The Reading Ledger from Reading, Kansas • 3

proclamation! 7 Uulno Cnrdw. 21 JOS. r. SIIILrER, IDITOB AND PCBUaiKR. Entered at the postoffice at Reading, Kansas as second class matter.

Groceries Uli ee AND im vmmmwm For Honest Goods, Honestly Measured, Honestly Weighed And HONESTLY Sold, At Lowest city Prices, R. D. S. FISHEIt, READING, KANSAS. Franklin Street, near depot.

IdeneelnMrs.TolIlttson'a bulldingNorth of school house, where be may be fouDd at night. gRS. ROUP BROWN, READING, KANSAS. Offtoe opposite the school house. A.

3TRATTON, NOTARY PUBLIC, JUSTICE OP THE PEACE. HEADING, KANSAS. W. ic J. A.

STRATTON. REAL ESTATE AGENTS. I.ooal agents for K. P. G.

Railway laDds where the big red apples grow, on line of the Port Arthur Ronte. HBADING, KANSAS. ITY BARBER SHOP. FIRST-CLASS WORK DONE. "Latest styles in hairdreasing.

CROSS BRO'S, Ppoprietors. pAT. J. KING, TONSORIAL ARTIST, Fraiklin street, Near Depot. Shampooing and Hairdressing, A SPECIALTY.

roSTEK CROSS, PROPRIETOR OF Beading Dray Line, All kinds of Draylng done and promptly attended to. READING, KANSAS m. SELLS, MANUFACTURER OF amarjgs -ALSO- Woo Turning REPAIRING! For Cyclone or FIRE Insurance CALL ON M. WKW READING, KANSAS Eft. Coopsr, -GBXKRAL- AND IJICrVIIt SHOP.

HEADING, KANSAS. Horse-Shoeing and Plow Work Executed to Perfeetion. Having a bteam outfit he is prepared to GRIND FEED ON JLiiedn.y ami Saturdays. Alo, scouring by emejy wheels, of plowshares and all like repairs. teTGive us a call when in reed ol anything in our line.

C. JONES. A. W. HCBBADD JiNBI HWBBfiRB Live Stock Shippers 31 Balers JTtmt to buy your Veal Calve, fat Cows and Httffers.

A4wya pay the highest price paid for Hogs and Steers. ui Feeders SosgM id Sold 9 ON COMMISSION- Closing of Mails. The mails will be closed at the Reading postoffice at the following hours: No. EAST. 1 A COREAN The Kins' Declaration After HU Fllgj1 to the Russians.

Alas, alas! On account of our un" worthiness and maladministration ve wicked advanced and the wise retire(i quotes the Pall Mall Gazette. Of last ten years none has passed withPu troubles. Some were brought on 'by those we had trusted, the members of that body; while others by those of mT own bone and flesh. Our dynasty. five centuries has thereby been often endangered and millions of our sub jects have thereby been gradually i m- poverished.

These facts make blush and sweat for shame. But these troubles have been brought abut through our partiality and self-wL giving rise to rascality and blunders, leading to calamities. All have bea our own fault from the first to the la'St. Fortunately through loyal and subjects rising up in righteous efforta to remove the wicked there is a h(PPe that the tribulations experienced npy invigorate the state and that c1 may return after the storm. This with the principle that hurrfan nature will have freedam after a pressure and that tb ways of heafen bring success after reverse.

We slaU endeavor to be merciful. No pard on however, shall be extended to principal traitors concerned in the P- fairs of July, 1894, and of October, 1895. Capital punishment should be their due, thus ventirg the indignation of men and gods alike. But to all ne rest, officials or soldiers, citizens coolies, a general amnesty free fl full is granted, irrespective of the degree of their offenses. Reform your hearts, ease your minds, go about yur business, public or as if tim past.

As to the cutting of the-tsknotA what can we say? Is it such an mattar? The traitors by using ff-'v and coercion brought about the afiar-That this measure was taken agait3t our will is no doubt well known to at nor is it our wish that the conservatj-ive subjects throughout the counvy moved to righteous should rise up as they have, clrcuj It falsa rnmnro miirItis' darh rind injury to one another until the regiuar troops had to be sent to suppress the disturbances by force. The traitors' ln" dulged their poisonous nature, everything. Fingers jialrs w5'ul(1 fall to count their ooldj8" are our children" so are'the Cut any of. Ine ten fingers and one would cause as much pain as another, nghtjag long continued would pour out blood and heap up corpses, hindering communication and traffic. Alas! If this continues the people will all die.

The mere contemplation of such consequences provokes opr tears and chills our heart. We desire that as soon as order arrive the soldiers should return-to Seoul and" the insurgents to their respective places and occupations. As to the cutting of topknots, no one should bejorced. As to dress and hats, do as' you please. The evils now afflicting the people shall be duly attended to by the government.

This is our own word of honor. Let all understand. By order of his majesty. Pak Chung Yang, acting home minister and prime minister. Eleventh day, second moon, first year of Kon Tang.

Quaint Old Custom. On Good Friday a quaint old custom was carried out at St." Bartholomew the Great, London. Twenty-one poor widows went to the graveyard, and each picked up a six-penny piece from a certain flat tombstone. Then a church officer gave each of them a bun and two shillings. No one knows the origin of the custom.

