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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08
GENERAL GREEN 3. RAUM.

Tho Ability and Honesty Of tho New Com
missioner of Pensions.
President Harrison has again taken
his own course. and, regardless of the
recommendations of Senators. Con-
gressmen and others, has appointed
General Green b Raum, Of Illinois.
Commissioner of Pensions to succeed
Mr.. Tanner. Soon after Tanners re-
moval Senators Cullom and Farwell, a
large number of Congressman and in
fluential Republicans in Illinois. in
dorsed for that position General
James S. Martin. of Illinois, and it is
to be presumed that the selection OF
General Raum was a complete sur
prise to them.
Green B. Raum was soldier in the
late war and at its close was Brig
adier-General. He was a member OF
Congress from the old Cairo district
In 1876 he was appointed Commits.
sion of Internal Revenue, which
position he held until 1883. when he
was succeeded by Walter Evans,
VI hculuChy. LIS
ton of that Office he thoroughly re-
organized it, and reduced the expenses
OF the collection of the revenue from
ten per cent to less than three per
cent, and he is regarded as the best
Commissioner ever selected Since
his retirement from official position
General Raum has passed most of his
time at Washington, where he mas an
extensive practice as an attorney; but
he has always retained his citizenship
at Golconda, ILL.,, and seven years ago
he was prominent candidate for the
United States Senate in opposition to
Shelby NJ. Cullom. General Raum is
a tboroughgoing business man, a fine
lawyer, an eloquent speaker and a
consistent, Woodworking Republican.
His appointment will give universal
satisfaction to the veterans of the
war and to all citizens.-Chicago Jour.
nal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08

riage business. 1 mean to profit by poor
Jack Kerrs experience and retain my
bachelor responsibility, 10! these many
years. and he pulled a fragrant Havana,
watching the blue wreaths of smoke fade
and die above his head in evident sa.isfac-
ton.
Bachelor nothingr' said Dick. ''It's
plain to be seen you are not In mar
riageable mood this morning, but that
doesn't prove any thing. Better hold to the
neutral ground, anyhow, until you know
more about it. I'll wager my head that in
less than q twelvemonth your fortress of
bachelor notions VIII be scattered ruthless
~ TO the four winds. Shades of the departed
Benedictd efend us,n
''Ill tell you one thing, old fellow, when
the robins nest again Hugh Burton es-
capes from the sitting atmosphere of city
life and seeks some quiet country spot
where he will be at liberty to chase his pet
fancies in peace. What Going! Good
bye, Dickey. No more evenings at the club,
old boy: only slave TO woman's wills
and wonts."
''Small wonder" thought Dick, as he
made his way dinner-ward; "smal won
der that Hugh should be in such skeptical
frame OF mind after having been brought
face to face with the frailties of human
nature in such an intricate and disgusting
divorce suit. He won his case, however. I'm
doubtedly that fellow is genius"
Ore bright spring morning few weeks
later, before the sun had fairly risen over
the eastern heights, Hugh might have been
seen, grip in hand and whistling softly,
walking leisurely towards quiet, pleasant
farm house of the New England stamp,
which was half concealed in thick and lux
urian. shrubbery. spring-time had burst
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08
ITEMS FOR SUFFRAGISTS.

AN UNUSUAL number of women have
been nominated in Iowa for county
superintendent of schools.
Miss MILLA F. UPPER. a graduate
of Cornell, who has accepted call to
the pastorate of the Unitarian Church
at La Porte, is the only woman pastor
in Indiana
The man at the head of the house
can mar the pleasure of the household,
but he can not make it--that must rest
with the woman ahd that is her great
est privilege.-Helps.
"WoMEN in Politics" proved a pro-
life theme for discussion at recent
meeting of the Congregational Min
isters' Monday Club in San Francisco.
Many of the pastors were inclined to
favor the suffrage question.
We WHO advocate equality OF citizen
ship between the sexes do not claim a
new discovery in politics or ethics. We
only ask that the great principles upon
which our government is based shall
have their just and full application to
all citizens equally. without distinction
being made on account OF sex.-Hon.
E NJ. Correll.
OF the names pro and con woman
suffrage. as they appeared in the Nine
teenth Century, the Boston Herald says
Taking rank for rank and woman for
woman, the suffragists have the lead
among people who do not give their as.
sent to a cause that is doomed to fail.
ure. In these signatures the suffragists
have made a great gain"
A TRAINING home, where both Amer.
lean and foreign girls will be cared for,
trained and homes secured through an
intelligence bureau. is about to be or.
ganized. 1t is to be called the Sunshine
Mission Mrs John A. Logan, Mrs j.
Ellen Foster. Miss Kate Sanborn, and
Miss Frances Willard are interested in
it, and propose to form a stock com
pany with capital of $4,000.
TWENTY young women entered Co.
lumbia College by the door of the IAN.
mex" at its recent opening. In coming
time. the fact that these young women
could have the advantages Of Harvard
and Columbia only in this way. will
tell its own story of the long. hard dis.
lance up which women have had II
climb to secure equal intellectual op
portunities. and it will not DO to the
credit of the age.-Woman's Journal
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08
VERBAL CONTRADICTIONS.
A Collection Of Bulls as Natural as Tn,
Are Amusing.

