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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27

gambled it away, partly in speculations,
until finally the lady's patience wore
out, and she refused togive him further
sums. For some time the fellow absent
ed himself, but lately came and joined q
social party atdinner at the Countess's,
and afterward asked for more money.
The Countess refused to give it to him,
and ordered her servants to refuse him
admittance, if he came again. Mastel-
loni shortly after presented himself, late
at night, and, when the servant refus-
ed, pushed by her brusquely into the
chamber of the Countess, turning the
key in the lock. The servant-girl
heard Mastelloni renew his demand for
money. The Countess ordered him to
leave her room, and tried to get to the
door, but from the noise the girl knew
that he pushed her back upon chair.
At the same moment there was q pistol
report. The girl broke the glass in the
door, wounding her hand, and reaching
through turned the key in the door. As
she did so there was another report, and
Mastelloni fell upon the floor. The
Countess Laura was shot through the
head, and a glance sufficed to show that
the wound was mortal, although she
was still breathing. Mastelloni had
placed the barrel Of the pistol in his
mouth, and the ball lodged in his brain.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27
A Thrilling Adventure.

A New Albany telegram of the 18th
says: At the time of the breakup
thirteen boys were skating on the ice
opposite this city, and two men were
walking across. The peril of these
parties was fearful for q time. The
ice seemed to rise up fully two feet,
and broke in every direction and moved
down with great momentum. Eleven
of the boys escaped to this shore, and
one reached the Kentucky side at West
Louisville. The other, Nick Belvey,
aged ten years, when within five feet of
the shore, lying fiat on cake of ice, it
broke in two. and another cake rose up
and crushed him beneath the wave, in
spite of the efforts of q party of men
who were trying to rescue him. The
scene was fearful, and the cries and pit
iful walls of the poor boy as the ice
ground him to pieces caused strong men
to weep. The efforts of the two men
to escape were fraught with imminent
danger. One Of them, Isaac B. Friens,
gave himself up for lost and knelt down
on the ice to pray, after bidding the
other good-by. He was induced to rise
and make another effort, and succeed
ed in reaching the shore.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27
WILL BE HAILED WITH DELIGHT.
philadelphia Press.

: II, on examination, the agreement proves
thoroughly practical, Just and equitable,
and free from Objectionable features, its
adoption will be hailed with delight BY all
who are hoping for speedy revival Of BUSH
ness; and the vote given for the proposition
in each committee was 80 nearly unanimous
that there seems to be good reason for be-
lieving that the basis Of satisfactory settle
ment has been established. The aversion Of
the great body of the American people to
prolonged and bitter strife over the returns
Of the election, and the desirability Of cheer.
full acquiesence by all parties In the results
OF the situation which will perhaps, receive
their best recognition In the approval of the
report upon which SO much labor has been
expended. Fully confident Of the strength
and Justice Of the Republican cause, we be:
lieve that any fair and unprejudiced tribunal
must necessarily decide the disputed ques-
lions in q manner that will lead to the in.
auguration Of Hayes and Wheeler.
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sHALLiT BE APPROVED!
lChicago Inter Ocean.

The Inter- Ocean does not desire to make
any factious opposition to the plan of the
Conference Committee for counting the
Electoral vote. 1t recognizes fully the i'm
portance of peaceful solution Of the pend
ing troubles, and appreciates to the utmost
the desire of the people that the present
disturbed state of the public mind should
be set at rest. But we cannot but question
the wisdom of q measure which will again
open the door of uncertainty, and make it
possible to infiict a calamity upon the coun.
try in the inauguration OF Samuel J. Tilden.
We want to be generous; we want to be
magnanimous; we would like to do an ex.
ceptional kindness to our political enemies;
but when such kindness must be shown at
SO great q cost and at such imminent peril
to the country, we must hesitate. We
have 1856 votes, legal votes, fair votes. just
votes, for HAYES and Wheel.
er. In the absence of legislation
they will be SO counted and declared under
the Constitution, and any opposition to such
declared result will be simply revolution.
Is it wise in face of this fact to give away
this advantage in the manner proposed?
Are Republicans willing to do SO? II they
are, if the discussion of the question dem.
onstrates the fact that the people are willing
to be SO exceedingly generous to such an
enemy, an enemy that never lost an OppOr.
tunity to inflict mortal wound upon them,
the Inter- Ocean will submit quietly and as
gracefully as possible. But until such fact
shall be shown we shall continue to insist
that the straightforward way is the right
way, and that it Is always best to be just to
our friends before we are generous to our
enemies.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27
An Italian Tragedy.

