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at which no one dreams of cracking a
smile. Then for a second time the lord
mayor and the lord mayor-elect in their
robes of office with the mace between them
drive in the state coach to the Mansion
House to drink more toasts to each other
Lord Mayors Day.
Then comes the great day of all, the i'm
mortal 9th of November, celebrated as Lord
Mayors day ever since 1453, and probably
even before that, although there is no def
mite record of it. Nearly all of the city's
5ll lord mayors have gone through with it,
At first the lord mayors used to walk
from the Guild Hall to the Palace of JUS
tice to take the oath Of Office but the
robes of state were heavy, and after few
hundred years some bold innovator pro-
Vided the mayor with a horse Most of the
mayors were con sortable city merchants
not much used II equestrian evolutions,
and there Is a tradition that somewhere
along in the seventeen hundreds one of
them tumbled off his horse and fell with all
his robes of state into a capacious mud
puddle. At any rate, the present coach of
state was introduced in 1857. and has been
used ever since. 1t cost $4,000, and in these
days of its old age it rolls like a ship at
sea.
This coach. with the great mace sticking
out of the window and the poor mayor
bobbing about inside. is the chief attrac-
tion of the lord mayors show, which
makes the 9th of November sacred. Half a
dozen floats, bodies of policemen, firemen
and other civic todies complete the pro-
cession. which all London turns out to see.
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getting points on the management of so
much dignity; for the sheriffs are the may
or's understudies, and, sooner or later, un
less fate and tradition clash, each of them
in turn will become lord mayor.
All Cut and Dried.
The mayor is chosen from among those
aldermen who have not passed the chair, ="
namely. been lord mayor but who have
served as sneriff. There are more than a
dozen such aldermen at present, and each
in turn. in all human probability, will get
the coveted office in the order of seniority.
But the funny part of II is that each is
voted for and elected with as much serious
ness as II no one could guess what the re-
suit of the poll might be.
A week before the election summons is
sent to all the masters and wardens of all
the city guilds, commanding them to as
semble the liverymen at the guild hall on
Michaelmas day. The civic sword bearer
likewise summons the lord mayor, alder
men and sheriffs. The appointed day finds
them gathered in the great hall Of the guild
hall, with all the citys insignia, mace,
sword, robes of scarlet and costly fur and
all the rest of 1t. The city recorder and the
city remembrancer each carries in the hand
a little bunch of flowers, because in the
dark ages before sewer pipes were invented
the guild hall was not always sweet SMELL
ing and II was the duty of these two Of
fcers to counteract with their flowers any
disagreeable odors that might be about.
The guild hall is up to date now in the
matter of drainage, but that does not do
away with the flowers any more than the
Evening star., 1900-10-27

