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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14
EVOLUTION OF MONEY.

Unwarrnnted Government Interior
ence Prevents Easy Transition from
One Substance to Another.
Money is simply commodity that is
generally recognized as a universal
equivalent, and its degree of goodness
or efficiency consists i'll the unanimity
of the recognition of the fitness of the
commodity used as money to perform
the essential functions of money. Many
commodities have been used as money,
and they have remained in use as long
as they met the essential requirements
of money among the people where used.
or until some other commodity APP
peared the fitness of which commended
itself to the intelligence as being SUI
perior to the commodity then being
used.
Aspeople haveadvancedin discriminate
ing intelligence they have discarded in
ferior commodities and adopted in place
thereof something that was superior;
these changes kept taking place until
finally gold and silver became the COM
modities that were recognized by the
people of most countries as being the
best for use as money. Sociological
transition is constant. Change is the
natural order of things, and changes
come about naturally and are therefore
effected easily if the natural process is
allowed to 60 on undisturbed; troublous
friction ensues only when there is OBJ
structive governmental interference at
tempting to delay or defeat the natural
order of things.
In our own day the stage coach has
been supplanted by the steam railroad
and stage coaches have practically be-
come thing of the past. The tallowl
dip was succeeded by lamps filed with
burning fluid or oil. and lamps by IL
Eliminating gas, and gas by electricity.
These and many other changes were
accomplished with no serious disturb
ance whatever, and so it would be with
commodities used as money in the alb
sence of governmental obstruction.
There would be no threatening money
question in this country to-day, endan-
gering the continuity and perpetuity
of all business activity, if the United
States was not engaged in the banking
business.
Among the civilized people the days
of usefulness of silver as money, except
in subsidiary. forms, are numbered. and
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14
SheUffS Sale Under Execution,

First published April o. 1877
STATE or KANSAS, co
tOUNTY OF ALLEN. -
In the District court, Seventh Judicial Dis
trict, Sitting in and for Allen County. state of
Kansas.
Mary +. Northrup Administrative
of the estate of L. l.. NOrthrup.
deceased plaintiff,
Samuel K. Walter. defendant.
By virtue OF an execution issued by the Clerk
Of the seventh Judicial District Court in ami
for Alien county State of Kansas. in the above
entitled cause, and to me directed and deliver
ed, will on Monday May "a. A d. 1897 Mt
O'Clock y. m. of said day. q. the front door of
the court house in the Citv of lola, Allen county
Kansas. offer for sale and sell to the highest
bidder, for cash in hand, the following des-
cribed real estate. tO-wit The north half (I1)
of the northeast quarter "a of section eleven
QD of township twenty five l25l in range Oh
teen QSj in Allen comfy. Kansas, said property
levied on. and 10 be SOLD as the property of
the above named defendant Samuel z, Walter.
Said lands and tenemeDts to be sold without
appraisement to satisfy said execution.
G.. C. AUSHERMAE
l2i-25) Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas
Sheriffs Off ?. lola. Kansas, April II, 1897,
OSCAR FOUsT x Son Attys for Plh.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14

danger for the mother, and danger for
the child. One of the chief uses of DR..
Pierce's FaVorite Prescription is to take
from this time it's dangers and its suffer
ing. In this the " Favorite Prescription l"
has found its greatest usefulness, and for
success in this line, its most enthusiastic
praise has come It insures comfort and
safety for the mother, vigor and health
for the child. 1t should be taken during
the entire period of CESSATION.
In DIR. Pierce's Common Sense Medical
Adviser" there are several chapters on the
reproductive physiology of women; written
in plain language, and carefully illustrated.
The book contains over three hundred illus
trations and colored plates, and a greater
amount of exact information about the hui
man body in health and disease than was
ever before published IN one volume. The
book contains over one thousand pages, and
has reached the enormous sale OF nearly
seven hundred thousand copies, at 81. so
each. The present edition of half million
copies is absolutely free. The volume,
paper-bound, will be sent postpaid to any
one who will send twenty-one cents in one
cent stamps, to cover the cost of mailing
only If a handsome, French cloth, en-
bossed cover IS desired, send ten cents adj
ditional Thirty -one cents in alb, for that
more substantial binding Address, Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association, No. Cog
Main Street. Buffalo, N. Y.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14

