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Ii 1 c XQHNTttW fell ' 8 THE JOL KEQISTEll FRIDAY MARCH 7 1902 , ? F vW TV i T?W?WW IJTW 'WTTinm lTVVwT I i" m X W & iti S Ei l-v (A HAVEN OF REFUGE, Heaven Affords Comfort and tectlon to the Trusting. Pro- Br. TnlniMKe Driivm n Senium from , tho ICniulllnr llltiHlrntloii from tile lliirnyiiril Simple Tcnch iliK of Christ. ICopyright, 1002, by Louis Klopsch, N.i". Washington, March 2. A familiar Illustration from the barnyard 1b employed In this discourse by. Dr. Talmnge to bIiow the comfort and protection that Heaven affords to all trusting souls. The text 1b Mat thew 23:37: "Kvcn as a hen gnthcreth lior chickens under her wings and ye would not." Jerusalem was In sight as Christ ctune to the crest of Mount Olivet, u height of 700 feet. The splendors of the religious capital of the whole earth irradiated the landscape. There Is tho temple. Yonder 1b the king's palace. Spread out before his eyes nrc the pomp, the wealth, the wickedness and the coming destruction of Jerusalem, nnd he bursts Into tears nt the thought of the obduracy of a place that he would gladly have saved and apostrophizes, saying: "0, Jerusalem, Jerusalem, how often would 1 hnve gathered thy children together, even ns n hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not I" Why did Christ select hens and chick ens as a simile? e.t to the apposite ness of the comparison, 1 think It was to help all public teachers In the mat ter of illustration to get down oft their stilts and use comparisons that nil can understand. The plainest bird on earth is the barnyard fowl. Its only adornments are the red comb In It8 headdress and the wattles under the throat. It has no grandeur of genealogy. All we know is that its an cestors came from India, some of them from a height of 4,000 feet on both sides of the Himalayas. It has no pretension of nest like the eagle's eyrie. It has no luster of plumngo like the goldfinch. Possessing nnat omy that allows flight yet about the last thing it wants tii do is to fly, and in retreat uses foot almost as much as wing. Musicians have written out in musical scale the song of lark and robin redbreast and nightingale, and yet the hen of my text hath nothing that could be taken for a song, but only the cluck and cackle. Yet Christ in the text uttered while looking upon doomed Jerusalem declares that whnt lie wished for that city was like whot the hen does for her chickens. Christ was thus simple in His teach ings, nnd yet how hard it is for us who ore Sunday school instructors and ed itors and preachers and reformers and those who would gain the ears of audiences to attain that Heavenly and Divine art of, simplicity! We hae to Tun n course of literary disorders as children a course of physical disorders. "We come out of school anil college loaded down with Greek mythologies and out of the theological seminary weighed down with what the learned fathers said, and we fly with wings of eagles and flamingoes and albatrosses, and it takes n good while before we can come down to Christ's similitudes, the candle under the bushel, the salt that has lost Its savor, the net thrown Into the sea, the spittle on the eys of the blind man and the hen and chick- There is not much poetry about this winged creature of God mentioned in I my text, but she Is more, practical and more motherly and more suggest- ive of good things than many that fly I higher nnd wear brighter colors. She Is not a prima donna of the skies nor a strut of beauty in the aisle of the forest. She does not cut a circle un der the sun like the Itocky mountain eagle, but stays at home to look after ' family uffairs. She does not swoop like the condor of the Cordilleras to transport a rnbit from the volley to the top of tho crags, but just scratches for u living. I am in warm sympathy with the unpretentious and old fashioned hen because, like most of us, she has to scratch for a living. She knows at the start what most people of ijood sonso are Slow m icnrn mill vie gaining or. fi i'p nn lmniiPK wnrit nni Tiinr i successes do not He on the surface, but