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The Iola register., 1890-08-15

lature. So far, therefore, from the al.
legged inconsistency Of woman suffrage
with the U. S. Constitution, that consti-
tuition was framed in part by delegates
REPRESENTING women voters, and was
ratified by State Legislature elected
in part by women voters. In the cleo
tions OF Presidents Washington, Adams
and jefferson women participated, and
it remained for Senator Vest, of Mis-
souri,, nearly century later, to raise
the bugbear of the unconstitutionality
against the suffrage of one-half OF his
| fellow citizens.
9. Some women and some men are un-
duly impulsive, emotional and senti-
mental But many women are far less
| impulsive and emotional than many
mon. Indeed. women as sex are ex-
pected not only to suppress their I'M
pulses and emotions, but to curb and
regulate those of men. They are the
recognized conseryators of private NOR
ais; how, then, can they be dangerous,
as voters, to public morals? But the
charge of impulsiveness and sentimen-
talisrl sounds strangely in the mouth
of Senator Vest. For he. of all our Sem
ators, is perhaps most liable to criticism
in these respects. IL women are to be
6isfranchised on such ground, might
we not logically question the right of
Senator Vest to pass upon their qualifi-
cations? t-, ..-. -.r. .s
3. Senator Vest argues that if educat-
ed women vote in Wyoming, then illit-
crate colored women must vote in Mis-
souri,. He overlooks the fact that the
State Constitution of Wyoming estab-
fishes an educational qualification for
suffrage similar to that of Massachu-
setts. Unless we greatly mistake the
signs of the times, the Southern States
will eventually find their only relief
from the admitted calamity of their
present male illiteracy, by enlisting in
future elections their millions of edu-
Gated women, eleven out of twelve of
whom are white, and who will outnum-
ber all the illiterate men, black and
white, combined.
What an amusing commentary it will
be upon Senator Vests sentimental OBJ
iections, of order and civilization and
peace and contentment should prevail
throughout the South within the next
decade as a result of an extension of
suffrage to educated Southern women
upon a reading and writing qualifica-
tion. Stranger things have happened.-
Woman'S Journal
The Iola register., 1890-08-15
SOUTHERN oUTRAGES.
Three News Items That should Be Re
membered for . Long Time.

membered for . Long Time.
The Democratic and Mugwumpian
prexsSppose National election law
calling 1t force bill-under pretense of
its curtailing the power OF States toreg-
ulate their domestic affairs. Apart from
the fact that any National election law
would leave such domestic affairs, even
the purely local elections, Just where
they now are, under the absolute con-
troll of the States, it is to be remem-
bered that National elections are Ma
tional affairs. When States and dis
tricts do not and will not allow free
speech, much less free voting upon Ma
tional affairs, surely it is imperative
that the National Legislature and Exec
utive should interfere.
We have been told by Democratic and
Mugwumpian journals and politicians
that there is no suppression of free
speech or Of free voting in the Southern
tier, or, at any rate, no more than, as
they say, prevails in certain Northern
districts. This leads us to revert to
three recent dispatches from the South.
What are the facts which they disclose?
One of them relates the story of the
murder of T. NJ B. Cook, of Mississippi.
Mr.. Cook was murdered because he had
made a Republican speech near to Mount
Zion church, in Jasper County, of that
State.
One of them tells the story of the muir
ders of Captain William Ellington and
his son William Ellington at Magazine,
which is in Logan County, Arkansas.
The elder Ellington had served as a
scout in the Union army, and since the
war had been in the detective service of
the United States. He and his son were
active Republicans.
Another of them tells how B. B Till.
man is guarded by special policemen
and detectives and by . picked band of
one hundred of his political followers
from murderous assaults by the infu-
rated rabble who are the tools or dupes
Of the Democratic oligarchs of South
Carolina. Mr.. Tillman is and always
has boen a stsnch Democrat; his offense
against the oligarchs is that he has
become the candidate Of the Farm
er's Alliance Of his State for the
Gubernatorisl nomination Not for any
independent nomination, it is to be
kept in mind, but for straight Demo
cratic nomination. The oligarchs re-
sent to the verge Of murder Of any dis
Ssatient the least question Of tteir long
The Iola register., 1890-08-15
POLITICAL DRIFT.

