Walnut Valley Times from El Dorado, Kansas • Page 2

'BE MERCIFUL TO ME, OH I LORD I H'tiH KdOL NOTE'S. I'ATRIUTIC IDEAS FROM K. H. COOPER. THE ARMY BILL.

Sour TOLL t-4 FUELISUtD EVLBY FIUD.4Y BT EEELEEN. Ill North Main ttre-t, El lordo, iwm, he Leading ClofJiisL Same Old Corner, As HspI, GoOuS, Lowest Prices. Prove it Come and see. E. H.

Cooper, In Cripple Creek for nearlv three weeks, writes the Time- II)prls to be home soon 1 Dorado people seeni to be dolr.g wui. -m- Steveason, brother-in-law of Lu-rne 1-ounkman, has a claim for which he "TbU is a great place but as I see it it is overdone. It is surely on a boom and has reached the top. When prop ertv that has been a drag at bar- since sold at $5,000. then for and now has $21,000 ofl'ered, and it only a 1 tnrl nnP foi'kf 1.

tftt that, I think it is at the top. b-n building that didn bring io a uh.nu now brings iJuO think it too high. for one half of it. 1 There are very lew good buildings here, four to six bricks and as many more wiiu a front which gives them the appearance of hrlck buildings. The Palace Hotel is among the best.

It is a oriCK, umn and owned by Link Aultman's brother He runs a very fine bar and gambling house in He charges 00 cents a chair in the office at night. There are some of the finest meat mar- kets here I ever saw, a number of tnem where I have counted from twelve to eighteen beeves, fifteen to thirty mut- r.nn. Plht to fifteen bojrs, two to live deer, a bear, thousands of fish and all kinds of game and poultry on sale at once. There are tbe most expensive saloonB nere ever sa, saioons and as irany gambling house- They are making the money. Bennett Avenue is about five blocks of business, and one can scarcely walk down the wide side wa'k from a.

m. to p. for the crowd. The buildings here are The Leading; Clothier. Stomach, sometimes culled vratcrlirnsh, and burning pain.

ilitn -s. nausea, dyspepsia, are ourcil by Hood's This it beeau-e; with its wonderful power as a Mood purifier. jreMiy tones and tretigtheii the stoma, and digetive organs, invigorate- liver. creates an appetite, ejvos retrc-hitie; sleep, and raie- the health tone. lu caM's of dv-pep-ia and indie-tioti it seems to have a mauie toil' "For over 111 years 1 suffered from sour Stomach with severe pains across my shoulders, and great distress.

I had violent nausea which would leave rne very weak and faint, difficult to get my breath. These; spells came oftener and more severe. I I did not receive any lasting benefit from physicians, but found such happy effects from a trial of Hood's Sirsaparilla, that I took several bottles and mean to always keep it in the house. I am now aMe to do ail my own work, which for six years I have been unable to do. My husband and son have also bet-n greatly bene- fited by Hood's Sarsaparilla for pains in the back, and after the grip.

I gladly recommend this grand blood medicine." Mrs. Peter BrBBY, Leominster, Mass. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is the One True Ulood I'uril'n-r. All tlniiHH. r-ii 't ull Liver Ills and llOOU HlllS Sick Headache.

cetiU. KANSAS FOR M-KINLKV. Twenty-N ine Counties Hold (on vent I ami Instruct for the Ohio Un. ToI'Kka. March s.

Twenty-nine Kan sab counties held primaries Saturday for the selection of delegates to meet in county convention, and in turn choose delegates to the republican state convention, which will meet at Wichita, March 10. to name the delegation that will represent the state in the republican national convention in St. Louis. Kvery convention instructed its delegates fur McK ine v. Cowley and Mel'heron count!" instructed agaiust Cy Leland for deiegate at large.

The other 27 eountie-- are practically solid for the I)oniphan county man. 1'revious to yesterday ten counties had selected delegates, all of whom were for Leland and McKinley. At Wichita Col. Murdock secured an indorsement for his candidacy for dele-gate-at-large. J.

Ii. Johnson, ho has posed as an antagonist of Cv Leland and a candidate for national committeeman as well, met a Waterloo at Topeka. T. J. secured the delegation by an overwhelming vote.

SOI TIIWKsI KRN KVI'OKTS. Hrltlnh Vic onsul Kan Ity Tell Where ood Suppllei I'onie From. Kansas City, M.j., March 3. llritish STATE r.Ao Hutu oa ilinnlr na nossihle a'ld El Dorado, Kansas, CAPITAL STOCK, 325,000. J.

W. ROBISON, President, AMOS ADAMS, Vice-President, F. B. EWING, Cashier E. D.

ROBISON, As't Cashier. DIBECTOBS: S' AXDKRSOX. JOHX IK FVvivn AMOS ADAMS. A. L.

AM ILTOX IT. K. 1H IX ROBISON. "'c the most of them are built on leased ground Still there are some You buildiues under headway now. will hear many people say they are ex rotttno hir crowd here this uring.

1 think if the people knew that for thiee months of spring it rains every day.there would not be so many come. The weather is fine; from 8 a. m. to 4 p. in.

the sun shines all the time, and from 4 m. to fi a. m. it freezes from three to five inches of ice every night! I see nothine here for me. I think BANK OF EL DORADO 1 Stoves and anges everything Is overdone but the harness Howe.

Pearl Powell, Alma Men-business and I ktnw nothing about i dtPhall. Mabel Sinclair. Maud Springer. that. I have been nearly sick since 1 Maud Brooks made the uUhcBt stand-came here.

