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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-18
The
Semi-W eekIy
Capital.

The SEMI WEEKLY CAPITAL is
the great farm and family newspaper
of Kansas. 1t is published every
Tuesday and Friday, and each issue
contains all the news of Kansas and
the world up to the hour of going to
press, for the cost of an ordinary
weekly paper. The average Kansas
farmer gets his mail twice week.
BY subscribing for the SEMI w eekly
Capital he receives fresh Capital
each time, giving him in condensed
yet complete form the history of the
worlds doings during the preceding
three days. THE SEMI-WEEKLY CAP
ITAL, besides being newspaper, Is a
twice-a-week magazine of the highest
class, filled with matter interesting to
every member of the family. Serial
and short stories, sketches, CORES
pondence, sermons, anecdotes, humOr,
special matter for the women and for
the boys and girls, all find place in
the columns of the WEEKLY
CAPITAL.
THE REGISTER he's made arrange
meDts with the publishers whereby 1t
can offer
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-18

Gov Lee, of South Dakota, has re
moved Insurance Commissioner KipI
from office and will prosecute him or
charges OF levying blackmail on in
surance companies.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-18

Customer-Ie's a promising young
fellow.
The TaiIor-Yes, so he is. He has
given me u thousand evidences of it,
Up To Date.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-18

me to thank their many kind friends
and neighbors VINO have assisted them
during the sickness and death of their
husband and father.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-18
CAPT. HENRY BOOTH DEAD.
one of the Leading Politicians OF Kansas a
Victim OF Heart Disease.

NICIIm OF IfthrI IJIHeHNt'
LARNED, Kan, Feb. Capt Henry
Booth, one of the first settlers of
Pawnee county and one of the leading
republicans of Kansas, died here.
Capt. Booth was prominent Grand
Army man and was state commander
in 1890 lie represented Pawnee coun-
ty in the state legislature several
times and was chairman of the repub.
lican state committee when the repub.
licans rolled up the famous 50, OOC
plurality in lSSS
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-18

While fishing in shallow water at
Jacksonville, Fla, j. c. NoolSes of
Cleveland, o., upset his boat and, in
spite of the efforts of his wife, who
was with him, was engulfed in the
quicksapd which composed the bot
tom.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-18

COLUMBIA, Mo-, Feb. 15.-Rurii, the
two-year-old daughter of Allen Blake
more, IL farmer of Harrisburg, was
playing around an open CRATE with
some paper when the paper caught fire
and burned her about the breast and
face. She lived only few hours.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-18
The News Of Kansas
and the WOrld----s~zM

Twice each week, while it is fresL
and interesting, can be obtained
for the cost of an ordinary weekly
paper by reading e.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-18
Livery Barn.
That is the business
we are in. We have

VIC al = III. w nav V
followed it for a great num-
Der of years and are better
prepared now than ever to
serve the public. No rig
will be sent out that is not
in perfect condition and no
team will be hitched up that
cannot go to the end Of the
road. Telephone calls (No,
32) responded to promptly.
PRICE & TILLETT
SOUTH STREET,
lola, Kansas.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20
TALK ABOUT LETTERS.
Never Communicate With Friends fn.
Writing When Depressed or
: Low-Sp1ritesl. y

To write letter when one is suffer-
ing from ft.of the blues, from tempo
rary or chronic depression, thus,send-
Ing forth ones melancholy to become
the chilly wet blanket which cnn
smother another's happiness, is short
sighted. Out comes the bright sum
shine, and your clouds vanish; but your
darlly and wretchedly conceived letter
has gone beyond your reach, and you
cannot recall it, and it is busy about
its baneful errand when you are in.
no frame of mind to own that you sent
it out. Years afterward it may fall
into the hands OF your heirs, and may
lay at your door the charge of q ten
dency of insanity, or be quoted in evil
sdence,of your spiritual OF mental weak
ness and infelicity. Refrain from
writing letters when you are in q low
mood.
Another point, and this has to do
with the letters of well-known people
What right hns the public o.the init
mate knowledge, the unveiling. the rev
citation caused by the publication of
letters when the helpless dead car lift
no hand for their own defense OF pro-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20
TREASURES IN ART.
Spain Hna Thousands OF Beautiful
Paintings of Almost I'M
cniculRble Value.

