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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-25
UNDERLYING PRINCIPLES


Tho Ballot Necessary for the Exercise Of
Woman's Moral Influence.
So much is said nowadays about the
good that is likely to be accomplished
in many directions by the enfranchise-
ment of women, says Miss NJ. Z. Cardw ell
in the New Albany Qnd.) Tribune. that
there is some danger lest. the essential
value of suffrage per Sc, for women as
we'll as for men. will be lost sight OF.
There is some danger lest pleasing.
much-tO-be-desired consequences will
seem to be more important than un-
DERIVING principles, in connection with
the woman suffrage question. The
danger is in subordinating the greater
to the less, the cause to the effect
Woman's claim to the suffrage is not
based upon the fact that her power to
do good to OF hers would thereby be in
creased. 1t Is noble and unselfish to
desire increased power for the sake OF
others. and such an idea makes a pc
culiarly strong appeal to womanly.
philanthropic women. whose lives are
devoted to the elevation of humanity.
But wOman's claim to suffrage is based
upon a higher fact, the fact that
through liberty alone individual char.
acter can reach its most perfect devel-
opment, and the nearest approach to
the divine ideal. possible to the human,
be attained. 1t is through the worth Of
his or her individual character that
avowed reformers. as we'll as others.
are able to exert their best influence.
Character means. perhaps more than
all else. the wise and proper acceptance
of individual responsibility, not only
in regard to ones self. but also in re-
gard to society. Suffrage means the
power to meet this responsibility so far
at least as social and political laws are
concerned.
II we believe, as do some Oriental
nations. that women have no souls, we
would be compelled also to place them
in the list of irresponsible beings
They would then be looked upon, Of
course, simply rs animals. without
moral sense, unaccountable for their
own deeds and incapable of directing
others into the right paths. Civilized
nations, however, have come to regard
the exertion of moral influence, and
character-formation, almost as the spe-
cial prerogatives Of women. Yet with
strange Inconsistency men forbid women
that moral freedom which is necessarily
an inseparable part of the law-making
power. Civil law is, or is supposed to
be. an Interpretation of justice. Justice
is the highest element of morality. 1t
is logical to conclude, if women are
recognized as the most moral half of
humankind, that they are also the
best Interpreters of justice. and there
fore the best fitted for Lawmakers.
But women have no greater share Of
moral responsibility than men. They
are simply the equals of men in relation
to morals, and can meet the duties OF
the relation only in the same way. by
giving their decision as to what is best
for their own moral welfare. and for the
moral welfare Of the society of which
they form a part. The ballot is the
expression, the only positive express
sior of this decision.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-25
A Great Event

Wyoming Territory, after twenty
years experience of woman suffrage.
has adopted State constitution which
guarantees personal. legal and political
equality to women. This is the great
est event that has occurred in American
history since the Declaration of indie
pendence and tho adoption of the Fed
eral Constitution. Only the Enamel
patton Proclamation and the Fifteenth
Amendment approach it in Importance.
But while those great acts emancipated
and enfranchised a race, the act
Of Wyoming emancipates and enfran-
chises the better half of mankind. It
establishes. for the first time in history,
true Republic based upon the divine
declaration of right: God made man
in his own image; male and female Gre
ated He them and gave them dominion"
Twenty years hence. the worldwide
significance of this event will be more
fully recognized. -Woman's journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-25
Valuable Hints to Farmers.

A clever trick has just come to light
For instance. if person thinks OF
dealing in onions, or cabbages, or any
similar commodity in the fall he adver-
tises in the spring for persons to raise
them for him on contract This brings
multitude of applications, which he
answers after a few weeks delay. say
ing his contracts are full He is care
full to tell what prices he agreed to
pay, which are pretty well up. In
closing his letter he says he shall be
in the market. however. for such goods,
and when they are ready for shipment
he desires to be informed This kind
of talk induces most growers to plant
full stock. BY this means the cum
ming dealer will know right where to
find what he wants when the time
comes. but of course prices will be way
down then, and he will buy at almost
his own figures Y. Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-25
The Minnesota Fires.

