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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-26
THE SOLID SOUTH.
The Forces That Will Break 1t Up In the
Near Future.

The Forces That Will Break 1t Up In the
Near Future.
The forces that will break up the
solid South at no distant period are
already at work, and have been for
several years. They are not political,
and the breakup, when it comes, will
not be a violent disruption. The
solid South will yield to the influence
Of social laws. little by little, until it
is no more solid, politically, than any
other part of the United States.
The industrial development of the
South is being wrought by Northern
capital and managed by Northern
brains, and the Northern managers
naturally draw Northern men to their
Southern enterprises, to work there in
conjunction with Southern mechanics
and laborers. These men carry their
social and political gospel with them,
and under their influence the old race
prejudice of the South and its false
views on economic questions, such as
the tariff, are giving way. Every ore
bank, every coal mine, every iron
furnace and cotton-mill thus becomes
school in which political equality
and social economy are taught and in
fuences started which must end in
freedom of the ballot-box and the un.
prejudiced use of the ballot.
When these lessons have been
learned by the class which has gov
erned hitherto by right Of might, the
solid South will be broken. When
every man may cast a vote untram-
meled by fear and unbiased by preju-
dice, all that is meant by the phrase
will be accomplished. Every State
could still be Democratic; Mason and
Dixon's line may still be the most
prominent mark of separation between
the two great parties; but if every
man votes according to his own con-
victions there will be no longer solid
South in the sense in which those
words are now used.
But then it will be no longer solid
South in any sense. The Southern
States will not be all Democratic then.
Industrial States never are, for the
men who work want protection for
their labor, and they will vote with
the party that upholds that principle.
There will be Democratic Southern
States, devoted chiefly to farming and
commerce, and Republican Southern
States, in which mines. mills and facto-
r;es will flourish. This is the way the
solid South will be broken, and any
body who will give little attention 20
the progress of events will see the
breaking forces in full activity right
Inquirer.
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acted, and to a certain extent the law
requires such preference to be given.
The claims of the soldier to the favor
of the Government in the distribu-
ton of patronage are OF q con-
elusive character, provided he il
competent to do the work in salts
factory manner. That is to say, as q
matter Of simple fairness and decent
gratitude. citizen who risked his
life in the army at q time when the
very existence of the Nation was at
stake has a better right to an Office
than one who remained at home.
President Harrison, who was him
self q gallant and worthy soldier. rec.
ognized this doctrine at the outset by
giving four of the eight places in his
Cabinet to men having similar rec
ord, whereas in the Cabinet of his
predecessor only one such person had
a place. There is reason to believe
that his administration will thus favor
the soldier in all branches of the pub
lie service; and that is certainly what
is desired by the people who voted the
Republican ticket last November.
Nobody wishes that the question of
qualification shall be disregarded
under any circumstances. The soldier
who lacks the necessary ability or ex-
perience to conduct the business of a
given Office should not receive the APP
pointment merely because of his mill
tary record; but that record should
in other respects is conceded. and the
rival applicant has no military record.
1t is not to be supposed that all those
who wore the Federal uniform are
qualified for official duties and respon-
sibilities, but they average as well in
that regard as any other class, and
their applications should receive spe-
cial consideration by reason of the
fact that they helped to suppress the
rebellion. They do not all want Of
fees; the large majority of them are
quite content with other forms of en-
ployment But such of them as choose
to ask for appointments have q right
to expect that preference will be shown
them whenever they furnish sufficient
evidence of their capacity to render
intelligent and efficient service The
Government was saved from destruc-
ton by their courage and fortitude,
according to the measure of their per-
sonal opportunity; and that is the best
claim that any candidate can present
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-26
AN EXCELLENT POLICY.
President Harrison's Redemption of o
Important Party Pledge.

