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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05

And that is only poetical way Of
saying: There's no use in wishing. Z
Jasper looked on hungrily until be
had seen the last egg disappear from
the platter, and then he felt more
hungry than ever. He noticed that his
mother kept looking at the clock. and
once he saw her lips say:
Il wonder why that boy don't
comer' :.
Then she got up and went to the
door to look for him, and Jasper hastily
retreated into the dog-kennel. He
snuggled up against old Rover, cried q
little, and wished again he hadn't gone
to that old fire; and then he stopped
wishing, and went sound asleep.
But all this while Jasper's mother
was suffering, as well as Jasper. And
she began to wish, too. She wished
she hadn't threatened him, but had
held hold of his hand instead, when she
was talking with Mrs. Coleman on the
sidewalk. Then he never would have
run away.
1T was all her fault" she thought,
with deep self-reproach, ''that she
hadn't looked after him better"
After while she got so worried that
she lit the lantern, and she and Jasper's
father started out on search for their
runaway son.
"We had better look around the yard
first" said the father, who did not seem
very much alarmed himself perhaps
he is here somewhere, and don't like to
come in"
So they looked there, and of course
they found him-for the dog-kennel was
not much of a place to hide in. There
he was, fast asleep, with his head on
Rover's leg. and grimy tear-marks on
his cheeks.
"Well, I do declared The poor, tired
little darlingr' said the forgiving
mother.
And the father picked him up and
carried him into the house, and the
mother gave him three poached eggs on
toast and glass of milk, and never
even scolded him.
Jasper was soon in bed and asleep
again, though he had thankfully won
dered why he didn't "catch it." But
if he had heard the conversation be-
tween his father and mother, before he
came in that evening. he might have
understood better. He would have heard
something like this:
Mother, anxiously-"I am MORALLY
afraid he'll get killed some of these
times, running off to fires and things"
Father" Pshaw! Boys will be boys!
I'll tell you what, Sarah Jane-you
needn't expect you can keep in a boy
as big as our Jasper from fire. Let
him 90 to the fire. 1t don't hurt boys
does 'em good"
Mother, signing, and giving up the
point-"I don't see what they want to
60 for, though"
Now, wasn't he really splendid
father?
But the reason of it was this:
You see Jasper's father had been a
boy himself once, and Jasper's mother
never had-and that makes all the diff
ference in the world, you know.
But it seems to me that Jasper ought
to have been punished for his disobedi-
ence, and then, the next time there was
a fire, his mother could say:
"You must not 60 to the fire,
Jasper!''
And I'll warrant that he would obey
her.-Golden Days.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05
owl eiohty-thret

An owl eighty-three years old. be.
longing to family in Portsmouth, N.
H., .'shuffied off this mortal coil re-
Gently, and was buried at night with
distinguished honors, slow music and
the recitation of appropriate lines from
the Burial of Sir John Moore. ABOVE
the grave of the pet bird (Which, by the
way, was dubbed William) is the ioi.
lowing inscription: Sacred to the
memory of william Owl; born February
22, 1905; died August %, 1888" The
owl came from Newbern, N. c., and, il
is said. was actually eighty-three yean
old having been handed down from
family to family in Newbern and his
history being accurately preserved
CHICAGO Times.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05

-Longfellow's two unmarried daugh;
tiers will be absent from their Cam.
bridge home during the coming yeaf.
having, in company with sister of Mr..
Arthur Gilman, decided to live IS stus
dents at Newman College, England
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1883-10-05
TO CORRESPONDENTS.

All communications fortnis paper should be sccom.
eaned by the name Of the author; not esssry fo
publication but evidence Of good faith on tbs
part of the writer Write only on one side of the pa.
per- Be particularly careful IN giving nance And dss
10 have the letters and figures pam and distinct
Proper often difficult to decipher, becauss
Of the careless manner In which they are Writtea-
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16
ABOUT PEOPLE.