The lord mayor drives to the Palace of
Justice, on the Strand, and is received there
preceding shows have been, the array at the
law courts beats them, for, added to the
magnificent robes Of the mayor and his
sheriffs, mace bearer, sword bearer and
and ermine of the queens judges in full
dress and the glittering chain Of office worn
by the lord chief justice.
The $4,000 Banquet.
Back to the Guild Hall again for the
crowning function, the lord mayors BAN
quet which rarely costs less than $4,000.
The mayor pays half and the two sheriffs
pay the other half, which is perhaps their
most important duty of the year. The en-
tire corporation of London. from mayor to
common councillors dimes in the great hall.
Members of the royal family are also in
vited and nearly all of the big government
officials. Furthermore, the prime minister
is expected to make speech, in which he
gives forth some important utterance con-
corning the affairs of the nation. In all
1000 people dine, and the wine bill Is
something prodigious. All the food that is
left over is given to the poor.
After the banquet the lord mayor goes to
the Mansion House, and settles down for a
year of such things. His official residence
is grim and uninviting sort of a place TO
hold such an incarnation of fesuNity. IL
was opened in 1853, and cost 100000 Per
haps its most interesting feature is its IA
nous collection of plate, said to be valued
at between half million and a million
dollars. Each mayor is expected to add to
1t the amount of $3.50. He is also ex-
pected to contribute valuable piece Of
furniture. -
The Loving Cup.
Perhaps the most interesting piece OF
plate is the big loving cup used at state
banquets. 1t is presented first to the chief
guest who has to grasp it in both hards,
rise and bow to his neighbor on the right,
who also rises and bows He takes drink,
solemnly wipes the rim of the cup with his
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serviette, bows again and passes the cup to
his neighbor, who bows and repeats the
ceremony. and so on round the table.
Another queer feature of the Mansion
House dinner is the big golden bowl filled
with rose water, which the attendants pass
around, in lieu of finger bowls. Each guest
is expected merely to dip in the corner Of
his serviette.
So heavy are the demands on the lord
mayors hospitality that his $4,000 salary
rarely goes more than half way toward
covering his expenses The new lord mayor
is a rich paper merchant, who married a
daughter of Joseph Haydn, compiler of the
famous Dictionary of Dates. His wife died
last year. and the duties of the lady mayor
ess, as she is called, will fall to his daugh-
ter Kathleen, a young woman who has
earned something of a reputation as poet.
1t Is not known definitely whether the new
lord mayor is a man of sound digestion,
but 1t is reasonable to suppose that he is,
or he never would have accepted an Cff1ce
making such extraordinary demands upon
him in that direction. CURTIS BROWN.
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From the Youths Companion.
More than two hundred years ago a poor
country boy, named Britton, was sent up
to London to work in his grandfathers coal
yard. He remained there until his apprsn-
ticeship was over, and learned to handle
and sell coal, and also, incidentally, to play
on an old bass viol. He had passion for
music. and gladly would have given his
life for it.
But his duty to work for others.
When he became of age he rented an old
house and filled the lower room with coal,
which he sold by day. The upper room,
which reached only by a ladder, he
gave to music. So great was his passion
for his art and his skill in it that gradually
all the musicians of London became his
friends, and once every week many of
them climbed the ladder to the loft over
the coal shed, bringing their vioins. flutes
and other Instruments. Sometimes they
continued playing until dawn.
So great the fame of the weekly con-
certs that the first people in England
sought for invitations to them Among the
performers We're all of the famous masters
of that day-Banister, Hart. and Handel
himself, who presided at the harpsichord;
and among the many titled people who
crowded into the dingy room to hear the
wonderful music We're the Earls Of Penn
broke and Oxford. the Duke of Devonshire
and the beautiful Duchess of Queensoerry.
Britton never gave UP his humble calling.
BY it he lived and helped others to live
happily. For forty years he continued to
sell coal by day to supply the wants of his
body, and to return to his loft al night 10
noursh the needs of his soul. All London
jeered or applauded, but he went quietly on
his way.
Two portraits of him exist, both by VOL
laston; one among his books and instrl-
ments, the other in his blouse, selling coal
The story may offer useful hint 10 ma ny
a young man puzzled In the choice Of mis-
career between the work which he desires
and the work which is most likely to give
him a livelihood.
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The Cause of Signing.

Prof. Lumsden says that signing is but
another name for oxygen starvation. The
cause of signing is most frequently worry.
An interval of several seconds often fol-
lows moments of mental disquetude. dur
ing which time the chest walls remain
rigid until the imperious demand is made
for oxygen, thus causing the deep inhala-
ton. 1t is the eXpira tion following the
inspiration that is properly termed the
sigh and this sigh is simply an effort of
the organism to obtain the necessary sup
ply of oxygen. The remedy is to cease
Worrying
Evening star., 1900-10-27
"The God of BattIes,o

They say that War is He'll" the great &C
cursed"
The sin impossible to be forgiven
Yet l can look beyond 1t at its worst,
And still find blue In heaven.
And / note how nobly natures form
Under the wars red rain. deem 1t true
That He who made the earthquake and the storm
Perchance made battles, too,
ALEXANDER BISHOP OF ARMAGH.
Evening star., 1900-10-27
Why She Was Sorry.