It is a great place for colds; jp. Kverett second, i lass av Ohas. Li. Turner Pioneer Hardware and Implement House CARRIES THE flnli fin nl mil ice tousui r. l.nrrough com-f nleted his consular renort of the for UlilV IIIII lllllll I The Conference Report Agreed to in the Senate.

TO PIIOTKCT THE TREASURY Mr. Allen Introflifpft a Hiil for That Pur-po 1 hf 1 ulian Kesolntions Ad In. teratHtt (')tumrr ae Other Not- x. March 4. The senats :l.i cnM ierable routine busiuess to-oay.

'i lie conference report on tile army appropriation bill was aureed to. ir. Gorman ave notice of a motion to the Lill passed by the senile est, rday providing for additional enli'oients in the navy in case of jency. Gn motion of Mr. Cullom agricultural appropriation bill was up and the amendments made by I he senate committee on appropriate'- were read.

A li.ii entitled, "To protect the treasury department and for other jiu: poes." was introduced by Mr. Allen, of Nebraska, and referred to the committee on finance, it provides for trie retirement of all national bank notes and the substitution of United Mutei leiral tender notes to be issued by the treasury to the bank-, the bonds, now deposited as security for the redemption of national bank notes, to be retained in the treasury as security for those leral tender notes. A resolution was also offered by Mr. Alien and went over until to-morrow that under existing laws all 1'niteu Mates bonds and legal tender note-, are redeemable in gold and silver coin. At a message was received from ihe house withdrawing tile house Cuban concurrent resolutions of yesterday and announcing the passage of tile senate Cuban concurrent resolutions, with a substitute, the substitute tiie house t'ubaa resolutions.

1 hey were referred to the committee foreign relations. An lntfrntiit oaimerrA CitM. Washington, March 4. The I'nited Mates supreme court has decided in iavor of the government in the famous I nnvn case from Pittsburgh. This is an interstate commerce case.

Upon lie decision rests the power of tiie government to regulate commerce, lietetolore the government has been noaeleto compel wit nesses to '1 iiu. its attorneys were una to secure evidence to enforce the laws regu-latlnir commerce. Hereafter any man, no matter who he is, can lie required to rive evidence, even if it If he refuses, he can rent lo jail for contempt of court, io remain until he ciiauies his mind. A uitries, however, giving testimony aaio.t himself is by his own voice absolved from guilt and cannot be pun- iMieii. hut his evidence can be aiu-it los associates.

Itll. 4 A -1 i i I I of new made by 1 terior Key lu ii ij)osiiir i' Ma reh 4. A number in pe i on ea ses a re Mstant Secretary of the iitiili. in recent opinions. a ease of the alleged lis-n nesseean, the assistant I- that involuntary ser--cript does not a loyally of secretary 1 viee by a visions of a.ii serviLv i prtiMoti within the pro-1 v-iiou Tlo of th1 revised iiiiuorabte from to be pe: termed ir of the rebellion is held to a pentitoii under durinir 1 he v.

ar to be prerc i-tii he see L'7, 1 and i from the L'niu-aml failing to i eliaiLre lars his on of the act of uuy appellant's desert i Slates service in ccive an honorable dis- nj-ht to pension under 1 taut act. To Alabama. Washing ch i. 'I he senate committee on pr. viie res and elections, by a strict party vo deeiued yesterday to report a substitute fur the resole, tjou introduced by Senator Allen, lvin for an investigation into the election methods in Alabama, with I reierenee to tiie election of the iej'i-dat ure which elected Senator Morgan.

The resolution as originally introduced provided for investigation as to tiie election of members of the aUo as to whetner Alabama had a republican form of government. The portion reiatin to tiie members of the house was stricken out, and that re-tiardiuir a republican form of jrovern-UH-nt was changed to cover the. political autonomy tiie state of Alabama. Hill FrtTor MiiHivnin. March 4.

Congressman Money, of ississippi, introduced a biil in the yesterday to refer to the court of claims certain claims of white adopted citizens of the Cherokee nation. Tiie purpose of the bill is to give standing in court to the white husbands of Indian women and white WiVfof Indian i.usbauds, in order that thev u.y prefer such claims as they may have, through the sale of Inr.i;;n lands. Umier the constitution of tiie national council, now governing the Cherokee nation, they have no such right, not being recognized as citizens of the uation. Inrrease In Itwnb Circulation. Washington, March 4.

The circulation of the national banks already shows a marked tendency to expansion upou the basis of the new bonds. The actual increa.se in circulation during I t-, rnary has been from beginning of tiie mouth, to at the close of ia.st week. This increase of is only a partial imluatioii of the increase in bank note circulation v.uich is a bout to take i pi ace. Fere Marquette's Statoe iuarril. Asiii.v.

ton. March 4. Tiie othcials i of the capitol having reason to believe tiiat some fanati'-al attempt may be made to destrov the statue of I'ere Maroueltc Mv-nteu to the government I bv tho i isconsin, and now in i-v nave detailed a capitol ol -ceman to Keep constant watch where the marble tiirure stands on its bronze pedestal. Tne statue has become an object of marked interest to visitors at tiie caoitol. I he ormnl i dh at i Dorado has Ptuf.

J. W. Shively for ita president, He ig one of the Hvet-t educators in insa, is well known and popular with tbe peopie of Hutler county and adjoin-; Ina: counties and we predict large suc cess for the institution under hie management. Leon Indicator. bULULA GA1K.

Rob. Taylor is home again after a lengthy absence of one week. He found things looking about the eame as when be left. Koy Maxwell is visiting borne folks! heje. He is laid days at the Gslena mines.

I Rev. W. H. Fitch preached to quite a large congregation Sunday. I Born, to Mr.

and Mrs. Kinney, on March 2nd, a girl. ill McCraner went to the county i Hub with a load of corn last week. Bert Gorman has anew bugry. Look out, girls.