lngGon, though pursuing strictly a de-
fensive warfare, had placed his oppo-
nents in such position that they them
selves could not resume the offensive.
With his handful of raw and ragged
troops, half starved and poorly armed,
he had met some of the best of Britain g
regulars and had inflicted humiliating
defeat when himself seemingly on the
very brink of total dissolution. Thrice
now the British had retired, torn and
bleeding, from the desperate charges Of
this lion at bay; hence they had no
heart for further experiment and were
content to go into winter quarters and
stay there.
Washington made his winter canton
ments at Morristown, where he felt he
could hold his dissolving force some
what securely against the approaching
season g campaign. 1.-THE retreat through
the Jerseys" says a British authority,
1.-THE manner in which Washington
turned and struck his pursuers at Tren-
ton and Princeton and then established
himself at Morristown, so as to make
the way to Philadelphia impossible,
all went to show that the fiber of his
public character had been hardened to
it's permanent quality"
His chief concern during the inaction
Of the winter was for the American
prisoners in British hands, who were
most inhumanly treated, and by threats
Of reprisal he at last secured promise
of better treatment, also favorable
terms for exchange of prisoners and the
release Of officers on parole.
The campaign of 1877 opened with
an attempt by Howe to engage Wash
ington in general battle, which, with
the British superiority Of force and
equipment, would surely have resulted
disastrously to American arms. But he
cleverly evaded this maneuver, at the
same time not relaxing his watch on the
movements of his enemy and ready to
pounce upon him when good opportuni-
ty offered. At last, convinced that the
destination Of English troops then being
embarked at New York was Philadel-
phis, Washington descended from his
eyrie and marched to the protection of
that city. His small force was wholly
inadequate to cope with the foe, but he
to detain Howe and his army
80 days on a march Of less than 30
miles, and at the battle of Brandywine,
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14
Good Money Is Good Anywhere.

While a government can within its
territory define that which shall con-
stitute legal tender in satisfaction of
contracts past and future, it cannot by
legislation fix the purchasing value of
it's money. for money is a commodity,
and it's value is determined in the mar
kcts of the world under the laws of
trade, and the laws of trade. like the
laws of nature, are stronger and more
far-reaching than any constitutions or
statutes. The best money is the money
of greatest purchasing power. and that
money has the maximum of purchasing
power which is exchangeable at par,
not only in the country from whose
mint it is issued. but also in the mar
ketS of the world.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14
Fell TO The Floor.
HIS LEGS SUDDENLY GAVE OUT.
Thomas P. Egg, of Cleveland Stricken as He was Pre-
pairing for Visit to Friends.
From the Louder, Cleveland, Ohio.

OF the list of the many sO-called incura-
bic disorders none has proved 10 be more of
an enigma to the most learned and accom-
plished physicians than lOcOmOtor ataNia, or
as it is more commonly known, creeping
paralysis. This dread disease has batfled
their skill, and they have been forced to
admit that they cannot successfully cope
with it. All they have been able to do is
to mitigate the accompanying pain and suf-
fering; beyond this the science of medicine
has been of little or no avail to the many
unfOrtunates who have contracted the dread
full malady, which, many people, especially
those who are thus afflicted, believe is a fore
runner Of the grim messenger of death.
Thomas p. Bigg, who lives at No. 1913
st. Clair Street, corner of Lawrence ST.,
Cleveland o., has been suffering from loco
motor ataxia for nearly five years, and
nothing but his wonderful vitality has pre-
vented his dissolution long before this.
The malady is directly attributable TO his
exposure during army life. He enlisted in
the Third Regiment Ohio Cavalry in Toledo
and served nineteen months in the vOlun-
teer service, and after the close of the rebel
lion, eighteen months in the regular army.
Z" AT first" he said in narrating his expert
ence, "my stomach went back on me, and for
six weeks / was laid up i'm a hospital in
Texas. Ever since that time that organ has
caused me trouble, and about seven years ago
the doctor told me | was suffering from acute
indigestion. That was bad enough, but four
years ago last July paralysis came on, and
have been using these crutches ever since.
The paralysis was in my legs, and it came
rather suddenly. | noticed at first that my
knees were little stiff, sort of rheumatic
pain, 9you know. This quickly developed
into paralysis"
| tried all kinds of remedies, and tried
physicians, but did not improve. All this
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14

