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lowed vote, although they were risk
ing their lives for their country, while
the best voters in the land, the think
ing men above forty-five years Of age.
were not allowed to enlist. This would
make it seem as though the argument
of physical incapacity were insufficie,
The questions of expediency are maly.
There are so many bad women who
would vote!" cry some timid ones.
The proportion of bad women to good
ones is many times smaller than that of
bad men to good, yet all men arc not
disfranchised for the sake of the black
sheep among them. There would be
, such an influx of uniformed voters
upon the country" say others, ''as would
ruin our institutions" This argument
was insufficient to defeat the civil rights
bill, however. nor did the disfranchise-
ment Of the blacks prove the great evil
such thinkers prophesied it would be.
In fact, there is only one class of oppo-
nents to woman suffrage who have q
clear, logical argument for their side.
gainsaid. The liquor interest declare
that it is absolutely opposed to woman
suffrage. "FOr." said its representa-
tives in convention, 1T is the last hope
of the temperance people" There is
their whole argument in nutshell, and
it is also mighty argument for the
suffragists.
If men are sincere in their profess
sions of desire to protect and aid wO-
man, let them place in her hands the
weapon which they themselves have
found most effective in fighting wrong
the ballot. and they may rest assured
that she will use that weapon Us she has
used every means of advancement that
has been given her-conscientiOusly,
wisely. wOmanfully. and that the world
will be the better for her influence and
power in the State.-San francisco
Call.
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Who Are the People.

It is the testimony of distinguished
men that "a republic can be made per-
manent only by the virtue and intelli-
gence of its people" Are women peo-
Pile? Has woman a share in the virtue
and intelligence of this country? Go to
the jails and penitentiaries where th9
vicious are confined, are they all wo-
men? Go to the Sabbath schools.
churches, missionary meetings and
places of prayer where the virtuous
gather, are they all men? Go to the
graduating classes of our high schools.
are the graduates all boys? If men
have all the virtue and intelligence.
then let men do all the voting, but If
woman has an equal share. beware how
the imprint of her influence is with
held from the political life Of this re-
public. George W. Balm. in Romans
Journal.
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LEADING SUFFRAGISTS.

ELIZABETH CADY STANTON, the fore
most representative in the cause Of
women in America, was born at john
stown, N. Y, in 1916.
KATE KANE and Ellen A. Martin,
who are practicing law in Chicago, are
both graduates of the Michigan State
University at Ann Arbor. One is q
native of Virginia and the other of
New York.
Mrs. WEIGH. Of Fargo, Dakota, is q
remarkable woman. She is seventy
five years of age, but keeps posted upon
all the reforms of the day, not except
ing Women's Rights. Through all
these years she has followed the woman
suffrage work.
A SAN FRANCISCO correspondent,
writing to the Womap's journal, says:
II can not give you any idea Of the en-
thusiasm. interest and love Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe has awakened all over
California. There never was a woman
so universally honored here"
The ability of our State organizer
has attracted notice even in far away
England. The Westminster and Lambeth
Gazette says: What stirring. Jealous
Association the Massachusetts Women's
Suffrage Society must be to start seven
new leagues in one month"; The seven
new leagues were formed by Miss Pond
in April; and during the previous
month she had organized eight.
Mrs. MILLICENr GARRETT FAwCErr,
in a recent address on woman suffrage
said that she heard one gentleman say
he would Ego solid'' for Mr.. Gladstone.
and perhaps others would do the same
with respect to Lord Salisbury. but
when women had the power of voting,
she hoped they would ''go solid'' for
the ten commandments, and not be in
fiuenced by party. This sentiment was
cheered, as it deserved to be.
AT recent Congressional hearing on
woman suffrage, Southern lady, Mrs.
Judge Merrick, of New Orleans. was
called upon to answer remark OF Sen
ator Brown to the effect that no South
ern women wanted to vote. Mrs. Mer-
rick said that she had been suffragist
from her birth, and that she had won
her husband, two sons and her brother
to her way of thinking. She wanted
the ballot for herself md four grand
daughters
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-05
A SONG OF REST.

