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be cured. Different physicians in Green's
burg and other cities who attended me, agreed
that my case was hopeless For three years
fingered in misery, trying different doctors
and remedies. but none did me any notice
able good. Finally my druggist advised me
10 try DIR. Williams Pink Pills for Pale
People, which was so highly recommended
by newspapers. AS a last resort | tried
them, thinking that if they did rae no good
death might soon give me relief The first
dose helped me, and with every dose / i'm
proved I took about three boxes and a
half and WIS completely cured, as you see
me to-day, perfectly healthy and able to do
all my own work"
DIR. Williams Pink Pills are an unfailing
specific for such diseases as lOcOmotOr ataxia,
partial paralysis, st. Nitus' dance, sciatiea,
neuralgia, rheumatism. nervous headache, the
after effect of In grippe, PalpitatiOn of the
heart, pale and salfoW compilations, that tired
feeling resulting from nervous prOStratiOn all
diseases resulting from yitiated humOrs in the
blood, such as ser0fHla, chronic erysipelas,
etc. They are also a specific for troubles pc
culiar to females, such as suppressiOns, IT.
regularities and all forms of weakness. In
men they effect radical cure in all cases
arising from mental worry, overwork or ex-
cesses of whatever nature.
These pills are manufactured by the DR..
Williams Medicine Company, Schenectady,
n. Y, and are sold only IN boxes bearing the
firms trademark and wrapper at 80 cents a
box or six boxes for $3.50, and are never sold
in bulk. They may be had of all druggists.
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were being raised In anticipation of
coming conflict. His new associates
were men of a different stamp from
those with whom he had formerly con-
sorted-sturdy yeomen and patriotic
countrymen instead of royalist officials
and aristocratic proprietors. 1t was ex-
pected that he would assume command
of Virginia's contingent, but his stay at
home was short, as he was chosen a
delegate to the second continental con-
gress, which met at Philadelphia in
May, 1915. By that time, as the world
knows, the colonies were all af1ame, for
patriot blood had been shed at Lexing-
ton and Concord on the 10Th of the
April previous.
Driven back to Boston, the British
were soon covering within their de-
lenses, blockaded on the land side by
$4,000 or 30, 900 Massachusetts minute
men and volunteers. That province had
been the first to collect the material for
war and to arm its population, and con-
sequently, when the British set out for
Concord and before they had accom-
plished the object of their march, they
were beset by swarms of provincial
minutemen, who harassed their move
ments, finally brought them to stand
and compelled their disastrous retreat,
with loss of 27S in killed, wounded
and missing.
This was the critical condition of af-
fairs that confronted the newly assem-
bled congress in May. 1875. The nu-
cleus of an army had been suddenly
formed. 1t was besieging the enemy,
directed by the Massachusetts provincial
congress. 1t was considered desirable
that the continental congress should as
sumo direction and appoint command
er in chief.
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CHAPTER XIV.
COMMANDER IN CHIEF.

1t was at the instance of the Massa-
chusetts delegation, led by the ardent
and eloquent John Adams, that Colonel
George Washington of Virginia was
called to the position of commander in
chief of the continental, or national,
army, then holding the Britons at bay
in Boston town.
His fame, it seems, had spread
throughout the country, but not alone
this-there was a measure of politics in
the appointment. The shrewd and far
seeing Adams had seen that, since this
fight so far was q Massachusetts Bay
affair, il order TO nationalize it he must
interest others of the colonies in the
scrimmage. There was abundant ma
terial in the east. Indeed, there was al
ready plethora of generals, but it was
necessary to give supreme command to
a native of the south. As it happened,
Washington was the man Of men for
this high trust, but it was not solely be-
cause of his fame or supposed acquire
ments that he was chosen. He himself
doubted that his abilities and expert
enoes were equal to the extensive and
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ShentFs Sale Under Execution.

