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The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-17
Henry Clay. Del.

Dear Old Kriss-I am years old
and want you to bring me an exs
press wagon, pair Of gum boots, .
milk wagon, some candy, nuts and
oranges. Please do not forget my
little sisters. Johny Douglas.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-17
The Drapery
Department
Sofa Pillows,

At 75c we show an Orien-
tai pillow, and from that price
they advance gradually to
$4.75, at which we have a
line of handsome ones with
satin covers and heavy silk
cord around them. Also a
complete line Of pillow tops
from
38c. to $1.00.
Cambria covered pillows in
all sizes.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-17
Clothes Trees.

Clothes trees or cOstumers in
a great variety, a special one is
extra heavy and we'll finished;
usual price $1.5O; this lot to go
at $1.W; another with revolv-
ing top at the same price. 9th
ers from
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-17
Wilmington, Del,

Dear Santa--I am little boy Z
years o!d. Please bring me pointer
sled, hose cart, sweater and over~
coat, pair OF gloves, cap, story
book, some toys, mixtures and nuts
Please bring me a collar for my old
dog Slip. Don't forget my brother,
George. Willie Smith, 1922 Hutton
Street.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-17


idea
look nothing would Every reduced
a halt, with ONE
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-17
Stanton. De

Dear Santa Claus-I am II yeaxs
old. ! would like you to bring ma 1
pair of gloves as 60 to school every
day and need them very much also .
pen.knife, a bugel, leather book
satchel, box Of crayons. HuntAs
Register.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-17

We have them in all styles
and effects, some fringed,
others with cord edge in the
popular fabrics-silk, mercer
lied and cotton, armoure, Of
toman, tapestry and silk da-
mask-the prices range from
$3.50 to $500.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-17

Wilmington, Dab
Dear Old Kriss-I am q little boy
s years old aud would like you ID
bring me q rocking horse, drum and
lots Of other things and a Christina
tree, and some nuts and candy. From
your little boy, Harvey Wadmahr
li24 West Second Street.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-17
Taora Drawn Work.

We spoke Of it last week
and it has been bought freely.
1t is shown in everything
from a dolly to a full size
table cover; the prices are
from $1.25 upwards.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-17

NtW I15l1e, DeI.
Dear Sauta ClauS-I want a biz
doll. baby doll. a writing desk and
some nuts. cake and candy. Good.by
Rose Reynolds, 926 Young Street.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-17
Wilmington. Del

"IftH'NE u0U5 Do5s
Dear Santa ClauS-1 am six yeaM
old. l want sled, a magic lanteEn1
a fire engine. a story book, a new
pair shoes, little doll, toy pistol
and some cardy and nuts. GeorgH
Crockett, l03 Orange Street.
The Wilmington daily Republican., 1901-12-17

Wilmington, Del,
Dear Santa Claus-Please bring M
a little monkey wrench, toy napthS
launch, little fishing rod and lotf
OF nuts and candy and III be goo6
Eddie Pusey GREGG.
The Iola register., 1901-03-15
MAY OPEN HOIt[AI IULATBG MILLINERY 1OpEiiNGi'lI
Wednesday and Thursday, March 20
and II the Dates for Miss
PribOth's Opening


With the coming of spring there
comes desire to every woman's heart
to throw away the winter hat and don
the latest spring styles. And it is be-
cause of this desire that every woman
will be interested in learning that Miss
Priboth's annual spring opening will
be next Wednesday and: Thursday,
March 20 and 21. Miss Priboth's IS
opening and display of patterns have
always been a cause of joy among the
women because it is well known fact
that she always shows the latest in
millinery. This year she bought
heavier than ever and this opening
will be the grandest of them all. Re.
member well the opening dates and
don't let anything interfere with youl
attending,
The Iola register., 1901-03-15
One of Mr.. Hale's Shows.

