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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-03
MOSlem Fanaticism.

Every Mussulman is taught, directly
or implicitly, that he ought to fight fol
| his faith, that he should assert himself IL
one of a favored people, and that it i:
wrong for him to endure, if he can helr
it, direct and visible assertion of iniide
superiority. OF the millions so taught
proportion believe the teaching, and 6
few believe it so strongly that they will
rather die than allow the infidel to gel
above them in any visible way. There
is, therefore, in Mussulman countries
religious enthusiasm, sometimes rising
to fanaticism; that is, breaking loose
from the control of the judgment, and,
of course, when dogma is very much
preached or events bring the obligations
Of their creed clearly home to the chill
dren of Islam, there is good deal of it.
Eut there is much less in quantity, and
what there is is much less energetic in
Kind than Europeans seem at this anxi-
oas moment inclined to believe. The
majority of Orientals are no more re-
liltious than the majority of Europeans.
They believe the teaching of the Koran
az Neapolitans believe the teaching of
their priests, or as Londoners believe
the precepts of the Bible, but they do
not act on it, All Mussulmans accept
the idea that if they perish in battle with
the infidel, they go to heaven, Just as
all Christians accept the idea that they
ought to forgive their enemies and love
shose who despitefully use them;
but very few act on their belief
In either case. We question if the
proportion of true fanatics among Mo-
hammedans-that is, of men who will
die fighting a hopeless battle for the faith
is much greater than that of the true
npholders of the doctrine of non-resist-
ance among ourselves. If it were-if,
that is, the majority of Mussulmans were
ready to die on the field as the readiest
path to heaven-we should never beat
Mussulman army without destroying it.
We do beat Mussulman armies, and we
do not destroy them, or any appreciate
proportion of them. They never die in
masses voluntarily, even when, as in the
first war in Malacca, the Jehad or re-
ligious war has been properly proclaimed.
In every Mussulman army there are
few men of convinced minds, ''who think
through unbelievers' blood lies the di-
recteSt path" few more who are ex-
ceptionally brave, and profess readiness
to die for the faith as an honorable way
of parading that fact, and few more
who are aware that hemp, eaten at the
proper time, will give them all the adj
vantages of courage. These men are
very formidable for few minutes in a
charge, for they will go on, and men
who will go en- with a rush are difficult
to kill out, but still they are not more
dangerous than any other soldiers who
can be urged forward against odds.
What is to make them so? Fanaticism
is not rabies, so that the bite of fanat-
les should be poisonous. As for the ma
jority, they believe it right to fight, and
salvation to be killed in fighting; but the
belief is not held in a way which elevates
them above either selfishness or fear, or
even indisposition for severe exertion.-
London Spectator.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-03
CHAPTER IN.

A week more went by, week of
comparative quiet. The office-room'
was kept locked all the time now, and
Mr.. Montford had lost the KEY which
he had to it. There had always been
two keys, one for himself and one for
his. private secretary. But since the
evening mentioned in the last chapter
it was not to be found Mr.. Montford
distinctly remembered having left it in
his dressing gown pocket when he went
down to supper He had not thought
of it again until some time the next day,
and then it was not to be found.
"What object could any of us have
for taking the key to that mustv old
place" Victor asked, as his father fret
ted and stormed over it, and declared
some one had stolen the missing article.
"Sure enough-what object?" De
Nries responded, in careless tone,
just lifting his eyes to Stella Blake s
face, and dropping them again hastily,
as if the glance had been Involuntary.
and he was sorry for it.
1t had the result of fixing every other
pair of eyes in the room on her, as he
possibly might have intended, for he
still watched her from under his low
cred lids. and saw as distinctly rs the
Others the vivid red flame in her cheeks.
ALFRED. Miss Montford said, touch
ing his arm rs he was going out. '.wait
a moment, L want to speak with YOU"
There was no one but Fannie left in the
room beside them, and so Althea began
at once.
81 want you to speak to papa about
this girl. l am as sure she took that kew
as if saw her do it, and ], for one, do
not feel safe to have such person in
the house,
''Why, Althea," interposed Fannie,
''what have we to fear, even if she has
taken the key? We've no skeleton
locked up there that I'm aware Of L
always thought it piece of careful
folly locking the doors at all. What is
there among those Old family records
that is private?'
DeVries looked up stealthily. There
was a look on Althea's face which
startled him. Was it possible that she
knew or suspected anything? But
Fannie, at least, did not. She only
looked family surprised, and perhaps
just little annoyed.
Miss Fannie forgets that all her
fathers valuable papers are there, as
well as the old records she mentions
he said, politely.
But wha. object could she have in
holding the key to them? Even if she
them she could not negotiate
them; what use would they be-" she
persisted.
:" II you wish strangers to lay their
vandal hands on our ancestralreiics and
ancient records, L do not,'' Althea said.
firmly; '.and YOU will do me favor not
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-03
What is Plagiarism