First published April q, 1917
STATE OF Kansas, &c
COUNTY OF Allen %
In the District Court, Seventh Judicial Dis
trict, Sitting in and for Allen County. State of
Kansas.
Mary f. NOrthrup, Administrative
of the estate of L. L. NOFthTup,
deceased plaintiff,
VS..
Samuel E. Walter defendant
By virtue of all execution issued By the Clerk
of the seventh Judicial District Court. in ami
for Allen county. State of Kansas. in the above
entitled cause, and to me directed and deliver
ed, will on Monday May "a, A d. 1897 at
O'clock p. m. of said day. q. the front door of
the court house in the Civ of lola Allen county
Kansas. offer for sale and sell to the highest
bidder for cash In hand the following des-
cyibed real estate, tO-wit: The north half Cd
of the northeast quarter % of section eleven
tlD of township twenty five (25l in range eigh-
teen QS) in Allen county. Kansas, said property
levied on, and to be sole as the property of
the above named defendant, Samuel E, Walter
Said lands and teDements to be sold without
appraisement to satisfy said execution.
e.. G. AUsHERMAN
(2-20 Sheriff of Allen County. Kansas.
Sherifs Off e, lola, Kansas, April q, 1897,
OSCAR FoUsT & Son Attys for Plf.
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tinent, separately or collectively, to set
up for independence, but this you may
rely upon-that none of them will ever
submit to the loss of those valuable
rights and privileges which are essential
to the inhabitants of every free state
and without which life, liberty and
property are rendered totally insecure. "
During the Is years passed at Mount
Vernon Washington was a member of
the Virginia legislature and had, despite
his lack of oratorical ability, acquired
a reputation for sagacity, prudence, wis
dom and moderation. Together with
several associates he was elected dele
gate to the first continental congress and
set out from his home, in company with
Edmund Pendleton and Patrick Henry,
for Philadelphia on the S1st of August,
1774.
That both he and his wife had made
an accurate forecast of probable events
and the cost Of a separation from the
mother country is shown in a letter
written by Mrs. Washington to friend
on the eve of her husbands departure.
Pendleton has left on record that she
said to him: 81 hope you will stand
firm. know George will. " And he adds
in letter from which this is an extract
1.-THE dear little woman was busy
from morning until night with domestic
duties, but she gave Us much time in
conversation and afforded Us entertain
ment. When we set off in the morning,
she stood in the door and aheered Us
with the good words, God be with you,
gentlemen.
Thus sent on his way with a god
speed from his noble helpmeet. Wash
ington journeyed on to Philadelphia
with his colleagues to assist at the de-
alterations of the congress, his first pub
lie and prominent appearance to the
people at large since his participation
in the Indian wars. The Virginia del
egates arrived at their destination on
the 4th of September, the day before the
assembling Of the congress at Carpen-
ter's hall, and assisted in passing those
famous state papers which have pre-
served the names of their authors to
pOsIeI1tg- w dSu1uSIOu uaLu5 uOes uOb
appear prominently III this connection,
because, probably, he was less fitted for
debate than for hard work in committee
and conference. But we have the testi-
mony of his friend Patrick Henry that
''for solid information and sound judg-
ment Colonel Washington was unques-
tionably the greatest man on the floor. /"
He was no orator. He could not, like
his great colleague, move the hearts Of
men by appealing to their passions. 1t
is related that, shortly after his mar
Fiage, when the speaker of the house of
burgesses publicly thanked him for his
inestimable services on the frontier he
was so confused when he rose TO reply
that he could hardly speak a word, but
stood, stammering and blushing, until
the speaker said: "Sit down, Colonel
Washington. Your modesty equals your
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that harmony and union so beneficent
to the whole empire and SO ardently de-
sired by all British America. -
They then went home in October,
nearly all of them bearing in their
hearts the conviction voiced by Henry:
eve must fight. An appeal to arms
and to the God of hosts is all that is
left u.s." And this sentiment was echoed
throughout the country: "We must
fight. We must now prepare for the in
evitable struggle against British force
and tyranny. With Patrick Henry,
also, Washington could have exclaimed,
81 am no longer Virginian, but an
Americana
Returning to Mount Vernon, Wash
ington was henceforth constantly en-
ployed in consultation with the officers
of the state and in drilling troops which
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WASHINGTON
The Boy, the Lover, the
Soldier and the
Statesman.
By F. A. ODER.
Author Of 1.-The Empress josephine"
"TTdUelS In MerjcO," Etc, Etc.
Copyright, 1897. by the Author.1
Copyright, 1897. by the Author.J
CHAPTER XIV.
A CALL FROM HIS COUNTRY.

