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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-10-07

81
ALLEN COUNTY I %
In the district court for said county.
John W. Bale, Plaintiff.
vs.. No
George s. Hayward ---
Hayward, his wife, Re- |
becca Green, and 49,
Green, her husband, Eliz.
abeth Hayward, Nancy
4. HarcerOde and John
r, Harclerode, her hus-
band, and johns. Haroe
rode, administrator of
the estate of IL. II. Hay
ward, deceased, defend
ants.
said defendants, George s, Hayward, and
- Hayward, his wife, Rebeoca S. Green,
and - Green, her husband, will take notice
that they have been sued in the above named
court for partition of that part of tn north.
west quarter OF section twenty 1901 In town
ship twenty five 1851 range eighteen ISL in
Allen county, Kansas, lying east of the NeoshO
river, and must answer the petition filed there
In by said plaintiff on or before the 18th day
of November A. ID. 1895 or said petition will
be taken as true. and judgment for plaintiff
in said action for a partition OF said land or II
a partition can not be made without mani
fest injury, for sale of the same viii be rem.
dered accordingly. 45.47
ATTEST H. M. MILLER,
[SKALl Clerk OF said Court.
H. A. Ewing and Oscar Foust & Son, Attor.
neys for plaintiff
The times., 1898-12-27
Not n Party Matter.

In recent newspaper interview Sem
ator Morgan of Alabama is quoted as
saying: The question OF expansion. so
called. is not and cannot be made a
party question"
The distinguished senator is entirely
right in holding that expansion should
not be a party question. and, as far as
the national Democratic organization
may be concerned, it is exceedingly for
tunate for it that it has not been made
one. When, however it Is observed that
certain hitherto prominent Democrats
are principally engaged in an unpatriotic
effort to make expansion party issue
and to commit the party 10 a policy of
opposition to it, We are compelled to
think that Senator Morgan's hope and
prophecy may not be as sure of fulfill
ment as all honest Democrats could
wish
Be that as it may. there is one thing
certain, and that is that the Democratic
or any other party which shall under
take anti-expansion as party issue will
thereby merely pass an act providing for
its own final dissolution. For every good
American reason that can De thought of
the people of this country, by an over
whelming majority, are out-and-out ex-
pansionists. That fact alone ought TO
teach the wisdom of silence if not con-
sent to the element now posing as cham
pions of ancient provincialism.
1t must he said, though, that any kind
of wisdom is not to be expected in the
quarter indicated. The people who are
trying to hang the milestone of anti-ex-
pansion to the neck of Democracy are
without exception persons who would
rather be wrong than be President on
general principles. They are exactly the
sort of men who would not see anything
either shameful or ridiculous in an at
tempt to trail the great party of the
American people after the crank gospel
wagon of Carl Schurz, Larry Godkin,
Andrew Carnegie, Joseph Pulitzer, Ed
er Cleveland.
We are happy to hope with Senator
Morgan that false Democratic leaders
may not be able to make expansion
or rather snti-expansion-a party issue.
If in the future this hope should be dis
appointed something very unpleasant is
certain to happen in consequence. In
that case the masses of the people would
lose no time in bidding lasting farewell
to the Democratic party.
The times., 1898-12-27

