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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16

Seven years later, in letter to lady
friend, he tells her why she was neg
lected at ball and a rival courted.
TWAS due to nothing less, l assure
you, than a present of a delicious Cake
and ported Woodcock, which so affected
the Palate as to leave deep impression
on the Hearts of all who tasted them.
How could the General do otherwise
than admire not only the Charms, but
the politeness of this Lady,"
That he had pretty wit" is shown
in many letters, where he opens his
heart 70 his corresnondents: for in
stance Tin 1850: 81 was escorted by 8
men Of the militia of Winchester to this
camp, which men were two days as
sembling, but believe they would not
have been more than as many seconds
dispensing if had been attackedP'
Gruff old Thomas Carlyle wrote !:
''That great man of yours, George. was
monstrous bore. George was Oliver
(CromwelD with all the juice squeezed
out" And that was just about as lit
tie as Carlyle knew of him; for an Eng
lish general wrote a friend in America
(1755):
SIS Mr.. Washington amongst your
acquaintance? If not, recommend you
to embrace the first opportunity to form
his friendship. He is about 90 years of
age, with a countenance both mild and
pleasant, promising both wit and judg-
ment He is of comedy and dignified de-
meanor, at the same time displays much
self reliance and decision. He strikes
me as being a young man of extraor-
binary and exalted character, and is
destined to make no inconsiderable fig
ure in our country.
He had fine sense of humor, says
modern writer, and that is the reason
be never made any of the solemn blum
ders which those destitute of that sense
are continually committing. 1t was
during the first year Of the war, at
Cambridge, that Washington is said to
nave laughed loud and heartily, if never
before or since. 1t was when Old Put
eame TO headquarters, bringing in fe-
male prisoner, bigger and fatter than
he was and riding behind him on the
crupper. And he called him Old Put,
too, in familiar converse and letters,
notwithstanding Jared Sparks to the
contrary.
He was dignified, but he could pre-.
serve his dignity and at the same time
enjoy joke at his own expense. Colo
mel Lee was once dining at Mount YER
non, and in the course of conversation
his host asked him if he knew where ne
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16
a Stroke Of
Paralysis.
THE PATIENT AN OLD MAN, BUT
RECEIVERS.
From the Sun, Scho0hticoke, NJ p.

Peter G. Thompson is the foreman of the
carpenter shop of the SchaghtieOke Powder
Company, at Schaghticoke, n. Y. Mr..
Thompson recently had a stroke of paralysis,
which at his advanced years may very well
have proven fatal. Here is what he says:
az am sixty-seven years old, and have
been employed as the foreman of the carpen-
ter shop of the SchaghticOke Powder Com
Dany for many years. In 1894, while COM
ing home from church, was stricken with
paralysis of the right leg. Very shortly
afterward my right arm was affected, and so
was my head aud left eye. This latter Attic
ton was so serious that all objects appeared
double, and my sight to certain extent was
useless
II had two physicians attending me, and
also two noted Oeculists, one from Troy and
the other from Albany. though they could
not help me, but of course their services cost
great deal of money. and as was not earn
ing anything, this alone was a great source
of wOrriment and discomfort to me, for things
looked blue.
1t was then that took notice Of an nd
vertisement of DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People and read Of person similarly
afflicted as myself, who had been cured in
the summer of 1894.
81 at once procured a supply of the pills
end began taking them. used at least four
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16

boxes before noticed any change, but then
| began to improve, my vision became nor
NAL, my limbs recovered their usefulness,
and was once more restored to manhood.
:" am absolutely recovered which at my
advanced aye seems little short of u miracle,
really am better than | was for years be-
fore | had that stroke and DIR. Williams
and his Pink Pills for Pale People are the
uppermOst thoughts in my mind night and
day, and my thankfulness for having through
Providence seen that newspaper advertise
ment, can never adequately express"
The foregoing Is but one of many wonder
full cures that have been credited to DIR. Will
liams' Pink Pills for Pale People. Diseases
which heretofore have been supposed to be in
durable, such as lOcOmOtOr ataxia and paralysis
succumb to this wonderful medicine as readily
as the most trifiing ailments. In many cases
the reported cures have been Investigated by
the leading newspapers and verified in every
possible manner and in no case has the least
semblanee of fraud been discovered Their
fame has spread to the far ends of civilization
and there is hardly drug store in this country
or abroad where they cannot he found
These pills are manufactured by the DR.
Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectady. n. Y,
and are sold only IN boxes bearing the firms
trade mark and wrapper, at 80 cents a box
or six boxes for $3.50. and are never sold in
bulk. They may he had of all druggists or
direct by mail from DR.. Williams Medicine
Company. The price at which these pills are
sold makes a course of treatment inexpensive
as compared with other remedies.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16

