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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05

There is often an unused hall room
that can be taken for this purpose, and
only needs q little ingenuity on the
part of the fair owner to make 1t very
holy of holies.
Such a den has been evolved by
Brooklyn girl, with her great-grand-
mas brocade curtains for a starting
point. The room, a second-story hall
room in a wide, olAfashioned house.
built when land was something less
than thousands of dollars front foot,
was vacant by reason of the fact that
the son and heir is away at college.
The paper, a pinl1ish cream and gold.
and the woodwork, also of pinlSish
cream, lent themselves readily to color
scheme of blue and cream, suggested
by the aforesaid brocade curtains of an
exquisite silk and linen texture and of
the most fashionable and delightful
shades of blue.
The door leading into the hall was
taken from its hinges and one of the
wide curtains hung in its place from a
pole of cream enamel and gold, In the
deep window seat was fitted and
cushioned with blue corduroy; Moorish
fretwork was placed across the top,
and from this fell a second curtain, di-
vided in the middle and looped back at
either side. Close to the glass under
meath the shades the window was cur
tanned with sheer white curtains like
the rest of the house. On the wall at
the right stood capacious box lounge
covered with the brocade. The pillows
had washable covers of white linen en-
broidered with the motif of the bro
cade in blue Roman floss. In the box
underneath some of mademoiselle's
party dresses repose at full length.
Opposite, nearly the whole length of
the room, stand low book shelves of
oak filed with rare and dainty edi-
tions of her favorite authors, while the
top is used for the display Of bric-a-
brac and souvenirs of her last trip
abroad. On the right of the window as
you enter is placed the low bamboo
tea table, with its pretty appointments,
and at the left is the oak desk cozily
Uttered with writing materials. Two
low easy chairs, work basket and
some beautiful etchings and photo
graphs in oak or white and gold frames
complete the charming interior.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05
Dainty Almond Macaroons.

Pound four ounces of blanched
almonds fine in a mortar, with one
tablespoonful of rose water. Beat the
whites of four eggs TO stiff froth and
then gently stir into them half pound
of powdered sugar and the pounded
almonds. Drop them by the teaspoon
full on buttered pans or on white paper,
dust them lightly with powdered sugar
and bake them slowly for about twenty
minutes in a rather cool oven. Almonds
are blanched by letting them lie in
boiling water for a few moments until
the skins rub of easily with a cloth
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05
When selecting a Veil.

The salesgirl at the veil counter has
some good ideas. Buy wide enough
veil, she urges, always double width,
unless it is over q close bonnet; buy a
good quality-the fimsy rags are the
most expensive in the end, and never
look well at any time of their service;
select one of fine net, with far-apart
small dot; the cross-barred meshes
make lines on the face that are exactly
like wrinkles, and the sprigged and be-
figured ones are equally unbecoming;
don't use an edged veil, it only makes
n thick look about the throat as ell
wells now are gathered under the chin,
not left hanging free, and above all,
don't wear veil after it is torn; a slit
across one eye or on the nose, or show
ing a bit of hair, is intolerable, and
spoils an otherwise effective toilet, and
finally, always pin, never tie, veil.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05
1AE COMING srauealE.
Troublous Times Ahead over the Demo
cratic TRrjn.