I Rev. A. C. Misner atiended meeting 1 here Sunday. 1 i AND THE IVIodel Silver Live and St.

Clair OAK OAK "Lord be merciful to me, a 6inner." is the shortest and prettiest prayer that can be offered, to the One who know our every need, and woo ks the sparrow's fall. Imponui.i.os the qualification of speciuc desires are not apt to reach beyond the ears of a Utenini: congregation. The Lord le mindful of our.woith Aud gives according to ilia will; He knows our needs we want the earth And knowing wants as to keep still. How vsin the lengthy oral prayers. From of only conim'n clay, treat of temporal And last Ihree-tiuurtera ol a day! So oltea we are wont to plead, in so load that ail can hear.

For things we only think we need It wearier the all-hearing ear. I love the one who quiet knee Within hiB close aal a one. And tries in silence to reveal rlis thoughts to liim who guards the throne. I've heard so many ioudly pray For this anl tnal to come aliout. bo seemed to think the only ay To get an was to shont.

I ssy, I've beard so many lift llu-ir voices in demand of joyg. As though the Giver and the gift Coaid lie brought down alone by noise. That I am weary of tbe strain And think such prayers m-jst conii to naagbt, And furnish no response bnt pain From Him ho reads our every thought. Jt seems to me that all mankind While struggling here for clothes and board Need only keep lis prayer in mind, "Be merciful tome, Lord!" J. M.

W. la Kansas Templsr. SPANISH BILE. A Pamphlet Which Discloses the Feeling Toward Americans. STATEMENT OF CASTILLO.

The SpanUh Premier Dt-nien Tht the War tn Co ha Ik Carried on Inhu-niaii Lines Report of Wey-ler' Resignation. Kev West, March 4. A passenger on the Olivette, which has just reached here from Havana, brought with hirn a pamphlet which discloses very plainly the temper of Spaniards toward the United States. The pamphlet is styled "The War with the United States and the Cuban Insurrection." It was inspired by the Spanish government, aud tien. Weyler is having it distribute I broadcast throughout the island.

Kvery line of the pamphlet bristles with denunciation of the United States and of American citizens. It declares that. although the United States and Spam are on the vei ge of war, yet Spaniards I need not be alarmed, for they would have the aid of every European nation. It continues: If Spain lectures against the T'nited i Stales it will not le in nc inj n-c irii.fil the b'-iii-'prt-ncv hut aisij it of erl-vani't-b sum hi it hT. 'I'll'1 states cuuld net have borne brs- to.v;ir.' Spain in a nmre ib'spicabh' The Alnrii indemnity, the Ailianca imnrnu'lio.

tne display or rehel tlatrs la the streets ot Xevv York. tUe rt-f utre which thr rebels enjoy in Key West and in Flurida. the privilege uf DiaUitiR all planner of demontra-tion ot disaffection toward Spain, the departure from the United States ot tilibuster-Intr exp 'ditio- s. and. worse Lhan all.

American syndicalts for'm-d to furnish moriey to the rebels, con-tnute a series of aaint spam, none which has been avenged, solely til-cause the Washington overtimetit ha-- pretended that the insiirpeuis nol eiMOV'f-ticial favor. Annexation is the ot the Americans, it ml if their disr-'put able conduct cau'Js war. still we must lanch at the futility of the hipes of these thieving Yankees. Fremler i antlllu'i tttenient. Madrid, March 4.

I'retnier Castillo made the followim- verbal statement last night: 'f cannot understand how some people of the United States have got it into their minds that we. or rather Wavier, is carrying on the war in Cuba on inhuman lines. It is all faNe. Nothing more than a tissue of fals'-'i oods. I venture tostate that up to the pn -ent no America consul has been able to notify his government of a single instance of cruelty on Wavler's part for the reason that no such thin--has occurred.

Asa matter of f-, 1 have given the most stringent orders that Weyler is to be most No inhumanities or cruel! ies h.n been perpetrated. They ar1 all of ihe imagination of friends ot Cuba in the United States. Look at Wen. proclamation. It is nothing more than what obtains in civil i.cd nations when at war one w.ih another as, for instance, in the Vu neo-Cierman war.

As a matter of faeu he Germans shot spies because the latter did not carry on the war as recognized on acknowledged lines, that is, by fighting" face to face with the enemy. We do the same with spies in Cuba, simply because the latter do not fight according to the acknowledged maxims of war as recognized by civdi.ed nations. Is there any cruelty in this? It is, I admit, inhuman, but then, all war is inhuman." Has Weyler Havana, March 4 The startling rumor that Weyler had resigned swept like wildiire through Havana last night, originating from, an apparently worthy source. It was promptly denied, however, at the pal-! ace. When Martinez Campos retired his reported resignation was denied in Havana in official circles up to the last hour.

A MF.XH AN 1 I MollT. Th Mh n-l Animal Jumpa Ovrr the Fenee I ntallf Core four Person. Ci'atro iknmiAs, March 4. An amateur bull tiht to)k place on the Ki Kosario hacienda, south of here, yesterday, and in tiie midst of the performance one of the most ferocious bulls jumped over the frail board wall that separated the arena from the spectators. The maddened animal charged upon the crowd, and before they could escape he tossed 21 or n.ore ni ii, and children upon his nor: 'i i.

tDn'eted his bloody we: 1 his victims to ueatii and ii killed several more had not the bander. succeeded in stabbing the animal to death. Ten persons were seriously injured. A (ill K( II DESTKOYED, Fire (onnmM the Welsh nnrrpgational hur-h at Sw fimbria. to Nrw (amhp.ia.

