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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28
EDUCATION OF WOMEN.
A Striking Illustration of the Brosdened
Spirit of the Age.

The incident of the bestOwal by Co
lumbia, at its recent commencement.
OF the degree of bachelor of arts upon
eight young women of Barnard college.
affords a striking illustration of the
broadened spirit of the age as to wom-
ans capa bilities and her right to an
equal chance in every sphere of activ-
ity and usefulness. The world is rap
IDLY outgrowing the Old-time cOnceit of
woman, which subordinated her to the
caprices and authority OF the stronger
SEX and deprived her of the use of
natural opportunities of development;
and it is of the proud distinctions OF
American institutions of learning that
they have been foremost in the achieve
ment of this good result. And no in
stitution has been more prompt to rec
ogniZe. and respond to. the enlarged
conceptions OF the time in this particu-
lar than Colombia. In that institution,
as was stated by President Low in his
address to- the graduating class, lit IS
now possible for young women not only
to obtain the college degree, but also
to obtain the same long training and
CdEcIUi " Ai-til
implies when il Is bestowed upon young
men," In other words, the college az
foris to women all the existing
privileges of advanced education, and
so places within their reach. in every
sphere. the prizes of honorable ambi-
tion. President Low happily stated
the far-reaching scope and influence of
this enlarged scheme when he said
that. he who has opened up to young
women the opportunities of the higher
education has really done for woman
kind something of the same service
which Columbus did for the middle
ages.
He has opened up to them almost literally
sew world in which they may exercise as they
demons,rate their power 10 do so the right Of
eminent domain. Nor need the parallel stop
there The significance OF the new world dis
covered by Columbus has not been confined to
those who have become its citizens In rnou-
sand WAYS IL has enlarged the life Of the old
world broadening its horizon. and making 1t
CAPABLE of new ana greater things Even So
thirk the higher education Of women will not
exhsrs, it's meaning in It's eject upon the eda-
cation of women themselves New lights i'll
be thrown upon many Of the problems OF life
and new strength will come in many directions
freu. tho enIargemsnt Of the vision which recent
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28

indirect circulation, where the air is
cooled on the top floor and then dis
tributed by means of fans. 1t required
fifty thousand pounds of ammonia to
operate the system, this product being
used over and over again, and at the
close of the exposition the fifty thou
sand pounds would have been without
loss in bulk.
Great expectations had been based
on the popularity of the skating rink.
1t was in the room next the roof. The
ice was to be five inches thick, frozen
by pipes of circulating brine placed
close together. Balconies about the
sides We're erected for spectators and a
band. The Hercules Iron company built
all the labyrinth of pipes and tanks, and
a German firm put in the boilers, said
to consume the smoke, thus being
capable of burning the very poorest
coal.
The loss of this building will be
severely felt by the concessionaires at
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28
Wording for Charity.

In n suburban town there is large
and flourishing charity organization,
which purposes to look after the poor
of the entire village. Indirectly these
are served also by novel means en-
ployed by the association to raise funds
to carry on its work.
Every Saturday evening are held
what are known as penny sales. All
objects ON exhibition cost neither mere
nor less than one cent They comprise
bits of ribbon. of embroidery. and of
cloth, and are eagerly sought by the
humber classes. who find here odds
and ends Invaluable in patching and
darning and making over. The great
est difficulty SO far has been to sup
ply the demand. though this should not
be so. when every "catch-all' and rag
bag has contents in abundance fit for
this second use. and generally not for
much else.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28
THE WORLDS FAIR CITY.
Notes on Current Events at the
Columbian Exposition.
The Horrible Cold Storage Fire-Arrivsl
of the Caravels and the viking Ship
The Swedish Building and
Its Future Purpose.
Especial Chicago Correspondence ,