Troublous Times Ahead over the Demo
cratic TRrjn. r.
It Is quite evident that tariff war
with various European nations Is not
to be avoided. Germany, France, Aus
tria and Belgium have all excluded or
are about to exclude certain American
products from their markets on various
pretexts, and there an unmistakable
signs of concerted action on their part
for the purpose of injuring our com
merce. The policy is aretaliatory one,
plainly speaking. That is to say, it Is
intended to punish us for the action OF
the democratic congress in resembling
the reciprocity treaties under which
those countries enjoyed certain advan-
tages in our markets. So long as these
treaties were in force, our trade with
the nations in question was very prof
table and steadily increasing, and the
benefits derived from it were mostly
gained by the farmers. But the demo-
cratic statesmen abolished reciprocity
because it had been established by the
republicans, and now we have the
logical result IN this movement to pre-
vent us from making sales In markets
to which we formerly had free access.
It is unreasonable, of course, to expect
that foreign nations will continue to
buy from us when we have practically
forbidden them to sell to us under con-
ditions mutually arranged, and our
protests against their present course
are not likely to be needed,
The laws give the president author
ity to meet this unfriendly policy by
placing certain restrictions and prohi-
bitions upon imports from those cOun-
tries; but, unfortunately, we are not
in position to resort to such an ex-
pedient- We cannot afford to shut out
foreign products, because we are in
sore need of the revenue which comes
from them. The present tariff law
does not yield enough to pay the or
binary expenses of the government,
aud a further lessening of the receipts
would be a public calamity. Thus, it
will be seen, democratic rule has placed
us where a great foreign market for
our products is in imminent danger Of
being lost without any chance of re-
dress. If we exclude foreign imports
on the tit-fOr-tat theory, we simply
make bad matter worse by adding to
the troubles of the treasury. We are
in pressing want of all the money we
can get. and this is conclusive argu-
ment against the idea of throwing
away revenue with a view to bringing
other nations to terms in commercial
contro yersy. The mistake was made
when the reciprocity policy was abOl-
ished, and the only true and satisfac-
tory way to correct it is to restore that
policy. But such action is not to be
expected until the republicans again
secure control of the government; and
meanwhile we must bear serious losses
as the penalty of species of tariff re-
form that is inimical to all the matert-
al interests of the country.-St- Louis
Globe-Democrat.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05
THE ENGLISH IVY.
Training the Plant So That It Always
Looks Fresh and Green.

Training the Plant So That It Always
Looks Fresh and Green.
Old plant growers do not need to be
told of the good qualities of the Eng
lish ivy for successful indoor climber;
but those who are just essaying house
plants may be pleased to learn that
with this plant they can have a climber
to train up and along the wall, and
over pictures, if desired, and that
it always looks fresh and green.
Its leaves are thick and of q leathery
texture, and are capable of withstand
ing the effects of considerable changes
in temperature, of dry air, dust, and all
the other disturbing agencies to plant
life which are present in living rooms.
Planted in ordinary potting soil in n
medium-sized pot it is ready to COM
mence a growth which will continue
for years, If only it is supplied with
water and kept free from insects. 1t
should be trained in such q manner
that it can be taken down and restored
again to its position, and this can be
done by the use of a good strong cord
or wire. 1t is more or less subject to
green fly. as are nearly all other plants,
and it is liable to harbor scale insects.
If the young plant has no scale insects
on it, and there are none on other
plants in the house, it may remain ex-
empt from them indefinitely. 1t is better,
therefore, to guard this point in start
ing a plant. Green fly, of course, is
easily overcome by the well-lSnown
usual methods Sulpho-tobacco soap
perhaps is the best for the purpose in
connection with this and other house
plants.-Vicl's Magazine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05
Shy Democrats.

The leaders of the Ohio democracy
are bound to keep themselves before
the public in one way or another. Brice
gives private concerts in Washington
and hires distinguished fiddlers and
celebrated singers. Campbell has just
drunk a glass of ammonia and water
and got his name in the newspapers.
Tom Johnson is being urged to become
a candidate for president by the single
takers. Frank Hurd has sent word to
the east that he is wholly out of poll
tics, and is busy practicing law. Allen
W. Thurman is roaming here and there,
shouting meanwhile for a dollar worth
fifty cents, and weeping over the crime
of 1873. Other conspicuous Ohio
democrats are doing other things, but
none of them is expOunding demo
cratic principles or saying a word
about Gen. jackson and Thomas JEFF
ferson. Reform is without an advO-
cate. Economy has no champions.
All democrats but those who are in
office are striving to forget the past
and to turn their minds into new and
cheerful thought channels.-Cleveland
Leader.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05
A DEFICIT CREATOR.
Disastrous Effect of the WIIsOn-GormsD
Tariff Law.


