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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-10
A NOBLE SACRIFICE

How the Women Of Massachusetts Paid
for the Privilege Of Voting for the Good
of the Public.
We felt proud, says the Boston Wo-
mans Journal. of Kansas women. and
Of the women in Wyoming and WASH
ington Territories, who used their right
to vote so wisely as to win the COM
mendation of the best men in their re-
spective localities Now we are proud
of Massachusetts women who, under
difficulties that are never opposed to
men, secured assessment to the number
of twenty-five thousand in this city,
and of hundreds in other cities and
towns where the results are not fully
known.
The immediate cause OF this increase
was an interest in the public schools,
whose welfare was supposed to be men,
aced. Nothing like this uprising has
occurred since the war Of the rebellion.
Then it was the welfare of the country.
now it is that of the schools-and at
what cost! Women whose small earn.
ings. saved up for old age or sickness,
had never been taxed. now were re-
quired by law to give in under oath a
true list of all their property. and to be
taxed on it before they could vote.
A man may refuse to do this and yet
vote all the same. But in this case
women, who earned their daily bread.
paid some five, ten and thirty dollars,
that they might vote for school COM
mittee. This shows how truly women
are to be trusted to sacrifice for what
they deem the public good.
The registration Of twenty-five thou
sand in this city virtually gives them the
control of the school board election. 1t
changes the whole aspect of the woman
question, and. as the Boston Globe
says. 1.-The municipal election next De-
cember will be the beginning of the end
of the long struggle for the enfranchise-
ment of women"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-10
INTERESTING TO WOMEN,

MARY S. Snow has been elected to
the school committee for three years in
Bangor, Me. She received the unani-
nous vote of the city council.
We agree with the woman suffragists
on one point: The argument that
women should not vote because ma
jority of them do not desire to is weak.
The question is one that is to be decid.
ed chiefly, if not entirely, in the inter-
est that the State has in the subject
Boston Herald.
j. EDWARD PFEIFFER, who lately
died at London. was a warm advocate
of collegiate education for girls and
also of woman suffrage. He left nearly
$4,000 to his wife. Emily Pfeiffer, the
English poetess. with the request that
at her death it should be used for the
advancement of women.
THE relative standing Of the pupils
in a public school does not depend
wholly upon their ability. but partly
upon their application. 1t is our i'm
preston that girls are generally more
diligent and studious than boys. during
their school life. We should not claim
that the higher standing of the girls in
their studies is proof Of their absolute
intellectual superiority; but it certain.
ly ought to silence those who have
hitherto asserted their hopeless inferi-
ority.-Lucy Stone.
Mrs. ZERELDA G. WALLACE said that
the righteousness of woman suffrage
was so self-evident that to a:Cue in its
favor now seemed almost humiliating.
One point at least has been gained. The
advocates of the movement were nc
longer criticised and ridiculed in the
public press. and it has become under
stood that there could be no thorough
development of the race until woman
should be entirely free. Men could moi
work out the problem Of self-govern
ment alone.
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retention in o11ce must be regarded a.
the most unique perversion Of the law
accomplished by him. II the mug
wumps themselves have any sense Of
the grotesque. this overwhelming
sense OF obligation to them on Mr..
Cleveland's part and the appallingly
irresponsible way in which he sought
to discharge it, must strike them un-
der the circumstances as amazingly
funny. Fortunately, the Republican
Administration is not indebted 20 Mr..
Beecher or to the mugwumps, and can
do its duty under the law not only BY
removing him but by securing his in
dictment and punishment As the
mugwumps are in favor of reforming
the civil service they will probably APP
prove Of the Indictment of Mr.. Cleve-
lands young friend, though we have
not yet noticed any expression of that
approval Perhaps they are not yet
over their surprise. Chicago Trib-
upe.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-10
THE BEECHER INDICTMENT.
Cleveland's Perversion of the Civil-Ssrv.
ice Law, and Its Results.