B- Everybody says aye to pension
for Jessie Benton Fremont, not only
for her late husbands sake, but for
her own, besides. Boston Herald.
N The Democrats are getting
alarmed about North Carolina also. In
that State, as well as in South Carolina
and Tennessee, the Farmers Alliance is
disturbing the calculations of the Bour-
bon bosses.-St Louis Globe-Democrat.
w A test which will remove the col
or line entirely is the true one, and yet
eliminate the great uneducated vote.
When that can be reached we shall hope
for the abolition Of that tangible and
yet deplorable race line which to-day
makes the South, politically,reactionary
and sullen.-Boston Advertiser.
sB The South is sectional in that
while a wave of electoral reform has
swept over the entire North and re-
suited in the enactment of Australian
ballot laws in many Northern States,
there has been no such popular move
ment south of Mason and Dixca's l:ne.
Not single Southern State mas adopt
ed the Australian ballot or any other
method Of electoral REFORM Albany
IN. " Journal. 't.
eT Altogether there is very little
encouragement to be found in the South
for the Democracy. The situation is
even more complicated in South Caro-
lima than in Louisiana, and storm
clouds are occupying prominent posi-
tions on the political sky in other parts
of the South. No wonder long and
loud wall about the "force bill" is going
up from the Democratic press, A pure
ballot will hasten the disaster that
threatens the party.-Lincoln (Neh)
JourpaJ o..
The Iola register., 1890-08-15

said his mother. Twenty years ago VIC
were poorly off,"
II we'll remember it. 1t was lucky
thing we came to Brandon"
$50 it has turned out But l was
alarmed when you quarreled with
young Oscar Ronalds.'
"I have forgiven him. The harm he
intended has only done us good"
Have you heard any thing of him
lately?''
mot lately. His fatherdied ten years
since, and l am told Oscar is very ex-
travagant, that's ALL
The storm increased in violence,
shaking the house, firm and strong as
it was. All at once the door-bell rang
sharply.
"Tll go myself" said John. "Ths
servant may not be able to close the
door again"
He opened the front door, and sharp
cutting wind entered with furry Of
snow.
"Will you give me shelter?" said a
faint voice.
1t was man who spoke, still young.
He stepped in quite exhausted. John
Walton closed the door.
"You have had hard struggle with
the storm, have you not?" he said.
81 have indeed. am chilled to the
bone"
Come in to the fire." and John threw
open the door of the sitting-room.
He perceived that the stranger had
no overcoat, and appeared thoroughly
chilled. Warm drinks were ordered,
and in half an hour he was more COM
Portable. He looked thin and haggard,
and his face bore the impress of dissi-
patton.
He had more than once looked earn
estly at John Walton. Finally he said
abruptly:
''Will you tell me your name9 Your
face looks familiar"
''My name is John Walton"
"What?" said the other, with a start
'Did you live, when boy, in the town
of Mp
Eyes, but don't remember you"
81 am Oscar Ronalds," said the other,
in a low voice.
"Is it possible?" exclaimed the three,
and they involuntarily glanced at the
ill-clad stranger.
81 see what you are thinking of.
don't look much like the boy you used
to know. have been wild and extrav-
agant, and lost or squandered all my
property. have gone down hill-you
have gone up"
81 am sorry for your misfortune" said
John, kindly. ''If can be of service to
you, will"
81 came here, hoping to get the post
of clerk, which i understood was vacant
II had known you were here, would
not have come"
'And why?"
because you can not have forgotten
my illtreatment of you.
''It is not forgotten, but quite for
given" said John Walton, kindly. I'm
consciously you did me service. The
clerkship you seek is mine to bestow.
You shall have it, and will guarantee
your good conduct The salary will be
small, only eight hundred dollars"
'It will be fortune to me, who am
penniless. God bless you, John Wal
ton. for your generosity. You shall not
find your confidence ill-bestowed.
/ have no more to tell, except that
then and there began a new and better
life for Oscar, who was after awhile
promoted, and now has modest and
cheerful home of his own, with good
wife to add to his happiness. And this
was John Walton's revenge, noble and
Christian revenge, the only one worth
taking for an injury. .-Horatio Alger,
Jr., in Yankee Blade.
The Iola register., 1890-08-15