II anybody doubted that the receipts
and expenditures of the treasury de-
partment were being manipulated dur
ing the closing days of February in
way to make as small an apparent
deficit as possible that doubt must be
dispelled by the developments OF
March. 1t will be remembered that
the expenditures were pinched down
day by day during the closing wees
of the month and reported at the RI
diculously small sum of S21, $50 on tho
closing day of February. As result
it appeared that the deficiency for Fob
ruary was only s2,311.27s. That this
reduction of the deficiency was merely
for temporary effect is now shown by
the enormous expenditures and eonse-
quent enormous deficiency in the
month of March. During the first
twelve days of March the deficit was
more than that reported for the en-
tire month of February, the total for
the twelve days being s2,73s, ,941,
against the pretended deficiency Of
only So, ,311. .273 in all of February.
The fact is, the new tariff law has
not seen q week IN WHICH IL pEOUuCcO
enough money to meet the running ex-
penses of the government during that
same time, to say nothing of the fall
ure to put aside sinking fund. Its
average receipts since it went into ef-
feet six and one half months ago,
have been s22, 900, 900 a month. while
the average expenditures have been
$40, 900, 900 a month. The people who
rallied at the Mckinley law and pre-
dicted that the Wilson-Gorman act
would outdo it in the matter of rev.
enue production now stand sghast, for
they find that the receipts under their
new law have thus far averaged but
about three-fourths as much per month
as under the Mckinley law. Indeed.
until the blight of promised tariff re-
form came over the land in November,
1892, the Mckinley law had met all the
expenses and produced a surplus OF
over 81, ZOO, 900 a month. The Wilson
German law has produced deficit OF
nearly ss,OOO,OOO a month - Toledo
RlaHa
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05
DRIFT OE OPINION.

Mr.. Wilson will doubtless prove
useful secretary to Mr.. Cleveland
He will never dispute his MASTER
Philadelphia Press
Some hungry democrat has said
that the administration ought to turn
out more rascals and fewer bonds
Iowa State Register.
The new postmaster general viii
be badly handicapped in point of use
fulness to his party by the fact that
his predecessor disposed of all Of the
patronage.-St. Louis Globe-Demccrat-
Statesman Wilson, of West Vir-.
ginia, in reviewing the work Of tn
late congress, declares that "a cam
paign of education has been begun"
We not only agree with Prof. Wilson in
this view, but are able to state that
the actual beginning of the campaign
of education was made on the 9th Of
last November.-N. y. Tribune.
q President Cleveland hasn't got
congress off his hands just because it Is
dead. He mas several hundred pOliti-
cal corpses for whom temporary inter-
ment is desired in foreign ministries
and consulships, post offices and tho
like. He has made one minister to
Mexico and taken another into his cab
met, but this isn't drop in the bucket
National Tribune.
- President Cleveland makes .
wide distinction between "a condition"
and "a predicament." When the treas
urv had a surplus Mr.. Cleveland was
alarmed at 1.-The condition" and adj
dressed special message to congress
When he found threatened deficit the
president was alarmed at ''the predica-
ment" and struck bargain with =
bankers syndicate. Mr.. Cleveland has
discovered the solemn truth in Fred
Grants observation that it is much
easier to take care of a surplus than o3
q defcit.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05
GAY Are tho New busters.

busters are now seen in Haunting
colors and they have also gone up in
price. They have long sterling silver
handles and feathers in all the new and
esthetic shades. busters of blue
feathers as soft as down rival those of
cerise in popularity. Mother-o'-pearl
handles are also the vogue. These
busters are supposed to be used by
milady herself and not by her maid.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05
SELF-ROCKlNG CRADLE.
a Novelty That VIII he Welcomed bJ
Many Tired Mothers.

a Novelty That VIII Be Welcomed by
Many Tired Mothers.
A cradle set in motion by clocllwork
mechanism is certainly novelty, and
will be welcomed by many overworked
mothers and nurses. In outward ap-
pearance this novel cot is much the
same as the ordinary wire net bassi-
nette, suspended between two upright
supports, the motor being inclosed in n
metal casing, which is fixed in the
front part of the cot. The mechanism
is wound up with key and started by
4 button, when it will produce steady
and noiseless rocking motion at a very
slow and gentle speed, lasting from
one to forty minutes. The swinging
motion can be stopped and restarted at
will by n simple contrivance, and the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05
TOO EXPENSIVE.
Democratic "Reform" Is Costing the Peo
pie Too Dearly.