time, though, | was holding my Own-wasn't
getting any worse. A short time dgO L
was induced to try DR., Williams Pink Pills.
| did not expect this last venture would
prove any more beneficial than all the others
which preceded it. But ! am pleased to say
| was most agreeably disappointed. DIR.
Williams Pills are simply wonderful. |
began to use them two months ago. My legs
then were perfectly numb and cOld-nOthing
could warm them. After suffering with par
alysis for more than four years, | now expert
ence a comforting feeling of warmth in my
lower limbs. tell you / feel like shouting
when | think of escaping from my bondage,
and my mind is on the subject pretty much
of the time. | intend to continue the use OF
the pills until my legs are as good and useful
as they were in their best days, and feel that
will he soon.
"What effect have the pills had upon your
stomach" Dir. Bigg was asked, as regards
that" said he lyon can readily believe that
stomach wlTieh has been seriously cut of
order for thirty-five years is in bad shape.
Nothing used to stay on my stomach, and /
was subject To- violent fits of hiecoughing.
Then | would have to take an Opiate to get
to sleep. But now i find that food stays On
my stomach, though j do not suppose that
organ will ever be in first-class shape again.
Still | am satisfied to think that it is i'm
proved to such degree, and that ! can eat
with a feeling of ease"
For six years until a month ago, October,
1896, Mr.. Bigg kept stationery and confee-
tiOnery store at No. 81 East Madison Ave-,
directly opposite the Madison Ave- School
He sold out his business and can now be
found at any time at No. 1913 st. Clair st.
Pink Pills are sold by all dealers, or will be
sent post paid on receipt Of price, 30 cents
box, or six boxes for $3.50 they are never
sold in bulk or by the roo by addressing DIR.
Williams Medicine Co.. Schenectady, n. 7.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14
Locating the Diseaae.

I'VE cannot afford to advertise our
anxiety for the free coinage of silver
any more" the Philadelphia North
American (rep.) declares. Unless
some of the nations want free coinage
at our ratio or whereabouts, it is idle as
well as humiliating to be importuning
the great nations to create a market
for our silver. For that is the kernel
of this nut, and but for the desire for a
market there would be no talk about
free silver coinage of silver here"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14
Can't Export Laws.

No. civilized country can confne its
citizens within its own territory or pro-
hibit all commercial intercourse with
other countries. Every country, there
fore, needs money which can be used in
purchase from and in payment of its
debts to other countries. Yet, howso-
ever absolute may be the power of its
government, Its laws can have no ex-
tra-territoriaT effect. No government,
therefore. can prescribe the standard
by which its currency shall be valued in
any other country, or compel the citi-
zens of another country to receive its
currency save at the bullion value of
that currency in the markets of the
world.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14

silver is gong out of use as surely as
has the stage coach, and the tallow dip,
and for exactly the same reason; civiIi-
cation has outgrown the conditions
which necessitated its use. No money
has ever come into use at the behest of
government, or because of statutory
enactments- but solely because of recog-
nized ability to perform the functions of
money.-Austin W. Wright, in Sound
Currency
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14
Porn FoIIows Japah.

Peru is the latest addition to the list
of countries planning to get on to a
solid gold basis. If silver keeps up it's
present rate of progress, there will be
nothing left for gold to conquer in
1900. OF course the need for silver leg
islation will then be greater than ever,
and the silverites must work accord
ingly. They will then have the hercu-
lean task of converting the whole world
back to silver.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14
SheriRs Sale.
First published May Z IsaE.l

First published May 7. 1891
State Of Kansas, Allen County, S.
In the District Court, seventh Judicial Dis
triet. sitting in and for Allen county, state of
Kansas.
Emma Fortwsgnglar, plaintiff;
VS..
Samuel ?. Helms and Sophia A.
Helms his wife, dts.
By virtue of an order of sale issued by the
Clerk of the Seventh Judicial District Court in
and for Allen county, State Of Kansas ia the
above entitled cause, and to me directed and
delivered, l will on
Monday June :, A.. D. 1897
At o'clock p. m. OF said dag, at the front door
Of the court house in the city of lola, Allen
county. Kansas, offer for sale and sell 20 the
highest bidder, for cash in hand, the following
described real estate to-wiE The northeast
quarter "a of section five 81 of township No.
twenty five (25) south of range No. twenty one
t2D east Of the sixth 9TH principal meridian
sitdate in Allen county. State of Kansas
Said lands and tenements will be sold with
appraisement to satisfy said order of sale.
g. AUsHERMAS,
Sheriff Of Allen County. Kansas
Sheriff's Office leila, Kansas. April, 8, 1897.
Keene Gates attvs for Dlf
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14
Bridge Contracts Wanted.
First published April 3, 1s97


