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The Iola register., 1898-12-23
LOST.

Many have lost confidence and
hope as well as health, because they
have been told their Kidney disease
was incurable. Foley's Kidney Cure
is Guaranteed remedy for the dis
couraged and disconsolats. Evans
Bros.
The Iola register., 1898-12-23
For Sale.

One fine red polled Norfolk bull
calf, one first class driving mare
years old, and one good breeding and
work mare.
+. |. CRowELL, Near Allen CeI ter.
The Iola register., 1898-12-23
FOR KIDNEY TROUBLES.

there is nothing better than Foley's
Kidney Cure, everyone who tries it
will agree To this. Evans Bros.
The Iola register., 1898-12-23
Rescue of q
Starving Man.

FamiShflg in tie midst qf plenty tbs sHl1yc;- 5eas
he16ed BY tie suggestion Of Acigh6Oy 5ohose 0at1lr
applies equally aoeH 10 thousands ef OtAcy men aud
aOODleH
The Iola register., 1898-12-23
The
Semi-Weekly
Capital.

The SEMI WEEKLY CAPITAL lie
the great farm and family newspap per
of Kansas. 1t is published every
Tuesday and Friday, and each issue
contains all the news of Kansas and
the world up to the hour of going to
press, for the cost of an ordinary
weekly paper. The average Kansas
farmer gets his mail twice week
BY subscribing for the Semi Week ly
Capital he receives n fresh Capital
each time, giving him IN condensed
yet complete form the history of the
worlds doings during the preceding
three days. THE SEMI WEEKLY CAP.
ITAL, besides being u newspaper, IL q
twice-a- week magazine of the highest
clase, filed with matter interesting to
every member of the family. Serial
and short stories, sketches, cores
pondence, sermons, anecdotes, humor,
special matter for the women and for
the boys and girls, all find place In
the columns of the SEMI-W WEEKLY
CAPITAL.
The REGISTER hos made arrange
ments with the publishers whereby II
ran offar
The Iola register., 1898-12-23
For Rent.

New house, one mile from Gas City.
Box 26 lola, Kansas.
The Iola register., 1898-12-23
The News Of Kansas
and the W0rld---.-uxnA.

Twice each week, while IL is fresl
and interesting, can be obtained
for the cost of an ordinary weekly
paper by reading
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23
An AntI-Rheumatic Potato.

A woman residing in the country
near PArkersburg, w. Va, lately died
and was buried. During her lifetime
she suffered with rheumatism, aud
among the various other cures recon-.
mended she carried potato in her
pocket. For IA years she carried the
same potato, until il had grown black
and become as light as cork. After
the funeral the clothing of the de-
parted one was hung out to air. Dur
ing the hanging out" il rained. This
necessitated a further drying and air.
ing, but wheh the dress was taken down
to be put away il was discovered that
the potato was still in the pocket of
the dress. and during the airing proc
ess had put forth several green sprouts.
The circumstance was related by Il
near relative of the old lacy. who
Vouches for It's truthfulness.- Balti.
more American.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23

number Of the most brutal outrages
upon women and children as well as
upon the men of the frontier. Col
Shoup was sent to subdue them. He
corraled \ body of 800 bucks. squaws
and papooses in ravine. and battle
began which for fierceness, intensity
and bloody results is without parallel
in the history of Indian warfare. The
Indians were we'll posted in the rav.ne
and did considerable execution with
their rifles, but the men under Shoup
were so maddened with the fresh
memory Of outrages committed upon
women and children that they pushed
their way through the ravine and de-
clined to capture any of the redskins.
As result of their uncomfortable
ardor the troops killed men, women
and children without compunctioL of
conscience or thought of mercy. Col.
Shoup was severely censured by num-
Der OF lndian-loving societies in tie
east for the extreme action taken by
his men; but the people OF the frontier
paid little attention to the criticisms
heaped upon Col. Shoup and his men.
because the result of the affair at Sand
Creek completed the subjugation OF
the hostile Indians. so that until this
dag they never have undertaken TO in
trefere with the white pioneers OF
civilization" SMITH d. FRY.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23
Hoods Pills cure all Liver Ills, IS cents.
GEESE CARRIED A MESSAGE.
An Ingenious scheme for Notifying
NeIghbOrs Who Have Trouble
some Fowl.