March 4. The Welsh Congregational church at this place was burned 'o the ground last evening about It was erecte 1 in the fail of 1 and was tiie first church built in the town. The building- and furniture waB insured at $7i about one-half its actual value. Jt was for years the leading' church of the town, but many of the older members dying1 and the rising generation joining those who worship in the American lan-fj-uajre it has become the minority congregation of the city. RnrnH to a -rip Lexington.

March 4- Michael Crawley, a tenant on tbe farm of Leslie Combs, near Last Hiekiuan, this coun- A Small Fortune for flower. Grand Rapids, March 4. For the sole ri-ht to the famous double carnation known as the "Mureila," a New York florist has paid $10,000. The flowers has been raised and owned entirely by a firm having a large greenhouse near Reed's Lake. The is one of the most beautiful carnations ever seen, being very large and of a deep red color.

mint nf hav- the rebel-, i Senat J. F. Richardson has writteD the Mail and Breeze, Topeka, In answer to inquiries, in the following patriotic! 6tralD- I In rep to your questions, I would "aj 1 ZiZZ tor president. He has more backbone than any other public man in America: bis courage is superb, bis character spotless, hlsjpatriotism he ruling motive of bis public service. He would annihilate precedents, controvert all hi6tory, and not only invite but meet any opposition, however formidable, to establish princi- pie and reach justice.

However Major McKinley is In nij imiim.er.t tbe choice of the oeoole of Butler county and the logical nominee nf th nartv He Is more centralis lo cated, and the east and the wast, by mutual concessions and compromise, can probably unite on him. He represents neiuier eonoei vmieuj ui vug wuc ocvuuu nor the radicalism and precipitncy of the other. He could probably nearer than any other man embody the patriot-am of both factions and thd prejudice of neither. He is a statesman and patriot, and as president would rank up close to Ohio's lamented son and the Nation's martyr the immortal Garlield. In the platform I would favor a full, LIUBUYtJ, CUJUUailV auj tuuiagcuuD vu- dorsement of the cardinal principles and policies of our great party the recon- struction of our tariff schedules on the: line laid down in the McKinley bill.

In accordance with the patriotic principles of protection to American industries, with ttie end in view of abundant revenue carefully considered, raise the money to pay the lunnlng expenses of the government and replenish the gold reserve, ir it must maintained, Dy on foreign iroods instead of by selling irold bondB. rekindle the furnaces, start the looms touch the spindles with new life and thereby employ the idle who would then eat, and 15 cent corn and low priced hogs will be a thing of the past. The restoration of Jim Blaine's idea the policy of reciprocity with our sister republics in South America, who stand pledged with this nation to the ultimate exile of the last vestige of monarchist! and despotism from this hemisphere. The recognition of silver, the people's money, and an emphatic and unequiv ocal endorsement of bimetallsm. The republican party must not abandon the money of tbe constitution and of our fathers, but restore it to Its time-honored place where the act of congress of April 'nd, 17y2, placed it; and where it remained for more than eighty years.

I would deny to England tbe right to fix the price of our only money metal. The denunciation of trusts and vast combinations of aggregated capital, seeking to subvert tbe natural law of supply and demand In the interest of higher prices and bigger profits. The gigantic trusts now taking root in the country are demoralizing the smaller business interests of the people and to their prosperity, and must be crushed. An endorsement of Harrison's administration; a tribute to tbe last great premier of the republic; James G. Blaine; denunciation of gold bonds, free trade, exeeutive interference with congressional action and the Cleveland administration in general; the restitution of decapitated pensions, and a pledge of party fealty to the defenders and preservers of the Union.

And the last mentioned to be the first and most prominent plank in the great platform, a positive declaration for the celebrated and time-hocored Monroe doctrine, and a tribute to the clearheaded, far-sighted, courageous president who, in enunciating it so fearlessly and so forcibly, forever dedicated tbe soil of this continent and of the new world and the weBtern hemisphere to free government and the rights and liberties of men. The construction of sufficient defense fortifications on our now defenseless coasts to insure protection to our great cities and seasonable safety from immediate invasion, and the building of such a squadron of war ships, steel armored, as would warn every thrown on earth, and if necessary announce to the metropolis of the world, from the mouth of the Thames, with thundering cannon, that this nation intends to enforce that doctrine, and that behind it is the courage and patriotism of tbe best manhood in tbe world the sons of America. We must stand by our country and seek out again and drive from Its hiding place the prosperity of its great people. Recognize the Cuban patriots as belligerents and encourage them to drive the Spanish tyrants from their shores as our forefathers did in colonial days in this country. JiOT IT WITH The following is from a paper called New York Sunday Humor and It describee our John McGInnia; A Colorado boomer died (no matter what the day or date), and when he reached the portals epied St.

Peter sitting at the gate. From out beneath hip shaggy brows the good saint eyed tbe coming guest, who with true Chester-lieldian bows bis honor of the saint expressed. He said he had grown tired below, his brain was worried with his cares; the struggle was a hard one, so he thought he'd climb the golden stairs. St. Peter asked the man his name, bis occupation when down below, his church his creed, from whence he came, and then, with indiscretion rank, ne'er dreaming ot the fruit 'would bear, he asked tbe disembodied crank how ihings in Colorado were.