President Harrison's Redemption az IN
Important Party Pledge.
The President seems intent upon re-
deeming the pledges made in the Chi
cago platform in spirit as well as in
the letter. During Mr.. Cleveland's
administration the Territories were
treated as outlying provinces OF some
empire. rather than as inchoate parts
of a Republic. Whosoever was too
greatly disliked at home to venture to
solicit a Federal Office which would
keep him in close and constant rela-
tionship with his old neighbours. de-
manded to be made Governor or Secre-
tary or land agent for some one of the
Territories. Some of Mr.. Cleveland's
Territorial appointments were so
flagrantly bad as to insure rejection
by the Senate; none of them was ex-
cellenL and only in one case was the
Office of Territorial Governor con-
ferred upon a resident of the Terri
tory. r
The Chicago platform protested
against this state of affairs and de-
manded home rule for the Territories.
The demand is based on sound policy;
the Territories some day will be States,
and capacity for the proper exercise Of
the functions of statehood are best de-
veloped by tentative system of gov
eminent in which the officers are resi-
dents of the Territories. The chance
of appointment to a high executive or
judicial position in a Territory is q
stimulant to the exercise of those
qualities which the voters Of State
are quick to recognize and honor.
Home rule while in the Territorial
stage is the best apprenticeship which
can be served to the duties and honors
of statehood.
1t hardly was expected that the
President would carry the principle Of
the Chicago platform to the extent of
appointing the judiciary of the Terri
tories from resident lawyers; but he has
shown himself inclined to do 80. And
most wisely. 1t is great mistake to
suppose that the Territorial bars
are made up of either uncouth
or unlettered lawyers. Some Of the
brightest and best trained young men
of the Eastern and Middle States have
gone to the far West in search of less
crowded fields of action, and in long
years of residence have made them
selves as familiar with the habits and
tempers of the Territorial people as
with the written statutes. And it is
to be said that the best kind of lawyer
or Judge is he who not only knows the
law, but knows also the kind of people
to whom it is to be applied. Law is
the materia medica, as it were, of So
cial disease, but it is but half the
province of physician to know what
remedies to prescribe in general; q
knowledge of the temperament Of his
patient must supplement it. For the
first time in the history of the Repub-
lie we have President who desires to
intrust the Interpretation of the law
of the Territories to the lawyers of the
Territories; it is most wise and lib
eral policy.-Chicago Inter Ocean.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-26
WON EN- IN THE WORK.

LADY SANDHURST was elected to the
London eng County Council at the
late election. Mrs Gladstone in a let
ter seconded her election.
LADY LANsDOwNE is carrying out
the movement begun by her predeces-
sor, Lady Dufferin, for providing the
women Of India with women physicians
Her Excellency has already visited all
the Calcutta institutions connected with
the National Association, and has in
spected the classes of young women
studying medicine.
Mrs. HELEN NJ. COUGAR writes: 81
earnestly recommend the equal suffrage
clubs of Indiana to study in private
and discuss in public The American
Commonwealth by james. Bryce. /
deem this one of the most valuable con-
tributions to the science of government,
and especially adapted to the use of
equal suffrage students
would l vote? Bless you heart! l
do vote every year, as by the laws OF
Massachusetts, am allowed to vote for
school committee. 1t is but a crumb
from the loaf, the whole of which be-
longs to me. Nevertheless, / bravely
deposit my beggarly and pauperized
vote, and then, like Oliver Twist, reach
up my hand for more. MARY A
Livermore.
Mrs. SALLIE F. CHAPLIN, of South
Carolina, was recently asked by
Southern Senator, "Why do you wo-
men not leave the temperance work to
men? Let them make the laws; they
would be responsible and take the con-
sequences. Mrs. Chaplin answered:
Because, my dear sir, men make the
laws now, and women take the oonse-
quences.
AT the County W. C. T. U. Conven-
ton held in Frankfort O., this tzibute
was paid to the venerable Mrs. Phoebe
Cook McKell: Had it not been for
her ever-open purse, and her never-fail-
ing words of counsel and encourage
ment. coming oft from the bed of suffer-
ing, to-day there would be neither w.
C. T. u. nor Suffrage Association in
this part of Ohio"
Mrs. MARGARET E SANGs TER is to
succeed Miss Mary L. Booth as editor
of Harper's Bazaar. Mrs. Sangster has
been for several years the successful
postmistress of Harper's Young People.
and has been associated in other ways
with Harper's publications She be-
lieves in woman suffrage. and a num-
Der OF her sweetest poems first appeared
In the Woman'S Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-26
SOLDIERS FOR OFFICES.
A Cabinet Ruling That Will Readily u
Endorsed by the People.