ST. CLoup Mimi. Oct. A.-Reports Of
damage from fres are still coming in from
all points Of the country and unless rains
come soon there is danger Of the
fires extending to villages. In the
Town of ZION over 300 tons OF hay
have already been destroyed. In Eden
Lake several hundred acres Of timber
have been burned over. Al Bridgman
last evening large crew Of mon worked
all Night to save the town and notwith.
standing their exertions . large amount
of wood was burned The damage done
up to dsts viii aSgreGats $l0opoQa eS
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-25
MARION HARLAsp. in speaking of the

MARION HARLAND. in speaking of the
various phases of woman's philanthropy
ic activity. beautifully says: Under
whatever name we may be working.
our end is the same. 1t needs only
that good women and true look into
each others faces and talk together to
make sure of this. 1.-The way is mar
row; can we then, far separate, reach
our heavenly home?'
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-25

Among those who have for many
years been in Government employment
are the widow of the Confederate Gen.
eral Pickett, who led the famous charge
on Cemetery Ridge at Gettysburg. and
daughter of jackson. landlord Of
the hotel at Alexandria, who shot Col.
onel Ellsworth. Both these ladies'
the widow OF General Pickett and the
daughter OF Jackson-were appointed
to department positions by . Republic
can administration.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-25

AN Elmer, (Ore.) paper. recently
published the following remarkable
story: A citizen ofElmer. has just finish
ed working up a fir tree which grew on
his place adjoining town. He received
$12 for the bark; built frame house
14x20. feet high, with shed kitchen
8 feet wide and 20 feet long; built q
woodshed 14x20 feet; made $50 fence
rails. 10 feet long; made 1874 railroad
ties and 500 boards 6 inches wide and
IL feet long, aud Is cords of wood. 4
feet high and 8 feet long. all from that
one tree, and has part of the tree left
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-25

ANOTHER woman has become q Con-
gregational pastor. Mrs Abby P. Hinck-
ley. OF Racine, Via, accepts . call to
Forest City. Ia
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-10-25


light that will kindle up the worst dark
ness. There is har Dor from the toughest
ocean. You need and may have the
Saviour's sympathy. You can not get On
this way. l see your body is wearing
you out, body and mind and soul. cone
on no FOOLS errand to-day. come with
a balm that can heal any wound. Are
you sick? Je-us was sick. Are you
weary: Jesus was weary! Are you
prosecuted: Jesus was prosecuted! Are
you bereaved: Did not Jesus weep over
Lazarus: Oh. yes, like a roe on the
mountains of Bother Jesus come. bound
ing to your soul to-day. There is one
passage of Scripture, every word of
which is q heart throb: "Come unto me,
all We who are weary aad heavy laden,
and will give you rest" Then there is
another passage just as good: Cast thy
burden on the Lord and He will sustain
thee" Oh, there are green pastures
where the heavenly shepherd leads the
wounded and sick of the flock.
The Son of God stands BY the tomb of
Lazarus and will gloriously break it open
at the right time Gennesaret can not
toss its waves SO high that Christ can not
walk them. The cruise of oil will
multiply into illimitable supply. After
the orch ard seems 10 have been robbed of
all its fruit the Lcri has one tree left full
of golden and ripe supply. The requiem
may wall with gloom and with death, but
there come.h after awhile song, q chant,
an anthem. battle march. a jubilee, a cor.
onation. O. do you not feel the breath Of
Christ's sympathy now, you wounded
ones, you troubled ones: II you do not
would lie to tell you of the chaplain
in the army who was wounded SO he could
not walk, but be heard ct q distance
among the dying q man who said, 20
my God. He said to himself. Il must
help that man though I can't walk"
So ne rolled over and rolled through
his own blood and rolled on over many of
the slain. until be came where this poor
fellow was suffering and he preached to
him the comfort Of the Gospel and with
his wound he seemed to soothe that mans
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-05-23
Camden Postmaster In Trouble.

kigorc, Wilson Hanson, propIietors of Dana,
Sarsaparilla in this city, will ask for an nyestia
tion into the affairs of the Camden postotlice Flo,
some time this firm has sent through the mail.
large numbers of circular letters advertising med
elnes 1t has been their practice to obtain the yot
ing list Of town and then send circular letter +,
every living man in it. While at Camden last wool
Mr. Hanson learned that the circular letters Sent
there had not been distributed according to direc
tions. Several had been put into the box of one
man while others had not been given out at all
MIR. Hanson interviewed Mr.. f. e. Fletcher. the
postmaster, and he pleaded ignorance of the whole
matter.
Monday Camden man drove to Belfast having
in his possession forty of these circular letters
which he says were brought to his business place
by the Postoflce officials, to be burned. FREQUENT.
ly before matter from the Office was brought to
him to be disposed of. The man went before a
Justice Of the Peace and made aildavet to the
above statement.
MIR. Fletcher, the incumbent, is Democrat and
an appointee of President Cleveland Politics do
not enter into this matter, however, as two of the
Belfast firm making the complaint are Democrats
Mr. Fletcheris a druggist, gentlemen of standing,
and has made a fair postmaster In Justice to him
it should be stated that the man who made the AZ
fdavt against him is not on the best Of terms with
the postmaster.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-05-23

