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Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-01
A Suggestion.

When the head of the concern arrived at his Offico on the very cold morning. his room was cold.
 ''Is tho steam on:'' ho asked. The stenOgrapher girl said it was.
 "Ah, 1 sCc!" he remarked. The pipes aro filled with cold air. " and with that he un<crrwcd small plug from ono end of the radiator
 Tho cold air camr whistling out and after camo a traCo of steam. ''Ill wait till it heats uN. ho said. Tho steam began to blow through tho hole. so ho started to screw tho plug in again.
 "Ouch. Gee! Thundcration!" he screamed as he danced around on one foot. Tho steam had scaldcd two of his fingers
 Tho radiator began "blowing off like a locomotive and squirting water across the carpet.
 Run for the janitor!' he yelled. Somebody e"t that plug and put it in! Go tell the cngircor.' Tho room was CloudinG with vapOr as ho pawrd around on the floor for the plug that had dropped while he burned his fingers,
 II cant find it" he gaSpcd aS he ! jumped up again. This is terrible. | What can We du:''
 Tho strno:raphcr girl looked at him and calmly said, Why not turn of tho steam" Well Turned. | It would h. a pleasant thing if all pcn- l plo who acr lIagH,l with short mrnuri,> | had the ready ta-t | y which th" composer ! Rn>Sini uncr turl.,d his own defect into d ' grarrCul cvul,linyut. 1 He met ;It H dinner enc evening Bl>h"p ] tho famous English >ou-; writer. tu whom ! ho had tvvI. introduced on a TT,Nir; ,Sra sion, and tn whom he had taken an in. stant liking.
 ''Goud evening, Mir. - began Rus>ini cordially, rNundinG his hand, but tn, nam" of his English acquaintance hat ba>rly deserted him fur the moment.
 Thv:r wa~ e..,.r'rly a Yvrcr!tihlr ht~ita tion on his I"r, howr;,r. f"r Instantly h, began tn wAi~l!2- -at:ly Ihr opening hars Q Bishops "!,,. w hen ;hr Wind Blows"
 Tho face uf thr "EnGlish Mozart" a I Biehnp waS ujI, Il called. lighted up witt a smile uf !.;at .iirati"n. and Eu>>iui fail urr tn recall hl~ name waS instantly for ! given in the recognition "f his prrtty com plimcnt. Companion.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-01

Your decreased salary will bring you just as much com fort and thu same amount of fun.
 Will dress you just as well and better if you pay the same price as you did last year.
 But Tn order to even up your earnings como in and sec our
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-01
4 Desperate Struggle.

Nam Tuck yelled and hit the bnboon in the face with his other hand. Tho ami mal let go its hold, but tho ta ,to of blood had maddcncd him. He savr -ely attack ed tho bars of his prison, gnashing with his teeth and rCnding with his feet and hands, and before the mangled Nam Tuck had reached tho deck he had ripped his Way to a freedom of tho ship
 Nam Tuck rushed up into the sunlight, and behind him skipped clumsily tho jumping and cnragcd haboon. Tho mOn- keys fled gihhcrinG to tho rigging and tho crew climbed upon matches and looked.
 Tho brute SlaShrd around awhile and then suddenly sitllod up tho fororgging. The steward meanwhile was bowling with pain, and Captain Wright went below and got his pistol. Then he got upon tho hridgo. and taking Il deadly aim at tho ragged shape on tho forcmast chippcd off part of the forCStay
 The lrlb0on ErinnCd hidCously. and tho captain cooked his pistol again and looked determined The bullet tlicked n section out of the forward railing. and his mon- | kryship looked at the captain and became srurnful of his craftsmanship. Tho cap tain set his teeth and pulled the trigger | hard. The ball drilled n hole in the air | his head in the rigging and chattCrcd i'm moderately. The mnrksman fired two moro shots, ana the shaggy target oXecut- cd in the rigging some very expressive | aCrobatiC fratS.
Waterbury evening Democrat., 1895-04-01
KILLED BY A BABOON.
How the Steward of the Steam ship Pathon Met His Death.
THE s1M1AN OBJECTED TO POSING.