Spain has not been stripped of all her
wealth. She is in possession of riches
that @ rapacious conqueror like the
great Napoleon would have taken with
out ceremony She has treasures i'll
books, manuscripts and paintings
which would eminently grace the Ii
braries and galleries of the United
States.
For example, in the Royal picture
gallery in Madrid there are 1000 can
vases, among which are some Of the
most beautiful pictures in the world.
There are ten paintings by Raphael, 4s
by Murillo, Ga by Velasquez, 90 by Van
Dyck, G. by Rubens, 43 by Titan, 25 by
Paul Veronese, and ten by Claude Lor-
raine. No one could hope to get to-
gether to-day such q collection. in
which there is scarcely picture that
is not artistic work Of the first class;
and the writer who estimated that the,
1000 paintings are easily worth $780,
100000 spoke wisely and well within
reason.
The duke of Veragua, who came over
here in 1888 at the country's expense,
who was entertained in royal man
ner, and left with anything but friendly
feeling for the United States because
a popular subscription to pay his debts
was not raised, is the owner Of books
and manuscripts relating to his great
ancestor Columbus, which are almost
priceless. Among them ore books that
were owned by Columbus himself. a
writer in The New York Times, in re-
viewing this subject, says with fine
irony. considering Verngua's character,
that possibly the duke might be pa
triotic enough to help his country by
disposing of the correspondence Of CO.
lumbus, which he prizes SO highly"
These artistic and literary treasures
represent an immense sum of money,
and at one time during the war Span
ish paper suggested that while the
treasury was practically empty it.
might be supplied with money by dis.
posing Of these works.
But the suggestion was not adopted,
and Spain may congratulate herself on.
the fact that she was not opposed by q
grasping enemy. IF she engages I'M
another war, and at it's close finds her.
self again In her present predicament,i
she may expect to lose her pictures and
literary possessions. Philadelphia In
quirer.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20
THE PRESIDENTS WIFE.
Alrs. n1cKinIey win DO Her Full,
Share in Entertaining socl-
III. ETY. This Winter.

The latest picture OF Mrs. Mckinley
shows her looking remarkably we'll;
the picture is very pretty one Of .
profile with the eyes looking serenity
ahead. That is one Of the charms Of
Mrs. McKinley's face - its perfect
serenity-and person gazing on this
face can easily believe that the presi-
dents home has been q 'haven Of
peace"
Mrs. McKinley's invalidism, which
her friends say is now much improved,
got her in the habit of wearing her hair
short; then she discovered that short,
wavy hair was becoming to her. Now
she wears it done in such way that
one can scarcely tell whether'it is long
or short.
\ Mrs. Mckinley is very tasteful wom-
an in dress. She wears soft effects
around her neck, and is said to be OPP
posed to the tailor-made style of dress
ing. as too severe and unfeminine.
Mrs. Mckinley is one of the many
women now prominently before the
public as the wives of statesmen who
We're not poor in their youth; she never
knew the struggles of the washtub and
the frying pan. Her father was Il bank
er. and though this does not, mean a
great deal in a small place, it meau ut
comfort for her. She entered mercan-
tile life as his assistant, and took a
great interest in the work, rot from
necessity, but from pleasure. She re-
ce1Ved q fine education at one of the
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20

seninaries for young ladies in Ohio,
and remained there until she was well
fitted for q teacher.
Her friends have been carefully
chosen and the most of these have been
professionals, for she is very fond of
artists and musical composers Though
reports say to the contrary, Mrs. Nc
Kinley is distinctively q societyowoman,
and she goes out whenever her health
allows her and some times when it does
not. She is clever conversation alist.
and Is well known for her pcpartee
Mrs. Mckinley is one of the most de-
lightfuls hostesses in Washington and
will entertain quite often during the
winter. With herself as first lady Of
the white house, Mrs Hay as the leader
Of the cabinet ladies, and Mrs. Hobart
as the representatives. society-ap posi-
ton which always belongs to the'wiie
of the vice presidemt-Washin on will
be largely entertained this winter by
homes of wealth. and of the three Mrs.
Mckinley will do her full share.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20
NOT A LOVE MATCH.
Nneen Wilhelmina's Marriage wan
he Largely Governed by Rea-
4: sons OF State.

