The Iola register., 1891-05-01

you? And when it came you took it
down into the woods. And Sunday
afternoon you went down there, didn't
you? and tapped it, and spent the af-
| ternoon swilling beer and smoking
bad cigars and shooting craps. And
| some of you who went there sober
came away drunk, didn't you? And
one of you made holy show of him.
self after he got up town, and kept
wanting to lick somebody until the
marshal came around and took him to
Jail. You cannot deny any of these
things, for a great many people,-a
great many more than you Think
know that they happened. And now
that it is all over, answer me these
questions: Is it your candid opinion
that the money you paid for beer was
well invested and that the Sabbath
afternoon you spent in drinking it
was we'll spent? Were you happier
on account of it the next day? Were
you prouder of yourself than you were
before? Did you tell your mother all
about it and did she kiss you and say
you were a good boy and would be
President some day? Did you tell
your father about it, and did he give
you some more money to buy some
more beer and to pay up what you
lost on craps? Did you say anything
about 1t to the little girl you,walk home
| with from school every time you get
a chance, and did she say how proud
she was that you were getting to be a
man? Will you give full account of
it to the merchant to whom you ap-
ply for a situation and 90 you think
1t will commend you to his confidence?
These are some of the questions, my
dear boys, that wish you would pom
per. You needn't answer them
through the paper, but 1 hope you
will answer them candidly to your
own consciences. You are bright
boys, nearly every one of you. But
you are none of you rich. You have
your own way to make in the world.
1t is hard race to run at the best,
and to win it will demand steady
nerves, cool Judgment, clear head,
and above all a reputation without
spot or stain. Are you laying in a
supply of all these by such conduct as
you exhibited last Sunday? 1t Is an
old man who loves you and wishes
you well, that asks these questions,
and he beseeches you to stop and
think.
One of the University papers prints
a private letter from Fred Funston
which will doubtless interest many of
his home friends. 1t will be observed
that he is having tough time,-and
getting barrel of fun out of it:
DEAR--.; I've made the trip. I am
''trooly crate; D, Listen to my narrative of how
Iaft oh Meadows fnann for n email snot
somewhere in the desert) Friday, March Is,
and that night reached the edge Of Death VAL
ley ley forty-eight miles The II, next day PLAYED
reason, I tried to reach Pasamint by going
around the north end of the Pasamint Range,
mountainous desert without water or trails.
passing around the north end of Death Valley
and around the end of the range. When night
came found that was in country of which |
could make neither head nor tail and couldn't |
tell where in the desert was, except that j
had half gallon of water left and was forty |
miles from the nearest water at Furnace creek: |
Lay down and went to sleep. Coyotes sat |
around me and howled all night. Got up at six |
the next morning and saw III did not take back |
track, was % goner. Horse WAS was SO weak from
had not had drop nor mouthful since the |
morning before. started back over that stony |
mesa leading the horse. The sun was awfully |
hot, water gave out, and suffered tortures |
that day and the following night 1t would take |
too long to write it, but to make long story |
short my thinker got all bejiggered; Before I
knew ii was lOony, but tried to keep my |
mind of it, and kept pounding the mesa. The |
horse could barely walk. From a. m. Sun |
day to to 8 80 a. m. Monday did not stop ten |
minutes all told then lost my way and waited |
for daylight two hours and at . a. m. reached |
Ibad not eaten bite from Saturday night till |
Monday morning and was nearly as long with |
out water. had grub but was SO thirsty that |
l could not eat. The pony had not had drop |
of water or mouthful of food from Saturday |
at Furnace creek, jim Dayton took me in, filled |
me full of Chilli sauce and some other hot stuff. |
rested and ate and drank all day very assidu- |
ously, and the next Tuesday borrowed another |
horse from Dayton and to-day reached Pana-
mint by leaving my horse in charge of some |
Shoshones and coming over snow on foot.
Start back from Ash Meadows tomorrow. BY /
the time I get back shall have been out eight
days.
Mr.. and Mrs. John Gilkeson will |
celebrate their silver wedding at |
their home i'm Carlyle OH Saturday,
May Q, 1891, and they desire, through |
the REGISTER to invite ali the old
settlers of the county and all their
neigh bors and friends to join with
them. They also extend an invitation
to all old soldiers, and especially to
the surviving members of the 9th Kan
sas calvary, to call on them and help
them enjoy the day. "Uncle Johnnie"
is one of the old guard, having come
to Kansas in 1858 and located on the
farm which he has ever since owned
and occupied. His home has always
been noted for its genial hospitality,
and all who accept the invitation to
visit 1t on this happy occasion may be
assured in advance of cordial well
come.
Mrs. Sarah Croker died on Wednes-
day, April %, at her home in this city,
seized with the grip only about a
veloped into pneumonia which result
ed fatally. Her death was surprise,
as we'll as a great grief, to her friends,
illness. The funeral services will be
held at the NJ. Z. Church this morn
ing at eleven o'clock, and will be con-
by Rev. w. H. Hyatt.
The Chehalis tWash,) Bee now
comes to US with the name of Dan w.
Bush as editor, Judd Bush, who
founded the paper having withdrawn
from it and gone on a surveying ex=
pedition for the benefit Of his health.
Dan was about three feet high when
he left lola, but he has since gradual
ed from the University of Nebraska
and is now a full grown man, who
will doubtless make the Bee buzz.
The editor desires to modestly dis
claim any credit for the brilliant and
wording of the circus ad-
vertisements that appear in this
issue. We have written good many
advertisements, and are therefore
nratfu familiar with the vocabulary