o weary hands. that all tie day
Were set to labor hard and long,
Now softly fall the shadows gray.
The bells are rung for evensong;
An hour ago the golden sun
Sank slowly down into the west;
Poor weary hands. your toll il done;
'Tis time for rest,-'tis time for rest
o weary feet! that many a mile
Have trudged along a stony way,
At lastye reach the trysting stile;
No longer fear to go astray.
The gently bending, rustling trees
Rock the young birds within the nest
And softly sings the quiet breeze,
Its time for rest!-'tis time for rest"
weary eyes! from which the tears
Fell many Q time like thunder-rain-
weary heart! that through the years
Beat with such bitter, restless pain
Tonight forget the stormy strife
And know what Heaven shall send Is best
Lay down the tangled web of life;
IT'S time for RESULTS time for rest!
-Fi0rence Tyler, In Christian at Work.
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They were talking about diving.
Jones-"rve known man to dive
down and come up seventy-five yards
from where he went into the water. ~
Brown That's nothing. A New
York cashier, having robbed the safe
of his employer, in fit of remorse
plunged into New York harbor. and
two months afterward turned up in
Europe. How is that for a dive?'-
TeIdS Sittings.
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ence."
Lord. what fools these mortals be-"
For tune-teiling is all humbug, but
perhaps an excuse may be found for it
on the principle set down in these
words: There is one sense in which,
without the inspiration of prophecy or
the charge of imposture, one may rea-
sonably and benefcially venture to in
dulge in the mystery of fortune telling.
knowing that, in the established sue
cession of human affairs certain causes
will produce corresponding effects, one
may read the future in the past, and
boldly predict that the spendthrift will
come to want, the debauchee to prema-
ture decay, the idler to contempt, the
gamester to bitterness OF soal, if not to
suicide. the profigate to remorse and
the violator of the laws to punish
ment.h And all this withou: money
and without price. and without the aid
of tea or coffee grounds. cups CO cords.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-05

All ports in Portuguese India, have
been declared infected with cholera by the
British Foreign Office.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1888-10-05

Conductor Heavens. Nose. why
do you want to hang YOURSELF" Sui
cidal Porter" Hain't I got huff to
make emmy man hang h'se'fF Thar's
twenty-fo' paris OBJ shoes in dis kyar.
and nineteen am russell leather, while
de res am owned by wimmen. Fare.
well. vain world; Use gwine lor1e."
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matte foot by getting on it more toes, ard
there will be sigh of relief when you are
gone out Of the world; and when over
your remains the minister recites the
words: BLESSED are the dead who die in
the Lord, +" persons who have keen appre.
citation of the ludicrous will hardly be able
to keep their faces straight. But whether
in that direction my words do good or not,
I am anxious that all who have only ordi.
nary equipment be thankful for what they
have and rightly employ it. I think you
all have, fguratively as well as literally,
fingers enough. Do not long for hinder
ing superf1uities. Standing in the pres.
ence Of the fallen giant of my text and
in this post mortem examination Of
him, let us learn how much better
off we are with just the usual hand,
the usual foot. You have thanked
God for q thousand things, but warrant
you never thanked Him for those two i'm
PIGMENTS of work and locomotion that no
one but the infinite and omnipotent God
could have ever planned or made-the
hand and the foot. Only that soldier or
that mechanic who in battle or through
machinery has lost them knows any thing
about their value, only the Christian sci.
enlist can have any appreciation of what
divine masterpieces they are. Sir Charles
Bell, the English surgeon on the battlefield
of Waterloo, was SO impressed with the
wondrous construction of the human hand
that when the Earl of Bridgewater gave
$4,000 for essays on the wisdom and good.
ness of God, and eight books were written,
Sir Charles Bell wrote his entire book on
the wisdom and goodness Of God as dis
played in the human hand.
The twenty-seven bones in hand and
wrist with cartilages and ligaments and
phalanges of the fingers, all made just
ready to knit, to sew, to build up, to pull
down, to weave, to write, to plow, to
pound, to wheel, to battle, to give friendly
salutation. The tips Of the fingers are so
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-15

q complication Of pipes and brackets
on one side of the room attracted my ut.
tention. In answer 10 my inquiries, Ada
told me that she had run the sewing ma
chine by water power Tor all the sowing
she had 10 do in her fitting up. This was
au uE3pealiable relief TO me. as feared
that she had ovortaxed herself at tho ma
chine She protested that she had not,
and in proof of the statement she turned
a crank adjusted u belt, and showed me
that the needle Of the machine would
pass with the greatest ease through the
thickest cloth and would sew about three
times faster than ono could 90 BY foot
power.
But what and where is the motive
power" asked.
"A tiny wheel under the kitchen sink. y
she replied, and 50 it was-a small motor
that one could almost put in a dish PAM
A stream scarcely larger than largo
knitting needle furnished the power, and
o leather belt was carried 10 the upper
room through casing. This belt was
either attached to the large driving
Wheel or run in 4 groove in the wheel
s:,aft, according rs more or less speed vas
REQUIRED. A lever, moved either by the
foot on hand, started or stopped tho
wheel This was one Of the most sensible
OF the many improvements; for ada
would sew, and with this arrana cement
she would beable to do SO without oyertax-
ing her strength.-Demorest' S Monthly.
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mindu Women and ch,ldnc.