are to be upturned by positive nnd con tinuous effort. The reason that soci ety and the church nnd the world nre so full of failures, so full of loafers, so full of dendbeats is because the peo plo are not wise enough to tnke tho lesson which any hen would teach them that if they would find for them selves and for those dependent upon, them any tiling wortli having they must scratch for it. Ono dny In the country we saw midden consternation In the behavior of old Dominlck. Why the hen Should be so disturbed we could not -understand. We looked about to see If a neighbor's dog were invading Ibo farm. Wo looked up to see if a Btormcloud wero hovering. Wo could see nothing on the ground that , could terrorize, and wo could see nothing in tho air to ruflle the feath ers of tho hen, but tho loud, wild, affrighted cluck which brought all her brood nt full run under her feathers made us look again around nnd nbove us, when we snw that high up and far nway there was a rapacious bird wheeling round nnd round and down und down, nf.d, not seeing us as we stood in the Bhndow, It camo nearer nnd lower until wo saw its beak was curved from bnse to tip nnd it had two flames of flro for eyes nnd it wnu ft hawk. Hut all the chickens wore under old Dominlck's wings, and either the bird of prey caught u glimpse of us or, not able to And the brood huddled under her wing, darted back into the clouds. So Christ calls with greet earnestness to (ill tho young. Why, whnt Ib tho inatttfr? It ia bright sunlight, nnd thero can bo no danger. Iloaltli, la theirs. A good homo is theirs. Plenty of food Is theirs. Prospect of long life Is theirs. Hut Christ con tinues to cnll, calls with more em phasis nnd urges haste nnd snys not n second ought to bo lost. Oh, do tell us what is the matter. Ah, now 1 see; thero are hawks of temptation In tho nlr, thero uro vultures wheel ing for their prey, there nre beaks of death ready to plunge, there aro claws of allurement ready to clutch. Now I see the peril. Now I under stand tho urgency. Now I see tho only safety. Would that Christ might this dny lake our boiib and daughters Into 1 is t bolter "ns a hen gnthercth her chickens under her wing." Tho fact is that tho most of them will never mind the shelter unless while they nre chickens. It is u sim plo matter of inexorablo statistics that most of those who do not como to Christ in youth never como nt all. What clinnce is thero for tho young without divine protection? There nro the grogshops, there are tho gambling hells, there arc the infideli ties and immoralities of spiritualism, there are the bad books, there aro the Impurities, thero nre the bust ness rascalities, ami so numerous nro these assailants that It is a wonder thnt honesty and virtue nre not lost arts. Tho birds of prey, diurnal iteid nocturnal, of tho nnturol world ore ever on the alert. They aro the ns sassins of the sky; they have varie ties of taste. The eagle prefers tho flesh of the living nnlmnl; the vulture prefers the carcass; tho falcon kills with ono stroke, while other styles of beak give prolongation of torture. Hut wo nil need the protecting wing. If you had known when you entered upon manhood or woman hood whnt was ahead of yon, would you have dared to undertake life? llovv much you have been through! With most life hns been n disappoint ment. They tell me so. They hnvo not attained thnt which they Expect ed to attain. They have not had tho physical and mental vigor they ex pected or they have met with rebuffs which they did not anticipate. You nre not nt -10 or 50 or CO or 70 or 60 years of age where you thought you would be. I do not know any one except myself to whom life has been n happy surprise. I never ex pected anything, and so when any thing came in the shape of human fnvor or comfortable position or wid ening field of work it was to me n sur prise. I vvns told In tho theological seminary by some of my fellow-students that I never would get any body to hear me preach unless I changed my style, so thnt when I found that some people did come to hear me it was a happy surprise. Hut most people, according