a SaD1net fSulinX Inat VII be
Endorsed by the People.
Secretary Tracy gives notice that
"while the fact of a person having a
good record as a soldier will be con-
sidered among tine best OF recon-
mendations for appointment to Office,
ability to perform the duties of the
position to which he aspires must be a
condition precedent to the favorable
consideration of his application.
This rule is just and proper one. and
the people will readily indorse it.
Tae soldiers and their friends do not
Insist that any other practice shall be
followed. They only ask that prefer
ence shall be given to a man who
fought for the Union over one who did
not. where both are qualified for the
Office. That is the theory upon which
the Republican party has always
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assumed . place near the wounded girl.
Grace was still unconscious, but breathed,
and when the doctor rose from brief ex-
animation and turned to the widow, there
was look on his face that brought throb
OF hope to the hearts Of all-no, not all. for
there was one present who was not pleased
at the good doctors announcement.
IA bad wound, but il the Inflammation can
be kept down, the girl viii recover. A few
days will decide The skull has been slight
ly fractured, think"
For the first time since the crack of the
pistol had rung in his ear Austin Went
word breathed easy. HIS pallid counte-
nance Lit up with glad light, while from
his heart fell silent benediction.
DR.. Faxon left medicine, washes for the
wound and brief yet comprehensive in
structious, and then took his departure.
He mad scarcely gone when another
vehicle drew up at Lone Hollow.
Austin Wentword stood over the wounded
girl in solemn, thoughtful attitude. He
heard no sound of steps, although two men
had crossed the threshold and stood at his
elbow.
A hand touched his arm.
He turned then to confront a bluff-look-
ing man, who, with wonderful dexterity,
snapped a pair Of handouts over the wrists
of the astounded Austin Wentword.
"What does this meanm demanded the
mechanic, Keeling backward.
SIT means that you are my prisoner, Aus
tin Wentword," returned the man, in a
stern voice. ~ have warrant for your ar
rest"
At the same time the officer, whom Went
word recognized as the county sheriff, pro-
duced a paper and began reading SO dazed
was he that the prisoner only caught a word
here ana there, enough to inform him that
he had been accused of an assault on one
Grace Penroy with intent to commit muir
der.
The idea seemed ridiculous as well as
horrible to Wentword.
He was not permitted to say word in
his own defense, but was hurried from the
room and the house, and was soon being
whirled over the road to Stonefeld Jail. 1t
was sad termination to the lovers meet
ing Of the evening.
And now two watchers were left beside
the wounded and insensible Grace-her
mother and Captain Starbright. For some
minutes after the departure Of Wentword
in the hands Of the sheriff not word broke
the solemn SulneSS OF tn6 room. Inc zap
tain was the first to speak.
"You see now what comes of permittino
Grace tn receive the attentions of low me-
cbanicn
Mrs Penrov lifted her faded ewes and re-
parded the sneaker ixeflly.
$50 YOU imagine it is to him nv Door
Grace owes this hurtr
"Certainly. Ihaye proof that will hang
him should your daughter die. II was a
lovers, ouarrel aoain and the use of a pistol
in the hands OF a low villain mad with ZEAL
ousv.n
at il terriblew
The tremor in the voman,s voice went far
to nrove that. although seemingly heartless
at times. vet Martha Penroy had an affection
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-26

