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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-07-13

After the addresses. were finished, Mr..
James K. Magic offered the following:
Resolred. That while this conference IL pre-
pared to declare that woman should enjoy
every political right accorded to man. we be
lieve that this is q subject for State action
and we respectfully relegste the subject to
the citizens of the several States.
This resolution was adopted finally after
heated debate and many bitter person
alities.
A resolution was then adopted to nom-
nate permanent National President, Vice
President, Secretary, Assistant Secretary,
and also a Vice President for each State
with power to nominate assistants.
Mr.. John F. Henry. druggist, Of Brook
Ign, who had acted as permanent Chairman
for the Conference, was elected President
unanimously, as were the other officers. MIR.
B. F. Shiveley, Of South Bend, Ind, was
elected as Secretary; Mr.. y. B. killner, OF
Brooklyn, as Assistant Secretary, and Edwin
Lee Brown, of this city, as Treasurer. The
Vice-Presidents for the different States
were: General r. F. Wingate, Missouri;
John Henry Keen, Jr,. Maryland; NJ. Ran
kin, Indiana; A. H. Coffene, Illinois; l.. t.
Foster, Ohio; ID. NJ. Clark. Iowa; ID. w.
Ray, Pennsylvania; c. ii. Williams, Michi-
gan; Z. N. Hill, ID. c.; B. S. Heath, Da-
kota; j. Ormsby, Wisconsin; A. j. Utley,
Kansas; d. L. Graves, Kentucky, and John
T. Doyle, California. The other States
were not prepared to nominate delegates.
The question of substituting the word
Organization for "party," in the platform,
came up and was carried unanimously. leav-
ing the platform exactly as above given,
with this one exception.
MIR. john Henry Keene, Jr., Of Maryland,
then read an address to the people OF the
United States, to be incorporated in the
Platform. 1t was referred to the permanent
Secretary for detailed examination, and
power given to so use it II it supported theii
s,atform in every detail.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26
China rs a Warlike Power.

While all India is in aferment, and
great national uprising is possible,
there is also determination on the
part of the Chinese people to assert
their independence of foreign inter
ference. Since the occupation of
Pekin by the armies of Great Britain
and France, the Chinese Empire has
been steadily preparing itself for pos
sible future conflicts. Ithas reorgan-
lied it's army, and bought or con-
structed rather formidable fleet.
Nearly 100000 of Cinnamon can
be put into the field, armed and equip
ped as perfectly as any European
army. Its fleet is of the best, COM
prising sixty-three vessels. To say
nothing of ten unarmored corvettes
and thirty wooden gunboats, the Chi
nese navy comprehends two heavy
ironclads, two steel-plated corvettes
built at Stettin and armed with twelve
inch Krupp guns, one monitor and
two steel cruisers, built in Eng
land, and furnished with Arm
strong and Gatling guns. sixsteel
and six iron gunboats of English con-
struction, and four steel torpedo boats
purchased in Germany. To these
vessels will soon be added the Ting
Yuen, an ironclad which is admitted
by French experts to be one of the
most perfect embodiments of naval
science. China could easily take pos
session of the west coast of the Uni
ted States, and occupy San Francisco
and the other harbors on the shores
of California and Oregon. The whole
fleet of our contemplate American
navy would not be match for any
one of the Chinese gunboats. Happi-
" the genius of the Chinese Empire
and the precepts of their religion
forbid any but a defensive war; but
the Monaghan has been cruelty i'll
treated by England, France and Rus
STA. Probably themost infamous war
in history was the one in which Great
Britain forced China TO open its ports
70 The ouium trade. Then the claim
OF extra-territoTiality Is an lntOlerable
one. Under L the consulate OF any
foreign power II TIE Chinese PoTts Is
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26
West.