1t has been widely heralded that the
engagement OF Hollands young queen
and the prince of WED is one in which
love cuts more Of a figure than any
thing else. There is very good reason
TO believe that, while there may be
more affection between the two than is
usually the case in royal marriages, rea-
sons OF state have MS much to do with
the prospective union as anything else.
One OF these reasons has just been
pointed out by European authority.
The royal family and the people of Hol-
land generally want to avoid the posi-
bility that by the marriage Of the young
sovereign to a prince Of ruling fam
lily it might happen after some time
that through Inheritance ruler Of
foreign country might become also
king Of Holland. This might easily
happen if the young queen should
marry prince of any. ruling European
house. The Dutch royal family and
the people OF Holland do. not&wish to
repent the experiences which the coun-
try has had in the past. Such mar
riagcs were the reasons for the Dutch
war Of independence in. the sixteenth
century, and Indirectly for the dividing
Of Belgium and Holland into two king
doms in 1882.
just such consort as was desired by
the Dutch people is found in the prince
of WED, whose family is absolutely
without political influence in Germany.
During the dominance Of Napoleon in
large part of European affairs the
Wieds were deprived of their throne
After the evacuation OF Germany by
the French it was considered best by
the rulers Of all the large German
states not to restore their thrones to
whom were the princes of WED. The
former territory Of the Wicds was
therefore given to Prussia in 1915, since
when the princes of IVied have been
Prussian subjects, with less influence in
Germany than many Of the oldest noble
families. Nevertheless, the WED fam
lily is considered to be Of equal birth to
the other royal German families. Their
title remains, but that is all, as they
have very small family possessions. AS
Dulwer says: "Thc mate for beauty
oAAou1Al bS7 - A1lslll, AloO lllOICy C11CSC,
and when the beauty is also queen this
rule should hold doubly good. The
prince, being IN exceedingly present
able young fellow and without any
chance Of bringing up complications
such as the cautious IIollanders feared,
was just the man to mate with her
majesty Queen Wilhelmina. Hence his
selection. His royal highness is poor,
but his wife will have enough for both,
and she is believed to know enough to
SO manage affairs that her royal con-
sort will be held in check should he
ever manifest such gay tendencies as
have characterized the ruler Of the
neighboring kingdom Of Belginm.-Chi-
csgo Chronicle.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20
FAN PAINTING.
a Kew Fad That VIII BE Popular
with the Ladies This
,,,N Winter, ,1EELtrs