ANY person VINO races the paper reguu4
n from the posi-ofiiec. whether directed to his
aaae or vhelner he is q subscriber or not, IL
responsible fer the pay.
rhe courts lave decided that refusing 10 take
newspapers from tht pest-oi.icc. or removing
aud leaving them pncailed for. Is prima facie
= -. - a. ~, LIN
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II shall be satisfied with that, knowing
that possess your love-" said the beauti-
full girl, clinging fondly to his arm.
81 am satisfied to gain your hand without
the fortune returned thee infatuated
young man, bending and imprinting kiss
on the pale cheek of his companion.
Night shadows were falling, and neither
saw the form of man crouching in the
bushes near, q man who had listened to
nearly every word that had fallen from the
lips OF the twain.
Presently he lifted himself 30 that his
cleaning eyes took in the loving scene.
Neither shall live to crush me-" muttered
the prowler. Then his hand shot forward,
fash followed, then loud report.
Grace Penroy sank apparently lifeless in
the arms of her companion, the blood
streaming down her face. The bullet of the
assassin had been well aimed.
The suddenness Of the crime quite para
lyzed the young mechanic for the time. He
felt the form of his betrothed dead weight
in his arms. He eased her to the ground,
fully believing that she was dead
An awful horror was cast over heart and
brain. He had heard the report, and seen
the flash. To discover the assassin was now
his desire He sprang forward and caught
from the ground a smoking pistol He
glared about him fercely, but saw no one.
Then he strobe back to the bleeding form
on the ground, still holding the smoking
weapon of death.
At this moment man rushed down the
path from the direction of the house and
confronted Wentword.
1t was Captain Starbright.
$50 ithas come to this at last" cried the
Captain, in an awful voice. 81 feared it all
along. Poor Grace! to die by the hand Of
a miserable mudsillr,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-04-26
LONE HOLLOW:
Or, The Peril Of the PenfoyS.
A Thrilling and Romantic Story
OF Love and Adventure
BIZ JAMES M. MERRILL, AUTHOR OF "Boaus
BILL" FISHER JOE" AND
OTHER STORIES
CHAPTER XIV.

lCopyrioh, 1889, By the A. N Kellogg Nesos-
paper Conspdny.1
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1889-08-28
The Russian Cavalry.

The material of the Russian cavalry
relatively to that of the German army still
leaves much to be desired, says a writer
in the Mslita,Isches Woc6en6latt. Though,
according to census returns, the number
of horses actually existing in the country
reaches the imposing total of 20, ,ooO,O
yet eighty-six per cent. of these are under
sized village ponies unsuited for military
purposes; and of the remaining 4, 900, 900,
which are for the most part reared in
breeding establishments, 1864 of which
exist scattered about the empire, many
in the steppe, only eighteen per cent.
breed riding horses, the remainder only
draught animals. These stud-breds hardly
suffice to meet the requirements of the
officers and of the guard regiments, and
the latter are being compelled more and
more to have recourse to the horses COM
ing from the south, to so.called 'im-
proved" country -breds, which also sup"
ply the needs of the line cavalry almost
entirely. These animals possess consid-
erable endurance, but are not well shaped
for cavalry purposes, and owing to their
badly seton heads and necks, the narrow
ness between the cheek-bones, and their
deficient quarters, it is difficult to teach
them proper galop; and these defects
are even more conspicuous in the Cossack
horse, which is yearly dete1orating.
Nevertheless, and in spite of the unprom'
ising nature of the material, the attempt
is made to attain the same proficiency in
the old-fashioned manege traditions as
was formerly achieved with better stock
and longer service.
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DR.. Charcot's Queer Patient.

A Paris correspondent of the Courier
des Etats- Unis notes that hardly has the
intelligence of the discovery of the elixir
of life by DR.. Brown-Sequard ceased to
startle the French capital before DR..
Charcot, ssthe man among us who is most
habituated to the marvellous" draws the
attention of the scientific world to
fernme-chat, or cat-woman whom he has
discovered.
DR.. Charcot's femme-chat is an inmate
of the hospital of Salpetriere, as the story
goes. She is a pretty child, about four
teen years old, with blue eyes and long,
blond hair falling down her back. She
is modest and gentle up to certain mo-
ment, when the visitor suddenly beholds
her eyes, "frightfully convulsed," her
mouth shrivels up, horrible grimaee
distorts her features and she drops to the
earth on all fours. Then she scampers
about the room over and under chairs
and tables, seeking everywhere an outlet
of escape, and, if anybody attempts to
capture her, she spits with the unmistak-
able pfft, pfft, of an enraged puss. She
humps her back and gives vent to longs
miaulments IN crescendo, and if q bit of
paper or other trihe be thrown to her,
She stretches forth paw or a hand, as
the case may be, and plays with it as a
cat will. Finally, after having done the
entire pus business to admiration, she
curls over on her back, the crisis is over,
and the femme-chat becomes pure femme
once more.-Neu York Commercial Adrer-
5soor
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PACKING BUTTER FOR WINTER.