BOY.
fearing that trouble might come of it.
So, indeed, it did.
The next morning Squire Ronalds,
with his stiff. erect figure, was seen ap-
preaching the widows cottage.
Mrs. Walton opened the door.
Wont you come in, Squire Ronalds?'
she said, nervously.
mo, madam, have but a word to say,
and that is soon said. Are you aware
that your boy grossly insulted my SON
Oscar. yesterday?"
He told me that Oscar called me
names, and he knocked him down. He
has hasty temper"
''Your son is a ruffian, ma am"
Not so bad as that He is a good
boy to me, Squire Ronalds-"
1T is pity he can not treat 9th ers
with proper respect"
''Do you think he was wholly to
Dlame?"
Certainly he was. Ny son caught
him trespassing on my land and very
properly ordered him of 1 don't care
to argue the matter. If he will apol-
sogize to Oscar, viii let it pass. Other
wise, as your months up to-day, / shall
require you to leave this tenement"
John, who had been inside and heard
what had been said, came forward, look
Ssg resolute and self-s1stained
81 shall not apologize to Master Oscar,
sir" he said. ''It is he who should
apologize to me-"
Apologize to you'll That would look
well, would it notg said the squire,
Scornfully.
at would be right" said John,
firmly. -
You are an impudent young rascal {"
Mother said John. quietly, 'sThere
Is no use listening further. l shall not
The Iola register., 1890-08-15
The Real American Party.

There is abundance Of work for thu
Republican party to do but its central
idea, that around which platforms mus:
be shaped and declarations of principle
formulated, mast be the National, the
American idea There is room within
the party for every sincere friend Of lib
erty, every advocate of National prog
ress, every adnirer Of American insti.
tutions, whether he were born on Amer
lean or foreign soil; but IL he be an
alien who insists on retaining his for
eign nationality and who becomes an
American citizen only with the selfish
motive Of advancing his personal inter
ests, let him go to the Democratic party,
where he belongs, and where he will find
congenial company in certain native
borr citizens who prefer every country
under the broad canopy of heaven u
their own, and who should crimson with
shame at their lack Of patriotism and
absence of affection for their nat'is
land.-San Francisco Chronicle.
The Iola register., 1890-08-15

apologize, and am ready to take the
consequences. Don't be alarmed I'll
take care of you"
"You must leave this house to-mor.
row." roared Squire Ronalds, in very
undignified rage, stamping his gold
headed cane upon the ground.
eyery WE'LL" said John. ''Good-day,
SIR" and closed the door. leaving the
squire under a vague impression that he
had got the worst of the encounter.
"What shall we do, John?' said Mrs.
Walton, dismally.
"I'll tell you, mother" said John.
"There is nothing for me to do here.
Well 60 to Brandon, where there are
woolen mills. Then / can get chance
to work, and I'll rise, never fear. 1t is
best for US to CO."
The next day Mr.. Walton's tenement
wasempty, and no one knew where the
family had gone. Oscar exulted in
what he regarded as his triumph.
Twenty-three years passed. To the
barefooted boy they brought wonderful
changes. At thirty-four he found HIM
self superintendent of the mill where
he had entered as poor operative, earn
ing salary of five thousand dollars a
year. He had built handsome house
over which his mother presided with
matronly dignity. His sister Lizzie was
the wife of a young physician in sue
cessful practice in the same town.
One winter evening they were all
seated in a luxuriantly-furnished room
before a glowing fire. His sister had
come to spend the afternoon, but was
prevented by the violent storm from re-
turning to her own home.
"What storm it isl" she exclaimed,
shuddering. 81 pity those who are out
in it"
YES" said her brother, sit is the
most violent storm of the year. The
snow must be two feet deep at least.
But we need not feel troubled. 1t is
summer indoors"
"Who would have thought, John, we
should come to live in such comfort" {"
The Iola register., 1890-08-15
TO ENCOURAGE THE WOMEN.

