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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-03-19

PORTRAIT OF WASHINGTON JUST DISCOVERED.
she exerted herself on several occasions
to prevent him from going away from
home, but his education was not acquir-
ed through her, nor apparently were his
high and lofty aims inspired by her.
She always declared, it is said, that
George was a good boy" but it is not
on record that she ever assisted him
along the road to eminence. She herself
was illiterate and narrow, in her old
age peevish and fault finding with her
eldest son, never truly grasped the
greatness to which he had attained, and,
according to local rumor, smoked a pipel
1t will be set down as rank heresy,
even at this late day. to deny that the
mother of Washington was an angel in
carnate and that he owed all his great
ness to her guidance in his early youth.
But the real and solid facts show that
from his earliest years he was singular
ly self poised and independent. His
precocity and his methodical habits are
shown in one of his still existing manu-
scripts which contains a copy of the
'Rules of Civility and Decent Behaviour
In Company and Conversation, to the
number Of 10.
The means of education at that time
were very limited, especially in the
south, and his home teaching, together
with that acquired from the ''hedge
schoolmasters, did not exceed the linn
its of the "three RS" Later ON he was
drilled in mathematics, bookkeeping
and surveying, but he never was con-
versant with more than the most or
binary branches of English. His orthog-
raphy, like his mothers, was at first
extremely defective, but by persistent
practice and constant labor he finally
acquired the clear and fluent style of
his later years.
With such an inimical environment
of ignorant negroes and profigate whites
it is surprising that such sturdy, sane
and we'll balanced character as George
Washington's should have been evolved
at all. Many another boy, with similar
surroundings, though equally the object
of mother solicitude, has gone astray
But he was sane of mind and strong of
body, from the first the popular leader
of his boyish companions, who appreci-
ated his integrity, honor, veracity-
characteristics sustained to the end of
his days.
There exists no reliable life drawn
portrait of him at this period, the stories
purporting to be authentic, like those of
the ridiculous Weems, ''the fiddling
parson," having been proved unworthy
of credence, including, it is needless to
say, that of the cherry tree.
To he confined
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-03-19

Mr.. William Clement, of Freeport, ILL
nOis, is a well-known commercial traveller,
and represents the large Chicago house OF
Reed, Welsh & LANCE. In his early life Mr..
Clement migrated to the breezy west and be-
came a cowboy in Colorado. After doing as
much at COW punching as he desired, he
turned his attention to mining, the exposure
from which and his life on the plains under
mined q once strong constitution, and rheu-
matism, liver and kidney trouble and dropsy
made their unwelcOme appearance.
The Hot Springs of Arkansas were visited
in the hope of relief, but he was disappoint-
ed, and so he took up his residence in Hi
nois, and obtained employment as drum
mer for large house in Chicago that has
long since gone out of business. Physicians
were consulted both at home and while on
the road, with only pecuniary benefit to the
doctors, for Mr.. Clement grew worse instead
of better, and constantly had to lay up for
weeks at time.
1t was then that the sufferer conceived the
idea of trying DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People, and did so.
al thought" Mr.. Clement said to the re-
porter, "that fifty cents would not be much
expenditure, so | bought box of the pills
and began taking them according to direc-
tiOns.
:" did not have many days to wait before
found q marked improvement in my cOndi-
ton, so kept on with the treatment. First
my kidneys began to do their work thorough
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Caught While
Herding in Colorado
Chung to Him While Commercial Traveller in the Middle
West, Notwithstanding all Efforts to Get Rid OF il.
Hot Springs Of Arkansas, Of no avail
From the Chronicle, Chicago. Ill.

" and we'll, and all bloat left me. Then the
rheumatism and pain in the region of the
heart went, my liver is cured, and l may say
| am as well as ever / was. If | had only
known of DIR. Williams Pink Pills few
years before, should be good many thou
sand dollars richer"
As usual, when such testimonials are re-
eeivcd at the Office of DIR. Williams Medi-
cine Co., they are sent for verifcation to the
leading druggists of the vicinity or other
persons in good standing. The above was
not an exception, notwithstanding Mr.. Glenn
ent's excellent reputation, and the returned
reports certified that all of the foregoing
statements made to the reporter were strictly
true.
An analysis of DR.. Williams Pink Pills
shows that they contain, in a condensed form
all the elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are en- unfailing specific for
such diseases as lOcomOtOr ataxia, partial
paralysis, st. Vitus' dance, sciatica, neuralgia,
rheumatism, nervous headache, the after
effects of Ii grippe, palpitation of the heart,
pale and sallOw complications all forms of
weakness either in male or female, and all
diseases resulting from vitiated humOrs in the
blood. Pink Pills IRE sold by all dealers, or
will be sent post paid on receipt of price, 80
cents q box, or six boxes for $2.50-(they are
never sold in bulk or by the 1907 by address,
ing DIR. Williams Medicine Company, Sche-
nectGdy, n. 7.
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SUMMONS.

