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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-11
County Bond Fund.
Geneva TWp.-Pop. 571.

Assessed valuation, sl67, ,23s. 80. Bonded debt,
$1,000 Six per cent railroad bonds due April /,
1917. No sinking fund.
Ganaya Twn Gan Paw
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-11
Carlyle Up. Road Fund

DEER CREEK ARTICULATION 5o9.
Assessed valuation Sl6l, 1890 No bonded
debt
Deer Creek TIP. Gen. Rev. Fund.
To bal cash on hand oct 13, 96 "a Al
By amt paid treasurer ........ 3l6 Al
II bal cash on hand ..-..... q 10
9az Gn a9z 6n
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-11
Tax Account.
Redemption and Assignments Acct
5bIY OF 56IV OF
County General Revenue Fund.

70 bal on hand oct 10 1896. 5ss1 6l
" tax of 1896. 06..................202 .20267 73
" penalties tax of 1885,. 1899 98
" amt received from sale OF
lots........ .............. s62 90
" amt reed from othr seurcesl620 90
BY amt paid on warrants. 25677 80
" amt rebate of tax 1S96..... 1l54 Sc
" amt taxes refunded etc.. "a 81
=" amt uncoll olltax............ 10l 45
bal cash on hand. -. .... 2i42 so
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-11
Marmaton Tp. Road Fund,
Marmaton Tn. Bond Fur
Marmaton Tp. Sinking I

lola TP-PoPULATIoN 1916 CITY INC.
Assessed valuation, inc city. Sj9O,24s, Bond
ed debt s6S,25O as follows stL Ft & w Ry
2Olyesr per cent due Sept 1901 S29,750 comp
bridge bonds 30-year per cent due Aug 1907.
No sinking fund.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-11
Deer Creek Up. Road Fund
OsAaE TP.-POPULATION DIG.
Usage TIP. Gen. Rev. Fund.

Assessed valuation $3.50. 9s3. Bonded deb
Sl2 500 30.year per cent railroad bonds du
Nov %, 1917. No sinking fund.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-11
lola Tp. Bridge Bond Funt
lola TIP. r. r.. Bond Fund.


ELM P.-PoPULATIoN 1914.
| Assessed valuation S206, ,293. Bonded debt,
$4,000 st l. FIT & w 20-year X X per cent
honda due Sept 1901. Sinking fund, 81. .2l0. i3.
III ~ Ii
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1898-02-11
School District No. 40, levy 10 mills.

School District No. Al levy mills.
Assessed valuation Sl7, ,ss3, bonded debt O.
Cash on hand Oct 10, 1885,. 1917 20
Amt paid treas. s................. 260 90
Cash on hand ................. 122 90
900 an 900 an
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-08
In Chicago.

A new rich" woman has been Civ
ing lavish entertainments and has en-
deavored to have them as correct as
possible. Her ambition is not to be
outdone by anybody. That is the rea-
son she felt envious the other evening
when she heard that certain woman
had given a dinner and that the ices
We're served in the rotunda. Forth
with she invited people to a dinner,
and, fastening to her caterer, said: 81
suppose you have some nice rotundas,
haven't you? 1t is quite the thing now
to have ices served in them. Please
see that my ices for Wednesday night
are served in little rotundas. Chi
cago Chronicle.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-08

81 feared it," murmured Emile, anx-
iously; ''he will have a tedious illness,
at the very Hghtest. 1t is very unfor-
tunate, as I hoped to get away before
the general rising. But he deserves our
tenderest care; he is noble youth. I
met him first one of those wild nights
in Paris. The maddened crowd, surg
ing back from the palace of the king,
were maltreating' a poor old priest,
who had ventured to rebuke them.
The young man, single-armed, without
a weapon of any kind, sprang to the
rescue of the poor wretch. l shall
never forget the picture, as he stood
in the middle of the street, the red
torch-light faring over his erect figure,
placed before the priest as shield,
with his indignant, flashing eyes, his
heroic, defiant bearing. My heart went
out to him at once. For a moment, too.
he held the crowd back-but, mon
Dieu! there were some demented crea-
lures who could have slaughtered an
innocent. babe in it's mothers arms
without scruple. With a yell they
leaped upon him. Then it was my turn
to step forward. I had some power
then, and they yielded. So from that
time, I have watched the gallant fell
low, and never once has he disap-
pointed my high expectations. What
say you, Lady Felicie, shall we let him
die now?''
mo, no." cried the girl, eagerly; "it
shall be my task to nurse him back to
health
Emile smiled quietly
If it was much satisfaction to know
she would have an interesting employ
ment to keep her mind from brooding
over her misfortunes, and to beguiIs
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-08