to their own statement, hnve found life a dis appointment. Indeed, we all need shelter from its tempests. The wings of my text suggest warmth, nnd thnt is what mobt folks want. The fact is that this is a cold world whether you tnkd it literally or figuratively. We have a big fireplace culled the sun, nnd it has a very hot Arc, and the stokers keep the coals vv ell stirred up, but much of the year we cannot get nenr enough to this flre place to get warmed. The world's ex tremities are cold nil the time. For get not that it is colder at the south pole than nt the north pole nnd that the arctic is not so destructive ns the nntorctic. Once in nwhlle the nrctlo will let explorers come back, but tho nntnrctlc hardly ever. When at the south pole a ship sails in, the door of ice is nlinost sure to be shut ngalnst its return. So life to many millions of people nt the south nnd many millions of people nt the north is n prolonged shiver. Hut when I say that this is a cold world I chiefly mean figuratively. If you want to Know what is the mean ing of the ordinary term of receiving the "cold shoulder," get out of money nnd try to borrow. "The conversation may hnve been almost tropical for lux uriance of thought nnd speech, but sug gest your necessities and sec the ther mometer drop to 50 degrees below zero, nnd in that which till a moment before hod been a warm room. Take whnt is an unpopular position on sonic public i question nnd see your friends ily ns clinu neiore n winmiiiu. .s mrns my clf Is concerned, I hnvo no word of complaint, but I look off dny by day and see communities freezing out men nnd women of whom the world Is not worthy. Now it tnkes after one nnd now after (mother. It becomes popular to depreciate and defame and execrate and He about some people. This is the boBt world I ever got into, but it Is tho meanest world thnt somo people ever got Into. The worst thing thnt ever happened to them wns their cradle, nnd the best thing thnt will ever hap pen to them will be their grave. What people want Is warmth. Mnny years ago a man wns floating down on the ice of the Merrimac, and great ef forts wero ninile to rescue him. Twice he got hold of a plank thrown to him and twice ho slipped away from U, be cause that end of the plank was cov ered with ice, and he cried out: "For God's sake, give me the wooden end of the plank this time!" nnd, thir done, ho wns hauled to shore. The trouble is that in our efforts to save tho soul there is too much coldness and icy formality, and so the imper iled one blips off and (louts down, Give it the other end of tho plank; warmth of sympnthy, warmth of kindly asso ciation, warmth of genial surround ings. The world declines to give it and In mnny enses has no power to give it, nnd here is where Christ romes in, nnd ob on a cold dny, tho rain beat ing nnd tho ntinosphere full of sleet, the hen clucks her chickens under her wings and the warmth cf her sown breast puts warmth Into the vvc feathers and the chilled feet of the In I fnnt group of the barnynrd, bo Chris-, Bays to those sick and irostea una uis gjstcd nnd froon of the world: "Come In out of the Mnreh winds of the world's criticism, come In out ot the sleet of the world's nssault, come in out of a world that docs not under stand you nnd does not want to under stand you. I will comfort and I will soothe, nnd I will bo your warmth 'as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wing.' " Oh, the warm heart of God Is ready for all thoso to whom the world hns given the cold shoulder. Hut notice that some ono must tnke tho storm for the chickens. Ah, the hen takes the storm. I have watched her under the pelting rnln. I hav c seen her in the pinching frosts. Almost frozen to denth or almost strangled in the waters, nnd what a fight she makes for the young under wing if a dog or a hnwk or a mun come too near! And so the brooding Christ tukes the storm for us. Whnt flood of anguish and tears that did not dash upon His holy soul. Whntbcak of torture did not pierce His vltnls? What barking Cer beniB of hell wns not let out upon Him from the kennels? Yes, the