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The Washington times., 1902-05-11
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6 REALLY do not like IT," he said
somewhat coldly, looking across
the room TO where she sat in the
glow of the lamp, her swift
| fingers busy at work. There was scowl
on his forehead and a general air of ag-
| grievement about him.
She glanced up inquiringly, then tossed
aside her work and crossed the room. She
passed her hand lovingly over his wavy
hair and pressed her soft cheek against
his bronzed one. Almost unwittingly lis
arm stole about her waist and drew her
down beside him.
There was silence for a moment, then
she drew herself away and looked up at
him.
stephen ?"-pleadingly
"Well'-uneasily.
81 wish you wouldn't"
Wouldn't WHAT"
BE Jealous. you goose!'
She pouted, but there was subdued
sparkle in her eyes.
But how can / help it?" he asked,
tender note creeping into his voice as he
glanced down at the top Of her head.
Here we were, nice and comfortable. and
happy as can be. when this-this man
comes along and falls in love with you"
~ couldn't help It," she interrupted.
I'm not SO sure about that"
He said 1t slowly and with emphasis.
stephen Crosby!"
She sat upright now. her indignant eyes
looking straight into his.
mo. I'm not 80 sure" he went on dog
gedly "a man doesn't fall in love so
desperately without some encouragement
no, ! don't mean that you encouraged
him on purpose, but you took things as
q matter of course, were passive, and be
didn't know about me-or, II he did, he
thought / didn't count" His voice was
bitter now. and his eyes averted. why
should II" he went on, with a short laugh.
I'm only a countryman. you know, and
he is from the city and has all the ways
to attract one. He is rich, besides, and
I-why, ] have nothing and no prospects.
i shouldn't blame you If you did like him
best. II must be tiresome waiting for me
10 long. Perhaps you'd better take him,
after all. and let me-
He got no further. Two soft arms were
about his neck and pleading, fearful face
close to his own.
mo, OF course didn't mean IT," he was |
saying ten minutes later. I'm q jealous
The Washington times., 1902-05-11

Il wish that II might be-" he said
simply and closed his eyes YEARLY.
| A sudden light sprang into her ewes.
ioVe you! she cried. Her words
came rapidly. as II she could NOT sneak
them fast enough. Il do love Won and
now l know 1t. 1t has just come to me
IL mas been creeping into my heart nnd
l did not know 1t. / did not want m
Know IT. thought loved him. but II
is you" 'a' IL
She held him close.
But am promised to him" she a1dsd
slowly. He loves me, and l must NOT
break my word"
No" he echoed feebly, looking deem
mo .n,o ner eyes. You must keep Your
She bent and kissed him.
She went back into the dull prav NJ
the morning. There was a drawn look
on her face. and her eyes were filled with
unshed tears. She stood at the gate for
moment and watched the first rosy
streaks appear in the east.
A figure stood beside her.
I've heard about it," he said gruf1v
He wanted you to marry him, didn't he?"
She nodded.
"You did?"-eagerly.
tNo tuihihs HeI eyes lull upon him,
II had promised you, you know"
You oughtn't to have minded that
he said, kicking the tuft OF brown grass
at his feet. "Of course l wouldn't mind
seeing he wasn't going to live. And
say, Charlotte
'Well?" dreamily
You'd have had all his money"
Silence.
You'd have been nicely fixed, and we
could have been married soon"
II did not think of it," she answered
her eyes on a floating cloud
in the east.
He laughed bitterly.
ut couldn't have done you any harm
and you might have thought about me.
You might have been willing to sacrifice
for me-
He turned and left her.
Her eyes were still Intent on the cloud
"a soft, feecy cloud that seemed to bear
In its embrace a still, white figure. A
ray Of sunlight played about 1t for an
Instant. then 1t foated far of into the
blue.
And sacrificed you. deari" she said.
Is she turned and entered the house, leav-
aS behind her the glow Of the morning.
The Washington times., 1902-05-11
A CHANGE OF HEART

when / was twenty-one," says DR..
Depew, II thought man of forty very
old, aud that he ought to retire. When
/ was forty I thought a man OF sixty had
grown senile and worthless. When | got
sixty / reversed my opinion and thought
that fifty and forty and thirty and twenty
knew little OF the pleasures of existence
and the utilization OF cultivated power"
The Iola register., 1902-01-17
SavOnburg is Now a City.