lilndu-inrl women Ire pa iUn1i Us 40
tached o. their children. especially 90 the
SONS. who are the crown and glory ~
their lives. Nor arc they without ailcc
tioE for their little daughters. who must
be- tnn-planted so carly to other house.
holds. lhey try 90 take good care ol
them all ltpgayors and offerings i1 thn
gods and 10 Brahmins couli keep tlr
little ones m health. then would linda
children never know pain, bnt boz thrIr
ignorance of 10 simplest rules ~ health
the mothers often cau.e sickness 10 com.
10 the beings they love more than lite
Diseases of the eyes are very prevalent 3D.
India, and the chi 'ren suffer even NOR.
than adults A curious custom prevails
OF drawing a black line al the base Of the
lower eyclashes with n preparation called
surma. They think this protects the eyes
from Inflammation. and also that it adds
to they beauty
In sickness they formerly depended
upon their priests. who have a littb
knowledge os roots and herbs N0H
there arc well educated native doctors ~
all the cities. who are employed by
government to take charge Of hospitals.
under tho superintondeuce of an English
physician But the poor people Ia Tie
villages suffer greatly from the lack OF
medical treatment Wheua child is sick.
the anxious mother gets the best advice
and medicine she can and redoubics her
prayers TO the gods IL the child dies
She IS overwhelmed With sorrow aud
despair. fearing that some sim If her owu'
has caused the death OF che child. on that
its sin has hurried it into another exist
ence where. as u savage beast or venom
ous reptile. II must eXpatiate its guilt
The Vague doctrine of the transmigratiou
of souls does not afford much comfort t.
the Hindu 10 hope of recognition or
reunion is held out and yet with the
utmost inconsistency, the people often
speak Of paradise and Of meeting dear
ones there Mrs + }. Humphrey ina
Demorests Monthly
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DEsERTERs AFTER PENSIONS.

When the furious rapidity with which
the Senate passes private pension bills is
considered, 1t Is not to I've wondered al
that skulkers and deserters are frequently
found among the lists of pension claim
ants, and it is fortunate for the country
that it has President In Washington who
watches the public interest with careful
eye. In the latest batch of vetOes sent
in by Mr.. Cleveland were three
cases of desertion, In one of which 1t
was shown:that the. claimants devotion
to his country was manifested by two
records of desertion, 1.-The first extend
ing over a period of nearly year and a
half and the other terminating his mill.
tary service" Another deserter, the
President says in vetoing the claim, is
shown by the rolls of his regiment to
have been absent from his command two
years.
"These examples" as is well remarked
by the Philadelphia Record, "serve to ex-
plain why so many deserters and bounty
jumpers have been petitioning Congress
TO remove the record of their disgrace
and to give them an honorable discharge.
The discharge once obtained through the
compliance of essy.going members of
Congress, the deserter or bounty jumper
and his agent next push through .pri-
vate bill to grant him pension and to
put his name on the honored roll of pen.
sioners who have deserved well Of their
country"
Yet when President Cleveland puts the
stamp of his veto on one of these foul Jobs
howl ia passed all along the line, from
Ingalls, in Kansas to Boutelle In Maine,
that the President has given another
proof of his rancorous hostility to the
brave veterans of the Union Army.
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A malady that seems TO have become
alarmingly prevalent Of late goes ~ tue
name of nervous dyspepsia. Tho doc
tors are getting up as great "a mu on This
term as they did ou malaria few years
ago. Iii man has "a queer fancy OF any
sort. or "a woman imagincs that burglar
is really under the bed. 10 is q certain case
of nervous dyspepsia, just as an ordinary
headache H. set down TO malaria. II a.
ASTONISHING though, how heartily some
of these victims ~ noryoG dyspepsia oau
III themselves with food. and how ready
they all are to grab every good thing go
ing that they can reach. II t. sheer hum
bug in the DOCTOR 10 use this term at adj
or to encourage people in the notion that
they have any such malady. but then
there il quite IS much humbug among
the doctors - among any other class
possibly even little more Hundreds %
men ia perfectly good general health. and
attending TO business AZ regularly As t.es
ever did, will tell you. if asked how iHei
are, that they are utterly wretcAcd from
nervous dyspepsia, and 90 on 20 diatc gn
the symptoms at tirgsOme length lhf
doctor has told them that 5 villa. F. ODE
matter, when probably the real troub. Is
only q stomach temporarily ont Of or-fr
and as the phrase sounds well they repeat
it at every opportunity Il is q peculiar.
ity of the man who fanciea lie las Iers o-'
dyspepsia TO be moro Of crank than aly
other crank New YORK Cor Detroit
Free Press
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Apparel for Hot Weather.