hen tnkes the storm for the chickens, nnd Christ takes the storm for us. Once the tem pest rose so suddenly the hen could not tret with her young back from the new ground to the barn, nnd there she is under the fenco hulf dend. And now the rnln turns to snow, and It Is an nwful night, nnd In the morning the whiteness nbout the gills nnd tho benk down in the mud show that the mother Is dead, nnd the young ones come out and cannot understand why tho mother does not scratch for them something to cat, and they walkover her wings nnd call with their tiny voices, but there Is no answering cluck. She took the storm for others nnd perished. Poor thing! Self-sacrificing even unto dentil! And does It not moke you think of Him who en dured nil for us? So the wings under which wc come for spiritual safety are blood spattered wings, are night-shad-owed wings, nre tempest-torn wing. In lite Isle of Wight I nw the grave of Princess Hlbnbcth, who died while n prisoner nt Cnrlsbrook cnstlc, her fin ger on on open Hlble nnd pointing to the words: "Come unto Me nil ye thnt labor nnd nrc heavy laden, nnd I will give you rest." Oh, come under the wings, , My text has its strongest npplien- tion for people who were born in the country, wherever you may now live, nnd thnt is the majority of you. You cannot hear my text without having nil the rustic scenes of the old fnrmhoiihc come back to you. Good old days they were. You knew nothing much of the world, for you had not seen the world. Hy law of association you cannot recnll tho brooding hen nnd her chickens with out seeing also tho barn nnd the hnymovv nnd the wngon shed nnd the house nnd the room where you plnyed and the fireside with the big backlog before which you snt and the neighbors nnd the burial und the wedding nnd the deep snowbanks nnd hear the village bell that called you to worship and seeing tho horses which, nftcr pulling you to church. stood nround the old elnpboarded meeting house nnd those who snt at cither end of the church pew nnd, Indeed, nil tho scenes of your first 14 years, nnd you think of whnt you were then nnd of what you nre now, ond nil these thoughts nre n roused by the sight of the old hencoop. Some of you hnd better go back and stnrt again. In thought return to thnt place and hear the cluck and see the outsprend feathers nnd come under the wing nnd mnke tho Lord your portion nnd shelter nnd wnrmth, preparing for everything thnt may come nnd so nvold being classed nmong those described by the clos ing words of my text, "ns n hen gnth creth her chickens under her wings, nnd ye would not." Ah, thnt throws tho responsibility upon us. "Ye would not." Alas for the "would notsl" If tho wandering broods of the farm heed not their mother's cnll nnd risk the hnwk nnd dnre tho freshet and expose themselves to the frost nnd storm, surely their enlnmlties nre not tho mother's fault. "Ye would not!" God would, but how mnny would not? When u good mini nsked n young woninn who hnd nbaudoned her homo nnd who was deploring her wretch edness why s)ic did not return, tho reply wns: "I dnre not go home. My father Is so provoked he would not receive mo home." "Then," said the Christian man, " will test this." And so he wrote to the fnther, nnd the reply cinno bock, nnd in n lcttor marked outside "Immediate" and in hido saying: "Let her come nt once; nil is forgiven." So God's invitation for you is marked "Immediate" on the outside, nnd insido is written: "Ho will nbnndnntly pardon." Oh, yo wanderers from God nnd happi ness nnd home and Heaven, como un der tho sheltering wing. A vessel in tho llristol chnnnel wns nenrlng the rocks called tho Steep Holmes. Un der the tempest the vessel wns un manageable, and tho only hope was that the tide would change before she struck tho rocks nnd went down, nnd so tho captain stood on the deck, watch in hand. Captain and crew und passen gers wero pallid with terror. Taking another look nt his watch and nn other look nt tho sen, he shouted: "Thnnk God, wo are saved! The tide hos turned! Ono minute more nnd we would hnvo struck tho rooksl" Some of you hnvo been n long