All Chicago. including guests and
worlds fair visitors, is yet in the throes
of horror produced by the lamentable
fate of the victims of the recent fire at
the cold storage building at jackson
park, and subscriptions are still pour
ing in for the benefit of the families
and dependents of the poor souls who
met with such an awful death. The
exact number of lives lost in the flames
has not as yet been ascertained, but
according to the latest informa ton
twenty-three charred and dismem bered
bodies were found in the ruins of the
Inflated building. The unfortunates
were nearly all firemen. and the sad
fate of their comrades has caused the
deepest sorrow among the members OF
the department throughout the city.
Most of the bodies taken from the
ruins were so thoroughly incinerated
and disfgured that they were beyond
recognition, and the mourning rela-
tives and friends of those who We're
known to have been lost in the flames
were more deeply plunged in grief by
their inability to identify their dead,
and the sad search among the black
ened and broken corpses for even the
faintest traces of husbands, fathers
and brothers was pitiful in the ex-
IRENE.
The building burned was not the
property of the fair, as was quite gen.
orally supposed, but belonged to the
Hercules Iron company of Aurora, III.
The loss occasioned by the fire was
nearly a quarter of million dollars,
and has caused the company to make
An assignment The building was put
UP for the purpose of preserving per-
ishable supplies for the fair during the
summer season, and was well stored
with provisions for hungry and thirsty
visitors. 1t also contained an ice-man-
ufacturing plant capable of freezing
one hundred and twenty tons of ice per
day, and an ice skating rink one hun
dred and eighty feet long by eighty
feet wide. Can ice-so called from the
system employed in making twas to
be the principal production. Condensed
steam, thoroughly filtered, was to be
used exclusively. making the ice posi-
lively pure. The plant was to supply
only ten tons daily by series of sub
merged pipes filled with pure water. For
the safe keeping of eggs, butter and
meat used in the restaurants sixty
thousand cubic feet of space were used.
This was divided into a great many
sections, with ingenious ventilating de-
vices which were automatic and kept
the rooms each at the desired tempera-
ture. All the processes of overcoming
the natural heat of summer were
to be shown, including the direct ex-
pansion, the brine circulation and the
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28

If we ever catch them, which isseldom,
they are severely punished: but l al
ways feel sorry for them. even when
sitting on court-martial and condemn
ing them"
''How about the morals of the men?"
"They soon reach the point where
they have no moral sense at all. There
by officers and men. In fact, you will
rarely see an officer of the army on q
frontier post who does not bear upon
his countenance the marks O; more or
less deep dissipation. 1t is unfortunate,
but il is true. | know that the same
condition prevails aboard ship, where
the officers and common sailors have as
monotonous time as we have at the
post, save that they occasionally run
into port and get liberty togo ashore.
When men are confined, without So
ciety of interest, they unfortunately
fall into the habit of drinking. and
that usually leads to habitual drinking.
The private soldiers, and the common
sailors, are saved by their poverty.
They cannot afford to drink as much
as they would like to. But they are
intensely profanc, and obscenity in
creases with their terms of service.
They become a very common, low set
of creatures, kept in place and under
subsection by rigid discipline and the
consciousness of the power of the gov
ernmcnt over them"
''These are hard things to say of our
soldiers
Every true, they are hard things to
say of them; and they must seem espe-
cially harsh to you, coming as they do
from an officer of the army, concern
ing his own men. But l am telling you
the truth as seen from the standpoint
of one On the inside. cn not malign-
ing my men, nor tradrcing the soldiers
of other regiments. but nswcring your
questions candidly. want to add that
if there was any prospect of war with
any foreign country, these same sol
diers would stand by their cclors and
fight as long as they had any blood OF
breath in them. They arc demoralizcd
by the monotony of camp life. 1t
would cost the general government
some money for transportation, but it
would improve the army, if there were
annual reunions OF regiments, or of
| battalions. Moreover, after such re-
unions, when the companies are re-
turned to their posts, they should be
changed. Furthermore, and this is a
serious matter, the army is sadly handi-
capped and demoralized by favoritism
| in Washington. There are colonies
here, on detached duty at the war de-
partment, who have not been with
their regiments for long time. l
could name some majors and captains
who have never seen their com anies
or battalions. They have been dancing
around the national capital for many
years, enjoying themselves like lords
| and princes, while other men, and
some of them vastly better men, are
obliged to lead the dcmoralizing life
have in some measure described to YOU
1t is a shame and an outrage. 1t is a
| disgrace to the entire army"
In speaking of this matter, my army
friend became very warm and earnest.
He mentioned the names of some of
/ fcers of both the army and navy who
have long lived in Washington, while
their less influential brother officers
are unable to get here on visit more
| than once in a lie time.
SMITH d. Fly.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28
only have made rossih.e for the wonep

times only have made possible FOR the woner
Of the race"
The same thought, substantially.
found expression in the address OF
President Gates, of Amherst, 10 the
graduating class of Wells college, when
he said: "a great deal depends on the
attitude of woman as an important half
of the people toward ideals. The full
Development of the race must be
through the family as unit Between
man and woman there should be a
mutual reflection, each of the others
virtues. The most perfect life Is that
of the man who unites some of the best
qualities of woman to his manhood.
1t is because the world is coming to
understand these simple truths, and act
upon them in the use of great intel
lectual and moral forces which have
long run to waste, that its civilization
is taking on humaner aspects and be-
ginning to embody, in real institu-
tional forms, aspirations which touch
the loftiest and noblest ideals--FraEk
LeSlie'S Newspaper
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28