"Down in the Neck two neighborng
households once dwelt in amity. They still
dwell there, but in amity no more. Let
them here respectively be called the Hold
kinses and the Podkinses for the very good
the truck plantations. The Hodkinses are
keeping geese this year. The Podkinses are.
not keeping geese--not if they know it. Now
the llodkns geese acquired the habit, when.
weary of disporting themselves in the big
ditch, of resorting to the front lawn of
the Podkins demesne. These invasions the
Podkinses resented Their remonstrances
failed of effect A condition of strained
relations ensued Mrs. PodlSins, kindly old
soul, said she didn't want ter git tn mem
folks a-scrappin' and a-mixin things up
over a passed. o geese" So she organized
a board of strategy, consisting of herself,
her daughter Sis and her boy Joe" The
result of their deliberations and certain
preparations, where figured needle and
thread, some grains of corn and some bits,
of cardboard, became evident next morning
The Hodkins geese appeared as usual, but
returned home quickly, squawking 40 nois-
lily as to bring the Hodkinses in body to.
the front door What they saw paralyzed
them. Descending from each fowls bill was
a bit Of thread, the inner end anchored
to grain of corn in the birds interior de-
partment, while to the other end of the
string was attached card bearing this in
scirption; "Plese Kepe Yur Durn Ole Coos
es Home The Hodkins water fowl are
now reconcentrados upon the Hodkins
home ranch.--Philadelph Record.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23
WHEN THE COWS CONE HOME.

''Clnk. clink, c;ink-clink, a-clinkety-
clink"--
Through the ragged brush of the pasture
path,
And the "old boss" stops at the brook to
drink.
; And losses her head with jest OF wrath
With hoofs sunk deep in the brooks black
loam,
Ard muzzle deep in the lazy stream
She waits for the laggard herd to come
With ears that droop and eyes that
dream.
Her sleek sides bulge with contentedness,
And her udders drip with an overflow
That blotches with white the watercress
That says with the current. to and fro.
The eddies whirl where her long tail hings
Its tufted end with a listleSs toss.
And The gurgling water swings and sings
Like whirling wings I'm the brooksde
moss
AS the water clears OF it's muddy rile
And the old boss drinks, with nostrls
flared.
The dusk. slow stealing. mile on mile.
Grows dark where the deep woods stand
ensnared
On the east horizons farthest rim,
And out OF the twilights haZy height.
Where the Dog Star loiters, white and dim
a drifting swallow pipes good night.
Then. drowsily, with soul-deep breath
The old boss raises her head and sighs
And. bright as a sword from its guarding
sheath,
The sunset CLEANS In her glowing eyes.
II turns the bell at her throat 10 gold
And Silvers the red of her silken coat,
And the tell-tale leaves of the year grown
old
Turn pale IN tho pools where they lie ahoat,
Out of the silence. shrill and high.
A voice of the farmyard quavers through;
"Come. bossl come, boss! come, boss its
cry,
And the old boss softly answers: Moo"
Only the call of the cow-that's all:
Only a wistful moo. and yet
1t seems that heard my childhood call
And the dusk is here and my eyes are wet.
Chicago Times-Herald.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23

the second day was there he got up
before daylight, loaded hts gun with
buckshot, aud said he was going out
after the spook turkey gobbler.
That was the last ] or anyone else
thought about it until an hour later,
when / saw his boy coming out Of the
woods, bending almost TO the ground
beneath the weight of something he
was carrying on his back. When he
reached the cabin he sank down on
the door sill, and | don't want to live
another minute if his burden wasn't
the monster wild turkey gobbler that
had lodged the bullets of all that re-
gion for three mortal years. That
boy had killed the spook gobbler, sure
enough.
81 heard him holler.' said the boy,
and jest snuck up TO the tree where
he was roOstin'. lie looked at rue as
if he was goin' to fly down and gobble
me up, and | was afecri he would, so
jest plUnked him
"a pot-metal gun and boy not near
so big as the turkey had done what
the shPrpest shooters, with the best
guns 10 be had, had been unable 10 do,
and a sicker lot of hunters than there
were never lived in any wood when
that news got around. The gobbler
stood nearly i've feet high and weighed
- pounds. / gave the boy five dollars
for tie big bird. sent il to friend
OF min~ at Albany, who gave a big
elmer and invited me over o eat some
of the turkey, but l actually hadn't
the heart 10 go. And so. when my ex-
perience with the big buck the bears
and the wildcat down on Kettle creek
came along right on the heels of this
one. thought il was time to knuckie
under and give luck the belt over skill:
md that being the case. Of course.
couldn't find il in my nature 10 hunt
or trap any more. and | haven't been
in ;hc woods in ten ye0Ts."-N. Y. Sun.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23
RESCUED BY TELLER.
Magnificent Courage Displayed by
the Colorado Senator.
Senator ShOup, OF Idaho, Is Another
Statesman of Remarkable Nerve
aud Unique Determination
of Character.
/ Special WASHINGTON Letterl