pie loo OeArtys
The reform element" in politics is
strongly assertive at the present time.
Il is especially insistent that the BIZ
partisan idea shall not prevail
The reform element in politics" has
taken this position from no other rea-
son than that the bipartisan idea is
favored by men who have given practi-
cal attention to politics, who have
studied politics from the common sense
point of view.
But the reform element in politics"
is nothing if not impractical 1t in
sisted that Mr.. Cleveland should be
elected president of the United States
If that was done its representatives in
formed the country in their most i'm
pressive manner we should have true
reform with all the 6xin's and the
country would be in state of beati-
tude difficult to describe.
The country taking the reform ele-
ment in politics" at its own valuation
elected Mr.. Cleveland. And now the
country wishes that it had not paid
such strict attention to the desires and
the demands of the reform element" !"
for that element has been found to be
. delusion and a snare.
But in spite of the trials and tribula-
tions which were caused by giving heed
to that element, it still continues to go
about making all sorts of demands and
claiming because it is the most highly
respectable element in politics that its
claims and demands are to be given
preference-in fact, that everything
must give way to it.
The people are getting tired of this
pietension. They have nearly reached
the opinion that the reform element
in politics" costs much more than it is
worth.-Albany Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05
ETectfYe Precaution.

'That young man." exclaimed Mrs.
ellington, Indignantly, lis an impostor.
shall give orders to have him excluded
from the house."
"Why, mamma" said her daughter.
I'm sure his manners wouldn't indicate
anything of the kind"
Il didn't find it out from his manners
I'm too careful to be misled by superb
cial indications. 1 found it out by
getting his top coat in the hall and look
ing at the name of his tailor.-Truth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05
WOMAN AND HOME.
CHARMING LITTLE DEN.
Hints That May Prove of Value to the
Girl Who Needs One.

Hints That May Prove of Value to the
Girl Who Needs One.
Every girl wants some spot, be 1t
never so small, for her very owns Conf
dences are not easily exchanged in a
room where she is constantly subject to
interruptions from the friends of her
mamma or her big sister, or where the
younger children have the right of
way. Some place there must be where
she can talk over the last party with
her dearest Aminta, or sit and dream of
the last dance at that party and OF GER
tain sweet, whispered nothings; q sane
tum where she can perchance let her
maiden fancies overflow in rhymes too
sacred for any eye. If this can be apart
from her bedroom so much the better.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05
SeIfPreservation.

The professor swims from the sink
ing boat and climbs up on the bank.
Then, dashing in again, he returns to
the wreck and rescues his wife.
But why didn't you save her be-
fore?7 asks the lool1er-on, in wonder
ment.
''Ah, my dear sir" was the learned
mans reply, II was bound to save my
self frst. Self-preservation is the high
est law of nature. re."-Providence Jour
nal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05

A WAR generally makes as well as
mars many private fortunes, and the
China-Japanese campaign has brought
unheard of prosperity to Tien Tsin
hatters. Tailors and bootmakers are
working night and day on clothing for
the troops, dealers in cereals are at
their wits end to supply sufficient rice,
millet and -four, and bankers are build
ing extra strong vaults for the money
sent to them for security from the vari-
Gus towns threatened by the japanese
invasion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05

A NEW imitation of gold is made of
ninety-four parts of copper and six of
antimony, with little magnesium
and carbonate of lime added while it is
melted. 1t is said that it preserves its
color. is an almost exact imitation of
gold and that it costs only a shilling a
pound to make it.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05
A Superhuity.