Cleveland's Perversion of the Civil-Ssrv-
ice Law, and Its Results.
The indictment of Herbert F.
Beecher, the son of Henry Ward
Beecher, in company with William
Harmed and Quincy A. Brooks. for
corrupt practices and official dishon-
ssty in their positions at Port Town.
send, W. T., will not surprise the pub
lie. 1t is only surprising that the in
dictments have not come sooner, as it
was generally known that young
Beecher and his associates were plum
dering the Government right and left.
They would have come sooner had
not Mr.. Cleveland been a moral cow
ard.
The sto'y is a disgraceful one from
first to last Mr.. Cleveland ap-
pointed young Beecher to the office
of Collector at Port Townsend In
recognition of his mugwump fathers
support of him upon the stump and
his particular Endorsement of him
in a specially delicate situation when
his moral reputation was at stake.
The young man 8 character was known
then. His record was so bad that
every member of the Senate commit
tee to whom the nomination was re-
ferred recommended its rejection.
The Senate refused to confirm it. In
spite of this rejection and IN the face
of the publication of his record in the
press Mr.. Cleveland had the effrontery,
after withdrawing his name. to ap-
point him Special Treasury Agent at
Port Townsend, thus escaping the
necessity of Senatorial confirmation.
and from that day to this it appears
the young man has been systematical-
ly plundering the Government. 1t
was known throughout the larger part
of Cleveland's term that he was steal
ing, but there was no interference
with his tenure of the Office, and ap-
parently there were no precautions
taken to save the Governments funds
from his open and audacious pillage,
for the Treasury Department was reg
ularly notified of his populations and
still they were allowed to continue.
1t was a peculiar service which the
late MIR Beecher rendered to the late
President, and no one will deny the
latter made most peculiar compensa-
ton for it He evidently felt he was
30 largely in debt to Mr.. Beecher and
The mugwumps that he could not re-
move the SON even when that son was
engaged in undisguised rascality. MIR.
Cleveland distorted the Civil-Service
law In many curious ways, but his APP
pointment Of young Beecher and his
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-10
THE FOUR NEW STATES.
How Their Admission VIII Strengthen the
Republican Party.


Republican Party.
A good many of our Democratic
friends seem to believe that the DEM
ocrats have about as fair prospect as
the Republicans Of acquiring control
in the new States which are to be Gre
ated this year. A diagram of the
mental processes by which this deduc-
ton is arrived at would be highly in
structive. 1t is hardly probable, al
though, of cou.se. it is entirely posi-
BILE, that these sanguine individuals
imagine that their party will have 8
good chance to carry the DakotsI II
they take the trouble to consult the
records, however, they will learn that
10th sections of Dakota have been
overwhelmingly Republican for years
past. In fact the election figures will
show that both North and South Da-
kota will undoubtedly be as stalwart
and reliable in their Repub!icanism as
Vermont or Kansas.
Nor will sensible Democrats be able
to extract much aid and comfort out Of
the partisan record of Washington
Territory. In the election of 1888 the
Republican candidate for delegate to
Congress obtained a plurality Of over
1000 on a total vote of about As, 900.
1t is tue that the Territory chose
Democratic delegate in 1884 and 1886.
but the majorities were small, and
were partly attributable to local dis
sensions in the Republican ranks. In
deed the belief that the Republicans
could carry Washington whenever they
should seriously try to do so, notwith-
standing their reverses in 1884 and
1886, has been so general that the big
Republican majority in 1888 in the
Territory was received as matter of
course. and excited no surprise among
intelligent Democrats
In but one of the four new States
will the Democrats have the slightest
chance to win. and that one in Mon
tana- Last November that Territory
elected a Republican delegate to Con-
gress by the biggest majority ever
given in the territory in any election
in which regular contest took place.
Up to that time, however, Montana
had always been carried by the Demo-
Gratis in recent elections. This, of
itself. would go far toward warranting
the presumption that the Republican
majority last year was due to the OPP
Grafton of influences which were ex-
ceptional and temporary in their
character. such as opposition to the
Democracy on account of its unjust
and indefensible policy in defeating
all projects to admit the Territories
to Statehood. Other important con-
siderations, though, enter into the
calculation. Montana is entirely sur
rounded by Republican communities.
and nine out of every ten of the thou
sands Of American immigrants who
settle in il every year come from Re
publican localities. There is a strong
probability that the partisan revolu-
ton in Montana a year ago repre-
sented a solid and permanent change in
political sentiment in the Territory,
and that, in Presidential elections at
least, it will vote as all the other
States of its section votes-for the
Republican ticket-St Louis Globe
Democrat
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-10