MINISTER LOWELL is rated by tho London
Times as the superior for an after-diuner speaker
| to anybody Britain can furnish
| WHEN Boston burglar opened door, q tin
pan fell and scared him Off Everybody who has
heard a tin pan on a still night will know how it
was.
| L. G. HANCOCK, the managing editor of the
new New York World, is a well-known Southern
| journalist, who has made the North his home for
some years.
| MIR. JOHN A. CoCKERILL, of the st. Louis Post
Dispatch, has arrived at New York, and will, it
| is said, take an editorial position at once on Mr.
Pulitzer's new World
| A PRIVATE letter received in Washington states
that Senator Anthony is growing rapidly worse
and that the chances are that he will hardly live
| through the week.
WILLIAM HENRY HURLBERT, executor of the
New York World. fret attracted attention by q
brilliant anti-slavery essay in the Edinburgh
Review, some forty years ago.
MR., GLADSTONE draws s4,929 a year from
land, Lord Harrington 10000 year. Mr.. Dod-
son s3, 1853, Lord Spencer 942,219, Lord KIM
berley 824,993, Lord Northbroke ell 900, and
Lord Derby e17O,32O.
| CARDINAL MANSING's journey to Rome ia, after
ali, postponed for time the medical advisers
considering that, though he is much better. the
warm season now approaching In Rome would
| prove detrimental to his health. It is, in the
meantime arranged that the Cardinal will go
for while the south coast of England
JOHN F. ANDREW, whose father, q penniless
| Maine boy, grew famous as the war Governor of
Massachusetts, will be married shortly TO the
| daughter of the late Nathaniel Thayer, banker,
| of Boston. Miss Thayer's fortune Is placed at
$2,5O0,000, though her grandfather was coun-
try clergyman, as poor a church mouse.
NJ. DAMALA, Sarah Bernhardt's husband, quick
| ly distinguished himself In the army IN Tunis
after quitting the stage Three days after he
arrived in camp the outposts were attacked by
banditti. Damala saddled his horse, rushed
headlong into the fray, and succeeded in bring
ing the bandit chief prisoner into the French
camp. Sarah is said to have telegraphed for his
photograph as a souvenir
| GENERAL BEAUREGARD s the first of his family
of that name. His father was old jacques Tou-
tant who lived on a sugar plantation about
twenty-five miles below New Orleans, where the
General was born His proper title was Jacques
Toutant Count de BeaureGard. 1.-The had been
a Frenchman he would have been a count; for he
was of one of the Oldest noble families Of France
The Generals full name is Gregoire Pierre Tou-
! tant Beauregard.
| SAID Proctor Knott while walking In Washing
ton one day: 81 divide this city in two classes
one class like; the other detest. One class ia
the boOt-blacks; they persist in reminding me of
| my inferinrity by wanting to black my boots at
every street corner. hate em. Why can't
they let q fellow go on thinking he looks Welt
| The other class ia the newspaper mon. They
talk Of ones mental superiority and make you
feel good generally, il you treat 'om right, like
newspaper men,"
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16
BLOOD WILL TELL.

Friends of advanced culture will rejoice to
know that Boston, the cradle of science and
polite learning, has again come out victor
This is but natural. Boston, as the alma
mater of the devotees of Emerson and
Josephus Cook, is enshrined in the hearts of
the cultured everywhere Its triumphs are
their favorite themes, the bays on her brows
crown them all Now that Emerson has
gone back to dust of mother earth, and Cook
has been meandering in strange lands, giving
utterance to still stranger doctrines, the
task Of sustaining the renown of Boston has
devolved upon Others. This duty has been
right nobly n1et by the Hon. John L. Sullivan.
1t is true that he has rival in the
person of Benjamin F. Butler, but the
jewellers by Beacon Hill are disposed to cen
ter their affections on the former, and the
latter draws but a poor-house. Mr.. Sullivan
is man of but few words, but not many
care to meet him in argument. On Monday
night he was in New York city, and with one
Charles Mitchell held a symposiac at the
Madison Square Garden. They were greeted
by a large and enthusiastic audience, among
those present being ex-senator Conkling,
Charles A. Dana, ex-Mayor Stokely of Phla-
delphia; Sheridan Shook, Joseph Coburh,
Lawrence Jerome, and other distinguished
citizens.
"At 915," according to special report,
"amid such cheers as might be given for a
much-loved monarch, Mr.. Sullivan sprang
lightly over the ropes to the platform" The
ropes were doubtless put up to restrain the
accumulated talent about to manifest itself
in the joint discussion. "He (Sulivan) was
in superb condition" so the report SAYS,
whatever that may mean, and "Mr. Mitchell
was also grandly welcomed Mr.. Cook not
being present Mr.. William Mahoney, of
Boston, was chosen as referee. The contest
between the culture of Boston and of Eng
land then began. without unnecessary pre-
liminaries Mr.. Sullivan made terrible
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16
THE SPIRIT OF THE PRESS.

