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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-05
A QUEER CASE.
A Distinction Which Would be Difficult
of Explanation.

OF Explanation.
II is the custom among the members
of the Society OF Christian Endeavor
for the young men and young women
TO take turns equally in leading their
meetings, and 1t is required OF each
member to take some part in each meet
ing. if it be only in repeating a verso
of Scripture. At a church we know Of
in Newark. n. j., the programme for
the year was printed. with the subjects
and the names Of those who should pre-
side. When the programme happened
to come under the eye of the elders
they informed the members of the soci-
lowed in that church to conduct a meet
ing or to rise and speak or' pray. The
utmost that would be allowed was for
them to sing, to call for hymn or to
repeat a verse of Scripture; but even
so 1T must be done from the seat
and not standing. There was a
certain amount OF pious indigna-
ton among the young folks. but they
had to submit. In twenty years some
of them will be elders and addresses Gf
the solecism may be pardoned for the
sake OF the idea). and they will do
these things better then. One needs
now and then to sec concrete case of
such archaism to understand what was
common in the times of our fathers.
And it would be curious to get at the
explanation why it is proper for wo-
man 10 repeat verse sitting down,
while she must not stand up and do it;
or why she can stand up and sing a solo
prayer and can not say it; or why. any
how. she is to be treated as an Inferior
uneducated nonentity. not fit to give
inspiration or instruction to her BROTH
ers. So far as we observe. the young
women in our Christian EndeavOr So
cieties. or in any other religious or So
cial gathering, are. on the average.
quite as well educated and as intelli-
gent. and as fit to give help as the
young men. Perhaps it is feared that
they may find it Out-N. Y. Independ-
emit
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-05

and il Tomorrow at the hoard of trade
any man should get up and malign the
name of Jesus he would be quickly
silenced or put out. In the front rank of
all our Christian workers to-day are the
Christian merchants; AMI the enterprises
of the world are coming on the right side.
There was farm willei away some years
ago, ali the proceeds of that farm to go
for spreading infidel books. Somehow
matters have changed and now all the
proceeds of that farm go toward the mis-
sionary cause. One of the finest printing
presses ever uilt was built for the express
purpose of publishing infidel trac.' and
books Now it does nothing but print Holy
Bibles. believe that the time will come
when In commercial circles the voice OF
Christ will be the mightiest of all voices,
and the ships of Tarshish will bring pres
ents and the Queen of Sheba her glory
and the wise men of the East their myrrh
and frankincense. / look OF upon the
business men of our cities and rejoice at
the prospect that their tact and ingenu.
ity, and talent will, after awhile, all be
brought into the service of Christ. Ii will
be one Of the mightiest of weapons
There is none like that; give it me-"
Now, il what have said be true. away
with all downheartedness! Ii science is
to be on the right side, and the travelling
disposition of the world on the right side,
and the learning of the world on the right
side, and the picture making on the
right side, and the business of acumen
and tact OF the world on the right side
thine, o Lord, is the kingiom! o, fall
into line, all We people! 1t is a grand
thing to be in such an army, and led by
such a commander. and on the way to such
victory. If what l have said be true.
then Christ is going to gather up for Him.
self out of this world every thing that is
worth any thing, and there will be nothing
but the scum left A proclamation Of am.
nesty goes forth now from the throne Of
God, saying: whatsoever will. let him
come" However long you may have
wandered however great your sins may
have been, whatsoever will. let him
come" o. that could marshal all this
audience on the side of Christ He is the
best friend a man ever had. He is so kind
80 lovely, so sympathetic. 1 can not
see how you can stay away from Him.
Come now and accept His mercy. Behold
Him as He stretches out the arms of His
salv ration. saying: "Look unto Me. all We
ends Of The earth, and be ye saved; for 1
am God" Make final choice now. You
will either be willows planted by the water
course or the chaff which the wind driveth
away.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-05
THE LAST ELECTION.
An Analysis of Grover CIeveIantl's Alleged
Majority.

