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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-01-14
The Dread Diphtheria.

The Governor of KharkOff, Russian
province, reports that during the year
1879 the number of deaths from diph-
liberia alone was 1000, and for the first
ten months of 1880 no less than $500
inhabitants have succumbed to the
dreaded disorder. This would be a
frightful statement for the great State of
New York, but the entire province does
not contain population greater than
1,750,nO. The death rate, therefore,
f,om diphtheria is shockingly high.
The report is suggestive of several
important differences which may be
turned to account for our especial adj
vantage. In the first place, the NOR
tally in Kharkoff from diphtheria con-
clusively diminishes, if nothing else had
done SO, the theory that diphtheria is
due to sewer-gas. The capital of the
province, CT the same name, is manu-
featuring town of about the size of SYRIA
cuse, in this State. Not being situated
in a particularly progressive country, it
may be taken for granted that the sew
er-gas factory-namely, the sewerage
system of Kharkoff- exceedingly min
ute. The Russian does not trouble him
self very much with sewers, even in
aristocratic Moscow or imperial St.
Petersburg. In the province at large,
among q rude agricultural peasantry,
the sewer is probably unknown. In
other provinces the conditions are about
the same. And yet, in this one in par
ticular, diphtheria has become epidem-
ic, carrying off some $1,000 inhabitants
in two years. There is only one con-
clusi0n to be drawn by common sense
from this presentment of facts-namely,
that sewer-gas has nothing whatever to
do with diphtheria.
But the fact that the disease has ragged
through the Empire of the Car for
years does point to one very important
fact, namely, that Russia is either the
starting point of the disease or else that
it lies very close to the starting point.
1t is admitted that while the disease may
be endemic, that is, find Judgment
more or less permanent, it is in general
epidemic, as Is shown during the pres
emit season. It has followed steady
course 80 far this winter that it has
swept over this continent, until the cities
of the West and South have been over
taken by it. In this respec: it resembles
two other pestilence.. Asiatic cholera
and the plague, or black death, whose
movements have been well defined.
Careful observation has shown that b 18th
have their origin in Asia, cholera rising
70 the importance of an epidemic at un-
certain periods along the low, steamy
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-01-14

ALTHOUGH it is almost the universal
custom in the trial of jury cases in the
State Courts to follow the old beaten
track of leaving the case to the arbitra-
ton of s'twelve good men and true,n
this course is not always followed. 1t
not infrequently happens that through
the illness of juror or from some other
cause a trial is had before the remaining
eleven jurors. Very rarely, however, is
a jury narrowed down to single juror,
as was the case in a trial the other day
Before Judge Van Brunt, of the Court of
Common Pleas. In 1877 a number of
clerks were dismissed from the Fire De-
partment. A final determination of the
Court of Appeals, at which tribunal the
cases were finally heard, decided that
the employees in question had been i'm
properly removed from their respective
positions and that they must be restored
to their desks. During the litigation the
discharged clerks were out of employ
ment for six months. Suits were brought
for their salaries against the city, as they
we're unable to find other employment
from the time they were dismissed until
reappointed. The last of the cases was
tried yesterday before Judge Van Brunt
and one juror by consent of counsel. Mr..
Boswell D. Hatch appeared as counsel
for the plaintiffs, and Messrs. E. II. La
combe and Cole for the city. The one
juror heroically gave his verdict for the
plaintiffs, as instructed by Judge Van
Brunt. It was not considered necessary
for one juror to retire to the jury-room
to deliberate.
ga jury of one,' - remarked lawyer,
''has one advantage cant disagree.
"And it Is great saving in the way
of jury fees" another said. 1.-THE only
wonder is that such trials are not more
frequent.
~ guess it is not generally known
that this can be done," observed yet an
other.-N. 7. Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-01-14

GEN. w. w. WOODF0LK, who served
in the Florida and other Indian wars.
died in Nashville the other day, aged
eighty.one years. He was the richest
man in Tennessee at the breaking out o.
the war, his property consisting OF
plantations, slaves, and blooded horses
of national fame, but at the time of his
death he was comparatively poor.
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emory she hadn't bit of color near her, and
it's likely that what with the white dress
and the white bonnet the minister thought
the marriage had been arranged between
the two all along, and that the couple had
intended staying after the concert to be
joined together.
Well, the last blessing had hardly been
Hattie-I mean Mrs. Bachelor, bad luck to
her-made one rush for them before had
time to warn Miss Carrie. "Wish me JOY,
wish me Joy this minute! Pm married, Pm
marriedv Miss Carrie looked turned to
stone, and drew her to seat to try and
hide her faintness. believe her silence was
the first sign that let DR.. Graham know for
certain that the wedding was unexpected to
Mr.. Bachelor, for when Miss Hattie's LLs.
band saw how Miss Carrie looked he sort Of
groaned and said, "What have I done -
very low. Miss Hattie heard him, but she
wouldn't notice but went on chattering to
Miss Florrie, and laughing good deal when
Miss Warburton called her BY her new name.
Then knew Miss Florrie had been in the
promise to help Miss Hattie all she could,
and 1 can tell you lust wanted to choke her,
/ did! 1t twas all along of her Miss Carrie
was dragged upstairs. / never, no never,
did feel SO outrageous in all my days; and
do to this moment when I remember Miss
Carrle'S expression anu MI. b3tcneliOr'S
white face, when their glances come across
one another.
Well, DR.. Graham, he seemed to get more
scared, and he spoke most sOlemn-like to the
bridegroom, and began asking great many
question which he ought to have put before
he married the two; but Mr.. Bachelor, he
pretended to be very happy and satisfied
and all that. and began to hurry the party
away. 1 did think sthat Miss Sanders. n
would never have strength to walk, she
seemed to have lost the power Of her limbs;
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1881-01-14