First published March ), 1897
The Forest Oil Company, corporation, The
Troy Oil Company, a corporation, Alexander
Robinson. Ellen Robinson. Timothy Sweet
Trustee. Eugene H. Sussmilch. Alice E Suss-
mich, f. A. Sussmilch, John Faulkner, NJ.
Power, Caroline J. Power, and the Mutual
Benefit Life Insurance Company, a corpora
ton, will take notice that they have been
sued, with others. as defendants, by George
A. BOwlus, as plaintiff, in case No 4il6 IN the
district court of Allen County. Kansas and
unless thew answer the petition On or before
the 10th day of April 1897, said petition will
be taken as true and judgment will be rem
dered against Austin ]. ROwley and Julia
Ann ROwley fer the sum of four hundred dol
lars 1890 O0 with interest thereon at the rate
of eight per cent per aDnum from the 10Th day
of December, 1893. upon prOmisSory notes made
by them, and for costs, and against each and all
the aforesaid defendants fore0lOsing mortgage
given by the makers of said note, upon the fol
lowing described real estate situated in Allen
County Kansas to wit The Northeast frac-
tiOnal quarter "a of section six (6) in township
twenty -four CD of range nineteen 90, except
about 10. 80 acres lying south of Deer creek, and
krdering said premises sold according 10 law 70
satisfy said judgement interest costs and aceru-
ed and aecruing taxes against said premises.
and forever barring and foreclOsing the afOre-
said defendants and each of them of and from
any and all right title interest estate and eQui-
ty of redemption in, and lien upon, said prem
ises, and for such other reliefas may be proper.
A. Il. CAMPBELL
ATTEST: Attorney for plaintiff.
H. NJ MILLER.
GsEALl Clerk District Court. 14-16
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limited education at their mothers
knee, and Ifterward some of them were
assisted by private tutors.
Washington, declared the eloquent
Edward Everett, sis unquestionably to
be added to the list of eminent men
whose characters have been nodded by a
mothers influence. Now, while there
is no proof whatever of the correctness
of this surmise, and while undoubtedly
Mary Washington did have an eye to
the amusements and physical exercises
as we'll as to the morals of her children,
there was never home staying youth
who owed less to his mother than
George Washington did to his. She
loved him and was so fond of him that
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Kansas civ Produce.

KANSAS CITY. March ID Butter-Creamery
extra fancy separator. 17c; firsts. l6c; dairy
fancy, 13c; fair, 1Oc; store packed. Sc; packins
stock &c; country roll. neatly packed an6
sweet, Zoe; choice, &c; musSy, unwrappeC
stock, 7t9sc
Eggs-Strictly fresh. nc per doz
Poultry-Hens, 5l@6c; ROSTERS, 1Sc each
springs, &c; coarse young ROSTERS, 171zG2OC
each; bToilerS. from IL to , lbs, SG9c;
turkeys, hens. Sc; old gobblers, &c; youns
gobblers. 7c ducks. 5G6c; geese &c; pigeons
nominally 75c per dozen
Apples-Choice eating stock sells from 451
CSC per bu.: inferior. 2004Oc per bu; cooking
stock 25635c; Ben Davis, 40c; Wine Saps 50d
6Oc according to quality; Huntsmans Favor
tie, 60G75c per bu. for fancy stock; Badwins
s1.50G2 90 per Dbl in a small way; cold storage
stock Wine Saps and Huntsmans Favorite
g.. OO62.50 per Dbl; Bellehower. S2-250275 per
Dbl; other fancy table stock, S2-25G175; New
York and Michigan stock, SL50GL75 in car
lots and S1.50lb2 p in barrel lots, according Il
quality.
PotatOes-HOme grown, 25c per bu. in a small
way; Wisconsin and Minnesota Burbanks, {
in car lots, 4Jc in small way; Pearls, &c less;
Early Ohios &c more; Iowa stock 24g2Sc in
car lots. 300135c in a small way; Colorado Cree
ley stock, 6Oc in car lots. 65lJ70c in small way
Sweet potatoes 25fl35c for fancy. 15d2Oc fol
culls in a small way; sweet potatoes for seed,
Sl.25Q L5O per Dbl
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1897-03-19