There is no more courageous man is
IN the world than Senator Teller" said
Mai. Peabody. of Colorado. "IIe has
passed through many thrilling expert
Cnces during his lifetime, but on no oc-
casion was his yirile manhood and
magnificent courage displayed to a
greater advantage than on the evening
after the news of the assassination of
President Lincoln was received in
Leadville. \ miner, coming from the
shaft where he had been working all
day, upon being informed that Presi-
dent Lincoln had been assassinated, in
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23

shot him a good while ago IL was
the big deer that you heerd me shoot
list now. He's layin' over there in the
brush. guess, cause I didn't hear
him git up and go after he tumbled.'
~ stepped over and peered into the
brush. There lay the big buck that
had fooled me for two months. He
was dead as stone. l turned back
on Asa and was going to say something
ugly, but before I said it he spoke
again and then forgot all | was going
TO say and didn't try to say anything
at all.
Yes said Asa, and il you'd been
up youder on the ridge about mile
YOU mowt a-heerd me shoot some
more That was the two bears, big
I'm and little un. There was two
little uns, but one on 'em got away
fore | could shoot him, too
"Now, Asa Cole had never been in
The woods with a gun before in all
his life, aud here, just by blind bull
head luck he had killed inside of an
hour the wildcat, the buck and two
of the bears that had defied me and
all my skill for weeks. / was so mad
that | made Asa a present of the trap
the wildcat had on and went in and
broke camp. l might not have let this
convince me entirely that skill was in
ferior TO luck in the bagging of game
il the memory of another experience
i'm the woods hadn't been fresh upon
me aud was still CALLING me. If it
hadn't been for that might have gone
back TO Kettle creek the next season
and hunted and trapped as of wore.
But putting the two together, didn't
have the heart.
This previous experience was down
along the Juniata, where ] was wild
turkey hunting, and where had been
for three successive seasons for no
other purpose than to bag mammoth
wild turkey that was so smart that
it had fooled all my efforts, as it had
all the efforts of every other good
hunter VINO tried to bag il. There
are a good many wild turkeys yet in
the mountains of that part of Penn
sylvauia, but there never was one in
the whole state so smart or as big
as this one. l had seen him often.
and had heard II great deal oftener.
1t had the longest and reddest wattles
Of any gobbler / ever saw. They ac-
tually cleaned like a streak of red
fire as il few or ran through the
woods. Its plumage was almost black,
and had a luster that nearly blinded
YOU when the sun shone on it. It had
been shot at and missed by all the
crack turkey hunters, and came to be
known as the spook gobbler.
This third year that hunted this
big 2obblcr | went TO the Juniata
country early in May, The sly old
fellow had already been seen by a
dozen hunters and shot at a hundred
times without feather having beer
knocked out of it. | got three shots
at the big aggrayating bird the first
day | was there, and any one of them
should have brought il down. Awood,
chopper named Schaetfcr had come
into those woods on n chopping job,
and had his 12-year-old boy with him.
The boy had .O-shilling shotgun, and
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23

