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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-08-12
chinese situation TronblInr Enrland

London, Aug. i. There is great UNI
easiness on all sides here in view of
the Chinese situation, which is re-
garded as bringing an open conflict
be tween Great Britain and Russia
within measurable distance and il is
felt that il can only be overcome by
the prompt and most firm intimation
that Russia's open opposition TO Brit
ish commercial concessions must cease.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-08-12
An Awful Operation.

Dusty Rhodes-Say. Willie how do
dey git nj de gold mp in Klondike?
Weary Willie-By washin'.
"Hul!y chez! Count rae out!"-Up 10.
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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-08-12

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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-08-12

There is story told of Robert Burns
in his youth. Burns was living in the
town of Ayr, and though still young
had attained more than local repu-
tation as poet One day he was pass
ing through the main street of the
town and saw two strangers sitting
at one of the inn windows. With idle
curiosity he stopped to look at them
Seeing him, and thinking that the
rustic might afford them some amuse.
ment while waiting, the strangers
called him in and asked him to dine
with them. Burns readily ac-
cept,d the invitation, and proved
"A merry. entertaining guest When
dinner was nearly finished, the
strangers suggested that each should
try his hand at versemalting, and that
the one who failed to write a rhyme
should pay for the dinner. They felt
secure in the challenge, believing that
their rustic guest would pay for the
meal The rhymes were written, and
Burns read the following: 81, Johnny
Peep, saw two sheep; two sheep saw
me. Half a crown apiece will pay for
their fleece, and l, Johnny Peep, go
free" The strangers astouishment
was great, and they both exclaimed;
who are you? You must be Robbie
Burns!-- Newcastle Chronicle.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-08-12

A dispatch from Cavite, under date
OF August |. says Gen. Green notified
Aguinaldo thatif any American troops
We're molested all insurgents would be
dlsarmed.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-08-12
Was Anont with Napoleon.

Two men living in St. Helena who
were born respectively in 1898 and 1902
are not the only persons now living
who have seen Napoleon the Great.
Thomas De Moleyus, who was for many
years county court judge of Kilkenny,
who was called TO the Irish bar in 1881,
and appointed a queens counsel in
1865, served in his early boyhood in the
royal navy. Mr.. De Moleyns was a mid
shipman on board the BulIerophon
when Napoleon, on July Is, Js15. after
the hundred days" placed himself un-
der the flag of his country and was r
ceived on board the BeIlerophon.-ChA'
cago Tribune.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

dinarily healthy locality, the fever is light, and the number of new cases small No death out of thirty-eight eases has occurred in Orwood.
 The gratifying fact begins to appear that the infection can be shut in and controlled and handled, if taken in time, and with vigor and skill. The outbreak at MeHenry first showed that the yellow pest is not wild beast that is unmanageable by cool headed men of requisite experience; and everything in the present situation leads up to the hope that the infection will be con- fined to the two districts it is now ravaging. Roth of the centers of infection are well surrounded and watched, and no one will be permitted to go out of them carrying poison to the rest of the country.
 The Franklin case is on the gulf coast lake is surrounded by miles of swampy land. It is an ideal place for an yellow fever epidemic, and the little town will doubtless entertain it's yellow guest until frosts come, and on the gulf coast they come late in the season, if they come at all. The infection in northern Mississippi is the result of gross negligence The hrst case arose in July, and the infection was permitted to gain firmer grip for fully So days before any one had sense enough to grapple it, and make known it's true na- ture. Both Taylor's and Franklin are op- feet lessons. The want of drainage and other forms of sanitation laid basis TOT the propagation of the germ of the dlsease' and the two towns are reaping the ineVit- able consequences.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
The AIqer WhiteWash.