The talk of having Chief Hale and
the Kansas City fire department with
such other prominent citizens of Kan
sas City and of neighboring towns
here to witness the opening of the
waterworks seems to be bearing fruit
A committee is working out plans and
seems confident the necessary funds
will be found and the show pulled off ,
Mr.. Hale being willing to come and
the railroads willing to make such
cheap rates that there ought to be a
big crowd here when it happens. OF
course the display ought to be put off
until good weather is settled and
there will be less danger of having the
crowd disappointed.
And one of Mr.. Hale's shows is
worth seeing. Some years ago his
men caused shivers of excitement to
thrill a huge crowd. A three-story
building was put up and on the third
floor fremen dressed as old women
were placed. The engine was no
where to be seen. The building was
smeared with oil and fired. Up crept
the flames and the old women rushed
to the windows and screamed. Still
no firemen. The crowd began to
sweat and get excited. Finally the
men appeared and scaling ladders
were put up, firemen rushed up the
ladders, the old women were pitched
out of the window and fell into a net
stretched quickly below. When all
were rescued the tiremen jumped, the
last one springing from window
completely framed in fire. 1t was
fine, daring, dangerous work and
thousands upon thousands were sim
ply scared stiff by it all.
That is the kind of a show Lola
wants to give. One. that will bring
people here from every where to see.
The Iola register., 1901-03-15
Profitable Fertilizers.

In Kansas, where manure is plenty
and the soil naturally rich, it is not
necessary to buy the chemical fer-
tilizers used in the East, If all the
manure available is spread over the
garden each year and the garden well
lined about once every five years our
soil ought to produce nearly any
vegetable.
In the dryest part of the summer
fiji number of barrels with fine dust
from the road and during the winter
fill barrels with alternate layers of
this dust and poultry manure. Bones
packed in barrels of moist wood
ashes (unbleached) in The fall and
winter can be easily powdered in the
spring. These two mixed will give a
manure equally as good as many
chemical manures and can be applied
to tomato and melon hills with good
advantage. The manure furnishes
nitrogen, the wood ashes potash and
the bones both lime and phosphoric
acid.
Last year I mixed from one-half to
a shovelfull of this mixture in each
cucumber and melon hill, but pur
posely left two cucumber hills un-
manured, and while the manured
ones bore heavily all summer the un-
manured ones, even after a second
planting, amounted to little or moth
ing, In my patch of yellow tomatoes
| added the accustomed amount of
this fertilizer at one end and gradu-
ally lessened the amount to none at
the other end. Before the frost killed
them in the fall the manured end was
solid bank of green and on separat-
ing the branches were found to be full
of nearly ripe tomatoes while the
other end was stunted and had few
tomatoes upon it. | had better sue
cess with this on my red tomatoes
than with any chemical fertilizer /
tried.
When manure is added to we'll
lined soil the lime combines with the
useless part of the fertilizer and is
washed away in drainage while the
valuable part is retained in the soil.
The lime also helps to make fresh
manure Immediately available.
Salt when applied to the garden
destroys small weeds, keeps the
ground cool and moist in dry weather,
exterminates soil vermin and stimu-
lates the growth of the plants.
RALPH G. SHUEY.
The Iola register., 1901-03-15
RemarkabIe Cures of Rheumatism

From the indicator Rutherfordton, n G.
The editor of the Vindicator has
had occasion to test the efficacy of
Chamberlain Pain Balm twice with
the most remarkable results in each
case. First, with rheumatism in the
shoulder from which he suffered Hx-
cruciating pain for ten days, which
was relieved with two applications of
Pain Balm, rubbing the parts afflicted
and realizing instant benefit and en-
tire relief in a very short time, Sec
ohu oos sh In b Tne t& Sgh on
pain, which was relieved by two ap-
plications, rubbing with the liniment
on retiring at night, and getting'up
free from pain, For sale by lola
druggists.
The Iola register., 1901-03-15
Select Friends To Quit.

The appointment of receiver for
the Order of Select Friends, which has
lodge in lola, and of which II. M.
Miller is member of the committee
on the good of the order, announced
yesterday from Ft. Scott, was sur
prise here. Mr.. Miller says that ar
rangements will be made to keep every
member insured, but would not state
by what new order the old one will be
cared for. A meeting will be held
Monday night and everything explain
ed in full.
Tuesday night there was meeting
of some forty of the head men in Ft.
Scott and overtures were made by the
Pyramids and by new order "The
Crusaders" of Topeka, to take the
Friends in. The latter order was re-
Gently organized by the McClintocks,
of Topeka, the same men who orga-
nized the Friends, and bitter fight
was made ON the proposition, it being
charged that the Crusaders were or
gani2ed in expectancy of the Friends
failure so as to keep the present Of
licers iu charge. SO the proposition
was voted down by narrow margin.
But it seems probable that the men,
bership will be cared for by some re-
liable order.
The cause of the financial stringency
and appointment of receiver was due
Immediately to the refusal by the
state insurance commissioners renew
the orders license to do business in
the state. This amounts to suspen-
sion.
The Ft. Scott Monitor quotes the
commissioner as follows:
81 believe that is all l will do" Mr..
Church said this afternoon, ''unless
the attorney general advises me to the
contrary. 1t is for the creditors to
act, and l imagine the proper step is
to ask for receiver. The order owes
$l5, 600 more than it has assets to pay,
and SO far as | can see it has no way
of making good. Its license was due
March /, but when | discovered from
its report that it was in default of its
obligations | Investigated the matter,
and finding the insolvency to be hope
less | decliped to issue license"
The cause of the financial trouble is
thus given by the Monitor:
"When the lodge was first orga-
nized the age limit was sixty and as
the lodge became older the head Of
ticers found that with the low assess
ment rate the many death claims could
not be met. One of the lodges pro-
visions under the first constitution
was to pay the fun amount of the poll
cy when the holder reached the age of
10. When these policies became due
it was evident that the plan adopted
must be changed, and few years ago
the constitution was amended so as to
allow members only one-fourth of the
amount of the policy when arriving at
the age of 10. The age limit was also
reduced AS a result of the first
amendment litigation followed and the
membership dropped off,"
The Iola register., 1901-03-15
II. r. LettOn Not Yet Decided Upon a
LOcatiOn-lola Parties Want
Him to Come Here