while drifting in tho tempest of sin and sorrow and havo been making for tho breakers. Thank God, the tide hns turned. Do you not feel tho lift of tho billow? Tho grnco of God that brlngeth salvation has appeared to your soul, and, In the words of Hon, to lluth, I commend you to "the Lord God of Israel, under whoso wings thou hast como to trust." This Is Very True. Indolence is a sluggish stream, yet It eventually undermines tho last vir tue a mun lms. FAMOUS IS H Jmlirc SMllwell Decides tho Interest ing Trade Murk Cnse in Favor of Ilerslikowitz No Damages, Ono of tho now questions In Kansas law which Judge Stllwoll had to pon der this term was In tho matter of the uso of tho word "Famous" by two stores in loin. I. M. Ilershkowltz for years has called his clothing storo tho "Famous." A. N, Horwltz and com pany bought out tho old New York Storo nnd immediately nnmed it "Famous Dry Goods and Shoo Com pany," taking tho snmo name used for yonrs at their Pittsburgand WolrClty stores. Hershkowltz sued for S2,G00 damages, claiming that his business was Injured. This week Judgo Stlllwoll decid ed in favor of Hershkowltz, grunting a permanent Injunction restraining tho now storo from using tho namo of "Famous as descriptive of their storo or business In Iola. IIo ruled that tho defendants pay all costs of tho suit. No damages woro allowed tho plain tiff further than this. Mr. IJorwltz immediately askod for a new trial which was refused and tho caso will bo carried to tho supremo court. jieTl-'ronk for Clerk. Molvin Frank's announcement that he will seek tho nomination of tho Re publican party for county clerk this full appears in another column. It hardly seems necessary to say uny tiling about him. IIo was born, on earth, tho timo and plnco is immaterial. For years ho lived with his father, O. A. Fronk, tho preseiH(ulcrk, on their farm In Salem township whero ho tilled tho soil und tended tho kino until ho arrived at young manhood. Incdentully ho picked up u good education nnd an cxcollent penmanship. When his father was elected county ulerk Mol Fronk became his deputy and much of tho arduous work of tho olllco has fallen on his shoulders, but ho has done It so woll, so accurately und so cheerfully thnt ho has made, a friend out of about ovory man, woman and child that transacted business In tho olllco. Ills Republicanism dates back to tho timo when he camo on earth, but took an nctlvo form about thq timo ho reached the ago of twenty-one. Slnco then ho hns worked fortho party and has served on most of tho county nnd city Republican committees. Abil ity, experience and worth aro con ceded to hlmjby everybody nnd few young men can ask for election and cito so good a record. Fuiiston Probably to Stay His friends who arefamlllar with his service and his condition aro agreed that General Funston should not bo sent back to the Philippines, at least not now. So the following brief dis patch from Washington will bo read with interest. It says: "It was said at tho War department today that Brigadlor General Funston, who had Just been granted a month's extension of leave on account of Blckncss at the expiration of that period, if his health permitted, would bo assigned to tho command of ono of tho military de partments in tho United States prob ably the Dnkotas." Another dispatch says: "Hols cer tain to meet with a cordial welcomo In Washington, whero tho public clnsses him with Dowoy and Schley as ono of tho heroes of tho war. The president is nulto anxious to shako hands with him. IIo told Secretary Root recontly in the presence of Koprcsemaiivo Scott that ho desired General Funston brought to tho White Houso after his arrival at tho capital. Tho president will discuss tho Philippine islands with him. In all probability ho will bo re quested to testify beforo tho houso coimnitteo on Insular affairs, as ho is believed to bo better able thun auyotio elbo to put tho coimnitteo in posses sion of such fucts as it desires to ob tain in recommending suitable legisla tion. Snmo Mistakes Made Somo peoplo who plant trees mako oneorallofthe'followlngmlstakos. (1) Planting