Collection OF Bulls as Natural as They
Are Amusing.
Many true Hibernicism is uttered by
other than Irish lips, for the Irish bull is
common in more countries than one. 1t was
literal-minded young lady who made the
declaration:
If am going TO have bonnet at all,
see plainly must buy it and pay for it my
self, Or 90 icitho,ar' and so much clearer was
her idea than this expression of it, that she
looked about in surprise when her hearers
smiled.
A high-fown and romantic story informs
US that ''Julietta's BABY eyes first saw the
light after the birth of her elder sister,
What a strange event it would have
proved had Julietta been born before her
elder sister, and how relieved some younger
sons of royal houses would be if such an
adjustment of affairs were possible!
mo, ma'am, l haven't any foreign birds,
except canaries," said the proprietor of a
bird-store to a customer, land they were
born in American
This, however, was paradoxical only in
sound, and not in sense.
A farmers wife, in discussing a recent
cold with a neighbor, made the assertions
THAT day couldn't speak above whisper,
and when l called the men to dinner it
most killed me to boiler loud enough soft
they could hear"
take it twice during the night, if you
wake up" said an unprofessional nurse, as
she left bowl Of Cruel by patients bed
side, land once if you don't"
Indeed, it is impossible to go far without
hearing plentiful instances of bulls, which,
as little boy once remarked, are "things
you say when you mean to say something
else. f-Youth's Companion.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08
THE CORRECT VIEW.
Why the Indianapolis Defeat Is In Realis
ty Compliment to Mr.. Harrison.

Why the Indianapolis Defeat Is In Realis
ty q Compliment to Mr.. Harrison.
The Democratic victory at the re-
cent municipal election in India1n
apolis is compliment to the Presi-
dent in more than one sense. He
would have been more sratified, OF
course. if This own city had been
carried by the Republicans; but.
under the circumstances, the success
of his opponents is complete vindi-
catioA of his theory and practice in
the matter of patronage.
In speech delivered in the United
States Senate on March &c, 1886. and
in which he arraigned the Cleveland
administration for its hypocrisy in
regard to Civil-Serviee reform, Mr..
Harrison said: II freely say that the
Republican party would be stronger
in Indiana if you put every Re-
publican out of Office, and think the
Democratic party would be weaker in
precisely the same proportion that
you put Democrats in"
Mr.. Cleveland did put nearly every
Republican out of office in Indiana,
with the result that the author of the
prophecy was elected to succeed him.
Senator Harrison was vindicated.
But President Harrison has been
indicated also. The offices wore the
only issue in the Indianapolis election.
and consequently the result depended
largely upon the disposition of the
''boys" and workers" They are
somewhat sore because their efforts in
Mr.. Harrison's behalf during the last
campaign have been too tardlly re-
warded, or not rewarded at all. They
concluded to teach the President les
son by permitting the election to go by
default.
When great issues are at stake the
people turn out to vote, and when
they shall speak it will be found that
President Harrison's fidelity to the
letter and spirit of the Civil-Service
law has strengthened his party.-Min-
neapolis Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08