Saving mans life is looked upon as the
greatest service that can be rendered him.
If he is in danger, he feels forever grateful
20 the friend who saves him. If he is de-
livered from savages, or from wild animals,
or from drowning, or from the teeth of a
shark, he can hardly find words to express
his gratitude. Is it surprising then that DR..
Pierce has received thousands and tl1ous-
ands of enthusiastic letters from those who
have been saved from death and lingering
disease by his wonderful Golden Medical
Discovery" Hundreds of these people
write to say that they had suffered for years;
that life had become miserable and that
death would have been welcome. Some of
them say that doctors had given them up to
die, when the use OF the Discovery"
brought them back.to happy life and health.
This great remedy is meant for any one who
has any disease of the throat, lungs, or bTon-
chial tubes Its strengthening and purify
ing effect on the lungs is so great that it will
positively cure ninety-eight per cent. of all
cases of consumption. II is cleansing,
strengthening, purifying, invigorating tonic.
1t puts new life into the blood and nerves,
into the brain and body. 1t cures every form
of indigestion, makes the appetite good, the
sleep sound, the nerves steady.
You should have DR.. Pierce's great work, The
Peoples Common Sense Medical Adviser" This
handsome. illustrated, thouSand-page volume has
had greater sale, at its regular price-$I. so
than any other family medical book ever pub
1ished. 1t is now offered absolutely free paper
covered, to all who will send II one-cent stamps.
to pay the cost of railing ONLY, to the World S
Dispensary Medical Association, 663 Main Street
Buffalo, N. Y. Those who wish to have It in
handsome, substantial, French cloth binding
should send 10 cents additional (5I cents In alp.
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tiency in the kings English as il il
writ. and so late as 1860 we find her
writing the following letter:
DEAR BRoTHER-This comes by Captain
Nicholson. You seem to blame me for not
writeing TO you butt doe ashure you it Is
note for want of very great regard for you
and the family butt as / don't ship tobacco the
Captains never call on me soc that 1 never
know when tina com or when tina gee. .
Your loving sister, MARY WASHINGTON.
But, whether she were good "spell-
err or no, she was evidently a very at
tractive maiden when in her teens, as is
shown through the medium of an old
letter, which has escaped destruction,
and which was written by young
friend of hers:
WINS. BURG. We eth Of Oct. 1722.
DEAR SUKEY-Madam Ball of Lancaster and
her Sweet Molly have gone HON. Mamma
thinks Molly the Contest Maiden She knows.
She is about 10 Yrs. old, is taller than Me, is
very Sensible, Modest, and Loving. Her Hair
is like unto Flax. Her Eyes are the colour Of
Yours and her Chekes are like May Blossoms.
/ wish You could see Her.
This pretty portrait is, it is believed,
the only one extant of the woman who
became the mother of Washington. It
has been claimed, and with q show of
reason. that Mary Ball was descended
from the famous "mad preacher. John
Ball, who led the common people of
England against the privileged classes
some 500 years ago. He was socialist,
if not rank anarchist, in the opinion
of the upper classes, for the conundrum
he was prone to put to them in the shape
of wretched couplet was this:
When Adam delv'd and Eve span,
Who was then the gentleman
intimating that the Lord at the begin
ming created no distinctions as between
his creatures They gave up the conun-
drum, but declared that the sentiment
was as wretched as the rhyme and got
the archbishop of Canterbury to put him
in Jail. Wat Tyler released him, but
young King Richard finally cut off his
head and stuck it up on a pike at Lon
don bridge, along with some other of
those misguided folk. If this be so-if
Mary Ball was descended from such IL
lustrious sncestry-then her eldest son,
George, came honestly by his hatred Of
oppression and eventual dislike of mo-
narchical institutions
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SheriFs Sale.
fFirst published NaIcb $ lsq7