The Countess Laura Erdendy de Ker-
eek, descendent of an old Hungarian
family, and widow of the Count de Ker-
eek, was recently assassinatad in Nice
by one Mastelloni, who seems to have
been q combination of lover and dead
beat. She was about 80 years old, of
fine personal appearance, an irreproach-
able character, and great charity to the
poor. She had been courted by Mastel-
loni, who was q handsome and interest
ing man, and who became engaged to
marry her. The Countess gave him
money, from time to time, and he-had
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27

TIE Popular Science Monthly gives
good advice in regard to the prevention
Of colds. The mistake is often made
in taking great care to put on extra
wraps and coats when preparing for
outdoor exercise. This is not at all
necessary in robust persons. Sufficient
heat to prevent all risk of chill is gen.
Grated in the body by exercise. The
care should be taken to retain sufficient
clothing after exercise, and when at
rest, to prevent the heat from passing
out Of the body. Indeed, persons very
often catch chills from throwing off ex-
ira clothing after exercise, or from sit
ting about in garments the material of
which is not adapted to prevent the ra-
diation of heat from the body.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27
ADEQUATE TO THE EMERGENCY.
CSpringfield Republican,

The plan by which the Joint committee
Of Congress almost unanimously propose to
count the Presidential vote is by all odds
the most statesmanlike measure proposed
in Congress with such weight Of authority
for many sessions. It is statesmanlike be-
cause 1t is in harmony with the spirit and
practice of our institution 8, because it is
n0n.partisan so far as is humanity possible,
and because it is completely adequate to the
emergency, and, SO far as mortal vision can
GO, to future emergencies of this kind. tits
not revolutionary, it Is constitutional, it is
right, and it is sufficient. This plan will
command the enthusiastic support of the
great mass Of people, who love peace and
fair-play, who blush at national shame and
who pray heaven to avert civil strife. 1t is
more to vast numbers Of people than the
success Of their own candidate would be.
To have an honorable settlement, and one
which Commands the assent of the country,
is more to either candidate than to succeed,
and, we trust, more to either party.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27
fHE ELECTORAL BILL.
Comments OF Prominent Republican
Journals.

Comments OF Prominent Bepubl1cen
THE PEACEFUL SETTLEMENT.
lChicago Tribune.l
The report of the Joint Committee of Con.
gress on the subject Of counting the Presi.
House, and will be debated and considered
during the next ten days. 1t is an tmpor.
tant measure, the necessity for which so
impressed itself upon the Partisans who
composed the Committee that they yielded
their own convictions and their own wishes
to the higher considerations of the pubic
good. When seven Republicans and seven
Democrats, selected because of their parti.
san predictions, unite upon plan Of set
Ting the difficulty which threatens the
peace Of the country, it is safe to assume
that the measure is about as fair and just
to all parties as can be expected from or.
binary human nature. The bill will be op.
posed by two classes of persons holding
widely different opinions:
/. Those who believe that the Constitu-
ton has placed in the President of the Sem
ate exclusively, and free Of all control by
Congress, the power to count the Electoral
votes, including the power to determine
which of two or more returns from State
shall be counted.
3. Those who believe that the House Of
Representatives have, by q majority vote,
Of the vote Of any State, thereby defeating
the election made by the Electors, and OBJ.
tanning Jurisdiction to elect president by
their own body.
1t is proper that these extreme partisans
should be reminded that all Republicans do
not agree with them, nor do all
Democrats. ......We submit that no par
ty can afford to brave and defy public
opinion to the extent of rejecting
this measure. 1t will be insisted-is
already insisted by the extremists-that to
submit the questions involved to any trf.
bunal save to the President of the Senate,
betrays q want of confidence in the legality
of the election of Hayes and Wheeler, when
the fact Is that to refuse to submit the ques.
tions of law to the determination of the five
Justices of the Supreme Court betrays q
want of confidence in the justice and legal
ity of the election of Hayes. That will be
the universal verdict of the country should
the Republican party refuse to consent to
this arbitration, and, come what may from
such refusal, the judgment Of the people
will be that the party that refuses this arbi-
tration confesses the weakness of its cause,
and resorts to civil war to bolster up claim
that can not bear the test Of Judicial inves.
tigatiOn.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27

sentatives Of the two parties. The reyolu-
tionists OF France hardly tore old tnstitu.
proposing to do IL OF immeasurably more
Importance than the question whether
Hayes or Tilden shall be President. The
Nation can survive the Presidency Of either.
But after this revolution Of the Constitution
in the matter electing the President, and
this usurpstion by Congress TO say who
outside persons to decide, it is not likely
that we should have any more elections of
President by the people. Nor could re.
spect for the Constitution remain after this
assumption by Congress Of power to set it
aside.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27
PODUlaPieY.