An Analysis of Grover Cleyeland's Alleged
Majority.
The Democratic organs and orators
persist in repeating the statement that
Cleveland received a majority of the
popular vote in the last election. and
that if the result had depended upon
what they call 1.-THE honest voice of
the masses" he would to-day be Presi-
dent of the United States. Even as
| prominent a man as Senator Daniel. of
Virginia, has lately permitted himself
| to proclaim this falsehood in DELHI
crate and solemn fashion. The SIM
| pie truth is that the votes cast for
Cleveland were not as many as those
cast against him by nearly 800. 900.
HIS plurality over Harrison vas $4,000
in round numbers; but it is very well
known that this was due to the excess
sive Democratic vote in the South,
where the Republican vote was system
atically suppressed Had there been
an honest election in that section he
would not have had a plurality And
| with this great advantage he still came
far short of securing majority in the
whole country.
If the election had been decided &C
cording to the popular vote in each
State Cleveland would really not have
Jared as well as he did under the plu-
rality system. He did not have ma
jority of the popular vote in single
~ 1@a al
were given to Harrison. and. there
fore, he could not have gained any
thing by the test in question. But on
the other hand, he received the cleo
toral votes of four States-Connecti-
cut, New Jersey, Virginia and West
Virginia-in which he failed to OBJ
tain majority of the popular vote.
That is to say, in each one of these
States there were more votes cast
against him than there were cast for
him. Accordingly, if the result had
turned upon the popular vote, he
would have lost all of said States. and
his electoral votes would have been
reduced from 1913 to 1885, His friends
have probably never considered this
feature of the case. but the fact is
there all the same, and it makes nom
sense Of their talk about his alleged
majority.
1t is curious to observe, further
more. how narrow his margin was in
several of the States which gave him
q majority of the popular vote. In
Arkansas and in Delaware. for in
stance, each of which had favOrite
son in his Cabinet. his majority was
only little over five per cent. OF the
total vote pOlled. Tennessee gaveh him
. popular majority of but fraction
over two per cent In Maryland his
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-05
NOTES OF THE DAY.

VIt is lucky that the Ten Com
mandments did not come before Hill
for his signature. He would have
found something that they did not con-
tain and vetoed them.-N. Y. Press.
SThe election of Calvin S. Brice
to the craftsmanship OF the National
Democratic Committee seems to please
everybody. We deem it significant
that the Republicans are just as hap
py over it as the Democrats are.-Chi-
cago News tMug.).
B6-Young Mr.. Thurman, the son OF
the .'Old Roman" expects to get the
Democratic nomination for Governor
of Ohio. Ii he does, it is reasonable to
suppose that Democratic papers will
not make so many sneering illusions
to '.sons of their fathers" as they are
making now.-Peoria Transcript.
S Sheridan-whow was thought by
Grant to be the greatest and most
original OF living soldiers-is dead
Old Jubal Early continues to illustrate
1.-The survival of the unfttest'' and the
living Ass. The lion being dead. the
ass brays more loudly than ever on the
very ground made sacred by Sheridan's
splendid Winchester victory, that was
snatched out of the jaws of defeat
n. Y. Mail and Express.
D@The suppression of suffrage in
the South, the fraud and violence
which characterize elections and the
practical notification of the constitu-
tional amendments designed to protect
the rights of the negro can not BE-
treated as matters of merely local
concern. They touch the frame
work of our Government. They in
volve a potent and sometimes a con-
trolling influence in National fegisla-
ton. They are in their essence de-
tiance of the National authority
Boston Journal
~The Democratic ex-President
seems to depend upon the weak mem
ory of the American people. or else he
would not dare to boast OF his work
as a civil-service reformer or as the
initiator of an era of political honesty.
One of the first tasks of the present
Administration was to clear the postal
service from lot of incapable hands
put in during Cleveland's term. Ii
Mr.. Cleveland prepares his second
by revival of his civil
service nuisance, nobody would b.
more pleased to see him as Presi-
Dental candidate than the Republican
party. -Cincinnati Volksblatt Ind. }.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-05

The chief engineer Of the Wabash rail.
way has commenced the survey of the
Detroit Wabash & Chicago railway, a
connecting link between the Wabash
Western and Wabash system. The line
extends from Wabash to Laketon, con-
Meeting at that point with tho Chicago B
Atlantic for Chicago and Wabash West.
eru for Detroit
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-05