He Was Nam Tuck's let Until Captain
 Then He Led the Whole Crew Lively
 Chase Exciting Day the Red Sea.
 NEW YORK. April 1.-This trouble was all brought about by Captain Wright's liking for amateur photography. There was first cause of course. hut the cap tain's mania for making pictures was tho direct cause. Tho story was told whom the British steamship pathun arrived in port. Tho pHthou is from China. She had q Chinese steward and q balloon on board when sh" sailed into the Red sen bound for New York The haboon bit the stew ard. who was also his owner, and then jumped into tho sea and was drowned. The steward died.
 Officers of the Pathon told about it yes tcrday. They said tho steward. Nam Tuck by namo. had gone ashore at Singa- pore. where the Pathon had touched for day on her homrward trip, and had thcrc taken unto himself n baboon. a pink faced, tailloSS missing link, with shaggy hair and protruding tusks. for all of which he had paid s5 in coin of tho realm.
 Five other OricntalS attached to the vessel made purchases likewise. but they failed to get as much uglincss for their money. They each bought a monkey, but mono of them was grotcSquely hidCous as Nam Tuck's acquisition.
 One day while on the Red sea Captain l Wright thought he would take photo graph of tho group of monkeys. Nam Tuck scuttlcd below. and flinging of a har of the cage graspcd the baboon by the napo of the neck. Tho baboon, being in n surly mood, forthwith grasped him by ! the hand and hit clean through tho wrist, | narrowly missing an artery.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
A NEW DECLARATION.
Senator Chandler Creates Somewhat OF .
Sensation In the Senate.


Sensation In the Senate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-During the
debate on Mr.. Jones' free coinage bill
in the senate yesterday Mr.. Wall
colts resolution declaring for free sill
yer was incidentally discussed. Among
the speakers was Senator Chandler, of
New Hampshire.
Mr.. Chandeliers address on the Vol.
colt resolution was brief. 1t was looked
upon as significant and was followed
with interest, owing to the prominent
part he has taken in shaping the course
of the republican side of the chamber.
He said: I'm Difference to the prevail
ing opinion of New England, and be-
cause it may be unwise to open our own
minis to the unlimited coinage of sill
yer without the concurrent action up
on the part of other nations, shall
vote against the pending resolution.
But l very much regret that 1
cannot also now vote in favor
of some affirmative measure in the di-
rection of bimetallism, to promote
which the republican party is sacredly
pledged by the promises of its national
convention of 1892, which, as yet,
nothing has been done to redeem. Gold
recommendation is our destiny if some
affirmative action in another direction
is not soon taken. The adoption Of
the single gold standard has helped to
induce the present calamity. Bimetal-
lism is promised to the people of this
country. They wait with much i'm
patience for the ful6llment of the
pledges solemnly made by both po-
litical parties"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
GLIMPSES OF JAPAN.
Peculiar Customs Which Are
Rapidly Dying Out.
How o European Traveller tame Near Re-
lng Married without His Knowledge-
Picturesque ShintO Priests - Ply
sIcians and Their Attendants.
Especial Yokohama Letter.


The almost marvellous evolution of
the Japanese from absolute barbarism
to refined civilization has been dis
cussed and commented upon so fire.
quently that it would prove tiresome to
dwell at length upon the many causes
responsible for the change. 1t has
been said by some British critics who
are not prepossessed in favor of the
Japs that the progress of the people of
the Asiatic island empire is due to par
rot-like imitation, the like of which
could not possibly obtain among ma
ton conscious of its dignity and proud
of its institutions From this they
argued, even a short time ago, that the
japanese are n mercenary race and
totally unfit to cope with an enemy
worthy of their steel. Recent events
in China have demonstrated the fallacy
of such reasoning. The japanese PEN
chant for imitation has enabled Field
Marshal Oyama to lead an army into
the fowery kingdom which will not
rest until it has reached Picking; while
Asiatic conservatism has placed the
greatest empire of the world at the
mercy of a comparatively insignificant
power. Chinese brag has availed moth
ing against japanese tenacity, modern
scholarship and more especially against
japanese patriotism-the creation of
liberal form of government copied from
the republics and constitutional mon
arches of Europe and America. Japan
is the freest country in Asia and there
fore also the strongest. Its soldiers
fight for their liberties as well as for
their monarch, and therein lies the Sc
cret Of japanese success on the battle
field.
Travellers who have spent years in
Japan are unanimous in declaring its
people happy, jovial and thoroughly
honest and honorable. Baron De Kortf,
one the most famous naturalists and
anthropologists of Europe, after pro-
tracted visit, was led TO eXciaim: What
q wonderful, remarkable, sympathetic,
glorious country is Japan. l am
tempted to repeat this sentence twenty
times over in a single moment. Would
that all foreign influence could be sent
TO the dogs so that this small paradise
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
puN's REVIEW OF TRADE.