The extent to which women interest
themselves in public affairs is now
great as compared with what it was
when the agitation against slavery
started the demand for women's rights
forty years ago. Then. and long after,
the appearance of woman as speak
err on a public platform excited general
ridicule. and most among women. But
now. both here and in England. women
are welcomed as efficient allies in poll
tics and philanthropy. They are ad-
mitted to colleges and school boards.
and large numbers of them are in the
public employment. Millions of women.
too. are working in competition with
men in all except the rougher indus
tries. and their modern occupations are
drawing them away from the seclusiOn
of homes and into the strife and turmoil
of outside life. Thus they are learning
to throw off their ancient reserve, and
they are in a road which will be likely
to lead them eventually to the goal Of
the suffrage; for whenever they rise to
demand the right of voting. they are
sure to get it. The woman suffrage
bill has just been defeated at Albany,
where it had only jocose consideration.
but it would not have been SO if its ad-
vocates had represented the great body
of women. Some day. probably. the
measure will have that backing. impos-
sible as it is at present to interest wo-
men in the subject. Y. Sun.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-10

DR. AMELIA B. EDWARDS is now call
ed upon to live up to the reputation OF
being the most learned woman In the
world. Even she. however. in the opin-
ion of the many hOd-carriers. does not
know enough to vote.-Bos ton Com
monwealth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-05-10

Have You falth In Such tnlng as that!
After all the chariots have been I'M
wheeled and after all the war chargers
have been crippled the chariots which
Elisha saw on the morning of his peril
will roll on in triumph, followed by all
the armies of Heaven on white horses.
God could do it without US, but He will
not The weakest of US, the faintest OF
as, the smallest Drained Of u.s. shall have
a part in the triumph. We may not
have cur name, like the name of
Sostratus. cut in the imperishable rock
and conspicuous for centuries but we shall
be remembered in better place than that.
and in the heart of Him who came TO re-
deem us and redeem the world and our
names will be seen close to the signature
Of His wound, for to-day as He throws
out His arms toward US He says: Be
hold, have craven thee on the palms Of
Ny hands" By the mightiest Of all agen-
cies, the potency of prayer. beg you to
seek our national welfare.
Some time ago there were 4 coo, 900 let.
ters in the dead letter post-office at WASH
ington-letters that lost their way-but
not one prayer ever directed to the heart
of God ever miscarried. The way is all
clear for the ascent Of your suppiications
Heavenward in behalf of this Nation. Be-
fore the postal communication was so
easy and long ago, on a rock leo feet high
on the coast Of England, there was bar
rel fastened to post, and in great letters
on the side of the rock, so it could be seen
far out ut sea, was the word POS -office;"
and when ships came by boat put out to
take and fetch letters. And so sacred
were those deposits of affection in
that barrel that no lock was ever put upon
that barrel. although it contained mes.
sages for America, and Europe, and Asia,
and Africa, and all the islands of the sea.
Many a storm-tossed sailor. home sick,
got messages of kindness by that rock.
and many a homestead heard good news
from boy long gone. Would that all the
heights of our national prosperity were
in interchange Of sympAthies-praye rs
going up meeting blessings coming down;
postal celestial, not a storm-struck rock
on a wintry coast but by the Rock Of
Ages.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-06-05
The ,r,.,crlou. yyr,a,.,