THE female scholarship of the Royal
Geographical Society has been won by
Miss X. b. Clagne, of Southlands Eng.
ABBY NJ. ADAMS, M. D.. is connected
with the Indiana Insane Hospital in In
dianapolis, as assistant physician, and
ranks on an equality with the men who
occupy similar positions.
MEsDAMEs FosLER AND STEUART,
members of the Cotton Exchange and
Board of Trade, las Main street, Hous-
ton, Texas. Aggregate sales for the
past six months, S5OO,OOO. Owners rep
resented, 500. Value of listed property,
81, 900, 600. -.. ...
MRS. IRA L. LIKES, of Hayes City.
Neb., has the reputation of being one of
the smartest lawyers in the State. She
is only twenty-nine years old, but she
has been an enthusiastic law student
ever since she was seventeen, and likes
the business.
THE French Society for the Advance
ment of Women have rendered their
congratulations to their American sis
tiers on the admission Of Wyoming,
through their president, Maria Der
aisme, and their vice-presidents, Mes
danes Griess-Traut and Louise David.
LA NoUvELLE REVUE, Of Paris, re-
Gently asked ior an essay which should
give complete summary of the status
of the land question in all civilized
countries. The most learned, logical,
and exhaustive contribution received
in response was written by Nine. VAL
lette, and was pronounced remarkable
study by the editor of the Revue.
THE plucky American lady journalist
and traveller, Miss Mary c. Barnell, of
Washington, arrived in Norway few
days ago. This energetic lady has been
travelling since December, and, alone,
visited Persia, Syria, Palestine, Egypt,
and most European countries. From
Drontheim she intends to 60 to the
North Cape.
Miss DORA NICHOLS, of Mountain
Top, Ark, won the gold medal offered
by Colonel NJ. L. Locke, for the best
essay read at the closing exercises of
Ouachita College, June 3. Four young
men read essays on the subject, but the
young lady's essay was considered far
the best by the judges. Colonel Locke
is Commissioner of Agriculture, Mines,
and Manufacturers. Miss Nichols is not
the only Arkansas woman who has
merited and received public mention.
At recent prominent Art Exhibit, an
Arkansas girl was awarded first prize.
THE corner stone of the Prophyleum,
building designated to accommodate
the various social and literary clubs of
indianapolis, where it is to be located,
was recently laid with appropriate
ceremonies. This enterprise, the idea
of which wasconceived about year ago
by Mrs. May Wright Sewall, is in the
hands of a woman's stock company, of
which there are more than two hundred
members. The capital stock is $40. 900,
and all Of the shares have been sold for
SIS each. Says one Of the indianapolis
papers: "A history of the Prophyleum
from its organization until to-day has
been an uninterrupted story ofsuccess. F"
1t is expected that the building will be
completed and dedicated by next Octo-
Der.
The Iola register., 1890-08-15
No Use in Crying.

"Did it hurt much, Willie, when the
horse stepped on your foot?"
"Yep. Hurt like 1t was goin' to take
the foot clear off,"
'.And suppose yop cried hard?"
''Nope. Wasn't anybody in sight to
hear me, and wasn't goin' to waste any
bellerin' on an old horse."- Chicago
Tribune.
The Iola register., 1890-08-15

between their outward appearance was
striking. Oscar was of light complex
lou, and looked like a petted child of
the aristocracy. He held club in his
hand, which, it might be judged from
his scowling face, he would not be un-
willing to use.
John Walton, who confronted him
without fear, was a .stoutsr boy than
Oscar. His complexion was dark, his
hair, black as the ravens wing, hung
over his forehead. His clothing was
coarse and well-worn, his pants were
tucked up nearly TO his knees, and shoes
and stockings were luxuries with which
he dispensed. His little sister, terrified
by Oscars rude manner, clung to her
brother in alright.
'sDon,tb be scared Of him, Eizzie," said
John. HE Won't dare TO touch u.s.
''Won't I, thoughp' said Oscar, clutch
ing his stick tighter.
''Not if you know what is best for
yourself" said John, locking fixedly at
him. --..#
"You have no business here, you beg
bar" said Oscar, furiously.
81 am no beggar," said the barefoot
boy, proudly. ''
"This is my fathers land. Can you
deny that?" demanded Oscar.
81 know it is, and Tsuppose it will be
yours some day"
Then why do you intrude here?"
II did not suppose it would do any
harm to pick few berries,s which would
otherwise decay ON the vines"
Then yousknow it now. 1don't care
for the berries butIdon't want any beg
gar's brats on my fathers place"
''Stop theresyoung master, nsaid John,
firmly. You call me beggar, and
edid not care much, but if you call my
mother by that name, you'll be sorry"
'I?" said Oscar contemptuously.
''What will you do?' .s
"Tll beat you with that stick you
hold in your hand"
''Then do call her beggar," said
Oscar, furiously. "What are you going
TO do about it?' e.-
You'll see."
John Walton let his sisters hand fall,
and springing upon Oscar, wrenched
the stick from his hand, laid it over his
back with sharp emphasis three times,
and, then flung it into the pool hard by.
Leaving his young enemy prostrate, he
took his terrified sister by the hand,
and saying: "We1l go home now, Liz
,zie," walked quietly away.
Oscar picked himself up, mortified
and furious. He would have pursued
John, and wreaked instant vengeance
upon him if he had dared, but in the
hands of the young savage, as he men,
tally characterized him, he had felt his
own utter inability to cope with him,
and resolved that vengeance should
come in another shape.
MY father shall turn the beggars out
of house and home" he muttered. 81
wish they might starve."
The father of Oscar Ronalds was the
proprietor of a handsome house and
Large landed estate, including several
tenementswhich he rented out In the
poorest of these lived John Walton and
his mother. They lived poorly enough:
how, it would be hard to tell, but at all
events. they lived, and never sought
When John told the story of his en-
counter to his mother she was disturbed,
The Iola register., 1890-08-15

E OFF fro m
here, you little
beggar!'' S a | d
Oscar Ronalds,
imperiously.
T b g speaker
W a s a we IL
dressed boy o I
fourteen, a n d
the words were
addressed to a
boy of about his
own age and his
sister of eight
IT @ contrast
The Iola register., 1890-08-15
HIS TRIUMPH.