The Success of the New Loan Giving Con-
fidence to InvestorS-Businss3 Men Hope
full
NEW YORK. Feb. 23.-R. G.. Dun q
Co.'S Weekly Review of Trade says:
The surprising success Of the new loan and
the great confidence it has given to investors
on both sides OF the water and to business men
here encourage many to hope that 1t may be
the beginning Of a real recovery. In twenty
two minutes the subscriptions are supposed 70
have been at least five times the amount Of the
bonds offered, and in two hours at London they
were twenty times the amount there Of
fered. Considering the power which con-
troll Of these bonds gives to regulate foreign
exchanges and to prevent exports OF gold, the
transaction has indeed greatly changed the
financial situation In spite Of the fact that gov
eminent revenues are still deficient and that
domestic trade shows scarcely any gain as yet.
The industries are not enlarging production,
nor have prices OF farm products improved
But very important source OF apprehension
and hindrance has, for the time at least, been
removed
Wheat fell to Sc cents Saturday last. and has
recovered to 81 cents, only quarter below the
price week ago, while corn, cotton and pork
are unchanged and hogs and lard are a shade
lower. Western receipts Of wheat are nearly
as large as last year, though for three weeks
about 20 per cent. smaller, owing to the storms.
The exports are a little larger Cotton has re-
fused to advance, though there has been much
talk about curtailment OF acreage this year.
and receipts have sharply decreased.
Dealing in iron and its products is moderate
in volume, with some encouragement in most
branches.
In light woolens the recorders continue later
than usual. and the preliminary purchases OF
medium and low heavy goods are larger than
year ago, some mills having business until April,
while in the higher grades there is more prom
Using demands. The termination Of q strike at
Philadelphia sets more carpet mills to work.
and the demand is fair, while in dress goods
little is doing. Sales OF wool at the chief mar
kets in three weeks OF February were Is. $50
pounds, against s,0l08O0 two years ago Tho
failures for this week have been 302 in tina
Trpi,ad
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
FoRMosA MERCHANTS FLEE.
Black Flags and Other Chinese CommI
OutraRes-Many Soldiers Blown I'm.

Black Flags and Other Chinese Commit
Outrages-Many Soldiers Blown Up.
HoNG KoNG, Feb. 21.-The British
cruiser Mercury was called to the Island
of Formosa Monday, to check the no.
torious robbers known as Black Flags,
who were committing outrages. The
disturbances on the island are increas-
ing, and have become so bad that the
merchants are alarmed and are leaving.
An explosion in the magazine of the
fort of Takao, treaty port on the
southwestern coast of the island, killed
1000 Chinese soldiers attached to the
fort and injured many others. A squad
ron of Japanese war ships is patrolling
the island
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
WOMEN IN COUNCIL.
Prison Reform and other Matters Dig
cussed-RefOrming Mankind.

Prison Reform and Other Matters DIE
Notwithstanding Mankind.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.-The co-opera.
ton of the sexes in the work of reform.
ing mankind was discussed in all it's
phases at the meeting of the National
Council of Women yesterday. A prop
osition advanced by Mrs. Palmer that
women should agree to work for a
lower compensation than that accord
ed the male sex was objected to by
some of the delegates in their speeches,
and the counter-proposition that the
sexes shsuld work on an equal basis as
far as possible was advocated. Mrs.
Henrietta G.. Frank, Of Illinois; Fan.
ME Barrier Williams, of Illinois, and
Margaret l. d. Sandes, delegate from
the Illinois industrial school for girls,
gave their views; and preceding the
opening discussion by members, Mrs.
Ellen C. Johnson, of the woman's
prison in Massachusetts,, reviewed the
work of women in managing public in.
situations. She advocated measures of
kindness and benevolent, humane
treatment for prisoners rather than
corporal punishment.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01

sacrifice was voluntary, but In the
course of time it became obligatory.
Since the introduction OF western ideas,
however, the practice has been slowly
but surely dying out.
Prudery is a failing that has never
existed in Japan. Men and women are
admitted to the public and private
baths-and of these every Japanese
city and village has large number
indiscriminately, and most of the at
tendants at these places are women.
There are virtually no limits to
the liberty enjoyed by japanese
girls. Many mobiles of the purest
blood have been known to WOO the
mothers of their children in tea houses
and similar resorts or have permitted
matrimonial agents to pick out wives
for them at such places. The strangest
feature of this state of affairs-and one
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
Ended His Troubles.

