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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
PRIZES FOR KEEPING CLEAN.
The Unique scheme of n benevolent
English squire Fniis Ia Receive
EncOurngcment.

The scheme of Cumberland squire,
w. l.. Alexander, of Lorton, England,
for encouraging habits of cleanliness
among occupicrs of cottages in Cocker
mouth. has been abandoned, after
~ months trial, says London paper.
Mr.. Alexander lately gave formal no.
tice of the failure of his scheme to the
Cockermouth urban council. The
scheme was carried out for a period of
six months, with the result that 10 of
the competitors received prizes. twas
then decided to continue the work for
another year, to increase the amount
of prize to los, providing not less than
five applications were sent in, and to
reduce the rent qualification to IS Il
week, to include only the very poor
est classes.
But rs the number was not nearly
reached, the Society for the Promo
Mr.. Alexander thinks the scheme
Jailed because the women did not care
10 have their domestic arrangements
laid open to the eyes of the lady visitors
and because the husbands felt az
rricvcd that it should be thought nee
essary TO pay their wives for doing that
Wtich they ought to hc proud To do
without needing such prompting,
This healthy and independent char
lctcristic of the Cuwbrian is, Mr.. AicX.
audor says, to he encouraged and re-
srcotcd. Although disappointed 81 the
result of his experiment. the Lorton
squire thinks that il was been Indirect.
~ productive Of Il considerable amount
OF good in Cuckcrmouth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
A NIMBLE COIN.
Manner Returns to Its own
cr's Possession.

One day lately TWO men went into a
drug store and one Of them made
purchase that amounted to 25 cents.
lie handed the clerk silver quarter
which, just as the clerk was about to
take it, slipped from his fingers, says
the Philadelphia Times. Those pres
ent heard the coin strike on its edge
on the floor, but heard no further sound
of it. Everyone looked on the floor for
it, but it could not be found. There
was no crack into which it could have
rolled, and nothing behind which it
could be hiding. This caused much
establishment, for all saw it fall and
heard it strike the floor. After search
ing in vain for it'for some minutes the
drug clerk said: "Well, never mind, we
shall probably find it, and the two
men walked out.
A half block away the friend, chanc-
ing to look down, saw that the other
had on pair of linen trousers which
were turned up at the bottom. There
was the solution of the mysterious dis
appearance of the coin. lie called his
friends attention to it, and there the
coin was found. II had struck the floor
and bounding up had noiselcssly lodged
in the crease Of the trousers, thus earn
ing its owner its value in merchandise.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
TAGALoS AS FIGHTERS.
tinsuished Themselves for Brav-
cry on Many Occasions.

The military qualities of the Iagalos
inspired the Spaniards with wholesome
respect Making due allowance for the
difficulties of fighting in Il jungle, and
allowing something for the remnants
of Spanish discipline retained by the
rebels, it must be admitted that the
race has some aptitude for war. Taga-
10 regiments helped the French TO con-
quer Cochin China, and they formed the
nucleus of the "eyer-victorious army"
led by Ward and Gordon. Nor were
their brown faces unknown in the
American navy of the last generation,
where at least one Of thea was good
captain ON the maiutop. They are in
dustrious in intrenching themselves,
good marchers, largely Independent of
quartermasters and commissarics for
shelter and supplies. Most of the fight
ing Of 1896 was done by natives against
natives, and many companies were
tragically true to their salt" at later
periods. Their natural instincts for
pillage and revenge have often yielded
to discipline and sometimes to argu-
ment. Gen. Primo de Rivera has de-
clared that foreign domination can only
be maintained by a native army, and
certainly no modern conquest is on rec
ord as extending itself many miles be-
yond the range of naval artillery.
The capacity Of the Filipinos for self
remains improved, although
so many have died to maintain their
claim to that high estate. Many Amer-
cans must regard as sheer impertinence
the reply of Filipino journalist to an
American writer who assured the world
that the natives were quite incapable of
successful self-goverpmeut: at is good
to have definite information and TO
know where we stand. We are told that
we cannot govern ourselves successful
ly. That seems hard saying, but at
least it leaves us one certainty: we shall
have TO govern ourselves unsuccess-
fully; that's all"-lTarper's Magazine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
LIBERTY STATUE.
visitors to DcdI0c's Island Complain
of the Wcnk Lighting md of
Neglected GrOundB.