Mrs LILLIAN NJ. PAvY. OF London,
England, is a commercial traveller now
visiting the Western States in the in
terest of an English house. She travels
alone and finds that in this country
woman does not need an escort to pro-
tect her from annoyance.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-05

If there were ten chairs in the
room and one freshly painted. it would
be the fate Of a man to sit on that
chair-Atchison Globe.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-07-05

phaePs picture of the LAST Judgment
The tears start and hs goes back to his
room in the hotel and prays God for prep
aration for that day when,
Shriveling like parched scroll,
The flaming heavens together roll
Our Sunday school newspapers aud
walls are adorned with pic. ures of 10 .eph
in the court Daniel in the den, Shadrack
in the fire, Paul in the shipwreck. Christ
on the cross. o, that we might, in our
families, think more of the power of tbs
Christian pictures! One little sketch of
Samuel kneeling ia prayer will mean
more to your children than twenty SER
mons on devotion. One patient face OF
Christ by the hand of the artist Will be
more TO your child than fifty sermons on
forb arrange. The art of the worli is to be
taken for Christ. What has le.ome OF
ThorwaIdsen's chisel and Ghirlsndajo's
crayon: Captured for the truth. 'There
is none Ike tba'; give it me-"
So. remark, it is with business acumen
and tact When Christ was upon earth
the people that followed Him for the most
part had no social position. There was
but one man natur ally brillisnt in all the
apostleship. Joseph of Arimathea, the
rich man. risked nothing when he offered
a hole in the rock for the dead Christ How
many of the merchants in Asia Minor be-
friended Jesus: | think of only one,
Lydia. How many of the castles on the
beach OF Galilee entertained Christ: Not
one. When Peter came to Joppa he
stopped with one Simon, tanner. What
power had ChrIst's name on the Roman
exchange or in the bazars of Corinth:
None The prominent men of the day did
not want to risk their reputation for san
ity by pretending to be one of His follow.
ers. Now that is all changed.
Among the mightiest men in our great
cities to-day are the Christian bankers
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-13
GEAR AND KAISER.

Matters Affecting the Peace of Europe.
A recent cable special from Lon
don says: So far as the main
complication, which last week threat
ened peace, goes, Europe has quieted
down somewhat. There are reports
that the Gear has written letter
to the young Kaiser assuring him
that he meant nothing hostile by his
famous after breakfast speech about
his sole sincere friend, the Montene-
grin Prince, and that the Gar is
really going to visit Berlin this sum-
mer, and the influence of these
rumors is to allay the excitement.
The Gar has not only his personal
feelings, but the great question Of
offended etiquette to restrain him
from going to Berlin. As young
William paid his first visit to st.
Petersburg, the first of his hosts to
return his visit ought to have been
the Car. Instead of waiting for
this the Berlin magnates allowed the
King of Italy to get in ahead Of the
Gar and entertained him extrava-
gantly.
This did not especially please Rus
sian imperial notions; still, of course,
such things can be overlooked if
needs be, and the theory in London
is that it will be, principally because
the Russians are uneasy over the
heavy decline in the value of their
paper rubles.
The trouble about Switzerland is
more acute than ever. It turns out
now that Germany, backed by Italy,
in substance demanded the right to
maintain a secret police of its own
on Swiss territory in order to keep
} watch over it's fugitive anarchists
who sought refuge there. The Swiss
republic firmly refuses to concede
any such thing. It is willing to adj
NIT that perhaps it has been lax in
it's own police supervision over the
| active agents of these people, and
promises to effect such alterations in
It's system as commend themselves to
It's Judgment, but not step further
will it go.
This decision, announced yester-
day in a dignifed and eloquent
speech to the Federal Assembly by
NJ. Droz on behalf of the Federal
Council, was received with great
cheering. AS to the threats of Ger
| many to disregard the Swiss neu-
> trality, the republic declines to de-
bate it at all, and will know how tc
defend itself if attacked.
No event in Europe has attracted
such attention in England for long
while as this attempt of the CONT
mental despotism to bully the Swiss
republic, and feeling on the subject
is only embittered by the utterances
of inspired Tory papers like the
{ Standard and London Times, which
seem to show that Lord Salisbury
F sympathizes with Germany. It is
felt that very painful complications
may easily arise from the question
l as it<now stands, unless, indeed, the
, protests of the more liberal and in
>felligent German public men force
= Bismarck and his master from thei1
position.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-13
Great Presence of Mind.