GUTHRIE, Ok, Feb. 23.-Calvin Ewing,
a farmer living near Red Rock, COM
mitted suicide on his claim at o'clock
yesterday morning. Ewing was re-
Gently married to a young lady in Kan
sas. She did not like life in Oklahoma,
and complained bitterly. This wor-
ried Ewing and caused him to grow
respondent. Yesterday morning he
quarreled with his wife and left the
house. An hour later he was found
near the barn with his throat cut from
ear to ear. The deed was committed
with a razor, and the wife is now sorry
that she spoke.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
THE BUSINESS OUTLOOK.
General Trade During This Week Has Beea
Irregular.


Irregular.
NEW YORK, Feb. 23.-Bradstreet'S on
Saturday will say: General trade dur
ing this, short week, has been more
irregular. The success of the latest
emergency bond issue has revived con-
fidence somewhat in the general finan-
cial situation. Iron and steel are no
more active, recent advances being
barely maintained.
The outlook in the soft coal industry
is more settled, owing to efforts to
form a pool, and steadier prices and
wages are expected. Prices have not
reacted materially, concessions in quo
tations of cattle, lard and oats being
the only losses of note. Cotton goods,
it is true, have been barely steady, but
hogs, pork. cotton, iron and steel re-
main firm, while prices for wheat,
corn, coffee and refined sugar made
fractional advances during the week.
Prices of wool continue weak, about
200, GOO pounds of XXX and above having
been picked up by manufactures below
81 cents. In dry goods foreign dress
woolens are relatively most active, job
bers' supplies being taken about as
fast as received. Cottons are quite dull,
buyers being & cent lower in their
views than sellers.
Exports of wheat from both coasts
of the United States Seattle telegram
missing) are naturally smaller than
usual for a week owing to the holiday,
the total amounting to 1,s0s,9 1913
bushels, against 2,572,OOO last week,
1, 73O, 900 in the week year ago, q.
$4,000 two years ago and $780,, 200
three years ago.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
Both to Take a Rest

WASHINGTON, Feb. 81 Both the
president and Secretary Carlisle in
tend leaving Washington for a rest al
most Immediately on the adjournment
of congress. The president will proba-
bly, go to North Carolina on a duck
hunting trip. He will likely take a
party of friends with him, and will be
gone probably a week or ten days.
Secretary Carlisle has not yet fully ma
tured his plans, but il is expected that
he VIII be absent at least three weeks or
a month. The secretary did not take
any vacation last summer, and his close
attention has left him in imperative
need of rest
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
SPARK FROM A PIPE.
It Skaters a Fort Scott Home and Bad
Burns . Young Man.

It Skaters a Fort Scott Home and Badly
Burns q Young Man.
FoBr SCOTT, Kan, Feb. 22.-While
preparing for bed last night, about 10
o'clock, Frank Pfeiffer, aged 10 years,
dropped spark from his pipe in sack
containing three pounds of gunpowder
in an open washstand drawer. By the
explosion which followed the roof was
raised and the front and sides of the
building were forced out by the con-
cussion. The young man was horribly
burned, his clothes catching fire. He
ran down stairs where his life was
saved by his parents A brother, who
slept in the same room, was blown
from his bed against the wall, but was
not seriously injured. The Pfeiffer
house was large one. The noise of
the explosion was heard q mile distant.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
TOOK HER LIFE.
The Daughter of Congressman Harris, o.
Kansas, Commits Suicide.

The Daughter of Congressman Harris, OF
Kansas, Commits Suicide.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-Mrs. Lavina
Bohannon, daughter of William A.
Harris, congressman-at-large from
Kansas, who eloped with Mr.. Bohan-
non, a liveryman of Luray, Va. last
August, has committed suicide in bed
at her Luray home, by taking poison.
Last August the daughter received a
telegram from her father to meet her
here. Instead, she went to Hagers.
town, and was married by Rev. DR.. j.
w. Owen, to Bohannon, whom she had
met while attending q seminary at
Luray. Bohannon had business that
called him away for several hours
early in the morning. He saw
his wife in her room and,
while she was perfectly well, she re-
quested to be allowed to remain in bed.
On his return he went to her room,
and was Mortified to find her dead. He
called DIR. Hudson, who stated that she
had been dead for several hours. A
letter in locked drawer said: This
is my own work. l did it myself.
The letter also stated that no blame
was in any way attached to her hus.
band, who had always been devoted to
her. An inquest was deemed unneces.
Sary
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
MIIIs Anainst Honda