The grounds about the statue of lib
erty on Dedloe's island are in sorry con-
dition, the grass left to grow wild, the
steps and outstanding approaches
weather-worn and uncared for. \ fru-
gality recalling the thrift of the early
Dutch settlers is conspicuous in the
mode of lighting the big stair
way, and the entire place at
this city's show time of the
year, when more people go to it than
at any other. wears an aspect the re-
verse of creditablc. The one boat that
carries visitors to the island disgorges
between 70 and 50 persons every hour of
every week day in the summer, and on
Sundays the number carried on each
trip mounts well up into the hundreds.
These visitors are nearly all out-of-
town people, sight-scers who deter
mined before they left home that a
trip to the great statue out in the har-
Dor was one of the things not to be
missed on their New York visit. Some
of them buy 50-cent clligies of the statue
in glass and metal on the boat before
they ever get there, and before leaving
the island search the ground over for
bit of granite the base is made of, or
some other souvenir of the place to
take away with then.
I'm a good climber when there's
light to see by" said middle-aged
woman the other day. as her tourist
party paused on the third landing in
the ascent to the stat"c. but, my, those
weak little lanterns. They would hard
~ give light in pantry closet, and not
half enough of them. and just set down
on the floor at that! You girls feel
your way up furthcr. If you want to,
but I'll go here by the door and wait
for YOU
"Why, those little hand-lanterns on
the landing are no better than a farmer
uses to light the way TO his COW she'd"
said a man who had tried Intellectually
to induce his wife to make the ascent.
81 don't believe they burn ten cents
worth of coal oil here in a week. They
have only got lights on every other
landing
"And the lanterns don't smell pleas
ant" said his wife. with housekeep-
cr's observation. "The glass shades
haven't been washed or the wicks
trimmed in a month Of Sundays"
1t is said that tho use Of the statue as
a sight-seers Mecca and as n money
making enterprise is leased by the gov
eminent to three of New York's citi-
zeus, who conduct the matter as suits
them best, perhaps with but natural re-
gard for their selfish interests. 1t is a
limited schedule that is run by the
boat, and occasionally visitor of an OBJ
serving tUrn Of mind is heard to re-
mark that he can go all the way to
Coney Island and back in n fine big
boat for what il costs to make the short
trip to the Liberty statue in an out-of-
date, dingy old tub that looks risky,
and is crampcd in accommodations
N Y Post
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
MAKING UP FOR LOST TIME.
Pleased when the Right
Time Came.

A writer I'm the Des Moines Ua.)
Capital remembers Il good many years
ago when the late Ezekiel Clarke was
member of the state senate from
johnson county. 1t is well known that
the senator or member from johnson
county is always expected to get Il
large appropriation for the state uni
Versity. 10 fail would be political
death. senator Clarke was anxious to
succeed, and during the early part of
the session voted for everything. If
another senator had "A bin all he had
TO do was TO go and whisper in Eze-
kiers ear and he would vote FAYE" One
day, however, Ezekiel came into the
senate with hair cut and clean shave.
lie sat upright in his seat and began
TO slaughter. right and left. State Sem
ator George +. Wright looked across
20 where the senator from johnson was
sitting and inquired what change had
come over the senator from Johnson
county. The other senator replied that
the appropriation bill for the state uni
versity had now passed both houses,
and the senator from johnson was go
ing to make up for lost time. Clarke
kept on punching heads until the sem
ator from jefferson. Moses A. McCuid.
rose and solemnly introduced a bill for
an act cntitled "An act repeating the
appropriation for the state university"
A broad smile passed around the room,
and everybody except the senator from
johnson saw the joke. But the spirit
of levity passed away from Senator
Clarke, he at once resumed his hum
BILE attitude, and the other boys voted
him as usual during the remainder of
the session.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
MONEY IN HISTORIC SPOTS.
Dirthplnces OF Famous Men Are
Worth Considerable In n Spec
uIatiVc Way.