from Christiania under the command OF
Magnus Anderson, splendid specimen
of Morse manhood, who had 4 crew of
twelve of his countrymen equal in
physique and daring to himself. In
this ship, which was open to the ele-
ments and rugged in the most primitive
fashion, these hardy mariners crossed
the raging main and after many hard
ships came safely to land, completing
one of the most notable voyages ever
made to this country. Here these
worthy descendants of the ancient
''creeil-men'' find many countrymeD
to welcome them and join with them
in the general rejoicing over their safe
arrival
When the worlds fair is over the
immense temples dedicated to art, the
sciences and commerce will be despoiled
of their enhancing beauties, and the
buildings themselves will be sold to
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28
A Great Scold.

A Boston woman who took lessons
from Jennie Lind, many years ago,
says that the Swedish nightingale was
u great scold. Her temper was such
that she would often fly into furious
rage, and her husband would have to
entice her out of the room to soOthe
her. after which she would come back
so very elaborate in' her courtesy that
the student hardly dared to breathe for
fear of starting her off again. The
American confessed that she spent
more of her lesson hour crying than
singing. and added: Her reprimands
were often personal She would look
at me and ejaculate, oh, you look so
ugly when you sing 1t was impossible
to resist apologizing for ones appear
ance when she spoke like that, ard
that threw her in new rage"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28

some shrewd contractor, who will care
fully pull them apart board for board
and utilize the pile he accumulates in
constructing other buildings-not so
handsome but more useful. The Swed-
ish building will not suffer this COM
mon fate. Though it will be taken
down it will again be reared in its
present form. 1t will change its rest
ing place, but will still remain in Chi
cago.
1t has been bought by the Martin
Luther college of Chicago, and when
the grounds and airy bowers of Jack
son park are deserted, and the place
that was the center of the world for six
months is only 4 memory, the building
will be taken apart ana removed to a
pretty site in Martin Luther college adj
dition in the northwestern part OF Chi
cago, seven miles from the courthouse.
The building is q unique one, inasmuch
as it can be taken apart and pat to-
gether again as often as is desired with
out injury to the building. 1t was
made in Sweden, inspected by all who
cared to see it, gently taken to pieces,
each part marked and shipped to the
worlds fair, where in u few days it
stood forth as substantial building as
any. 1t may appear that the structure
is something of an architectural toy,
but this is not the case.
Its dimensions are by no means small
and the main tower is something over
one hundred feet high.
1t is one OF the most curious as well
as one of the most artistic. The archi-
lecture is original, though the designer
has followed closely the style used in
the ancient ''stane" churches of five
hundred years ago. 1t was not intend
ed for college building, so the interior
must necessarily be remodeled- AS it
has fallen into the hands of Swedes,
there is little reason to fear that every
thing will not be done to retain as
much as possible the original design.
The outside will no doubt be unmo-
Tested
The transfer from the Sweden gov
eminent to the college authorities was
made some time ago, but the news
never leaked out as far as the Chicago
papers, English or Sweden, were con
cerned- The government practically
made gift of it's share. but the inter
ests of several Swedish manufacturing
firms. amounting to several thousands,
had to be satisfied in cash. Otto
Letter, the popular Swedish commits
sioner, played a leading part in the
deal.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28
known for Her Honesty.

Signora Eleonora Duse, the famous
actress, who has lately left this cOun-
try after Il season of great success. is
said to be the soul of honesty in her
dealings with her managers and COM
pany, and all trust her implicitly AL
though until recently her career has
been confined to Italy, yet she possesses
such rare talent that she must become
famous wherever she is known. She ~
now in London, and will return to New
York in the fall. She was singularly
unfortunate during her stay here, hav-
ing suffered much from illness. and
were often obliged to cancel engage
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28

he fair who depended upon it for sup
plies during the heated term, and it is
highly probable that the destruction of
the supplies stored in it will occasion
much inconvenience and some loss in
various quarters
There is in this calamity a sugges-
ton which the fair authorities will
doubtless heed, and that is the urgent
need of fire escapes on the large build
ing throughout the grounds and
especially those which have elevators
for carrying people to the roofs and
higher stories 1t is hardly probable
that such another catastrophe will be
visited upon the fair, in fact no such
other dangerous building exists but
outside means of descent are quite as
necessary on worlds fair buildings as
on any others in which human beings
sre carried 70 great heights.
Dividing the public interest with
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28