CALL FROM HIS COUNTRY.
From his uneventful and prosaio but
paradisaical state of existence at Mount
Vernon Washington was soon to be
called, owing to his country s needs. The
cloud of war gathering on the horizon
promised to gain portentous proportions.
No longer could the American colonists
be unaware that dissensions, possibly
bloody conflicts, impended, and the wis
er among them prepared for the predes-
tined separation. Among these was
Washington, whose integrity and patri-
otism, as well as sagacity and prescience,
it would be no less than impeaching to
admit for a moment that he at first lean
ed-as has been charged-toward the
royalist cause. Although he had more
to lose than many Americans, and al
though his affiliations had been hitherto
with the leaders of royalist society in
the most aristooratic province of the
colonies, he without hesitation cast his
lot and his vote with the American pa
triots.
In a letter of this time, which he
wrote to one of his former companions
in arms, then stationed at Boston, he
says;
81 think l can announce it as fact
that it is not the wish nor the interest
of the government of Massachusetts or
of any other government upon this con-
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WASHINGTON IN 1870, BY SHARPLESS.
selves and prevent them from knowing
the poverty in this respect. a provincial
colonel wrote about this time:
''The bay is still open. Everything
thaws except Old Put. He is still as
hard as ever, crying out: Powder, pow
der! Ye gods, give Us powderr
But at last the deficiency was sup
piled. One Of our privateers captured a
British ordnance ship, "'laden with
military stores so completely adapted to
the wants of the American army that
had congress itself made out the invoice
a better assortment could not have been
procured. During the winter brave
Colonel Knox arrived with 40 sled loads
of ammunition, stores and great guns
from TicoDderoga and Crown Point.
And, again, from faroff Bermuda came
a supply of powder, sent by the inhab-
itants, who were at that time well dis
posed SoE9ard the colonies. And on the
4c$of March, after Dorchester bay had
frozen over and everything was ready,
the trained eye of the commander told
him that now, if ever, success should
crown their efforts. The ice was crossed,
and ''as by enchantment" were thrown
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Ealor, and that surpasses the power Of
any language possess.
The delegates at Philadelphia per-
formed what they came for:
"To consider the most proper and eff
fectual manner of so cooperating upon
ihe commercial relations of the colonies
with the mother country as to procure
redress for the much injured province
of Massachusetts Bay; TO secure British
America from the ravages and ruin of
taxes aid speedily to procure
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MOTHERS FRIEND

allays Nervousness, and so assists
Nature that the change goes for
ward in an easy manner, without
such violent protest in the way of
Nausea, Headache, Etc. Gloomy
forebodings yield to cheerful and
hopeful anticipations passes
through the ordeal quickly and
without pain-is left strong and
vigorous and enabled to Joyously
perform the high and holy duties
now devolved upon her. Safety
to life of both is assured by the
use of "MOther's Friend" and
the time of recovery shortened.
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Are You Crowded 4?

We have good clear first class farm
lands in Anderson, Bourbon, Coffee,
Greenwood, COwley Wilson and Ford
Counties to exchange for equities in
Allen County lands.
BOSTWICK & ACERS.
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BHdqe Contracts Wanted.
First published April q, 1877

F1rst published April q, I8y7.I
Public notice is hereby given that between the
of May 1897, the Board OF County Commission
ers of Allen county Kansas. will ut the Office of
the County Clerk of said County in the city Of
der, a contract for the building Ofan iron or
steel bridge across Deer Creek ON the section
line between sections 10 and IL. Twp "a, Range
10, when IN sslo orloge snSH CONSIST OF one
wide Sealed proposals fo- the building of said
bridge are invited and must be fled with the
County Clerk before u o'clock m. on the 22nd
day of May 1897.
JAS. WAKEFIELD z. D,LACEY
Co. Clerk. Chairman.
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HERD LAW-IOLA TOWNSHIP