that the size and shape Of the nose 10 an
index to character He affirms that no
soft part which is subject to SO many ac-
cidental and developmental mutations as
the nose, and which has no closer asso-
citation with the brain than through the
medium of a special nerve, can suggest
anything concerning temperament or
disposition or degree of Intellectual ca
pacity.
The mere assertion will carry conviction
to persons of small or upturned noses
who are conscious of their own strength
and originality of brain. The nose Of
Socrates, they remember, was hardly
larger than coat button. The authori-
ty quoted comedies that at an earlier
was to develop into the human type be-
came arboreal in his habits, and before
he had acquired the prehensile tail of
the monkey, the nose meant a good deal;
but its Importance as showing character
has steadily declined with the progress
toward the human stage. As the sense of
SMELL so wonderfully keen in all the low
er animals, diminished in order to COM
pei greater reliance on the intel igence,
the exterior organ became of less conse-
quence 1t is predicted that eventually it
may disappear entirely. That we should
soon adapt our ideas of beauty to its loss
is a matter of course; but no one wno
has any pleasures in eating can regard
the possible extinction of the sense of
smell with serenity, since it is the chief
factor in what we miscall taste. By
plugging up the nasal passages, it is
proved that little is left of the sense oi
taste.
On the strength of the affirmations OF
the man of science, small-nosed people
are disposed to show an aggressiveness
that they are not thought by nose-read-
ers TO possess. They assert that since
there has been a diminution not 6nly OF
the sense of smell, but also of the nasal
organ itself, with every advance toward
the human type, the persons who have
large noses are distinctly behind in the
race; that if the highest state of man is
TO be without exterior organ of the
sense of smell. the owners of small and
snub probosces are further advanced
than those of large and hook noses. They
are bound to admit that the latter may
have more strength OF certain kind,
such as belongs to the brute creation
but the finer qualities OF brain must he
lacking. Ii the energy and t:ercensss OF
Napoleon are 10 be associated with his
nose, so must his notable dsfzcts of char
acter- This, however, is not warrante
by anything the English authority says
While he comedies tnat noses. in the low
er animal state, are important, in man
the organ is too entirely soft and mutable
to remember that the nose of Emerson
was huge.
The times., 1898-12-27
TO HARNESS NILE cArAaAcrs
A Scientific Scheme to Generate
Electricity in Egypt,


London Dec. 2s-The use Of the water
power furnished by the Nile to generate
electricity is one of the most recent
schemes discussed in the great industrial
development now occurring in Egypt
Prof. George Forbes, who has made
thorough investigation for the Egyptian
government. believes that enough power
would be generated at the first cataract
to supply electricity for pumping water
for the irrigation OF a large section of
Egypt proper.
At this cataract is situated Assuan, ono
of the most important towns in Egypt,
and the location of a large generating
plant here would make this place a CEN
ter for furnishing power for electric
lighting, railways, and local trolley lines.
as well as for the sugar factories in the
vicinity
AT the second cataract, near Wsdy
Halfa, there is practically unlimited
power. not only available for irrigation,
but also for operating the two railways
recently constructed by the Sirdar. The
use of electric power for the railway
across the desert, which will extend ulti-
iiiatsiS " hhdrlouiIl, VIII De a most I'M
portant achievement, as now it is neces-
sary to transport water and fuel consid-
cradle distances
AT the third cataract "A reef extends
across the river, facilitating the build
ing of a dam. as in Summer the water
flows through at only three openings, or
channels, in the reef. which is with this
exception entirely out OF water. With
long-distance power transmission il will
be possible to carry on large irrigating
operations, using electric pumps. and
Prof. Forbes believe that many of the
localities so reached can be rendered
among the most fertile regions of the
world. The report has been submitted to
the Egyptian government, but as yet no
action has been taken on its recommen-
dations
The times., 1898-12-27
The influence of Commerciali.m.

Bliss Carman has been moved to write
a paper on the evils of commercialsm.
and some of the ideas which he has ex-
He thinks that commercialism is the great
foe of art, not only in the making of pic
lures and music and plays, but in the
commoner things of life. He says in this
connection:
How does il happen thar every man who can
afford it furnishes his house with old rugs and
old furniture? There is no intrinsic reason why
an old thing should be better than new one.
The real reason that Persian rugs and Chippendale
sideboards are better than any make ourselves
is this They were made for love; ours are
made for money. 1t is the old, simple. human
devotion that went into the production of them
that gives them their value.
There is no real reason. of course. why
the furniture and fabrics made nowadays
should not be far superior to those of our
grandfathers, and, perhaps, if one could
strike an average, it would be found that
they are. There is no doubt that there is
more comfort in the United States today
than there was seventy-fve years ago,
bly, death rate considerably lower
Whether there is as much beauty and
picturesque value in the life of today as
in that of our grandfathers is a question.
1t may be that a part of the beauty we
see in old-fashioned furnishings is simply
the glamour which clings to the visible
evidence of the life of another generation.
But 1t is probable that the old-time furni-
ture is really, on the whole, more beauti-
full than the average furniture of today
The reason is just this: In the old days
all the thick-headed, stupid, unesthetic
folk were employed at simple hand-work,
which required no thought and no es-
thetic feeling. There was no machinery.
The times., 1898-12-27
Minnie seIigmnn Resigns.