The popularity of Messrs. James 8. Kirk &
Co.'s soaps, manufactured in Chicago, is
shown by the unprecedented sale which their
goods have reached during the year 1876. This
by far is the largest soap manufacturing con-
Germ in the United States, producing and selling
in all parts Of this country, from the Red River
of the North to New Orleans, and from Port
land, Me-, to San Francisco, q, OOO, 0OJ pounds
annually No so-called greases enter into these
soaps. Only pure refined tallOw and vegetable
oils are used, containing no adulteratiOn. Fair
and square weights always reliable. This Is
why their soaps are SO popular with all good
and economical housekeepers.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27
PATCHWORK COMPROMISE.
rIndianDOlia journal

From what has been said our readers may
infer that the journal regards the proposed
plan as irregular and extra-constitutional.
1t is at best mere temporary makeshift,
sort of patchwork compromise, by which it
is to decide q present emergency without
deciding principle aud without much re-
gard to principle. 1t is plan which finds
no support in the Constitution, and which
will not stand the test of time nor of popu-
lar scrutiny. II adopted now it will be re-
pealed before another Presidential election,
for it will establish the precedent that the
every election must be decided by a new
rule.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27
HONE INTERESTS.

To DRIVE Orr VERMIN.-Cayenne
pepper will keep the pantry and store
room free from cockroaches and ants.
FEVER AND AGUE REMEDY.-With
the juice of 8 lemons put double the
quantity of pure Holland gin, and take
a wineglassful three times day.
CHICKEN SALAD.-Boil chickens,
bone, chop fine; chop as much celery
as chicken, or, If you esire, take half
celery and half cabbage; boi! 10 eggs
take the yelks only-cream them, add
I of pound of butter, little vinegar,
mustard, salt, and pepper to suit your
taste.
QUICK WEDDING CAKE.-2A cupfuls
flour, u cupfuls sugar, cupful butter,
4 cupful milk, 2 eggs, tablespoonful
rum, ! nutmeg, pound of raisins, t
pound currants, / teaspoonful soda.
OLD-FAsHIoNLD GINGERBREAD.-2
cupfuls New Orleans molasses, cupful
melted butter, 2 eggs, 2 even table,
spoonfuls soda dissolved in hot water,
l tablespoonful ginger, little salt, and
-four sufficient to roll out; bake in two
square tins; mark with knife half an
inch apart on top.
PooR-MAN's PUDDING.-1 cup mo-
lasses, of sour milk, 4 cup butter or
beef drippings, teaspoonful soda, flour
to make as stiff as can be easily stirred.
Use raisins as taste or purse dictate.
Put in spouted cake-tin and steam 8
hours. Eat with sweetened cream, or
any sauce preferred.
WASHING FLUID.-1 box concentrat-
ed lye, ounces carbonate ammonia, 2
ounces salts of Tartar, 3 ounces borax.
Dissolve the lye in gallon of soft wa
ter, and the other ingredients in sepa-
rate vessel in another gallon of soft
water. When thoroughly dissolved,
mix both together, strain, and keep
closely covered tight. Soak the clothes
over night in warm or cold water; in
the morning wiring out; soap dirty
spots; put to boil, with one teacup of
the fluid, in cold water, as many pieces
as will fill the boiler; do not add more
fuid, unless for very large wash; then
wash through one suds and rinse as
usual.
OYSTER SCULPTOR INvALIDs.-P
the largest oysters; remove half dozen
from the can, one at time, to . plate:
Insert fork into the solid flesh, and
with sharp knife make slit up and
down and across the abdominal cavity;
slip the point of the knife under the dark
mass thus exposed and thoroughly re-
move it, being as nice about it as you
would in dressing any other fish, for
the abdominal foulness of one is as I'M
suited to the weak stomach as the 9th
er. Put into stew-pans; pour out prop.
er share of liquor, pint of water and
half gill of cream; add salt; pepper if
there be no fever; a teaspoonful OF
lemon juice, or two of pure cider vine
gar. Bring just to the boil and pour
into dish. Break in cracker or nicely
toasted thin slice of light bread. A lit
tie fresh butter makes it richer.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27

GEN. GEORGE WASHINGTON was pre-
else in dress, and probably had many a
pleasant little vanity of his own. In
the camp at Cumberland (l775) there
was but one mirror, and that set in the
end of a powder-horn used by his friend
and comrade Col. Zachary Lewis. By
this mirror Gen. George shaved his
chin every morning and completed his
toilet. The powder-horn is now in
possession of one of Col. Lewis's de-
scendants, resident in Richmond. The
holn is still suspended upon the plated
leather string by which it hung at the
soldiers side.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27

HORACE GREELEY said that of the
thousands he lent the most he ever re-
ceived back was a $5 note inclosed in q
letter, and upon tracing out the writer
of the letter he found it came from q
lunatic in the Utica Asylum who never
owed him q cent.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27
THE WASHINGTON PRESS OPPOSE IT.