Mother-Your pen-wiper has never
been used at all.
Little Johnny-Dont need it. My
new pants Is black.-Good News.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05

cEThs sugar trust has been pro-
tected by the German tariff, and the
commercial interests of the nation
have been wantonly sacrifced.-N. 7
Tribune
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05

AT the Jeddo tunnel in Pennsylvania
all the drilling was done by means of
compressed air, conveyed some 10000
feet through 79l-inch pipe with very
LITTLE loss
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05

SOUTH SHIELDS, Eng, is said to pos
sess the Oldest lifeboat in existence.
1t has been in use since 1880 and by
means of it l,O2s persons have been
rescued
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05

A GIGANTIC camellia, twenty-four
feet high, near the royal castle at
Pilnitz, near Dresden, produces an
nually, it is said, at least $1,000 blo1N
oms
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05

clockwork is constructed to rock a
child up to thirty pounds in weight,
corresponding with the age of eighteen
months. The rocking motion is not af-
fectcd by the movements of the child
London Queen.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1895-04-05


week, the last day. the last hour, the
last moment. In an awful dash an
ocean dropped from the sky and an
other rolled up from beneath, and God
rolled the earth and sky into one wave
of universal destruction.
So men now put off going into the
ark. They say they will wait 20 years
first. They will have a little longer
time with their worldly associates.
They will wait until they get older.
They say: You can not expect man
of my attainments and of my position
to surrender myself just now. Bat
before the storm comes l will
go in. Yes, l will. l know what
1 am about. Trust me! After awhile
one night about twelve o'clock
going home. he passes a scaffolding
Just as a gust of wind strikes it, and
plank falls. Dead, and outside the
ark! Or, riding in the park, reck-
less vehicle crashes into him, and his
horse becomes unmanageable, and he
shouts. whoa, whoa!" and takes an
other twist in .he reins, and plants
! his feet against the dashboard and
pulls back. But no use. 1t is not so
much down the avenue that he flies as
on the way to eternity. Out of the
wreck of the crash his body is drawn,
but his soul is not picked up. 1t
/ fed behind a swifter cOurser into the
great future. Dead, and outside the
ark Or some night he wakes up with
distress that momentarily increases
until he shrieks out with pain. The
doctors come in, and they give him 20
drops, but no relief; 40 drops. so drops,
drops, but no relief. No time for
prayer. No time to read one of the
promises. No time to get single sin
pardoned. The whole house is aroused
in alarm The children scream. The
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-02
FOR FARM AND GARDEN.
THE LEaHoRS FOWLS.

This breed of fowls is one
OF tho best, il not tho best,
for laying eggs. but they DIRE not
useful as broodcrs, as they rarely set.
The hens have been known to lay as
many us 1000 eggs, in ten years, but
it is only rarely they have a chance to
do as well rs that They are not
good table fowls, being small, and
having dry, hard flesh. The Plymouth
Rock is thought by many persons to
be the most profitable fowl, as IL lays
freely, especially in the winter, and is
n good mother to her chicks, as well
as having excellent meat il weighs,
when full grown, eight pounds for the
cocks and six pounds for the hens.
There are white, black, and brown
breeds of the Leghorns. New York
Times.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1895-10-02
FARM AND GARDEN NOTES.

A COW in poor condition will be
sure to give her owner poor milk.
Duck feathers sell at forty cents per
pound; goose feathers bring double
the amount.
Thirteen eggs are considered se<
ting, though many breeders are now
giving fifteen.
Between forty and fifty degrees is
the proper temperature to keep eggs
for Matching during the winter.
Eggs intended for Matching should
not be kept over four weeks. They
must be turned every day or two.
One dollar per head is the average
cost OF keeping fowl year, and the
same amount is fair estimate of che
profits.
When bees are moved a distance of
over two or three miles there is no
danger that they will return to their
old location
The eggs of the White Leghorn,
Black Minorca and Houdan are OF
about the same weight. as those of the
Light Brahma-
Retail dairying pays, but the man
who sells direct with the customer
must be businesslike and gentlemanly
and wear clean clothes.
The Pennsylvania Experimental
Station has found creameries in that
| State where the loss of butter fat
amounted to $40 day.
There is no profit in 200 FOUNDER.
Food, labor and interest amount to
$40 per year, and the 200 pounds of
butter at present prices fails to meet
the bill. The $50 FOUNDER leaves a
small profit, and the 800 FOUNDER pays.
In cleaning the churn and dairy
utensils, brush will be found much
more useful than cloth. All vessels
for milk or cream should first be
rinsed in cold water to which has been
added washing soda, or a small guam
tity OF borax. They should then be
|. washed With warm water and scaldet
with boiling water Small wooder
) utensils should be kept in cold water