The Dorrance Star from Dorrance, Kansas • 4

Friday. Might, 2B9 Dance at Reiff Opera House. Everybody OoimeMmw Orchestra Ash Davis will be here Jan. 14. Make new resolutions and swear off Ash Davis is coming.

Today is a holiday at the banL. Ash Davis will be here Jan. 14. Love levels all is on the level. Mrs.

Frank Anker was Wilson visitor Monday. (Ash Davis will be here Jan. 14. Mrs. DeeWilliams came Tuesday.

Mrs. J. tf.Pinnev Wilsoned Tuesday. P- L. Thielen was over at Salina Monday.

F. R. Sprinkle went to Wilson yesterday. THIS AND THAT Yes, its winter. Ash Davis will be here Jan.

14. A merry Christmas to our readers. Sam Shilts visited Wilson Tuesday. D. S.

Schuber Wilsoned Tuesday. Mrs. Dr. Link was here Tuesday from Russell. Christmas Candies in boxes at Audie's.

adv. Frank Pittser was here Sunday night from Ellsworth. Free Hartzman and family arrived Tuesdav from Preston. Pinney has those delicious Candies adv. Oscar Eckland was a Wilson visi- tor Monday.

Miss Vera Penninger was a Salina visitor Friday. Fresh Oysters Christmas, at Audie's. adv. Asbury Miller is reported as very ill near Oakley. Ed Thielen was a Sunday visitor at the county seat.

Mrs. W. Th. Fletnitz was a Wilson visitor Tuesday. Just Received Evaporated Sugar Corn, at Audie's.

adv. Miss M. E. Nicholas is helping out at the Farmers store. Mrs.

J. H. Pinney and baby were Wilson visitors Wednesday. or Sale 8 Shoats, weighing about fn i tt. i I 7v ids.

eacn. see tu hlll. aav. Mrs. R.

Garrett and daughter, Mrs. Reed n. Bryant, were Wilson visitors Thursday Gasoline and Oil, for sale by the barrel, at money-saving prices. Nicholas Brothers. adv.

Mr. and Mrs. Roy Fowler, of Lu- cas, stopped off here a while Thurs day on their return from Hays. The next number of the Midland Lyceum Bureau will be given Jan 14th, when Ash Davis will produce Mrs. Clyde Cuff and Fair- port, sister of Mrs.

L. H. Roemer- man, arrived Monday to spend the holidays. Misses Mildred and Elizabeth Hubbs came home Saturday from the Hays school to spend the holidays with their parents. miss ransy L.ee, cousin ot miss Rosa Peck, came Friday from Salina for a visit.

She is out at the H. W. i Mrs. W. D.

Henderson was aWil-! son visitor Tuesday. Do you like Chocolates? Get them the Drug Store. adv. Winter started Monday, but cold weather struch us Friday night. Wood sawing a specialty.

Call on any time. Chas.Weinhardt. ad Mrs. E.G. Rankin and Miss Druie Rankin were Wilson visitors Satur- The Novelty Department at For has some fine Xmas Presents.

adv vault 1 i 111 t-l Tl 1 uaKiey j. nursaay to make a visit look after his farm Miss Minnie Edwards, teacher in district A went to Ureat Bend Satur- day, her home, tor the holidays. Mrs. W. Frimmel and son and sisters.

Mrs. R. B. Brvant and Miss Alta Garrett, visited Wilson Saturday Geonre Hnnfpr BunkerjWere Qn thg g. going to K.

C. to do their Christmas shopping, Mrs. Talbert Cooper and son, Cecil, left Tuesday for Wichita to spend Christmas with her daughter, Mrs. S. R.

Dague. The fourth number of the M. L. B. A Will L1( HIE klllliaA 1U1 UVSU IllCl tainments.

Ash Davis, America's best cartoonist, will be here the 14th of January. Abraham and William SocolnMcv an(j Mrs. Henry Kleiber and children Tamna and Ramona. came Satur day evening for a visit with Mr. and Mrs J.

F. Major. We have just heard of a school ma'am introducing a new over in the western part ot the county. When one of the girls miss word the boy who spells it gets permission to kiss her. 1 he result is 1 tne re to.