THE WASHINGTON PRESS OPPOSE IT.
The National Republican calls on the
Senate, as the bulwark of freedom, to stand
by the Constitution and established prece-
dents, which give its presiding officer the
right to open the certificates and count the
the votes; "Compromise with wrong,'
says the Republican, "means and deserves
defeat, and 4, 1000, 900 loyal voters will cry
out in indignation against the proposed
mixed tribunal, which means nothing else
than making President by a toss-penny,
dice.box ARA cement.
The ChoOnicle argues that, whether the
power of counting the votes belongs to the
President of the Senate or is lodged in Con-
gress, the plan is unconstitutional, and tri-
fes with the intelligence Of the Nation.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27

HATcH's UNIVERSAL Cough SYRUP has
been in use Is years, and has always been
warranted to cure, and is now sold by over
5000 druggists, who say they seldom have q
bottle returned. Msny of the best physi-
clans in the country prescribe it as the best
remedy for coughs, colds and GROUP within
their knowledge. Pleasant to take, sure to
cure. and should be sold by all druggists. 1t
should be in every family, especially those
with croupy children. Try it and you will
always keep it. Two sizes-5O cents and
$1.OO: Put up by D. W. Hatch & Co., James
ton N "
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27
A COMPROMISE MEASURE.
(St. Louis Journal

Like all measures Of compromise it does
not please those who feel certain that no
compromise was necessary. We have held
that the President of the Senate is author
lied by the Constitution to count the Elect.
oral votes. Democrats threaten to 60 to
war over that proposition. Therefore, the
joint committee determined to place the
power in the hands Of another man not yet
named. The decision Of the President Of
the Senate would be conclusive and final il
Democrats were willing to obey the Consti.
tuition. A. they are not willing to abide by
the provisions Of that instrument they will
perhaps be permitted to avail themselves Of
an opportunity to back down gracefully.
As partisans we should not have advised
such compromise. As partisans we should
have insisted that the Constitution ought to
be enforced; that the President Of the Sen.
ate ought to open and count the votes. We
have no doubt Of the correctness Of this Pc.
sition. But it seems that Senators Conk.
ling, Edmunds and Frelinghuysen were un.
willing TO insist upon such . construction Of
the Contribution. They therefore agree to
compromise.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27
VEGETINE
HAS ENTIRELY CURED ME.

BosToN, October, 1870.
Mr. H. r. SrEvESs:
Dear sir-My daughter, sffer having aseyere attack
Of Whooping Cough, was left In feeble state Of
health Being advised by friend. she tried the VEG
ETINE. and. AFTER using few bottles. was fully re-
stored to health.
/ have been Q great sufferer from Rheumatism. I
have taken several bottles Of the VEGETINE for this
complaint and am happy TO say i has entirely cured
me. have recommended the VEGETINE to others,
with the good results 1t 10 great cleanser and
puriner Of the blood; 1t 10 pleasant TO take, and can
cheerfully recommends
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27
MERELY A DEVICE.
New York Times,1

1t is merely to stave off the settlement of
questions which can and ought to be decided
at once, and it renders possible the occur
renee of q Presidential interregnum which
would neither be creditable nor profitable
to the country.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27

The blood in this disease Il found to contain an ex-
cess Of abrfn. vIeErIyE acts by converting the
blood from its diseased condition to healthy circu-
lation. vEsETrNK regulates the bowels. which ID
very important in this complaint One bottle Of vEa
EfINR will give relief; but, to effect . permanent
cure must be taken yulariy and may take several
bottles especially in cases Of long standing. VICE.
TINE is sold by all druggists Try IT, and your YER
dict will be the same a. that Of thousands before you
who say, II never found much relief - from the
use Of vEeETISK," which IL composed exclusively Of
odrks, roots and herbs.
"vEGETINE," says . Boston physician, "has no
equal O. blood purifier. Hearing Of its many won
derful cures after all other remedies had failed,
visited the laboratory and convinced myself Of its
genuine merit 1t is prepared from barks roots and
herbs each Of which Il highly effective and they are
compounded in such manner - to produce aston
ishing results.n
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27

and Affections Of the chest, Bro,cn's Bron-
ehi,d Troches," are of value. For Coughs,
Irritation of the Throat caused by cold, or
Unusual Exertion Of the vocal organs, in
speaking in public, or singing, they produce
beneficial results
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27
MANHOOD's vIGOR

Is lost when the body is wasted ~ Dyspepsia Sick
Headache or Liver Complaint. For this pitiable
cond ton TUFTS Pills are . specific. The viRor
and elasticity of YOUTH and buoy ansV CT Spirits VIII
follow their use. Is cents. Is Murray Street. n. Y.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27
SETTING ASIDE THE CONSTITUTION.
ICincinnati Gazette.l

Sober people outside the air Of the Capt..
tai are amazed to hear Of such propositions
to set aside the National Constitution being
entertained and actually agreed to by repre-
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1877-01-27
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