The presidential effort to get up a docu- ment for use before the November elections bids fair to result in nothing more than coat of political whitewash. No democrat of standing will probably accept place on the commission, and Alger is sure of a vin- dication at the hands of the corporation worthies whom Brother Hanna can ma nipulate. Brother Hanna is very much in evidence whenever his confrere of 1896 is hit. He openly declares his blamelessness, and he leads out on the offensive lne-in more respects than one-with declarations of praise and wonderful executive ability. He goes so far as to say that such an or ganizer of war has never been known in the history of war, and he is right. What is more, no one wants to see another like him. The story of Santiago and the story of Chckamauga are one long story of dreadful errors.
 But the truth of Santiago and of Chicka- mauga will not be brought out in the pro posed investigation. It is not wanted and even if 1t were, it could not be had, be- cause the proposed commission is outside the law-is simply gathering of amateur inspectors, who have no more authority in the gathering of information than so many tramps wandering over the country. They can summon no one; they can compel no one to tell what he knows. And. of course, army officers and others similarly circum- stanced will not tell anything of value un- less they can at least defend their action on the ground of compulsion.
 The only investigations that the case ad- mits of are investigations by congress-by the senate acting alone, as well as by the house-next winter. The facts cannot be judically ascertained until that time, and the farce that the president is organizing may as well be turned over to Brother Hanna at once, letting him bring in its re- port
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
The South Carolina Primary.

The result of the second primary in South Carolina is still in doubt. Governor Elerbe and MT. Featherstone are at this writing running neck-and-neck, and this mornings dispatches may name the winner. Fossil ply, however, the official count will be necessary for that purpose.
 In this race the democracy of the state were confined by the rules of their organi- zation to voting for Governor Ellerbe and MT. Featherstone, because they each re- ceived more votes in the first primary than their competitors did. They were the two best out of seven who were before tEo democrats of the state as gubernatorial as pirants.
 Governor Ellerbe stood for the dispen- sary system, which, after a long and hard fight. has been vindicated in the courts, and to some extent at least before the people. Under it's operation the state con- trols the liquor traffic, because it con- ducts it. The state is a monopoist in this respect, save some package business from concerns in other states that the United States courts are endeaVor1nS to foster and promote The package competition is, however immaterial. It is conceded by all impartial, unbiased men in the state that the system has in the main been beneficial, decreasing crme drunkenness and disor- derly conduct generally. Its profits can be made large or small as the state adopting it is minded. It's operation has been so beneficial that no movement looking to a return to the old barroom system has been organized.
 MT. Featherstone is a lawyer of high standing. He is not politician-just "a strong, sincere, manly man." says the Charleston News and Courier, "who would make an excellent governor" He is pro- hibtionist; and if he becomes the nominee of the democratic party, and thus becomes governor of the state, a movement will be organized at once to abolish the dispen- sary, and put the state on dry basis. The success of the movement is, however. very doubtful. Probably the people of the state would in that case be content with q dispensary system managed by a prohbi- tiouist
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
ROOSEVELT IN A .ROUND-UP"

From the Chicago Record.
 Roosevelt had two ranches in the Bad Lands, where he came every year, when his affairs in the field of business and poli- tics would permit. He came, as he told his men, to be one of them. He was treated on the ranch as any other ranch hand. One of his first experiences on the ranges was on a roundup as a cowboy. lie Jared there just as the other men fared who were drawing $35 a month He had his string of horses with the roundup and performed the same duties as did the cow boys. In the morning he was called with the other men-as a usual thing at o'clock-made his way to the rope corral into which the large band of horses were driven, roped the animal which he desired to ride for the day, saddled it, and after a nasty breakfast started on a long morn ing's ride Nor was he favored in the mat ter of horses. He took the same kind of animals as did the rest of the men-the majority of them half-broken broncos, more inclined to bucking than to passive servitude Not infrequently he was tum- bled over the head of a vicious mustang. whose bucking abilities overmatched d Rooevelt's riding by several degrees. But the discouragements of COW punching were not permanent, and he was no sooner thrown off than he was on again ready for another trial.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
WHERE HE MAY BE FOUND