The hero of the Samoa storm was
Lieutenant Brown of the United
States steamship Trenton. His ship
was without steering apparatus and
had no motive power. Without sail,
rndder or propeller she was being
driven by the terrific gale upon the
coral reef into the awful breakers.
There was no earthly chance but to
get her past this reef to the sandy
beach beyond How could this be
done, without sail or steam? Death
stared him and his crew almost GER
tainly in the face! Yet, even in this
supreme moment, his ingenuity and
nerve did not desert him. He
ordered his 400 men into the rigging
and thus presented to the wind the
necessary surface as sail to drive his
ship past the reef into the open
water, and his crew of some $50 men
were saved. Where in all the an
nails of navigation is there a parallel
to this ingenious yet simple expedi-
ent born of the clear head and cool
brain of Lieutenant Brown of the
Trenton?
Had this incident been related in
romance it would have been pro-
nounced as too wild and visionary
even for an imaginary sea tale. But
it was brilliant reality Of one of
the most terrible storms which has
ever swept the ocean. All honor to
the gallant tar whose genius and
self-possession were equal to the ter
rible emergency!
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-13
KONA AS A HEALTH-RESORT.

Why is not some effort made to
improve the natural advantages OF
Kona? AS health resort for people
suffering from pulmonary com
plants it's climate is unrivalled, it is
a place to which doctors are forever
bidding their patients to go, and yet
there are no proper accommodations
for sick people when they get there.
There are, it is true, one or two
places where people can get rooms,
but sick people need far more than
anything Kona can at present
offer. Private enterprise Is needed.
We would think it would pay some
physicians to invest in suitable sites
and establish a regular sanitarium.
Well conducted and we'll advertised
we feel confident that the enterprise
would become very successful. But
it would, in the first place, require
money to run it as it should be run
Kona is easily reached from here
the steamer being at Kealakekua
Bay within twenty-four hours OF
leaving Honolulu. The latter part
of the voyage, being along the lee
ward side of the Island of Hawaii, is
like sailing over mill-pond. Vari
Gus kinds of climate can be obtained
Along the coast it is extremely dry.
couple of miles inland, up the
mountain side it is cool, will
frequent showers in the afternoon
Patients should have the oppor
tunity of trying both situations
We have known patients to be muc}
benefited by changing about IL
this way.
With its natural advantages Kon;
ought to be able to restore to health
hundreds of people who are nov
seeking a proper climate and no
finding it. It should be to thu
States what Madeira is to northern
Europe. But if we have. natura
advantages they are of little u.s.
till we improve them. It doe
really seem as if the enterpris
which marks all who inhabit tn
Western States, begins to Diminish
somewhat when it reaches these fav
ored islands. Sugar is the be al
and end of all enterprise here.
company might take up the work 0
establishing the sanitarium sug
gested. Successful, it would be o
advantage to all the steamer lines
It would benefit many people, for il
large majority of cases, th9health.
would accompany the sick.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-13
A CABLE TO HAWAII.

The rumors of an attempt to form
a company to lay a cable between
this port and Honolulu seem to rest
on better foundation than previous
reports of the same nature.
Gable connection with Honolulu
would be an important link in bind
ing the islands still closer to this
country. The commercial treaty has
fostered close relations, and it is i'm
portant to American commerce in
the Pacific that these be strength
ened in every way The Hawaiian
islands are pretty thoroughly recog-
nized now as under the guardianship
of the United States. After the ex-
perience of Germany in Samoa no
Power will attempt to seize the
islands, yet attempts may be made
to wean them away from the Ameri-
can alliance. The Canadian pro
position to build a cable from Van
couver to Hawaii, and to run steam
ship line from Victoria to the Aus
tralian colonies by way Of Honolulu,
has had behind it the idea Of sup
planting American influence on the
islands.
It is recognized that the Hawaiian
Islands command the road and the
trade between the northern contin-
emit and the Australian colonies. For
this reason Canada has made efforts
to secure Hawaiian aid in laying a
cable, and for this reason the appar-
ent collapse Of the Canadian plans
is not a cause for regret in this
country.
Under some circumstances the
building of cable to Honolulu by
the government would be justified
as naval and military necessity.
As that time has not yet arrived it
is to be hoped that the efforts to
form commercial company in this
country for the purpose may be sue
cessful.
It is estimated that the cost of
laying a cable will not exceed ST. 800,
600. It should be possible to raise
this amount. The commercial i'm
portance Of the islands justifies the
belief that the line would pay. AS
the first span of line to Australia
and China it would have a prospec-
tive value not easy to estimate.-[S.
f. Examiner.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-13

