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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
Tho French woman's Way.

Here lies ono of the great secrets
of the French woman's success in mat
ters of dress. She studies her charac-
teristics and peculiarities, and then
chooses her gowns and mantles accord
irgly. If style that is in vogue will
not adapt itself to the outlines of your
figure, then put it to one side and
choose instead something less novel
that will add to your charms instead of
detracting from them. If color that
is the rage does not suit your complex
ion, or the color of your hair or eyes,
discard it in favor of a shade less new
that will enhance your good points in
stead of clashing with your natural col
oring. If the latest style of dressing
the hair does not harmOnize with the
outline of your head don't have any
thing to do with il.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
CURRENT COMMENT.

The democratic party was never
before so much in need Of somebody 70
tell it what to do in order to be saved
st Louis Globe-Democrat
Dear meat is in part caused by
the wholesale reduction in sheep and
the supply of mutton, through the
working of democratic free wool tar
if.-Philadelphia Press
- Republicans may lose much in
the future because of their vacilation
and timidity, but if they had been wise
enough to interpret rightly the voice
of the people as it was first expressed
in 1898 and 1894, and reechoed in the
spring Of 1s95-by enforcing vigorous
and assertive policy-by turning out
the democrats wherever they were
found-they would have met with pop
ular approval and would have greatly
strengthened their pa-ty.-Albany
Journal
The treasury officials axe not
happy over the income tax showipGI
From informationre received trom the co.'s
lectors it appears that the total reVepn3
will fall far below the estimates, QrA
official volunteered the information
that he did not expect the tax to Yield
ten million dollars, and that it Wokld
have practically no effect upon AA
treasury, as part of the payments
would be made In June and paf2 u
July. The democratic income tai
scheme is proving even a greater izzls
than it was expected TO be.-|1royi
Times
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
THE DEFICIT GROWING.
Complete Failure OF the Democratic Rev.
enue heme.

Complete Failure OF the Democratic Rev.
enue heme.
Secretary Carlisle will live to rue the
day when he made his notorious
prophecy that the treasury deficit
would be reduced TO $50, 00O, 900 by tho
end of the fiscal year, and that even
this would be wiped out before con-
gress met again. Nobody thought at
the time that he himself believed the
statement, or that 1t was made with
any other purpose than TO deter con-
gress from modifying the democratic
pOpulist tariff programme.
The prophecies which placed the
yield from the income tax at S50,0OO,,
900, with an absolute minimum Of
$50, ,OOO, 900, were part and parcel of tho
same scheme of deception. Now that
the returns for this tax are all in, the
commissioner of internal revenue at
Washington admits that the maximum
yield of revenue from the income tar
has dwindled to $4,000, 900, with thu
possibility that when the collecting "a
all done it will fall to a minimum Of
IS, ,OOO, 900. Thus, supposing that the tax
yields the top figure, SO, 900, 900, there
is still a gap of SEQ, 900, 900 deficit be-
tween this and the minimum previous
" estimated, and it becomes neceS
sary to add at least this sum to Secre-
tary Carlisle's estimated deficit.
The democratic revenue scheme has
also failed no less si9nally in other re-
spects, and the prospect is that tho
deficit at the close of the fiscal yeae
will be considerably over $4,000, 900.
1t is true that the decision of the So.
preme court has had much to do with
this enormous shrinkage. But grant
ing that it has cut down the revenue
from this source one-half, Secretary
Carlisle's predicted receipts were still
double what he had good reason to
know they would actually be- And, as
if to make his disgrace the more COM
plete, the revenue from the sugar duty
has also fallen nearly so per cent. be-
low the estimated receipts The COM
bined result of these two facts and OF
the general falling off in importations
on account of the hard times is to leave,
the treasury in a condition of collapse,
from which it can be rescued only by
the continued issue of bonds until such,
time as republican legislative body
can undo the deplorable work OF the
Ffty-third congress
In view of this state Of affairs, the
action Of the Late congress In refusing
to make any provision for the issue OF
low-interest bonds, such as President
Cleveland advocated, becomes doubly
reprehensible.-Chi Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
THs MODEL HOSTESS.
Her Two Essential Requisites Are fact
and Calmness.