Thi6 question never yet failed to start the Coloradoan tongue and saintly ears were soon assailed with wildest anthems ever sung. He talked of leads and shafts and veins, of tunnels atones and fissures true, of mammoth -trikes and golden gains, until the heavenly air as biue. With growing eloquence be sped along the oratoric track, with gestures cf both hand and head, and 'requent bowing of the back, till IVter's ears began to ache, and "that tired feeling" came to him; yet still the Coloradoan spake his little piece with added vim At last forebearance ceasd to be a virtue, and the saint arose, believing the guest would see the interview was at a close. Then grabbed he Peter by the robe and talked and talked again, until the patience of Job would not have stood the trying strain. In desperation Peter threw the golden gateway wide ajar, and said unto him, 'If you'd view the heavenly glories, there they The Coloradoan stepped inside gazed on the street of shining gold and in a business manner eyed the buildings of unequaled mold.

The dazzling beauties one and all he studied, then, with shake of head and concerted western gall, turned to tbe waiting eaint nnd said "Just as described in Holy Writ; and I confess it is mighty slick; but I just want to say that it ain't in it sir, with Cripple Then Pete, seized hina by the neck and near the bottom of the spine, gave him one vigor ous saintly kick, and shot him down the dark i cline; and as the body down-wa rdeped old Peter gave his ears a rub, and. with moat touching pathos, said; I pity poor old Beelzebub!" I I I 1 i Lou Cain of the Eleventh resumed work. Monday euior. it urn( to Hs knee is fc'i'l itu-; bur he still goes on erutcties Firna Bowie cf the Tenth has been I our S'-nooi Til week. sick, l.u:hrok of he Ninth Isstiilab-' sick.

Henry Sandif-r resumed school work Monday. Rev. 1 fi; ent Ftidav morn- pi a or cniriiT ex rci-i add gave ihe! school exeel'ent talk. Kev. W.

W. i Curtis was a so present. Prof. Linn Wichita us the 1 Rhetorical exercises Friday in chrrge of yir division were excellent. Bruce! Riocnour, Will Hunt, se -re-tary; Jisie I.antz, critic.

A large nnni-! bi-r of visitars w. re wiioiu we notice'': Vesdauies Weber. Mitchell. Golden. Ridenour.

i Btleb. iedemann; Misses Dimeling. Mitchell, Huston. Mters. Baker, N't-if.

Davis. Ellet, Messrs. c.n,eluan Hu-ton, Weber, Smith and i Carrol. Mr-. Janus Scott, of Chelsea, and Mrs.

N. Mahew visited the school the 2Sth. Report of the entral sc on mid- ter examination (delayed, as all exam- inatio- were not held at tiie same time): TT-t gr: de: George Stinson as the omv one making a stanuing over u. Second trade: Ethel Knowlesand Allelic -cliiimacher tied for first pla e. George Applegate etood second.

Bettie Barton and Otis I'irtle eacli made IK). Jlniata Adams, Teacher. Third i-rade: Those averaging DO over 'nez King, Kate Jossl, Frank I aw ranee. Don Crowther, Floyd Clements, Marian Overstreet, Mark Fuiii i- ider. Pi rcy Ambrose.

Standing Inez King; secenii, ate Jossi; class v- erage, Fourth grade; Those ig no or over Elsie Howe, Olive lit- ford, Margaret Spanliling. Nellie Clifford Mabie; Elsie Howe first sin Clifford second. Class average, i'2. 'oliA Tt acher. Fifth grade: Those averaging or over Mav Brooks, Eeverett erage, ti.V Sixth grm'e: Those aver aging SK) or over J.

aie Teeter, Lulu Anderson, Bessie Young, Carl Selig, I Laura Thompson, Flora Page, Jessie Kooler. John Kloyii, Arilen Douglass, j. ssie. Teeter and I.mu Anderson tied for first; lle-sie Young, second. Cla's s8.

-Mak Si iu muchkh. Teacher, riVhth grade: Those making 1)0 or over Mauiic Austin, Philip McMullen. i Mary Gardner, Anna Sgantder. Walter Small, Curl Powell. J-e Powell; Philip McMullen.

li-st; Mamie Austin, second. C'as averse. s0 1 1. IJaih.ey. 'IVaelitT.

Ninth gra.lt-: Tboe makirg or over IWrtiia Brown, Edi.a Fra.icr, IVarl Miller, Myrtle Shelden, Cathie Louthan, Clyde King, Willanl Loomls, Guy May hie, James Kayburn, Harry Weber; hmhest average, Guy Maybie; second, Friizier. lass average. Tenth grade, 'lho! making 00 or ovt-r rerna Bowie, Ki jjore, lh l'-n t- ii- White, Robert Haz- tt, rrauk llcr-b Tt, Knt-ch McK ee, Lee Scott, Gus Ral Tolle, highest standing, iMiucb McKee; second, Lee Scott. Ciass average. S'j Seniors: 1'Lose making or over Ata Api'iij irnes, ivaiie Frey, Janet Gardner, Hattie loUlen, Al ie Melntyre, Emma Weber, Earl oitru 1 1 ard orrlson Fred I'homas thtse making highest stand ing, one withheld astucy are worKing for honors iu-'S average, HI.

W. M. Fisher, Principal. HKA1H Ul JiltS. KVFII-: M1I.K3 Dfcd, fit b(r boiue in Monette, Mo.i the only daughter of Mr.

and Mrs. Abe Leidy and wife of J. Harrie Milks, February 25th. lsni at 12:05 a. in.

Her body arrived in Leon tit 2 30 p.m. accompanied by her only child, a bright little boy not quite four years old. her grief-stricken husband, and Mrs Wait aud Mrs. lHri kson, ot Monette, and Mr Johnson and wife, of Neodesha, Kansas, dear friends of this family. ihe parents of the deceased, of the bereaved and a large number of sympathizing friends were at the depot when the train arrived.