Why She Was sorry.
From the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
"You say your wife threw a plate at
you?"
Eyes, 1t was a fine china plate. 1t broke
against my head"
Didn't she appear sorry after she threw
it?"
"Yes. she appeared very sorry"
"Ah, indeed. And what did she say?"
"She said she was fool not to control
her temper"
Good And what else did she say?"
''She said she didn't believe she could
match that plate again if she. hunted the
town through"
Evening star., 1900-10-27

The Matrimonial Lottery.
From Puck.
Miss Askins--"Do you believe in church
lotteries?"
De Witte-"Well-er-Ir rather like church
weddings"
Evening star., 1900-10-27
Time Flies.

Time Flies.
From the Detroit Free Press.
She-"This love that you tell me about all
seems so new. SO strange"
He-"Why, hasn't any one ever made love
to you before?'
she-"Oh, yes; but not for fully three
weeks -
Evening star., 1900-10-27

"They ought to change the name of that
club of yours" said Mr.. BIBLES wife at the
breakfast table
I'm what way7' /
"They ought to call it the 'Klondike.' "
Il must say that don't see why
For the reason that when man starts
out to go there, there's no telling when he'll
get home again."-Tit-Bits.
Pastor-"And what would you like to give
your pastor for a present."
Rollo (who loves his pastor)-"A phono-
graph
Pastor-"A phonograph! Why a phono-
graph?'
Rollo-"Because papa said you like to
hear yourself talk. k."-Pick-Me-Up.
City Nephew-"What do you think of Dr.,
Pillsbury a physican?'
Farmer Hayroob-"Safest doctor any,
where in this part of the county-nearly
always off fshin' when he's wanted."-
Judge.
When the doctor decides that a woman
must go away for her health. she immes
diately RECEIVERS, and chases after dresss
makers to get ready.-Atchison Globe.
Evening star., 1900-10-27

One of the most interesting applications
Of this compressed gas is that now being
experimental with by Paris automobilists.
The petroleum motors of automobiles oper-
| ate, of course, by gas explosions, the gas
| being produced as needed from the essence
which has to be carried in bulk. The bal
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Americas Needs.

"The gas problem of the United States"
he said. ''is rapidly coming to be this: On
the one hand gas companies, obliged to
compete with the electric light, have every
interest to encourage the use of incandes-
cent burners. On the other hand, the rapid
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-24
THE WEEKS NEWS
3uckeye Churn at Coutant's.

Buckeye Churn at Coutant's.
Note prices in every department at
Stephenson's.
Money to loan on city property,
Bostwick & Acers.
L. b. Kline of Moran was one of
Iola's visitors Sunday.
so pounds of chop for a bushel of
corn at the lola Water Mills.
All goods at Clearance sale prices
in every department at Stephenson's $,
LaHarpe.
A fair circuit in which lola now
holds u job has opened and the papers
report excellent racing.
Earl Richards went to Humboldt
Tuesday and will spend some
time visiting friends and relatives.
No bate to catch the unwary but
every article at absolute Clearance
Sale prices at Stephenson's store in
LaHarpe.
See Stephenson's large Clearance
Sale price list that begins Monday,
Aug. 27, and ends Saturday, Sept. Is,
at LaHarpe.
Mrs. Geo A. Bowlus, Bruce, Lee
and Hazel Bowlus, left Tuesday
for a two weeks sojourn at Colorado
Springs, Colo.
Miss Maude Steinman and Miss
Jessie Bartels left Wednesday for
Oklahoma where they will visit an
uncle of Miss Steinman.
Mr.. Morrison, the Model grocer,
tipped the top notch of the melon mar
ket Wednesday with u water melon
which weighed tifty-seven pounds.
Joe Often is having a huge sign,
forty-siX feet long painted in black
and gold and win mount it on top of
his new building near the Santa Fe
depot.
Mr.. and Mrs. Harmon Hobart left
Tuesday for Colorado Springs
where they will spend month or two
in the hope of benelitting Mr.. Hobart's
health.
On account of the illness of his
mother and sister, Lewis Coifield quit
his place at the Lanyon Zinc Compauy's
plant last week and Rick Hawkins
has begun work in his stead.
Stephenson of LaHarpe has inaug-
urated his, always, celebrated Clear
ance Sale in LaHarpe-now the fur
will fly.
The Northrup ford road has been
fenced up and traffic can no longer
pass that way. This is in conformity
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-24