flowers pushing through the soft earth.
And whenever there was the fresh
Odor of new-growing grass, and new
sprouting leaves in the city parks her
mind turned toward peaceful, pastoral
ways, and her eyes were filled with
visions of billowy, poisoning trees,
of plowmen moving across upland
fields, of the waking up of life and
industry. In short the Old Maid was
a poet, although the crude little ex-
pressions of her emotions never met
the keen eyes of critics or even the
kindly eyes of her friends.
Well, once upon a time the Singer
came to the clearinghouse on the
square. He was young and his au-
diences-they were largely feminine
declared that nowhere else was there
a singer who caTroled out songs and
sobbed out ballads so knowingly.
Whether or not he was peerless is a
question, but at any rate he had made
a great success, and people wondered
that he should come to the dingy
abode of the boarders and the Old
MAUI OOLlG 6d4u ludL II WdS because
he had lived there in the days before
he was known to fashion, and some
whispered knowingly that the lady to
whom the Singer sang lived over the
way in the stone house with the bal
comics at the window and the guard
ing lions at the door. Be that as it
may, it is fact that when the Singer
came to the city for his series of con-
certs and recitals he sanctified the
abode of the Old Maid with his pres
ence for a whole week. And the Old
Maid was agitated mysteriously by
his presence, though it is doubtful if
he even saw her shabby little figure.
One night she crept down the stair
way when the house was still and
slipped paper beneath the Singers
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-08

mand. She can't have any admir-
ers."
Why should she look SO happy?"
the younger, who spoke of Art and
Missions with capitals in her voice,
would ask. "she can't regard being
secretary to that lawyer as noble
calling"
And the wives of the boarding
house used also to puzzle over the Old
Maids joyousness, for she has no
husband they said, land at her age
can hardly hope to get one"
But I never marveled at the gentle
spinster's radiant face after we had
heard tue Singer, not because hear
ing his voice was enough to provide
his hearers with fund of inner joy
for the remainder of their days, but
because of the song he sang.
Now, the Old Maid had lived so long
in the clearinghouse on the square
that it had become second nature for
her to choose the less furnished spoons
in the holder and to avoid instructive
ly the top slices of bread on the bread
plate. She was familiar with all va
rieties Of clearinghouse servants,
and she knew that all alike despised
her as "the fourth floor front" She
knew by heart the landlady's stories
OF pressing present need and of past
affiueace. She had nothing to learn
in the matter of substituted gas Jets,
and her feet were trained to skip the
torn spots in the stair carpet. Alto
gethey there was nothing in the Old
Maid's position in her clearinghouse
to ac50unt for her serenity.
Downtown the Old Maid was a ste
nogInpher in law office, where pref
tinesB was at discount as a hindrance
to unremitting toll She did not real
iZe that her chief attraction to her
employers was the lack of distracting
features and complexion. Long as she
had lived in the sordid but educating
boarding house, she had not learned
everything that was to be learned
about motives, and she believed that
her fathers old friendship with the
lawyer had much to do with her po-
sition.
Before the remote day when the Old
Maid first came to the law office and
the clearinghouse she had lived in
the country. Even yet when the
spring rains came down and drenched
the grim pavements she had a swift,
tieeting sense of late SHOWS melting
by the rim of the brooks and of timid
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-08