A new lsind Of fancy work ia come
into fushion, and it is one that Is not
likely to be very common, as it requires
considerable talent, knowledge Of
painting, and is, besides, very expensive
work. It is the painting of fans. This
IS not eNactly new, for fans have been
painted on parchment, paper, silk and
transparent material for some time, but
it is now the fashion to paint on yellum,
parchment or pigskin. Even better
than any Of these is chicken skin, but
this is difficult to obtain as vet in this
country, and those fans that have been
that were bought abroad.
The fan should be of medium size,
not large, but yet larger than the en-
pire fan that has been fashiona bic for
so long. The fad is to use two or three
shades of one color-for instance, blue
or brown-and the design can be q min
iature with scroilworls about it, some
odd design in arabesque or Grecian pat
tern, or the design on some old fan may
be copied. Museums are ransacked and
old books rored over to find designs
that are popular to copy. Some women
who are ambitious and really have tai
ent for this sort of thing have copied
the Vatican pictures; others have con-
tented themselves with much simpler
things; and the trouble is with very
simple design that it leaves so much of
the skin uncovered, and this requires
most careful toning down in coloring-
4 most difficult piece of work-and as
yet the fad is only in its infancy, and
there are not many places where this
accomplishment is taught.
After the fan is painted comes an
other difficulty; that's the mounting Of
it properly. Antique shops furnish rare
specimens of carved ivory, tortoise she'll
and mother-of-pearl sticks, and, of
course, these add greatly to the beauty
of the work; but they will not always
fit the design. The most successful
workers buy their sticks first then have
the skin cut, or, at all events, marked
out into the proper size, and then pay
some attention to the pattern on the
stick in the design that is painted.
These fans make most charming we'd
ding or Christmas presents, but, it must
&c we'll understood, it takes some time
to finish satisfactorily, and are, as has
been said, expensive. They are not good
for hard wear, but deserve place in
cabinet or on a table of fancy trifles.
Undoubtedly there win be great num-
Der of these turned out when they are
better known, and when women take
lessons in painting. Every line of good
work will show to advantage, but, alas!
every incorrect line will also stand out
most conspicuously. Painting on vel
lum will certainly be one of the new
fashions before long, not only for such
work as has been described, but for
portfolios, book covers and the thou
sand and one trifles that go on the writ
ing desk. Vellum takes colors most sat
isfactorily, and for anyone who is ar
tistic enough to blend colors well this
work turns out SO that it well repays
the trouble takenin doing it. Of course
slovenly drawing and inharmonious col
ering will give an amateurish effect
which will rob the work of grace.-Har-
o11 DaIaf- ----e-.--y,>,>-
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20
PREVENTABLE ILLNESS.
Lack OF Pure Air In Winter liz the
Most Prolific Source OF Poor
Health and Suffering.

It is amazing how much sickness is
preventable. How much misery, dis
comfort and ill-health the housewife is
often directly responsible for, and yet
how often she is entirely unconscious
Of her responsibility and her failure.
Many person who is called a neat
beyond polishing 'thc outside of the
front door,"
One mother whom know prides her.
self on having her rooms all in order
very early in the morning. She is too
intent upon this to air the children's
beds properly and makes them up while
they are still warm from the previous
night.
For economic reasons she does not
air the rooms thoroughly in cold
weather, as it takes SO much more Ere
10 heat them again. The consequence
IS her children are almost always all
ing.
She says of them herself, "they get
everything that is going
They are accustomed to inhale SO
much poison from the Initiated atnos-
phere of their own rooms that the least
chilling of their bodies or excess in
eating throws them in a state of fever.
This mother is very religious wom-
an and prays every day for the health
and happiness of her offspring, and yet
they are never well, and SO of course
cannot be happy.
The lady of whom am writing keeps
enc servant, whom she leaves to her own
ler
lady herself never descends below the
kitchen to see what is going on in the
cellar. About once or twice year,
however, the neighbors are treated to
very suggestive sight. 1t is the an
nual or scnli-annual cleaning.
No housewife does her whole duty
who does not look into her own cellar
and insist upon its being thoroughly
cleaned at least once a week. Care
should also be taken to allow pure,
fresh air to constantly enter the eel
lar. It is the air from the cellar which
ditfuses itself throughout the whole
cellar should be clean.
Some foolish people have prejudice
against opening their windows at night,
thinking that night air is bad for the
child. The night air is all we have to
breathe at night, and the less stagnant
it is the better for all concerned.
A lady who boards and has time to
look after her neighbors little told me
that opposite her residence there were
only about half a dozen of the sleeping
rooms where the windows were ever
open at night during cold weather.
Every body must know that smallpox,
measles and other cruptive diseases
spread more readily and universally in
winter than in summer. The reason is
this: The poison is allowed to conccn-
trate. It is comparatively undiluted
with the atmosphere.-N. Y. Ledger
Monthly.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20