From the New York Sun.
 Camp Wikoff, Montauk Point, L. I.-lt was a peaceful night and the sentry in the "Rough Riders camp was .patrollng his beat rather dreamy. Along caife the officer of the guard. His arrival didn't dis turb the serenity of the sentry, who kept right OH pacing until the officer caHe5 him to account pretty sharply, for 1t was his duty to turn out the guard for inspection by the officer of the guard This should have been the nature of his order, but he didn't word it quite that way. Lifting up his voice, he cried out in monotonous below:
 "Cough up the whole push for the main guy"
 The present address of that sentry is the guardhouse.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
DE WHITEWASH BRUSH

By de Reverend Samuel Johnsng, Pastor of de Thomsing Street Baptist Church., in the New York Times. De Scribes an de Pharisees knowed deir biz,
 When de sepulchres made big smell; Dey jis done close 'em, and leave 'em as dey is An dey whitewash de outside well. Chorus:-
 Den git out de whitewash brush, An tech up de sepulchre's stones;
 You's sho' fo' to fail eff de kalsomine Don't kiver de dead mems bones. Boss Alger he pinted some fust-class men Fer conduetin' of de>G. O. F., But fer purposes O war dey was-nine out
 O ten
 De wust lot you ever did see. Chorus:-
 But git out de whitewash brush
 An tech up de sepulchre's stones;
 You's sho' fo' fail eff de kalsomne pail Don't kiver de dead mems bones Dey says dat our sojers done fought fust
 rate,
 But dey stahved 'em an left 'em to die, I guess Marse Alger's not gwine fo to wait Till de common folks finds out why. Chorus:-
 He'll git out his whitewash brush
 An tech up de sepulchres stones;
 He's sho fo' to fail eff de kalsomine pail Don't kiver de dead mems bones. Dey's a heap O widows, an dey's orphans,
 too,
 An poh sick soiers an dead, Dat never would a been-you knows it's true
 E.f dey'd been tukken kyar of an fed. Chorus:-
 So gift out de whitewash brush.
 An tech up de sepulchres stones;
 You's sho fo' to fail ef de kalsomine pail Don't kiver de dead mems bones. Dere's seberal gin'rals an heap O small
 fry
 Oats suttinly shakin' in dc'- ~' Elf dey don't look out, dey'p H~ j. Uncle Sam he knows who's who Chorus:-
 Den git ont de whitewash brush, An tech up de seprlchre's stones: You's sho fo to fail of de kalsomine pail Don't kver de dead mems bones I kinder 'specks Marse Alger hisseff Ainrt as comic table as he was, But he play like de possum, an make
 blieve def, An hope we won't bodder him; cos-- Chorus:--
 He's got out his whitewash brush, An g techin' up de sepulchre stones; He don't mean to fail eff de kalsomine
 pafl
 Can kiver de dead mems bones.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
MARCUS ALONZo HANNA

From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
 As a matter of fact, MT. Hanna cut about as much figure when the American people got their fighting clothes on as cat-boat cuts in a West Indian hurricane In one brief week at Santiago, "Joe'' Wheeler ac- quired an influence with all classes of the American people that Hanna could never have, if he should live a thousand years, in possession of the wealth of the world. In such times, the sheep and the goats arc separated in wonderfully quick and ac- curate way. Public opinion is then very like the automatic machine which counts soyereigns in the Bank of England. The lightweight and defective coins are thrown out with absolute precision
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.

From the Chicago News.
 Only a fool admits that he has wisdom.
 An eccentric man is one who is off his eccentric.
 The future is what we hoped the past might be, but isn't.
 It's a poor bill poster that doesn't keep an actor well posted.
 The youth who has to scratch for his living never sows many wild oats.
 Physicians do not communicate with the dead when they wire skeleton.
 A mans club membership is sometimes a club in the hands of his wife,
 The little green apple is frequently com pelled to occupy cramped quarters.
 It's easier to get people to take your ad- vice than it is to get them to use it. Most of the happiness in the world is due to the fact that ignorance is bliss. The trouble with too many children is that the education of their parents has been sadly neglected.
 When man once thoroughly understands the ins and outs of a wheat corner he in- yariably stays out.
 About the time man begins to have good common sense old age makes him childish and he can't use 1t.
 It's hard enough under any circum- stances for bachelor to hold baby but it's simply torture winch the baby's mother is the girl who tilted him two years be- fore
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
The Fever Situation.