door sin. The paper bore set Of
verses written in the fine hand Of a
woman who was educated quarter
OF q century ago, and a little note that
read:
''If you should sometimes find this
worthy to sing would be the happiest
woman on earth. /"
Now, the Singer felt a brutal indif-
ference about all happiness save his
own, which had been sorely tried that
night by the lady of his songs. So he
merely muttered: "Confound imbecile
womenw Then he looked at the verses
and then he went gloomlly to bed. But
through the night, as he reflected upon
his blighted hopes and the hardness of
his fate, some Of the Old Maids lines
sang themselves through his mind:
I'll see thee in each flower that grows:
Thou art not lost while lives the rose,
Not lost while lives the rose,
the foolish refrain insisted.
In thG morning the silly rhymes
would met be banished. He found him
self hum ming them to an air, and by
and by-so weak was he, owing to the
cruel lady-he sat down at the piano
and PLACED the air softly.
1t was the same week that he gava
his grest concert at the hall uptown.
With Indifferent generosity he offered
the landlady tickets to be distributed
and so IL happened that the Old Maid
and went together.
The Old Maid was very pink and
very trctnulous, and, not being in her
confidence, I could not understand her
state. After all there was nothing in
a successful singer of SO to excite a
spinsteI photographer of so.
The Singer had sung grand opera
arias and the music from masses. He
lad sung Scotch ballads and German
love songs. But he could not sing
enough to satisfy his audience. After
each properly numbered selection he
was recalled again and again. Finally
he came out and said:
Il wish I could tell you the author
of the words l am going to sing. They
were sent to me anonymously in MAN.
uscript, and have no means of giving
credit to whom it is due y
The Old Maids figure quivered. She
breathed sobbingly and drew closer
to me, and wondered if she were go
| ing crazy.
Then the Singer sang the simple
verses. They may have been very bad
as verses, but as a song they were a
success. The audience listened in
tently, the women looking up, as wo-
men look when lowered eyelids would
let the tears brim over. And when the
last verse rang out, plaintively and
proudly:
And though thou hast banished me,
touch thee in each nodding flower;
see thee, dear one, every hour,
In sky, or star, or sea.
All beauty holds some hint of thee,
And so thou canst not Danish me,
Thou canst not Danish me,
the hall forgot to applaud for fully
three seconds, when it caught its
breath and surreptitiously wiped its
eyes. That is, all but the Old Maid.
She wept quite openly, turning her RAJ
diant, tear-stained face toward me.
Its mine! It's miner she half sob
bed. 20, it's mine and am so happy!"
And then she told me the whole
story But neither prayers nor en-
treaties could prevail upon her to let
me tell her secret. And the boarders
still wonder why it is that colorIess
little lady like the Old Maid sometimes
wears lock of pride.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-08
Danger of Another Famine.

The provisioning of those Russian
provinces which have been most af-
fected by this years mad harvest is
becoming a question of increasing diff
ficulty. The assemblies or zemstvos are
now celebrating on the special and
urgent measures to be taken for saving
the population of the threatened dis
tricts from repetition of the terrible
sufferings which they underwent in
the last famine. There is general
agreement as to the necessity of lend
ing the peasants corn bought with the
special funds at the disposal of each
of the provinces affected, but as the
needs of the peasants greatly exceed
these resources the assemblies have all
decided to ask the government for
very large loans of money.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-08

hope l will not intTude upon the
lady, observed the stranger in very
weak accents; "if l were not so be-
wildered and helpless, / would try to
find other shelter"
Nay, answered Lady FeIieie, earn
estly; Il have stood too eorely in need
OF a friend myself to be chary of my
sympathy for others"
He ought to lie down at once; he
has received very severe blow upon
his head. l am thankful there are two
compartments to my dem"
And as he spoke, Emile removed a
board at one end of the small room,
and showed another small chamber.
He did not hint for whom ne had pre-
pared it, to wound afresh the daugh-
ter's grief.
My men are bringing the needed
spoils from the chateau; l must go and
bring them in, for / babe them leave
all at the edge of the wood, not daring
to trust even those brave fellows with
the secret of this retreat, Can you,
mademoiselle, battle this poor suffer
er's head, while I am gomez"
And bending over her, he whispered:
do not betray your name and rank.
He believes you to be a lowly born
relative of mine; do not undeceive
him"
Felicie obeyed him promptly It was
indeed a blessed relief from torturing
thought to be doing anything. AS the
weary head sank feebly upon the pill
low with a moan of anguish, she
dipped the cloth into the ever of water,
standing near, and began bathing it
tenderly. She shuddered as she parted
the silky, brown hair, and saw the
frightful confusion, where some terri
BILE blow had fallen.
He does not look like a peasant, SO
delicately featured, with such refined
look! unused she. 81 have never seen
a finer face. 1t reminds me of some
princely youth 1 have admired in pic
lures. Is 1t, indeed, to be proved
through this reign of terror, to mis-
guided France that her noblemen must
be those of natures clubbing only?
Where will it end? and. what will
become of me, wretched child that
I am, to have survived all that 1 hold
dear % H
The last words were unconsciously
spoken aloud e 70
NAY, dearest one" responded the
voice of Emile, as he entered with his
arms full. eff this world were all, you
might have cause for despair; but
when you remember that an angel
mother waits for your approach to an
other and brighter world, surely you
can pluck a rose even from the ashes
of desolatiOn; you are young, this
world may yet afford you. the sweetest
and purest happiness. Be comforted,
my child-be calm and courageous" 2
81 will, my noble, generous friend"
answered Felicie, with the first feeble
smile. 7.+
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-08