Public notice is hereby given that between the
hours Of and O'CLOCK p. m. on the 22nd day
of May 1897, the Board Of County Commission.
ers of Allen county Kansas will at the Office of
the County Clerk of said County In the city Of
lola publicly award to the lowest possible bid
der, 3 contract for the building of an iron or
steel bridge across Deer Creek on the section
line between sections 10 and II. Twp p, Range
IS. Which said bridge shall consist of one
span 100 feet in length, with roadway II feet
wide Sealed proposals fO- the building of said
bridge are invited and must be filed with the
County Clerk before II o'clock m. on the 22nd
day of May 1897.
JAS. WAKEFIELD E. d, LACEY
co Clerk Chairman.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14
BIDS Wanted

CFirst published % April 1917
Public notice is hereby given that between
the hours of and o'clock D. m. on Saturday
the 22nd day of May 1897. the Board of County
Commissioners Of Allen county, Kansas. will al
the office OF the CO1ntv Clerk in the city OF Cola
publicly award tn the lowest possible BIDDER
contract for the bulldog of a vault for the rec
ordS of said county, plans and specifications
for which are on file in the County Clerks Once
Sealed proposals for the building of.said vault
are invited and must be filed with the Comfy
Clerk before II o'clock N. on Saturday May End
1897
JAS. WAKEFIELD E, d. LACEY
Co. Clerk. Chairman
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14

On the first christ
mas, nearly nineteen
hundred years ago,
in a little town of
Bethlehem in Judaa,
a wonderful thing &C.
cured child was
born. The circum-
stances of the birth
made it wonderful,
marvellous, n1iracul-
Gus but, after ali,
was it so very much
more wonderful or
inexplicable tn an
any other birth9
Birth and death are
the two greatest
phenomena of life
Som e tim es they
come together. The
time of parturition is
full of both pain and
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14
A Matter of Taste

The dining-car and eating-hOuse
service of the Santa Fe Route has q
national reputation. Experienced
travellers know that on the Santa Fe
they are sure of faultless meal
There is no guess-work about it. In
Arizona or New Mexico, or farther
east, the excellence is uniformly MAIN
tanned.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14
CHAPTER XVII.
HIS FABIAN POLICY.

General Howe was astOnished at the
display of vigor in a foe he had consid-
cred crushed beyond the possibility Of
recovery. After the daring adventure at
Trenton he sent Lord CORVALLIS to CAP
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14

In the District Court, Seventh Judicial Dis
trict sitting In and for Allen eo0nIy, state of
Kansas.
J. J. Close and n. D. Close, plfs.
r Williamson, etal. defts.
By virtrre Of an order of sale issued by the
clerk % the Seventh Judicial District Court in
and for Allen county, State Of Kansas, in the
above entitled cause and to me directed and
delivered. will on Tuesday May Is. A. ID. 1897
at one o'clock D. m of said day. at the farm of
J. ]. Close in Usage Township, Allen county.
Kansas, offer for sale and sell to the highest
bidder, for cash in hand, the following describ-
ed personal property. tO-wit: All the corn of
about 40 acres, gown on section twenty-seven
CD township twenty three (23l range twenty
one t2D in Allen county. Kansas, being the
same corn attached in the scIiOn mentioned
above being 2Oe bushels more or less, one old
wagon and two cows.
Said personal property will be sold without
appraisement to satisfy said order of sale.
G. G. AUsHERMAE,
Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas
Sheriff's Office. lola, Kansas. May 6 1887.
R. H. BENNETT. Attorney for Plaintiff.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14
Well Matched

De Coursey-There's. DIR. Pllson.
He's awfully in love with his fiancee.
He calls her his little duck.
Montmorency-Well. in that case it
is only right she should have a quack
-Rronk1un life
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14
WASHINGTON
The Boy, the Lover, the
Soldier and the
Statesman.
By F. A. ODER.
Author of 1.-The Empress Josephine"
"TrdUels In MeTicO," Etc, Etc
Copyright, 1897. by the Author.l
CHAPTER XVI.

sNATCHNG VICTORIES FROM DEFEAT.
1t has often been asserted that Wash
ington did not think highly of the New
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14

Once Tried, Always Used.
The next time you travel, give the
Santa Fe Route a trial. Pullman
Palace sleepers and free reclining
chair cars on all through trains.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-05-14
SheriHs Sale.

