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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30
A BIG RECORD BREAKER.
lola has set the Improvement Pace for
Years but Will Beat her
own Record

The year 1900 will be good year
IN lola. 1897, 1893 and 1899 were al
very good and each saw the town
double In population and wealth, but
the year now upon the old town has
already shown her hand so as to dis
close the contents. Prosperity de-
ponds on labor and lola will have
we'll paid labor as never before this
year.
Twice each month the six smelters
and the three brick plants and the
cement plant pay their men. There
are about 1900 men employed at these
works and, taking all classes of en-
ployes the average daily compensa-
ton is in the neigh borhood of $3.50.
this means $500 q day or 1927, 900
every pay day, or $54, 900 month.
There are fifteen brick business
houses, ell two stories high and
averaging eighty feet long to be built,
to cost from $1,000 to $4,000. The
contracts are now let for mSst of them.
There Is not . vacant house in town
and undoubtedly the history Of the
past three years will be repeated and
several hundred erected this year.
That means that there will be $780,
600 spent for business houses and
100000 spent for dwelling houses.
And that means more work for the
carpenters and brick masons, the
architects, contract rs, teamsters and
common lAborsrs.
Eighty thousand dollars in bonds
have been voted and the construction
of water works and an electric light
plant will be commenced ut once by
the city. This means employment at
good wages for goodly number of
men.
All these things named above are
those which leila has that OF her towns
have not. She IL just as we'll off in
the matter of the thousand and one
daily occupations which make q liv-
ing for hundreds of people. Her
population has increased from 1000
to 5000. The number of people en-
ployed in the stores, and in private
houses is increasing. The creamery,
the laundries, vinegar works, the
Touring mills, the ice plant, the
planning mill, the railroads, all have
q hand In the good times. And o
email town lie supported in the &C.
cupation of furnishing lola with milk
and butter and eggs and vegetables.
Before twelve months have passed,
moreover, the sewer and pavement
questions will have to be answered
One industry brings another and Iols
already has dozen sources OF wealth.
The loafer in lola will find his lot
is cast in hard places in the record
breaking year 1900. The man with a
fat purse and the man with stout
arms will find lola good place to
live in.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30
MAKING CEMENT IN lola
The Plant is Being Tested in Sections
and Works With Perfect
Satisfaction

/ Cement is being made at the lola
Portland Cement Works, the largest
and finest plant the sun shines on.
OF course this does not mean that
he plant is done and in operation, it
merely means that the first section to
be completed has been tested and that
the theory reached by the chemists
has been demonstrated to be correct
by the perfect work of the engineers
The rock has been crushed and mixed
with the clay and shale, burned by
gas and ground by the Griffin mills
and produced a perfect cement. All
the ingredients are found within a
stones throw Of the factory in
quantities that cannot be exhausted
in century and the gas does the
rest.
The first test was made last week
under the personal direction of DR..
Gerlach, the chemist of the company,
and doubtless the most accom- plished
cement expert in the world, and in
the presence of President Holmes and
other officers of the company who
watched it with the keenest interest.
The application of the gas to the
rotary was made under the direction
of Mr.. A. w. Jeffries, who has made
the use of natural gas as y fuel pro-
found study and who will have
charge of that part of the Company's
business. The experiment continued
through several hours and was a sue.
cess in every respect. The required
heat (about 5000 degrees) was pro-
duced in a very short time aud main
tained without difficulty, and the ce-
ment turned out was of the finest
quality. About fifty barrels wac
burned, so the test was thorough
one.
Mr.. Holmes Is 80 much pleased
with the result OF the first test, to-
gether with his success i'm securing
the large acreage of gas territory of
which mention is made elsew here in
this paper, that h. has decided to
recommend to the company that in
stead OF erecting another plant in
southern Indiana, as they have been
contemplating, they double the ca
pscity of this one. Whether the
Indiana mill is built or not, Mr..
Holmes thinks there is no doubt In at
the lola mill will be much larger
than originally planned. And that
means that several hundred thousand
dollars more money will be spent
here In construction than had been
figured on, and that anywhere from
one hundred to three hundred more
men will be employed.
For the benefit of that portion of
humanity which is 80 unfortunate as
to live outside of lola, it might be well
to state that the lola cement plant is
not q small frame affair. like the plas-
ter cement works in the State, but it
Ia probably the most Substantially
built and most extensive plant In the
world. 1t will have cost nearly one
million dollars when finished and has
been built to endure. AS stated be-
fore the raw material can never bp ex-
hausted and the plant has been built
to out last the supply.
No, gentle readeR there are no flies
on lola.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30
Lingering La Grippe Cough.