A Dummerston CVt.) man wished to
ascertain how many kernels of corn a
chipmunk could carry in it's mouth.
Thirty kernels were placed on board,
A squirrel carried them all away at
one time. FoTty-five kernels were then
placed in position, and chippy got away
with all of them at that trial. Seventy
kernels were put on the board for a
third trial. The little striped animal
was beaten this time, but succeeded in
carrying ifty-eight of the kernels in
his mouth. Boston Herald.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-08
A VigIIant woman.

L2ndlady-Are you bicyclist7 Ap>
plicanI Cor Board-Not I; never was On
wheel in my life and never want to
be. Landlady-I only asked, you
know, because the men who ride BIZ
cycles are such eaters, and then they
take so much exercise that they look
as though they were starving 70 death,
Boston Transcript
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-08
CHAPTER XIII.

FTER depositing
his load, Emile
turned to look at
the suffering youth.
His eyes were
closed, and a wan
circle of deathly
pallor was around
the parted lips,
through which the
breath came 1T
fully and hoarsely.
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-08
CHAPTER XII.

A DY FELICIE,
Lady Felicie! are
you here2"
A s h u d d ering
sob, a moaning CRY,
was his answer. He
stopped down, lift
ed up the board
flooring, and then
taking her in his
arms, as he would
h ave Ct FRIED a
The Caldwell tribune. [volume] (Caldwell, Idaho Territory [Idaho]) 1883-1928, 1898-01-08
AN OLD MAIDS SONG.

HE boarders used
to look across the
boarding house ta-
BILE at the Old
Maid with a keen,
psychological sort
of interest.
wins should she
look SO happy r.
the elder, who was
something of a
belle would d e :
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-11-03
LEAR DECKS
tl>h Fleet in Chinese Waters
Prepared For Immediate
Action.
Large Russian Fleet Is Also
Assembled ut Port
Arthur.
pmlSed Russia Is Preparing to
Seize Additional Chinese
Territory,
P' That Great Britain Will Eli
aravor to Prevent Any Such
Action.

WEI Hal WEI. Nov. 3.--All the Brit
warships here, the first class battle
Centurion, the first class cruiser
'eisSns, the second class cruiser Her
on'' the torpedo boat destroyer Whit
'he torpedo boat destroyer Fame.
torpedo boat destroyer Handy and
nrst class gunboat Peacock have
'afea Tor action and are ready for sea
"a, ail hours notice.
lne first class battleship Victorious
~ ,ne first class cruiser Undaunted at
". roo are coaling to their full ca
me greatest secrecy is maintained as
we meaning Of these warlike prepar-
.o''S but there is no doubt important
Eu"ctions are expected at any mo-
n'' A large Russian feet is assem-
r'a at Port Arthur.
E-oNDoN, Nov. "A dispatch from
,' -. hai Wei announcing the war prep
"'ioi's of the British naval authorities
~, '' IS regarded here as being of grave
'l""p'r'ance. coupled with the Anglo
ha hv''cll war preparations. 1t is surmised
,,"a t" Knssia, profiting by the present
=" a',,ed relations between Great Britain
an ' rance has decided to push forward
:; AIMS in the far East by forcibly
y lang the valuable treaty port of New
nwang, which Great Britain cannot
ernit, it is said.
- u'spatch from London to the Asso'
'''eu Press on Oct. 20. said u cable
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-11-03

Major Marchand Instructed to Withdraw
His Expedition From Fasho,a.

LONDON. Nov. 3.-The Daily Graphic
says: We learn from an official source
in Paris that Captain Baratier bears in
strrctionS to Major Marchand to return
to Fashoda and then to withdraw his
expedition III the direction of the Upper
Cbanghi river. north of the Congo. evac-
uating Fashoda and the five posts estab-
li>hed by him east of the frontier indi-
Gated in the Anglo-German agreement
The Egyptian government will be in
vited to send troops to accompany Ma
ior Marchand as he retires from the
Bahr el Ghazal territory and to reoc-
cupy the posts as they are evacuated by
the French officers. thus solving the diff
ticulty concerning Major Marchand's 5
revictualment.
When Major Marchand's retirement
is fully accomplished. negotiations
based on proposals submitted by Baron
de Courcel to Great Britain will be
opened.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-11-03