First published March 5 1897
State of Kansas, Allen County. So
In the District Court, Seventh Judicial Dis
uict sitting in and for Allen county, state Of
Kansas.
Mary E. Northrup administrative off
the estate of L L. NOrthrup de-
ceased. plaintiff. No. 1874
VS..
II. F. Travis and r. II Travis dts
By virtue of an order of sale issued by the
Clerk of the Seventh Judicial District Cont. in
and for Allen county State of Kansas in the
above entitled cause. and to me directed and
delivered viii on
Monday April ). A. d. 1897,
at O'Clock p. IN. 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-wiC The west one.
half (1sl of the southwest quartertI1 and the
west half "a of the east half "a of the south
west quarter % of section twentv-eieht (2sl
township twenty-tour ga south of range nine
teen 40 situate in Allen county, State of
Kansas
Said lands and tenements win be sold without
appraisement to satisfy said order OF sale
G.. q. AUSHERMAN
Sheriff of Allen County, Kansas
SherifFs Office leila, Kansas. March, 4 1897
c. E. Benton and S, A. Gard attys for plff u4-10
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WASHINGTON AT TWENTY-FIVE 1EARS.
adjacent to the house, and the roof took
fire, the lowly dwelling soon being con-
sumed to ashes Mrs. Washington and
her maids succeeded in removing the
furniture, and when her husband re-
turned from the field he found dinner
prepared for him in the kitchen, a
rude cabin near. As he owned another
estate in Stafford county, near Fred
ericksburg, he removed his family thith-
or to a dwelling very similar to the one
they had lost, which stood on the left
bank of the Rappahannock, above a
steep bluff, within sight of the town.
Eight happy years were passed here, the
only real sorrow being the death of the
youngest daughter, Mildred, until, in
1743, the father of the family was sud-
denly snatched away at the early age
of 40.
Augustine Washington left a large
landed property, though not much avail
able funds. To his eldest son, Lawrence,
he bequeathed the estate at Hunting
creek, now known as Mount Vernon;
to Augustine. the home farm at Wake
field; to George, the lands and house
where the family then lived, and to each
of the other sons farm of 600 or 700
acres. The income and management of
al these properties were given to the
mother until the sons became of age.
Mary Washington now showed that
the confidence of her husband in her in
telligence and business ability was not
misplaced. She at once assumed the d.
rection of affairs, devoting all her ener-
gies TO the welfare of her family and
the management of the vast estate. Her
children learned the rudiments of their
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copyright, 1897, by the Author.1
CHAPTER |.
ANCESTRY.

Although the Encyclopedia Britain
MICA, in it's last edition, states that 'the
ancestry of Washington can be traced
no farther back than his great-grand-
father" yet it is certain that the roots
of his genealogical tree are driven deep
into English soil. The evidence is con-
elusive that it has been followed back
connectedly as far, at least, as the
twelfth century, but it is also true that
'the genealogy of George Washington
is a matter of greater Importance to the
memory Of his ancestors than to his
own. He throws back far greater glory
than he can inherit. -
Five hundred years in king blighted
Britain failed to produce name that
could even remotely compare with this
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KILLED by Choking. Not by a Blow.

CHEYENNE, Wyo., March 16.-An au-
topsy has disclosed the fact that Pri-
vate Collie, who fell dead while box
ing with Private O'Shay at Fort Rus.
sell recently, died of strangulation.
In the scufiie O'Shay gave Collie an mp
per cut on the jaw which knocked him
backward and caused piece of meat
which he had in his mouth to become
lodged in his windpipe.
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PUBLIC NOTICE.
First published March y 1897,

Is hereby given that it is the intention of the
Board of County commissioners of Allen Countv
Kansas, to replace the old Wooden Bridge on
Deer Creek, on the section line between sec
lions 10 and II. Township "a. Rsnge 49, said
county and state with an Iron or Steel Bridge
That the estimated cost of said bridge is eisht
hundred $ScO dollars: And that said Board of
County Commissioners intends at the next
regular session. which cOnvenes on the I2tb
day OF April, A. d 1897. to appropriate the sum
of eight hundred tsS0Cl dollars for the purpose
OF paying the cost of the construction of said
bridge Q5-lS) By Order of the Hoard
ATTEST. E d. Lacey
Jas. NaKeneld, Chairman.
Co Clerk
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CHAPTER III.
YOUTH

