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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03
The
Semi-We ekIy
Capital.

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the great farm and family newspaper
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-12-03
IA SAY PEOPLES

Remember we have in our employ
a Practical UphOlster and an ex-
perienced Carpet man that has fol-
lowed this business for years. Give
US a call in this line. CULBERTsON
& SoN.
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The News of Kansas
and the WOrId-

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Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-28

shouldn't
;his,'' said
now, ORTIZ
had noides
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-28
IN DRY GOODS,
FURNISHINGS,
NOTIONS, ETC.
Kramer & Co.

capital, and the employment of 1926
more persons the signs of individual
bankruptcy Or is it a sign OF national
bankruptcy that bonds bearing Ak per
cent could be continued at 2 per cent ?
OIL is it a sign OF bankruptcy that the
e. s. had an excess of exports over i'm
ports 1874 to 1894 of 50, 1S9,770,535 ;
the excess OF imports over exports OF
1874 to 1894 OF 500, O33, 337 ; IA bal
ance OF trade in favor OF the u. S. in 20
years, -, 100, 737, 1913? Or is it a sign
of bankruptcy that in 1893 our export
to Great Britain was S431 ,059, 267 and
our imports from Great Britain the same
time only S107. 372, 9O5 balance due
U. $. to be paid in gold or it's equivalent
1928, CSC, 905 ?-(Above figures from
Commercial Hand Book Now, If the
above figures are signs Of bankruptcy,
then Mr.. Kelley is right but If they
are not, then his assertions are mislead-
ing and false.
Respectfully submitted,
L. j LANGELAND.
Reporter and farmer. [volume] (Webster, Day County, Dakota [S.D.]) 188?-1946, 1897-01-28
An Election Echo.
/. J. LanSeland YentilateS Some State
m6ntS of the Defunct Quarterly
Edition.
WEBSTER, s. d., JAN. 10, 1897.
EDTToR REPORTER:
DEAR SIR -

EDIroR REPORTER:
DEAR SIR =
Through some OF the stormy days
since election, | have been looking over
some campaign literature, and among
Others found a pamphlet issued by j, +.
Kelley on July 80, 1896, entitled "The
Quarterly Edition. to which / would
like to make a few remarks, if you will
allow space for same in your paper.
Mr.. Kelley says VERY little atten-
ton was paid to the coinage question
prior to the discovery OF gold il. Caliior-
MIA" Now. is that true? By an exam
~ination OF the records, we find that alter
the adoption of the coinage act OF April
u, 1892, there was made two distinct
changes in regard to gold coins. BIZ the
act OF June %, 1884, that changed the
ratio from 1:15. to 1:16. 002 by chang
ing OF weight and ineness. Again the
f~iueness was changed by act OF Jan. Is,
1897. In regard to silver, We find two
changes by the Get OF Jan. Is, 1897, viz:
weight aud fineness. In regard to minor
coins, the weight was changed bv act OF
Jan. 3, 1898, and again by act OF March
3, 1875, and by u proclamation OF the
president Jan. 90, 1916. In 1904, an
order was issued suspending the coinage
OF silver dollars. the saina remaining in
force until 1888. Thus we hnd seven
distinct changes made by acts OF con-
gress in regard to coinage, and one
proclamation and an order of suspension
by the president OF the U. s. Yet Mr..
Kelley says every little attention was
paid to the coinage"
On page 3. he again refers TO the dis
covery OF gold in California, and says {:
"The coinage oil gold jumped from $780,
900 in 1S4T to $40, 000, 900 in 1S49."
Is that assertion true? The u. S. treas
ury department in Circular No. 123,
page A, gives the coinage of gold for
1917 to be 20,202, 1922 and for 1S49,
on page 46, it gives the coinage OF gold
to be so,007, 761.5O. Who is right
the treasury department or X elley
On the same page 3, he tells about the
production and coinage OF silver, and
says: "The total silver production OF
the U. S. up to 1878 was $3.50, 000. 900
while the coinage only about $1O6, O0O,-
O00." Again we must ask, is that
statement true? Let us see according
to page 20 OF the circular given above.
the production OF silver UP no 1873 was
$153, 100000, and according to page 10
the coinage was $143,s13,59 sos 10, OF
which, however. only S.031.23S were
standard dollars. Statements hike the
above made by Kelley can only be made
either through ignorance or carelessness
or purposely to deceive. In either ease,
he is unfit to be "A trusted Lender in n re-
form movement. The cardinal virtue OF
such a leader should be truth ard hon
esty.
Mr.. Kelley makes another startling
announcement when he claims to shave
shown beyond controversy that the
panic OF 1875 resulted from the con-
traction of the national greenback cur
rency and the characterization OF silver,
The reduction from the original perma-
nent issue of$400. 000, 900 Of greenbacks
was authorized by the oct OF April IL.
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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
A Plan for Christmas Eve.