with the agreement !made with the
commissioners.
Mr.. f. II. Langford and daughter
left Tuesday for months visit
in Iowa and Illinois. Theywill spend
the most or the time at their old nome
IN Carthage, ILL.,
His lola friends We're pleased to see
Rev. Harvey Christian in town TIES
day. He is visiting his parents at
Carlyle and came to town Yesterday
Tor "a Few hours
Mr.. James Fuller and family, who
have lived i'm lola for the past two
years, left Tuesday for Carroll
county, Mo-, where they will make
their future home.
+. X. Taylorwas in from Gas City
Monday and bought spade. 1t
Is supposed that he will be found for
the next few days excavating for the
foundation for that new school house
c.. ., .,
the school teachers and Won viii he
informed with a oroan that "scbooI
bepins two sweelxs from Monday -
This is where the extra month comes
in.
Nh o,d.,1.. ra,, ,,ac,oio5 ..,
used IN live at CarIvle yeors ono oro
VISITING old friends here aoain Mr.
McClelIand.s has for vears been
meat insnector at ono of Tho nool,ira
houses.
MI pno,o nj
ceived a new series of iob tyne tho
very latest ana most ottroo,iva faoae
The natrons of this Office NAV no a.
WAYS assured of strictly nnYto-doto
printing.
At. Wy o,...
NJ ~ - ~. G ,U anu ""usn .er'
month,s Welt in CoIorodo Thou MI,
visit in Deryer ana Co1orodo Cn,i.a.
in the hone Of ,horofttina Nh Ca1
tant,s health
,1a - ~ r.. c,-..
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-24
Does Your
Baking Powder
Contain
Alum 4?

Prof. Geo. F. Barker, MD, University of
Penn. Gail the constituents Of alum remain
from alum baking powders in the bread, and
the alum itself is reproduced to all intentS and
purposes when the bread is dissolved by the
gastric juice in the process of digestion. | re-
gard the use of alum as highly injurious"
Dr. Alonzo Clark: CA substance alum
which can derange the stomach should not be
tolerated in baking powder"
Prof. w. G. Tucker, New York State
Chemist "I believe it alum to be decidedly
injurious when used as a constituent of food
articles"
Prof. S. w. Johnson Yale College,: "I
regard their alum and soluble alumina salts
introduction into baking powders as most dan
gerouS to health"
In view of such testimony as this,
every care must be exercised by
the housewife to exclude the over
and over condemned cheap, alum
baking powders from the food.
Baking powders made from of tartar which
shighy refined grape acid, are Promoive fhealth,
and more efficient. No other kind should be used
in eavenng food. Royal Baking Powder is the
highest example Of pure cream OF tartar powder.
BAKING POWDER co., 100 WILLIAM ST. NEW YORK.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-08-24

ROYAL BAKING POWDER CO., 100 WILLIAM st., NEW YORK.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-08

The effort to make scandal out OF
the allowance to army officers in Gu
ba from the Cuban revenues has fallen
fiat. The president, through the sec
retary Of war. has frankly sent to the
senate all the facts asked for. 1t ap-
pears that up to the first day Of April
a total Of $17,441.66 has been allowed to
army officers for the extra expense
they are under in their administrative
work in Cuba. and these only to Of
ficers holding four positions, those of
governor general Of Cuba, Of governor
Of Hawaii. Of governor of Havana, and
Of treasurer Of Cuba. The allowances
were made by Secretary Alger, and
are justified by the fact that similar
allowances were made, with the appro-
val Of congress. to officers engaged in
the civil administration of Mexico and
California in 1s4s and 1858, respective
ly. 1t may be argued that congress
sional authority is necessary for the
Cuban allowances. but under Senator
Platt's constitutional construction, this
is not necessary. as Cuba is foreign ter
ritory under the presidents military
control 1t would not appear, then as
If the enemies OF the Mckinley ad-
ministration could make any capital
out OF this Cuban business. other
issues are too important for the peo-
pie to worry about such plcayune bust
ness. Those who are always express
ing fear that the president may usurp
too great authority to the danger Of
the republic think the contention of
the presidents exclusive power in Gu
ba should be challenged, but that is
all there really is in the allowance
business. 1t may be. however, that
there has not been sufficient care in
auditing Cuban expenses. but that
would seem to be something for which
the administration must answer to the
people and not to congress.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-08