Before the old board of county COM
missioners went out of business this
forenoon the granting Of the petition
Of Savonburg to be. organized as a
city of the third class was attended to.
The people of that thriving burg have
complied with all the rules of etiquette
in such cases and on Tuesday January
% the first election of mayor and coun-
cilmen and other city officials will be
Leld.
One of the main motives for organ
izing the towA now is that franchise
for piping gas into the city may be
passed. The Savonburg Gas Com
pany is getting right down to business
and will now go ahead with renewed
vigor.
The men who attended the 'bornin' '"
of the rev city were w. w. Mofiit, H.
A, Richardson and W f.. Alexander
of Savonburg, lola extends cong ratu-
lations and good wishes to the young
est city in the county,
The Iola register., 1902-01-17

There is a disease prevailing in this
country most dangerous because so decep-
1--WE. Many sudden deaths are caused by
it-hear disease, pneumonia, heart failure
or apoplexy are often the result Of kidney
disease. II kidney trouble is allowed TO ad-
vance the kidney-poisoned blood will attack
The vital organs, or the kidneys themselves
break down and waste away cell by cell.
Then the richness Of the blood-the albumen
leaks ort and the sufferer has Bright's
Disease, the worst form Of kidney trouble.
DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-RoOt the new dis
oovery is the true specific for kidney, bladder
and urinary troubles. lthas cured thousands
Of apparently hopeless cases, after all other
efforts have failed. At druggists in fifty-cent
md dollar sizes. A sample bottle sent free
BY mail, also book telling about Swamp
Root and its wonderful cures. Address
Dr.. Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N Y. and
mention thir paper.
The Iola register., 1902-01-17
County Supports a pensioner

An old colored man named Johnson
lives at Humboldt. He was a member
of the Union army and for some years
has drawn pension of $l2 a month.
This, with his little home in Hum
boldt, sufiiced to support him in COM
parative comfort. But in some way a
mortgage got grip on his home and
for some time the holder of the mort
gage has been collecting the pension
money, while the old man had to seek
entire provision for support from the
county. Steps were taken today be-
fore the commissioners to correct this,
for the pension cannot be taken from
the old man by anybody.
The Iola register., 1902-01-17
One Act of Il Man "At.Large. ,


Todeka Herald Representative
Scott is making an effort to get at the
truth in the charges which have been
made by discharged soldiers in the
Philippines to the effect that they
have been held in the Islands after
their discharge on one pretext or an
other, until their resources have been
exhausted aud they have been forced
to renlist. These charges have been
freely made by Kansas soldiers re-
turning from the Philippines. One of
Representative Scott's constituents, a
young soldier who served two years
and was then discharged, was repeat
edly told, so he says, that there was
no room on the returning transports
for him, and he maintains that he was
held in the islands until his money
was gone, which practically compelled
him to re-enlist for a term of three
years. In the meantime his mother
cied. Representative Scott has asked
the Secretary of War to Investigate
this case, and to make the investiga-
tion broad enough to cover lcharges
of a similar nature, in order that the
exact facIs may be ascertained. This
the Secretary of War will do.
The Iola register., 1902-01-17
Beware of 0intments for Catalrh that
Contains Mercury

as mercury Will surely destroy the
sense of smell and completely derange
the whole system when entering il
through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except
on prescriptions from reputable phy-
sician, as the damage they will do is
ten fold to the good you can possibly
derive from them. Halls Catarrh
Cure, manufactured by F. j. Cheney
& Co., Toledo, o., contains no mer-
curry, and is taken externally, acting
directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Catarrh, Cure be sure that you
get the genuine. 1t is taken enternal ye
and made in Toledo, Ono, by L. j..
Cheney & Co. Testimonials is from
Sold by Druggises, price 75c. per,
bottle.
The Iola register., 1902-01-17
LON ROWLAND ELECTED
Chosen for New Commissioner on the
72nd Ballot-LOOked Like Tie
up for Long Time