Some ancient religions, as those of the
Greeks n Romans, furnished opportuni-
ties for man to relapse periodically into
primitive impulse, allowing the natural,
not the artificial, man to express himself.
In our religion another opportunity once
a year has been given lis. when goodwill
may have all its way with u~s-good-will
that is greater than all prudent restraints.
all economic theories, all considerations of
convenience.
AND what an opportunity it is for us,
who, in our intercourse with men, are so
often hemmed in by conventionality or
controlled by circumstances! To revel
in goodwill! To have the church and
state sustain us in it! To have custom
and tradition give US their sanction! 1t
is like getting ones childhood back again.
or having health once more, or, after a
city's bondage, feeling the freedom of the
hills! What il in our generosities we
make mistakes it takes time to remedy. IL
tomorrow we must retrench! What of
anything, if goodwill can reign with US
for a day!
Then away, too, with discussions of the
meet and appropriate-that poor gifts
may go to the poor and rich gifts to the
well-to-do! In the goodwill first sung by
the angels to men there was the glad and
sudden burst Of unlocked for joy, given
fully, without conditions, without balanc.
ings, without questionings Of deserts-a
blessing to all, to the just and the unjust.
the sinner n the saved.
1t is in this spirit that a group of we'll
known men and women mean to work this
Christmas eve. TO the poorest and the
neediest, to the hardest worked, they
mean to carry bountiful gifts, retiring
themselves quickly, as they came, SO as to
remain unknown. Their desire is to bring
into the life Of some poor suffering soul
the glow and warmth that come of unex-
pected JOY and fullness-unexpected. I'M
earned and undeserved perhaps.
we measure so much we do for others
We weigh our best impulses against their
deserts and our ideas of the approximate.
And yet the glad burst of that melodious
message of goodwill to all should teach
us this one Of Gods ways might be ours
by making our gifts as joyous o%utpour-
lngs, filling full of promise the lives of
those who wait. So that, like the voices
OF those angels who sang, the gifts we
bring may be as though they fell from
heaven.-Harper's Bazaar.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
Christmas Entertainmen,s

For Christmas entertainments in the
church, cantatas give an opportunity for
the children to take part. Such enter
tainments should be given early in the
evening, and care should be taken to avoid
exciting the vanity and self-consciousness
of the young participants. Wise mothers
object to their children's coming into such
publicity. and in order to meet their obiec-
tons a skilled and sensible leader should
be seeured-one who will teach the chill
dren their parts without unnecessary de-
mands upon their play time, who will reg
ulate the tempers and allay the passions
which are sure to be aroused unless the
small people are well guarded. First of
all impress upon them that they are to
consider the pleasure of others, not their
own, and that selfishness can have no T.
in Christmas pleasures. The decorations
and other Accomplishments must be suited
to the place.
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THE BIRTH OF CHRIST.
The Message to the Judean Shepherds
the Best Ever Given Mortal Man.