,ec,..,n. Mucn as we ENJOY geography,
there often comes over us a creepy feel
ing, q sort of SILVER, at the thought
that those who wrote these private per-
sonal letters never intended them for
the perusal of other eyes than those of
the one to whom they were addressed.
Famous men and women should take
precautions during their lifetime
against this invasion of their individ-
hal rights when they are no longer
here.
Letters are endowed with sort of
earthly Immortality, an indestruc-
tibility which resists erything except
the hayres.-Hnrpcr's Bazaar.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20
SMART SKATING COSTUMES.
A Plain skirt, with Vivid Bodice, In
the Graceful and Becom-
ing Thing. ". ii;

All these gay colors of cloth make
florid and not Ineffective show on the
ponds and in the Kinks, where the whirr
Of steel on the ice rises on the frosty
air. A plain skirt, ankle long, with q
vivid flannel or velvetcen bodice is Just
about, the most graceful and becoming
thing n skater can assume.
Camels hair serge is what the skirt
Is made of, and the most startling cons
hinations in color prevail until the
Kinks resemble carnival gatherings.
The biggest and brightest buttons flash
on upper as we'll as neither garments,
and some of these are huge polished
pewter buttons, such as are made and
worn by Dutch men and women on the
frozen canals Of Holland.
Pretty skating costumes from Paris
are respondent with fur or fancy braid
and gay with silver buttons that are in
reality tiny bells, tingling out fairy mu-
sic at every movement of the wearer.
The skirts Of such suits are cut close
at the hip and somewhat full below the
knees, enabling the wenrer to move
with freedom, and adding greatly to
the sum fgrace. Turbans of astrakhan.
broad tail and Persian lamb ore
what the smart skaters wear. These
arc round cap-shaped things, with
tuft of bright feathers like shaw
ing brush sticking up in front and held
by a pin of Russian silver.
very other woman, whether her frock
is silk CIR serge. has depending from
the rear of her basque species Of taii
which is bound to excite interest, if not
applause. It was fully ten years ago
that basques resigned their rear ap-
pcndages, but, like Mary's little lambs.
they are back in fashion, every one
with its tail behind it. Sometimes the
tail is mere bunch Of ribbon ends,
scarcely larger than the sort of thing
rabbit wears, again they are beetle
wing-shaped and fall nearly to the
knee. Coatee, habit, postillion and
swallow tails are the species most fire.
quently seen ut present, and whether
they are pretty or not is another mat
ter; the tailors say they have come
to stay.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20

With the dreariness and desolation OF
cold and rainy nights in November
comes the comfortable thought Of
brightly lighted sitting-rooms, with
hearth fires and good books. There is
nothing more certain 10 make the heart
swell with cheerfulness than this same
combination. After a long day atwork.
when the wind is bowling outside and
the rain is splashing against the win
dows, the flicker of the CRATE fire is
magnetic. One can scarcely force him
self to get up and away from it. and.a
book adds to the attraction. 1t is the
time when the stay-at-home enjoys
himself to the fullest.-Detroit Free
Press. ..--
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20
Camphor balls for winter Use.

Camphor balls, which are SO good for
chapped hands in the winter, should be
made in autumn, so that they may ma
ture and harden completely. They are
composed of lard, two ounces; white
wax two ounces, and powdered cam
phor, half an ounce. Melt these to-
gether, and make into balls when warm
and moist.-Chicago Chronicle.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20
What Pm Snya.

Christmas comes but once year" While
says: "a shame!'
Bess and Nell and Sam. well. say the very
same.
Sue and Harry say: '"Too badv' both in
one accord,
Ma is meek and doesn't speak; Pa says:
Thank the Lord!'
L. A. ". Bulletin
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20
Infanfile Deduction,

IT guess paw hasn't got so much
money this year." said little brother.
what makes you think so2" asked
little sister.
"'Cause he was telling me that it
wasn't right to impose on Santa Claus
just because the old Teller was good
ed.'-Indianapolis Journal.
Daily press. [volume] (Newport News, Va.) 1896-current, 1898-12-20
Thoxe He NOME Want.

f When man says he doesn't want
any Christmas presents, he means that
he doesn't want any that arc charged
TO him at the stores, or bought with
his own money.-Atchison Globe.