Jackson has deported all who came in
 contact with the KiIgore case, and has burned the house in which the unfortunate section foreman died. The town is no longer danger point In fact, there are no danger points, except the well-estab- lished foci at Franklin, La, and in the Orwood-Taylor district. Both Franklin and Taylor are unsanitarily kept and sur rounded, and many cases are occurring in The dread disease will doubtless run its course at both points. In Orwood, an or
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
The North Alabama College.

The onening of the college of the North Alah.na Conference at Owenton yester- day was an upward step in the progress ot this city and district. Back of thls COL lese stand 65,O0O Methodists and thelr friends The North Alabama Conference lies above lattudinal line that passes just south of Tuscaloosa. Birmingham IS by far the most central point of the con ference. and the location of the college at owenton, on a hill within sight of this city. was happy thought A finer ioea- tion. so far as health and drainage ana ou+look are concerned, could not have peeh found in the state. The view rom ehe splendid new buildings commands hliieS ol beautiful scenery, and underneath 'ie b,,i,d,nos is A bed of chert, which IS lime and gravel intermingled. It is an aornii d. ble location in every way, and whoever selected the site deserves commenoation'
 Tn the collegiate department fully loo students will be enrolled this year, anu the preparatory department promises 10 pc well filled. All parts of the well-organized institution have been placed in capabIe hands. and the college as whole mas oe- come a fixed fact, and its growth ana prosperity will become each year "aeler of increasing interest and importance to every citizen of this district. and, to some extent at least of the North Alabama Con-
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
ACHANCE FOR A COURTESY

From the New York World.
 If the national defense imperatively de- mands the retention in service of the Third Nebraska infantry, Colonel William J. Bryan commanding, no one will ask that it be mustered out.
 Buff all our military requirements can be met without the retention in service of this one particular regiment, would it not be an act of courtesy on the part of the war department to show it the same favor that has been shown to the Thirty-third regiments and to the Eighth Ohio, other wise known as ''the Presidents OWn?'
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
WILL USE ALABAMA's sLAG

From the Vicksburg Post.
 Twelve car loads of Alabama slag ar rived this morning by the A. and V. It will be delivered Wednesday at some con venient location for distribution on the Kleinston road. Of the excellence of slag as a road material there is no question, especially when 1t can be delivered at less cost and more conveniently than gravel, in any quantity wanted.
 That the city will have it's own road and a model one at an early date, to the lower landing, is matter for congratulation.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
ONE OF THE FINEST WAR CHARACTERS

O-''' CN hAA1 " Ah hCHARACTERS From the New York Sum-
 No officer who has served in this war de serves higher honor, both as a soldier and manly character, than Major General Joe Wheeler. The state of Alabama, of which he has been so long a representative in con- gress, has reason to be proud of him, and that his candidacy for reelection is prac- tically unopposed proves that the state is worthy of such citizen He ought to re- every citizen deeming it a privilege that he has an opportunity to give that recogni- -tion of General Wheelers gallant and bril- liant service in the war, and his ability and magnanimity as man.
 Undoubtedly General Wheeler was one of the most powerful instruments in winning for American arms the lustre of the tri- umph at Santiago. He was associated in- timately with General Shafter in planning the impetuous movement, which innumer- able obstacles did not prevent from ac- complishing its purpose in compelling the surrender of Santiago, and of Spanish troops, twice as many as were contained in our army actually engaged It was three weeks only from the time of the landing of our force to the completely victorious con ciusion of the undertaking. The vigor, au- dacity and breathless rapidity of the opera
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
A NEW SOUTHERN STEEL MILL

From a special to the New York Evening
 Post.
 Chicago, September 13.-A story comes from Ensley City, Ala, that John w. Gates in connection with other Chicago and Cleveland capitalists, will build $2,oOO,O0O steel plant there. Colonel Elwood. who is closely identified with the Illinois Steel and Wire company, has this to say about the southern plant:
 we went down there. and after looking the field over, decided not to go into it. They cannot hurt us there. Their trade will be mostly of an export character So far as I know, there are no Chicago people in it. I believe, though, that the Shutters of Cleveland are in it.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
ference.