4 NAcSsd&e To the Juuean SneDneruS
the Best Ever Given Mortal Man.
No better tidings were ever given to
mortal man, writes Evangelist Dwight L.
Moody in the Ladies' Home journal. than
that first Gospel message delivered to the
humble shepherds on the Judean hills.
There must have been n special solemnity
about that night. Above, the heavens
were Respondent with the glory of God,
and even the elements seemed to appre-
ciate the benediction of peace and good
will toward men," A holy quiet rested
On the scene. The noise end tumult of
the overcrowded streets in the distant
city at last Were stilled, and one by one
the lights below them disappeared.
In the realms of another word those
who had long looked for the promised re-
demptim gaze down upon the scene. Pro
phet and law-giyer, king and leader all
look toward the One who shall make the
atonement for their transgressions. And
as the shepherds watched and waited for
the morn | imagine that their thoughts
and conversation were on heavenly things.
1t may have been that they We're talking
over the strange rumors which they had
heard regarding the son that was born to
Zacharias, and how it had been prophe-
sled that he was to become the prophet
Of the Highest" At least. their thoughts
and conversation that night must have
been on things above, for God reveals His
best gifts to those whose minds are stay
ed on Him." 1.-The time is at hand" l
can imagine one saying. 1.-THE Messiah will
be here to save us from our enemies
Great is the Holy One of Israel in the
midst of thee" exclaims another. And
thus as they rejoice among themselves
there suddenly bursts upon their sight the
glorious light of the other world; midnight
gloom Is transformed into midday bright
ness, and there appears before them the
Angel of the Lord. He proclaims the de-
.liverance for which this world had so long
With exultant shout the choir
of heaven chants again the Gospel mes
that first and glorious carol song.
as the full meaning of the vision was
realized what thrill of love and joy must
filed their souls. How their hearts
must have burned within them as they
to worship their Savior King in
His lowly abode at Bethlehem.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

find far more pleasure, too, in dolls WIN
movable eyes, hair that will brush ana
faces that can be washed. Above all else
the clothes must come on and off. Wash
dresses are generally liked most by chill
dren, because they can be done up.
1t is very funny the decided preference
for certain compilations in the doll fam
lilies. The hoy dolls most children like to
be brunettes; but nothing ever approaches
the popularity of the blond girl doll. A
great novelty this year is doll hal walks
alone-not wheeled as some OF the walk
ing dolls have done in the past, but actu-
ally puts out one foot after the other. and
walks as naturally as though it were real
flesh and blood.
Boys always did and always will like
drums and things that make a noise.
There are some wonderful rocking horses
this year. with names as glossy as silk
and tails banged in the most approved
style. A rubber frog, attached to the end
of which is a bulb. that when pressed
makes the frog jump, is something entire
ly new. And it is so real that it will
swer in every respect naughty Tommy's
fiendish ambition to Brighten his small
sisters.
For boys there are any number Of toys
which have a bearing on architecture in
all forms. Bridge building, house build
ing, ship building ard the laying of rail
road tracks and the management of trains
are all worthy of recommendatio The
practical iron constructor, something en-
tirely new this Christmas, will teach a
boy important laws of nature and science.
But so simply does he learn them that he
is under the impression he is merely play
ing.
To designate all the other excellent toys
for instruction would be impossible. Some
thing new but not particularly attractive
are the Brownie dolls. Like the negro
babies, these new dolls are too unnatural
to inspire much longing in the breasts
of tiny mothers who take their doll chill
dren to their hearts. In games there are
many new things. The game Of Babb,
which consists in driving small wooden
pegs into certain holes by tapping on the
under side with a small wooden mallet, is
greatly in demand.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