the foregoing calamity is the late
arrival of the Columbus fleet and the
Viking ship. A few days ago the Santa
Maria, the Nina and the Pinta cast
anchor in the basin before the White
city, and following quickly in their
wake came the Gokstab-fnd with her
crew of hardy Norsemen. Such naval
pomp and ceremony as was witnessed
upon their reception was never before
seen in Chicago, and possibly never be-
fore in the new world. The bosom OF
old Lake Michigan has been heaving
considerably of late, and it might well
heave with pride at such gorgeous dis
plays as have been made upon it since
the great fair was opened.
From the time of their landing at
New York these strange vessels, which
have been produced in the likenesses
of the historic craft of Erickson and
Columbus. have been accorded the
warmest receptions and have been
feted and honored, and now that they
have found safe har5or after their
perilous voyages il. the waters of
Jackson park they will be held as
precious mementoes of the great navi-
gators who dared the anger of the
elements to found new civilization
upon the shores of an UNEMPLOYED world.
The history of the caravels has been
published broadcast during the last
few months and has become familiar
to all. The history of the modern
Viking ship is of more recent date and
will prove somewhat more interesting
reading at this time. The ship Gokstab-
lind was built about six months ago
after the design of the original ship
which was unearthed some time pre-
vious from Norwegian mound. 1t
sailed some six or seven weeks ago
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28
THE FAST STEAMERS.
They Are the Safest of All Boats Going
Across he Atlantic.


A ship that can make voyage TO
New York and back in fortnight will
earn fifty-two frcights in the year. in
stead OF the twenty-six of the boats OF
twenty years ago. The crew costs no
more. if the coal does, and the earnings
are double. But there is yet another
view of the matter. The late Sir VIII
liam Pearce. who began these fast boats
by the building of the Arizona, and
whose successors at Fairfield have built
the Campania. once asked a friend,
whose imagination recled ut the idea of
q tyenty-twO-knot boat. whether he
would not prefer to go down in a fast
boat in preiercnc to meeting an igno-
min;ous death in an ocean tramp. The
humor OF the sentiment lies in the fact
that II is the ocean tramp that always
goes down IN the case OF a collision,
and it is the fast boat that sends the
tramp down Parliamentary human
tarians should see to this. Surely their
reckless ingenuity is equal to the dis
covery of some way of preventing peo-
pie from choosing their mode OF drown
ing.
Those who know most about boats
know that the safe boat is the fast
boat, because the fast boat must of
necessity be strong. The fast and
strong boat never waits for the waves
to hustle and buffet it; it goes through
them. Once in a while, it is true, an
equinox may contriye gale that will
trouble even the Campania; but a wave
requires time to gather itself together
and spend its strength, and fast boat
of the right build does not wait There
are, of course. fast fair-weather boats,
designed to make record" passages in
sunshine, which do so, but which
founder in the trough of the sea when
the waves roll high. These are the
Atlantic impcsitors, and wise men
avoid them.-Saturday Review.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28
A Sad CaSR.

Mrs Bilder-Is your son, who has
gone to New York, good worker?
Mrs. Meakely-Oh, yes: he is very in
dustrious. Why, in the last letter he
sent home he said that on arriving in
him for all he was worth. But his
wages must have been poor, for he
sent home for more money.-N. y Her
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colored People 10 yl.i. the Fair.

August a5 will be colored peoples day
at the worlds fair. 1t is expected that
two hundred and fifty thousand Afro
Americans will pass through the gates
during the four days of the convoca-
ton. Philosophical Chicago men and
women of the colored race are prepar-
ing for their reception. For over two
months the committee has been work
ing on a scheme to enable colored peo-
pie from all over the country to visit
the fair. The details of the plan viii
soon be made public
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28

'T call this new shape the Tele.
phone" said hat dealer to custom
er.
Isn't that rather an odd name for q
hat?"
Perhaps. but you see there is so
much talking done through hats now"
Detroit Free Press
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28
A Reason for It.

Mrs. Skaggsby-Thcy say, as rule.
che women are much more impressed
with the awful majesty of Niagara
falls than the Ilcn.
Skaggsby-Certainly. The roar is the
only thing in the world against which
their tongues stand no show.-Butfaio
Courier
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28
A Joint Affair.

Riverside Rives-You could never
my daughter on your beggarly
salary.
Van Dam Street-Of course not; but
! was wondering if we couldn't-er-
club together-Truth.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28
A Sp;rituaI Existence.

Jinks-No matter what they may say
about Old Soak, he is mighty good
nature1 old fellow.
Winks-Yes, I've noticed that his life
Il one continual sraile.-BrooklYn Life.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28

ALWAYS put your best foot forward, !"
especially if the fellow has really wronged
you-Cleyeland PlaindealeT.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-28

ExIy PAsHA would make good pet name
for cat on the basis Of the nine-deatbs anal
ogy.-Ciucinnan Post