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The Guthrie daily leader. [volume] (Guthrie, Okla.) 1893-1996, 1902-06-02

Successful Homeseekers' Excursions.
In an interview yesterday with a
leading official of the Santa Fe pass
enger department, he stated that the
late winter and early spring home.
seekers excursions to the Southwest
had been remarkably well patronized.
Hundreds of persons took advantage
of the low rates. While some merely
went for a visit among friends, many
were so delighted with the country
that they will soon return to settle on
a farm, engage in mercantile business,
run a stock ranch or pick out loca-
ton for their boys.
The greatest rush was to Oklaho-
ma; but Kansas received a large
share of travel and goodly number
were attracted by the rich mines ana
irrigated lands of Colorado, New Mex
leo, Arizona and California. The
Pecos. Arkansas and San Joaquin val
leys attracted great interest and sew
eral large colonies will settle there.
The Santa re freight department re-
ports an unusually heaYy tranflc in
emigrant movables.
Similar excursions will be run over
the Santa Fe the first and third Tues
day of May. The round trip rate will
be one fare plus 81. 1t is expected
that similar rates will continue for
the summer months.
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Lon Whorton. Sec.
Newkirk, Okla, May 30, 1902.

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THE OKLAHOMA
HISTORICAL SOCIETY.
Annual Meeting.

The annual meeting of the Oklaho-
ma Historical society will be held at
the Carnegie Library building at Ok
lahoma City on June 18th, at 2
o'clock p. m. All editors of Oklahoma
and Indian territories who are con-
tributing their files to the society, are
members and entitled to vote at the
annual meeting; also all who have
been elected honorary members and
those who have been regularly elected
members and kept up their dues.
The files of the newspapers are now
properly located in the fire proof COM
partment of the Carnegie building,
and the whole collection is in much
better condition now than space has
heretofore rendered possible. 1t is
earnestly desired that a large attend
ance of editors and other members
of the two territories be present at
this meeting
L. MeKinIsy, Pres.
Lon Whorton. Sec.
Newkirk, Okla May 30, 1902
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The Iola register., 1902-05-30

together with a swirl of dust swung
around the corner of Judge Lyuch's
fine r!acc, while the colors noatcd
out on the pleasant May breeze as if
to say: Here they come; the he
roes, battle-scarrcd and brave!"
All this happened back in the SOS,
when there were more in the ranks
of the veterans than now: and Fair
Oaks had quite showing of returned
boys in blue TO her credit that Deco
ration day.
Like n slip of flame the zouave uni
form seemed i'm the moving ranks as
they came down the sunny street.
The grizzlcd gray of the curly hair
and wavy beard had been mctamor-
phosed into n soft brown, and the
stranger appeared to be the youngest
of the lot
At the Lynch residence the family
was on the veranda to cheer softly
with futter of handkerchiefs as the
old heroes went by, for Papa Lynch
threw aside his legal airs this day of
all days and marched with his COM
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The Iola register., 1902-05-30

BILE el--she'd have that marchin' pic
ture to comfort her"
A wave of homesicRness came over
him. 81 b1cve / would" he half
whispered, 81 raley b'lcvc | would
give up them zoNive fNin's, even con-
sent TO he buried without 'cm, If
could find Sister Bess; but ] guess
I've lost her till the Great Dayl"
And with Il deep sigh he resumed his
hoeing.
When Nelson Travers came out of
the southern prison pen it seemed
everybody had forgotten him. He
would not have cared much for the
word-it had never been overly kind
if he had not lost Bess. But she,
mourning him as dead, had married
and gone, no one seemed to know
where, and he had been unable to
find her; and she was all ne had.
Fright, forward, march," and the
measured tread of disciplined feet
The Iola register., 1902-05-30
THE MISTRESS IS NOW AN OLD LADY.

