The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1896-04-17
KANSAS PRESS COMMENT

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Pratt Republican: If the govern.
ment stamp can make good money
out of irredeemable paper, what is
the use of monkeying with silver ?
This great question remains un-
answered. Have the Populists gone
back on the great doctrine of fiat? ? 1t
used to the main spoke in their wheel.
Exchange: The editor of Kansas
paper has become convinced that the
world is to ceme to an end soon. He
exhOrts merchants to advertise so as
net to be losers by having large stocks
on hand when the final moment ar
rives. He also says it would be to
the advantage of the subscribers to
advance their dates year in the fu-
ture, as this would not only ease their
cOnsciences, but would secure the
active influence of the papers when
they make out their final account.
We give this for what it is worth.
There may be nothing in it, but it is
always best to be on the safe side.
Topeka Mail: "The women in their
effort to discover something new,"
commences Bill Morgan as he rises
abruptly from the chair in which
Mrs. Morgan had laid her sewing and
extracts a needle from the fatted por-
tiOn of his anatomy, "are doing tapes
try work. 1t is much more genteel to
work square-necked swan on a
green backgrO und than to sew up a
hole in shirt" And then Bill went
out and kicked the dog in two places.
Republic City Nea0s: This is a good
time to plant your hens. Men and
brethren it was the hens that brought
us through the devastation caused by
the hell-roaring hot winds of the last
two years. If Kansas ever has
state flag, or state postage stamp, as
has recently been suggested by the
pOst-office department, 1t should show
a rooster rampant on the dexter chief
point, hen PEASANT sinister, sneak
ing under the barn to lay an egg, and
basket of eggs in a field Argent.
We may not be just right in these
heraldic terms, but we know some-
thing about the Kansas hen. We used |
to say corn is king, but we want to |
"add another maxim"-the Kansas |
hen is queen. See to it that there is |
enough of them for future emer- |
gencies.
Ctdnute Tribune: The cause of tenn
perance will be severely tried this
year. The liquor power of the coun-
try is far stronger than that of Wall |
street, and it will be brought to bear
with all its force to crush out the pro-
hibitory law. Money in untold sums
will be freely used, and every agency
to win the fight for free
whisky. Every friend of law and or
der, every lover of home and virtue,
and every temperance man and wO-
man must take stand for the right |
and we shall win.
Globe Democrat: There are over
a thousand men in New York and
according to the latest re-
turns, who are worth between 81 ,OOO,-
900 and 81 500, 900 each, and the most
of them are entirely unknown to the
general public. Only two citizens of
New York-John D. Rockefeller and
w. w. AstOr-are supposed to be
worth more than $780, 900 apiece;
but there are nine who are each
worth 50,O00, 900 and over, as we'll as
two estates of like amount. The to-
tai number of millionaires in these
two cities is greater than in all the
rest of the country.
Exchanges: A high school girl be-
Ing told by her teacher to parse "He
kissed me-" consented reluctantly,
because opposed to speaking of pri-
vate matters in public. "He," she
said, with unnecessary emphasis and
3 fond lingering over the word that
brought the crimson to her cheeks,
SIS a pronoun, third person, singular
number, masculine gender, a gentle.
man and pretty well fixed; universal
y considered good catch Kissed
s verb, transitive. too much so,
regular every evening; Indicative
node, indicating affection; first and
ihird persons, plural number and
governed by circumstances. Me-
Oh! well, everybody knows me-
And she sat down."