NGNALIIAyEN. Mr.. Martin n Hopkins. who
lived the northern part of the island, bordering
on the Thoroushfare, dropped dead last Friday
afternoon. His age about - years. He was
at work in the house when Mrs. Hopkins hearing
something fail opened the door and found her hus
band lying on the floor. He breathed only once or
twice after his wife reached him. Death was
caused by dropsy Of the heart. Mr. Hopkins was
kicked by horse three weeks before and that
might have had something to do with his death.
He was worthy and respected citizen. He leaves
a wife and large family of children. One tiaugh
ter, Mrs. Mudgett. lives on Northport Avenue.
Belfast....B. +. Myrick who has been ill with
pneumonia, is better....Mr. f. 5. Walls who is at
tire Maine General Hospital, not 50 well last
week, and Monday his wife went to Portland
Mr.. Ezekiel /. Condor is at the Maine General
Hospital where he has had a tumoI removed from
his back. He is doing well "A bout twenty odd
Fellows from here went to Camden last week to
The Band boys have received their new instru
ments and are much pleased with them Saturday
evening they were on the street and gave some ex-
eelent music, after which they played at the skat
Ing rink. Daniel Thurston got his foot badly
Jammed at the Sands quarry Friday ID. H.
SanDorn has gone TO Matinicus TO get ready for
buying fish for the season. His family will 30 To
Matincus the last of the month =. Sch Iottie
Hopkins landed 10000 pounds of fish at Lane a
Llbbys last week Schs. Harvester and Metro
pohs have loaded stone for Boston. Sch. Ohio last
week landed cargo of red granite from Jones'
boro for the Granite Company :. Rev. Mr. White
from Dexter, preached at the Union Church last
sunday -. Lafayette Tolman has bought the
William Dyer house. Mr.. Dyer will move to Houl-
ton. w. V. Lane, photographer from Camden
will be in his rooms this week.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-05-23

rTIn f,I.,-i,- - :,
'''- 'i'''i' ie''lNel from ih"hif7 J.!
general discoveries nf ,fa,u,-i.l +, III.
'N''iie i"l Use eNehih5 WIZ &c Published nest
week
llFAnpI ARrERS THoS. II. M,r.r,ri
PO>T SO. T. DEPT or Nt (, 7.
Belfast. Nav 5%rI ia "a
In accordance with the provisions Of ,,;ir- ,l,,J
regulations and pursuant ID General or,l.,. ~
from National II,ta itJIlt.r. q - I ~
eral Order No from Denait,nait H. ''yi
Thursday May Both viii b. o!,...rl III II Nlii
Day. Va '''''i ii
Ii is requested that fl rs on, ,,ul,li, I,,il ,
shipping be displayed at hallilst ,lur ti
and that ali places OF Dus;nc@ M i. ~ f, o.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-05-23
News Of Belfast and Vicinity.

erected.
At the court of Insolvency held In this city as
week. the first meeting Of the creditors Of lioIH
\. Foy, Of Liberty, was held, and Franklin \
Greer, " Belfast chosen assignee.
Ths Ford cav farm in the suburbs of Beltas
wa. -od IT au,.ti,n l,st vc,I, to Nj, Ts,a,. Nixrr
f,r y Mo NJ. niy,r ,c.,s ,,,,,..,,, t KHAN, H.,
,,.,. ,.,s,tl,. r,,.,,, ralif.,i, Nr. t.a,.,-3Il m
+, Massachusetts ,rftb III. III,
80 go '''''N' VI SN'l'''' '''9
TT '-'"i' y -lb'Sc"' ~ W.T. wv " my i''''1
WIN /" """0 "'"lo'V-" "oN' WI" o''9'i''' i'o'
" ~ 'o P'''' r. W " ''''' II
N''h9 = " il'9t ''"s9 S'u'F'oI'
\ gentleman in Castna wants to prove the dt att
Of srth y Norton, in 4 pension matter fo: th
May, l-15, and was buried by the Masonic Iater
ty. NAo kn9n~ anything ahoatit?
III. .,,,.,-n I,r,. Observation-Disclosures, Non, i,
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uititp ii5to.1.,,l lie has Hast boiIrrt caller,
AT W!ntarop ana BOW has five places Of business
a- follows Belfast Nyvtiport Castinr, keut.
iiiQ at!G WINTHROP NIL Tuttls has also hircd til,
rooms in Masonic Temple roccutiv vacated hy Mir
H. Ill., h5le,ic
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The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-05-23