A woman may possess wealth untold,
she may have the kindest of hearts and
the brightest of minds, but unless she
has absolute control of her feelings
there will be sometime in her career as
hostess that she will display annoyance
or furry, and the contagion spreading
to her guests will cause an otherwise
successful entertainment to die out in
undisguised failure.
A model hostess must, to all appear
ances, be made of stone, so far as disa-
greeable happenings are concerned.
Even though a guest or. careless waiter
inadvertently breaks a bit of china
which can never be replaced, she must
smile on as though the loss sof the entire
set would but emphasize the pleasure
of the evening. Her well-bred calm
inspires her guests with feeling Of
confidence, and though in her heart
she may be very dubious about certain
important details of her dinner or
dance. If she does not show her anxiety
everything will pass off TO a happy con-
clusion.
A furricd hostess or nervous host,
whose countenances but lily conceal
the worry they feel. can do more to-
ward making the guests uncomfortable
than if the soup were served stone cold
and the salad dressing We're ruined by
too bountiful quantity of vinegar.
An imperturbable calm and ready
tact are the two important factors in
the making of model hostess. Secure
these by hook or crook and you need
never fear for the success of any Of
your entertainments. - Philadelphia
TimaS
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
4 LEADER WANTED.
The Democratic Party Wandering In
(;Ioornv Uncertainty.

The Democratic Party Wandering In
Gloomy Uncertainty
There is manifest force in the ieciRse-
ton of prominent statesman that the
supreme misfortune of the democratic
party at the present time is the wantot
a leader. The members of the organ
ization are like an army that has lost
its commander and scattered II all
directions for lack Of master spirit to
unite the various fragments and make
them practically effective. In the ns-
ture of things, President Cleveland
should be his party's leader, but he Is
not recognized as such. On the con-
trary, he is regarded by the majority
Of democratic voters as a man who has
abandoned the principles upon which
he was elected and forfeited his claims
20 confidence and support. He Is
strong with a certain element of the
party, but it is not the element that
counts for most at the ballot box. AL
most all of the conspicuous democrats
of the country are against him for one
reason and another, and he gets more
praise from republican than from DEM
ocratic newspapers. It is obviously
impossible for him to bring about CO.
herence and harmony IN the broken
ranks of his party. He is more of 3
disturber than a coalescer, 50 to speak,
and every step that he takes tends to
increase the discord and uncertainty.
In all the list of other well-known
democrats who might be supposed to
possess qualities of leadership, there is
not one who merits serious considers
ton. The fact that Vice President
Stevenson is put forward in this rela-
ton goes to show the discouraging na-
ture OF the outlook. He represents
nothing more han respectable medi-
ocrity, and has never done anything
to justify belief in his ability to re-
organize demoralized party and lead
it to victory. Senator Hill is man OF
considerably more political sense and
influence, but he was terribly beaten
in his own state last year, anc that has
taken away his prestige. Senator Cor.
man is a skillful manipulation within
certain limits, but his capacity is not
equal to the present emergency. And
so it is as to all the rest of those from
among whom a leader must be chosen
if the party is to have one. They are
leaders only in restricted and inferior
sense. The gift of solving large and
difficult problems, of concentrating ran
dom energies, of inspiring party ac-
tivity and determination, does not be-
long to them. They are all sadly detec-
tive in essential respects The party Is
discovered and bewildered for want Of q
man with sufficient wisdom to put it In
the way of overcoming its misfortunes
and regainiug its potentiality as
factor in politics. 1t is without lead
or, that is to say, and party without
leader is a party that has nothing TO
expect but defeat.-St. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
HANDY SEWING BASKET.
Easily and Quickly Made at Home as
Small Expense.