Ordered, that all persons owning domestic
animals, as herein specified namely; horses
asses, mules. cattle. sheep, swine and goats
shall restrain the same from running at large
a. any time in lola township, Allen county Kan.
This order shall take effect and be in force on
and after the Sth day of May A.. d. 1897. it shall
be entered in full on the journal of this days
proceedings Of the Board, and shall be published
for three weeks, (4} -four consecutive Issues) in
the lola REGISTER, and such publication shall
be fully completed aud the affidavit of such
publication be filed and entered on the JOurn
of the Board of County Commissioners before
this order shall have any force effect
Done bv the Board of County Commissioners
of Allen county, Kan. this 18th day IF April 1897
f. D. LACEY, Chairman
JAS. LOCKHART, JOHN MCDONALD,
Attest: Commissioners.
JAS. WAKEFIELD,
County Clerk.
STATE OF KANSAS,l
ALLEN COUNTY %
I, Jas. Wakefield, County Clerk in and Tor said
county and State. do hereby certify that the
above is true copy of an order made by the
Board OfC Ounty Commissioners of Allen county
Kansas, on the 14th day of April, A ID. 1897. as
the same appears on the records in my Office.
- Witness my hand and official seal
SEAL this 18th day Of A E a; D; 1897.
Wv Jas " Conn 70 nv ~ Clerk
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BIDS Wanted.
(First published D April 1897, /

lF1rst published . April $500
Public notice is hereby given that between
the hours of l and O'Clock D. m. on Saturday
the 22nd day of May 1897. the Board of County
Commissioners of Allen county, Kansas will at
the Office OF the CO3nty Clerk in the city of lola
publicly award to the lowest possible bidder,
contract for the buididg of vault for the rec
ords of said county, plans and specifications
for which are on file in the County Clerks Office
Sealed proposals for the building of said vault
are invited and must be filed with the County
Clerk before IL o. clock N. on Saturday May 22nd
1897.
JAS. WAKEFIELD E, D. LACEY
Co. Clerk. Chairman
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up those DOrc1esT5r DTeasTyT oTxs m q
single night which commanded the town
of Boston completely and compelled the
astonished British to eyacuate the place.
On the 18th of March the redcoats
marched out, and on the goth Washing
ton and his gallant provincials marched
in. Not shot was fired, not a building
destroyed, yet was New England freed
at one stroke from the hateful presence
of the enemy.
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SheriFs Sale.
First published May :. 1871


State of Kansas, Allen County, SIS.
In the District Court, Seventh Judicial Dis
trict. sitting in and for Allen county, State OF
Kansas.
Emma Fortwsgnglar, plaintiff
VS..
Samuel F. Helms aud 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 in the
above entitled cause. and to me directed and
delivered, / will on
Monday June :, A. D. 1897,
at O'Clock D. 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 70 the
highest bidder, for cash in hand, the following
described real estate. tO-wit The northeast
quarter 20 of section five % Of township No.
twenty five (20 south of range No. twenty -One
(2D east of the sixth 9TH principal meridian
sitnate in Allen county. State of Kansas.
Said lands and tenements will be sold with
appraisement to satisfy said order of sale.
G. q. AUsHERMAN,
Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas
Sherifss Office, Iela Kansas, April, s, 1897
Keene & Gates attvs for plff. q.
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The DANGER

to which the Expectant Mother is
exposed and the foreboding and
dread with which she looks for
ward to the hour of woman's
severest trial is appreciated by but
few. All effort should be made
to smooth these rugged places
in life's pathway for her, ere she
presses to her bosom her babe.
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THE LOCAL MARKET.

The following was the market price
of produce in lola ON Thursday of this
week:
Potatoes. per bushel, 80 to 60 cents.
TuTnips, per bushel, q cents.
Onions, $500 per busheL
Eggs, per dozen. Ga cents
Butter, per pound. 10 to II cents
BOOSTERS, per pound, cents, hens cents.
Prairie hay, per ton, $500 to $3EA
Timothy hay. per ton, $3.50.
Choice fat steers, per cwt, $3.50 to $50.
Steers, feeders, per cwt $500 to 1915.
Cows and heifers per cwt, 81 - to $500.
Hogs per cwt. 1925 to 1875.
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81 know one lady, the mother of three
children, who suffered greatly in the
birth of each, who obtained bottle of
Mothers Friend of me before her
fourth confinement, and was relieved
quickly and easily. All agree that their
labor was shorter and less painful"
JOHN G.. PoLHILL, Macon, Ga.
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Report of the Live Stock Market.