1t was twilight by the riyer-we prepared to
cross the flood
We knew the need Of danger, a night of toll
and blood.
Calm silence ~permeated every line and
every rank
As we nuster'd for our country on the
rivers darklinS bank
Above the troubled waters no struggling
moon rays CLEAN
We saw the fOeman's watchfres blaze be-
yond the gloomy stream.
Twas brilliant, %fateful, fearfuI-It seemed a
No sound of drum or trumpet or nfe or bugle
horn
We knew our desperate enemies, we knew
the monarch's power,
We knew the dreadful crisis-our country's
We dreaded not the waters-feared not the
Delaware
None cared for death or danger, for Wash
lngton was there.
1t was midnight on the river and fercely
cold the frost
Upon the Icy waters our feeble banks were
toss'd;
We ferried DER the treacherous waves mid
icebergs small aud large
And toiled away the l~lyelong night with
ferryboat and barge
And ere the SunbeamS flashed again In hone
full ranks we stood
10 march upon the HesSians' camp-to strike
the men Of blood.
Still, silent, calm and resolute. we crossed
the dangerous wave,
To reach the base inyaders-America to
save
Twas Christmas night and memory brought
the messenger divine,
As we saw rne blazing camptires of the
soldiers from the Rhine
Inc mercenaries bought for hire to crush
our country down.
Ihen we breathed a vow for liberty and
vengeance on the crown.
Our cannon broke the characterization TO
the foe
Our Columns marched to triumph mid drift
Ing sleet and snow.
And then our hearts beat high with hone.
the word to 'charge'' was given,
one DloW Tor home and liberty, humanity
and heaven
Ihe Hessians rous'd from slumber-from
~ dreams of war and spolls-
10 nnd themselves surrounded and In tho
freemen's tolls.
A Glorious Christmas night. Nv bows. LET
cheers of triumph ring!
Hash the news across the sea to En1.
lands despot king,
And tell the ruthless tyront bis soon+.r
never more
phil Cypress a freedom people or rule
SOlumbia's shore.
ana trenton, glorious Trenton, that name
shall ever be ~
free. ""ofu LOT tne
Charles ]. Beattie.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

own regions i'll the north. Then begin the
rejoicings at the suns return. IN Itaiy
the festival took the name of the Satur-
MALTA, a season of the widest license.
One Of the fayorite cbservances Of the
Saturnaia season, as well rs of the
Druidical festival at midwinter, was the
setting up of a tree, frequently ornament
ed with rude decorations; around this in
the public squares ot"every city in South
ern Europe circles of men, women n
children danced and shouted. TO the
Druids the oak was a sacred tree; to the
gay jewellers in the s~ub-tropical countries
of the South the green tree of the Satur-
MALTA was merely the emblem Of the re
turning life and foliage of the summer.
Long before the time of Christ, among
the Celts of France, England and the
British Islands, at the midwinter festi-
val a tree decorated with bits of gay cloth
and bright polished metal was carried in
procession. Generally it was an oak, but
Whatever its species, it was honored as n
symbol and was set up in the Druidical
circles, portions of which still remain at
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

people who surround these wonders that
the charm lies. Big, bright, anxious eyes.
y%earning. chubby fingers and hearts so
filed with longing that they are near to
bursting for the possession of some GER
tain china beauty with flowing blond
locks or II rocking horse which gallops.
Little boys gaze with respectful won
derlnent on all the household things in
ended for their sisters amusement but
it is at the sight of a martial soldier. n
train of cars or Il boat that can be sailed
in the bath tub at home that their hearts
beat faster. Girls always like dolls. They
never can have too many. The Increase
Of another doll in the little woman's fam
lily is treated precisely as the advent OF a
real baby in the mothers. While new
and young it is tenderly cherished even
to the detriment of older and better
known children. But once the newness
rubs off, and dOlly's cheeks begin to fade
and h crimp comes out Of her hair, the
youthful mother, like many an older one.
decides That the baby is old enough now
for her to go back to the rare virtues dis
covered in her first-born children. SO You
see the little woman can't have too many
dolls. Only don't buy them too large.
Eighteen inches is a good size, easy to
carry. A child grows very tired Of a doll
big enough to be cumbersome. Children
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