Fort Scott Monitor: j, f. Letton,
late proprietor of the Goodlander
hotel, has not yet decided what busi-
ness he will engage in, but being a
thorough hotel man he will naturally
drift into that line of business and is
already negotiating with several out
side people who, knowing his efficiency
as q hotel man, are desirous of induc-
ing him to go into the business in their
respective places.
Mr.. Letton said yesterday to re-
porter for the Monitor that he had sew.
eral places in view but would not con-
slider any of them favorably for some
time yet: that he wanted to take his
time in investigating the proposed To-
cations and that he would remain in
F't. Scott for some time.
lola, which town has lately devel-
oped a heavy transient trade, is badly
in need of good hotel and if a suita-
BILE building is erected which is in
contemplation, Mr.. Letton may be in
duced to go there and assume the
management of it. Jack" yesterday
received letter from one of the in
terested parties in the lola project
touching on the subject but refused to
state whether ornot proposition was
made to him. The Northrups and the
canyons want to put up "a hotel build
ing if they can get some experienced
and reliable man to run it A few
weeks ago one of the lola papers pub
lished an account of Messrs. Lanyon
and Northrup's intentions and associ-
ated Mr.. Letton's namejwith the deal
as the probable person to assume the
management. However, the only way
Mr.. Letton will become interested in
the project would be to lease the build
ing and equip the hotel and run it as
owner.
The Iola register., 1901-03-15
Gave Park TO the County

The city council met Tuesday Ia
special session and the Ordinance
No. 436 was PASSED. 1t authorizes
and empowers the mayor and city
clerk of the city of lola to convey all
right, title and interest of said city IN
or to the public square to Allen coun-
ty. This was done to guarantee 10
the county the right to use the park
for a County court house
The committee on water rates maze
a report naming rates for residences
factories. business houses and others
The report was considered aho
amended.
The Iola register., 1901-03-15
Night Was Her Terror.

IL would cough nearly all night
long" writes Mrs. Chas. Applegate'
of Alexandria, Ind, "aad could hard
ly get any sleep. l had consumption
so bad that if | walked block |
would cough frightfully and spit blood,
but, when all other medicines failed,
three 81. bottles of DR.. Kings New
Discovery wholly cured me and |
gained So pounds" It's absolutely
guaranteed to cure Coughs, Colds,
La Grippe, Bronchitis and all throat
and Lung troubles. Price 6Oc and 81
Trial bottles free at Evans Bros. dru
store,
The Iola register., 1901-03-15
THE last Or THE MOHICANS.