up faint, broken strains Of tunes rich
with thousand associations. The
cooling dews of evening settled upon
the broken flowers, cheering them to
renewed fragrance. For they, too,
had paid the penalty of sacrifice and
in the freshness of youth and beauty
had been offered as symbols of the
glory of a country grown strong
through passion and pain.
"How beautiful you are" whispered
the rose, shyly glancing at the mag
nolia.
"Not nearly so beautiful as you
are" replied the magnolia, with hon
est admiration. "What delicate tex
ture in your leaves, what dainty col
aoring, what exquisite shape"
"But you are so large and creamy
white" said the rose. 81 never
dreamed flower could have such
magnificent proportions and yet re-
tain it's delicacy.. / am drunk with
your rich odor. Surely you are not
of this country?"
"Of this country, yes" replied the
magnolia, "but not of your state.
come from far-off land of sunshine
i grew upon tree near the window
of rambling old house that must
have been very imposing in it's day
The mistress is now an old lady
with snow-white hair and hands that
hardly have the strength to pluck q
blossom from the bough. She is alone
In the world, but / heard her say as
she was putting me in the box with
several Others of my kind that she
remembered the day when the old
house was alive with laughter and
song. My father and three broth
ers, and Ralph, all, all gone she
The Iola register., 1902-05-30

a mite, for | want to look as young
as | feel"
lie paused some minutes with his
chin on his palm, resting his heart
in the bygones. Like yistiday, it
seems, the first time | paraded in
that uniform" he unused, land the
people fairly tumblcd over each other
to see the zouave column. And Sis
ter Bess was so proud of me that
day that she kissed me on both
checks and said she'd always mind
just how I looked
"And then she said il anything
happened me down among the john
nies"-and | mind how her voice trem-
The Iola register., 1902-05-30
The Life OF PennIonn

Just how long pensions may con-
tinue is illustrated by the fact that
there are still four widows of revo-
lutionary soldiers on the rops. Ac-
cording to the same continuation and
considering the average of life is in
creasing, this government may be
paying pensions on account of the
Spanish war as late as 201S. 1t will
not be for any lack of applications,
which already number $4,000, OF
which nearly 1000 have been granted
And the revolutionary wards are not
the only ones with long lives, for
within the past year two widows OF
the war of 1912 and 1926 widows of
the Mexican war were added to the
list.
The Iola register., 1902-05-30
I'm Uniform
The Story OF
A Happy Decoration Day

HIS toggery made MS Yankees
5X too conspikous under fire."
he remarked, thoughtfully,
~ IN twirling u red cap on the
point of an old bayonet,
while over the sides of battered
valise at his feet lay the well-pre-
served uniform of an Ellsworth
znuave.
"Yes, too conspi<ous," he repeated,
regretfully "and so we donned the
blue. But / liked the red" he CON
tinucd, a CLEAN of pleasant memory
lighting up his face. 81 did like the
red; it warmed my blood and fred
my zeal, some way.
"Of course | didn't object to wear
ing the bluc-w 5uldn't for the world
but, as ! was saying, ] did like the
red; and if | am to march tomorrow
with the boys, halt, grilzlcd and gray
as | am, | mean TO wear this rig
ging. Why, it's part of me- raley,
and ! shall be buried in il, hcadgear
and all, some day-yes. some day!'
lie took the cap from the weapon,
placed 10 carefully at the bottom Of
the valisc and dropped the steel
alongside with Il suggestive rattle.
Then he folded up the uniform rcver-
emily, putting it away also in the an
cient receptacle which had aroused
the curiosity Of Fair Oaks. as TO its
contents ST., weeks before. when he
came among it's citizens with the ar
butus blossoms.
Even his landlady. who took him in
from desire TO entertain angels,
/ but who had utilized his services as
"A gardener ever since in a purely
mortal manner, had wondered many
times what the old ark of thing
contained. And the landlord had gone
so far as to hint aJ internal ma
chimes, counterfeit plates, etc.
To-day it was made clear. and all
the village found out before sun
down that Mrs. Bcllamy's angel was
a hero of the civil war, and would
march on the next day in real zouave
uniform.
But Nelson Travers went on with
his hoeing of vegetables that after
noon as usual; nevertheless. he was
thinking. 81 b'lieve | will" he said,
as he thinned row of young bects
carefully, 81 b'lieve ! will. I'll comb
n little of that hair dye into my griz-
ely locks and dampen my mustache
The Iola register., 1902-05-30
TheMagnolia
and
The Rose