too soon. Walt until tho growth is in tho right condition, till tho natlvo trees start to grow. If you plant too soon or whon tho ground Is too wet, tho wind will move the tree back und forth and let tho air to tho roots. (2) Bo sure and cut tho plant ed treo back as much as tho roots cut off; It is called balancing the treo. (II) Don't neglect the treo. If you havo many rabbits, protect your treo or they will gnaw it the Urst night after y ouj plant It. Don't lot any hogs run in a young orchard. Take good caro o'yo ir tro9s. It will pay you woll. by making ono or all of the abovo mlstakos, nearly ono half of all tho trees planted never havo fruit. Don 't blame tho fruit man or his agent. Plow tho ground deop, dig tho holes 2x3 feot 20 Inches deop, 1111 lu with tho top dirt 10 or 12 Inches then set In tho treo and put in lino und rich soil around tho roots; tramp tho ground firm, with treo loaning to tho south. Then taking good caro of your trees you will have poachos and pours In two years and apples in from four to six years. S. M, InwiN, COLDS "-v. t t T coughs VJ Jn 1 " DR. FENNER'S Golden Relief and Cough Honey. SAFE, SURE, CERTAIN. All "COLDS" in any part of the body Colds in the Head, Coughs, Bronchitis Sore Throat, Pneumonia; nil Throat nnd Lung Troubles. They nro both GERMICIDES. The Golden Relief relieves any pain insiuo or out in J to e minutes. The Cough Honey rollovcs any ough or cold In an hour. For Salo by Druggists Everywhere. Qt iliicinonrnSuro0u,'e- Circular. Dr. Oli V ItUS UanCGFi-uncr, Krcdonla, N. Y. I'oralo by.O. I). Spencer New StreetCnr Equipment. Tho no fiO-horso power motors for tho strcot cars are hero and are wait ing on tho arrival of tho export from Jamestown, Pa., to put them In. Not only have now motors been secured but tho entiro electrical equipment of tho cars will bo changed, including gov ernors, trolley poles and nil. Four sets of apparatus were secured so that all four curs will bo thoroughly overhauled by on expert and prepared for business. Tljoy will then bo tho Ilaost possible. Mr. Crouch Is waiting on tho city council for right to extend his truck from Its present terminus to tho river to his new nark u short distance north. To do this ho must cross tho city's land ncur tho pumping station und hopes to build tho track west of tho power house, tight along tho Neosho bank. This dono he will loso no time in beginning work on tho park. IIo says tho rail roads hnvo fallen in with tho Idea and promlso to run excursions hero once a week during tho summer, giving people a chunco to seo Iola, tnko in tho trol ley ride, spend tho day in tho grove and enjoy tho boating. Cures Sciatic, Kliemimtisni. Mrs. A. E. Simpson, GO'J Craig St., Knoxvillo, Tenn., writes, Juno 10th, 1809: "I have bceu trying the baths of Hot Springs, Ark., for Sciatic rheumatism, but I get raoro relief from Ballard's Snow Liniment than any medicine or anything I have over tried. Enclosed Unci postotlico order for 81.00. Send me a largo bottle by Southern Express. Sold by C. 13. Spencer & Co. PARKER'S HAIR BALSAM Cltiinirfl and butlfke the hill. J'rontotta a lui url ant jro ih. Nerer Falla to Btttore Ory llilr to lta Youthful Color. PrvrrnU ltandniff and hair UUing Wc. nd SHOtt Dnigf libi. Hash of Assessment. (First Published March 7, 1902 Agreed upon by tho township trustees of Allen county, Monday, March 3. Ileal estnte assessed at CO per cent actual value, personal property 60 per cent. Htalllons and jacks, tor each $1 00 charged for service Work horses, first cluss Workhorses, second class. ., . Work horses, third class Colts, unCer one year and un- der two Colts, two year old Horses, drivers, llrst class , . , Horses, drivers, sveond class $10 00 tlO 00 to MO 00 30 00 to 50 00 10 00 to 30 00 10 00 to 20 00 10 00 to 30 04 75 00 50 00 Hulls, llrst diss 40 00 to 100 00 Hulls, second class 14 00 to 40 00 Calves, ono year old heifers. . 5 00 to 10 00 Steers.one year old ! 00 to 15 00 Steers, two j ear old natives... 