under the operation as a colt is of the
saddle. The next time submitted very
reluctantly, but with less fiouncing.
Now no dray horse moves more readily
to his thills than do to the painters
chair. "
Twice, at least, he has been convicted
of pun. The first was during his first
campaign:
''Our enterprise will he ruined and
we shall be stopped at the Laurel hill
this winter. but not to gather laurels,
except of the kind that covers the noun
tains -
Again, when his private secretary,
Mr.. Lear went to Philadelphia to be
treated >Dr rheumatism in his feet,
Washington wrote requesting the doctor
to attend to his understanding.
When at dinner after the surrender
of CORVALLIS the latter timidiy sug.
gested as a toast, "The King" Wash
ington added-''of England. Confine
him there, I'll drink him full bump
er.''
And it was with sly humor that he
gave, as letter of recommendation to
a Frenohman whom he by no means
desired to indorse:
c. Volney needs no recommendation from
GEO. WASHINGTON.
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authentic anecdotical bits of his life,
particularly when young man. For a
man so well known and brought in con-
tact with so many men of mark through
a long period of years the number pre-
served is comparatively small One rea-
son of this dearth is that he was a silent
man, who, though enjoying good society
and even convivial, was more an observer
and not often contributory to the fund
of tale or anecdote.
HE was fond of children" wrote
Nellie Gusts, land l have sometimes
made him laugh most heartily from
sympathy with my joyous and extrava-
giant spirits. But he was a
silent, thoughtful man. He spoke little
generally, never of himself l never
heard him relate a single act of his life
during the war. l have often seen him
perfectly distracted, his lips moving,
but no sound perceptible. p"
In his letters, then, in the frank,
unstudied epistles written By him dur
ing his first campaigns, we find more of
the man revealed than elsewhere. After
one of his first fights with the Indians
he wrote to friend. 81 heard the bull
lets whistle, and, believe Inc, there is
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16

He proved himself more than that to
all Englishmen, as they were forced to
confess, and when taxed with it in
later life he replied quietly, "If I said
so. it was when was young.
1t was when he was young, as we'll.
that be enthusiastically of the daz-
cling Indian princess Bright Light
ming, the daughter of the brave chief
White Thunder, whose feminine charms
worked mischief among the British
officers.
Washington, said the old Indian
"half king" who had piloted him
through the forest on his first eventful
journey, lis a good man, but wants
experience. He would not take advice
of the Indians, but was always driving
them to fight according TO his notions.
Another sachem, long years after,
met Washington and told him that he
was one of those who ambushed the
brave Braddock and his army, and that
he particularly tried to shoot the young
aid-de-camp as he rode hither and thith-
er across that field of blood. He had
fired at Washington repeatedly, and
with careful aim, but without success,
and hence concluded that he was invul-
nerable and under the special protection
of the Great Spirit.
Here we see him, at the age of 16
only, in the midst of savages: "They
clear large Circle and make a great
Fire in ye middle. Men seat themselves
around it. Ye Speaker makes grand
Speech. After he has finish'd We best
dancer jumps up as one awakened out of
a Sleep and runs & jumps about ye
Ring in most comicle manner. Ye
musick is Pott half full of water with
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16
WASHINGTON
The Boy, the Lover, the
! Soldier and the
Statesman.
By F. A. CBER.
Author of The Empress Josephine"
"TrdUelS In MertcO," Etc, Etc.
rCOpyrisht, 1897. by the Author.l
By F. A. CBER.
CHAPTER *.
ANECDOTES.