RECENT dispatch from Portland,
Ore, says that tremendous forest fi ire!
are raging south of Kalama. Six
miles of railroad and two locomotives
were destroyed. The OAK d Point log.
cling camp losses are 100000. The
Games extend for miles, and are so
fierce that it is unsafe to attempt to
investigate the losses. 1t is believed
that the fire will continue until ram
falls. ,,.: ,oo
expressed his intention of strictly en-
forcing the Sunday clause OF the new
Liquor law. Though the Sunday law
on the statute books has long been neg.
lected, and looked upon as a dead
letter, the Governor maintains the
passage of it in the Downing bill re-
WHITES the matter, and expresses the
will of the peoples representatives,
which he has solemnly sworn to obey
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26
Rice and Beans.

Half of the people of the world live
almost exclusively on rice. 1t con-
tains SO per cent. of nutriment, while
roast beef contains but 26.
There are countries where the al
most exclusive diet of the masses is
beans; these contain 81 per cent. of
nutriment. VS.
The best and cheapest food, there
fore, for the dense population of the
Asiatic countries is rice; and since,
from the general poverty of the peo-
pie, varieties of food are out of the
question, bounteous nature has given
them most freely that kind which is
the most nutritious of all foods. With
the rest of the world rice is more of
a side dish, and is served most fire.
quently in the form of pudding.
We venture to affirm that when the
cost, the percentage of nutriment and
the wholesomeness of beans are con.
sidered, there is not in the world a
single article of food that can COM
pare with them. There is no other
vegetable food that answers so well as
a substitute for meats. While they
have so much to recommend them in
other respects, they have no rival in
point of economy. A quart of beans
costing ten cents, will furnish family
of five persons with food for day.
Much ofthe value of beans as food
depends on the manner of cooking.
It would be difficult to cook them too
much. They should be first boiled
until soft, and then put in baking
dish and baked until they are brown.
A little salt pork or butter, but not
enough to make them taste greasy,
should be put in the baking pan and
and baked with them. If beans are
not thoroughly cooked they are diff
cult of digestion; still there is not one
hotel or restaurant in a thousand that
serves them sufficiently cooked; and,
as rule, it is not well to call for them
in such places; but at home when pre-
pared under the supervision of a good
cook, they make a dish that is whole
some andpalatable.- Journal Of
Health.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26
General.

RAILWAY projects already outlined
for unsettled sections Of the province
of Quebec involve IA outlay of $780,
100000 of French and British capital.
That are two lines from Montreal to
Ottowa, with business for but one, and
two from Montreal to Quebec, with a
third in progress.
The heat in New York last week was
most intense. There were many
cases of sunstroke. The street-car
companies erected temporary sheds tor
their horses. Each street was patrolled
by carts loaded with blocks OF ice and
covered by tarpaulins. The greatest
suffering was among the immigrants
at Castle Garden. No less than 672
children under years of age died in
the city duSng the week.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26
South.

SUBSCRIPTIONS amounting to $780,
600 have been guaranteed in aid OF the
Worlds Industrial and Cotton Centen-
NAL Exposition at New Orleans next
wear. The total amount wanted IS
100000.
The Mississippi Board of Health
have ordered that all boats from points
below the State must stop for inspec-
ton at the Fort Adams station, and
will not be allowed to land at ports In
the State unless possessed of the ne
cessary papers.
Two men named Brown and Mayer
were arrested for an attempted outrage
on the daughter of wealthy citizen OF
Sanbright, Tenn. They confessed and
were summarily lynshed. Henderson
Lee, oolored, was lynched at Monroe,
La. for stealing. Portions of Gar
land, Yell and Montgomery counties,
Ark, have for some time been under
the control of outlaws who defy the
local authorities. The other day Gov.
Berry wrote letter to the Sheriff OF
each county saying he had been urged
to call out the militia, but saw no ne
cessity for doing so, and urging the
Sheriffs to call out large posse to
hunt the outlaws down.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26

