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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-24

of anxiety and discomfort which he did
not attempt to analyze. Toiling up
the steep ascent, Mehitable Plympton
had stumbled. and his arm had saved
her from falling. How thin and wasted
the hand that had clung to him for a
moment; how slight the weight that
he had sustained. With grim satisfac
ton he had watched the tokens of fall
ing youth in her keep pace with his
own accumulating infirmities- Beyond
this he had never looked until now.
She had seated herself upon the bank
and insisted that he should go on. Her
painting breath as she leaned against a
tree told how her frail strength was
exhausted. A nameless foreboding op-
pressed him as he left her.
A comrade observed his depression
and approached him, addressing him
genially, touching the burnt hole in
his sleeve, in mute recognition of its
import, then lifting his hand to smooth
down the pocket lapel on the breast Of
his old military coat. A paper rustled
in the pocket.
Important dispatches" queried the
other, in smiling recognition of the
service in which the old coat had been
worn.
IF they were, I'm afraid their use
fulness would be past" returned Sex.
ton lightly, idly thrusting his hand
into the pocket and wondering what
relic of army days would come to light.
He drew out a couple of tiny sheets,
gilded on three edges, a Jagged line
on the fourth showing where they
had been hastily torn from binding.
Across these was scrawled a message:
Twill marry you tonight. If you want me,
John. Your empty sleeve is more to me than
all the epaulets In the world"
There was no date or signature, but
he knew Hetty Plympton's hand. What
did it mean? When had she writter
it? How did it come there? He re-
manned standing, stupeied, bewildered,
while the rest moved on. Suddenly
the explanation flashed upon him. He
remembered the scene at the railroad
station on the day of his return from
the south; how she had turned aside to
write in the little book; her light
touch on his breast when she had stood
before him.
1t was well for Hetty Plympton that
the place where she had sat down to
rest was by-path, away from the line
of march. John Sexton would not
have hesitated or delayed his errand if
there had been a thousand people
about her. She rose at the sound OF
his quick tread. He held out the little
scraps of paper to her.
''Hetty, have but just found this
1 never saw it before. Ny darling,
what must you have thought?'
Can love and joy find resurrection,
full and perfect, after they have been
entombed for quarter of a century,
Aye, if clean hands have laid them
away, and purity and faith kept guard
over them. Swift came the awaken
ing, gathering force andestrength from
all the years through which they had
slumbered. Miss Hetty's face bios
somed into something SO like its girlish
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-24
COMMENT AND OPINION.

ehe doubtful states in 1896 will
be sch as have heretofore been relia-
bly, democratic.-St. Louis Globe-Dem-
ocrat
y Boots and shoes have been ad-
vanced from ten TO twenty-five per
cent. That blessed Wilson bil.-Iowa
State Register.
Postmaster General Wilson says
that the Wilson bill is success as a
revenue raiser. He ought to inform
Secretary Carlisle before he issues more
bonds--Chicago Inter Ocean.
According to the democrats
New York World. 1.-The average family
at present prices suffers an extOrtion
of $50 4s per year" at the hands of the
trusts. Yet the democratic party came
into power at Washington partly on
the strength Of a declaration in the
national platform that trusts must be
suppressed.-TroyT Times.
TThe democratic tariff bill has
not increased the revenue, but il has
created large deficit 1t has not en-
larged the foreign trade of the nation,
but it has greatly decreased exports.
1t has not restored business prosper;-
ty, nor has it done anything else that
was promised of it, with two excep-
tions. On the principle of giving the
devil his due, these two exceptions
should be noted in a public manner.
They are lower wages and a conse-
quent check to immigration.--Phila
delphia Press.
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FOR FARMERS TO READ.
Some Tariff Truths for American Pro-
ducers.