The board of county commissioners
met at the court house last Monday
to select new member in place of j.
ID. Christian, whose term is out The
story of the redistricting and the shut
ting out of the nominees selected at
the Moran conventions is too we'll
known to need repeating. Jim Lock-
hart remains as member from the first
district, e. II. Tobey is shifted to the
old third and holds over. lola city
and lola township were without COM
missioner. Lockhart, Tobey and
county clerk c. A. Fronk are supposed
to select a new commissioners
The board met to do this at one
o'clock The first ballot showed one
vote for Dan Horville one for Frank
Nigh and one for Lon Howland. The
balloting was kept up at a lively rate
until twenty-six had been cast. No
man received more than one vote, and
SO recess was taken.
1t is surmised that Lockhart vot-
ed for Dan Horville and that e. H..
Tobey voted for Frank Nigh. MIR.
Fronk tempted them with several
candidates, including Howland, 7. S.
Stover, G. c. Ausherman and John
Mcdonald. The last twenty votes be-
fore the first recess stood: Horville l.,
Nigh l, Mcdonald !. A small crowd
stood by and watched the voting,
joshing the voters. But they have a
determined look on their faces that
indicated that compromises would be
slow coming.
OF course there has been some tall
scheming back of this. The main
purpose lola had in redistricting now
was to enable lola city to had a com
missioner, not only to guard her in
terests but to be at hand during the
building of the court house. There
was opposition in lola to some of the
names suggested and as a result il
will be noted that Horville, Nigh and
Mcdonald were all three from lola
township.
After a short recess the balloting
was resumed. The same candidates
received a vote each, Stover, Ausher.
man, Mcdonald and Rowland taking
turns while Nigh and Horville always
had one each. On the 10th ballot
Frank Nigh appeared at the court
house. He had heard of the tie-up
and stated to the commissioners thai
he was not overly anxious to break in
if his name would cause tie-up and
Z, i'll feeling.
Ballot number = was taken. Re.
suit: Nigh |, Rowland /. Horville l.
Then Mr. Nigh expressed himself
more forcibly as being unwilling to
participate even with his name in a
rumpus. Another ballot was taken
and the result was two votes for Lon
Rowland and one for Dan Horville.
So Mr.. Rowland is the new commits.
sioner for lola and lola township. He
is admitted by everyone to be an ad
mirable man for the place, and the
much-veXed question is settled.
The Iola register., 1902-01-17
Remarkable Cure of Croup
A LITTLE BOYS LIFE SAVED

LITTLE BOYS LIFE SAVED
| have few words TO say regarding
Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Ii
saved my little boys life and feel
that | cannot praise it enough. !
bought bottle of it from A. e. Steere
of Goodwin, S, D., and when | got
home with it the poor baby could
hardly breathe, / gave the medicine
as directed every ten minutes until he
threw up' and then | thought sure
he was going to choke to death. We
had to pull the phlegm out of his
mouth in great long strings. am
positive that If had not got that bot
tie of cough medicine, my boy would
not be on earth today. JOEL DEMoNT,
Inwood, Iowa. For sale by w. L.
Crabb & Co., Campbell g. Burrell.
The Iola register., 1902-01-17
A Good Offer.