recognized as court superior to the
native judiciary. Any difficulty or
dispute between the Cinnamon and a
foreigner is trid by the consul OF the
power whose subject is a party to the
action. This, of course, brings into
contempt the native courts, and the
Chinaman is practically denied all
Justice. Let us put ourselves is the
position of the Chinaman. Sup
pose, for instance, in San Francisco,
that every dispute between China,
man and American was to be settled
by the Chinese consul, who would in
fiict all the penalties for any transgres-
sion of the law. An American COM
munity would resist to the death; they
would prefer to be oxterminated rather
than submit to such humiliating
state of things. Yet this is the sys-
tenn which all foreign countries de-
mand of China, Japan, and the other
Asiatic nations. The French invasion
of Tonquin, China, seemed at one
time likely to bring about a war be-
tween China and France. Of course
anything like equal numbers of the
Chinese army would be no match for
a French force. But the Cinnamon
would have the advantage of over
whelming numbers and defensive posi-
tons. Four hundred millions of peo-
pie could supply myriads of soldiers,
who now have the advantage of Euro
pean arms and the military discipline
of the Western World. The China
man does not fear death, though he
is not aggressively warlike. --Demorest's
Monthly for august.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26
Peanut Flour.
Health.

Over 100000 bushels of peanuts are
yearly brought to this market alone,
and the aggregate crop is enormous.
For the past few years it has averaged
in value over $3,OOO,OO0. Virginia
will this year produce not less than
100000 bushels, Tennessee ESQ.,.
600, and North Carolina 1875, 900 bush
els. These are the only states where
in it is cultivated to any extent, and
are those in which it was first intro
duced from Africa. In Virginia they
are called peanuts" in North Caro-
lima ground peas" in Tennessee
"goobers," and in Alabama and Mis-
sissippi "pinders. No doubt ere
long peanut -four" will be an inn
portant product of the south, where
the mt can be readily grown, and the
yield made enormous. Several times,
lately, have we heard of residents of
the "peanut section" of Virginia hav-
ing the nut converted into -four, of its
making a peculiarly "eaty" biscuit,
and taking the front rank in the pan
cake family. A northemer who had
spent last winter IN that section saws
be found the cakes made from his
-four the most delicious" he ever ate.
We have no doubt that if~peanut
-four was the announcement Of some
Of our leading groeers, and it was
found as excellent as represented, that
the cal for It would forthwith open
up new and profitable industry in
the south.-Ia7lgtyfql S5BfL.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26
Washington.

AS a result of the prolonged confer
ence at Washington, it has been agreed
by Secretaries Lincoln and Teller that
the captured Apaches shall be cared
for by and kept under the control OF
the War Department at some point on
the San Carlos reservation. The War
Department is to be entrusted with
police control of all Indians on tie
reservation and the protection OF the
agent The Postmaster General has
decided to order the Postmaster at New
Orleans to pay no postal-orders to MI.
Dauphin, connected with the Louisiana
ottery sent to his address.
The Treasury Department has been
informed of the arrest at Port Town
send, w. T., of nine Cinnamon "smug-
gled" into this country through British
Columbia. The fact has been reported
to the President, who will order their
deportation . . According to the July
reports of the Department of Agricul-
ture spring wheat is in tirst-class con-
dition and corn only II per cent. be-
hind its average stand and acreage.
Winter wheat, though a Disappointing
yield at best, has improved 4 per cent.
within the last month. E. The Presi-
dent has appointed John H. Livingston
United States Marshal for South Caro-
lima, vice Absalom Blythe, resigned.
ACCORDING to report Just received
at the Navy Department, there would
seem to be very earnest need of pro-
hibitory law in the navy. Drunkenness
is alarmingly prevalent among the
officers of the Asiatic squadron, and the
loss of steamer Ashuelot is directly
traceable to the use of liquor. -. a
special agent of the Treasury Depart
ment calls attention to the large num-
Der of assisted immigrants arriving at
Canadian ports with through tickets to
POINTS in the Western States. Tween
weight paupers from one vessel were
recently found destitute at Buffalo and
sent to the Erie county Almshouse.
Canadian steamers, engaged in the
cattle trade with Great Britain bring
lack these immigrants at the lowest
rates.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26
NEWS IN BRIEF.
East.

NEAR Plinville, Ct, a passenger
train dashed into gravel train. caus-
ing the death of two men, injuring one
fatally, and badly shaking up the pass
engers. The bodies of two OF the VIC
Tins were thrown forty feet over
the telegraph wires. A telegraph OPP
orator caused the disaster by falling
to give the passenger conductor nee,
essary instructions Four apartment
buildings, eleven stories high are to be
erected at Sixth avenue and FIFTY -nlnth'
street, New York, at cost OF S2'4oo'-
900.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26
Great Old Trees.