De ngnt along. 1 ne practice win oe stopped however, home this week with Miss room "Dance Friday night. Ash Davis will be here; Jan. 14. Lucian Cooper was aWilson visitor Tuesday.

Robt.Widdifield went to Hutchinson yesterday. i See Forney's Novelty Department for Xmas Presents. adv. There is some chance of getting one-cent postage before long. All kinds of Nuts for Christmas just received, at adv.

The rural mail carriers make their trips today. New Years day they rest. The D. N. E.

club will meet with Peck Thursday. Jan. 8. j- i The Novelty Department at Forney's has some fine Xmas Presents. -adv.

Rev. Chambers, of Salina, con ducted his usual Sunday services at the M. E. church. Fnra-Pf trip word.

Pool. Use Pocket Billiards. Plav it at Rankin's-Barber in Mrs. L. J.

Sprinkle and daughter, Mrs. E. R. Holland, were Wilson visitors Sunday afternoon. A.

C. Reiff and Frank Anker at tended Masonic meeting Thursday at tfunker. jonn nammond T- i 1 1 I was also tnere, rrom r.iiswortn. l.i .1 I Say, Pocket Balls and Pocket Bil- liards not pool. The word, Pool, as a billiard term, is dead.

Bury it for- ever, nay at KanKin Barber in T- 1 I connection. adv. The Winfield Free Press tells a story of a rural carrier, who got his money orders and letters mixed and ordered a bunch of Sundav school literature from a brewery company and a case of beer from a church publishing concern. ATTENTION HEADQUARTERS FOR Wilbur's Stock and Poultry Remedies LUCIAN COOPER 33 J. L.

Hustead went to Codell Fri day and G. A. Gallahue, of Lincoln Center, took the night job at the depot. Rumor says that the U. P.

intends to discontinue the situation of nie-ht operator here in a short time, Frank Anker brought some daily 1 oaoers to the office Mondav that a friend sent him from Honolulu, Hawaii. The papers are American and are the size, and supported with advertising about like metropolitan of this country. The U. P. Rv.

Co. has just filed with Register of Deeds F. C. Laws, of Renuhlic countv. what is undouh- tedlyone of the largest mortgages ever before recorded in that county.

It is for $50,000,000 and is given to II tvt the Lquitable 1 rust company of New York. Th rnvprs the mortgage covers property of the entire system, and must be filed in each county through which the road passes. K. C. Star: Friday.

A victim of a mysterious shooting arrived at St. Margaret's Hospital on the Kansas side this morning from Hays City, Kas. His name is Joseph Bash, about 37 years old. He is suffering from a bullet wound in the mouth and can not talk. Whether he is the victim of an assault, a self inflicted wound or an accident, is not known.

No one accompanied him to the hospital. ianin ianon: mat Weber neir to millions? There is hut little doubt but what Mat VV eber is heir to several minions ot dollars, but the worst trouble is to get Mat interested in the matter. Henry Loeffler, a young Australian lawyer, is searching the four corners of the earth for Webers i i s. I Wm. Garrett returned from belden the middle of the week.

Come to my store for fine holiday Candv. B. S. Forney. adv.

Mrs. Nick Feltes came in Tuesday from Wisconsin, going to Dubuque, We would like our correspondence reach us on Monday, if possible. Misses Eunice Eyler and Nettie Anspaugh were Wilson visitors Saturday. George Eyler came Saturday from Bunker school to spend his holidays home. Remember the name Ash Davis he's the man that will entertain you to a frazzle.

Ray Sprinkle came home Thursday evening from the Salina school spend the holidays. Mrs. James Short left Friday for Greenwood county to attend the funeral of a sister-in-law. Wilson World: Mrs. Dee Williams went to Kansas City Tuesday to visit relatives for a few days.

Mrs. Earl Adams and baby came yesterday from Gorham to visist her parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. B.

Wire. Rev. J. P. Hutchison, a traveling lecture, spoke at the Dunkard church Wednesday Sunday closing, Home-made Mince-meat, home made Sourkraut, Quinces, Florida Oranges, comb Honev, Figs and Dates in packages, at Audie's.

adv. A.J. Piper, of Irving, was here the atter half of the week and up to Monday visiting his son, J. S. Piper, the accommodating U.