This is the important season Of the
year for the reading farmer-the man
who succeeds in his business. Now is
the season when the years. business Is
summed up; when the great shows and
sales of live stock are held when
farmers institutes and, boards of
agriculture are in session; when the
farm paper takes the place of what the
active farmer has missed getting in his
younger days at the agricultural
colleges; when each farm:in!the West
becomes, through his farm Ipaper, an
experiment station to: him; when the
experiences of others are brought to-
gether in the paper for his profit and
without expense. Now is the time
when thelwide-awake farmerscan read
and think, and upon his Ireading and
thinking will depend his success. The
"old reliable" Kansas Farmer is full
of good reading and abundant food
for thought and we are now able y
offer it to our readers at club rates
with the Weekly REGISTER for S2. 90
or both papers. This is vastly
cheaper than being without it and it
will show profits in next seasons
crops. Try 1t and see.
The Iola register., 1902-01-17
A CAMPAIGN POEM

AT this distance it Is hard to realize
the ferceness of the fight made by the
minority against Tammany in the re-
cent New York City election. Some
idea of the candor shown in the cam
paign, some sense of the public feeling
may be gained from the following
poem which appeared anonymously in
the Evening Post the night before the
election. 1t follows.
TIGER
Ho, all We men of the city. That love your chill
dren and wives!
Come with your guns and your torches, oh
come with your .ssnnng-knivcs
The morn OF "a mighty Hunting is red in Gods
clean east;
Roll out like a food to the place of blood like
tide to the lair of the Beast
Tiger Hunt the Tiger
The Tiger is golden tawny, and sleek is hi,
striped skin;
He has washed the stain and the SLAYER from
the silvery frill ofhis chin;
Regard not his evil beauty, nor shrink at hi,
snarling yell;
From the pit of death is the reek OF his breath
and his eyes are Goals OF hell
Tiger Hunt the Tiger
The weak ewe-lambs he has stolen, and the
lean kline ofthe poor;
He has given us law with the crunch of hi,
jaw, in the lust Of his heartsccurc;
He is fat with the bodies of women, he is fat
with the honour of men,
And thpIbpnps a the little phiIdrpu ar,, ,vbitf 3
in the dark Of his den.
Tiger Hunt the Tiger
Come, every man but the coward ,lor the slave
that is chained to sin.
Make one I'm the mighty Hunting, and one il
the bringing in
And when the day of the doom of God red ii
the west has died,
Ye shall nail to the gates of the city the prid,
of his painted hide.
Tiger! Hunt the Tiger!
The Iola register., 1902-01-17

nett to give himself up. On being
placed in Jail he asked for a Bible
and began preaching to the other pris-
oners. There is touch of true Amer
lean humor in Springs assured belief
that he was not in danger of running
across the sheriff at a revival.
The Iola register., 1902-01-17

tion. 1t will aid this country in con-
trolling and settling the Philippines;
it will aid American commerce and
thus increase individual wealth: it
will facilitate movements of the army
and navy and thus foster militarism;
and only one Democrat in the House
OF Representatives voted AGAINST II.
The Iola register., 1902-01-17
Vacation for Rev. G. NJ, Welmer

There was special meeting of the
congregation ofthe Church Christ last
Friday at which it was unanimously
voted togrant the request Of Rev G. w
Weimer for an extended vacation,
Mr., Weimer has been failing in health
for some time and is threatened with
nervous prostration. He will give up
his work here for time and start on
the road next Monday for whole
sale jewelry house his family remain
ing here and he making this his head
quarters. He may travel for four
months, or whatever time is needed to
recuperate his health, During his
absence Rey.J.D. Forythe, of Eureka,
will have charge of the church at this
place.
The Iola register., 1902-01-17

AN old man in an Illinois poor farm,
wearied of poor food, sewed up his
mouth, taking sixteen stitches in his
lips. One cannot fail to be struck
with the fact that, despite her acknow-
lodged superior skill and ancien,
familiarity with the use of the needlet
no woman has ever thought to try
this
The Iola register., 1902-01-17