The age of some specimens of the
great trees of California is supposed
to extend back to the time of King
David, perhaps to that of Abraham.
In one tree which was felled, 1900
annual circles were counted, without
including great multitude around
the heart of the tree, too, intermixed
to be distinguished. So, perhaps,
when Solomon began to build the
house of the Lord which was at Jeru-
salem, in Mount Moriah," and sent
q letter to Hiram, King of Tyre, say
ing, "Send me cedar woods, fr-trees
and algum- trees out of Lebanon" the
great trees of California were sturdy
saplings. Some, indeed, claim that
these monstrous growths are 1000 or
5000 years old, so that they were con-
temporary with the biblical creation.
Eucalyptus trees which have been
found in Australia tower to even great
er height that the California redwoods.
They are native to Australia and
the Indian Archipelago, but the grand
est specimens exist in North Australia,
where there are about ninety different
species of the tree. The botanist
Muller says that trees of one variety,
$50 feet long, have been found lying
on the ground, and one 500 feet high
is stated to be still standing. This
giant would then overshadow the
Strasbourg cathedral and the pyra-
mids of Egypt. The eucalyptus has
! far other interest than that of posi-
bility of immense growth. About
three quarters of the Australian trees
are of this genus, and their value is
varied.
All of them make splendid timber,
both for building and ornamental
uses, and several yield valuable me-
dicinal gums. The sap is refreshing
and can be made into pleasant beer;
and from theleaves and bark of several
species properties have been derived
resembling those of the Peruvian bark
or cinchona. The kind known as the
blue gum" or fever" tree is be
ieved to have remarkable virtues
in absorbing the malarious influences
of the soil, and to exhale an odor or
influence which tends toprevent fevers
of a malarious sort. An attempt has
been made to naturahze the eucalyptus
in different regions of America, with
a view to its sanitary effects, and there
seems every probability that the tree,
which is free-growing and hardy. will
soon be widely scattered through the
country.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26
Farming On Credit.

Col. Isaac w. Avery, in his Rich
mond letter from Atlanta to the Au-
gusta Chronicle, thus forcibly discusses
the borrowing Of money to run farm
with. The subject is one of the over
shadowing Importance, and that paper
deserves credit for inauguratlng the
agitation: The system of getting ad-
vances from merchants of provisions
and fertilizers at time prices has kept
the farmer a slave to his factor, espe.
cially when the farmer has neglected
to raise provisions and give his farm
to cotton. Necessity admits of no
argument. Men to get a start had to
borrow. Exclusive cotton raising
keeps farmers starving all the time,
and does not relieve their necessity,
but rather increases it. AS a SIM
pie business truth no man, farmer or
merchant, can pay high interest as his
fundamental expense and make bust
ness pay. He will be swamped sooner
or later.
The farmer must economize. and
raise his provisions. Until be can do
these two essential things his farming
will not pay. A firm hele (Atlanta)
from the West, Nelson & Barker, have
loaned a million dollars to our farmers
on five years time,in sums from three
hundred to one thousand, and taken
mortgages. The farmer pays them
down years interest of 8 per cent,
and the agents commission of 2 per
cent. for the whole five years in adj
vance, and all costs, etc. 1t makes
about IL per cent, interest year.
This is better rate than the 30 or
40 per cent. interest for provisions to
factors. His money that he borrows
will buy supplies and manure at cash
prices, making an immense saving.
But here is the rub. He borrows
larger amounts, pays out the firstyear
fully 20 per cent. interest in cash,
cannot pay his debt in installments,
but only at the end of five years, will
not therefore save up annually por-
ton for the final payment, and when
the pay day rolls, around he will have
to borrow again, or be sold out.
The Northwestern Life Insurance
Company, eight or ten years ago,
loaned about 100000 in Georgia on
mortgage at 10 per cent. interest. This
is less interest than is paid Nelson d
Barker. The majority of these loans
were collected by foreclosure and
sale of the property. 1t is rather the
exception that mortgages are redeem
ed. Judging them by past experience
the borrowers of the million of money
above mentioned have bad outlook
before them. These are only my own
views and bind no one else. Debt is
remorseless tyrant, and 1 doubt the
benefit of capital that encumbers our
private farms. In my judgment the
only exit of the farmer from his trou-
bles is economy, self-denial and rails
ing his own supplies. Make m ore
home made manure, produce provl-
sions and live hard and dress cheap,
until the farm brings money to do
better. This is better than debt.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26