P. agent. Why are you reading this para graph? You are reading it because you are afraid you may miss something. This paragraph is in honor of the unknown dead, and the un known dead, you know, are the merchants who don't advertise. They believe that ads are seldom read.

They think everyone knows where their places of business are, and they peacefully sleep. NOTICE The Central Telephone Office will be closed from 10 a. m. to 3 p. m.

on Christmas day. Remember that there will be nobodv at the Board between those hours. J. O. Burt.

Constipation, if Neglected, Causes Serious Illness Constipation, if neglected, leads to almost innumerable complications affecting the general health. Many cases of typhoid fever, appendicitis and other severe diseases are traceable to prolonged clogging of the bowels. Regard-t effects constipation. E. Avers, 6 Sabin Montpelicr, says: "I -was afflicted with constipation and biliousness for years.

and at times became so bad I would become unconscious. I have been found In foat condition many times. Physicians did not seera to be able to do me any crood. I would become weak and for days at a time could do no work. Not long ago I got a box of Dr.

Miles' Laxative Tablets, and after using them found I had never tried anything that acted In such a mild and effective manner. I believe I have at last found the remedy that sult3 my case." Thousands of people are sufferers from habitual constipation and while possibly realizing something of the danger of this. condition, yet neglect too long to mnloy proper ctrrative measure untel serious -iii -ness J3lten The advice of ail physicians is, j'our bowels clean," and it's good advice. Dr. Miles' Laxative Tablets are sold by all druggists, at 25 cents a box containing 25 doses.

If not found, satisfactory, your money is returned. MILES MEDICAL Elkhart, Ind. THE DORRA MCE STAR B.J. BARRETT, Pub. Issued Every Thursday.

A Dollar the Year. Entered as second-class matter October 9, 1913, at post office at Dorrance, Russell Kansas, under the Act of March 3, 1879. J)ISPDAY ADS 10c the inch per issue; Locals a line. Card of thanks 25c; Obituaries 1c a line. Subscriptions must be paid in advance and will be discontinued at expiration.

DECEMBER 25, 1913 Th. FLETNITZ, H. D7 Physician and Surgeon DORRANCE, KANSAS Meat, Fruit and Vegetables Fresh Meat, Cured Meat, Fruits in season, Vegetables, Cabbage, Potatoes, etc. Line of Groceries. C- H.

Auum NEWS DEALER and STATIONER I is Our Hobby But we sell Fine Candies, Cigars, Tobaccos, Etc. You Always Get the Glad Pacific Hotel C. H. AUDIE, Prop. Rates $1.50 Per Day icholas Bros.

ivy as way AND TRANSFER Moving Household Goods a Specialty 'flli'frl tMM Joe Basala uctioneer Will Cry Sales Anywhere TAKE YOUR HOME PAPER. FIRST then subscribe for The Kansas City Star and Times. The Star and Times, reporting the full 24 hours' news each day in 13 issues of the paper each week. As newspapers, The Star and Times have no rivals. No other publisher furnishes his readers with the full day and night Associated Press reports.

This should recommend the papers especially to the progressive merchant and farmer. Subscription only 10c per week. A. W. ROE, Agt.

POSTOFFICE REGULATIONS Office opens at 7:30 a. m. and. closes at 8 p.4n. Stindays and 8 3u.j -m.

and at a. je-x)pns at 5:30 m. and closes at 7 p. m. Mail for night trains close at 8 p.

except Snnday and holidays, when it closes at 7 p. m. Rural delivery routes leave at 7:30, except Sunday and holidays. Domrstic and international money orders issued payable in the Un'ted States and the Postal Union. A.W.

ROE, Postmaster. M. F. HO Assistant. DORRANCE LODGES.

A. O. U. No. 205 meets first and third Mondav evenings in their own hall.

A. L. N. HUBBS, M.W. M.

W. No. 5661 meets first and third Saturdays at Dorrance WM. WEINHARDT, V. C.

A. C. REIFF, Clerk. Royal Neighbors, No. 4081 meets first and third Wednesdays at Lindenmeyer Sprinkle hall.

MRS. N. E. JACKSON, O. MINNIE LINDENMEYER, Rec.