WE are paying off our Indebtedness
to other nations at the rate of $3.50,
100000 year. We still owe some
81, 700, 900, 900, Five years more of our
present prosperity and productiveness
would square the account and prepare
the way for us to become, what we
have not yet become, a creditor Ma.
tion, not borrowing one.
The Iola register., 1902-01-17

ANNIE DIGGS, in her Topeka paper,
urges the Populist party to give up
its organization and 60 over to the
Democrats. She wants them to take
back seats and push along what the
Democratic machinery may start and
and thus work to overthrow the Repub-
lican party. There is a noblepurpose
for you. Give up name, organization,
everything, just to get ahead of
the Republicans.
The Iola register., 1902-01-17

IT will not be many years until the
opposition will be shouting up and
down the country that the isthmian
canal is a wicked Republican crea-
The Iola register., 1902-01-17

Some time ago the REGISTER men,
toned the fact that Harry Brown and
otLer local leaders in the Modern
WOodmen lodge were working to Sc.
cure the location here Of DR.. b f..
Jones, of Kansas City, Kansas, head
physician of the Woodmen of Kansas.
w. B. Hall received the follow.
irg notice, which explains itself:
Office of the Head Clerk, NJ. WA.
Rock Island, Ill.,, Jan. 3, 1902.
ESTEEMED NEIGHBORS:
DR.. B. Il. Jones,
Head Physician, State of Kansas, ad-
vises this Office that on and after Jan
uary 10Th inst. his official address will
be lola, Kansas.
You are hereby notified that on and
after January 18th inst. all applica-
tions for membership and other mat
ters for the consideration of your
Head Physician should be address
ed to B. E. Jones, M. D., Head Ply
sician, M. w. of A. lola, Kan.
Fraternally,
G. w. HALVES,
Head Clerk, Nj. w. of A.
Aside from the advantages of hav.
ing Mr.. Jones and his family residents
of lola, and the added Importance of
the town in having one of the head
men of the State in Woodmen circles
here, the fact that the local mail will
be increased wonderfully is worthy oi
note. 1t means increased receipts for
the lola post-oi1ice and the Doctors
mail is something terrific. And that
means increased consideration at the
hands OF the Department for the lola
service.
The Iola register., 1902-01-17

KANSAS CITY is infested with rob-
bers and thugs. Hence the Journal
starts it's editorial column off thus:
Good morning. Have you been
robbed?n
The Iola register., 1902-01-17

"Cure the cough and save the life. +"
DR.. Woods Norway Pine Syrup cures
coughs and colds, down to the very
verge of consumption.
The Iola register., 1902-01-17
AT THE TOP.

1t is laudable ambition to reach the
top of the ladder of success. But many
man who reaches the topmost rung
finds his position a torment Instead of a
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-01
President Palma's Career.

Tomas Estrada Palma, the new pres
ident of Cuba. is 60 years old. He is q
native of Bayamo, Cuba, and is a law
yer and a planter. During the uprising
OF 1868 he was a member Of the revo-
iutionarv congress and was elected
president in 1876 Subsequently he
was detained in Spanish castles. He
visited the nited States for a brief
period and then went to Honduras
where he became postmaster general
Returning to this country in 1882, he
established an institute at Central
Valley. Orange county, New York.
Spain offered to restore his estates to
him if he would swear allegiance, but
he refused 10 take tn oath Upon the
death Of Jos aIarti, Palma was elected
by the C}jbal revolutionary clubs as
the head Of the Cuban movement out
side the island. While the Spanish
war progressed he vas the leading
spirit Of TIE Cuban junta
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-01
Washingtcn's Birthday.