Of the Druidical religion perhaps thou
sands Of years before our era. The Druid
religion was a curious combination of ma
ture, sun and fire worship. Nature was
adored in the oak, which, in North Eu-
rope was the sturdiest, largest and
strongest member of the plant world; the
SUE was w~orshiped because it gave light
and heat and brought life to all the world;
FIRE was worshiped because it was not
only the warming and comforting ele-
ment, but also, when unbridled, Il demon
30 be dreaded. Thus, the Druidical cere-
monies and worship comprised a combina-
ton Of rites, some undoubtedly n growth
Of the climate and country which the peo-
pies devoted to this form of religion in
habited. The great festival of the year
was ut the midwinter season, when the
n after sinking low in the southern
skies, began to return toward the north
and to bring with it renewed life to the
Northern Hemisphere. The date was,
approximately, about the time Of our
Christmas, the third or fourth week in
December. At the beginning Of the last
week In the last month the sun is at its
lowest point, and from that time the days
begin to lengthen and, little by little, the
Ice king loosens his grip and retires TO his
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

or our own factories, the jewelry may be
made from gold brought from the Trans
vaal, Australia, or Colorado; the dia-
monds may come from Kimberley, India OF
Brazil, the rubies from Siam, the sap
phires from Burmah, and the pearls have
been brought up by dark-faced divers off
the coast of Ceylon.
The Christmas tree Is thus more than
a fanciful reminder of the day and sea-
sen. 1t is an historical institution recall
ing customs which years ago became OBJ
solete and a religion which has been
dead for many centuries. 1t is u
beautiful token of the season and d rem-
iniscence of ages so remote as to have
left no written trace. There is no dam
ger that the world will forget or ignore it.
An institution which can last for thirty
centuries at least is probably good for
thirty more.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

came from Germany and France, but is
now made in this country. The glass
bulbs, emblems of the sur and moon,
form a very important item Of industry in
several large glass factories in Bohemia,
and, being h~and-painted and packed with
great care, give employment to hundreds
of women and children in the great CEN
ters of the glass trade. The presents
hung upon it's branches may represent all
parts Of the globe. The dolls may come
from Germany, the kniye.S from England
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

StoIehengc and many other parts Of
Great Britain AID Ireland, and was
sdored as Il symbol of lie. and finally
consigned to the flames. n huge pile Of
wood being placed around it and set on
frc. Where there was a round tower,
the nec was burned in this artificial fur
mace, but otherwise the great bonfire was
the center of attraction and around its
glowing flames the people capered and
rejoiced.
Tho chronologists have never agreed as
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
Gifts for Women.

Women's wants, If measured by their
belongings, would seem to be almost in
Vulnerable, and OF u kind which require
constant renewing and replacing. Won
ans interests and occupations require Al
greater number of small things for their
equipment than do those of men. and
Christmas gifts for them are, therefore,
more easily prepared. Women's belong
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25
GIFT FOR A BACHELOR.
Presentation of a "Housewif
May Make His Heart GIoa

May Make His Heart Glad.
1he heart of a bachelor who is far from
nome friends may be made glad by
the presentation of a simple housewife"
or bachelors companion. This is by no
means so helpful or attractive as a real
wife, but in the absence of the genuine ar
ticle the bachelor will be delighted to
have the imitation at hand when buttons
come off or clothes rip. The housewife
may be made of bronze leather, of kid,
of linen, Of %cretonne or of silk for the
outside, which is all in enc piece. Use a
stiff interlining and II lining of some
durable material. On the large fly ribbon
or tape furnishes a place for scissors, etc.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

ings have the further advantage of being
useful as well as beautiful. Men are al
ways pleased with simple gifts, and are
usually embarrassed when presented with
expensive articles of any sort. The value
to them of a gift is, as it should be with
all persons, in proportion to its simplicity
and usefulness and out of proportion to
its cost.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1897-12-25

above this is n long cushion with a slip
for a thimble. and ressing upon this a
spool of silk and one of thread, both white
and black. fastened by ribbons run
through them and stitched at the ends,
The two outer ends are shaped with card
board and the edges are bound with rib
bon. The fastening is effected by means
Of a button and loop. If plain linen ia
used n monogram may be embroidered ON
the outside.