U. P. TIME TABLE. EAST No- 104 Passenger 8:27 a No. 156 Local Freight 10:45 a WEST No.

103 6:35 No. 157 Local Freight 1:45 ra til W. ROE Perry's Smoke House te-i nek 2 to at to Grapes and Celery at. Audies. a Alex Heinitz was an Ellsworth visitor Monday.

See Forney's Novelty Department for Xmas Presents. adv. The FarmersUnion held a meeting; Saturday afternoon, over the store. The finest line of Candieslin town at Pinney the taste tells. adv.

Miss Mae Shaw -went Tuesday to Luray to spend the week with her mother. Dale Hutchison, of Salina, came Monday evening to spend the holi days with relatives. Professor P. E. Brown came in Monday evening from Quincy, 111..

and Salina, for a few days' visit. Gilfillen is a bigger crook than the people here first thought him to be. And the truth can't come out of him. vt- i r- i'-jn Sunday evenine from Concordia to aiiu iiis. vys.ii ivcuuaii vaiue visit his parents, Mr.

and Mrs. A. S. Kendall. This is nearly eight weeks for Henry Sechtem.

But we are glad to report him convalescent, and hope he wi'l soon be ou? and aDOUt School Notes. Miss Hall submits following report of attendance in the intermediate room. The pupils who were neither absent nor tardy durinsr the month of December: Freddie Friebus George Peck Rosa Miller Frank Best Frank Basala John Basala Cyrus Kendall Everett Heel Arthur Kendall Edward Shilts Walter Shilts Francis Shenk Rebecca Heinitz Clara Steinle Geo. Anschutz Lucile Shenk Roy Crabtree David Heinitz For some reason there were no per fect attendances in the high school during the month of December. We hope, however, that we shall be able to report several for the next month.

Rev. Chambers visited with us for an hour this (Monday) morning and took charge of the morning exercises. His remarks tn rhi srhnr were very helpful and everyone appreciated them. The Christmas vacation will begin Wednesday evening, Dec. 24th, and will last until Jan.

5th. We take this opportunity to wish both pupils and teachers alike a very merry Christmas and a happy New Year." Miss Hall, the teacher of the iiK termediate grades, will spend her Christmas vacation with home folks at Carneiro. The class in German has received the new readers, and a good deal of the time will now be spent in read- I ing, at sight, which gives a splendid drill in phonetics, and grammatical construction in its applied sense. The Christmas cantata, "Santa Claus on which the pupils of the intermediate and primary rooms have been practicing for the past too weeks, will be given at the M. E.

church Wednesday evening, Eecember 24, under the direction of Miss Eyler. All are cordially invited to attend. The Old Home Paper. If Tl 1 wnen tne evening snaae is fallin at the endm the day, An a feller rests from labor, smokin' at his pipe clay, There nothin does him so much I uc iunune up or uown i tho Will IU I It taint a tn.ncr r.f tvantv snH ifc i pnnt am aiwavs dean. Cut 11 straigntens cut his temper T.

when a fellow's feeline mean; It takes the wrinkles off his face and brushes off the frown, That little country paper frorii his -Old Home Town. It tells of all the parties an' the belles on Pumpkin Center Row, 'Bout who spent Sunday with the Dubuque folks you know; An how it keeps a feller posted 'bout who's up and who's down, That little country paper from his Old Home Town. Now I like to read the dailies in'the -stotj' papers toe; An', at times the yallar novels dn' other trash don't But when I want some readin that'll brush away a frown, I want the country paper from my Old Home Town. Quincy, III. P.

E. Brown. State of Ohio, city of Toledo, -Lucas County, ss Frank J. Cheney makes oath that he is senior partner of the firm of F. J.

Cheney doing business in the City of Toledo, County and State aforesaid, and that said firm will pay the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOLLARS for each and every case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by the use of HALL'S CATARRH CURE Sworn to before me and subscribed in rav presence, this 6th day of December, A.D., 1886. A. W. GLEASON, (Seal) Notary Public. Hall's Catarrh Cure is taken inter- nally and acts directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system.