fl WO FLOWERS lay side and
lA M side upon low mound in Il
HE XVI northern cemetery. One was
Wt-W8 a magnolia sent from Caro-
lima and the other a rose
plucked from hardy bush growing
in an Ohio garden. The cemetery was
fragrant with the odor of many flow
ers, for it was the time set apart by
4he nation to strcw the graves of her
neroes with blossoms of remem-
brnnce.
The day was drawing to close. In
the west n great bank of crimson
clouds marked the spot where the
sun, like brave soldier, had gone
down after battle with the forces of
darkness. Here and there n lone fig
nre still fingered beside the grave of
Dme loved one to whom the unequal
ruggle of life was completed
ry. Afnr the retreating bands sent
The Iola register., 1902-05-30

sighed they were brave and noble;
they fcl at the front, and, whatever
the rcsu,s Of the struggle, were he
roes fighting for the land they loved,
for the home they held sacred, for
the living treasures of their hearts.
But there were others who faced
them, that went down with them to
death, stirred by the same noble
thought, moved by the same holy
emotions. There were two flags on
every field, but the purpose Of those
who followed and checrcd and died
for them was in substance the same:
patriotism, honor, home"
"Why should they have killed each
other if both were honest, fair,and
bravc?" cried the rose.
81 know not, o, sweet, my sister,"
answered the magnolia, "but thus my
mistress said: we learn so slowly.
There has been so much of fighting
in the world and to so little purpose.
See. now the country has not been
enlarged, but it is quite large enough
for all of us. The northern women
mourning their brave fathers and
brothers and lovers MS ] mourn mine
will send to the battlefields in the
southland their tokens of remem-
brance and love; they will think OF
my sorrow as l think of theirs and
will mourn as | mourn, not alone for
their own, but that any should have
gone down to death by the hand of n
brother so send these blossoms as
messengers ol peace anu nope ana
trust to those Wh" are sending their
blossoms as angels OF mercy ana
trust ana peace TO me-
ON have como far sighed the
rose, "fou have brought % sweet and
gentle message ON your pcrfumrd
llns. J rejoice that / have heard it,,
albeit that hearing has cost nc my
I,ie' but YOU t""' must di.' Nnd
there must o' many lA'"sandt more
IINe No" ana ! iA"' lac NlIAetog to-
hiEhl upon me graves noiH n'rth
ana south mat |o"'cr eve were ra-
dlant with me ana dreamed not OF
decay IL seems almost as II the bait
ties OF those other days between
strong men we're being reproduced in
tins all peaceful world OF ours. why
Sho"ld your me DC shortened that
these powerful ones should SNOW Tor
glVehess 10 each othcrF Are NOT they
great and strong and have they not
WoruS' 'l,"u you ana / uhu an our
hPlpIeSS trlpe hh""'u ten the story
win our ll'eS
VI Know not how it is, sweet rose,
but were 1t otherwise we should not
now be lying side by side, knowing
each others beautyS arinking each
others breath. have found such
new JOY in your companionship, seen
such new glorles IN your perfumed
The Iola register., 1902-05-30