messoye had been received there from
Shanghai rs follows:
"A Russian regiment occupied the
town of Niu Chwang. province OF Leao
Tong, and the forts at the mouth OF the
river Liaou. on Oct. Is. thus securing
complete possession Of Mn Chwang
The native troops fled without making
any opposition, under orders from the
empress dowager and Ii Hung Chang
"A British gunboat was in the river
at the time. Its non-resistance is regard
cd as the virtual British abandonment
of the whole of Manchuria to the kns-
slams. and gives Russia an Invaluable
strategic point. Great Britain is certain
to lose the Niu Chwang trade. OF which
it has had so per cent.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-11-03
x.,t,sh Naval Circles Excited.

VANCOUVER. B. c., Nov. 3.-Admiral
Pallison's secretary, who had left here
for an up-country point, has been urg-
emily telegraphed to return to Esqui'
mault mt once. All is excitement in
naval circles. The Scotchmen OF Van
couver. recognizing the gravity OF the
situation offer to raise regiment and
place the same at the disposal OF the
government for service either at home
Or ahrOad
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-11-03
Status Of the FashOala Quest ion.

LONDON. Nov. 3.-A semi-official note
just issued relative to the reports of Il
settlement of the Fasdoda question says:
1.-The matter is substantially in the same
position as when the blue book and
yellow book were published. 1t is not
anticipated that France will take further
action until after Major Marchand's ar-
rival at Cairo, when explanations will
be forthcoming as to his reasons for
leaving Fashoda.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-11-03
GREAT NORTHERN SCHEME.
Will Apply to the Canadian Parliament

WiA Apply to the Canadian Parliament
Tor Il Franchise.
CHIc~Go, Nov. 3.--The Tribune says:
Thes slsreaJ Northern. it is reported. in
tends to l<axs application TO the next
session of the Canadian parliament for a
franchise to extend the Spokane Falls
and Northern through Southern British
Columbia.
The franchise desired by the Great
Northern is believed to be for more
ambitious enterprise than has yet been
revealed. The real object is represented
to be a parralleling of the Canadian Pa
citic Crows Nest line. through Southern
British Columbia. in addition to the
Kettle River road
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-11-03
~, f.;.u.ion Ex-Confctlerates.

DALLAS. Tex, Nov. 3.-The latest re-
Turns on the constitutional amendment
to pension all INDECENT ex-Confederate
soldiers who came to Texas since 1880
at Ss per month. shows 24.6'6 voted for
and IS. 7lS against it. 1t is believed that
the amendment will carry but will re-
ouire a two-thirds vote. A very light
vote 1Voo ""oe
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-11-03
A
Leading Russian Newspaper Says
the Great Powers Can
Protest
Againlt the Proposal of the United
Statfs to Keep the Philippine
Islands.
In an Extreme Case the Question
atslssue Should Be Arbi-
4 trated.
French Newspaper Sarcastically
Comments Upon Our Alleged
Philanthropy.

ST.PETERsBURG. Nov. 3.-The Novosti,
commenting upon the United States
determination to claim the Philippine
islands, says:
The great powers can, like Spain,
protest against the proposed cession, as
several OF them are directly interested
in the maintenance of the status quo.
In an extreme case the question should
be arbitrated''
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-11-03
OUR INTENTIONS EVIDENT.
Some Canstlc French Comment on Ameri-
can Ideas of Right and Liberty.

can Ideas of Right and Liberty.
PARIS. Nov. 3.-The Soliel. comment
ing editorially upon the position as
sumed by the American peace commits
siOners. says:
No monarchical government would
have dared to conduct itself after the
ever talking SO much of right and lib
erty. The plan Of the Americans is now
evident. 1t is to take all of Spain's colo
nies and leave Spain the debts of all
those colonies. This is the result of the
holy war undertaken to insure the inde-
pendencc of The Cubans. What base
hypocrisy do these liberals. these dem
ocrats, these republicans show.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1898-11-03
OeWitt's Witch Haze! Sasve
Cares Piles. ScaI6s, Burns

The sooner cough or cold is cured
without harm to the sufferer the better.
Ling sring colds are dangerous. Hack
ing cough is distressing. One Minute
Cough Cure quickly cures it. Why
suffer when such a cough cure is within
reach? 1t is plasant to the taste.
Cook & ODEE,