13 00 to 20 00 to 15 00 Steers, two j car old 2nd class 10 00 Steers, three year old native class 20 00 Steers, fat per pound SSie Heifers, two years old 10 00 to 21 00 to ;i!io to 20 00 Cows, llrst ulass 20 00 Cows, second class 10 (JO to 15 00 Covvh, fat per pound 2a Mules, llrst class 50 00 Mules, second class 10 00 .Mules, thlid elnss 10 00 Vounu Jennettsund Jacks 5 CO to 20 00 to 10 00 to S00 Sheep, per head 1 00 Gouts Hoks per pound Farm Implements, cash vnluo Wagons Carriages und other vehicles Including bicycles Oold watches ,, Other watches 1'lunos Organs Solf binders Hay press Threshing ruaohlno and power 60 ceaoh 3o CO per cent CO Cl) " CO CO " 60 " 60 CO " CO " 60 " GO Corn shellors GO llroomcorn sorapor 60 Ilroomcorn balers . . .... 60 Well drlllnc outfits to ' Wheat per bushel 40 cents, Oats " " 2"! " Crn " " 0 " Castor beans per bushel ..... 60 " Timothy seed per bushel 125 Millet 40 cents Kiifllr corn per bushel 40 ' Olorersecd " " 3 00 Potatoes " " 60conts llaconpor pound 8 to 10 cents Household goods 00 por cent cash value Merchant stock 60 " " " " Money 60 Notes 60 Mortgages CO Prairie hay looso per ton I'rnlrlo hay baled per ton Mlllett loose per ton. . . Milieu baled por ton (5 00 o on s oo 6 00 20 00 to II room com per ton .. .. Timothy baled hay, ton Timothy hay looso. ton Flax seed per bushel , 40 00 0 00 5 00 , 80 cents f250 00 to 1000 00 00 por cent actual valho !, K I'ltotiic, Oil and gas wells Uas plpo II W, X.AM1IEIIT, Beoretury Clmlrirun ATIEST! O. A, FlIODK, COUhty 01efl(. H2SKi2S Mr. Hudson of Ft. Scott Withdraw From tho Congressional Unco Means Dovvcrsock Delegation. Tho only two mon who havo been In tho Race in this district ngalnst Con gressman Bowersock were Nathaniel Barnes of Wyandotte and Ben Hud son of Ft. Scott. Barnes secured tho votes from his own couuty, but got not a pledgo elsewhere. Mr. Hudson seemed pretty suro to get tho twolvo votes of Bourbon county at today's convention, but when tho country dol- egatos began coming In town Tues day they avowed a disinclination to taking up Ft. Scott's town row over the postolllce. Mr. Hudson In Mon day's papers biielly thanked his friends for what they had dono and withdrew from tho race. Tho Monitor which has been supporting tho homo candidate In a strong editorial advises that Bourbon county gives its votes to Bnwersock. And thus docs the opposition melt away. Thero now romnln only tho-twenty-nlno votes of Wyandotte- op posed to him, and without them Mr. Bowersock will havo 87, whllo but 58 aro ncedod for a choice. Even Bour bon county's 12 would not affect tho result. So it will bo seen that tho Congressional convention will nomi nate Mr. Bowersock on the llrst ballot oven Wyandotto county possibly lay ing down tho cudgels und gottiug into tho band wngon ut tho start. It is what Mr. Bowersock wished, thohonor of a renomlnutlon by a harmonious und unanimous vote nnd it Is whnt he deserves. Bargain IN R. R. Travel Only $25.00 for a ticket from Iola to San Francisco, Los Angoles or Phce-nlx, daily, March 1 to April 30. Through tourist Bleepers and chair cars on tho Santa Fe. Seo California's citrus grovos, oil wells, ranches, vineyards, big trees and mines. The San Joaquin Valley offers great inducements to homeseekers; ask for book about it. Santa Fe R. A. EDGAR, Agt. IOLA, KANSAS GEO. W. COX, M. D. MOLA, KANSAS. PHYSICIAN mid SUKGE0N SPECIAL ATTENTION GIVEN TO SUROERT tCxatnlunllou And DlnunoalK hi obtcme IU8KA8ES and INJUU1K8 m id o with the aid ol X-RAYS, Also Electro wherapoutlc treatment with X.RAY machlno DR. J. E. CHASTAIN DENTIST ha. reopened his ofllre, over Mrs. Turner Mi: 'enery store, on West Madltou Avenue GIVE HIM A CALL T" JOHNHARTUNG, Manufactukek op AND DfcALKK IN Harness, Saddles, Collars, Whips, Laprobes, tc. Everything Usually Found in a First Class Harness Shop. IOLA, KANSAS. J, U.UitOtf, a, H. HKLSOB MASON & NELSON Buy and Sell Real Estate Make Loans on Fnrnn Property And Write Jnnirnnce. , . . Tnxos paid and routs colleotod for noii-rosldonts, Olllco: Ilooin 1, Con taut building. IOLA, . KANBAfl. J. R. MILLER, ATTORNEY AT LAW 10 EAST MADISON AVENUE south nee ouabc OLA, KANSAS Big X - U -lr '.,iM&iUb . ., , ( I cvr'flrcfc i 90v ,KA-fcftMfcamj,MU'!itii.,Ti.