What is plagiarism? Among all the
questions connected with literary criti-
cism there is, perhaps, none to which it
is more difficult to give satisfactory
answer. Of course it is easy enough to
define plagiarism in the abstract as a
form of theft, the things stolen being
thought, phrases, images, and the like;
the difficulty is to decide whether in this
or in that case the offense has really been
committed. Sometimes the evidence for
the accuser may be obviously too crush
ing to be set aside, such as when q SER
mon or an essay or poem which pro-
fesses to be the work of one man is dis
covered to be identical, sentence for sem
tence and word for word, with the
previous work of somebody else. In such
a case it is tolerably clear that deliberate
conveyance, as Pistol loved to describe
it, must have been practiced by preacher
or essayist orpoet No. 2. Literature is,
however, full of duplicates the existence
OF which cannot by any means be so read
lily explained. Some thoughts have q
trick of turning up again and again in
same kind of dress, and though some.
times the similarity of costume is so
marked as strongly to suggest suspicion
OF literary larceny, the kindly critic is
generally free to believe either that the
reproduction has been unconscious
yagne "Reminiscences, having been mis-
taken for an original idea-or that the
correspondence is altogether feFtuitous,
and that two minds have hit not only
upon the same thought, but the same
form of expression, while working in
entire independence of each other
Chambers Jouraal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-03

/, "A school of sportive whales carried
away the propeller of the ocean steamer
Mount Lebanon and left her almost help
ess far at sea. A passing steamer lowed
ME disabled craft to Halifax, where she
was found to have experienced so great
damage that she was unloaded and dry
locked for repairs.-M. Y, Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-03

The postal official at Pottsville, Pa,
was somewhat bothered about the proper
destination of postal card directed to
Z" James Bone, alias James E. Mulher-
rem. in care of Mike Flynn, or his sister
Julia, or her cousin Mary Ann, corner of
a street with no number, Pottsville. re-
tail huckster and tin horn artist. If not
there, next door,"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-03
THE LIGHTS OF HOME

LHeA1o UT HOlHE.
In many village window burn
The evening lamps;
Ihey shine amid the dews and damps.
Those lights of homei
Now night is near:
sweet lights of home. -
lie lode-stars that forever draw
The weary heart
In stranger lands or crowded mart;
90! lights of home.
when my brief day Of life is DER,
Then may see
Sh ne from the Heavenly house for me
Dear / ghts of home =
n. l.. King, in Detroit Free Press
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-03