Nearly, if not quite all, the anecdotes
related of Washington's youth have
been pronounced on good authority
apocryphal. Most of them were produc-
ed by the fertile imagination of that
''peddling parson" Weems, whom
Washington Irving courteously desig-
mates the reverend histnriographer, "
but whose stories he studiuusly ignores
According to Weems, Washington could
not tell lie, which statement moved
Mark Twain to observe (some years
later) that in this respect he must claim
TO be superior to Washington, for he
could-but Wouldn't 1t is not so GER
tain, however, that Washington could
not lie-or, at least, prevaricate-on &C.
casions, and that he frequently pulled
the wool over the eyes of his British
opponents by a ruse de guerre is mat
ter of history.
The first anecdotes of Washington
after the episode of the cherry tree-are
those relating to his feats of strength.
He could stand on one bank of the Rap
pahannock and throw a stone across to
the other-a feat which has never since
been surpassed.
He particularly delighted in breaking
in the most unruly horses, and it is told
Of one whose heart he broke at the same
time, by causing it to burst blood YES
sci in the violence of its exertions. In
wrestling and in pitching quoits he sur
passed his companions, and he carved
his name high up the rock at the Nat
ural bridge. 1t is said. also, that he
could-and frequently did-lift q cask
of cider by the chimes and drink out of
the bungholel
But we must go to his letters to find
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16
STOPOVERS.

Tickets will be good to stop off at any
station South of the Ohio River. going
and returning.
LANDS-Cheap Railroad and Private
lands, suitable for Grazing, Truck
and Fruit Growing can be had along
the Mobile IL Ohio r. r.
Lands in tracts from 40 acres to any
desired amount at from 81 to S. per
scre-depending upon location. Sold
on monthly payments.
No hot, drOuthy summers. No feed
ing of stock i'm winter. just the place
for poor people to get comfortable
homes. Some may net be able to buy
here who can do well there.
For further informatiOn-circula
maps, etc., regarding that country,
call on or write to
BOSTW lex & AcERS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16

Another instance Of his indulging In
uncontrolled laughter was one day when
he unexpectedly came across two friends
who were on their way to visit him as
he was riding through his grounds. It
was hot day, and just before the house
was reached they dismounted in the
shade and their servant opened their
portmanteau, while they Invested them
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16
SherFs Sale.
First published April Is 1871

First published April 10 1871
State of Kansas, Allen County. Sc.
In the District COurt, Seventh Judicial Dis.
trict. sitting in and for Allen county, state Of
Kansas.
Emma Fortwsngler plaintiff, !
VS.
Samuel F. Helms and Sophia A.
Helms his wife. dts.
By virtue of an order of sale issued by the
Clerk of the Seventh Judicial District Conrt. in
and for Allen county. State of Kansas, in the
above entitled cause, and to me directed aud
delivered, / will on
Monday May l.. A. d. 1897,
at o'clock p. m OF said day, at the front door
of the court house in the city of lola, Allen
county. Kansas, offer for sale and sell To the
highest bidder. for cash in hand, the following
described real estate. to-wit:. The northeast
quarter 70 of section five t5l Of township No.
twenty five (25) south of range No twenty one
eli east of the sixth 9TH principal meridian
situate in Allen county. State of Kansas.
Said lands and teDements will be sold with
appraisement to satisfy said order OF sale.
G. q. AUsHERMAH,
Sheriff Of Allen County, Kansas
SherifFs ONCE, leila, Kansas. April, 3, 1897.
Keene Gates attys for plf.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16
DIR. z. j. PORTER.
Veterinary Surgeon,

Treats chronic troubles of horses and cattle Fstua,
polevi warts tumors, abcesses, lump awed cattle,
rdglng horses successfully operated on bones spnts
and spavins In fact all work done by veterinary
geons. Come and see write telegraph us.
Farmers and Horsemen, now is the time to
your stock successfully treated All dental work done.
Office at Star Barn. lola, Kansas Respectfully,
z. J. PORTER.
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TowN--THE FORD MANSION.
selves of their outside garments. To
their surprise the portmanteau was
found to contains soaps and essences,
having been one taken by mistake from
peddler Their predicament was so
ludicrous and also their appearance that
Washington is said to have laughed
himself off his feet and rolled on the
ground in paroxysm of mirth.
There are more anecdotes on record
relating to Washington's bravery than
to his mirth or social accomplishments.
To be confined.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16
A Tragic Encounter.