and an indictment is found against
Governor Taylor himself.
These Goebelites. instead OF search
ing for the murderer, are playing a
game Of partisan politics and personal
revenge. They set out to build up the
seniblance of theory that Governor
Taylor conspired to kin Goebel and to
have the shot fired by an assassin con-
cealed in the official building the gov
ernor occupied. In all the annals OF
assassination there is no charge like
this. a plotter OF murder from ambush
would be an idiot 70 arrange for its
from his own windows.
Goebers bi,terast enemies were in his
own party. and the shot. judged from
feuds. could not. without d.
rect testimony. be attributed to polit-
ieal animus. II the bullet came from
the executive building. a point no;
proved. it is reasonable to suppose that
1t was fired by some one who secreted
himself there to throw suspicion on the
wrong track. Such is the invariable
custom Of stealthy murderers unless of
he mentally unbalanced class. Gov
srnor Taylor has been UNANIMOUSLY per-
secuted ever since last November. His
ife has been in danger day and night
or weeks. He has been continuously
aeked in mind and body by the Goebel
'ang of wolves for the crime Of getting
nore votes than GoebeI received. This
5 the extent of his oftense, and the
people, knowing it, give him
heir profound sympathy.
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-08
THE CASE OF GOVERNOR TAYLOR

ST. Louis Globe Democrat.
Few men in political history have
been subjected to as hard an ordeal as
Governor Taylor. of Kentucky
Through no fault of his own he has
been bounded for months by a venom.
ous party conspiracy. A native Of
Kentucky, representative citizen al
ways. the father af large family, an
industrious man in quite moderate cir
cumstances, he was called by his fel-
low republicans to head the ticket at
the election last November. 1t was
known that his opponent for governor.
the champion Of an unfair election law.
would be the first to grasp its base ad-
yantages. In the election every county
board was in the hands Of Goebel, the
author Of that law. and the state cleo
tion board was of his party. In spite
of this partisan trickery, that must
have added many thousands of votes
to the Goebel showing. Taylor came out
Of the contest with a plurality. The
state election board. composed Of dem
oertas, confirmed it, and Taylor was in
augurated on the day legally named for
that purpose.
In the Goebel law is included the
procedure by the legislature in case of
contest" No definition is made Of
grounds to contest. The senate and
house combined appoint a joint board
numbering eleven members, the names
to be drawn out Of box in manner
prescribed by the law The board of
contest in this case as it came out of
the box consisted Of ten democrats and
one republican, singular dispropor-
tion when the true ratio was not far
from six to five. While this board was
going through the motions of an in
yestigation, every step Of which was
and whose result, regard
less Of the evidence, was absolutely
certain, the murder Of Goebel occurred.
To this day there is nothing known as
to the Identity Of the murderer. The
political associates Of Goebel prevented
an inquest. Their whole effort has
been to charge the murder upon the
republican state officials and through |
hem upon the republican party Of
Kentucky. They sent out Of the state
'or legal help of evil reputation, after
providing corruption fund of $780, 200.
From this witches caldron they fished
witness who played the role of
ellow-conspirator against Goebel, and
m the strength Of whose unsupported
word state officer and other repub-
leans are kept in prison without bail,
The morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1899-1930, 1900-05-08

1t is not a good thing to manipulate
foreign policy for the sake Of inhuenc-
ing domestic politics. andthe present ad-
ministration. at least, has not done it.
1t is an Infamous thing to try to EN-
barrass the foreign policy of the gov
ernment for the sake of influencing
domestic politics. and that is just what
lot of the opponents OF the admin
istration are now doing.