G. Vacher, 157 Osgood ST., Chicago,
says: my wife had very severe
case of la grippe, and it lett her with
very bad cough. She tried q bottle
of Foley's Honey and Tar and 1t gave
immediate relief. A 90 cent bottle
cured her cough entirely" Price
25c. and soc. Evans Bros.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30
Going Down Hill.

People suffering from kidney dis.
eases feel q gradual but steady loss
of vitality. They should lose no time
In trying Foley's Klndey Cure. 1t is
guaranteed. Evans Bros.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30

And this last copy of an inscrip-
ton painted on board which adorn-
ed fence in Kent. "Notis: II any
mans or womsn's cows got into these
here otes, his or her tail will be cut
off, az the case may be-"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30
An Ounce of Preventive.

Is worth a pound of cure. Try
bottle OF DR.. Caldwell's Syrup Pepsin
and, If properly taken, it will posi-
lively prevent rheumatism or any
other kindred trouble arising from
torpid condition of the bowels, liver
and kidneys. Trial sizes 10 cents
Their sizes so and 81. G.. b. Spencer.
Kansas towns are full of city
tTimmers and the town girls are
staring 1T them to see what the
etuck-up things are wearing and the
boys are staring to see, we'll, well to
see II it's worth while.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30
Seed Potatoes for Sale.

$50 bushels of Early Ohio seed
potatoes, first year crop from north
ern seed, for sale cheap.
ABE l.. TOWNSEND,
HorseshOe Bend.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30

Kansas people may not be particu-
larly in love with England but those
who are going to Paris are careful to
see that they do not sail with French
crews
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30

TOO many people lose valuab BILE
time IN experimenting with cough
and cold cures They should take
Koley's Honey and Tar before 1t lie
too LATE. Evans Bros.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30

When you want something heal to
burn, or sore, or cut, why not
try Banner Salve, which is guaran-
teed the most healing ointment in
the world. Evans Bros.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30

Wherever it has been introduced.
DR., CaldwelPs Syrup Pepsin leads
all other RENE dies i'm curing constipa-
ton, indigestion and sick headache.
1t only costs 10 cents for trial size TO
doses for 10 c,) Large size 90 cents
and 81. G. b. Spencer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30

Eugene j. Hall, the poet ana pub
Usher, says that one dose of Foley's
Honey and Tar restored his voice
when hoarseness threatened to pre-
vent his lecture at Central Music Hall
Chicago Evans Bros.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30
A Little knnMm Enrt-

That the majority of serious dis
eases originate is disorder of the kid
neys. Foley's Kidney Cure is guar
nteed. Try it today If y"u ire MOI
feeling well. Evans Bros.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30

The opposing fac'in.3 i'm the Re-
publican party at FIT Scott have been
united on the platform of Grant
Hornaday for National cOmmitte g.
mau for Kansas to succeed Cy Leland
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-03-30

The anti cigarette league has
pushed The fiends so hard that there
IS talk among the boys of forming an
anti-tea league to preserve their
aunties from the devastations of the
weed
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14