THE public believes, and with too much reason,
that abuses do exist in the secret places OF these
insane asylums Let them be accessible to the
proper agents Of the public, and the superintend.
ents will no longer be held responsible
York Herald.
THE law prohibits the compromising of q felo-
ny. That ought to be enough to prevent the OH.
GERS of the law from sanctioning and aiding such
an act. 1t is pernicious In it's example and de-
plorable In the Inducements IL holds out to dis
honesty. York World.
THE plumbing OF every house erected should
be inspected by an expert. AS matter of fact,
II this Is suggested many people object and talk
OF interference with private rights and "useless
expense" Nevertheless the time Is coming when
no house can be built without scientific inepee.
ton, in all our large cities The people of this
city, for instance, generally object to building
and plumbing laws OF course they have to
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16

take the consequences, in which sickness and
death play large part, and such sickness and
ueatn as are preventable by proper sanitary
regulations.-COuriec-Jo journal.
The citizens of the bay State, as a whole, APP.
prove OF honesty and condemn iniGuity in pub
nc men. They will not enjoy seeing the finger
OF scOrn pointed at their State, 1t ought TO be
pointed in view of this act, which, so far as 10
goes, shows the "better GLASSES" TO be either
rogues or hypocrites. But they must stand the
consequences when they honor the Buffers and
the Ameses. There seem to be no more Summers
III massaehusetts.-St. Louis Globe-DemOcrat.
ALL Jay Gould's money has been earned by
someoouy labor and extracted from thousands
OF people who have through toilsome years ao-
CURED tHe small Investments which he has
squeezed like a sponge into his own Golfers The
worst of 1t all is that such success dazzles the
minds OF people until they lose their hold upon
moral distinctions, and the greatest thieves and
swindlers or the age are envied and initiated be-
cause the prevailing sentiment does not detest
them according to their real deserts.-New York
Times.
IF an lrishman in America would not sympa-
thize with the wrongs of Ireland he would not
adopted country. German is all the moro
worthy OF his American citizenship because he
re]olces in the glory and achievements of his
race. There is no danger that this sentiments
Will ever become exaggerated. Home interests
ana home duties will always predominant over
IL ana hold it within reasonable bounds. From
the revolution down to this hour there has been
no occasion of peril in which the Irish have been
wanting In the utmost loyalty and devotion to
their adopted country. Hence the complaints
because they have the manhood to serve their
old home and the countrymen whom they have
tude so much as from partisan raneor and preju-
dlce.-Ph1ladelphia Record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16

that is being raised in the name OF the New
York working classes against the opening of
the Brooklyn bridge on May "a, which is
Queen Victoria's birthday. Delegations have
visited the bridge trustees, but these gentle
men claim to have fixed the day in igno-
rance of the fact that it was the royal birth
day, and decline to make any change in their
arrangements. The delegations refuse to
believe that such lack of intelligence can
exist among aristocratic persons, as they
choose to term the trustees, and boldly de-
clare that the opening on the day named
will be an insult to the sovereign people of
this country One imprisoned orator
hopes 100000 laboring men will attend the
opening and bring the dignitaries to sense
of their error by 100000 Kisses. If this ad-
vice is followed it will be the largest flock
of geese on record.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16