forth with its quota Of loveliness, and the
air was sweet with the perfume Of cherry,
plum and apple blossoms. The lowing Of
the cattle. the Growing Of the cocks were
heard, and now and then the sound Of dis
tant breakfast-bell. As Hugh drew nearer
the fragrant odor Of coffee and frying ham
greeted his olefactories, sharpening an ap-
petite already made keen by fatigue and
travel A Newfoundland pup frisking about
the gateway made friendly advances To-
wards the stranger. and at the door he was
met by Mrs. Warrin, comely, matronly
woman, who conducted him at once to
large, airy apartment, overlooking the blue
hills and rolling meadow lands. After re-
calling himself with bath and fresh linen
he descended the broad oaken stairs, where
he was Joined by his jovial host and escort
ed to the breakfast room. Immediately
upon entering he was introduced to my
niece, MISS Maud Ray"
For moment he stood perplexed. 'The
name-the eyes-can it be, I wonder"
While he was struggling with doubt MIR.
Ray, who had dropped down the day before
TO ityisit the folks" came in. Hugh recog-
nized him at once and then followed lively
talk on We olden times. Maud's surprise
was no less than Hugh's when she learned
that Mr.. Burton, their summer boarder,
was the once hated schoolmaster. While
he was deeply engaged in conversation with
her father she ventured to steal look at
his handsome face. Their eyes met. As
wildly as though it were but yesterday,
although it was an event Of many years
ago, came to the memcry Of each a scene
which took place in the cross roads school,
house when she was q little lass Of but
twelve years and he an unsophisticated lad
Of twenty. Hugh's eyes danced with mer-
rimeut, while Maud, blushing, laughed pref
tily. Hugh afterwards learned from "Aunt
Jane" tnat Mr.. Ray had married again
soon after Maud's departure from homo
and the child had remained with her at
tending school in l. until she was pre-
pared to enter a ladies' seminary, from
which she had just been graduated with
honors.
A delightful summer had passed swiftly
by. Hugh and Maud had become firm
friends, aye, and more. The flowers had
bloomed and died, the golden harvest had
been garnered, but the flower of love had
bloomed in the hearts Of these two, and the
harvest was forthcoming. One beautiful
day in October, when the sunbeams fell
athwart the autumn landscape, Hugh
sought Maud in the summer-house on the
SUBSTANTIAL grounds of Mr.. Warrin. How
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08
GENIUS AND CRIME.

4 Mental Disease characterized BY . Total
Absence Of DolualOnz
While it is fully recognized by med
ical men that genius and insanity are
sometimes curiously intertwined in the
same person. or are displayed in close
ly connected members of the same fam
lily. it is not so easy to trace the connec-
ton between these mental conditions and
those sinful or criminal acts which are
apt to be committed by persons SO Or
ganized. The medical profession rec
ognizes forms OF affection or moral in
sanity in which the capacity to govern
the emotions is in abeyance In this
phase Of mental disease a marked fea-
ture is the absence OF decisions; hence
the conflict Of opinion between the med
ical and legal aspects which often arises
where the question of criminality has
to be taken into consideration.
Aperson is often tried and condemned
by the law, but Is exonerated and pro-
tected by medical judgment which is
permitted to supesede legal judgment
the gallows. becomes an object Of pity
and commiseration. Is protected by and
at the expense OF the State, and saved
henceforth from further harm to him
self or others He may have been
ray. indeed often is-a person Of the
highest talent or genius.
Rev. William Dodd, canon Of the
church, the unfortunate English divine
who was executed on the 9th OF June.
1777. for forgery, after trial at the Old
Bailey. is an instance of the INSULT
cheney OF the law acting apart from
medical Judgment which unfortunately
in those days had not acquired the
authority it now possesses. In our
day. where doubt exists, the law leans
to the side of mercy. that quality which
is twice blessed"
Where the acts Of the subject of NOR
al mania are criminal. the question OF
his responsibility is settled with much
difficulty. even when. as in such cases.
every opportunity Of investigation is az
forded. How much more difficult, then.
must it lie to arrive at right judg-
ment in those cases OF moral mania
where the acts are sinful, but not GRIM
inal The law does not come to his
rescue. He is not the subject of delu-
sions. yet his acts are the acts OF mad
ness. not badness" He may inAict on
himself the punishment Of degradation
and ruin. and lifelong misery on those
previously near and dear to him. He
bears the scorn of former friends, and
in his lucid intervals feels it keenly.
But when the impulse is on him moth
ing but the absolute control of Others
is sufficient to check his hayward ca
reer. The influence of religion may
have some weight on him. but unfor-
tunately it is too frequently the case
that the strongest faith is inadequate
to stay the downward course.
Men are apt to Judge their fellow
men uncharitably. and TO deal harshly
with them. believing them to be capa-
BILE of exercising restraint over them
selves, while all the time nothing short
OF enforced restraint and medical treat
ment can avail
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08
THE DENDROCoLAPIIDE.
Hon,ely South American Birds OF Won
derful Intelligence.