First published May ISe7.)
The State of Kansas Allen county, SIS.
In the District Court, Seventh Judicial Dis
trict sitting in and for Allen county, state of
Kansas
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-05-13
HARRISBURG.

May 10, 1897.
Miss Alta ]. Vance is ill with nervous
trouble.
Hugh CLANCY and family, of Miller's
Chapel, sundayed here with his parents.
E. c. Vance was laid on the shelf last
week with grip.
L. L. Eakins and wife, of Russells, Wis
tied Aunt Lib. Vance, over Sunday.
Rebecca J. Parks, of the Hill City, Wis.
tied J. o. Harris and family, Saturday
and Sunday.
Farmers will finish planting corn this
week, providing it doesn't snow or rain.
Several from this place attended
church at Pleasant Hill, Sunday even.
ing. Rev. J. E. w. Cook, of New Mark.
ct, breaches there every Sunday eve.
ming.
Mrs. T. Roush, of Mt. Zion, visited
Arthur CLANCY and wife, last Wednes.
day.
L. G. Vance and wife, of Nevin, visit.
ed his mother, Saturday and Sunday.
]. B. McConnaughey now sports a
wheel of the late pattern.
]. V. Sanders cut down a white oak
tree last week, that had four distinct AK
marks sixteen feet from the ground.
Your scribe counted the growths on the
out side of the marks and found that the
marking had been done over one hun.
dred years ago. Will some one rise up
and explain?
]. Larry and family and A. R. Roberts
and family, of Hillsboro, visited friends
here last Sunday evening.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-05-13
SLATE HILL.

May 10, 1897.
1T. Slater is putting up an elevator,
also new machinery in Mr.. Barrett's
-four mill, at Bsinbridge.
Whooping cough is raging in our
midst, and seems OF severe nature.
Mrs. Jennie Burns, Of Sugartree Ridge,
is visiting with her sisters family, Mrr.
D. l.. Butler.
One of the heaviest rains Tor q great
many years fell here on Friday, April 80.
Over 23 inches of rsii fell in less "a
hours.
Miss Minnie Buffers is dangerously i'll
with whooping cough and pneumonia.
She is better OF the pneumonia, but is
still in dangerous condition with the
whooping cough.
Wheat is looking we'll and promises a
good yield,
The chinc,i aug has ~iths,ood the
severe wint.r and spring rains, and If it
should turn dry during th M mi b there
is much to 10 irartd from them again
this year.
The News-Herald. [volume] (Hillsboro, Highland Co., Ohio) 1886-1973, 1897-05-13
FOLSOM.
May 10, 1897.

may lO, 1897.
Chss. Woods and little daughter, EN-.
ma, spent Sunday with friends at Carey.
town.
w. T. Shannon and wife called on his
father, Sunday afternoon.
Mrs. Nancy Whitley, OF Flat Run, is at
the home OF Jarret Hopkins and family,
to spend few days.
Mrs. David Mercer spent Sunday with
Mrs. George Hopkins.
Miss Eta Flaushe Was very pleasant
ly entertained Saturday and Sunday, by
friends AT Fairfax.
Charlie Cooper, of Bell, spent Sunday
and Monday with his sister at Miler's
Chapel.
Henry Country man and wife spent
Sunday as the guests OF w. C.. Hobbs and
family.
Mira. Milton Easter and son, of Fair.
fax, called on ner parents, Sunday after.
noon.
Mr.. Pearl Kerr, of May Hill, wac the
guest OF Maggie McConnauehey, satur.
day anu Sunday.
NOBLE Thompson and Joseph Mccoy
have gone 10 tue Queen City 10 speud a
few days
Misses Mae Fling aad Dena Hether
ington were delightfully."- entertained last
Sunday by Miss Lumtnie Bum, ut Su
Yartree Rinye