Last year no fewer than $4,000 peo-
Pile passed the turnstiles which guard
the entrance to the little room in which
Burns first saw the light. In 1896, the
centenary year of Burns death, the
number reached $4,000, and as two
pence is demanded from each visitor
n very simple calculation will show
what a large sum of money is annually
obtained by this means.
The cottage is very humble one
storied little erection, with "A matched
roof, and the poets father, when he
first went to live there, would have
opened his eyes pretty widely had any
one been able TO tell him what a sum
was one day TO he received for it.. The
place was bought from him (after the
poets DEATH by a corporation OF shoe
makers, who afterward sold it to the
present trustees for 10000.
Another famous birthplace which at.
tracts large number Of people is thar
of Thomas Carlyle at Ecclefechan,
which is 20 or 80 miles north OF Car
isle. There is no fixed scale of charges
for visiting this cottage. but as 1,2Oj
people climbed the stairs last year and
each probably left something with the
caretaker it win be easily seen that
here, too, is nice little property.
There are other places, more or less
well known, scattered about in differ
ent parts of England and Wales, which
the tourist often visits. Shakespeare
is still a veritable little gold mine to
Standardization. People from all
parts of the world make pilgrimages
to the little Warwichshire town in or
der to see the famous poets birthplace.
The charge for admission TO the house
is six pence, but ms an interesting mu-
scum is usually visited at the same time,
for which an extra sN pence is de-
manded, few persons leave the build
ing without leaving one shilling behind
them.
Then there is Ann Hathaway's cot.
tage to be also seen. This is n mile
away from Stratford, at the pretty little
village of Shottcry, and it is where the
poets wife was wooed and won. The
writer, during n recent visit to it, was
informed that on an average 100 peo-
pie a day all the year round came to
see the cottage, and as each visitor
pays six pence, 81 500 or $1,000 a year
be made out Of it.--Chicago Chron-
iCle
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

Among those who are most confident
Of the decadence of preaching ability in
these days are the men who never 60 to
church.
Bishop Hanlon writes from Uganda
that 1000 natives have been converted
10 the Catholic church during the last
four years.
a church clock at llarbornc, near Bir-
mingham, England, was found to have
stopped, on account of bees swarming
in it and filing the works with honey.
1t took two days to get the honey out.
Hubert llerkomer has been elected
professor of painting i'm the schools of
the Royal academy in place of Sir W..
b. Richmond, who is responsible for the
mosaics in ST. Paul's cathedral, and who
has resigned
Heidelberg students do their best to
enliven the town. In four weeks in
July 1902 students were arrested for dis
orderly conduct, which on several occa-
sions amounted to n riot" in which n
dozen or more students were engaged.
Since 1900 the Catholic church has
canonized 90 saints and beatifed 800
other persons. OF the 416 only So were
women; &c in all were Italians, &C Span
iards, 81 Portuguese, IA French, 10
Dutch, 5 Belgians, 2 Poles and Ger
mans.
In remote parts of Scotland the old
Covenanters' love for long services on
the bare hillside still fingers. At Ding
wall recent communion service in the
open air lasted from ten n. m. until four
p. m. without eXhausting the staying
power of the congregation.
Russia is putting the screws on stu
dents. In future all students who Gre
ate or instigatc disorder, whether in the
university or out. will be sent into the
army to serve from one to three years.
The regulation applies also TO those
who persistently refuse TO continue
their studies. Another regulation or
ders the removal from the lists of all
married students, as improvident mar
riuges are Il cause of pauperism.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
SENTIMENTAL OVER TREES.
The Telling of Twelve Giant PopInrs
Creates omething of
Sensation.