ts lTs
Bachelor asked Miss Carrie to 60 to q
church with him some way of to hear the
music that he said was real beautiful. Some
way that mink Miss Hattie got to know
about it, and she says, quick as lightning,
for heard her, "Let's make up party, :"
says she, as bold as you like; " the more the
merrier!" Natural like, the poor man
Miss Hattie does, and tells her she's going
to ask Miss Warburton to 60 along. Mrs.
Wells, she was agreeable to any fun for her
spoiled baby, and then she calls me. "Ask
Johnnie Taylor, too" heard Mrs. Wells
say, as come into the room; "he's very
go with you to carry wraps and make herself
useful" Johnnie Taylor" says Miss Hat
tie, quite Grossly; "don't you know better
than that, mamma, and Carrie with us?"
And she winked very slyly, but l saw her
plain enough. There's no use" says she,
scowling, for Mrs. Carter to go; the wealth
+" Mrs. Carter will co." says Mrs. Wells. in
her most settled way, 81 wish it." And
when it come to that tone, Miss Hattie didn't
dare to say "beans!" You see Mrs. Wells
knew what kind of girl she had been her.
self, and she didn't trust any of them very
far.
Well, you never see anything sweeter than
Miss Carrie that night, IN be bound. It
bunch OF little fOrget-me. n0ts at the throat,
and blue hat to match set wee bit back
from the pretty fair curls that came down
on her forehead. She did look like picture,
and just hoped Mr.. Batcheller would have
things settled that night, once and for all. II
you could have laid eyes on Miss Hattie! II
she hadn't fixed up in her most expensive
white dress and lace trimmings, that Master
Frank used to call the rag-bag! Poor dear
boy, he was off to the West for good and all
when he couldn't marry Miss Sanderson,
and he didn't know no more about dress
than an old cow. But he was real good,
spite of that? He couldn't abide that frock
Of Miss Hattie's, but she thought it was real
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drag his wife up with him. We all know the
pair. We have seen them in every condition
and class. He married her twenty years ago.
pretty, delicate young thing, ignorant and
lil-bred as himself. He has pushed his way
INTO different social level; summed and broad
ened his life and habits of thought in the So
ciety of books and of men of culture and re-
fnement; she has grown more narrow, more
ignorant, more weak than before in drudging
in the kitchen and nursery. There are thou-
sands OF such cases in the country to-day, and
the husband in such strait is as much to be
pitied as the wife, God has not Joined them
together.
The number of marriages among very young
and immature people is not only smaller of late
years, but those between men and women con-
siderably past their middle age have increased
Nobody but school-children, to whom love is a
dream which belongs solely to the giggling
age, now feels inclined to laugh at such alli-
ances. They are often matters of convenience,
founded on motives of respect, comfort or
suitability, which usually result as happily as
any action of grave import, carefully weighed
and resolved upon by experienced people, is
likely to do. Why should not an intelligent,
home-loving man and woman, left companion
less in middle age, form partnership of mu-
tuL help and comfort for their old age?
Often, however, they are sincere love-
matches, founded on that real passion
which grows more profound, if less SEN
sitive, with the strengthening of other fac
ulties. Another change in the statistics Of
married life, il We can call them so, is that,
while regard for the sanctity of the marriage
vow is each year less respected in our fast and
fashionable class from Boston to San Fran
fhsa for
the mass of the American people. The divorces
which are obtained so easily in Indiana, aud
which bring on us such contempt from other
nations, are for the larger part sought by nat
uralized citizens, not by native-bon Americans
1t is fact, and a most significant fact, that
the Mormon community is wholly composed of
foreigners and the children of foreigners who
emigrated as Mormons.
Whatever may be our national sins, that of
contempt for marriage and domestic ties does
not belong to the mass of our people.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-31
MR., COVLEY,.g g CRIME