arch Of flags and, bareheaded and
breathless, flying along the column
until she caught up with the solitary
uniform.
"Oh, Nclson!" a woman's voice rang
out clear and shrill above the rub-a-
dub Of the big bass drum and sweet
martial music alongside; "Nelson
Travers. is it you? Tell me, my
brotherl"
The slip of flame became station
airy so suddenly that the veteran be-
hind it stumbled and came near
breaking ranks But a woman's arms
encircled Mrs. Bellamy's angel and
whirled him out of the way in a
twinltling
"Oh. Nelson, say, is this you?"
sobbed the clear voice, cor is this
only another Decoration day dream
of the old picture?"
"Why, it's me, of coursc!" aud the
man was crying as he kissed the care
lines on the upturned face; "'course
it's me, and, Bess my sister. do [
raley see you once more? II seems
too good to be true; il does. ralcy!"
He stood stroking the wind-blown
hair from her temples in his old
brothcrly way.
For some time the happy two were
obliyous of everything but each 9th
er, but the curious crowd grew until
it seemed that half the village were
standing up in an o,crgrovu guess
/ ing match. ITS his wife. he's lust
/ found" asserted one. "Nu." camc in
| half audible negative from his neigh
/ Dor, its his sister. ! heard her call
him brother"
Tho Lynch family left the house in
a body and came to stand near by.
81 know now why she spent weeks
wages on flowers for decorating" ex-
claimed Mrs. Lynch, tearfully; "she
. thought he was dcad!"
The music, the flags, the comrades
end all were ont of sight and hear
ing when Nelson Travcrs, looking up,
hrhcld a sea of sympathetic faces
~1zing kindly, curiously into his own.
lie removed the red cap with its bob
bing tasscl and made the speech OF
his life.
"Ladics and gentlemen" said he,
this is my lcur-lost sister, and we're
so s'priscd q finding each other.
But. after all, Fl was the toggery
that discovered me to her: She re-
mcmbcrod the old rod uniform. And,
as I said yistiduy, 4 liked the rcd so
to-day | like ii better than c,cr!'
His voice faltrrcd and he held out
his hand. E,crybody crowded around
and for long time he and his sister
stood in the midst, receiving congrat-
ulations of the people.
Rub-a-dub-dub! they were coming
back from the cemetery, not with slow
marching step. but on healthy
doublc-quicli. The word had spread
like wildfre that something had hap
pcncd in front of the Lynch resi-
dence. And the sight Of the crowd
only served to augment the story.
Rub-a-dub crowd gave way
and the Shields post formed hollow
square about Nelson and his sister.
And when they had heard all about
the reunion three rousing cheers
went mp for Il real live Ellsworth
zouave, hero of hndersonville and
"our comrade!"
But Nelson Travers only said,
through his happy tears; "Bess. let's
get ont Of this; we're too conspillous.
IL every bit comes of this blessed
toggcry; but, after all, ] do like The
red!" NtANDA l.. CROCEER.
THE YOUNG MAIDS APOLOGY.
The Iola register., 1902-05-30

In Gettysburg park there are about
500 monuments. In addition to this
patriotic ornamentation there are 225
mounted cannon and over 200 monu-
mental tablets.
The Iola register., 1902-05-30
Decoration Day Thought.

O'rom Judge)
Oh, men of war so true. so brave,
Your memory SIN Is dear;
Sweet flowers we lay on every grave,
And with each flower tear.
The Iola register., 1902-05-30

HIS toggcry made MS Yankees
too conspikous under fire."
he remarked, thOughtfully,
twirling u red cap on the
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-01
MRS. ECKIs STEVENSON.

rience. Hundreds of dollars went to the
doctor and the druggist. was simply
walking medicine chest and phys
ical wreck. My sister residing in Ohio
wrote me that she had been cured of
womb trouble by using Lydia E..
Pinkhan's Vegetable Com
pound, and advised me to try it. L
then discontinued all other med icines
and gave your Vegetable Compound a
thorough trial. Within four weeks
nearly all pain had left me; l rarely
had headaches, and my nerves were in
a much better condition, and l was
cured in three months, and this avoided
a terrible surgical operation. y Mrs.
EcKIs STEVENSON. $50 So. State St,
Salt Lake City, Utah.-S5000 forfeit If
Gbous testimonial is not genaiRe
Remember every woman is
cordially invited to write to Mrs.
Pinkham if there is anything
about her symptoms She does not
understand. Mrs. Pinkham'S
address is Lynn, Mass.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-01

and operators of the Peoria and Can
ton sub-district, which also includes
the mines in the Rock Island district
have reached an agreement for the
year beginning April L. The wages to
be paid day labor under the agreement
run from $3.50 to S2.l0, and the cues
ton of machines is referred to a COM
mittee consisting of Messrs Shuler
and Spenny for the operators and John
Monday for the miners. Mine carpen-
tiers will receive 1925 per day, and all
miners are required to observe the
clause prohibiting forked coal. All
coal is to be weighed instead of being
as heretofore
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-01
SyGH "a CHANGE,