Qure IS matter OF n0tOrIety IN the East,
the sufferings of the younger boys and
girls being especially dreadful. Foreign
anti-slavery societies have repeatedly at
tempted to put a stop to this, but have
failed on account of the distance from
civilization at which these countries Law.
The late Khedive of Egypt employed
Colonel Gordon and Count della Salla
with full power to act, but although they
worked conscientiously and had 5000
soldiers, they not only failed, but were
often attacked and beaten by combined
tribes of Bedouins, who carried many
Egyptian soldiers into slavery. OF late
many districts have been entirely depop-
ulated, and unless stringent measures
are taken the whole of upper Egypt, in
Guiding the Nubian and Kartum Nile
regions, will be deserted.
On their arrival in the vicinity of Sou
AKIN, the Bedouins find plenty of ready
purchasers for their slaves. These come
from Afghanistan, Turkestan, Persia,
Beloochistan and Arabia, and very often
from Zanzibar, and although British
men-of-war are continually cruising off
this coast, it is seldom that slave dhow
is captured. The men and women are
sold for domestic or agricultural pur-
poses, and the young girls who are likely
to become pretty are sent to Constan-
tinople. The boys fare even worse. One
use they are put to is service in the Per-
sian pearl fisheries, where the little
fellows are thrown into eighteen or
twenty fathoms of water, each with a
heavy bag around his neck. and told to
drown or bring up oysters. Not more
than thirty per cent. ever rise to the sur
face, but this is comparatively small
loss to the Persian pearl seeker, who can
buy boy for $50, and who knows that
boy who does return to the surface
alive is worth $3.50 to $500.
Fortunately for the honor of the Bed
ouins, those of the Arabian and Syrian
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-11-03

More wealth was dug out of the soil
of Kansas during the year 1882 than has
been dug out of the fiinty hills of Color
ado during the past twenty years.
Chicago Inter. Ocean.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

The State democratic executive
committee met Nashville on Tues
day aud Wednesday, and, after con-
siderable discussion, agreed to issue
the following:
Whereas, the division in the dem.
ocratic party upon the question of the
settlement of the state debt being
the only foundation on which the re-
leans base their hope of success, and
there being no longer good reason
for the existence Of this division,
since the executive committee of the
other wing of the democratic party
have in Il conciliatory spirit invited
joint cooperation in the calling of u
democratic state convention,
Resolved, That with view to the
unifcation of the democratic party,
we cordially accept the invitation for
joint cooperation in the democratic
convention, and Hon. John w, Chill
dress, chairman, is hereby instructed
to confer with Hon. D. F. Wallace,
chairman, and in conjunction with him
call a convention of the democrats of
Tennessee, TO meet in Nashville not
later than June 10th, to nominate a
candidate for governor, and transact
such other business as may properly
come before it, to which the democrats
in the several counties are earnestly
requested to select delegates in the
spirit of harmony and with view of
unification of party. Should there
be failure to call a joint convention
because of the refusal of Hon. d. f.
Wallace to concur therein, then Hon,
Jno. w. Child is directed to call
said convention as hereinbefore in
structed.
1t will be seen that the committee
does not recommend anything with
regard to the state debt, but only
agrees to joint call for convention,
urging harmony among the members
Of the party. 1t remains to be seen
whether the two chairmen can further
agree; but it is hoped a joint couven-
ton will be called and the party again
united. The action of the committee
is generally approved by the democra-
cy of the state.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08
Crop Reports,


Commissioner Hawkins, for the pur.
pose of obtaining full report of the
state Of the crops and condition of the
stock of the State. has this year ad>
opted new plan. In addition to his
regular correspondents in each county,
the Commissioner forwarded to each
postmaster in the State a request that
the name of one person be furnished
who would give an accurate state.
ment Of the crops of That in termediate
neighborhood. In this way about
l 400 names have been received, to
whom blanks printed on postal cards
will be sent to be filled out and re.
turned promptly on the 25th of each
month, so that the crop estimate may
be fully made out by the first day of
the month following. 1t Is evident
that this plan, while involving much
more labor to the Bureau, must re-
suit in securing a more general and
hence more accurate statement of the
condition and area of the crops of the
State.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08
Self-Sacrihce.