The report Of the committee of Episcopal
cleIgymen upon Mr.. Cowley's case refusing to
present him for trial III court of the Church.
has had prompt sequel. Mr.. Cowley has ad-
dressed letter to tho press, in which he cx-
hlbIts himself as q martyr worthy to be in
cuded In a revised version of FOX's Book. and
asks for subscriptions 70 aid him in getting a
vindicatlOn. HO says he is as innocent az was
Pierre CALAIS of tho hanging Of his hayward
son in 1761,' and as General Lally, execnted
for treason In 1865" He finds o precedent for
his new cause in tho "appeal to the world for
the clearance Of the Toulouse mystery by Vol
taire hinself," aud begs Tor contributions for
printing the evidence given before the ecclesi-
astical committee, and taking such other stems
as may be necessary for his justification, declar-
Ing that he can show hs entire innocence OF the
crime OF which conviction was obtained "by
the manufactured excitement of the time. the
perjury OF witnesses, the terrible exaagerations
OF she press, and tho peculiar management Of
the prosecution" He therefore asks this com
mun1ty to choose whether it will countonance
and seal this terrible wrong against him or
whether 1t desires to have those children. who
:" were tutored to falsify, tried for perjury or
whether it will aid in publishing the over
"whclming testimony which proves him inno-
"ecnt." Every man has q right to fight for his
reputation, OF course; and THE TRIBUNE has
DO hesitation in recommending all persons who
believe MIR. Cowley to DO an injured man, or
think that his case is open 10 doubt, to aid him
in tho way he asks; but if Mr.. Cowiey means
by his strange intimaton respecting trials for
perjury that he has any thought of institutinp
criminal prosecutions against the little children
who testified ut his trial, he will not find the
public response. to his appeal what he would
Like.
Is might have been supposed that Mr.. Cowley
had seen all the agitation of his case that he
desired. His conviction was procured by the
efforts of the Society for the Prevention of
Cruelty to Children, upon the evidence of the
victims Of his cruelty or criminal neglect, and
to the universal satisfaction of the public. Nor
does the report of the ecclesiastical committee
leave him in much better position. The
committee frankly acknowledge that the report
Is based upon incomplete evidence by stating
that most of the persons alleged to be capable {"
of giving evidence against Mr.. Cowley had
stood aloof," while access was denied to
others. Qt Is also stated that much new and
favorable evidence was presented.) The finding
was TO some extent restricted by the technical
procedure of the Episcopal Church. The COM
mittee could present him for trial only upon
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good for those who are interested in other brancbs
OF study, or those who read merely for amusement
IL Is one OF the many ways in which learning hos
become SO cheap and accessible that we are IN
danger OF neglecting opportunities because thew
demand no effort from us.
Every now and again some recondite prjncin,a q,
law comes up to puzzle the lay reader By the con,-
mon law of England it is a punishable offence 70
promote or foster actions at law except On the ma
OF those actually interested. This is termed chan
pcrty and maintenance, and is punishable az mis-
oemeanor These laws have been abolished here
except In cases Of disputes as to real estate bat i;
England they are still in force and a summons has
been granted at the Bow Street Police Court srainet
Mr. Newdegate NJ. p, for " maintenance y that l.
furnishing the sinews of war in the action broucht
against Mr. Bradlaugh. Mr.. NewdeQste has baa
some experience IN this sort Of business. He was n
member OF the Church association which snent
SNoo,ooo m prosecuting clergymen for ritualistie
practiceS So long as his attention was turned in
this direction no one said q word but when he At
lacked MI Bradlaugh, notable infideI. the law
mas been invoked. Evidently the rule of The Church
TO turn the other cheek when sInitten Is NOT annr
GATED by the unlucky member for Northamuton
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-31
CLIN1TE IND RECREdTTON

The stimulating, quickenng Influence of our
climate has been the theme of much nb;lo-
sophie comment. What peculiar electric
force is hidden in our air to drive men to ex-
haustive effort has not been explained, but that
such subtle energy exists passes current for
unquestioned truth. Naturaists assure us that
even the animals and insects of America live
more intense lives and hurry through their little
cycles of growth and decay at q more furions
rate than creatures OF similar organization in
the moister and less variable atmosphere of tho
Old World. The climate there is more conser-
vative. Our fiercer sunshine does not stupefv
but rather fires the brain into more fever;sh
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-07-31