An English newspaper asks "why
the Queens daughters and grand
daughters marry Scotchmen?" An
American paper answers this ques-
ton by saying that the reasons are
obvious, and the feelings OF English
men are envious.
The Shropshire Light Infantry
and the Dorset Regiment, now at
Malta, have been ordered to Egypt
Mr.. Barron declares that in ten
years. experience he never knew a
speech to alter a vote in the House.
Lord Charles Beresford has re-
resigned his seat in the House OF
Commons as member for Marylebone
East, in order to take command OF a
warship.
Huddlestone, the wellknown
Sydney cricketer, has been arrested
on a charge of embezzling the sum
of G6,25O from the department OF the
Registrar General of New South
Wales.
Bishop Barry, late of Sydney, in
presenting the prizes at Kings Col
lege, Cambridge, declared that higher
education in the colonies was fal
ahead of that at Home.
Two of the Messageries Maritimes
Company's steamers, the Anadyr anc
| Oxus. engaged in the India, CHINA
and Japan trade, collided off Alden
The Anadyr was sunk.
Advices from the Mauritius state
that the prospects of the sugar crol
are encouraging.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1889-08-13
THE DAILY
HONOLULU SIDEWALKS.

Experience has shown that, in this
city, artificial stone or concrete is the
best material for sidewalks. There
is no frost to affect that composite
here, and it dries quickly and is kept
clean without much trouble.
With all our boosted beauty of
business blocks, attractive residences,
arborous shade, tramcars, ETC.,
the sidewalks of Honolulu are the
worst of any city of it's size in Chris
tendon. This fact is obvious to any
who have seen other cities, and the
matter calls too loudly for a remedy
to remain long UNDECIDED. To keep
on the sidewalks at night is attended
with much unpleasantness and some
times danger, in sprains and other
injuries. There is surely some way
to reach practicable plan of level
ing the sidewalks so as to make them
uniform throughout the city and
worthy of the stage of civilization to
which it has attained in other direc-
tions.
Compared with Honolulu, San
Francisco is we'll paved; but the fol-
lowing clipping from the San Fran
cisco News Letter shows the uni
versal cry for improved sidewalks,
and indeed these footways are a
most important help to the appear
ance as we'll as to the business of a
city:
One of the features of San Francisco,
which the Eastern or the European
visitor always comments on, is our side
walks and street improvements. There
has been vast improvement in both
during the last ten years, but there is
still ample opportunity for reform before
they will compare with the leading cities
east of the Rocky Mountains, while as
Tor comparison with a city like Paris, we
shall probably have to wait until well
into the next century before we venture
on such contrast. During the last de-
cade there has been commendable de-
sire shown to abandon the wooden side
walks and the macadamized pavements
which have given San Francisco so bad
a name with those who love pedestrian
exercise. Scores of miles of artificial
stone sidewalks have been laid, and the
Belgian block has supplanted the crushed
rock and wooden pavements, which have
been such liberal contributors to the dust
nuisance. In the chief business streets,
of course, the question of economy has
forced even Silurian property-owners to
supplant wood with stone sidewalks, but
In many quarters. which have been only
recently invaded by business, we find
the old, uneven, wooden sidewalks,
patched up with lumber until they look
like badly cobbled shoe. There is no
way to reach such property-owners ex-
eept by city ordinance, prohibiting
wooden sidewalks within certain limits.