Easily and Quickly Made at Home at
Small Expense.
In the bottom of a light, round will
low basket 13 inches in diameter by
three inches deep, is fitted a circle of
pasteboard smoothly covered with lin
ing silk over thin layer of wadding.
This is all the lining required. Around
the upper part of the basket inside, nine
spools, a pincushion and a shirred
pocket for thimbles are fastened all in
a row. The nine spools (No. 20, Sc, 80.
sewing silk and shoe thread, black;
No. 20, 40, 90 and basting cotton, white)
are each strung on a piece of ribbon
half an inch wide by at least IA inches
long. Each ribbon end is brought
through to the outside of the basket
just below the brim. The dainty pin
cushion, two inches square, and the
thimble pocket of the same material,
have ribbon ties tackled with tiny bows
to their upper corners. These are also
passed through to the outside where by
tying the IL pairs of ribbon ents into
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
Cheese Pudding.

Mix pint of fine bread crumbs with
small cupful of grated cheese and
add tablespoonful of butter and salt
and cayenne to taste. Pour over them
from two to four well-beaten eggs mixed
with a large cupful of milk; beat
briskly together, turn into buttered
dish and bake in hot oven about forty
minutes, or until the pudding is set and
the surface brown and cracking. This
is an excellent supper dish, or supple
mentary dinner dish when you have a
light meat tcourse.5Country Gentleman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
SOME NOVEL NAPERY.
Banquets which Are Spread Upon . Yer
itable Cloth of Gold

Banquets Which Are Spread Upon . YER
itabIe Cloth of Gold
An effective lunch cloth seen recently
was of the thickest, smoothest, finest
damask of pure gold color. 1t was
dappled with a leafy design, also in the
gold, the pattern being perceived only
by the wearing of the fabric. No other
color was permitted upon the table, the
service being of dead white porcelain,
while the flowers were lilies of the val
ley. The whole effect was table cov-
cred with priceless samite that Tenny-
son talks so much about on sheet
from the Field of the Cloth of Gold.
Unless hostess can indulge in such
rare magnifcence, however, plain
white luncheon cloth is always in the
best taste. Just now it is the fad to
have these hemstitched and bor-
dered with drawn-work, though not
too elaborately, as anything pro-
nounced, unless it be of the most ele-
CANT description, is out of place upon
the table. A fairly good quality Of
damask, 2l1 yards long and with a neat
little drawn-work border, may be pur-
chased for s22.25. For those who pre-
fer colored luncheon cloths there are
extremely attractive ones in dull blue,
old rose and yellow, and these have
cheapness as well as durability to rec
ommend them, for they cost but s12 or
s13 in the two and a half and three
yard lengths. The latest and most
popular design in table linen of all sorts
is the scroll pattern.-N. 7. World.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
He SwaIIowed an Egg Whole.

1t was Paddy Kelly who walked
into the sick room of Mickey Dolan.
Mickey lay there. pale, with his eyes
closed, and heard Pat exclaim:
Mickey, it's i'll, ye're looking.
Fwat's the matter wild ye?'
''Do We know that spalpeen av Wildly
O'Brein's second husband?' asked
Mickey.
THAT l do"
"He bet me a pound to a pint l
couldn't schwaller an igg widout
breakin' the she'll av it.
Ibid We do it?''
81 did"
Then fwat's ailin' YEP"
Its down ther," laying his hand on
his stomach. IF 1 jump I'll break il
and cut me stummick wild the she'll If
Ikape quiet the thing'll hatch out, and
I'll have a shanghai rooster clawin' my
insides. Montreal Star.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
WOMAN AND HOME.
ARTISTIC FIREBOARD.
How TO Efec: n Desirable Transforms
tIOn of an Old Fireplace.

How TO Efec: n Desirable Trsnsforma-
tIon of an Old Fireplace.
Crates are quite fashionable, and
most modern houses are furnished with
one or two in addition to the usual pro-
vision for stoves. But in some houses. .es-
pecially in old farmhouses built twenty
five or thirty years ago, the fireplace
was made for use, with little regard for
beauty. Now, these have become an
eyesore to people who have grown up
without even having once used them.
Usually the first step toward a remedy
is to shut the opening with a board;
but this is often little better than that
which it hides. If covered with paper,
the paper is likely TO crack along the
seams.
A friend seems TO have solved the
problem, however. in a fairly satisfac-
tory way. The mantel and fireplace
were extremely plain, and the fireboard
was of bare yellow pine boards, with
which she was never pleased. st last,
an idea struck her; she would turn the
family artist, and nearly every family
has one, to some account. The board
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
A Drawing Rooms Decorations.