j. N. returned to the city this
morning to see his friend Forepaugh.
He goes hence to dungeon cells in
Lancaster and Columbus, Ohio, man
acled and fettered. He does this as
a self>sacrifce, in order to relieve the
press of the North and South. He re-
turns to Nashville about the 1st of
May, lifts the veil from the Low tax
party, and harmonizes the elements.
His appointments are Murfreesboro
9th, Winchester 9th, Milan 9Th, Hun
tingdon 10th, Jackson 18th. --Nash>
viUe Banner, 1st
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

a Gallatln preacher recently assert
ed that the Lebanon Herald office
was the passway for an illicit bars
room IN It's rear, and, on demand,
gave his authority for the statement.
The gentlemen referred to, with
many other leading citizens of Leba.
non, have published card denying
the reverend gentleman's charge. OF
course no one who knows DR.. White,
editor Of the Herald, would for one
moment believe he could descend to
so petty an ofense, and our only SUR
prise is that preacher can allow his
prejudice or passion to so blind him as
to make such an assei ton. The wris
ter of this probably knows DIR. Whites
private and public character as well
as any one, having been associated
with him socially aud in business for
anumcer OF years, and we know him
to be incapable of a little or big
meanness. Whatever he does, he is
not ashamed for the public to know
1t, He is man of very positive, de-
cided convictions, and when he enlists
in a cause he uses all honorable
means to secure success; but he never
uses the vile, Shiny pen of the SIAN
derer to gain an advantage over an
opponent. Whatever faults Bob
White may have, he is an honest,
open hearted man.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

1t seems that the republican party
in Shelby county is not any more
harmonious than the democrats of
this state. In their convention last
Monday the colored brethren took the
bit in their teeth and ran wild ON the
state debt question and in opposition
to Gov. Hawkins. Their resolutions
in regard to the state debt would
tickle the lowest of the low>taxers; in
fact, they are pretty strongly in favor
ofrepudiation. OF the forty delegates
appointed, it is said that not one is in
favor of renominating Gov. Hawkins.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

The Natchez Democrat says the
Geographic account of the falling of
Clubhouse in Tensas parish with a loss
of 100 lives was a fabrication. The
ginhouse is still standing and the ne
groes are alive.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

Some of the officers of the Golden
City. recently burned at Memphis,
have been indicted for murder. 1t is
thought by some that the attorney
general is prosecuting rather than
prosecuting them. We shall see
when the evidence'is given in.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

Remember, no deception is aimed
at If DIR. Greenhalge's Soc Hair
Restorer fails in any case to do what
is clsimed for it, your druggist is in
structed to return the money. Try it
and be convinced
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

The killing of Jesse James in St.
Joseph, Mo-, by two his gang will
make express messengers in that state
feel easier. The killing was good
radiance of bad man.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

Senator Barrett has resigned his
seat in the Legislature, which looks
a little queer just at this time, to say
the least of it.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

The Doniphan, Mo-, News says that
II. w Longfellow "was the best
known of American orators" This
certainly is news to the public. Most
people were under theimpression that
he was poet, and not an orator.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

1t seems that ex.Trustee Knight,
of Davidson county, is defaulter to
the tune of more than 100000.
That is enough to pay for the free
bridget it was in the county treas
urV.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

The Avalanche ought to be happy.
The Memphis republicans have adopt.
ed its platform almost to the letter.
That is they adopted one of its recent
platforms. r. ..
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08
Don't Forget

When you 20 to trade that money
saved is money made, and that we
will sell you goods cheaper than any
firm in Milan. Our stock is complete.
TRIMBLE IL MCKELVY.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08
House for Rent.

A good frame residence, with six
rooms, outhouses, garden, and fruit
trees, opposite Methodist church. APP
ply to Edwards d Shepherd.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

The Coonranger is the funny name
eft paper recently started at Auburn,
Ky. 1t is lively, well,printed sheet
and seems to be well patronized.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

Nashville now has free bridge
over the Cumberland, and it is hoped
the papers of that city will start a
new subject to write about.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08
MEMPHIS AVALANCHE.
LEADING INDEPENDENT JOURNAL

