the ranchmen hel e
are friendly to me. Now, if you desire,
dismount, and myself will show you
through the house."
''Humphl you've changed all of a
sudden grunted one of the men.
Il have always held" said the doc
tor. pleasantly, that a man who
could not change an opinion was a
bigot Obstinacy is often ignorance.
Your errand being such a serious one
has quite convinced me that it is not
only right but my duty to wake Mr..
Oliver"
In his heart the doctor was thinking:
''That certainly was Craig l heard in
the house; he has got back, and must
have heard what said. His window
is open"
Il shall wake Mr. Oliver, then" he
said, loudly, as they dismounted and
went into the house, but shall not be
responsible for his profanity. Craig,
open your door, please"
The doctor raped, but his heart stood
still. If Oliver should not be there!
The bolt shot back, and the man, half
dressed, with bloodshot eyes, disor-
dered hair, and a dazed sort of man
ner. appeared in the doorway.
What in - is all the rowe"
he said. angrily. "You must keep me
up all night and wake me in an un-
earthly hour in the morning. What
do they want?"
MIR de Restaud's wife is missing.
They desire to search your house.
Here. gentlemen, is a campbell.
trunk and one chair. The lady is not
here. Shall we keep on?'
Craig lay back on the bed and drew
his traveling-rug over him.
They have my permission" he said,
sleepily. There's a cellar underneath,
and one small barn. Look well under
the hay. SO yoar wife has gone, Mr..
De Restaud? Perhaps her only rela-
tive has had feeling enough TO save
the poor little thing and has taken her
from your guardianship. l fancy you
would not care to have that looked
into too closely; and if l were you,
speaking now as lawyer, l would not
advertise this affair too widely. Your
wife might, you know, be persuaded to
come back"
The doctor, fearing the consequence
es. shut the door hastily and led his
visitors away. They searched the
premises closely, but, not knowing of
the blackboard, did not miss it, and the
Mexican's good little beast, lather of
foam, was hidden in grove of pines a
quarter of a mile away.
Shortly after his guests had mounted
their horses in sull1y silence and gal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
DRIFT OF OPINION.

- The democratic party will have
all it can do in 1896 to prevent itself
from becoming a third party in tho
number of it's votes.-St Louis Globe.
Democrat.
sH- The democratic way of opening
the markets to the world for our
products has resulted simply in open
ing ours for the world, and the world
laughs at the threats of retaliation on
the part of Mr.. Gresham.-Iowa State
Register.
tB B-The democratic party has never
yet done anything to promote the
cause of honest money, and it isn't at
all likely ever to do so. That is why
all of its currency projects are dis
trusted by the people.-St- Louis
Globe-Democrat-
tB The democratic party has made.
New Years present to the people.
Part of it is deficit and part of it is
a tax The part which is a deficit is
already collected and squandered
The part which is tax is about to be-
collected.-Sau Francisco Argonaut
EB Secretary Carlisle is sitting upo'
nights just now trying to devise soma
means of forcing the silver dollars
and silver certificates into circulation.
His eagerness in that direction is
marked by all the zeal of a man who,
after discovering a punched" half
dollar among his pocket money, knows
no rest until he has passed it off on
somebody.-N. Y. Tribune.
sHThe tariff tinkers told the poor
man that under democratic tariff re-
form he could buy wool blankets at
half the price he could under the Nc
Kinley iniquity." But tariff reform
ers neglected to tell the poor man
what he now knows, that his loss in
wages under tariff reform in one
month would have bought all the
blankets he would need for five years.
1t is not the cost of blankets bat the
lack of money to buy with of which
the workingman now complains
Chicago Inter Ocean.
-The Cleveland administration
threatens retaliation against Spain be-
cause that country discriminates in
tariff charges against American prod
ucts The result of such a policy will
be to shut Cuban sugar out of this
country. AS Cuba sends about seven
eighths of the sugar refined here fur.
ther effect would be to greatly inN
crease the price of that necessary Of
life. The republican Mckinley Law
gave us protection for American prod
ucts and reciprocity with other coun-
tries, insuring us low-priced sugar.
Democratic tariff reform involves
us in economic hostility with other ns-
tions, compels us to pay tribute to the
grasping sugar trust and shoves up The
price on sugar.-Troy Times
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
lnEeRloR MOTIVES.
Point to De Considered In the Educa
tion of Children.