In lr. y. G. Guntcr's new book. Tint
trcnchnan. the scene opens i'm Paris
during the last years OF the sc<oad cn,-
pirc, changes to ST. Petersburg and thon
to the German Russian frontier. The
tale is mel~lramatic in character. as are
Mr. Cunters other looks, but the autlnx
states that hc has tried To develop more
comedy. The advance orders he reports
ut 10000. lio has introduced Us one Of
hisciiaractcrs 1.-THE wrestler In tho mask, {"
man who produced great sensation In
Paris in 1867 and '6S. This person WAS
supposed TO be some great nobleman who
was fond of wrestling. lie was in the
habit OF driving to the scene wrapped in
a long cloak. under which he wore his
wrestling dress. Or his face no had a
small. black silk mask. lie mot all COM
ers and was never defeated. Naturally
he was the source OF gossip. md the halls
or circus was crowded when 1t WAY an-
no,incci that he WAS to appear. -Current
l.itpratIfrr
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gone. and tho woman exchanges one set
Of restrictions for another. She thinks
herself neglected II the husband does NOT
always return to her in the evenings, and
the husband and society think her un-
dutifui. frivolous, and SO forth. II she
does not stay ut homo olono trying to
sigh him back again
Tho lucklesSs man finds his wife 30 very
dutiful and domesticatci. and No very
much confined to- her proper sphere
shat she is. perchancc. more exemplary
ti.an entertaining. Still. she may look
injured and resigned. but s,se must not
seek society and occupation ON her own
account. adding To the common mental
store. hrinSin.; new interest and knowl-
edgo into the joint existence. and bccom-
ing thus coutcn,s-tl. cultivated andu
nevcc:,hle being. No wonder that, while
all this u forbidden. we have no many
unhappy wives and bored husbands Tho
more admirable the wives the Elors pro-
foundly borvI the husbands. .I,SrId If
Health
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Nor aIoraI Chnrncte-.

Some amusing Incidents happen at tho
civil scrvicc examinations which the Laws
now require to bc passed. 10y candidates
for official positions and clcrlsi,ips. It
was IT an examination here I'm Boston
that = young woman found herself CON
frontcd with the question:
Are you of good moral charsctcr..
She was very much amused ne tia
question and in doubt how TO trcat II
Calling the examiner To her desk al,o said
about tho questions:
Il have the reputation OF boing Of
good moral character. But you know
reputation is what people think OF US,
while character Is what God and the
angels know of us, and that don't want
To tell"
The examiner said she need rot worry.
-Albsay Express
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NOVELS.


Having secured the agen
cy for the a American News
Co. VIC are enabled to sup
ply our patrons with almost
any magazine publication
printed. A nice line of nov
els just received, among
which are choice books. OF
the Seaside and Old Cap
Collier detective storics)
Libraries. Also III. Rider
Haggard's works. Price, 5,
10, 20 and 25..cents per copy.
Gail at the Advance office
and sec them.
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Dir Sheppard. the president Of tho
Philadelphia board o. education. sayss
1T Ia, In my estimation. n mistake to
put woman IN charge Of n school Not
that would cast any reflection upon
those who now hold such positions, for
their. duties arc performed as well as they
can be- by woman; but IN tho very ma
ture Of things man would be better
qualified to hold tho position. and 20
bring up tie pupils IN tire way ihcy
should so. not only from an educational
point Of view, but from moral one az
well. a man can reason with q bov
about matters that some female toachort
would NOT care 20 talk about But. on
the other hand, a woman can reason
with girl about somo matters that a
mnlo teacher would not caro- 20 talk
about. -Truo flag.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-06-05

One would not think that Indy OF the
'iago. SO wandering IA Miss Davenport,
would l'o 10 quiet and home like in her
'1Stcs as to lrofor gardening above all
things. Her Summers are spent at Can.
ion. Pa. where she has nice place that
- renowned all the country round for Us
wealth Of Horticulture. Tnoso flowers
Miss Davenport cultivates with her own
TAR hands. and bonds over with her once
rorlly but now attenuated phvsIoue
2l'o Is an authority ON tho question Of
Towers. and Passlonately fond Of books
'r"niing 81 chat subject, her favorite au-
ilior lNiiig Alphonse Kari. New York
journal
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We Want ssir pef.a.s.