The cutting down of the row of 10
giant poplars on Forty-eighth street, as
told in the Chicago Inter Ocean recent
ly, created a veritable sensation. The
trees stood in the middle of the street,
in the block between Grand boulevard
and Calumet avenue, and were felled so
that the street might be paved. 1T was
big job, and workmen are still busy
saving up the huge trunks. Everybody
stopped and stared with all their eyes
There was almost as great n variety of
comment as of spectators. While some
were merely curious, the majority
seemed to become possessed very quick
ly by n sort of "woodman-spare-th
tree emotion" Those who approved
of the work were a very small minority.
One man was heard TO say:
"That's good; now they can fix up
that block SOS it'll look like some
thing"
I'm glad of it," said one petty soul
in the shape of women; I've always
wanted to ride my bicycle through that
old mudhole of a street"
But, as rule, the women shook their
heads and looked sentimental over the
downfall of the half-century giants.
Sometimes they added: "What "A shame
to cut down those beautiful trees" or
"What can those men be thinking OFF,
The men used harsher language. One
man stopped, looked on moment in
disgust and remarked so that every
one, including the foreman, could hear
him:
"lf owned property in this block
YOU fellows would be looking into the
mouth of shotgun"
While the last tree was being felled
Il quiet old gentleman, who seemed too
meek and gentle to say "Shoo!" to "A
fly, walked straight up to the foreman,
looked him in the eye, and, with infinite
contempt, said, firmly:
Save the last one TO hang your
self on"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
INCREASE OF DEAF MUTES.
OIntermnrrlaEc--st
of Authorities.

The census of 1890 showed Al ,2S3 deaf
mutes in the United states. But it is
admitted that tie list is defective, so
many parents and relations wishing to
conceal defects that TIE ccnsustakers
could not got accurate .1ta. In 1870 the
number was lc.2J5. tatistics show
that the uumbcs OF teaf mutes is in
creasing ut Il uuch ester ratio than
the total population'uri that more and
more deaf mutcs are marrying deaf
mutes, and thus proTagating a defec-
tive variety OF the race
DR.. W. W. Turner The late principal
of the American asylum, in Hartford,
TIE largest institution in the coun-
try where deaf mutcs are received,
shows that the number of congenital
deaf mutes is multiplying with in
creased rapidly. He cites one case
where woman lived to see 1G deaf
and dumb grandchildren.
He declares that every consideration
of philanthrophy, as we'll as the best
interests of congenitGiiy deaf persons
themselves, should induce their teach
ers and friends to urge on them the inn
propriety of intermarriagc. Years ago
there was one deaf mute to every 1900
of the population.
Prof. Alexander Graham Bell, the
celebrated inventor, married a deaf
mute and has written "a Memoir Upon
the Formation of Deaf Variety
of the Human Race" After extern
sive research he made this declaration:
"The indications are that the con-
genital deaf mutcs OF this country are
increasing at greater rate than the
population at large.
"And the deaf mute children of deaf
mutes are increasing at greater rate
than the congenital deaf mute popula-
ton.
"If the laws of heredity that are
known to hold i'm the case of animals
also apply TO man, the intermarriage
of congenital deaf mutes through n
number of successive generations
should result in the formation of a deaf
mute variety of the human race"
Reports of the American asylum, at
Hartford. show that 80 per cent. of the
pupils admitted had deaf mute rela-
tives. Cases showing as many as 10
deaf mute relatives to one individual
were found. There were more than
10000 deaf mutes i'm the United States
who belonged to families containing
more than ono deaf mute.
More threatening still is the state
ment of DR.. Henry l.. Pcet the deaf
and dumb specialist. He declares as 4
result OF his researches that the nor
nal hearing brothers and sisters of a
deaf mute are about as liable to have
deaf children as the deaf mute himself,
N. o. Picayune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
THE YAQUI WAR.
Large Forces OF the Indians Being Mobl-
lized at the Base Of the Mountain
Near Sahuripa, Mex.

Ortiz, Mex, Oct. IN ilitary scout
ing parties reaching the military mob
ilization point at TORN, this state,
report that large forces of Yaqui In
dians are being modified ut the base
of the mountains to the north of that
place near Sahuripa. 1t is estimated
that there are fully $500 Indians there
at present and additional arrivals are
coming in all the time. At the present
time the Mexican forces numbering
some 5000 troops in all, are modified
in or near TORN, and it is understood
the object of their concentration at
that point is to move into the Yaqui
country at an early date and open up
active and vigorous warfare on the In
dinns with view of driving them out
and ending the war at once. At pres
ent with $500 men at their disposal at
Sahuripa, which is considered the key
to the Yaqui country, the Indians may
be able to hold their own against the
troops with even halfway fortifica-
tiOnS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
OntrIch nTcIenhnninr.n

"When the eggs on the ostrich farms
of California are ut the point of hatch
ing" says Charles Il. Holder, "a curious
tapping of the shells may be heard.
This the keepers call 'telephoning.'
The sound is caused by the chicks in
side the eggs endeayoring to break out.
Those which cannot easily emerge are
assisted by the mother bird, which will
sometimes break an egg from which
the telephoning is heard by pressing it
carefully, and will then aid the chick
to get out. At the Pasadena farm, the
sight of boy riding an ostrich as he
would pony may sometimes be seen"
Youths Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
SETS HATS STRAIGHT.
Mnu who Dcncs Feminine Tradition
in This Way IL II window Trim
mer-Snys IL Draws Trade.