charges Of immortality or crimen the term
immortality having in this sense a technical
meaning not appearing in this discussion. The
Committee were therefore limited toa charge of
crime, and concluded that they could not make
such an accusation. While they found Mr.,
Cowley "deeply culpable " in the case of Louis
Victor, and severely blamed and condemned
him, they could not pronounce him guilty of a
"crime " in Intentionally or deliberately stary-
ing" the children under his charge, and were
therefore compelled to refrain from present.
ing him for trial. This decision has not satisfied
the public, who believe that Mr. Cowley's treat
ment of these children did constitute crime of
which a Church tribunal could take cOgnizance
with at least the same breadth and promptness
as secular court. But lit must be apparent, at
the same time, that Mr.. Cowley cannot claim
that he has been "vindcated."
The central fact of Mr.. Cowley's career in the
Shepherds Fold did not come to the surface in
the Commuters report. The Shepherds Fold
was in certain sense speculation. Some one
friendly to the institution procured the passage
of an extraordinary law in 1871, which directed
the Controller to pay to the Fold the sum of
So, 600 annually. No provision was made for
a per capita allowance, like that under which
other charitable institutions receive aid from
INC Guy, anu no requirement. as TO LIlc number
of children the institution should have to en-
title it to such generous annuity. There was
dispute between the City and Mr.. Cowley, the
former declaring that the Shepherds Fold then
existing was not the original institution, and
the latter claiming the allowance for three
years during which it had been withheld, or
$4,000. 1t was necessary for Mr.. Cowley to
keep his Fold intact, while this suit was pend
ing. No one therefore has over supposed that
he was Intentionally and deliberately starry
ing" his children to death. 1t was to HIS in
terest to keep them alive--not too much alive,
but just alive enough. 1t was also to his in
tercst that no scandal should creep ont touching
his administration of the charity And here
comes the vital test of Mr.. C0wley's sincerity.
He had only to say to the great, generous public
of New 7 DIRK through the columns of the press,
that twenty five children under his charge.
ranging from one to fifteen years, were suffer-
ing for the lack Of proper food, decent cloth
ing and suitable instruction, to have had their
wants promptly supplied. Such an appeal could
not have gone UNDECIDED. But this might have
led to a public exposure Of the condition of the
Fold, which would certainly have prevented
him from getting the 81 700. 1t is impossible
to avoid the conclusion that this was his motive,
and impossible also not TO feel that conduct in
iiuenced by such motive and resulting in the
cruel neglect and i'll -treatmcnt Of the children.
constituted "a crme,' in the eye not only Of
human law, but of law much higher
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PERSONAL

The late Judge Chfford's law library which was
eit 10 hls three sons is reported to DO the finest in
The country. 1t is insured for $4,000. -
Mr.. Murray has received the French Acaden,
prize of 1900 for an essay on the history of Greei
English. "ii''o" 4"
The young Count Andrassy and his marty m.
travelling in Oregon, whence they are soon to return
TO Austria The Count SAYS that he is HIGHLY d.
lighted with this country. W
NJ. Victor Mott Romont the late celebrated nro
Queer OF champagne, left very large fortune. n
generous share Of which he willed to charitable in
stitutions. ~
Walt Whitman, after visiting Long Branch ana
hochaway, is now at West Hills, his birthplace ON
Long Island, after absence of over thirty wears
There he spends good part of every day either rid
ing through the beautiful regions of yiuntinoton or
C9d spring, or on the ancient homesteads or burial
places OF ms ancestors on both sides for many ger
erations. 10y e
Miss Edith Warrington and Mise Mabel Franc,
are two young Englishwomen who have Just Oh
tanned the Vice-Chancollor's certificate of the Uni
versity of Cambridge for having successfully pur-
sued three years course of University study This
certihcate Is equivalent to a University Diploma
tesufylng TO mental training by the University
method as well as to definite scholastic acQuire-
ment.
Madame Jerichan-Baumann the distinguished
Danish artist. was at work upon portrait of the
Queen of Denmark when she was stricken with
death. This lady had many accomplishments and
social graces. Speaking Polish as her own Lam
guage, she spoke and wrote Danish like native ~
Copenhagen, and was thoroughly acquainted with
Russian, French, English and Italian. One of her
pictures, " Domestic Prayer was so popular that
she was Obliged to repeat it no less than nine times
The late Dean Stanley said not long ago 10 a
friend that he did not, like other men.
realize much satisfaction through his senses
as he had only one-half those allowed
TO ordinary mcrtals. The conversation. which
took pace in the Jerusalem Chamber az
Westminster, began thus: " How beautiful tho
cedar-wood smollsw "Yesr said the Dean go
they tell me but canno. smell anythingS re
then went on 10 say how his sense of sight WAS fail
ing him, and that his of hearing had ALWAYS
boon imperfect, as he could scarcely ever diStin-
guish music from noise he not only had no ear for
music, In the ordinary meaning of the phrase but
what TO other people was music gave him no salts
faction.
LONDON, July 30.-Ihs academy to-day announces
that the Emperor OF Germany has conferred upon
Professor William Dwight Whitney, of Yale Col
legs, the Order of Merit made vacant by the death
Of Thomas Carlyle.
CoSsrAsT1NoPLR, July 30.-Genersl Lew Wallace
the new United States Minister TO Turkey has an.
rived here. - ~
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