In putting down butter for winter use
in small way there is nothing better
than large, well-glazed crooks, with
covers close-fitting, and glazed inside as
well as outside. Glazing on the inside
of the covers is often neglected, and
when it is, the porous earthen, which Is
q powerful absorbent, soon becomes
loaded with foul matter that gives off
bad odors and spoils whatever the crock
may contain. The packing should be
solid and the butter reach to one inch Of
the top of the crock, and the butter COW
cred with the bleached muslin free from
any starch or sizing. The jar should
then be filled with all the salt it will
hold and snugly pressed down. Then
turn on a little pure water, just enough
to rise to one-half the depth of the salt
and no higher. Brine on the butter
with dry salt on top makes better pro-
lection than all brine or all dry salt.
Then cover as closely as possible and
set in a cool, dry cellar-not on the
ground, but up little from the
ground and if the butter is all right
when it is packed it may reasonably be
expected to be sound next winter. In
larger way 1OO-pound white oak irkins,
after being thoroughly cleaned of sap
and all liability to imparting woody
flavor by soaking in boiling water, may
be used in the same way as crooks
Practical Farmer.
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Insanity is Catching.

Insanity is catching, though most peo.
pie do not know it, hence 1t is not at all
uncommon or remarkable for people to
end their days as patients in institutions
they entered as attendants. The great
strain on the nerves is accountable for
this. The constant acquicscence to the
whims and agreement with the vagaries
of patients produces the result, somewhat
as, the saying goes that man may tell a
lie so often that at last he will believe it
himself. It has been held that personal
tiles infringing on others produce the
effect of bodies rubbing together, In that
a certain portion of the striking OF rub
bing bodies are communicated to each
other. Superintendent Taaffe, of the
Poorhousc, discussing the subject with
the writer the other day, said that when
he was employed at the Insane Asylum
he knew steward, three nurses and the
apothecary of the institution became in
sane from their constant contact with the
PATIENTS Louis Star Sayings.
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HOW TO MAKE A GOOD WALK.

Farmers, as rule, do not spend enough
time in making and improving walks in
front of and around their homes. A good
walk in the winter time is necessity for
comfort. One does not like to step out
of doors into several inches of mud, nor
is it much more satisfactory to have
boards slipping and. sliding from under
your feet. Asphalt walks are so cheap
that most farmers can afford to have one
running around the house and leading to
the principal out-buildings. To make q
sound walk, cheap to make and maintain
and alike in all weather, select stone of
flinty nature and burn it before putting
it on the walk. This can be easily done
with charcoal. After the stones are
burnt sift them into two sizes, one for
the foundation of the walk and the other
for the top. Then mix the. stones with
boiling coal tar. The foundation of the
walk should be prepared beforehand and
made perfectly solid and not liable to sink.
The larger stone, mixed with the tar,
should be laid on first to depth of about
two inches. Then roll thoroughly, going
over all of it several times. Then lay on
the finer coating about an inch in thick
ness. Sprinkle the surface over with
coarse grit, crushed shell or spar, and
roll once more. To prevent the sides
from crumbling edgings of wood, tile or
bricks should be made. One should not
forget to burn the stones before mixing
them with the tar, as this is one of the
most important features of a good, solid
walk. The only work to maintain the
walk then is annually to brush hot tar
over the surface, sprinkle on it some grit
and roll it as before. No kind of walk
will last longer or prove more satisfactory
for country home than such one de-
scribed. Weeds will have no chance to
grow up in it. Washington Star.