st. Louis. Dec 26.-Minnie Selisman has
resigned her position as the leading lady
of the Imperial Theater Stock Company
after quarrel with Manager Gumpertz-
Jessaline Rodgers will play the roles for
merly entrusted to Miss Seligman, be
ginning with the performance tonight.
Miss Seligman has been having nothing
but trouble for the past two or three
months. Her husband. Robert l. Cutting,
who was prominent in New York society
before his marriage to the comely sc-
tress, has been accused of being jealous
and of having put detectives to watch
her movements
Some time ago he went to st. Louis and
soundly thrashed young man in Faust s
dining rooms The young man was ao-
cused of being too fond of the actress
The times., 1898-12-27
THE CAREER OF "oLp sIEUrH.. /.
Harlan r. Haisey Amassed n For-
tune Writing Dime Novels

New York. Dec. 26.-Perhaps the most
widely read author of modern times, and
the richest. was buried last Sunday in
Evergreen Cemetery. Brooklyn
Yet the passing of Harlan p Halsey
has created no commotion in the world
of letters. The literary reviews have made
no mention of his death There will be
no memorial editions Of his books. Per-
haps there isn't one person in a hundred
thousand. outside of his own circle of per-
sonal acquaintances. who ever heard of
Harlan P. Halsey.
And yet he mas written more than 600
stories and has made fortune of $500 coo
from his prolific pen. As 'Old Sleuth''
ne has been the greatest producer of fic-
tion the world has ever known
His heroes have stirred the sluggish
blood of thousands of messenger boys
The wonderful deeds of valor performed
by these impossible creatures have fos-
tered emulation in the breasts of knicker-
bockered youngsters the country over The
advegtures of Fire Bomb Jack, Magic
Dick. the boy detective; Young Vigilance,
Nimble Ike, Flyaway Ned, the old detect
ives pupil. and their companions in deeds
of daring, have gained much popularity.
If anyone has ever thought of "Old
Sleuth' at all he must have been pictured
as an impecunious hack writer, or rather
group OF impecunious writer's, using a
nom de plume in common. for IL seems
almost incredible that one man could have
written ali those penny dreadfuls. Yet
Harlan p. Halsey has done that very
thing.
In many ways he was remarkable
man. His stories are usually described as
'pernicious literature" and frowned upon
by those whose mission it is to train the
youthful mind. Yet Mr.. Halsey was ap-
pointed member of the board of educa-
ton by Seth Lowe, when that great edu-
Gator was mayor of Brooklyn, and served
for ten years.
Indeed. he was looked upon in Brook
lyn as a man of affairs. He was the or
ganizer of n prominent trust company and
director in other financial institutions.
He lived in handsome house at No. Ill
McDonough Street, and he and his fam
ily moved in the best society. His h me
was furnished sumptuously and in good
taste, denoting an appreciation of art
and literature. Beautiful paintings and
tapestries adorned the walls a wealth of
statuary and curios Were everywhere to
be seen, and the library indicated a love
of good books. Here lived "Old Sleuth.'
He was sixty-one years old when he
died, and he had about come to the con-
clusion that he could afford to rest from
his labors and devote his remaining years
to higher class of work
The times., 1898-12-27
TWO DAYS BURIED ALIVE.
An Old Soldier Resurrected From a
Prcmnture Grave.