ru,,.1o,, D;1d1o ,yoe eo,,,,o,,l,, ,bo; Il,
os ,,,o Don,Ii,t C.o+o Co,,ittoo
a., is thorofnro n ho ovroctod thot
- ,uo,,Ia atnnd hu Tho .ti,i nc 1ooc, oo
t,,ono nas onv nbanoo rhotovor 90 :,
l,oonina oeoat putbo hos oridontl,
aIa,5euod alI bono ona ha. a,l,lia1y,
-ina, itoa hia oi,inion that non,inS
',ar,ai,,s al aoy Tow ,tha pon,Iis4s 80 10
I,mt ~ o;uo nm thoin, onraniaotio, ond
po over to The Democratic party
.'There is little else for us to do. - he
said to a Journal reporter. com
marty has no na,jonal identity and
ander the provisions OF the new anti
msion election law either the
populist or the Democratic parly must
cet off the uoIiticol man IN Kansas
The Democrntic marty ba. fl strong
national orgaui2ation and we sbould
goto IT, If if were certain that Ly. J.
BRYAN and Gil Stone of Missouri
The Iola register., 1901-03-15
Catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with local applications, as they can
not reach abe seat of the desease' Ca
tarrh is blood or constitutional dis
sease, and in order to cure it you must
takeinternal remedies. Hall 'sCatarrh
Cure is taken internally, and acts di-
rectly on the blood and mucous sur
faces. Halls catarrh Cure is not a
quack medicine. 1t was prescribed by
one OF the bestphysiciansin thiscounty
for years, and is regular prescription
1t is composed of the best tonics
known, combined with best blood
purifiers, acting directly on the mu-
cous surfaces. The perfect combina-
tion of the two ingredients is what pro-
duces such wonderful results in curing
Catarrh. Send for testimonials free.
f. j. CHENEY & Co., Props. To-
do, O.
Sold by all druggists, price 75c.
Halls family pills are the best,
The Iola register., 1901-03-15
OFFICIAL PAPERlOF ALLEN COUNTY
THE SEWAGE QUESTION.


There is no particular need in
crossing bridges until they are
reached, but inasmuch as the outlet
of Iola's sewers is attracting some
attention now, the REGISTER ventures
to express the opinion that the city
authorities may as well begin to
figure on some other plan than the
one at present proposed.
The city engineer was quoted in the
local columns of this paper recently
as saying that Humboldt would have
no cause of complaint If 1ola's sewage
were emptied into the Neosho as the
water would be purified before reach
ing that town. This may be true
but it will be remembered that st.
Louis asked for an injunction to re-
strain Chicago from emptying her
sewage into the Mississippi and
brought very good evidence to show
that the water would be contaminated
at that great distance.
But even if Humboldt should make
no complaint there are others who
surely will. The Lanyon Zinc Com
pany, the Ice Company, the Santa Fe
railroad company and the Cement
Company have all erected expensive
water plants which draw their supply
from the very pool into which it is
proposed to empty the main city
sewer 1t is hardly to be supposed
that these companies would permit
their water supply to be ruined with
out vigorous contest. The chances
are also that Captain Ewing and
others who live Immediately adjacent
TO the proposed outlet would have
some objection to make, while the en-
tire city ought to protest against the
ruin of Riverside Park which would
result from making the river which
skirts it and adds so much to its
beauty a cess pool.
The proposal to drain East lola
into Elm creek is equally, if not more
Objectionable. Between the point
where it is proposed to empty the
sewer and the river there are two
dams which create stagnant ponds
during all the year except in time of
freshets. These ponds are bad
enough at best, but with the filth of
half the city added to them they would
become an intolerable menace to the
health of the entire community.
These are some of the considerations
which impel the suggestion that some
other plans than those now proposed
will have to be devised to dispose of
the city's sewage. In great many
cities, particularly of the old world,
the sewage is drained into great watts
in an open field where by succession
of operations the liquid filth is alb
sorbed into the ground aud the solid
refuse burned into fertilizer of sufficient
commercial value to almost meet the
cost of its production. Some such
plan as this will eventually have to be
devised for lola, and it wouldn't do
any harm to begin figuring ON it be-
fore any money has been spent in
carrying out plan that will have to
to be abandoned.
The Iola register., 1901-03-15

The findings of a military court
martial are past the ken of the ordi-
nary civilian common sense. For ex-
ample in Cuba recently certain priv
ate was found guilty of appearing at
inspection with dirty carbipe and
was sentenced to be dishonorably dis
charged to forfeit all pay and allow
ances for two months, and also toi be
held in solitary confinement on diet
of bread and water for the first seven
days of each of the two months, the
remainder of the time to be spent at
hard labor. About the same time Il
musician belonging to one o. the regi-
ments was found guilty of absence
without leave, of scaling the walls sur
rounding his battery and post and
visiting the prohibited partof Havana,
and of being drunk and disorderly,
for all of which misdemeanors .his
punishment was the forfeiture of one
months pay. Is there any good mill
tary reason why it is more heiuous
crime to have your gun dirty than it
is to be absent without leave from
your command and to be drunk and
disorderly ?
The Iola register., 1901-03-15