Some Tariff Truths for American Pro-
ducers.
The democratic party has robbed the
farmer.
This is not demagogic statement,
because it is true and easily proven.
The robbery was done by the demo-
cratic tariff law and it is easy TO prove
it from the records made up by demo-
Gratis. Instead of opening the markets
Of the world to American farmers the
operations of the democratic tariff
have closed up hundreds of ports, and
not only this, but it has resulted in in
creased importations of products which
compete with our farmers in their
home markets, reducing the price of
their products and bringing them into
direct competition with the pauper
labor of other countries
Is this true?
The democratic tariff has been IN
operation long enough to make COM
parsons possible and the figures are
from the democratic records In New
York state alone the importation of
barley during the first five months of
the new tariff was two hundred times
as much as during the corresponding
five months of the previous year un-
der the republican tariff
The increase is almost as large in
oats and rye, while the importations
of wheat and wheat -four have almost
doubled during the same time. The
importation of fax under the McKin-
ley law for certain number of months
was S75,215. while for the same num-
Der of months under the democratic
tariff the amount reached 1854, TAG.
There has also been large increase in
imports of beans, peas, vegetables,
meats, fruits, and all kinds of live
stock
While our farmers have this compe-
tition to meet at home their sales
abroad are falling off at an alarming
rate. The exports of farm products
during the seven months ending Febru-
ary 1, amounted to $3.50, 465, $40, while
during the seven months of the preced-
ing year the value of these exports was
S4I4, ,44O,673
1t is the old story of democratic his
tory repeating itself. of democratic
promises never fulfilled. AS usual the
democrats have been legislating for
the producers of foreign countries and
against our own farmers
You can't trust democracy.-To
Blade
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first few months after he had gone to
the front.
In the midst of this tumult of pity
and sorrow he had again had glimpse
of Hetty, her gaze withdrawn from
him, calmly penciling some memoranda
in a little silk-bound book that she
carried, and he had wondered if she
were making note of some fnery she
intended to wear at the next party
or church festival or was taking down
the date of an engagement she had
made for boat ride or dance, bitterly
contrasting her gay life of pleasure
with the heavy burden of care and per-
plexity that had descended upon him.
Yet few seconds later there had been
a moment, strange, bewildering mo-
ment when she had paused before him,
looking into his eyes again with a
mute, beseeching look, striving to
speak, her trembling voice dying away
in broken utterances. One instant she
had put up her little hand to re-
arrange some trifling disorder in his
dress, as loving woman might have
done for her disabled hero; in the next
she had slipped away out of his life
forever.
He had taken his pla ce with his COM
rades, behind the VIII eezy string band
that led the procession, preceded only
by the high dignitaries of the village
and the carriage containing the orator
of the day. Citizens were grouped on
the platform, watching the line form
while waiting for their carriages. For
the instant, the old soldiers, whose
services were forgotten for the rest of
the year, were the center of attention.
John Sexton saw Miss Mehitable
Plympton standing on the church
steps. He lifted his hat courteously,
albeit somewhat awkwardiy, with his
left hand, and calmly regarded her.
She was really very well-preserved
woman for her age, but there was
wrinkle forming on her forehead, be-
tween her eyebrows, and her hair was
getting grayer on the temples. The
crows feet that had begun to show at
the corners of her eyes three years
before were perceptibly deepening.
Thus he deliberately remarked the
ravages of time on her pretty face, as
he had invariably done on the rare oc-
casions when he encountered her, for
more than score of years Did she
note the small bald spot on his head.
or the slight limp where the rheuma-
tism had laid hold of him, he Won
dered?
John Sexton could not have told why
he made this cold-blooded examination
of the vanishing charms of her who had
once been his ideal of all womanIy
worth and loveliness. 1t may have
been unconscious revenge for the man
ner in which she treated him. 1t may
have been to prove to himself that his
heart was hardened against her. 1t
may have been the innate savagery
that turks in all men.
Marching along the weary road to
the cemetery he recalled the rest. In
those days of his weakness and despair,
others, men and women, had sought
him and endeavored to cheer him. She
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-24
HOUSEHOLD HINTS,