How John Walton Took a Sweet
Revenge.
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-14
lRNrK0pEKTYToK sALInKI IKAnI
I. J. Lamb & Company,

REAL ESTATE AND COMMISSION.
: sad ~ eouth Iolla-sl. Phone g..
FOR sALE-A iev more shares q ths New
auutD Grand iAap O. fauIuE MI Com
nIuN. lls ls pass r~ceafIy eraal.l .tst.
j 100 AaN uE ass uio. e2 ana wanting tp lu.
N.st u a saa1 payiag hAa ~ W0uc o. eel
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EOK SAlE-A stn-roam house ou Co.cst.
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payments. hoald t@ke cluap ioi 80 LTst pay
uent.
EOR SALE-Four new houses OF Msrou-st.
south - Il lrferWofth-aYe ouly .fs eal A.
Lots Al uear street railway Ano vii sell
ou easy payments.
EOR SALE-House aud lot on Jefferson ave.
near fth-aft. last front Jhis Del a fnc
location. aao . iakrn within She AeAi thaiy
days vii sci Tor $50
EUH sALE-House AND lot No. ls P0weu-st
This T. Il new house Of modern style exit
large ROOMS reel grAaed ~aik buuti tfelS-
thing in good shape Wiz Sell ior t-7oo
L'OR sALE-Ien lots in Sunnysioe addItion.
near Hal-st MlH sell the Ieu a. . lsr.
gain, or single lots al SlO0 each on easy terms.
These lots Sre h!gn and ory. aud very nne.
healthy location.
E0R SALE-Wor ork horse and hight wagon.
complete outat f0r an capres. man Nl.l
be sold cheap. - owner il E3lng out ~ city
EOR sALE-Aew house on shermGa-st.. east
OF La>t-st. Lot 5'Al20 seven rooms We
and cistern; oniy 5 .Z.9. and easy payments.
RUSINESs CllANCE-Mil seil ha.f lutcrest
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Gated and doing a r0urshiRg busi ne1s Or
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II = MorrS0u-st. al The head Class ct Nln
rent ior S-' per month or viii SCI 90 = reason
able figure and ou long time. This il very
dlsirabe property Tor any one wishing nne
location in an excellent neighborb0od.
FOR SALE-We have splendid fruit farm
Il near The city. consisting o. a. acres Tie
farm is sel Nth about VH choice peach trees
Apples, pear. pluius. cherries. ounces gfApes.
straw berries. raspOerfies. etc. etc. The house
and barn sre new, aud the farm it supplied WITH
excellent water. About lt acres VIII make al
excellent garden. Price. $50 Per acre. Terms
easy.
E0R SALk-so building lots or EutterW orth-
ave lhcse lots are . bargain and are wish
in the reach % tae la1oriug classes Ilsey are
within lN minutes wax 81 81 factories al6 4
minutes walk from the p0sf-OffIce. VIII sell
on easy terms irom $500 20 $40 each
Telegram-herald., 1890-05-14
There's a corset that isn't

There's a corset that isn't
a corset, a waist with straps
for the shoulders and rows
of buttons to button on
skirts and stocking supporters
and so forth-the Ball Waist
and that's about the whole
Of it. No: you can put it
in the washtub-no metal in
it or on it.
1t is worth your seeing, If
for nothing but how to sew
on buttons.to button easy and
never come off. and how to
make buttonholes wear for
ever.
Women differ in their ways
Of thinking and dressing as
we'll as in other ways. This
waist is for women whose
minds are made up that they
won't wear corsets.
There's much TO be said
on both sides. but did you
ever hear of a woman who
hadn't made up her mind in
some way3 and is there any
possible use in trying to get
her to change it9 She will
and she will; or she won't
and she won't.
You can get the Ball
Waist and wear it a week or
two or three; and. If you
don't want it, take it back to
the store and get your money.
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