The late Allen Thorndke Rice bought the
North American Review for $4,000, and
breathed the breath Of life into it, In 1884
it was paying him a net profit of $30.00O a
year, and not long ago he wa offered $500 900
for it, and refused to sell.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-05-23

Secretary Tracy told delegation of Grand
Army men who called at the Navy Depart
ment last week that he wanted the war records
of applicants for pace.
The Republican journal. [volume] (Belfast, Me.) 1829-current, 1889-05-23


III 0io'',''' ~
~ nuns '''''''' "'.e ""''" ~
i"' N'''ei ~ lii' upper
''''s ''0' w.. ''", ''' '''.-'S 'oi'e 90" ser
'''' "s "''n-'I'3 "po"t Pu'h'e discussion a. 70
'ne future 81 N'f'Ap'ft' e'tner a. a place Tor
spiritual exercises or r. summer resort or as
hoth combined. Inc present situation, it must
he confessed Is satisfactory IN neither respect
Those who regard the Camp Ground as conse-
Grated 10 purely religious purposes complain
~, -o,hor tI.., ,.i., ..,,1- characterization ,...,.,
tion in %orfI,,ort,, .bof, .ro,... ,,-,,.ra fine
spa air st,..,. in N ta,n,.a,. IN. ,ni,I-.,nu,o,
heat and tb,. waves snr,,l . ,,eaa.in,, I,lIah,
an fin. ..l7s,a,,t -lo,.o ,i,bi. .3,. al +h. o+bnr
baul eomnlain ~ NJ restriction. i,nfo.pd
u,on then, ,rl of tl,a lack If i,ot.l ami otbo,.
Recommendations. ..,.+;,i /. ~. r....-;t. ~
=. summer rc.o~t w. Il, No. ,.ro,.,.'. ~ t,l..
.itos ,,.;+r. .;,t.,. .l. ...:,.4 H.,
,n.4 r..,.,.';.. ..4...'r.,,'a
Of both classes. and consequent reduction in
the revenuer Of the camp grcaa3 association
tereStel in The welfare Of tAi~ resort either in
a spiritual or temporal SENSE that there should
ne change in the present policy. We have
heard one plan suggested: and That j. for the
camp ground association to reserve certain
portion Of the ground. FOR Ielf.iou> services.
,..n,.;.,.
'''
inc 'i"e "u,' soon come "Afn 'aa ASSOCIATION
WIFI m unahe ~ MAINTAIN ~ wharf ape
grounds ia"i Il dtbl> were l'H'-e't l1ai l-e .e-
1--WE Would pc disastrous ~ a' respects ald
l'ilef IL 'i'l'''-l " restore iHt 'u-c - fAe
illte tiiher a> Summer resort o. iia'c
property and man, Interests Are inyolve1. AMI
a. they do not necessarily aonit it would
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-05
Defying a Governor.

Long before the war by which the thirteen
American colonies became independent states,
they were often engaged in struggles to pre-
vent royal governors from encroaching on
their rights and privileges. In the autumn
of 1903 Governor Fletcher, of New York,
went to Hartford to assert there his author
ity as commander-in-chiefo of the militia of
Connecticut.
The royal commission had intrusted him
with large powers over the militia of the
colony, and he ordered it out, though the
season for parades had ended and the charter
of Connecticut denied his jurisdiction
81 will not set my foot out of this colony"
said Fletcher, haughtly, to the governor
until have seen his majesty's commission
obeyed."
The Connecticut governor yielded so far az
to order Capt. Wadsworth to call out the
train bands of Hartford. The result is de-
scribed in Lossing's History of the Empire
State"
When the troops were assembled, Fletcher
stepped forward to take command, and
ordered his aid to read his excellency's COM
mission. Capt Wadsworth ordered the
drums to be beaten.
"Silence!" angrily cried Fletcher, and the
aid began to read.
Drum! DRUM" shouted Wadsworth, and
the roll Of the drums drowned the aids voice.
SILENCE" again cried the enraged gov
ernor, and threatened the captain with pun
ishment.
Wadswcrth stepped in front of the furious
governor, rested his hand on his sword, and
said, calmly: IF my drummers are inter
rupted again, Ill make the sunlight show
through you! We deny and defy your au-
thority."
The governor folded up his commission,
returned to New York and complained to the
king of his treatment; but nothing came of
his complaint -Youth's Companion.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-05
AMERICAN WOMS:N.
There Are None of Them Stupid Looking.
Attention They Receive.