Wichita, Kans.. Dec 26.-John Clark,
an inmate OF the Soldiers Home, in
Dodge City, was buried alive for two
days. He had been ill with typhoid few
ed. The doctor in attendance pro-
nounced him dead, and he was buried in
the soldiers cemetery with military hon
ors.
Some of his comrades declared that
they did not believe Clark was dead.
One soldier, named Hazen, persisted that
Clark had been buried alive. and de-
manded that his body be taken from the
grave The doctor was recalled and
asked what he thought about the case.
Hazen insisted that Clark was subject
10 sinking spells, and with typhoid fever
it would be worse.
After consultation it was decided TO
open the grave When the coffin was
opened it was seen that C1ark's hands
were not in their former position and
there was moisture upon the glass above
his mouth. Stimulants and careful
nursing turned the tide FOR Clark and
death was robbed of its victim.
When Clark was finally restored to
consciousness he said that he had been
half conscious of all that had happened
and knew that he had been buried alive
still I could not do anything" said
the old soldier. II was helpless, but life
did not desert me. II was an awful
thought. yet / could not cry out. When
l appeared to myself to be dying the ex-
perience was very pleasant one.
seemed to be entirely free from trouble
and passing into a new realm
when l began to recover conscious
ness / found myself in what seemed to
be coffin, but | at once knew that l
was not dead, because my feet were cold
and 1 was hungry. l knew if l were in
heaven I could not be hungry, and If
were in purgatory my feet would not be
cold"
Clark is nearly seventy years old He
was buried on Wednesday and taken out
on Friday.
The times., 1898-12-27
B1sMARcK's MEMORY HoNoRED
His "Thoughts and Recollecfions''
Having an Enormous Sale.

His "ThOughts and Recollecfions"
Having an Enormous Sale.
Berlin, Dec 26-The success of Bis
marcks Thoughts and Recollections" in
Germany is unparalleled. Three hundred
and eighteen thousand copies, costing
nearly six and a half million marks, were
ordered by the beginning of last week,
and new orders are continually being
given. AS only hundred thousand copies
| have been printed, the later orderers of
Bismarcks book will not get it for months
to come. Some Berlin booksellers have
sold five or six hundred copies. For the
bindings, which were done at Leipsic,
more than fifty-one tons of pasteboard
and about eighteen thousand meters of
calico were needed for the linen binding.
and about four hundred calves skins for
the library edition. Seven hundred and
thirty-two men were engaged in the work
of binding for about four weeks.
DIR. Horst Khol. whom Bismarck charged
to write the preface to the book, has just
published book entitled Memorable
Days in Bismarck's Life" which contains
carefully and perspicuousy elaborated ta-
bles intended TO enable the reader to in
form himself quickly about the most i'm
portant events in Bismarcks life. A sec
ond edition of Pastor Sehmidts book, en-
titled "Schonhausen and the Bismarcks,"
containing many portraits of the, late
prince and members of his family, and pic
lures of the places where ne lived, has
just appeared.
About 100 delegates from ali the Ger
man universities met at Hamburg yester-
day to deliberate how the German stu
dents, a body, may honor Bismarck's
memory. The Bonn delegates proposed
that simple memorial stones, with ar
rangemeifts for the kindling of great fires,
should be erected near all the German uni
versity towns. and that the whole nation
should be invited to contribute.
They further proposed that the students
themselves should erect two such stones
one at Friedrichsruh and one near
South German university town. The Ber-
lin delegates proposed that all the Ger
man universities should lay a wreath in
the mausoleum at Friedrichsruh every
| year. All these proposals were unani-
! mously adopted. and Strasburs was Sc
lected as the university town near which
| one of the students bonfire stones is to
be erected. The execution OF the whole
| plan was intrusted TO committee Of
delegates from our universities, with 4
president from Bonn.
The times., 1898-12-27
where was senator Foraker.

(From the Omaha World-Herald.)
Where was Nlr. Foraker when the President de-
clared that this Government should undertake
to care for the graves of Confederate soldiers?
Where WAS Mr.. Joseph Benson Foraker when
an ex-rebel had the audacity to pin upon the
bosom of the President the badge of the hated
Confederacy? Where, again ask, Mr..
Joseph Benson Foraker when the President con-
sented to address a gathering of ex-Confederates
while standing almost within the shadow cast
by the hated stars and bars? Is it possible that
he who sawed the air with his loyal arms and
stirred the circumambient air with his melodious
voice filled with sobs and sorrow when it was
suggested that few old and tattered Confederate
flags be returned, was bereft of speech and
motion by the audaeity and impudence of the
grizzled veterans of the gray? What. we stop the
press to inquire, is TO become of US if the on
rushing tide of rebellion is not swept back by
the loyal broom of Mr.. Joseph Benson Foraker?
Where ask in despair, was the man who de-
elared that rebel battefags should be re-
turned while he governor when the stars
and bars of the Lost Cause floated in the breezes
as the parade swept by the Presidents review
ing stand?
The times., 1898-12-27
The Nose Question.