JAMES YOUNG, whose death was announced
in yeste day S cable dispatches, was the man
who first "struck OIL" He was born in Glas-
gov in 1911, and received an elementary edu-
cation. In after years he became assistant to
Thomas Graham, a lecturer on chemistry
He remained in Graham's service seven years,
and left it to engage in practical chemistry as
SUPERINTENDENT of extensive manufactures
About lS47 Dr. Playfair told him of petro-
leum spring in a coal mine belonging to Mr.
Cakes, in Derbyshire. Mr.. Young submitted
the oil to long and careful examination, and
found modes of rendering it useful to society
But the product was small, and the supply of
raw material soon entirely ceased. The oil
had evidently come from the coal, and surely
it could be produced from it artifcially
This idea led to the slow distillation process
which he claimed in patent, whilst the
richness of the Bathgate coal decided that
the works for carrying it out should be estab-
lished there. The work for which a large
portion of the world has to thank Mr. Young,
Is this: lie reduced the price Of light, and
where a shilling was spent on candles, he
gave an equal amount Of light for one penny,
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16
An Absolute and Gratifying Relief

NOW IOFk OTapnlCs
1t is first rate thing to have President
who is not giving his whole attention to the
work of securing another term. One may
question the phlegmgtic quietude of this
gentleman, and accuse him of being unap-
preciative of the position that is usually men-
toned by the Fourth of July orator as the
grandest on earth; but, on the other hand,
there have been so many Presidents of late
years who have given themselves totally up
to that business that the course of this man
is an absolute and a most gratifying relief.
He probably does not sob or go into convul-
sions over the necessity of occupying the first
position, but he is not overwhelmed with its
Importance or its opportunities, as smaller
men have been in numerous instances; and,
at the same time, if he were to be candi-
date in 1884 it might be found that with the
opportunity thereby afforded to be a real
President, and not merely an animated
proxy, he would be as wide-awake and, per-
haps, as anxious as anybody.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16

THE credit of the prompt unraveling OF tho
alleged robbery of Paymaster WATSON on O
train of the Texas & Pacific railway Is due to the
hcnmen of Chief Paymaster Terrell. Immedi-
ately ON learning Of the so-called robbery, Col.
Terrell being convinced that the alleged robbery
was cunning device to cover shortages, urged
that immediate possession he taken of the office
and effects of the Major at Galveston. Col Ter
rels theory was that the robbery had been con-
cocted in Galveston, the money taken from the
bank and secreted in the Majors offlce-room,
probably tied up as package OF old vouchers
that Major Wasson's clerk had knowledge OF the
crime, and had kept watch over the valse while
the messenger was at supper, when snbstitu-
ton OF contents was made; that special efforts
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16

PADDY RYAN, the pugilist, "knocked OUT
at New Orleans by the Hon. John L. Sulli-
ton pride on Monday. Paddy is now a
saloon-keeper in Chicago, and was witness
in the Dunn-Elliott murder trial While on
the witness stand he was asked if he was not
prize fighter This he Indignantly denied,
saying: 81 am not prize-fghter; 1 am q
gentleman" What is Boston going to do
about it? Here's a Chicago saloon-keeper
who declares he is more of a gentleman than
Boston's best-known citizen The insult
calls for meeting according to the Marquis
of Queensbury rules.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16

The value of petroleum and Of coal oil was
shown by him, and led to the development of
the oil wells of America, as we'll as the dis
tillation of coal and shale in England and a
great part of Europe, while the oil itself has
penetrated far into the East. Mr.. Young's
works are well known as producing a large
amount of paraffin oil, but he was less known
as the manufacturer of solid paraffin, the
veritable coal gas, solidified and made into a
candle. This solid gas and beautiful sub
stance is now great manufacture.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16
Wise Course for the Negro.

Chicago Tribune.
The curse Of politics in the South has been
solid white party. That party is now in
process of disintegration. A solid negro
party will have the inevitable tendency to
solidify the color-line again, and the negro,
in the South will lose all the ground he has
gained. The drift of political progress in
the South is toward more general recogni-
ton OF the negro as an important political
factor and division of the solid South into
two parties, each offering It's strongest in
ducements for his membership and fran
chise. In such division as this he is much
more likely to secure justice, and even office,
than by striking out into any ''bold policy
or line of action" with the expectation of
coming into power. The most prudent thing
the negro can do is to trust to his friends,
and not to put to sea without sail or pilot
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16
THE QUESTION OF ExrRAp1r1oN.