The people of the East can never
"get on" to the Kansas character.
Readers of Kansas papers will
remember that some Kansas Senator
introduced into the Senate concur
rent resolution ''whereasing" that on
March 4th William Mckinley would
be crowned Emperor of the United
States land King of the Philippine
Islands, "resolving" lot of equally
preposterous things. OF course every
Kansas man knew at glance that the
whole thing was simply a ''josh, "
written only to poke little good
natured fun at the Democrats and
Populists. But 10 and behold! The
next day member of congress from
Massachusetts arose in his place in
National House Of Representatives
and with owl-like solemity read these
resolutions "as a fair illustration of
Republican sentiments in some parts
of the Union" Clearly, we will have
to label our jokes.
The Iola register., 1901-03-15

THERE are two factions in Okla
homa known respectively as "the
mound builders" and "the cave
dwellers." " So far as can be guessed
by an outsider the "mound builders"
are those who favor liberal appropra-
tions for public buildings, while the
"cave dwellers" oppose such appro-
priations. The terms illustrate we'll
the boundless and exuberant imagina-
tion of the Oklahoma politician.
The Iola register., 1901-03-15
A Horrible Outbreak.

'Of large sores on my little daughters.
head developed into case of scald
head" writes G. ID. Isbill, of Morgan
ton, Tenn, 'but Bucklen's Arnica
Salve completely cured her." 1t is a
guaranteed cure for eczema, tetter salt
rheum, pimples, sores, ulcers and
piles. Only 25c. Evans Bros.
The Iola register., 1901-03-15

a. E. STILLwELL has gone abroad
to borrow money to build his Mexico
and Orient railroad. Mr.. Stillwell
borrowed thirty one million dollars
in Holland to build his Pittsburg and
Gulf road when he couldn't get dol
lar in Wall street and his friends
think he will be just as lucky this time.
One thing is certain, "if anybody kin
he kin. -
The Iola register., 1901-03-15

made in these columns that the Popu-
list leaders intend to carry the party
into the Democratic camp If they can
possibly do 1t. What the rank and
file will have to say about it, however,
is quite different matter.
The Iola register., 1901-03-15
Mrs. G. e. VanDeusen, Of Kilbourn,

Mrs. G. E. VanDeusen, of Kilbourn,
Wis, was afflicted with stomach
trouble and constipation for long
time. She says, II have tried many
preparations but none have done me
the good that Chamberlain Stomach
and Liver Tablets have" These Tab
let's are for sale by lola Druggists.
Price 25c. Samples free.
The Iola register., 1901-03-15

The Independence Tribune says that
that town has secured conditionally a
lecture from d. II. Snowden, M. s.,
A. M, M. D., d. D., Phi. D., L. l.. D.,
f. r.. S. 1t is not hard to guess that
the condition" is that the lecturer
can get to town without paying excess
baggage on his initials.
New-York tribune., 1901-02-03
NEw-YORR CITY.

Members Of the First Signal Corps commanded
by Captain Erlandsen. have decided 20 attend the
inaugural ceremonies Washington March I
next and have placed themselves at the disposal
Of General Roe. who IS attend with his STAFF.
Singing 10 the accompaniment OF a full orchestra
will be a feature at the dinner OF the XXVIth
Assembly District Republican Club which Is 20 be
given March l5 at the Knickerbocker Athletic
Club Theatre. The diners the number OF FIVE
hundred more will. before being seated at the
tables Join IN the strains OF America The list
Of speakers includes mary OF the prominent men
IN the State and city
The Rev James A. Francis will be the speaker
the mems meeting this afternoon In Associa-
service Of song viii be aided by solos. vocal and
instrumental, by E B. Martndell basso. and Will
lam Lawrence vionist. Men only invited.
The Social Reform Club No. 45 University Place.
it's meeting Tuesday will hear q discussion
the subject, shall the City Build the Pipe Gal
leries7' Controller Coler. William R. Corwine and
Julius H. Cohn will speak.
A regular meeting OF the New-York Genealogical
and Biographical Society. No. 29s West Fifty
eighth-st. Will be held next Friday night when
William Webster Ellsworth viii deliver an illus
trated lecture The Personal Washington"
The Teaching OF EcOronics' will be discussed
at the next meeting OF the Schoolmasters' Asso-
citation, at No. II West Forty-fourt l-st. on Satur-
Of Chicago University. will be the principal
speaker
The third annual entertainment and reception OF
the Buyers Association Of America will be held
at Sherry's on February Il The entertainment will
be musical. and will be contributed by Enrico
Toseln pianist Nine. Charlotte Maconda con-
tralto, and sada, Holinist