LEADING INDEP EVIDENT JOURNAL,
POLITICALLY the Avalanche is in posi-
l. ton to do justice to all arties, and to ad-
vocate only that which it believes will best sub
serve the true interest of the great Southwest
Its course will not vary from that which the
public have so warmly and substantially in
dorsed 1t does not propose to ally iteslf with
any political party except in SO far as that all
lance may at the time accomplish good result.
1t does not look to or care for the personal or
political advancement Of individuals unless
they represent vital principles the enforcement
of whichit desires It's relation to all existing
parties is such that it can afford to be fair In
its dealings with them rs to commend all that
is good and condemn all that is hurtful. The
Avalanche will hold and express positive views
on all questions of public interest. 1t will
speak fearlessly and honestly without equivo-
cation or evasion, and attempt to give some
other reason more than prejudice for either
the advocacy or condemnation of a public
measure. It's aim is to be just
DAILY AVALANCHE,
Delivered by mail, post paid per year SO 90
Six months............5 90 Three m9nths......2 so
WEEKLY AVALANCHE,
One dollar per year. Thirty-sx columns.
Contains al the imnOrtant news of the week
agricultural, commercial and choice literary
matter. Send Tn sample copies
Address AVALANCHE, Memphis, Tenn.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

The democrats made some heavy
gains in the city elections in Ohio last
Monday.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

Go to A. Jordan for Cheap Boots
and Shoes.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08
CHANCERY SALE
OF VALUABLE MILAN
REAL ESTATE.
IN CHANCERY COURT AT HUMBOLDT.

l.. VI. Jones and J. T. CartheI. Ex'rs $. r.
ozark, Decd. VS.. u. Bryant ct at.
pURSUANT to the decree for sale rendered
a IN TINS cause at the January term 1SS2
OF the Chancery Court at Humboldt, | will
sell at p1blie sale to the highest bidder. in
front OF court house door in Humboldt Gibson
county. Tenn. on
Monday, May Sth, 1882.
within legal hours. the following described lot
or parcel OF land situated in The 18th civil dis
trlct OF Glbson county. and in the town of Mi
an. Bounded as follows; Beginning on H.
bryant corner on Williamson street. ~ feet
from Main street; thence at angles 81 feet 10
the line dividing q. S. Cunningham from Bry-
ant jackson, then south west at angles 10
feet, thence at angles 81 feet to Williamson
street thence with said street 10 feet to the be-
ginning.
Also the following described store house and
lot situated in Milan, fronting east on Main
street, and bounded south by the frame build
ing where the postoffice is now kept, west by
the land owned by the estate of 5. p. Clark.
north by the vacant lot now owned by Giles
Belew and known as the Bryant * jackson
store house.
TERMS OF SALE.
On credit ofsix months, note and APPROX
ed personal security required of purchaser.
Lien retained, Redemption barred.
This March q, 1882.
T. j. WILLIAMS. C. AN
u. W. Jones and NJ. NJ. Neil, Sol'rs for Com
plainants.
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-04-08

I A combination of Pro-
tortde of Iron, Peruvian
Bark and Phosphorus Ia
IA pdtdtobIe form. TIE
only preparation ofiron
that tciu not bldcketl the
teeth, so Characteristic Of
\ofher iron prepdrofioos
The Milan exchange. (Milan, Gibson County, Tenn.) 1874-1978, 1882-11-18
Effect OF Cultivation.

The common potato probably shows
the effect of cultivation as much as any
plant ever introduced into fields or
gradens. But it is not generally known
that the change from its normal to what
we may term improved state is quite
rapid, requiring only few years to pro-
duce large tubers of various colors from
the wild ones by careful culture. Where
the wild plants grow abundantly in
New Mexico and some parts of Arizona,
the ranch men assure us that when they
pillow up the wild plants in putting in
cultivated crops, the effect upon the po-
tatoes is quite marked. The tubers at
first are about the size of small marbles,
or half inch or little more in d-
ameter. but the second season after
being disturbed they will become nearly
or quite double the original size, and
the next season still larger, if not killed
out in the blowing and hoeing. The
size of the plants also increases and the
leaflets, which at first are only about
half inch wide by an inch in length. in
crease In the same proportion as the
tubers. We have ourselves gathered
the tubers from the wild plants in the
undisturbed soils of the valleys of New
Mexico, as well as from the disturbed
or plowed land. and noted the diff.
ference in size as claimed by many of
the residents of the country. "
Herald.