FREQUENT turning is ths secret of
successful broiling.
ALWAYS use a wooden spoon for mix
ing cake, as an iron one discolors the
butter.
A DASH of cinnamon in a cup OF
chocolate after it is poured is said to
add piquant flavor.
WEAR well-fitting shoes about your
homework. They are less fatiguing
than loose, unti6y slippers.
If the children have no appetite in
the morning, don't allow them to start
for school without first drinkinga glass
of hot milk.
ONIONS, potatoes and cabbages for
soup should always be scalded before
being used, to draw out indigestible
qualities.
IN baking bread or rolls put sauce
pan of boiling water into the oven. The
steam will keep the crust smooth and
tender.
MUCH of the heavy cake and bread is
the result of the oven door being
slammed when closed. Shut the door
as gently as possible.
IT should be universally known that
sand or flour scattered over burning oil
will extinguish it. Every household
in which lamps are used should have a
box filed with sand in a convenient
place, ready for all emergencies.
A NEW dainty for afternoon tea, which
can be cordially recommended, is a
nacaroon sandwich. 1t is made with
two macaroons between which is
placed very thin slice of sage cheese.
Comfort,
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beauty that she was as one transfg-
ured to John Sexton, whose eyes lost
their tired, strained look and recovered
their youthful fire, while his figure
Strengthened, and he seemed in mo-
ment to renew his lost estate of youth
and courage.
Yet they accepted their happiness
reverently, as becomes those who re-
ceive precious gift, long withheld.
With low exclamation, like the cry
OF some hurt creature, long suffering,
that has at last reached covert, Hetty
laid her head upon his breast, and he
folded his arm about her.
Sweetheart" he said, gently, 'youI
pledge has been slow to reach me. The
day has been long and lonely. VIII
you keep your promise tonight"
The shadows were lengthening when
they turned their faces homeward, but
the radiance of the setting sun was in
their faces.-Flora 81. Longhead, in
Springfield Mass Republican.
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had never come. When he met her at
the houses of mutual friends she had
treated him with a rigor that had
taught him only too well the changed
relation that he, a cripple, occupied
toward her. Other problems confront
ed him. He had found himself a use
less, helpless man, depending upon
brother, and barely tolerated in the
house by his brothers wife. He could
perform no active labor, was incapac-
itated for a trade, and had not the
means to fit himself for learned pro-
fession. He drifted about from one
light vocation to another, filling each
indifferently, more and more oppressed
with a sense of his uselessneSS-he,a
young, ambitious man, filed with
energy and industry that he could
find no means to apply. He taught
himself to write with his left hand, and
to write rapidly and well, and the gov
ernment for which he had sacrificed so
much at length took pity on him and
gave him place in the land office OF
the district. Withdrawn from society,
with few friends and no intimates, he
led the life of a recluse. Miss Mehit-
able, on the other hand, kept pace
with the world and all good works.
Years had silenced her girlish gayery,
and lent her a certain gravity and Sc
verify of demeanor that in no wise de-
tracted from the esteem in which she
was held. Sexton watched the growth
of this tendency as dispassionately as
he had witnessed the fading of her
youthful bloom.
''She has rounded forty now," he
said to himself. ''Soon her eyesight
will begin to fail. When she puts on
spectacles her temper will begin to
grow acid"
The graveyard was on little knoll,
crowned with naples, which were be-
ginning to leaf. As they moved up the
long avenue the sun broke through the
clouds, sitting down through the deli
cs.e green foliage and pendulous clus-
ters of seed pods, heightening the bril-
liant colors of the national flags that
marked the soldiers graves, and kiss
ing the purple violets and sheu-pink
anemones, natures own tribute, that
crept close to the mound.- sEgae warmth
and rejoicing of a northern spring lift
ed the pail from each heart. Neighbor
looked kindly sympathy TO neighbor.
The tragedy and woe of the great con-
fict were put resolutely from sight
Valor and glory became the topic of
the hour.
John Sexton remained silent and pre-
occupied. A slight incident had dis
turbed him and aroused in him sense
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-24
The Cause of Her Trouble

''George!" 1t wasn't what she said
so much as the way in which she said
it. She took the word and drew it out
until it was long, tremulous tilament
of sweetness. Yet there was a tinge
of reproof in her tone. ''GeOrgev
She only said it once in reality, but ii
is customary with story writers to say
George" twice under these circum.
stances
what is it?"
''You have been squeezing my hand
with great regularity and emphasis for
some time"
Il know it." he replied, with the
frankness that was characteristic OF
his manly nature.
please don't do it any more" and
her voice dropped almost to whisper.
mo more!' This sounded like
heart throbs of anguish whatever they
are) and his form shook with emotion.
"Why not?"
because" she faltered.
go on"
Because I have got a blister on my
little finger."-Tit-Bits-
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STILL BELOW THE MARK.
Wages Not Yet Up to the Mckinley
Standard.