Generals Gordon and Schofield, ex-Sec- retaries of War Lincoln and Lamont, and ex-Senator Manderson have declined to take up the whitewash brush. There is not much of the commission left.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
SOLDIER vs. LUMBERMAN

From the Providence News.
 One may imagine how soldier from his youth, like Miles, views the disastrous frivoities of the man who, by fortune of politics, is his chief in the war department for brief term.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
DEWEY
From the Galveston News.

NUIVtStOI 4FCW5'
 Beyond all controversy, beyond all coh'- parison, Dewey is the titanic figure Of the recent war. His achievements are unique and unapproachable, and history will rank him with the immortal Nelson. This is the estimate the nation places upon this man and his work, and the demand for his pro- motion grows out of the nations grateful appreciation of his genius and his worth.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

Ig Donnelly should either issue an abridged and popular edition of the plat form he is running on, or else place 1t un- der cover. It will become weather-stained if left out until 1900.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

Captain Jim Blaine is no longer part of the war. He has been duly handed over to civil life again, but his kind of warfare goes on without much regard to national belligerency.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

Alger's friends now say that one man could not have caused all the unnecessary trouble of the brief Spanish war, but one man with his political assistants could and did cause it.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
IT WILL BE LOST AFIELD

From the Boston Journal.
 The middle of the road populsts are early in the field with their presidential ticket for 1900, but they will find it diffi- cult to keep it in the middle of the road or anywhere in sight for two years.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

By the old method of hand composition it would almost be an impossibility for an office to set up General shafter's report. There would not be enough capital 'I's''
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

The anti-kissing ordinances of the differ ent cities have been knocked into cooked hat with the return of the troops.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

To the young ladies notice is served that kissing in public will be strictly in accord with etiquette Saturday.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

That cloud bearing dova on the country is not one of the cyclone variety Don't.
 be alarmed; 1t is only the multitude of
 "colonels-to-be" as they return from the war. s-
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

The western hay fever association, 26.00O strong, are indulging in their last sneezes of the season at Marquette, on the shore of Lake Superior.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

The elections in Maine and Vermont at least show that the people are not wild with enthusiasm over the manner in which Alger has conducted the war with Spain.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

The Spanish senators in the cortes are more picturesque than the bulls in the bull rings, and they fight as madly and widely.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

France is pushing across Africa laterally and England longitudinally. The lines cross and conflict at Fashoda on the Nile.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

shafter has cornered the market on the personal pronoun 'T.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

Remittances can De made by express, postof1ice money order drafts at current rate Of exchange Address
 THE AGE-HERALD,
 Birmingham, Ala
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

The czar's dreams of peace will disappear when the Austrian reichrath meets.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

The hand of the anarchist is a blunder- buss The Empress Elizabeth summed politics. and sought charities.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

The ships that Dewey sank cannot be raised. He did not shoot in that way.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

The editors that use patent medicine cuts to represent Mad. Dryfus should be sent to Devils Island themselves.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

At any rate Chicago water should be bar red in the christening of the battleship Illinois.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

The man who utilized army appontm ents people In November.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

The new German duty of s10 on bicycles offends the Dingleyites in this country. They call it hard names
The age-herald., 1898-09-15
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The age-herald., 1898-09-15

Trusts are multiplying and thriving under the Dingiey tariff.
The age-herald., 1898-09-15

F:y-time is nearly ended, and Ii Hung Chang gave up his peacock feather with out regret.