Send for testimonials free. F. J. CHENEY CO, Toledo, Sold by all Druggists, 75c Take Hall's Family Pills for constipation adv Patrons in debt to the Badger Lumber Co. are requested to call at once anetffeaVde1)tsT All accounts must be paid drTor before Thursday, January 1st, 1914, either by cash or bankable notes, Attend to this at once, and oblige, The Badger Lumber Co.

Xmas Candy at Perry's Smoke I nouse. aav. Mrs. Joe Weber has been suffering with neuralgia. Sure you can change to your heavy underwear do it now.

Dewey Peck is home from Bunker school, for the holidays. Mr. and Mrs. Amos Veverka were Ellsworth visitors Monday. Mr.

and Mrs. P. L. Thielen are mw; sumc uisiam icmutc a present of a subscription to the Star, J. F.

Major, Abraham and William ocolorsKy vv nson visitors ivion- azy' lvirs.aamoniits ana aaugmer, ivirs. John Keilly, were Wilson visitors Friday. ivir. ana ivirs. jerry x.cnoias weru yr i i I to Hays Tuesday evening to visit her parents.

Miss Tulia Harrington came Sun A. frnm Fl Wrtb tr vieir hfr foil- during the holidays The greatest cartoonist in America is coming to Reiff opera January 14 ft 1 sn uavis is nis name Rev. Pptpr Wiens has moved into I the house north of the Farmers store, 1 rormeny me oarrett property. Miss Zenobia Wolf, teacher of district 20, went to Ellsworth batur- day to spend the holidays at home. Miss Marian Tilev.

teacher in district 2, took the train Saturday for Luray to spend the holidays at home. Wp that M. P. Thielen has taken his finp flnrt nf rnrl-rplc flip Snlnmnn poultry exhibit. Rev.

Peter Wiens and family re- turned Wednesday evening from Fairview, to make their home I 1 he merchant who uses stationery decorated with gargling oil, alxe grease and other cheap advertising matter, is to the home printer what the mail order house is to the home merchant. The word, Pool, is ambiguous, meaningless, and suggests gambling, We have therefore discontinued it and hereafter will, as a substitute, make use of the words, "Pocket Bil- liards." Play it at Rankin's Barber in 1 he respect tne people ot vor- rance have uniien wortny and esteemed relatives here forbids this PaPe" the right to express its opinion him- And furthermore if it should expose his deceit it would be of little concern and no comfort to his honor- able kin, who, thank God, are of a A i ffo rp -l 1- Thf miHprn Rnmpn hflnpd his Juhet to descend from the vine- kn I Iqo rort ha rn "clcu ea, wnen sue uau ciinieu nuu me uig motor' snail we take away tne rope ladderr Just then the upper window was raised and the old man leaned out. "Just you leave that 'ere ladder where it is, young feller," he caution ed. "I've got a couple more darters I want to get off my hands. Lx A boy's composition: A school ma'am is a verb, because she denotes action when you throw paper wads at the girls.

Switch is a conjunction and is used to connect the verb school ma'am to the non boy. This is a compound sentence, of which boy is the subject and switch is the object. First person, singular number and awful case. A school ma am is cm- ferent from a boy, a boy wear's pants and a school ma am wears her hair banged all over her forehead, atie puts paint on her face and some big fellows come ana take ner nome Ma says a school ma'am never gets to be older than eighteen until she hrets married. It takes two school Reformer: Mr.

and Mrs. M. J. Mahoney and- daughter, Cleo, re turned Wednesday evening' from tfcir Ptern trin. "Thev were first at Chicago, then New Bedford, Massa- chusetts, and later at Cincinnati, Ohio.