The easket wns taken to the residence of 11. Milks. The funeral services were held at tbe M. E. ehurch at 2 m.

tbe day after her death. A large funeral procession followed to the cetneterv in Sou Leon the departed fond wite and devoted mother, who in life's prime became suddenly weary and lay down to rest in eternal sleep. short journey of life was among the aml Prairie fl wera of Sunny Kansas with the shadow of a single dark cloud. Her sweet, gentle ways, her acts of kindness and her love will always keep her mtmory bright in the hearts of all who had the fortune to know her. An ol an nn-nouacvil tne hn-tian re ion.

and ot his pie- lure in a umn and a half write-up. ilii a col-Ten thous and persons renounced the devil and his works, to one such case as this, but they do not gr-t into the papers. Marion llecoid. The truth if ever'spoken. There are two renins for this.

One is that most tT'Knl jM-ople are timid and dread pi, licity. Another and the principal rea- i son that with nio-t paper, it i a matter of poliey. The editor? esiuse on the ground that they are not run- mmr a ehurch paper and fear that space devoted to matter of that class would render them unpopular. The truth they are not in sympathy with the work and cannot speak from experience. What is true of religious work 16 air-o true of work in the interests of trmner- Editore ag a rule are imer.

esteil in the questions of tinanoe. or free silver than in reforming men. Thev oare more for the success of their ixiLitieal ideas than for the salvation of mankind, and sooner than see their Dar- ers wield a mighty iiiHuenee in shaping anairs ana tney should tje as ready to herald right doin Kansas Templar. as A screer in a saloon door tells us the devil is sometimes ashamed of self. Ex.

that him Children Cry I I I Entered cltMBifttter at tbe osi offi'v at El 1'ora KanH6. Subscription, 1.50 a Jeii KL DORADO. KANSAS, AUI IK Kf.PL'Bl-lC A VKllo. Tber; will be held delegate convention of the icpublicana of tbe Fourtl Congressional District of Kansas ot Monday, tbe Sftb day of March, 1 800, al the hour of 3:30 p. at Emporia, Kan- gas, for the purpose of nominating one presidential elector, and also for tbi election of two delegates and two alter nates to tbe national republican convex tion at I-ouls.

Missouri, June 1SD6; and also for tbe purpose of nouib natlng a candidate for Congress for said district. To tbe above convention the several counties will be entitled to p-rcsentatlon as follows: Butler Chase 4 ColleV 7 Greenwood 7 I.von ID Marion Morris Osage 1' Shawnee Wabaunsee Woodson i Tbe committee recommends to tb several County Centra! Committee in tbe district that the convention to elect delegates to the congressional convention be held on the 7th day of March, 181)0. 5y order of the committee. How ki. Jones, John 15.

Gi.nn, Chairman. Secretary. Kx-Representative iieverend O. Jones, our Jones." now ol Gueria vl-ited relatives in lien-ton last week. Augusta Ga.ette.

Jones? hlngiii Jones? Singin' Jones? '1'bat sounds familiarly to our ears. Was it in this world or the other one we met Singin' Jones? Who was he, where was be, what wat he and who is he? Ah, yes! He was the Apostle of Despair, tbe Representative of Calamity, the Reformer with a big the Treacher with a big 1' in Butler county, and his name is now Dennis, of Gueda Springs One of the uiont curious applications of a Sunday law is reported from a French town, here a wheelman as arrested for repairing the tire of bis heel on tbe road on Su; day and condemned to pay a line of 25 francs The defense of the heelman claimed the absolute and immediate necessity of repairing a punctured tire being a proper motive for doing the work. which did not, need the assistance of any professional laborer and which should not come under the law of Sunday rest. The court took a different view, however, and sentenced the wheelman. A negro tnnnp went into J.

M. Wilson's residence In North Leon one day last week, while the folks were all out. When be saw Wyatt Wilson and John Hannon approaching with blood in their eyes, be lit out across the field and escaped. Another! Mrs. Will Casteel handed out some corn i akee to a burly tramp and he threw them down at the doorstep.

Will grabbed an iron poker and inarched the Iabrick back and made him eat them on the spot. He said be bad to eat corn cakes himself, after working for them, and would not Bee them thrown away by one who will not work. Leon Indicator. Medical students who are engaged In the study of ophthalmology are still wondering at the feat Dr. Fleming Carrow.

professor of the branch in tbe University of Michigan, performed upon a young man last week. This pat-lent bad completely lost lie sight of one eye through disease, and. in order to prevent the contagion from spreading Dr. Carrow inserted a small, thin watch crystal beneath the lid of the other eye. So far the experiment seems to be very successful, and it is expected that the flesh ill knit closely around the watch crystal io as to permit no impurities to enter.

Meanwhile the patient seems to be quite well. There is too much sentiment and not enough sense in Kansas republican politics. All this hero worship and Idealization of McKinley is worse than useless. It will react and hurt. McKinley was chosen chairman ot the com.

mittee which formulated what was afterward adopted and known as the "McKinley" tariff bill. He did no more for it than other committeemen but the tariff measure took bis name just as the democratic measure took Gorman's name. The McKinley bill will never be re-enacted. It ought not to be. It was almost as foolish in its heighth and discrimination as the Gorman tariff is too low and inadequate io provide revenue Give us a rest on glorilication ofindi' yiduals.

Let's hurrah for principles After an experience that has been more or less varied, the El Dorado college has at last been placed on the sure road to success. Prof. Shively is now Its president, which is a guarantee that the old adage will be again verified that "nothing succeeds like success." Surrounded as lie is ith a competent and helpful corps of instructors, Hutler county girls and boys will have the best of school privileges without the additional expense of going away from home for It. But above all others, the teachers of Butler county are to be st congratulated. Prof, shively is specially fitted to qualify the true teacher for work.