A Tragic Encounter.
kitty scared burglar out Of the
house last night"
'Oh, how did she do it,"
HE met her IN the hall with her COM
plexion mask on. and just flew out of
the window-thought she was in the
siness."-Detroit Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16
Mother S
Friend

dread, suffering or gloomy fore
bodings, to the hour when she
experiences the JOY of Motherhood.
Its use insures safety to the lives
of both Mother and Child, and she
is found stronger after than before
conhnement-in short, it makes
Childbirth natural and easy" as
so many have said. Don't be
persuaded to use anything but
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16
MOTHER!

and about which such tender and
holy recollectionS cluster as that
of MOTHER she who watched
over our helpless infancy and guild
ed our first tottering step. Yet
the life of every Expectant Moth
er is beset with danger and all eff
fort should be made to avoid it
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16
MOTHERS FRIEND

any wife suffered more in ten min
utes with either of her other two chill
dren than she did altogether with her
last, having previously used four bot
ties of Mothers Friend 1t is a
blessing to any one expecting TO be-
come a MOTHER says customer.
HENDERSON DALE, Carmi, Illinois.
OF Druggists at 81 90, or sent by mail on receipt
of price Write for book containing testimonials
and valuable information for all Mothers, free.
The Bradfleld Regulator Co., Atlanta, Ga
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santa Fe Route.
Department Encampment @. A. r.
of Kansas, ChsDute, April p. One
are for round trip.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16
.nr r.x IN rne u.ntment.

Bacon love the very ground that
girl walks overl
Egbert-Why don't you marry her,
then?
Because I'd have to take the girl
with the ground" Yonkers States
man.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16
California: Out and Back.

Vut DdNhs
Some interesting facts concerning
the trip to California and back via
Santa Fe Route may be had by ap-
plying to agent A. L. q 5. F Ry.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16

something charming in the sound. I"
This was a perfectly natural and just
remark, born of his absolute lack of
fear and love of danger, but the old
English king, George II, sneeringly OBJ
served, when it had come to his ears,
she wouldn't say so if be had been
used TO hear many" And Horace Wal
pole called him, because Of this remark,
: ssL----4 L-c,----t -
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16

so assists nature
in the change TAX
ing place that
the Expectant
NJ OF er is ena-
bled to look for
ward without
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16
DATES.

February End and 10Th, March End
and 18th, April 9th aud Goth, May 4th
and 18th, 1897.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-04-16

SCENE OF wAsHINGTON's BIRTHPLACE
PRESENT DAY.
a Deerskin stretched over it, & a Goard
with some Shot in it to rattle, and q
piece of an Horses tail tied to it to
make il loOk fine -
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-27
TRADE IN GENERAL.
Quotations at st. Louis, Baltimore,
Cincinnati and Other Places.