become necessary. The alarm in Lon
don over the cholera caused q discus
sion in the Cabinet whether or not 70
recall the British troops from Egypt
but Lord Wolseley decided in the neg
alive. The populace ut Boindisi
italy, fearing the introduction OF the
pestilence, refused to allow the steam
or Surat to land Indian mail even when
fumigated.
In the British House of Commons a
motion was carried prohibiting the i'm
portation of cattle from countries
from where the foot and mouth disease
existed, and where the necessary mea-
sures had not been taken by the authori-
ties. The motion was aimed indirectly
at America, and passed by bare ma.
jority-2OO to 192-the Government
voting in the negative. France de-
clares for war in Tonquin, and war
with China if China feels like fighting.
This plain statement was made in the
Chamber of Deputies at Paris, by
Challemel- Lacour, the Minister OF For
eign Affairs, and the declaration met the
hearty support of the House, although
a scene of extraordinary disorder was
precipitated by the Bonapartists. Paul
de Cassagnac, upon calling Ferry "the
worst of towards and a liar" was sus-
pended for fortnight. :. M. De Les
seps and the Government OF Great
Britain have made an agreement for
the construction of q new Suez canal
parallel to the present one.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26
country.

hose Ners: Galveston is the
second cotton port in the United States,
New Orleans leads all. When we
take into consideration the large num
Der of states New Orleans draws upon
for her heavy receipts, and that Gal
weston depends entirely upon Texas
as feeder, and that a large bulk Of
the cotton raised in the state never
touches Galveston, II may be imagined
what immense cotton crops are beng
raised IN Texas. The Lone Star State
alreadvrroduees One-ffth Of The cotton
OF the world, and II ten years more
she vii send forth nearly cr quite
sne-hali.
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26
Eggs as Food.

The Boston Journal Of Chemistry
says: Eggs, at average prices ,ut are
among the cheapest and most Il, nun IL
tious articles of diet. Like MILK an
egg is complete food in itself, c .Es
tanning everything necessary fGr ~ .I !:
development of perfect animal ' a. - a
made manifest from the taet In". . .
chick is formed from it. 1t Seeno .
mystery that muscles, bones fealnsls'
and everything that a chick re?u ,n5s
tor its perfect development are m o~g
from the white and yelk OF an ~ sag
but such is a fact, and it SHOW. n i.o
complete a food an egg is. Ii . ~ +
easily digested if not damage r,o !;
cooking. Indeed there Is no T. "a
concentrated and nounshin I've
than eggs. The albumen oil anu , S.-,-
matter areas in milk, in the ngI' f.
portion for sustaining animai -
Two or three boiled eggs, WI. -.
addition of a slice or two o. -,
Will make a sufficient bTeaki2s.
man, and good enough for . Ain
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26
Foreign.

The deaths from cholera at Damiet-
e.. Egypt. for the week ending July
y.h. averaged about $50 per day. Sew
eral cases occurred among the gen
Ilrmcs forming cordons around the
Infected districts, and particularly IN
the case II tie cordou surrouring Sa-
.-zuoud. Fresh corlonS drawn around
tie old and infected districts have thus
San Marcos free press. [volume] (San Marcos, Tex.) 1877-1892, 1883-07-26

Work is now progreslng 7 D..
on the telephone line 0e'NesD
ton and Galveston.
-survevs have been con- g.
The rad between BrazOria ana -
- Terss. and i vii soon Oe u'''
v-1-e+1.er 4 viii lie built