WASHINGTON, Feb. Ex-senator Mills
has given notice of the following
amendment to the sundry civil appro-
priation bill: "And all laws which au-
thorize the secretary of the treasury to
sell bonds of the United States for any
purpose are hereby repealed" It is
intended to follow the paragraph in
the bill making the provision for the
collection, safe keeping, transfer and
disbursement of the public money and
for transportation of notes, bonds and
securities
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01

which no foreigner can explains that
| girls so chosen are among the most
| faithful of wives and most devoted of
mothers.
The Japanese, like the French, are
great frequenters of summer, and WIN
ter resorts. They have their Nice and
their Ostend, where the nobility and
the rich traders attempt to Guido each
other in the matter of initiating the
ways of the few European visitors. The
most attractive features of Japanese
summer resorts are the tea houses
whose proprietors make it business to
surround their customers with bright
and beautiful mattresses. A picture Of
one of them-a typical japanese belle,
by the ways part of this article.
The most picturesque men to be seen
! in the mikado's dominions are the Shin
| to priests. Shintoism is the ancient
state religion of Japan, and the re-
ligious system indigenous to the coun-
try. It's gods number about IA, 900, and
are propitiatcd by offerings of food and
by music and dancing, The chief deity
is Amaterasu, the sun-goddess, the first.
born of Izanagi and Izanami, the di.
vine creative pair. The system incul.
Gates reverence for ancestors. 1t pos
seSses no ethical code, no doctrinal sys.
tenn and no public worship, and its tenn
pies and shrincs contain no idols. For
Centuries it recognized no priests, but
after the introduction of various sys.
tens of Buddhism the establishment Of
an order of priesthood became a neces.
sity, for reasons of self-preservation.
At the present day the Shinto priests
or teachers are counted among the most
loyal and patriotic advocates of polit.
zeal progress. Their society is courted
by the mobiles as well as blythe humblest
peasants.
Another important figure in japanese
life is the physician. His school Of
medicine is beyond description, and SO
are his medicines. he never visits
patient without being accompanied by
an assistant who carries heavy medi.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
A Pleasure Party in q Wreck.

ST. CLOUD, Mimi, Feb. 23.-In re-
turning from dance at Waite park
early this morning an omnibus con-
tanning twenty-five men and women
was overturned a mile from the city
and a stove ignited the curtains
and straw. Several persons were
badly injured, Mrs. James Heath being
trampled upon and badly hurt, Mrs.
Joseph Peters sustaining severe scalp
wound, Mrs. Chester Waite being in
ternally injured and Owen Hines, the
local manager of the Northwestern
telephone exchange burned in a num-
Der of places.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
FOUR HUNTERS FROZEN.
They Were Found Dead In a Kneellng At
titude Near New Orleans.

They Were Found Dead In n Kneellng At
titude Near New Orleans.
New ORLEANS, Feb. 23.-Among the
sad casualties of the snowstorm was
the death of hunting party in the
woods of the Alliance plantation, about
10 miles by rail below New Orleans.
Four men set out for days hunt in
the woods under the guidance of John
Bannister, colored Nimrod of repute
in Plaquemines parish, skilled in deer
stalkings. No fears were entertained
when the party remained out all night,
but when they did not return next day
search party went out, and, after much
difficulty in struggling through the
snowdrifts, the four unfortunate men
were found frozen to death in kneel-
ing attitude =
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-03-01
INTERNAL REVENUE RECEIPTS.
Statement for Seven Months to January 81
Shows a Large Increase.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.-A statement
prepared at the treasury department
shows internal revenue receipts during
the seven months ended January 81 as
follows: Spirits, $50, 57s, 314, an increase
over the same period in 1894 of s5,716,-
Col; tobacco, ST., Gas, 947, an increase OF
s1,2l6, 79s; fermented liquors, $685..
1874, decrease of $50, 3s3; oleomsrgar-
inc, S1.ol6, $40, a decrease of s1s9, OIL;
miscellaneous, s4O1, e93, an increase of
s31s, O33; total receipts cents omitted),
SOL, O3l, 311; net increase, Sc, $50, 06s. The
receipts for January were 81, O37, 977 less
than for January 1894.