The outbreak of the nose on the stage.
by reason of the production of the play of
cyrano de Bergerac, has caused uncom-
mon attention 10 be paid TO this inter-
estins feature. just why the author of
the story endowed his hero with a mon
strous and abnormal proboscis is not
clear. Perhaps he wished to show that
malformation OF an organ supposed to
be strongly Indicative of character was
consistent with the qualities that have
commonly been reserved for handsome
men. If the interest in the story and
play is responsible for the scientific treat
Use on the nose which appears in Brit
ish quarterly, Nj. Rostand. the author, de-
serves the thanks of all snub-nosed and
small-nosed people who have suffered so
long undefended. This writer chal-
lenges the ancient and universal falIacy
The times., 1898-12-27
Fatal Cattle Ranch Christmas.

WaIsenburg, Col, Dec. 2i,-N. r. Trow.
a local bad man. shot and killed two
men and slightly wounded another in a
saloon at Carr. small mining camp ten
miles east of here. last evening
The saloon was filed with a crowd of
men who were celebrating Christmas eve
by carousing and drinking. Trow i'm
bibed large amount of whisky and then
pulled his revolver and began to fire
Terebio Tolmache. Mexican, was sho;
through the heart and death was instan-
taneous.
A Slay whose name is unknown, re-
ceived a bullet in the head and died in q
few minutes.
Another Mexican, Deofilo Martinez, had
a furrow plowed in his scalp by leaden
pellet, but his condition is not serious
Trow surrendered and was locked up.
The times., 1898-12-27
FOR BREAKING IcE-BouND SEAS
Remarkable Steamer Built for the
Russian Government


London, Dec 26-The Russian govern
ment has recently had built for it a
steamer 3l5 feet in length, capable of de-
veloping 10000 horse power, which is de-
signed to break track through ice
bound seas. and gain approaches for
merchant vessels to ports hitherto con-
sidered inaccessible
The Esmaek. as the new peIagic ice
breaker Is named, was lately launched in
England, and is planned to be strong
enough to encounter Arctic ice of some
ten feet in thickness There is a long
overhang to the bow so that a sliding
blow is delivered, and the water under
the ice IS drawn away by the propeller
beneath the bow. In order that the ice
may be crushed down at the same time
it is forced apart
In testing the vessel each of the water
tight compartments was forced full of
water. and the strength of the construc-
ton may be appreciated when 1t is said
that there was no sign of distortion man
ifested under this test. which is the most
severe ever applied TO a vessel on the
blocks.
The engines have been designed with
such dimensions and strength that in
case the propeller blades should strike
solid body and the moving parts be sud-
denly be brought TO a standstill, no dam
age would occur. The propellers, shaft
ing and rods are able to resist the high
est pressure that can be obtained in the
cylinders, while the vessel itself is con-
sidered strong enough to withstand the
heaviest shocks.
1t will be remembered that it was with
a vessel of this nature that Admiral
Makaroff, of the Russian navy. believed
that he could reach the pole, and the
practical experiences which the steamer
undergoes in the Baltic and Arctic Seas
will very likely indicate the feasibility
of such a plan.
The times., 1898-12-27

The great amount OF talk about what the
Commissary General intends 10 do to
General Miles if the la ter does not with
draw his statements or intimations about
the character of the enormous quantities
of meat sent to the armies in Cuba and
Porto Rico is mere wind Nobody can do
anything to a commanding general who
institutes an inquiry into what ne has rea-
son to suspect is wrong in the army sup
plies 1t is the right of the Commissary
General to show, if called upon by higher
authority. that the rations were good and
that there was no corruption, but he can
not force General Miles to pay the least
attention 10 him. AS a matter of fact
nearly every soldier who has spoken has
referred TO the rotten meat which they
could not eat. Some Of the witnesses be-
fore the Alger Relief Commission men,
toned it, but it did not seem to make
any impression on that body. In any case.
however, General Miles may investigate
what he will Probably he could compel
official attention to any offensive comnlu-
nications from the Commissary General if
he should choose to do it, but he is likely
to simply continue his inquiries to the
meat.