In Mary Washington's family Bible
(still extant) is the following entry. in
the round, schoolboy hand of her eldest
son:
George Washington, Son to Angus
tine and Mary his Wife, was born ye
18th Day of February (22d, new style)
1919, about 10 in the Morning, and
was Baptized on the Sd of April follow
ing"
The house to which Augustine Wash
ington had taken his bride was very
modest one, yet it ranked we'll among
the Virginia farm dwellings of that
period. 1t had four rooms, the only one
with any approach to ornamentation
being the "spare room," which had a
Dutch tiled chimneypiece. A piazza
opened upon the river front. The young
wife found already there her husband s
two sons by his first wife and retinue
of servants, while about the surrounding
plantation was every evidence of the
prosperous farmer. The Washington
home farm lay along the Potomac for
about mile. part Of it still covered
with primeval forest, between Pope's
and Bridges creeks. The river here was
about mile in width and abouDded in
the best kinds of fish, while small game
in abundance roamed the woods and
fields 1t was an ideal home for boy,
but their firstborn, who saw the light
on that February morning in 1888, was
not destined to pass many of his boy
hood years at this spot.
One morning in April, 1876, when
George was years of age, some serv-
ants were burning refuse in the garden
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Santa Fe Route.

Annual Messiah Concert, Linds-
burg, Kansas, April 10Th, one fare for
round trip.
Annual convention Christian En-
deavOr Union, Topeka, June l to 4.
One fare round trip.
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a negro KiIIed in Fort Scott.

Fort SCoTT, Kan, March 16.-Special
Policeman Redick, employed by the
Memphis railroad, shot and instantly
killed young negro on the high tres
tie this morning. When accosted by
the officer the negro be ran shooting at
him. He had Ss3 in his pocket, but no
papers to disclose his identity.
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MARKET REPORTS.
Kansas Citr Llre stock.

KANSAS CITY. March 16-Cattle-Rece ipts,
T,2l1; calves. 2T9 shipped yesterday. 425 cattle;
l43 calves The market was weak and irregu-
lar. The following are representative sales:
sHIPPING AND DRESSED BEEF STEERS.
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DR.. z. J. PORTER.
Veterinary Surgeon,

Treats chronic troubles Of horses and cattle Fstua,
pollevil warts tumors, abcesses, ump-awed cattle,
ridgng horses successfully operated rngbones splnts
and spavns In fact all work done by veterinary
geons. Come and see write or telegraph u.s.
Farmers and Horsemen, now is the time to have
your stock successfully treated All dental work done.
Office at Star Barn, lola, Kansas. Respectfully,
T. J. PORTER.
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NARY WASHINGTON.

Gus planter, with a large estate on the
left bank of the Rappshannock river,
but it does not appear that he gave bis
daughter the benefits of finished edu-
cation. In truth, her requirements were
very few in the way of book learning,
even though her virtues were many and
admirable. She never acquired prof.
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Sheep-RecelptS. 543J; Shlppeu yesterday
234 The market was strong and active This
following are representative sales:
sos Co lbs 81 1855 125 Mex. yrl. 90 $40
ABS fall. cl.. % 3S5 ,29l N. NJ go. 20 $40
HorseS-ReceiDtS 275; shipped yesterday, -.
There has been no material change in the prices
during the week but the traders are taking
hold of them more readily than before. The
horsemen generally look for an active market
for good horses from now on. There is very
little danger Of an over supply. as the shippers
in the country say IL is almost impossible to
get q car OF good horses at reasonable prices.
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WASHINGTON
The Boy, the Lover, the
] Soldier and the
Statesman.
By F. A. ODER.

Author of "The Empress Josephine"
"T'rGUeIs In Merico," Etc, Etc.
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Chicago Live Stock.

NnICaEO Live oIUGks
CHICAGO. March 6-Cattle-ReceptS $500;
market steady: fair to best beeves, s. 70G5.Oj;
stockerS and feeders. s35lG42j: mixed cows
and bulls S1.9O "A 10; Texas. S340G425
Hogs-Receipts, 5000; market Sc higher
than yesterdays close; light, 38o6+05; rough
packing, 500 1910; mixed and butchers, S3S
@405: heavy packing and shipping. 81 20 34OI:
pigs, So 40a4U5
Sheep-Receipts. 1000: market steady; ma
tive So 259425: western, 10. i51p4 Is; lambs, 1896
@525
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ST. Louis Live STOCK.

ST. Louis Live STOCK.
ST LOUIS. March 16.-Cattle-Receipts, p
500: market active and steady.
HogS-Receipts. $500; market steady tc
strong: Workers. s3.S56l3 %; packers. o370D
400; heavy. S360G405.
Sheep-Receipts 1870; market strong
Chicago Grain and Produce.
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To be confined.
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March 16. Opened High'St LOw'St CLOSING

Chicago Grain aud Produce.