When it comes to tho apparel question,
we find 4 problem difficult Of solution.
What to wear for the greatest comfort?
hear my fat and hasty friend say,
why. the thinnest white cotton garment
you can possibly buy"
Not quite, old fellow Ii you do that
you may find il snare. and one Of these
days, with their Sudden changes, will
bring you summer pneumonia. Cotton
is hot al absorbent, and is 10 more fit TO
be worn next the skin than coat Of mail
wouldbe. 1t holds tho perspiration and
excretions Of the body-of these millions
of little sewers-in its meshes. in suspen-
sion as it were. and when you stand IN a
breezy place you feel this foreign presence
b. the cold, clammy sensation which
brings out the expression that ''some one
Is walking over your grave"
Underwear should always be constructed
Of wooden material, which may DO made
as light and flny as desired. II is cooler
than cotton, and far more Clearly
Richard Guernsey. ~ D., in Once Week.
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A WONDERFUL RAILROAD.
From Moscow to 81. Petersburg Ivan and
Ills fricnu.

When the railway was first opened bo
tween Moscow aud ~. pctcIsourg it ,-ss
an obiec' Of great terror TO the slD.r.
tious po1sanfry OF northern Rus,l VIII,
thought there must certainly lo SOM,
wtchcraft or magic in an invention which
could make train OF heavy caf. .rr
along without horses at the r,-a NJ
twenty miles an hour. when iL. ...i
speed Of the wagons 10 which ta.y ..er.
accustomed was only three mile. a.. I...i,
or four AT the very outside
Some II them would not even co within
sight OF \ train. and made the sign 0. oil,
cross whenever they heard one rattler..f
Others peeped timidly oy,r1the plI..l.
of he railway station o. catch ..lu...,
OF the fmOkc breathing creature u...l
they believed TO be living monster ..i
when the steam whistle sounded f..
cried ou, Hear him screaming 3d..
hungry and wants 10 cat somebody .l
took 10 their heels at once
But little by little this terror bs.lo
wear away The village priests were ...u
to go 10 and fro by train. ald the .n..
country folk thought that what th., I'D
could not be wrong rs degree, nh.
peasants themselves began Co ty ta
smoke wagons too. and one day 900, I
man named Ivan Pgtr0vitct Masl0f rI,
had never been ont of his OWE yiila-.fU.
then made up bis mind % 20 and hayeu
look 40 Mother Moscow. which all IN,
sian pea ants reverence as Che finest citl
in the world. and The real capital ot
Russia
Now IL happened that the down cNpr.-.
ana the mp express met each other ri. tn.
station of Bologoc midway between No.
cow and 81 petersburgl where the ra..
engors of both trains stopped halt 1920
hour TO have supper Among abe crowd
of people that got ont of the other tru
Ivan suddenly recognized an old friend
The two went into the rofro,hmeut rm
together. had a chat over their ,fcmur
tumblers of tea and lemon juice all f..u
ivan without thinking IT what Boz ua.
doing got into his friends train instead
OF his own and was soon travelling h.
toward the spot whence Doe had started
Their talk went on D. cr1ly fora NIl.r.
for Ivan friend never Thought OFF a..u.
the old man which way hc Wa, ..n.
But presently Ivan began to grow -'r
and grave. as ii bordering something
which puzzled him Very mgrl and l.
length. after sitting for nearly hyt mm
Mites without uttuiuy o. word b., SOD
denly broke out
All Pavol luricutch Paul ,.n ODD
Georcel what a wonderful thing tl.
railroads are to be- sUr.' Her. am lol
to Moscow aud here lro SOU going to IS,
Peters burg and N,f worn both fflKlIIU.
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CAPABLE of Bearing Arms.