ST LOUIS May 26.--Flour weak and lower;
patents $4.5004. 65; extra fancy, S4.250435 fancy
opened firm and fairly active and advanced ac-
lively for awhile, but on an abundance of bear
ish news declined and closed 4Q112c lower than
yesterday. Spot dull, neglected and lower; No 2
72}sc bid: August, 69l2c; September, 69Ac. Corn
Futures opened dull and lower, closing weak and
fractions under yesterday. Spot steady; No. 2
cash 225c bid; July, 221sQ221ac; September, 233sc
Oats-Futures dull and weak in sympathy with
wheat and corn. Spot lever; No. 2 cash 19lac
bid July. 1SI4c bid. Rye steady at 34c, track
Barley nominal. Corn meal sl60G1.65 Bran
dull quiet and unchanged Flaxseed lower at
but firm; prairie S4GS.50; timothy, S. 50q12. so
Butter quiet: creamery, ll4l6c; dairy 6d12c
Eggs firm at 734c. Whisky sl.I9 Cotton ties
and bagging unchanged. Pork lower; standard
steam. SS42Ia: choice, $3.50 Bacon-Boxed shout
,rs S5 37ts; extra short-clear, S5.25; ribs So 40
shorts s. 30. Dry-salt meats-BOxed shoulders
475; extra short-clear, $780, ribs. $3.50; shorts
corn, Sc. 90 bu oats, A 600 bu Shipments-Flour
1000 brIs wheat 12,o00 bu; corn, 5000 bu oats
5000 bu
BALTIMORE May 26-Wheat dull and lower;
srot 7S67S1.c; receipts, AZ, 95S bu: experts none
Southern wheat by sample, SS4s4c. Corn easy
spot 29lkG29Ic: September, sec Did, steamer
mixed 271a0273sc; receipts, 1923 blu; exports
90 400 Blu; Southern white corn, 33QS3i9c South
ern yellow, SOC. Oats quiet. but firm; No. 2
white 2sG2SRc; receipts, TO- $50 bu: exports % bu
Grain freights quiet. steady and unchanged
Tutter eggs and cheese steady and unchanged
rive easy; No 2 Western, 40A440lac: receipts
466l2 bu. Hay quiet and steady; choice tim
othy, slS.5OGA
quiet; No. ? red, SSc Corn steady No 2 mixed
2s4c. Oats steady; No. mixed, 2ll2c. Rye
quiet; No 2. SIC Lard quiet at So 40. Bulk
meats easy at $4.7oQ4.S0. Bacon easy at s5.45Q
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1897-05-27
AT NEW YORK.
Ruling Prices i'm Produce at the Sea-
boards Commercial Metropolis.

NEW YORK May 26.-Flour-Receipts 13 SOB
brls; exports, 49, 239 brls. Market weak and lower
with moderate trade; Minnesota patents s4.15
04.95 Rye flour dull. Corn meal steady. Rye
steady. Barley quiet. Barley malt dull.
Wheat-Receipts, $50 bu; exports 156, 755 bu.
Spot active for export. Options opened steadier
light Northwestern receipts and unfavorable
French weather reports, but soon turned weak
and declined all day under bearish Southwestern
crop news liquidation and weak English cables,
in face of a large export demand; closed 9sQAc
net lower; No. red, May, 79%@SO6c, closed at
1850; September, 711sd72 3-16c, closed at INC.
Corn-Receipts 1900 blu; exports, 800 365 bu.
Spot weak No. 2, 29Ac. Options opened steady,
but sold off under liberal receipts and free coun-
try offerings; closed Ac net lower; May closed
at 291sc; September, So12Q8O%c, closed at 3O14c.
0 oatsecePs u.s. o6 1q experts dat Rg
with corn, closing &c net lower
Hay quiet. Hops quiet. Hides firm. Leather
Beef dull Cut meats steady Lard weak;
Western steam, $3.50 nominal; refined easier. Pork
railow quiet Cotton-seed oil quiet; prime
crude, zoe: prime yellow, 23Aq24c.
Coffee-Options opened barely steady at 10Q15
points lower, following easier European markets
and heavy Brazilian receipts. Europe was the
principal seller throughout the session. Room
traders bought In the afternoon the market was
dull and featureieSs; closed quiet at 5O15 points
net lower Sales, 1l5oo bags 9a Including Nay
Use; December, Use. Spot coffee-Rio No. 4,
invoice 77sc, jobbing sac. Mild steady; Cordova,
llM@l3&c Sales, 1000 bags Rio, No. Z, spot, at
Use; 1000 bags No. at 6$4c; 1,2OO bags Mara
caibo, p. t. Rio-Receipts, $1,000 bags; stock,
24) 600 bags Total warehouse deliveries from the
United States, 1914 bags, including S,436 from
United States stock, 456556 bags; afoat for the
United States, 295, 600 bags total visible for the
United States, 751,556 bags against ,365 last
year and So SIS in 1885,
sugar-Raw firm: refined frm; fair refining,
2ac; centrifugal, 96 test $hc; crushed, 51Sc;
powdered, 454c granulated 4l2c.