nobody to bail you out. would have to
go to pris-Oh, ! am sure Mrs. Jones
the constable's wife would never make
yea comfortable. DO go, DO go'" she
pleaded, with hands that were clasped
in pity.
But how abou. your duty to Mr..
Barry" he asked
Bother MI, Barry!" she exclaimed.
Then, with gravel living and the
sound of much crunching of small
stones. came Major Smith, the agent of
the Barry estate, and he. seeing them,
pulled IN his ponies with great sud-
denncss and leaping to the ground, ad-
vanced, crying
"Ah, my dear fellow, here you are!
I'm delighted to welcome you to your
own house after so long an absence.
| went to the station to meet YOU and
found your luggage Unly-if we don't
count a message to the effect that you
had got out at Aberavar and were
walking, Should have been back long
ago if that COnfOunded rascal Raven
hadn't stopped me to ask for a re-
duction of rent-said his roof was fall
ing i'm. So | went to see it and found,
as usual. it was all nonsense. Edith
been amusing you, hope?"
II met Miss Smith in the wood, and
" explained the traveller. /.
she knew you from your photo
graph" Major Smith suggested.
Miss Smith blushed.
THE photograph is not in the least
bit like the original" she protested
Nobody ever recognizes it as me-"
said the young man unbushingly. 1T
Is said to be speaking likeness all the
same"
She rewarded him with grateful
glance.
People have said to me-" he con-
tinued, WHO is that ugly devil on
your wife's escrtoire" and -
Your wife,"
Haven't you heard? I'll tell you all
about it, oh, it was quite romance!
It's a beast of photograph, don't you
think so. Miss SMITH"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14

whereabouts of General Miles and his
army and he transmitted the first in
struction from the secretary of war
that General Miles received from
washington after his arrival in a
Puerto Rcan port. General Miles sent
for Consul Hanna and asked him to
communicate with General Macias. the
military governor of the island of
Puerto Rico, and ascertain positively if
the Spanish governor intended to fight
or not Mr.. Hanna did not direct his
message of inquiry to the Spanish
official but he received none the less a
direct and positive answer to the effect
mat General Macias was "A good Span
lard ana would fight.
STRONG AMERICAN SENTIMENT.
There was very strong American
sentiment in the island and Mr.. Hanna
made ii his business to cultivate and
increase this sentiment, believing that
the people would enthusiastically re-
ceive the Americans and desert the
Spanish at the first opportunity So he
made it his business to inform the
Puerto Ricans Of the advantages or
American rule, and showed them how
-N'''N' ~ al tllt'i ~ lSt ana capital WOULD
develop the island. make great public
improvements and project public enter
prices and employ thousands of natives
at better wages than they had ever re-
ceiVed before. He called attention to
the resources Of the island, which was
capable of producing many lines as
much as it did under the burdensome
system of Spanish taxation The ad-
Nantagcs of the markets of the United
States We're presented to the people.
They were told hpm the American laws
would established. All these things he
put into circulation through the secret
service which he organized, and when
penetrated to every part of the island.
So he contributed no small part to the
establishment of the United States in
the island Of Pucro Rico. practically
without a struggle. He had advised
that no small army should he sent to
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14

Stewart. got stock of goods and
q cued a small shop in Broadway, but
customers were slow in coming and
h. painted a big sign. Charles Broad
way RouSs" to attract curiosity. which
he lelieveS was the foundation Of his
sue ,eSS i'm life. OVerWOrk cost him his
cye.iGnt. but he continues - manage
MS business and knows everything
that is going on in his great store.
| asked Mr.. Houss what he consid &.
C,eC the greatest of virtues.
Honesty" he replied; that covers
cVcrythinT."
And what is the greatest Of yicas""
| asked.
"ldlcrcss--that is the source of all
vice; "A busy man has no time to be
bad"
Mr.. Rouss is a practical pEilauthrop-
list, and has given away large sums Of
money. He always gives dollar to
everybody who asks for aid OF sends
him a begging letter
You would not want me to print
that fact" I suggested.
why not?''
Because il would bring upon YOU
multitudcs of anuliCa lions for money"
Let them come. " dishonest man
if I refuse a worthy man the aid he
needs. | will suffer for it as we'll as he.
would rather give $4,000 to people
who do not need il than refuse 81 to a
man who does"
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14