Washington's Birthday was made a
legal holiday by vote Of the Massa-
chusetts legislature April -, 1856;
therefore February %, 1857, was first
a legal holiday For many years pre-
vious Mrs. Harrison Gray Otis held a
reception at her home on February
%, to which all the people Of the city
Of Boston were invited; her house was
open to the public on that day, and
before and after the day became a
legal holiday all the military com
panies of Boston would parade past
her house on the 22d. Probably the
first occasion of Washington's Birth
day being recognized was February
y, 1881. That was by the French
troops at Newport, R. |. AS the 11th
fell on Sunday, the celebration was
held on the 18th. This was according
to the old style of reckoning.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-01
The Three.Meai Habit.

Our three-meal habit is fearful tax
on our working capacity; it trebles the
temptation to over-eating; our cham
pions stagger under the weight of a
physiological handicap; one-kalf the
functional energy of the system is di-
verted by the exigencies of digestion.
No other hygienic mistake has done SO
much to make us generation of dys-
peptics as the custom of after-d dinner
work It's victims, moreover. incur the
risk Of contracting that form of moral
dyspepsia called pessimism. 1t tends;
to rob the working day Of its reward.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-01
For the State.

gor Governor-Jefferson Davis.
Secretary of State-J. ". Crockett
& Dewitt.
Attorney-General-George ". Mur,
gllv Of Little Rock.
Treasurer-H C. Upton of Harrl-
aGa.
Superintendent Of Public lnstruc'
Si0n-J. II. Hinemon of Pine Bluff.
.luditor-T. C. Monroe of Magnolia.
associate Justice of Supreme Court
.--B. B. Battle of Little Rock.
Land Commissioner-F. R. Conway
Af Little Rock.
Railroad Commissioners-J.W W. Phil
lips of Newport, B. b. HAdgins of Har'
rison and j. e. Hampton of Fordyce.
Commissioner of Mines, Manufac-
eufers and Agriculture-H. T. Brad
ford of Lonoke.
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-01
HAD GOOD REASON TO BE WORRIED.
Feared Something Had Gone Wron:
with His Literary Courtship.

'There is more in this literary busi-
ness than l thought possible de-
clared the young man who is in love.
when my girl. owing to circumstan-
ces over which she had no CONTROL left
for the West, l decided that | would
follow as soon as | could earn enough
to pay my fare there.
Some time ago | was in a book store
and CHANGED to see a book entitled
'Tarry Thou Till | Come. The
thought struck me that it would be a
good hint, so l purchased the book
and sent it to her. By return mail |
received from her The Right of Way
Say. that made me feel good all over.
But one month later | was startled
and somewhat puzzled by getting
Great Expectations, and the best way
| could figure it out was that She had
met some one out there with lot Of
money and was trying to break 1ne
news to me gently.
yesterday | was knocked all in a
heap by receiving The Crisis. I'm
going West tomorrow if | have to ride
on a brakebeam.'
Pine Bluff daily graphic., 1902-08-01
SUNKFN TREASU RE.

The August Century has an interest
inc article on the ships which We're
transporting large amounts OF cash
and have gone down at sea. and no
part Of the treasure ever recovered.
It SAYS that tossing about in the ocean
within days sail of New York are
fully s12.000,000 in gold and silver. OF
this sum $40. 600 are in a sunken ship.
almost at the feet Of the summer
bathers at Bergen Beach. Off Barne-
with Cuban gold, while somwhere
amid its rotting timbers are the bones
Of a Spaniard about whose waist the
shreds of q belt conceal S50000 in
jewels Farther away the richest are
beyond computation Nearly a half
million dollars reu2ain nes,r Turk Is
land. north of Hayti. although in ad-
.iacent waters American divers have
brough u9 million and q half from
a Spanish salIeon. Near Gumana, OIL
the north coast of Venezuela. is the
Spanish flagship San Pedro with 81
0a0.oaa in coin and as much again in
Jewels and plate. Foundered off the
Cuban coast is the United States
steamer Central America. of whose
s. .oo0 600 in California gold no diver
has yet been able to secure a single
coin. Also remaining untouched are
100000 on board a French man-of-
war sunk in the Zuyder Zee. near