, The walls of certain drawing-room
are very effectively treated and in a
unique manner. Deep maroon brocade
has been tackled over it to simulate wall
paper, but with result far richer than
the costliest variety of paper. The
heavy fabric forms a superb back
ground for the pictures and ornaments
of the room, and is splendid in it's effect
when lighted by the many glittering
candelabra with which the apartment
shines at night.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
HOW TO KEEP YOUNG.
The Daily Nap a Useful Aid in the Pres
eryation of Heauty.


American women might learn an ad-
vantageous lesson of their French sis
ters in the art of keeping young. But
it is no receipt for cosmetics that they
would acquire. First of all. French
danes do not worry, or il they do they
conceal the fact admirably. They are
apparently on the crest of the wave of
good fortune perpetually. Next, and
almost equally important. they decline
to hurry. They take life moderately,
perform their duties without haste and
linger over their pleasures. And in
these two simple rules lies mine OF
wealth for her who is wise enough to
appropriate it.
The daily nap is valuable auxiliary
to preserving youth. And, speaking of
rest, Mrs Alma Calder Johnson deplores
the fact that the little flap of flesh once
wont to cover our ear orifices at will is
no longer in working order. 1T was
at one time, you know" she says, lust
like our eyelids, and could thus shut
out sound as readily as the former could
shut out sight. Now, however, we
must resort to artificial means to rest
our tired tympanums. 1 often think
what blessed privilege it would be to
be able to stop up our ears whenever
we wanted. There is nothing that rests
me like closing my eyes, and l make a
practice of always doing so in street
cars and like places. Thus l gain odd
minutes of repose, with comparatively
little expenditure of time. e."-Philadel-
nhia Times
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
Waterproot WaIking Skirt.

1t is advisable that one should have
one petticoat to be used exclusively for
walking, and this may be faced for
some distance from the bottom with
waterproof cloth. There will then be
almost perfect protection for the feet
and ankles in wet weather. 1t Is the
swishing of damp clothing about the
feet that constitutes most of the dis
comfort of rainy day expedition, and
the waterproof lining does away with
this
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03

Conductor-You'n have to pay fare
for that child, sir; he's over six
Passenger Gndignantly)-Weil, that's
the first time I've ever been asked to
pay fare for that baby, and he's ridden
with me on street cars for nine years
and more.-Texas Siftings-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
FAILURE OF THE INCOME TAX.
One More Illustration OF the Democratic
Propensity to Blunder.

One More Illustration of the Democratic
Propensity to Blunder.
The returns from the income'tax law
can now be estimated with approx
mate certainty, and the commissioner
of internal revenue has informed Secre-
tary Carlisle that the aggregate amount
realized by the government from this
section of the Wilson-Gorman act will
be between 3l4,OOO,OOO and S15, ZOO, 900.
This Is less than one-half of the sum
which the administration confidently
expected to raise by imposing this pop
ulistic device upon the American peo-
pie. Secretary Carlisle had counted
On at least $50, ,OOO, 900 from this source
to exc out the revenues which the dem
ocratic party haddepleted by its vicious.
assault on the industries and prosper
ity of the country. The decision of the
supreme court that the income from
rents and bonds cannot be legally
taxed has therefore increased the treas
ury deficit, taking the official estimates
as basis, by some fifteen millions of
dollars
The grotes9ue failure of the income
tax affords one more illustration of the
incurable propensity of the democratic
party to blunder. As a method of rails
ing revenue it is a monumental failure,
because the democrats who drew it and
the majority in congress that passed it
did not know enough to make it con-
stitutional. The worst features of
the scheme, from the standpoint
of public equity, are retained.
But while it shamelessly invades
the rights of citizenship and creates
class distinctions which are essen
TALLY repugnant TO American prin-
ciples, it fails utterly to bring in the
revenues which the government re-
quires to meet its daily expenses. 1t is
easy to tear down and destroy, but to
enact effective legislation demands an
amount of brains and craftsmanship
which the democracy does not possess.
IN. Y. Advertiser.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
A Biz Proyiso.