enco Of the chief executive Of the ma.
ton he managed to control his disposi.
ton to be profane. He, however, in.
formed the president that he would not
go back to Idaho for any man on earth
and then left the white house.
Repairing TO his room a prominent
hotel, Gov. Shoup wrote his resigna.
ton of the position of governor OF
Idaho and transmitted 1t by special
messenger TO the secretary of the in.
terror. Two days later Gen. Noble sent
for Gov. Shoup requesting him to call
at the interior department, and the vet
eran pioneer did so. Secretary Noble
urged him to withdraw his resignation.
telling him that the president would
not object to the extension of his leave
of absence, but Gov. Shoup informed
the secretary that his resignation was
deliberately rendered in response to
what he deemed the insulting manner
of the president towards him, and that
his resignation would not be with.
drawn, not even temporarily. The
resignation of Gov, Shoup was ac.
cepted. He remained in Washington
until Idaho was admitted TO state.
hood and he was elected to the United
States senate.
Preceding, during and after the civil
war, George l.. Shoup was one of the
ablest and bravest scouts and Indian
fighters of the west. Old timers of the
frontier narrate many wonderful
stories concerning the experiences OF
Shoup, the scout; but the senator can.
not be induced to talk about himself
except occasionally among his most in.
innate friends.
Ex-senator Sanders, of Montana
says: "In his public exhibitions, Buf.
band contest with an Indian chief in
which he comes off victorious by kill,
ing the Indian with a knife. The per.
Torrance is repetition of an actual
fight, for Buffalo Bll did have a knife
contest with Yellow Hand. But
George L. Shoup had hand-to-hand
knife contests with dozen or more OF
the fiercest savages of the frontier. He
was a man of great skill and agility
and possessed of the strength of
giant. He was the best swordsman
the best horseman and the best-posteC
scout in the Rocky mountain region
One of his brothers was assassinateC
by six Mexican outlaws. George l.
Shoup went out after the assassins OF
his brother, and within a period OF
three months he put every one of then
under ground; and the head of theh
chief is to-day in alcohol in Las Vegas
Cluster with his regiment came un.
eNpectedly upon Sioux Indian village
and was massacred with his command
continued Senator Sanders. "Shoup
with only IS men, marched across the
great American desert, and when 500
miles away from the fort he came sud
denly upon an Apache village contain
ing over 1000 warriors. BY courage
and skill and strategy he captured the
head chief and conducted the entire
band back to the fort, thereby demon
strating a generalship and knowl
edge of Indian warfare vastly superior
TO that If Custer. Nothing but his su
perior ability and courage saved him
self and command from humiliation.
Did you ever hear of the Sand Creel
said Senator Sanders
The Indians had become very trouble
some in 1868, and had committed
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23
Named Him Ronrlns nu,,.

\ gentleman Who is just back from
Hawaii tells a story nj the expense o:
Col. i. w. Parker. OF normal school
fame around about Chicago Col. Par
ker spent the summer in IlonOluiu and
while there gave the native teachers
some points. lie delivered u num Der OF
lectures on the art and science OF
school teaching and his fame travelled
far and wide. The natives hal trouble
however. IN mastering his name, and
so they gave him a designation of their
own. Like mos: children OF nature.
they are prone to naming people after
some object which " suggested by
the individual The name bestowed
upon Cot. Parker was "hpIkane."
which, interpreted into English. means
Roaring Bull Col. Parker will q
down 10 Hawaiian history a. "Pipi.
kane"
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23

ayes, sir" said the man in cell I'll
time was when | went TO the very
Dest houses"
And what brought you here2''
"They caught me coming out."--
Illustrated American.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23

~ believe this is through train ."
said the road agent
1T Isl replied the conductor.
Then. win proceed To go through
H." announced the polite roboer.--
Philadelphia North American.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23

Only sprain? You may be cripple st.
Jacobs Oil cures, sure.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23

lace
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23
Justly Offended.

No wonder the colonel got mad lie was
shot in the leg at Santiago, and on coming
home was deservedly hero. He was met
by one OF these fussy old chaps who likes
to hear himself talk and who broke out
with: why, colonel | see that you limp
What's the matter with your"
"Fell out of bcd!" roared the colonel.
Don't YOU read the papers|'-Detroit Free
Press.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23

A mule, kick, man sick. st. Jacobs Oh
cured the bruises.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23

Souvenir is the maiden name OF rubbish.
-Atcnison Globe.
Daily public ledger. [volume] (Maysville, Ky.) 1892-191?, 1898-11-23

a center shot. ST. Jacobs Oil strikes Sci
atica and il is killed.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-08
AN UNPLEASANT SURPRISE
Whereby n Kind Hearted Young Lady
Was IncIpressibIy Shocked.