It is plain that the republican tri-
umph is at last having all the steady
ing and encouraging influences which
were predicted, but it is wise not to
permit recent developments to raise
our expectations to too high a pitch.
1t is well that we should remember
that the advance in the pay of opera
tives in the cotton mills of Fall River
and New Bedford takes place in an in
dustry which was probably the least
injuriously affected by the new demo-
cratic tariff legislation. Indeed, the
cotton schedules of the German law
were violently assailed in congress as a
wicked surrender" to the manufactur
ers. Other interests did not run the
tariff-smashing gauntlet and get off so
easily. and increased wages in them
have been cOnspicuOusly few and far
between. But, nevertheless, those ad-
vances in Fall River and New Bedford
are pleasant omens of easier and better
times in two important communities.
at any rate, and as such they arc
worthy of fcongratulation and rejoicing.
There is reason to expect that they
may be followed by similar movements
in other cities as the weeks go on. Our
trade cannot be forever benumbed, our
industries PROSTATE. Recovery sooner
or later is inevitable, and the absolute
elimination of all fear of further tink-
ering with the tariff is mighty factor
to hasten it. Manufacturers and mer-
chants now know the worst.
Go on OooasionaI onnOunoap,onf Of
advance in pay in this or that town or
this or that factory during the coming
summer and fall can be very confident
" anticipated. Having more money TO
spend, the working people will nat
urally increase their purchases, aud
trade of all kinds ought thereby to inn
prove throughout New England. But
it is well TO be careful not to hold out
any exaggerated or delusive hopes. It
cannot reasonably be expected that we
shall Immediately regain the remarka-
bic prosperity which characterized the
full ascendency of the idea that it's
enemies have contemptuously styled
''McKinleyism." During that era, it was
a matter of official record that the vol
ume of both foreign and domestic trade
was greater, employment more abun-
danU, and wages higher in our country
than ever before in the history of any
nation on this planet. 1t IS a signifi-
cant fact that recent increases in pay
have not fully restored the Mckinley
standard. Wages are better than they
were six months ago, but they are far
yet from the high tide mark attained
before 1925 disastrous elections.-Bos-
ton TOurual
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DEFICIENCY AND SURPLUS.
Difference Between the Workings of th'
Mckinley and Wilson Laws

Difference Between the Workings of the
Mckinley and Wilson Laws
The comparative figures of the reve-
nue. collected under the Mckinley law,
between October. 1890, and September,
1894, and revenues raised under theWil-
son act during the past eight months
are highly instructive. They indicate
the disaster which came to the country
as the result OF the Wilson variety of
tariff reform and whose effects are
still discernible on all hands, despite
the natural improvement which has
followed with relief from panic and the
choice of protectionist house of rep
resentatives.
The Mckinley law. purely in a reve-
nue. way, supplied the government
with liberal revenue which was suffi-
cient, along with other revenue, to
meet all demands upon the treasury.
The Mckinley law was enacted chiefly
for the purpose of reducing the tariff
revenue which, prior 10 October, 1890,
was piling up big surplus in the
treasury annually. The revenue re-
duction effected by the Mckinley law
amounted to over fifty million dollars
annually. But while wiping out most
of the annual surplus. it did not make
the revenues deficient
! The Wilson law, however, has been
a deficiency ever since il was placed on
the statute book The revenues of the
government not being sufficient tc
meet the demands on the treasury, the
funds in the treasury, even including
| the gold reserve, have been trenched
upon for the purpose of meeting the
current deficiency. Indeed, under the
| Wilson law for eight months, the
monthly revenue has not averaged as
much a month as during the awful
thirteen months of panic, disaster and
| depression following the meeting of
the democratic congress in the summer
of 1898.
In order tomeet the deficiency caused
by democratic tariff agitation and leg
/ islation, bond issues were resOrted to,
causing an increase in the public debt
and the annual interest charge. 1t
was insufficient revenue, far more than
any question regarding Uncle Sans
ability to maintain the equality of the
various kinds of dollars which he had
put in circulation, which diminished
the treasury's gold reserve repeatedly
during the past two years The VIII
son act is still deficiency act. Every
! monthly statement of the treasury
shows an increase in the public debt,
or, to put it in other words, shows de-
crease in the resources of the treasury.
The Mckinley law was an act for
sufficient revenue and small surplus;
the Wilson law an act for insufficient
revenue and big deficiency.
Purely from the revenue and treas
ury standpoint, the Wilson law was
most expensive piece of reform for
the American people.-Albany Journal
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held in the left hand and hit with
hammer. This gives uniformly
scanned look to the wood, not unlike
the bark of a tree and throws out the
design in strong relief. After the back
ground is finished the figures may be
accentuated with a chisel, and the
feathers, eyes, etc, indicated. A leaf
or flower pattern done in this way
makes very effective decoration for
manteL At the housefurnishing shops
very pretty undecorated wooden arti-
cles may be procured, which pattern
in fiat relief may beautify.-N. Y.
Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-24