\ Now Yorker old enough to know
bcttor ID reported in Tho Tribune as i.av-
ing uttered u,cso terribly troasonablo
protosts against some modern improve
ments:
What with your murdcrous railroads,
your new tangled bridges, your ten story
buildings md electric currents over ard
under and on all sides Of you, your life
isn't worth penny ut any time Or any
where. II you walk in tho middle OF tho
street. the pavement Ia just ;is likely as
not to shoot up into the mir aud blow you
out of sight Talk about coast dcfcnscs
and harbor defenses, what we want Ia
self defense. Boston Transcript.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-06-05

THO oihor day western congressman
came miotho senate restaurant with two
constituents. good men. but little rus
'ic ~ appearance and manners aud un-
i's'ai to convcntionalities and points OF
etiquette that are unkuown IN Xaybsck.
The restaurant was full Of ladies and
gentlemen As the Congressman seated
himself he OF course. removed his hat
y moment or two lator lio noticed that
BIZ untmorcd friends had not removed
their hats. lie hastily put his own hat
back on his head and woro Il during the
meat Chesterfield could not hove done
anything finer than that. Washington
Post.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-06-05

The latest prodigy at tho piano Il TO
ported 70 be n quadrmnano- monkey.
to wit-that executes morcenux brill
iantly with AL four hands az once. while
he gracefully turns over tho leaves of the
music with the tip of his prchcnsile tail.
IL Is not stated whether or not the music
hns been specially written for him a
quatro mains perhaps lao simply dupll.
Gates what has been written for ordinary
two handed players Of the Rubinstoln
order The achievements Of this won.
derful ape surely mark a new and most
important epoch In tho arrangement Of
the orchestra. London Court Journal.
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Lula's Announcements

Coward! Lying hearted manl- Kissed
Lula d'Etington between hcr set teeth
when Richard Kurdalcoong replied TINT
she could only hc II sister TO him
Lula, you are excited. Your words
do not consist" replied Richard. calmly.
"Triilcri Base migrate, explain yo,rr-
solfP' was I'LL the outraged girl could
utter.
'If | am Richard the lyin' l.oarted.
surely am no coward"
Another moment and no held the wan
corpse of Lula d'Eflington prone ut Lila
feet. -Binghamton Republican.
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Among other nbnirditios We have well
meaning husbands and wives harnssiug
one another 20 death for no reason in the
world but the desire Of conforming TO
current notions regarding the proper
conduct Of married people Thcse vic
TINS are expected 70 go about perpctu-
ally together. as II they were a pair Of
carriage horses 10 DO forever holding
claims over one another. cxacting or
making useless sacrifices, and generally
getting 10 one anothers way. Tho man
who marries finds that his liberty has
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Now to Re.t.

DIR. Jackson's Health journal SAYS n
cat Is sermon To nervous people. s3ho
iinds the quietost spot about the place,
where it il coy and sunny. or In sum-
mer shady. drops down just rs her fiesh
will drop. with each muscle relaxed and
goes To sleep. Tho doctors cat sermon
Is that We Americans do NOT know how
to rest or sleep. or how to rccupcrnto and
mako the most of life. Whnt We need *
10 know how TO relax every time We fool
tired or tagged. instead of pcgging On
under stimulus OF ten or alcohol
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-06-05

For SALE.-The property on cor.
ner of b snd Mill street, Cercdo,
known as the Geo. ID. Bush prop.
erty. consisting of nearly four lot,
on which is COOL one s.,ry house,
with cellar and cistcrn. Also barn.
fruit trees, grape vines, etc 1t will
ne sold ut a bargain. Call on or
write to L. Il. McDoUGAL, Ccrcdo,
w. Va, for particulars.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1889-06-05

Now that the Republicans Of
WAYNE county have an organ they
should give il hearty support.
There are over fourteen hundred
R,pul lean voters in this county
and at that number the ADVANCE
ought TO have at least cigh, hundred
snb'cribcrs. Let each of our sub
scrihers see il he cannot secure at
least one more. Our terms are ouh
Sl.00 per annum, cash an dlrancc.
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. DIR. .. II. Wise, of Boston. KY. says:
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DIR. W. a. Baker, OF Madison, Fla, says
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for cheaper medicine II Is nst a cure-ail. hut
WIN enro sny Liver, Bil.ot., orsN.ia.
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