Not lorg ago two young women were
discussing the merits of a certain young
man. No. ], with whom the aforUmcn.
toned gentleman was deeply smitton, was
rather inclined to run her lover down, but
No . was standing up for him right man.
fully.
Hes very nco fellow" she declared
e,nphaticaliy, and you ought to he
ashamed of yourself for treating him as
you do"
IAN right" snapped No. sarcastical.
ly, then take this picture hos just sent
mc-I'm sure Cont want it. And she
pushed over an unmounted photograph,
which the handsome original had fondly
hoped she would see fit to cut down &c
lockct size.
Neither do l." responded the other
"Uv didn't give Is TO me, and don't want
anybody's picture secondhand, you may
be sure" but the other girl merely laugh
cd. and tho discussion ended for chat time
But that was by no means tho last Of 1t.
When the charitably incllncd No. got
on the "ar, she found there the young gem
tlcman who mt that time she considered
the very incest that she knew, and WIS SO
busy talking to him that when the con
ductor came for hor transfer she never no
ticcd what she gave hlln--lncrcly ulNVu
/ into her pockctbook, produced n bit of pa
per and stretched it out. To her great
surprise. it was not taken. She gave it an
impatient littlc shove and then !ncamc
aware of half suppressed litter that was
creeping round the car.
/ She looked up, The conductor was try
ing to smother grin ~ he motioned that
the paper she held was no good, and sud
denly the young man beside her grew red
and gave her very odd glance.
She gave q wondering little look mt the
supposed transfer. Horror of horrors! 1t
was the unmounted photograph which
the other girl had wickcdly slipped into
her pockctbook.
There was an awful silence rs she drew
1t back, and two irrcprcsshlc young men
opposite got up and went on to the plat
form, while she began to explain matters
in n very limp littlo way. But her expla
nations fell rather Hat, and since then she
has distinctly sworn off from defending
loyelorn young men. In fact, she says
that she has quite enough to keep her bus!
defending herself nowadays. -Clevelant
Plain Dealer.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-08
THE BURLINGTON FREE PRESS THURSDAY SEPTEMBER g.

but he knew that to try and sell any of
the rough diamonds that he had brought
with him there would at once land him
in endless difficulties, for of course he
could only account for the possession of
them by telling the truth, which prob
ably no one would believe even if he
had mind to tell it, which he had not.
But at Port Elizabeth there were plen-
ty of respectable citizens who would
buy few thousand pounds worth Of
gems from him without asking ques-
ton provided that he let them have
them cheap enough and what did that
matter to man who knew how to go
straight to place where diamonds
were as plentiful us the pebbles by the
scashore?
He had been close ON seven months
away, when he at length climbed down
from the front of the coach at tho Kim.
berloy postofiice. Miss Carnegie had, OF
course, already been advised of his ar.
rival by telegram, and equally of course
she was there to meet him. 1t also hap
pened that an intimate friend aud CO.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-08
Atmosphere of Cuba.

When Frcdrika Brcmcr visited the
United States in 1S49 and 1850, after
having been in Cuba, sho remarked that
the atmosphere of Cuba absorbed all
odors. Every one smoked, yet the air
was free from the faint of smoke. Also
she Observed that a rose, elsewhere very
fragrant, was without perfume i'll Cuba.
l had observed that when onions We're
used that were imported from Cuba the
odor was much less intense than from
these saiscd in New England. Miss
Bremen also remarked that in coming to
tho United Statos from Cuba every day
seemed to be a cloudy day, the contrast
was so great with the brilliant light Of
Cuba, where the sunshine was intensely
bright -Meehan's Monthly.
Burlington weekly free press. [volume] (Burlington, Vt.) 1866-1928, 1898-09-08

made prompt appearance in the dock
ON charge of conspiracy and perjury
and suborning of perjury.
Tho traveller from Port Elizabeth
broke down before the examination had
proceeded ten minutes, offered himself
as queens evidence and gave the whole
thing away. On strong recommenda-
tions from the detective department
they were remanded for six weeks
"pending the production of further evil
dcncc," and during that six weeks the
discoverer of the New Golconda rcdis-
covered it in company with q very Sc
lect but lavishly equipped expedition.
When they got back to Kimberley,
Toms innocence was conclusively estab.
that he and his bride sailed from Cape
Town on their wedding trip to England
Oh the same day that Mr.. Grunstein
and his friend arrived in Cape Town
for the purpose of doing five and three
years respectively on the brealwator.
Very shortly afterward there was a
large extension of British territory north
and west of Griqualand, the reasons fol
which were not wholly political. Mr..
Burrows under his real name, is now q
director of De Beers and millionaire
several times over. Some day the Kim
bcrley mines may be exhausted. 1t may
be n very long time before that happens
but should it come to pass III their life
times it will be an event of absolute in
difference to that gentleman and hi.
colleagues.
TIM, t,<r