Iu time past his influence has been felt in every school dis rict of the county and it was always for the betterment of our schools. Every teacher who can should avail herself of tho opportunity to become brighter and better in her work by attending the spring session of the El Dorado college. Advocate. The name of tbe Swiss is generally Identified with tbe long pike of tbe 18-foot shaft; and most gallant attempts have been made by recent writers to prove that this celebrated weapon was a Swiss Invention and employed by the confederates from the first. The point, however.

Is one that must remain uncertain, for the earliest mention of the long pike is found in an order addressed In 1327 by Count Phill of Savoy to the burghers of Turin, and no one can tell whether the Savoyards borrowed it from the Swiss or the Swiss from the Savoyards. The primitive weapons ol all Infantry seem to be the spear and shield. The Milanese fought with such spears, or pikes, eight or ten feet in length, at Legnano, tbe Scotch at Falkir, and the Flemings at Courtrai; so that it is Impossible to predict of any one nation that it added the requisite number of feet to the weapon's shaft in order to make a long pike. There Is no mention of pikes in the battles of tbe Swiss until Seinpach, and it is probable that in that action they were not above ten feet In length. Macmlllan's Magazine.

i Heating stoves none superior and few if any equals. See the new "Majestic" wood heater, boiler steel, improved draft, air tight and weighs only 100 pounds. For anything in STOVES or HARDWARE see C. L. Turner.

El Domdo, Kansf s. even the bunos are so hoarse they ca scarcely ATTtSiriOS COJUAUES. There will be a meeting of the vice presidents of the Butler county ex sol diers reunion at the G. A. R.

hall in KI Dorado, Wednesday, March 11th, IS'ji; at 11 o'clock a.m., to arrange for the reunion for IKHi. Propositions for the reunion will be considered from all localities desiring the Fame. Following is the list of vice presidents: Augusta, E. Hill. Augiuta city, W.

W. Chisham. Benton, J. C. Henrle.

Bloomington, Wm. Sboeb. Bruno, II. S. Xewland.

Chelsea, W.Becker. Clifford, W. D. Johnson. Clay, G.

Mesu-k. Douglass, J. J. Jones. Dougiass city, G.

Nagle. El Dorado, J. Carpenter. EI Dorado city, C. II.

Selig. Fairmount, M. Guinty. Fairview, A. B.

Tarman. Glencoe, S. II. Thurman. Hickory, J.

B. Cosner. Lincoln, W. Cain. Little Walnut, J.

Carllle. Leon city, H. B. Milks Logan, X. Dedrick.

Milton, J. P. Ham. White Water city, E. T.

Burns. Murdock, J. W. Bower. Pleasant, L.

Dunlap. Plum Grove, H. PolIInbarger. Prospect, L. H.

Tilden. Richland, I. P. Walker. Rock Creek, O.

Penrose. Rosalia, C. W. Bonnell. Spring, C.

C. Currier. Sycamore, J. W. Whitbam.

Towanda, J. Shriver. Union, I'. T. Ferguson.

Walnut, Thomas Purcell. T. B. Mt rdock, President. W.

H. A very, Secretary. Mr. and Mrs. J.

H. Butts Sundayed In in Leon the 23rd. Mr. and Mrs. L.

II Powell, of El Do rado, were In town a few days last week, the guests of H. E. King and wife. Mrs. M.

E. Dick has returned from Burrton, where she has been for several months. Throogh mistake Mrs. B. F.

Guy gave one of her boys a dose of carbolic acid. Dr. Carlile with a stomach pump re lieved him. The latest report is he is on the street and is feeling all right. P.

S. Kelly has sold a half intorest in tbe Blue Front livery barn to R. G. Songer, of Piedmont. Daniel Pottle bas rented his farm to James Creson and moved to El Dorado.

Mrs. J. B. Carlile has been on the sick list. The following persons from a distance attended Mrs.

Harry Milks' funeral: Mr. and Mrs. Fremont Leidy, Mesdames Cooper and Josie Pattison, Messrs. S. G.

Pottle and Ben Yats, of El Dorado; Mr. and Mrs. Xoah Jenkins of Augusta, Mesdames Wait and Deriekon of Mo nett, and Mr. and Mrs. Johnson of N'eodesha.

Mrs. Henry Pugh, of El Dorado, drove over to Leon to take the train for Latham, the 29th. Elmer Sloan, once a resident of Leon, wag visiting old friends eftw days last week. Miss Vene Kenoyer was absent from school all last week on account of sickness. Miss Zelma Weber, of Winfield, returned home lsst week.

Her sister, Mrs Kerrel accompanied her. Two of our prominent citizens par- tlcipafcd in a family row recently. I JonXItY Jl'MPl'P. Henrv McDowell met with a serioni accident by a wagon wheel running over bis leg and Creakmg it Detween tbe knee and ankle. Elder Young is holding a series of Terr Interesting and successful meetings at Sprlngdale school bouso.

1 Trie BRICK BARN, FEED STABLE AND WAGON YARD. A the Iiriok Barn on North Main KI Dorado, Kansas. Th eBest of accommodations to thwtravellng public. TT. B.

Smith, Prop 'r. WAR WITH gNGLAND Is a remote possibility, but the actual, tangible things that peo pie want they can see and feel and buy At P. J. GARBER'S, Potwin, Kansas. He has the largest stock of Implements in northwest Butler county.

Remember he can supply any kinds of maculnt-ry or parts. Also remember that be is not undersold by ar.jbody, anywhere. lie also runs tbe l'OTWIN MILLS and exchanges grists. Prompt satisfactory service. Bring your milk to Garber at market price.