Not only in feelings but in looks. The
skin is clear, the eyes are bright, the
cheeks are plump. No more pain and
misery, no more sick headache, no more
jaundice. What worked the change?
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery,
which cured THE disease of the stomach
that prevented proper nutrition, and also
cleansed the c.logged and sluggish liver.
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery
cures diseases of the stomach and other
organs of digestion and nutrition. It
cures diseases of lungs, heart, liver, and
other organs which seem remote from
the stomach because many of these dis
eases have the If cause in diseased con-
dition of th. stomach involving the
allied organs of digestion and nutrition.
VI sent you letter about a year ago.. writes
Mrs. ]. Ellis Hamilton of Pennington, Marion
Co.. West Va. 81 stated my case as plainly as 1
could, and received a letter from Won in a few
days, telling ME to use DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
lcal Discovery and 'Favorite Prescription,-a
bottle of each. used three of EACH and feel
like new woman. Don't suffer any pain or
misery any more Before using your medicines
I suffered all the time-had jaundice, caused
from food not dgs esting properly. would have
sick headache three and four times in week
Could not do tn. work myself. l commenced
complaint, and think am cured now. / asked
OUR doctor il he couldn't cure me and he sa i'd he
could give me medicine to help me but the
trouble might return any time, / doctored
three years without any relief. Haven't had
sick headache since took the first bottle Of
your nledicineIp
i Dr.. Piercels Pellets cure constipation.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-01

rate while on train he was placed
under arrest by United States deputy
marshals and taken to jail. He was
tried on the charge of contempt Of
court and sentenced to serve six
months in Jail. This was contained in
a telegram received by Mrs. Haddow.
The action of the Virginia court is
a great surprise to theNpeople here
Mr. aaddow's home is in Keb, where
he Is much respected. His friends feel
sure that he unwittingly offended the
mandates of the court which enioined
the union from promulgating it's doc
trine among the miners.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1902-04-01
A NEW BRICK FRONT.
Building Occupied by J. X. Dysart Is
to Be Remodeied.

Work will be begun in the near flu
tu"e on the building now occupied bv
). n. Dysart near the corner OF Mar
iet and Main streets, for the purpose
of putting a new front and making
several improvements in the arrange.
ment and fittings of the interior, which
will make it one of the most convenient
and we'll equipped store rooms in the
city. new brick front is to be put
in on Main street with two large cir.
cular windows and when completed will
be one of the most attractive and beau
tlful business fronts in the city. Sew
eral changes have been planned for
the interior which will add to the con.
yenience of the room.
Pressed Brick Front.
According to the plans of the owner
of the building, Frank Harmon, an en-.
tirely new front is to be put into tho
building. Pressed brick will be used
in this work and will make one of the
prettiest fronts in the city. The ar
rangement of the window on Main
street is also to be changed and in
steao OF the one large window as at
present there will be put in two fine
circular windows with the door i'm the
center making the front more modern
and attractive.
To Remodel the Interior.
Aside from the changes to be made
on the Main street front the interior of
the room will be extensively remodel
ed. The floor in the front part of the
building is to be lowered and when fin
ished will be only one step above the
sidewalk on Main street instead of
three as at present. The interior ar
rangement and fittings are to be re-
modelled. The stairway is to be NOV
ed back to the corner of the Market
street entrance giving considerable
more space for the shelving. The
shelving is to be rearranged and the
upper and lower rooms are to be re-
fitted and papered
Work Begins Soon.
According to present plans the work
on these changes is to be begun in the
near future and pusned to a speedy
completion. This will make several
changes in the building and will make
the room one of the most modern and
convenient store room in the city and
will be great addition to Ottumwa's
many beautiful stores.