I Surely prisoner had never been treat
! ed with SO much consideration,
In a minut" or two she returned
| somewhat confused.
My father will return soon,' she
said.
Then must wait" he replied.
"Oh, don't YOU mind"" she seemed
| relieved.
mot in the least said he,
She rang bell.
do YOU care for tea or would YOU
prefcr"-shc asked.
Tea, please" said the prisoner,
And tea was brought
"T think ] saw a picture Of this
house in this years academy" said
the prisoner, tea and toast in hald.
Did You really notice it?" she said
with pleased surprise. II painted it,
and Mr.. Barry bought it. Mr. Barry
owns all this property"
Indeed! He must account himself
most fortunate to have so Jealous a
guardian as yourself Thank you-half
a cup"
Then they talked of many thngs-Of
books, of paintings, of poets songs, till
the sun lost some of its youthful Wig
or and they wandered into the garden,
and there the conversation was of 9TH
er things perhaps more human than
that of books or paintings, but none the
less pleasant, and at last they happen
ed on a mutual enthusiasm. and they
enthused until the sun just dropped
behind lofty Craigavar, and a sudden
chill fell upon the jailer and she cried -
My father will be back in few
minutes. Hadn't you better-escape? >"
And we were getting on so well,
too" said the prisoner. with half
sigh.
"Yes-I mean | think you have been
imprisoned long enough" she murmur-
ed.
"Oh, no." replied the prisoner, gal
lantly.
You have-indeed you have. Please,
please go. My father. might adjourn.
or something terrible, and you, with
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14

I the drawing room. "Plcasa sit down" ."
momcter taxed to it's utmost heat re-
| cording limits.
Birds were singing. the lakelet
rippled, and with delicious splashing a
Watcrfallct threw itself in wanton
abandonment into the cmb.a ace of the
all absorbing tarn.
Delicious spot for bathing, but a spot
wasted, Impossible on the farther side
was one who Gazed az our traveller, the
intruder with eyes beautiful and pro-
voked-one attired in kerchier of lawn,
bodice and skirt of print and in other
dainty things.
"a pretty girl" said he mentally.
"A Wrctched tourist" she reflected
The path was winding like a maze,
but surely maZelike it led to an event.
Iul goal? Ii would do no harm to ask.
The traveller meandered on and found
himself i'm space but three or four
feet from my lady of the lake. His can
was off, Said he
"Will you kindly tell me if this path
comes out anywhere near Marleydale?"
Eventually at the village itself" she
replied.
lie thanked her and with steps re-
luCtdHt would nave advanced, but she,
reddening and palng alternately, de-
hied him progress except over her lith-
some self.
please stop" she commanded. "Are
you aware that this is private proper
typ"
II could hardly imagine it was pub
lie" said he.
she flushed angrily.
You are trespassing, " she continued,
and are liable to be prosecuted"
And prosecuted If the notice board
lies not he added.
THE notice board does lie. Some
tourist'--shc began lmpetuously.
Then ] suppose | am not trespass-
ing he queried.
You viii see!" said she, fiercely.
but surely trespass without dam
age is as harmless as a threat that
cannot be carried out?" he asked.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14
PHOEBE A. HEARST.
A Missouri Girl who Became Fa-
mous-Her Devotion to Children.