That which struck me most in America,
from first to last, is the total absence OF
stupid looking faces. All are not hand
some, but all are intelligent and beaming
with activity. In my opinion, it is in this
that American beauty mainly consists. In
the large cities of the east the first thing
which caught my attention was the thinness
of the men and the plumpneSS of the women.
This seemed to hint that the former lived in
a furnace of activity and the latter in cotton
wool. This impression soon deepened into
conviction. 1t seemed to me that her lot was
as near to being perfection as an earthly lot
could be. A respect amounting to reverence
Is shown for her, and it appears to be the chief
aim Of her protectors to surround her with
luxury and make her path through life
sunny one. So far as adding to her mental
and physical grace goes, this plan of making
every woman an uncrowned queen has
answered completely. Seeing her high po-
sition, she has set herself to work to fill it be-
comingly, and it is the cultivation of Ameri-
cas- daughters, it is their charming indie
pendence and a consciousness of their power
that make them so attractive and render
American society so delightful to the stranger.
In their treatment of women, the Americans
might give more than one lesson to the men
of the old world, even to the Frenchman,
who, in the matter of politeness, lives good
deal, am afraid, on the reputation of his
ancestors The respect for women, in Ameri-
ca, seemed to me to be perfectly disinterested,
purely platonic. la France, this respect
almost always borders on gallantry. A
Frenchman will always stand back to let
woman pass but he will generally profit by
the oscason to take a good look at her.
If an outsider be competent to form an
opinion, venture to say that the American
woman does not render to man 1.-THE of the
devotion she receives from him. The French
wife repays husbands devotion by protect
ing his interests-an American one too often
repays it by breaking into his capital.-Max
O'Rell in Forum.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-05
Bound to BE Civil.

Count d'Orsay" writes: Il am asked to
dine with a family whose acquaintance do
not wish to keep. Now, should | go to the
dinner aud then cut them afterward, as some
doa 1t seems hardly fair. Or should !
go to the dinner and then laugh at my
hostess' Had | not better stay away from
the dinnerf
Decidedly. The gentleman whose name
you have borrowed would tell you that when
you have broken bread in mans house you
are bound to DO civil to him and to his family,
and to speak well of the lady at the head Of
his table.
Dinner invitations should only be accepted
from those whose acquaintance you desire to
keep. Be careful to be punctual at the dinner
hour, to enter quietly, without formality or
stiffness, and if your hostess does not intro
duce you enter into conversation with the
person next to you.-Mrs. Sherwood in St
Louis Republic.
hMEDIHAM MOMCN
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-05

cuocu -eouIu uy'rcIn1u, una the murders re
manned and ever will remain q mystery.
"Yet another kind Of murder is where the
murder is established and the murderer
known, yet no trace of him is to be found.
"Why the detectives were unable to fathom
tho mystery of the Nathan and Burden muir
ders was because the murderers in both cases
left no clews to their Identification. In the
case of Maxwell, alias Hugh NJ. Brooks, who
murdered c. Arthur Preller and concealed
his body in trunk, the murderer was well
known, and by leaving single clew that he
had started on west bound train, every
other link was easily found. If the first link
in the chain had been undiscovered Maxwell
would never have been brought to justice
Ny impression in the Burdell and Nathan
murders" Mr.. O'Mara said, lis that both
same houses with the murdered men. PITTS
burg Times
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1889-03-05
Girls Buck Saw Exercise.

An entertainment in Worcester Mass, a
day or two ago was closed by wood saving
match On the platform stood seven saw
horses silently awaiting developments. By
the side of each saw lay two sticks of wood
one big and one little one. Each stick was to
be cut twice in two, and the young Lac ) who
completed the task first was to receive a
silver pin, with a craven image Of a buck
saw rampant thereon, while the lady last to
push the serrated steel through the red oak
was to have a bottle of Mother WinsIow's
soothing syrup.
To ts., musiGesSS g $50 RccorS1 animeDt IT,