Rabies la England. A peculiar caae of rabies has oc curred in Cheshire, England. A black retriever last Sepetmber bit eight cows and after being killed proved to be mad. The cows showed no signs ol madness, but two of them gave birth to calves which died of rabies. Ton Bet! Keep your ves da the Christian who kneels on a handkerchief when he goe? to offer up a prayer to him on high.

If you have ever seen a little child the agony of summer complaint, you can realize the danger of the trouble and appreciate the value of instantane ous relief, always afforded by DeWitt's Colic and Cholera Cure. For dysen- terry and diarrhoea it is a reliable rem edy. We could not afford to recom mend this as a cure unless it were a cure. A. J.

btratton. druggist. Mr.Ed. C. Barr is operating a feath renovator in this city and is prepared to do fi "3t-class work on short riouc He has a full corps of solicitors in th field who will call on you and in a courteous manner solieit your work.

faction guaranteed. Many a days work is lost by Bick- headache, caused by indigestion and stomach troubles. DeWitt's Little Early Risers are the miwt effectual pill for overcoming such difficulties. A. druggist.

iiiilitlitiilliiliiiiitiiitillilltllilillitiitlillilltttliiiiiiilllliil 71 Railroad Time Table. ATCHISON, TOPE A SANTA FE. Depot on Franklin street, between Front Street and Second avenue. No. eastbound.

Leaves 8 Chicago Express p.m. 8 Missouri Kivei Express 2:59 a.m. 2 a. m. 114 KansusClty Express a.

nr 42 Local Freights 6:16 r. m. No. westbound. Leaves 5 Denver and Utah 1:31 p.

nv 7 Colorado Express 1:32 a. 1W Texas Express 12:11 p. nv 43 Local 2:3 p. m- 1 Texas Express 6:01 p. Wx.

B. Pakheter, Agent. HERE ANli ELSEWHERE. New fall hats at Miss N. A.

Johnson's. A three-ton wagon scale all complete $20 at A. Hubbard's. No. 1 Coffee, 25cts, Best Coffee in the market at A.

W. Hubbard's. If you want good coal at 9 cents a bhshel go to E. Patterson Son. Get my prices spoons and shears.

on pocket knivesj A. W. Hubbard. There were forty-six tickets 6old at the Reading depot for the Topeka, reunion. The old boys who hare returned from Topeka report having a glorious time.

The attendance was simply im mense too many tor comiort. Poison Ivy, insect bites, bruises, scalds, burns, are quickly cured bv De-Witt's Witch Hazel Salve, the great pile cure. A. J. Stratton, druggist.

Tou will find fresh big bananas, three for a nickel or 20 cents a dozen; also nice fresh lemons for 25 cents a dozen, at Chapman's Vine ritreet Restaurant. On Monday a little child of Hugh Gage by some mishap got a shoulder dislocated. Dr. Fisher put on the necessary repairs and the youngster is doing well ice fir, weight abined -utT ounces He raised 80 aushels from one acre grour.d. Who can beat this record? The millinery opening yesterday and today was a success, but for the benefi of those who were away it will eontinu ed next week.

All are invited to come and ice what are to be worn he coming season. For flour and feed call at the lunch roc2: I have just received a car load of Topeka flour highest patent at 95 cents per sack. Special prices on five hundred lots. S. C.

Leavell Miss N. A. JohnBon wishes to call special attention to the line of ladies and children's fall and winter under-ware. Prices are reasonable. Also, heavy hosiery and mittens.

The Racket can now offer you better bargains for cash in new pants, over alls, work-shirts, mitts, gloves et3. Call examine the foods and get prices before purchasing elsewhere. Theories of cure may be discussed at length by physicians, but the sufferers want quick relief; and One Minute Cough Cure will give it to them. A safe cure for children. It is "the only harmless remedy that produces immediate results," A.

J. Stratton, druggist. It doesn't matter much whether sick headache, billiousness, indigestion and constipation are caused by neglect or by unavoidable oircumstances; DeWitt's Little Early Risers will speedily cure them all. A. J.

Btratton, druggist. A telegram was received by Mrs. E. Fenn from her son Charles at Arkansas City, Tuesday morning that their oldest son! had a severe attack of measles. Mrs.

FenB hurriedly packed her grip and securing a sufficient quan tity of "saffron" for the "son" and a bottle of soothing syrup for Charley started on the noon train for the home of the afflicted son. No particulars have been recieved but it is presumed the father and "eon" are convalescent. The special train bearing Generals Alger, Howard, Sickles, and Sigle made a short stop at our depot yesterday morning. The finger of time is mark- ng them as well as those of the rank and file. They reported having a good time and were addressing thousands of people who welcome them as among the heroes ol the nation.

A large ofowd would have greeted tbem at the depot if the time of their arrival hai bee a de finitely known. pi I 0 CO at CD 03 Rally Round the Flag, i cn fx) (9 a a In FOR J)0oe5 SoEgg, Matiocal HoEor, Hoide Froapgritg. card, seed it to Geo. W. Bast, Tribune copy Ol xujc u-aui 13w The Hew York Weekly Tribune.

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