From Ainslees Magazine.
About fifty years ago Mrs. Hearst
was born i'm Missouri. Her name was
Phoebe Apperson, and she came of
good Southern stock. her father a Vlr-
ginian her mother a South ClrolCiaI.
Her parents ard the parents of Mr..
Hearst were neighbors. and the little
girl, born to the Appersons, was named
for Mrs. Hearst. mother of the boy
who was to her husband. Young
Hearst went to California, rounG, sue
cess. and returned to make his Mis-
souri, sweetheart his wife. taking her
to California while she was SIN in
grlhood. Before she was twenty, her
son was born-the only child she has
had. Mrs. Hearst says she regrets
that she has had only one child. She
would like to have raised a family of
sons and daughters, but as she has
brought up several nieces, and has edu-
Gated and reared the children Of her
kith and kin, to say nothing of the
countless children for whose education
she has provided in the kindergartens
she has endowed, and the young
geniuses she has schooIed in Europe,
she seems to have done her full per-
SpIldi uuly W humanity.
In appearance Mrs. Hearst is slight
and not tall She gives an impression
of fragility which is scarcely carried
out by her ceaseless activity. Some
times the nervous cXertion tells on her,
and she is forced TO delegate social
duties to her assistants. Although she
employs a corps of secretaries, Mrs.
Hearst always opens her letters. Il is
.i..tf ,.f
the woman. And this. although her
mail runs into hundreds of letters a
day. Most of them are begging let
ters from people who do not know that
this sympathetic and charitable wo-
man is too wise to give except through
organized channels.
Mrs. Hearst's hair is pale brown,
slightly sivered with gray. It is part
ed at the middle and ripples away at
the side in "A Madonna-like coiifurs
very becoming to Mrs. Hearst's benign
expression and regular features. Tho
eyes large, full and gray, and the fore
head well shaped and pronounced In
intellectually. The lips are rather
thin, delicately curved ana almost
colorless. There is very little color in
the cheeks,
In spite of her life in the public eye,
and the Importance which her position
has thrust upon her in spite Of the
responsibilities of her wealth. Mrs.
Hearst has a horror of publi,:ty. She
has been interviewed many times and
has been misquoted many times. she
cannot see why she cannot ba left e
lead her life in her own wav, and she
does not understand why the public
should be interested in all she Hoes
and says. She is quite sincere in say
ing that she does not see that she Is at
all extraordinary. She has not vet
realized that an unselfish person, de.
voted to the public good. with no
thought of self and no desire for self
aggrandizement, is the most remark
able being on earth.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14

Investigation proved that it's mate had
assisted the prisoner in making it's cs-
cape. The fox had worked away in
the side until it had bitten a board
loose from its fastenings.
This. however was not sufficient TO
permit it TO get out unless the board
was lifted up. The board was
lifted up from the outside as the
teeth marks ON it show, until the
prisoner crowlcd To liberty Tracks of
another fox were seen. and there is
no doub, that IN mate came after
the fox inside The Ncrib and looscncd
the board ard held it up.
JUST BETWEEN Us.
The sad, pcni,ontial season is clos
ing. and butchers and hddlcrs are not
sOrrN.
The early crow cuss is ahead of the
bclatcl 2rocus this year.
Rabies are tn salt of the earth
Ladies' Home Journal. Heretofore they
had been regarded as IA little fresh.
\ Scranton ChiropodiSt is said 10 be
worth $4,000. It is rare that a man
amas8cs such "A fortune from achers
not hereditary.
The sermon is always short to the
woman who wears new bonnet to
church for the first time
1t is not safe to be the fourth friend
of him who has had three before and
lost them.
IN SUSQUEHANNA COUNTY.
The surveying for the Hallstead
chain f1stp'.N. opO1nlatg1
on account of the continued illness
Of his wife Rev. ID. G.. Barnes, pastor
Of the Lane sboro Methodist church,
expects to retire from the active min
istry al the coming session Of the
Wyoming conference. He will locate
i'm Montrose.
Gala Neuman of Great Bend, is Sc
riously Ill.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1900-04-14
THE SCRANTON TRIBUNE-sATuRDAY. APRIL H. 1900

anchor. He knew Of the arrival and de-
parture of every Spanish warship. He
knew Immediately OF the movement Of
Spanish troops, simply upon the receipt
of one of these commercial kilograms,
addressed to a real or fictitious firm in
st. Thomas by some real firm in Puerto
Rico. He was in position to contradict
all the wild reports which were sent
out
Ships of Admiral SIMPSONS fleet
called often at St. Thomas for infor-
nation. Mr. Hanna was always in a
position to give them the latest infor-
nation. He knew which Spanish gum
boats were in port, which had gone to
sea, and which were getting ready to
go, and everything else that related to
the Spaniards in that part Of the
world. BY his information he enabled
the American warships to capture sew
eral vessels loaded with supplies for
the Spanish government.
Consul Hanna was able to know cv-
cry day such of the plans of the COVER
nor general Of Puerto Rico as were
made public. Mr.. Hanna was the first
official to report to Washington the