They report a pleasant trip and a general good time, but still rhpv u-orp rlad to (ret back home aeain. In Russell taxes are a lit i vpsrthan last. The 11V total then was 15.5 mills, while this vear it is 14.75 mills. The reduction 9s; milk in the countiy levy and mills in the school district levy. Sam Anspauhg of Wilson, and Harvey Anspaugh, of the Dorrance country, came trom Hays Thursday morning and attend- at me dav.

ney and of a i Irene. Monday, says the Wellington News a woman phoned the plumber to call and do some work. In trying to de- cide what supplies he would take along, he ask her if she had some ruDoer nose, ner answer was: sir; I weai silk. 11 1 1 AO, I Dubuque. A merry Xmas to all.

ram LsaiecneK ana ramuy were visitors ai Will Polzin's Sunday. Henry Casey was in Claflin Mon day. Mr. and Mrs. Will Polzin were in Claflin one day last week.

Miss Nora Pierce will leave Wed nesday for her home in Claflin where she will spnd the holidays with her mother Mr. and Mrs. Peter Schauf were shopping in Claflin uesday. MiMo-nVr nf Rnd -i I I ueo-u, 17" Pumpkin Center. Guy, Carrie and Jessie Donovan went to Hoisington to visit relatives last week.

The box supper at the' Crabtree sch0ol house Saturday evening was T. 14 and made $10.90. Floyd Willson iwas auctioneer. Miss Tilzey went home Saturday to visit her parents. Mr.

Davis and family and Carl Killian and wife visited at the Dono van home Sunday afternoon. Mrs. File is very low'at this writing. There was no literary at the Col- lege Hill school house Friday night on account of the bad weather. Antone Zeman was shopping in Dorrance Monday.

Ruth Grove is visiting home folks this week Mrs. Jim Soukup's parents are here on a visit, from Marion county There will be a Christmas tree at the" Lutheran church W'ednesday evening, Mr. Widdifield came home from Oakley to visit old friends and spend the winter with his son-in-law. David Cellar has the woodsawers." The following items were written for last wtfek: Mrs. Conrod Brack and daughter visited witn ner parents, xvir.

ana ivastrup, i nursaay, Pete Bachmann butchered on last Miss Nellie Gustason spent Friday evening and until Sunday with home Andrew File's mother is on the sick D. H. Grove butchered Wednes- day. Floyd Willson and Warren Ruby helPed him Literary was started at the Star school house Tuesday. Literary was well attended at the College Hill school house." Mr.

Hlad has returned home, from Chicago, he has been working Martha Kuhnle and mother were shoppinj: in Dorrance Wednesday. wno are neirs io a larpfe estate mi" TT 'Nr- day, to rook a dinner. pi ir i at me uan nome last ween. i t-v i i i Miss Tr nv Naeles was called home Thu father. by the illness of her Frank Nye, who is attending school in Manhattan, came home Saturday to spend the hollidays.

Miss Theresa Casey is assistihg her grandmother, Mrs. Dennis Casey, this Week. Mrs. John Kultgen underwent an operation Monday in the Hoisington hospital. John Casey made a business trip A to Claflin iAiurcuw The following items were last week: Miss Mary Gruver has returned to her home in Great Bend.

Dennis Casey was in Dorrance Wednesday. Frank Till returned from Hoisington Friday. Mr. and Mrs. Dan Casey and Miss Maud McDowell were in Claflin Friday.

Valt Kramer was a Claflin shopper Saturday. Mr. and 'Mrs. Tom Sellens were guestss at the Dennis Casey home Sunday. Mr.

and Mrs. Rathbum attended mass at Dubuque Sunday. Simon ausen was seen in Dubuque Sunday. Miss Nora Pierce was a guest of Mies Maud McDowell Sundav. uui viMiing me ocuaui scnooi noiiano ir.e staiey is over uu years old and at that time amounted to $20,000,000 and with the accumulated interest at this time would amount to about $50,000,000.

Mat says he still has seven or eight loads of wheat left and is not going to worry about the fortune. The Telephone is the fastest method of communication known today. Besides, just, think how many trips it saves. If you are suddenly taken ill at any time you can call the doctor, and also vou can use it for business and social Try it. The Dorrance Telephone Exchange BLANCHE E.

BURT, Secretary. J. 0. BURT, Owner. ed to business matters here duringthe past fewmonths the day, going home on an arternoon freight Fred Spalding was a Russell visitor Thursday evening..