tion of Children
1t is most important in reasoning
with children that only the best mo-
ii -es for conduct should be given them,
and never inferior or wrong ones.
A conscientious child will often make
mistakes and do the wrong thing,
while he has the most sincere and un-
selfish desire to do the right one Such
actions in such children should not be
scolded or condemned too harshly. For
it is the motive that most matters. So
long as the intention be right the ac-
tion may be amended, and the child
learn from his error to avoid it in fu-
ture.
The difference between the motive
and the action, and their interdepend-
ence are not often enough explained
to children. 1t is more possible for a
child to understand the distinction
than people usually think. If, as might
easily be done. the teacher would put
the idea into simple and familiar
words, most children could grasp it,
and learn to be their own guides in fu-
ture. and that is what all child teach
ing should tend toward, or it is teach
ing thrown away.
Children quickly appreciate high mo-
tives. To urge your boy to do right
because it is brave to do so, or because
it is honorable. or because it is true. is
TO speak to him in a language which he
can understand as well as you. And to
l,,,,,,, e,,,b ,,o4;,-s,e tod. g ,,.l-,
him the truthful. brave or honorable
boy you wish him to be.
On the other hand, to habitually in
cite him to goodness because of the
candy which comes to good boys or the
punishment which awaits bad ones. is
to create in him only the motives of
greed and fear. These incentives are
not only demoralizing to the character
of the child, but the force of them is
weakened as the boy grows older.
Again, it is a mistake to appeal to
''outside" motives with children. such
as acting for the sake of appearance or
because some one is watching: "Re
q good child. for uncle is looking at
you;" Don't be rude to your sister or
at the table while company
is here;" ''How ugly it looks for little
girl TO be disobedient or unl1ind!" ''See
how pretty it is to be aniable or gen.
erous!" People always admire gem
tie little girl" Such phrases surely do
not show a child the best reasons why
he should do right. Children do under
stand and appreciate better ones And
children have right to the best They
have right to as good motives as those
we try to live up to ourselves--Har-
per's Bazaar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11
AMERICAN APPETITES.

The Democratic Agricultural Oficials
Have an Inspiration
In the face of the general distress
resulting from the whims and fsncies
of democratic control at Washington,
now happily passing away, the agri-
cultural department has the magnifi-
cent courage to issue a bulletin in
forming the people that they eat too
muGh.
The department has been carrying
on An investigation into the matter
and has come to the conclusion that,
not only do Americans eat too much,
but their diet is one-sided. Too much
sugar and fat is consumed in proper
tion to the protein introduced into the
verage system To speak plainly it
is found that the protein of ordinary
meats, fish and milk is readily digest
ed; that of vegetable foods is much
less completely digested than of ami
NAL foods. One-fourth or one-third of
potatoes, whole meat and rye flour
may escape digestion, and thus be
useless for nourishment, and one-sixth
of the protein of wheat flour, corn
meal, peas and beans may be assumed
to be undigested when cooked and
eaten in the usual way.
The department maintains a dis
Greet silence in regard to the unusual
ways in which potatoes, meat and rye
-four should be cooked in order to be
made to give up their protein, but it
has no secrets in regard to the use of
meat Animal foods crafty the pal
ate in many ways which the vegetable
foods do not" it says boldly, thus in
dicating the difference between ten
derloin steak and Swedish turnips,
land what is perhaps of greater
weight in regulating the actual usage
of communities by whOse-demand the
prices are regulated, they satisfy a
real need by supplying protein and
fats, which vegetable foods lack"
While the agricultural department is
quite free to eat what protein foods it
likes, it is suspected that this attempt
to direct the appetites of free-born
citizens is designed to stimulate a
market for the American cattle re-
jected by Germany because of the abo-
lition of the reciprocity treaties, and
that the hint about eating too much
was aimed at the president, Hoke
Smith and Mr.. Bissell of the cabinet,
rather than at the mill operatives in
manufacturing centers-Albany Jour-
nal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-01-11

Doctor John. firmly. 80 that 1 also
might have them"
Rather a lowly taste said Oliver.
lazily. They had been to the top of
Sisty's peak for elk ell that day. but
found no sign of one, only a young
antelope, the chops of which, with the
fried onions, Mike was cooking for
supper.
The doctor, radiant in his lowered
dressing gown, but, alas! minus his
beautifully-embroidered cap, stirred
the tobacco in his pipe and leaned COM
fortablv back in his chair.
Don't scorn onions, Craig. l know
you better. Here in this desoiate re-
gion, miles away from womenkind,
you positively revel in EN-
'Womenkind?" Oliver asked, vague
".
''The vegetable, fortunately. Your
thirst for tobacco, your .senseless
haste to return to Denver, your rest
lessness, are bad signs. Eve entered
our paradise, and back we go to civili-
zatlon tomorrow, because we expect
letter from her. l shall prescribe for