Complied and furnished Weekly by Wright &
Hannah. Live Stock Commission Merchants,
Kansas City.
CATTLE.
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S1.0o PER BOTTLE at all Drug Stores,
or sent by mail on receipt of price.
BnnKS Containing invaluable information Of
rcrS interest TO all women, will be sent to
fheE any address upon application, by
THE 6RADFIeLo REGULATOR CO., ATLANTA, Ga.
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Kansas Musical Jubilee.

For the Kansas Musical Jubilee to
be held at Hutchinson, Kan, May 1S
to q, 1897, the Mo. Psc. Ry will sell
round trip tickets, to be sold May Is
10 inclusive, with final limit for return
May 80.
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-22
WILL COME IN FL0CKS.
Christian Endeavor Throng Will
Surpass the Templars'
Conc'ave.
Special Trains Engaged - Numbers
Booked for Local Excur.
sionS

The hotel accommodations already
spoken for, and the number of tourists
booked for the Monterey excursions,
plainly signify that the Christian En-
deavor convention will bring to San Fran
cisco a greater mum ber of visitors than as
sembled here during the Knights
Templar conclave. AS matter of record
it N ay be noted that the Templar demon
stration brought from the East more at
tendants than the Grand Army National
encampment rallied from the same region.
1t is highly probable that the Christian
Endeavor convention will bring as many
visitors as both of the former events
brought.
Three thousand excursionists have been
booked for Monterey and Pacific Grove.
part from the excursion registry, 1000
tourists have been booked for Del Monte
The Denver and Rio Grande Railroad
managers have already made engagements
to run twenty-five special trains. Each
train will represent one organized excur-
sion party.
Managers of the Southern Pacific figure
on taking care of an immense mum Der of
passengers. The Glenwood excursion
promises TO be q great turn out of Chris
tians. On the day that tie Glenwood
rally occurs Santa Rosa will entertain a
great number of tourists.
The hotels of the City receive applica-
tions every day from tourists who desire
to reserve rooms.
The funds for the convention are rapidly
growing. Following is the statement to
date:
The San Francisco call., 1897-06-22
MISS MURPHY'S CASH.
1t Is Again the Subj ct Of
Probate Court Con-
tention.
Heirs Ask That 1t Be Distributed
TO Them Regardless Of
the Will.

Application has been made to the Probate
Court for the probate of the following doc
ument, which they declare to be the last
will of Miss Isa bella Mary Margaret Muir
phv, deceased, formerly of this City:
This is the last will and testament of me,
Isabella Mary Margaret Murphy, at present
residing at High Onger, in the county of Es-
rex, England, splnster: give, devise and be-
queath all my real and personal estate of
Smuilen, clerk in holy orders, residing at st.
Heiens OnRar, in the county of Essex, Eng
land. and hereby appoint Victor H. MetcaIf,
attorney AT law OF Oakland, California, U. S. A,
and Miss Frances Murphy as execu tors of this
my will and testament, and revoke all previ-
Gus wills by me at any time heretofore made
and declare this writing TO be my last will and
testament
this 10th day of Move Der, in the year of our
Lord one thousand eight hundred and ninety
six. ISABELLA NJ. NJ. MURPHY.
HELEN CoLLAs, (mald) GlenthOrne ongar, Es-
sex.
MARY ANN LALLY, st. Heiens.
When Miss Murphy died the foregoing Q
instrument was found iii her possession.
The beneficiary under the VIII at once re-
nounced all his rights and claims under
the will, and another will of anterior date
was offered in this City. The Rev. Mr..
Smullen having signified his willingness
to convey his claims to the heirs at law,
Judge Slack has been requested to ignore
the will that was found in California, to
admit the Smullen will to probate, and to
heirs as by him suggested.
This petition has been filed by the
Union Trust Company of San Francisco
on behalf of Eugene and Charles Murphy.
who, if successful, will receive about $50
600 each from the estate of their aunt.