The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1900-07-13

Toronto Republicans: A recipe for
lemon pie vaguely adds: '"Then sit
on hot stove and stir constantly"
just as if anybody could sit on hot
stove without stirring constantly.
A batch of eleven kids were baptized
recently at Topeka in water brought
from the river Jordan, it being gener-
ally understood that the most virtuous
water would scarce suffice to save q
Topekan.
Chanute has man i'm the person of
Rev. ]. b. Pulliam who can eloquent
y urge them to be good on % Sun
days and reserve a fine burst of ora
tory for the 4th. Patriotism and re-
ligion are related, anyhow.
An eastern minister preached on the
subject "What has become of hell.
The Tonganoxie Mirror with its
usual accommodating way, suggests
that he go to Kentucky and run for
office on the Republican ticket.
Parsons Sun: A Parsons Democrat
was heard to remark yesterday: 1--WE
expect Mckinley will be elected, but
we will keep up hell of racket until
the election just to keep the Republic
cans on an uneasy seat"
The Preston Plaindealer is of the
opinion that Wolcott in his Philadel-
phia speech rangthe bell when he said:
'Our dead are buried in Luzon, and
on that soil no foreign flag should
ever greet the dawn.
A Chapman farmer, with political
views, said he didn't intend to buy any
penitentiary twine because he had dis
covered that "all the money thus Sc
cured was to be used by the Republic
cans to elect Stanley.
While the Mcpherson band was
! giving a concert a Jimmycane came
up and blew i'm the other end of the
horns. Doctors are still probing for
some of the notes in the internal
economy of one player.
Wellington Journal: Kansas City
people wear button badge. 81 live in
*. G. Ask me, +" for the benefit of the
| jays. a Wellington man WHO'S going
to Kansas City tonight will wear u
| button: Il live in Kansas. Houdon't
have to tell me-"
Here is the view taken by the Law
renee Journal: The Bible says that
the greatest love we can show for
others is to lay down our lives for
them. The supreme test has been APP
piled to the democratic party. 1t has
laid down its life for Bryan.
The Southern Kansas papers are
giving credit to an Oklahoma town
for the story of citizen who listened
to the reading of the Declaration of
Independence and remarked knowing
ly, That's darned good speech,
but | dom believe he ever writ it.
The Moran Herald says a huge
Texas steer passed through there on
its way to Kansas City to be the
Texas mascot. Now a steer may
make good mascot, but there are
harder things to lick and things
that have progeny to take up the
quarrel.
To make things interesting the vot-
ing contest to select a Flower Queen
for the Emporia street fair and at the
same time raise funds for the fair, the
successful queen will be given 1925
piano. The complimentary vote will
make her vain and the piano make
her useless.
Emporia Republican: The soldier
who was dying of fever in the
Philippines swallowed a quinine pill.
II have fought to the bitter end. =" he
exclaimed. Then he died. Afterward
they found that he used to write jokes
for an American newspaper. 1t was
a good thing.
a thrill of unalloyed delight played
up and down the spinal column of the
2 backs of country editors who noted
, that the Kansas City Journal was in
} trouble with Champ Clark Getting
cussed for alleged mistakes and mis-
representations is "A part of the coun-
try EDITORS daily diet.
Corn is good price; hogs brings
fair value; horses, mules and cattle
command good money; wheat was
worth 60 cents in Lyons Tuesday and
Kansas credit is good. What better
evidence of prosperity is needed?" is
the way the Emporia Republican clos
es its evidence. 1t is sufficient; take
the witness.