"A square deal or none" is Garner's nn.tio. P.J. Garber, 2 2 Potwin, Kan sas eign rathe in products from Kansas, Missouri, Nebraska, 'klatioma and Indian territory for 1 The report shows that the exports from the territory described are greater than those from any other tive states. It shows pounds of bacon alone was shipped from the United States in and that the greater portion went from this terr.toiv. Mr.

Kurrough says that no city in the I'nited States is so dependent up-m foreign trade as is Kansas City, hnlnl Indictment at I'prry. March 3. The jrrand jury of Kay county hks returned indictments against the board of commissioner of tliis county for inalfcas-ance in and atrainst nearly loo (ramblers. The latter have fled. No llojif for the "Kre llmw" Bill.

WASHiMiTos. March 3. The conviction jrrows tiiat here is no nee whatever of the Oklahoma free homes bill becoming a law duriiiir the life of this congress. TKl.Kd A FH 1 UKK ITIKS. Chief of I'oliee 'ilkerson, of Topeka, has resigned.

A fire at Halifax. X. destroyed pi'oi-erty valued at Oeorfre M. Siieidley, a wealth; resident of Kansas City, is d-ad. Gen.

Weaver, the noted Iowa populist, sujTkreMs ex-Oov. Holes for president on the populist ticket. The Cherokee I ndian old settlers will soon be paid per cent, of their claims, amounting to Jiallinton liooth and his wife have decided to form an independent religious movement in this country. Henry St. Martin, a drusrsrist of Wall oo, was shot and killed bv a burg-lur who attempted to rob his store.

It is rumored that Thomas M. Potter, of IVabody, will retire from the truberiiatorial race in fa vor of Troutman. The statue of I'ere Marquette, the Jesuit erected in the national capitol, will not he formally unveiled as propo-d. On March 1 there was a cah balance in the Missouri state trea-urv of the state's bonded debt was A collision between two Koek Island trains near Troy, caused the serious injury of several persons, three perhaps fatally. The Baltimore Ohio railroad, one Qf the most e.xten-i ra nsi-ort a i systems in the conn'ry.

has ymie into the hands of AtlKweiro, Marion Asbell was convicted of the umrderinjf his wife and was i vt lie extreme penalty, life impri'-onim-nt. A noil of democratic Uifin -ers of the low a legislature shows that only three, out of the members are with ex-ov. lioies on the silver question. Ian v.ir. of I r-rf rs brinr off a tirij and i.

i- a L.ittie ground and a purse of I Dissatisfaction exists in Pvthian circles over the order taking tiie biennial conclave from M.n neapo! is to re-land, and a revolt is threatened. There are occupants of the ex-confederate home at I i iiririnsvllie, M. The cost of supporting- tiie home the past year was 43 3.1, or ST: 79 per capita. Near VA acKvine, S. Kennedy, a neirro ravi-her.

was lvnt'm-d. Kennedy's partner in the crime managed toecape, but if captured he. too, will be huntj-. A terrible whirlwind recently past-d over the towns of Rod as and Los Abreus, Cuba. Projterty of everv description was destroyed and scores of persons injured, several fa tall v.

Ex-Congressman Tarsney. of the Kansas City. Ma, district, has made a demand upon President Cleveland fr the removal of United States Marshal Joe Shelby, of the Western district of Missouri. Floods caused by me I tins- snows occurred in New York and Other eastern states on the 1st. Towns and farming lands were badly flooded, and in many places ra.lroad traJtic was stopped or ser oaIy interfered with.

The anti-si vr democrats of held a conference at St. Louis Saturday which was attended by about represen tatlve men from over he state. A ea.mpai;rn committee, with ex-Gov. Francis as chairman, was organized. The pope has modified his decree condemning- the I.

O. O. Kniyhts of Pythias and Sons of Temperance- He ailowb Catholics who were members of the above named orders at the time the decree was issued to leave their cam eft upon the rolls oi the fcocietiefe. The Workingman's Wife And everybody else's wife will fini that a dollar will buy more at the Old. Stone Store Than a dollar ever bought anywhere before.

This is a broad statement but it is true, because everybody who has been the rounds of all the stores say the same thing The only way to account for this lowness of prices is the fact that a little profit is all we expect. We pride our iUniweu ann nm. toroiey are! ty. left his three-year-old girl and his both running grocery wagons for Pot- littie boy in his bouse yesterday morn-win firms in this section of the county, ing and went to a neighbor's. While several have sown oats ar.und here, he roDe the house took fire in Several attended the "Social Glass" at fme DOlwn, waT' ind re; turned the building1 was nearly burned Benton, Saturday night down and his dauehter burned to a Harrison Lang has been quite sick crisp.

The boy escaped. selves wouldsacriHi.e the hopeof h'eaven or chani.e fur life eternaL of there fire pxepntions On Quality I i Capt. J. M. Randall visited Robert T-1 It" 1.

V. 1 I spieooia oRe. Center school closed Friday with very interesting exercises. The program of tbe closing exercises is very interesting reading and would have been of surpassing interest before it occurred. Tbe Tisiee does not publish programs after they are past.

u.iu jiiw Tarman were rioting Miss Ma. Randall I recently. with scarlet rash. V. C.

Kinney kept busy shelling corn for his neighbors. Marion Rowland is going to move to a farm east of 1 Dorado, and Henry Rowland will move south of Towanda. Charley Wright has been yery aick. Rose. for Pitcher's Castoria.

Is aoesn't pay to sell'poor groceries any more than it pays to buy poor groceries The best at lowest prices and down weight is good enough for us. Come and investigate us J. H. EwingSons..