To ask any man to put woman's hat
on straight would be considered the
height of the ridiculous by nincty-nine
women in every hundred, but there Is
a man in Chicago who sets more female
hcadgcar straight in II day than the
most fortunate woman, in the way Of
millinery, possesses in a year, or even
in several years.
He was seen at work in state street
store recently. and his actions aroused
the curiosity and wonder of pedestrians
until they came near enough to see
what he was about. With crush felt
hat pulled down over his eyes, he stood
ON the sidewalk in front of large mil
linery store and gazed intently into the
window. Every few seconds he made n
motion with his hand like that 10y which
surveyor in running a level directs the
work of an assistant who holds the rod.
~ little higher; not quite so high; now
a little to the left" All this he said by
silent gestures many times.
For three hours he kept at his task.
and when he finished the large win
dow was filed with women's hats, every
one OF which some woman would be
Likely to call dream" or dear little
bonnet" when looking into the window
next day.
at makes all the difference in the
world" he said, when asked why it was
necessary to take such pains in placing
the millinery on view. ~ fine hat in
the window. If not set straight and true,
will look as ugly as the same hat on a
woman's head when not properly put
on. 1t is the experience of every large
downtown milliner whose sales depend
in measure on trade attracted through
window exhibits that if hats are placed
in the windows topsy-turyy little atton-
tion is paid to them, no matter how
choice or expensive or in how good taste
they may be- The aim is to place every
hat in the window in such Il position
that from the street it will look just as
it would appear to one woman If seen
by her on another woman's head and
worn at the proper angle"
And every leading milliner and dry
goods merchant in Chicago, for this rea-
sou, keeps in his employ at least one
window trimmer who is an adept at put
ting women's hats on straight, and who
could give lessons to most women in
this art.-Chicago Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20

The delicate white mantles used in
gas lamps consists of mixture of two
rare earths-thoria and ceria. For
some reason not yet clearly understood
these substances must be confined in
a definite proportion in order that they
shall give the maximum of light. Pure
thoria, or pure ceria, made into n man
tie, give only about one-eleventh as
much light as mantle containing 90
per cent, of thoria and one per cent. of
liberia. The remarkable thing is that
so light quantity of ceria added to the
thoria should so enormously increase
the illumination, especially in view of
the fact that combination OF equal
quantities of thora and ceria gives prac-
tically no light, becoming barely red
hot in the gas flame.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-10-20
SPECTATORS SNOOZE.
Case Tcstify Amid perfect
Chorus of SHORES.

Among the curious features of the
Dreyfus trial there is one that is quite
unique and which never Calls 10 sur
prise and amuse the casual spectator,
says the New York Sun. Whenever there
Is few minutes lull on account of
inaudible or uninteresting testimany
the audience promptly goes to sleep,
and it frequently happens that a wit
ness testifies amid II chorus of snores.
1t happened few days ago that two
journalists of international reputation,
while enjoying a quiet nap, dropped
their heavy canes with great crash
on the floor. The audience awolte
startled, some jumping to their feet,
thinking in their dazed condition that
some outrage had been attempted.
Since then the gendarmes have care
fully gathered up all sticks and UNI
brellas, partly, of course, to prevent
their use as weapons in case of re-
newed outbreak of passion similar to
that which occurred recently.
The explanation of this popularity of
the Rennes court-martial Is the fact
that nine-tenths of the audience Is
composed of correspondents, whose
duties keep them abroad until one
o'clock in the morning. They are
obliged to rise again at five, and il
really requires an unbroken series OF
exciting incidents in the court to en-
able them to resist the overpowering
sleepiness which seizes them when in
terest flags.