parts of the waist are neatly bound
around the edge with tape or narrow
bias binding
l think this simple waist has decided
advantages over corsets; it is much
more hygienic, as 1t exerts no unnat-
ural pressure on any part of the body.
1t can be washed as regularly as any
other article of underclothing. Ger
tainly it is much less expensive than a
corset, and can easily be made by any
ore at home.-Country Gentleman.
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Dainty whole-wheat Gems.

A tested recipe for whole-wheat
gems calls for two cupfuls of the flour
mixed with a teaspoonful of salt and
two teaspoonfuls of sugar. Separate
the whites and yolls of two eggs, beat
the yollzs light and add cup of sweet
milk, a little at time, beating all the
while. Stir this MIXTURE into the flour,
and when smooth and light add cup
full of lukewarm water. Beat the
whites to stiff froth and add to the
batter; fold them in lightly and quick
ly, and turn into hot gem pans that
have been thoroughly creased. Bake
in quick oven from twenty to twenty
five minutes.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-24
To Make the Fourteenth.

Maud-Willie, wish you hadn't pro-
posed to me tonight.
Willie-Why, pray?
Maud-Because you made the thir-
teenth, and now 1 am actually compelled
to encourage old Won Gotrocks to pro-
pose, so as to break the spell of bad
luck.-N Y. World.
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Brown Bread Ice Cream.

This recipe requires three slices of
Boston brown bread, one quart of
cream and one-half pound of sugar.
Toast the bread in a cool oven, then
roll AID sift it through fine sieve.
Put one pint of cream in the farina
kettle on the fire; add the sugar and
stir until dissolved. Add the remain
ing cream and set away to cool When
cold freeze. When frozen beat in the
brown bread, remove the dasher and
repack as directed. Set away two
hours, and then It is ready to serve.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-24
1t Was Too Risky.

Reggy-What do you suppose a fell
lows chances are for getting good
wife?
Toni should say they were about
equal to the chances of his being good
husband.
Reggy-By Jovel Then 1 guess ]
won't marry.-Illustrated Monthly.
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-Aoua Pura Costs Money.-Cust.

-AQuA urd OOSIS -hUHcy' OuSIOuIcI
Fifty cents for filling this prescrip
ton? Why, at the drug store down the
street they charge me only quarter >
That's all it's worth at that
store. ma'am. They put about four
cents worth of drugs in the bottle, and
then fill it up with water. 1 put in the
same drugs, and fill the bottle with the
finest aqua pura. Thanks Anything
eJse?"-Chicago Tribune.
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FLAT RELIEF WORK.
Pretty and Useful Things That Are Easily
Made at Home.

Pretty and Useful Things That Are Easily
Made at Home.
With a gauge, a chisel and hammer
very good effects may be produced in
fat relief by unsl-illed labor, as the il
lustration of little cabinet made by
small boy of ten will show. The mate
rial was California redwood "a soft
wood. The outlines Of the cock and
hen were first drawn with a pencil on
the doors of the cabinet before they
were hung and then marked out quite
deep with a sharp chisel, smartly
tapped.
The background was then taken off
with vertical strokes of a small gauge