Algernon-Do you believe in love in
q cottage?
Araminta-Certainly; provided the
cottage is at least three stories high,
with all modern improvements and sit
uated in a fashionable neighborhood.-
Brooklyn Eagle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03

N Since the supreme court of the
land has declared the income tax law
to be unconstitutional, there will prob
ably be little dispute over the PROPOSE
ton that the national revenues should
be derived from customs duties Such
being the case, it seems obviously wise
that the tariff should be 50 adjusted as
to protect the American workman in
the enjoyment of wages suitable to the
American mode of living.-H. H. Kohl
sast, in Chicago Times-Herald
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
A Permanent Investment.

'I suppose you want the ladys name
engraved inside, sir?" said the jeweler,
after Tillinghast had selected an en-.
gagement ring.
''Oh, no." replied the careful young
man. Just put inside To my hearts
own treasure or The star of my life. -
Life.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
Has All the Data.

she.,And tell me. now. are you much
interested in science?
He-Interested in science? l should
say so. Why. l know the history of all
the champions of the ring, and there
isn't anything about any of the big
fights that have taken place in the last
forty years that 1 can't tell you.
Science. The manly art is just food,
drink and lodging for me!-Boston
Transcript.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
NatinnaI Institutions,

MIR. Bleecker (of New York)-Is it
not against the law to fight duels in
France?
Mons Crapaud.-Eez eet not against
re laws for ze saloons to be open on ze
Sunday in zis citee?. Puck.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
Here's Talent.

Agnes-Great mimic, the count. Gives
wonderful limitations.
Jsck-Yes; he gave one a year or so
ago that cost him three months in jail.
Agnes-Impossible! What was it?
Jack-Gave his landlord an imitation
of twenty-dollar bill.-N. Y. World.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03
Had To.

Jamson (hnding Slimson at his board
ing house breakfast table, = Hello,
Slimson, what has made you settle herea
Slimson (mournfully)-Because, dear
boy, 1 was unable to settle at my last
place.-Broolslyn Life.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03

neat bows the trimming of the basket
is completed.
Arranged in this way the threads can
not become tangled, an cppCy spool is
easily replaced and there is plenty Of
room left for all the other necessary
furnishings of our handy sewing basket.
American Agriculturist.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-05-03

IN prison. lie Is cOnQemDe0 10 OedLn,
but an officer of the government brings
a pardon and puts it through
the wicket of the prison, and
says: Here is your pardon. Come
and get it" What! Do you expect me
to to take that pardon offered with
such a voice as you have. with such an
awkward manner as you have? l
would rather die than so compromise
my rhetorical notionsw An, the man
does not say that; he takes it. 1t is his
life. He does not care how Il is handed
to him. And if, to-day, that pardon
from the throne of God is offered to
our souls, should we not seize it, re-
gardless of all non-essentials?
But come now to the last part of
my text. 1t tells when we are TO seek
the Lord: while He may be found"
When is that? Old age? You may not
see old age. Tomorrow? You may
not see tomorrow. Tonight? You
may not see tonight. Now, Oh, if |
could only write on every heart, in
three capital letters, that word NOW
Now.
Sin is an awful disease. hear peo-
pie say with a toss of the head and
with trivial manner: ''Oh, yes, I'm
a sinner" Sin is an awful disease II
is leprosy. 1t is dropsy. 1t is consump-
ton. 1t is all moral disorders in one.
Now, you know there is crisis in a
disease. Perhaps you have had some
illustration of it in your family. Some
times the physician has called, and he
has looked at the patient and said
''That case was simple enough; but the
crisis has passed. If you had called
me yesterday or this morning could
have cured the patient. 1t is too late
now; the crisis has passed" Just SO il