Hon,ely South American Birds OF Won
derful Intelligence.
For years l looked for it. and when
the wished opportunity came. and it
was in my power to secure it. l re-
Trained; and fate punished me by never
permitting me to see it again. On
several occasions while riding on the
pampas l had caught glimpses OF this
minute bird fitting up mothlike, with
uncertain .tremulous flight, and again
dipping into the weeds, tail grass. or
thistles. Its plumage was yellowish
in hue. like sere dead heritage, and its
extremely slender body looked longer
and simmer than it was, owing to the
great length of its tail, or Of the two
middle tail feathers. / knew that it
was Synallaxis-a genus OF small
birds of the South American family
DendrOcolaptidG, which contains about
two hundred and thirty species already
described. A numerous family of in
conspicuous birds, dull-looking in their
homely brown colors, and with
out song among them. The loss
OF this small bird might then be
thought a trivial matter, especially
when it is known that every year adds
to the long list OF species. But it is not
so, for these are wise little birds. more
Interestingly had almost said more
beautiful-in their wisdom, or wisdom
Stimulating instincts. than the ,quatZel
in its Respondent green or the cock-of.
the-rock in its vivid scarlet plumage.
In Matchmaking they show the utmost
ingenuity, and do not, like the members
of some other families and orders
pigeon and humming birds, for instance
follow one plan or style. but their
architecture exhibits endless variety.
They excavate deep tunnels in the solid
earth, feeble folk as they are, and
others rear solid clay structures that no
egg-stealer can enter and no tempest
overthrow. The stick nests they build
are in most cases domed, with the en-
trance designed to keep out all enemies.
Some are gigantic structures. larger
than an eagle would require to breed
in. with a long winding passage and
secret chamber for the eggs and young,
and in size they vary from these huge
fabrics to dainty little cradles no bigger
than a wren's nest, suspended basket
wise from slender reeds and twigs. As
to the forms of the nests, they are
spherical. oblong. oval. hask-shaped.
fruit and stem shaped. and teapot
shaped. with the spout for entrance.
Wrens and hooking birds have melody
for their chief attraction, and the name
of each kind is, to our minds, also the
name of certain kind Of sweet music;
| we think of swifts and swallows in con-
nection with the mysterious migratory
instinct; and humming birds have a
glittering mantle, and the miraculous
motions necessary to display its ever
changing iridescent beauty. In like
manner, the homely Dendrocolapttde
possess the genius for building. and an
account of one of these small birds
| without its nest would be like a biog-
raphy of Sir Christopher Wren that
made no mention of his works Long
mans Magazine.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08
IN WOMAN,S BEHALF.
SHE coMsTH.

She walketh yelled and sleeping.
For she knoweth not her power:
She obeyeth but the pleading
OF her heart and the high leading
OF her soul, unto this hour.
Slow advancing. limping- creeping,
Comes the Woman to the Hour;
She walkefh vailed and sleeping.
For she knoweth not her power.
Charlotte Perkins Stetson, in Woman's
Journal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08

alt may seem singular to you"
says New York florist. '.but I've been
keeping a record for these twenty
years past. and ! have found that nine
murderers out OF ten are ardent admir-
ers OF flowers. and most Of them prefer
daisies or lilies"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08
PET FANCIES.
UGH BURTON

u td b y n L YIN
closed the school
house door with Q
bang, and after lock-
ing it securely he
showed both key and
hands into his panta-
looms pockets, turned
and walked hurriedly
along the dusty coun-
try road. His fine,
intelligent brow 8
were drawn down
and his whole man.
ner expressed annoy
ance. By Jove,o
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08

"He's mean, contemplate man. Why,
what he is now he owes entirely to me-"
mo wonder he has grudge against you
if he owes his meanness and contemptibility
to you !"-Harper's Bazaar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08
A Good Restaurant.