NJ. Gervais, French authority, says
there are men capable G. bearing arms
in Germany, 100000; in France,
$500, 900; in Austria-Hungary. 1900,
900; in Italy, 100000; in England.
100000; in Russia, 100000, and all
the other European states. 1000, 600.
That gives a total of "a, 100, 900. OF
that number 100000 arc trained SOL
diers.-Boston Budget.
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When LAWYERS Are Rusty.

Yes, lawyers frequently call upon
clerks for points in pleadings and prac-
tice. In fact. scarcely day passes but
that some lawyer, frequently the most
successful practitioner, will call upon the
clerk for information relative TO the de-
tails of pleadings, and the suggestions
given are generally of incalculable bene-
fit, because always accurate. \ major
ity of lawyers are up with the law and
authorities, but many of them are rusty
in the ordinary pleadings, which are
sometimes rather complicated. Deputy
Circuit Clerk in Globe Democrat
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PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS:

PRESIDENTIAL ELECTORS:
At Large,
RICHARD +. BEIRNE of Hanover.
JOHN T. HARRIS of Rockingham
First District,
T.RB. WRIGHT of Essex.
Second District,
d. GARDNER TYLER Of Charles City.
Third District,
TAzEwELL Elicit of Richmond city
Fourth District,
WILLIAM r. MCKINNEY OF Petersburg
Fifth District,
II. g. PETERS Of Henry.
Sixth District,
W. w BERRY of Bedford.
Seventh District,
MIcAJAn WOODS of Albemarle.
Eighth District,
Z. +. MEREDITH of Prince William.
Ninth District.
JOHN A. BUCHANAN of Washington:
Tenth District,
r. B. PooRE of Appomattox
The Daily times. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1886-1889, 1888-08-15
THE BELIEF IN LUCK.
Result of an Effort to Explain the Appar-
entity Inex plicable- Examples.

The belief in luck results from per
,istent effort to explain what Is to the
majority inexplcable. and we may sus.
1ect that as the inexplicablc is usually
attributed to an unseen chain of causes,
good many senseless efforts TO change
The !ick-as, for instance. turning the
chair at whist. or changing ones house
are efforts. conscious or unconscious, TO
break the chain Of causality. to defect
The stream. AZ il were, aud make it pass
by us. Bat this explanation does not in
the least meet the strange feeling which
attaches luck or i'll luck TO inanimate
things, feeling which, avowed through
)ut the East and nearly universal with
lie vulgar OF the West. fingers even
among the cultivated TO an astonishing
iegree We have met men and women
entirely free from it, or ut least so free
hat neither they nor we could detect 1t.
but we suspect the majority of our
its existence in their own minds-that Is.
that they possess or know of things TO
which, in spite of reason. they attach
lucky or unlucl>y influence.
Tho extent of the feeling varies with
temperament. but few are wholly free
from it. aad with some it is AN abiding
conviction. leading, in the case of the loss
If the thing thus valued, to acute mental
suffering. 1t is not all association which
induces women to sob over a mislaid
wedding ring, or brave officers 10 pat Oh a
particular sword when going on Il spc-
cally dangerous expedition 1t Is not an
inexplicable but continuous experience.
for there has been no experience. That
solution would explain the belief of Not
tinghamshire that particular house
always kills the first born of its owner
wholly irrespective of descent-Thilc
the owner Is still alive.
That idea, 80 strong a. To- affect the
value of the property, Is no doubt the ne
suit of long series OF singular coin.
cidenccs. the breaks in which. not being
remarkable, have not been remarked. but
in most cases there is no justifying oX-
perience The vase. or cup. or jewel. on
house TO which n family attaches honor as
in some way connected with the luck
OF their race, has never been broken. or
lost, or sold; ind they themselves. as
they show their treasure. reject with their
intellects 4 belief nevertheless so opera
tive that no price would purchase its ob.
jet from their possession. The man who
has kept a lucky coin for years has never
had any luck from it: it is the miserable
often who feel this charm of the mani
nae, and 60 on for years preserving the
article, whatever it may be, as a kind of
amulet which is to bring the happiness
never yet possessed Indeed. mcu have
been known 10 buy things under a fancy
that they would be lucky to them. which
is TO express the belief in its fullest and
most unreasonable form. -Oncc Week