The movement looking to the extradition
of political offenders against the British govs
eminent will involve some important ques-
tons. Evidently, before any man or men
can be surrendered to that power, sufficient
evidence must be offered to convince the
them. The Ashburton treaty, under which
they must be extradited, if surrendered at
ALL makes no provision for conspiracy to
murder, and names only murder, assault
with intent to commit murder, piracy, ar
son, robbery forgery and utterance of forged
paper. Later treaties between Great
many more offenses, notably that
with Belgium, which names murder, attempt
to commit murder, rape or attempted big
amy, abortion, arson, piracy or mutiny,
burglary, robbery, forgery, fabrication or
circulation of counterfeit money, either
coin or paper, bonds, coupons, bank notes.
seals, dies, stamps and marks of state and
public administrations, and utterance there
Of embezzlement of public or private
moneys unlawful destruction or obstruction
of railroads, endangering human life, at
tempts to commit any of these crimes, where
such attempts are punishable in both coun-
tries, 1t is pretty certain that England will
endeavor to negotiate new treaty with the
United States at an early day, but until it
does so we must operate under the old.
Duty to our citizens and to all who ap-
peal to our hospitality and protection after
having reached our shores, demands that the
utmost orcumspection be exercised in the
matter of allowing them to be taken to other
countries on criminal charges. A plausible
case must be made out, enough to show the
probability of conviction, before any man
can be taken into custody by foreign
officials. The offense charged must have
been committed in the country to which it
is asked that they be surrendered since all
offenses must be punished where committed.
So that any alleged conspiracies against
England in this country cannot subject the
conspirators to extradition. The British
government might ask the home government
to take cognizance of such matters and seek
their suppression, but beyond this nothing
could be done, except to appeal to the
arbitrament of arms. So far as the treaties
show, the policy of this government has been
to exclude conspiracies to murder in
Ireland, and the United States will continue
to be the natural refuge of Irish fugitives.
Whether this will be changed remains to be
seen. Ii a clause including such ofenses
should be inserted it is probable that the
question whether persons murdered should
have trial by jury would first be carefully
considered by this government. AS the
treaty now stands it is hardly probable that
the men said to be wanted by the British
government will be given up.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16

Can it reasonably be supposed that the
discriminating editor of the advertising col
umns of the Herald knows that the above
are Straight" Does anybody imagine that
"Vioa" is a girl and that Lew" is guile
less young man? If these things are plain to
the editor of course they were explained to
him. OF course, and the advertisers told
1t just as it was, without doubt. The Herald
is too ingenious by half when 1T asks a
credulous world to believe that there are not
from half dozen to a score of improper.per-
sonals in its every issue. The personal"
column, such as managed by the Herald and
few other newspapers, is the source OF inf
mite harm. Every intelligent reader knows
it, and it is simply nonsense for the publish
ers to take on virtuous airs and refusing
questionable personals.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16
General Buffers Good Sense.

NeW IUTk fIeTHIu
General Butler is man of common sense
when he comes to the subsoil of his charac-
ter. Those who know him below the surface
can hardly credit the gossip that he really as
pires to the presidency. In some respects
General Butler is an admirable man. many
sky-rocket lengths above more pretentious,
goody-good people; but he is too vulnerable,
and the humors of a campaign would kill
him, because the Democrats never knew how
to deal with humor.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16
Precisely the Difference.
PHILADELPHIA News.


A newspaper man" is one who has been
writing editorials for eighteen or twenty
years. A journalist is one who began police
reporting about week ago." The greatest
of all Journalists are the vealy young men
who do GLORY work" in remote suburbs
and industriously cultivate the church ice
cream festival field They are comparably
superior to any other known grades of
journalists
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1883-05-16
what Does Locality Signify

Charlottesville journal.
After all, what does it matter where man
lives, so that he is of correct morals of tenn
perate habits and able, in all respects to fill
the position for which he is chosen. Leav-
ing out the question altogether, the fair dis
tribution of patronage which ought to be
eliminated from politics. what sound obiec-
ton could there be to filling all the offices
for which Indiana men are wanted from In
dianapolis, If Indianapolis men prove them
selves above all Others the men for the posi-
tiOnS2