Smith-rve just been eating q good din
ner at Doogood's restaurant. I tell you
what it is, there are no flies on his table.
Brown-Of course there isn't They are
all in the soup-Arcola Record.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08
Accounted For.

"Miss Passee only just had her eighteenth
birthday Ridiculousp
Its true. You know she was born on
the 29th of February "-Harper's Bazaar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08
The Proper Recipe.

swell, Browne, how do you find your.
selfl'
'Never lose myself. II did, suppose
I'd advertise. n-Harper's Bazaar.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08
By order OF
Columbus. Miss, Oct. 3, 1850.

Columbus, Miss, Oct. 3, 1880.
The outcome of this dastardly threat
of violence is well known. General
Chalmers, who is an old gentleman
too feeble to speak in the open air.
was refused any hall in Columbus as
he had previously been refused in
several other places. The women and
children were protected from this
feeble old gentleman. The order Of
the big 10O' was effectual in every
way. General Chalmers did not speak
in Columbus or anywhere else. and
the big 1907 were disappointed in
their expectation of numbering more
negroes Free speech not being al
lowed, General Chalmers resigned his
candidacy. and nothing stands in the
way of q magnificent Democratic VIC
tory in the Republican State OF Mis-.
ssippi-Chicaso Tribune
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1889-11-08
THE HUNDRED OUTLAWS.

How Their Orders Were Obeyed BY the
Thugs of Mississippi
When General Chalmers. the late
Republican candidate for Governor of
Mississippi, was announced to speak at
Columbus, in that State, the following
placard, of which we have an original
copy. was posted all over the city:
g BOYS TO THE FRONT.
The DEVIL. will be in town TO-DAY and he
must be WATCHED
The women and children Of the land must bo
protected.
By order OF
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-02-02

The defect OF the jury system, which
is made apparent in the resent case,
Is that OF the virtually i .rItable power
of challenge. This pow n the Cleary
case is evidently used Mt to secure
fair jury IN all ways fit to fairly try the
cause at issue, but to delay or prevent
trial of it in the city Of New York.
Those who have followed the daily ex-
animation of talesmen have seen that
men of superior intelligence who have
declared their ability to try the case
upon its merits, according to the evil
dence, without prejudice, have been
stood aside, the reason for their rejec-
ton appearing to the mind OF the lay
man absolutely unsatist .ctory and in
adequate Nothing could be made
| clearer than that the counsel of the de
fence have not wanted men of intelll
gence and character TO enter the jury
box, and to prevent their entrance they
have exerted all their ingenuity and all
those devices of the law wnlch, being
originally intended to aifo'd security to
the innocent, are So often perverted to
shield the guilty. Justice is defeated
and robbed of dignity and confidence
by such futile proceedings as those
which have occurred in New York in
respect to the selection of jury in this
famous case, as it is incredible to tie
ordinary mind that of the several hun
dred citizens called last week not one
was accounted the peer OF the accused,
or fit to fairly try the case against him,
Upon the facts presented it would not
seem to be unjust to limit the present
facilities for rejecting those that the
Commonwealth primarily accepts as
competent to perform jury duty.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1889-02-02

President Cleveland has committed
the sentence of James d. Fish, who
will be released from prison in May
next. 1t is needless, to tell who James
d. Fish is. His name is associated
with a dark page in the history of
American finance. No man stood
higher than he before the day in May,
1884, when the Marine Bank and the
firm of Grant & Ward failed, and, even
now, Notwithstanding his conviction and
punishment, some believe him to have
been almost as innocent of criminal in
tent as the whole world knows General
Grant to have been. Most people have
found it difficult to believe, however,
that SO experienced and able man of
business as Fish could really have been
duped by freshling like Ward. Fish
has served three years and seven months
in Auburn prison, but his good behavior
reduces his term of imprisonment, so
that, under the Presidents act of elem
ency, he can leave prison in the middle
of May. There is, undoubtedly, wide
spread pity for the ex banker, and hun
dreds of reputable business men signed
the petition to the President for his
pardon. Their names have -, 0een
made-puhn..c lor obvious re sons, lu
the President is authority for the state
ment that rarely. if ever, has petition
for executive clemency been signed SO
numerously by citizens OF great respec
liability and business standing.