The Evening Times from Clay Center, Kansas • 2

A MANAGING EDITOR. WHISTLING GIRLS. A JOURNALIST TELLS HOW HE USED Clav Center. Kansas. Nov.

11. 1886. RIVER VIEW The blooming addition to Clay Center. TO FILL THAT ARDUOUS POSITION. VASSAR COLLEGE STUDENTS W0 PRACTICE IN CONCERT.

By D. A. Valentine. The Secret or Xewjpiper Success ma Discovered by One Who Has "Been There" Gathering the Nexrs How Accomplished. What a Profisor of Anatomy Has to Say The Proper Method of Prod no-Ins the brat Ions Whistling Out of Tune.

550 400 LOTS. SUBSCRIPTION PRICE, Evening Times, 15 cents per week, by carriers. SHALL, WE HA VE SEWER AGO. The city council have heen reciving estimates of cost of a sewerage for Clay CeDter. No doubt a proposition will be submitted to the votes at an early day to vote bonds to cover the probable expense of such a system.

So for as the necessity for something of the kind is concerned, there is only one side to the question. In a city of the size of Clay Center, where so much business is done, there is bound to be lots of filth. There is now the accumulations of years rotting aud reeking in the back yards and alleys of the city, and the question is "what is to be Shall we go on from year all Grad Hif Ii and Dry. MitHs Anvw Cumtnini in Ths Journalist. Tha sam3 Greeley j.it mile ma a polit-i sal editor made uaa a city editor.

I left The Tribune to accept the managing editor ship of Tae Sax I had no idea that I would make a successful managing editor. By careful reading of the daily new -papers, and especially of Tae Hsrali, under Fred Hndsjn's management. I had learned what was likely to prove interesting to newspaper readers. I used that knowledge in ti ring to give ths now, of the day in The Sun. Whenever I founi a reporter who could writ3 up the news in a manner that interested me, I felt that he could write in a manner to interest the people.

REPORTERS' WORK New York Letter. The best whistlers I know, said a fashionable doctor, "ara young ladies. It is like the warbling of a mocking bird. They can whistle much higher notes than a man, and in a very cliar and bell-like tone. I know ayounTlady who whistles an 1 accompanies hers lf 0:1 a guitar.

The effect is really very pretty, and her friends often beg her to favor them with an air. I met her down at Nantucket last summer, and it was her habit to sit on the beach in the evening and whistle plaintive negro melodies. When we went out sailing sue was very welcome for the same reason. 1 think she wbitled her way into the affections of a very desirable young man, and I bear Perfect Such men I oncourajel by giving them all the work they could da I employed nc mm at a salary. Every man was paid by the piece.

The piece-work system proved tc they are engase-i. WHISTLING CONCERTS. A New Yonc gill was quite indignant when a-ked why girls couldn't whistle. Can'c whistle," sne said. "Why, they can whi tie! All the girls I know whistle.

Up Warranty Deed Directly from the Patentee's. Heirs to the Riverview Investment Company. 45 Lots Solci in 6Days -A-fter Filing Flat. be an incentive to the reporter. When detailed to special work, if ho found anvthin interesting outsida of his work, it was to hh at Va3sar we had whistling concerts.

We u-ed to practice at niht in the dormitories Say, You Farmers What are you waiting for? You are all figuring on coming to town some time to give the boys and girls a chance while you loan you money. Have you secured a building lot? Are you going to wait until these beautiful lots get into the hands of speculators, and then pay to year until the very air we breathe and the water we drink is poisoned by the stench arising from this accumulation of rottenness. At present we have no way of disposing of this filth. A great many have sunk wells or sink holes down to the quick sand, and into these wells is poured and emptied all the slops and offal of the premises. Think of it.

All the filth that accumulates in and around tne hotels of the city emptied into the quicksand which contains the very and only bed of water from which the people of the city get their supply for drinking and culinary purposes. Can the people afford to have the water contaminated and poisoned in this way? Surely not. Then, what is to be done? Until a sewerage system is established, the only way to get rid of the filth is to empty it into the ground in this way. This question of sewerage is one that should be studied by the people. The safety of the people depends upon it.

The lives of the people are at stake. Something must be done. The Times would not advocate or approve of too great an outlay of money at the present time; at the same time it realizes the fact that to -lay i dangerous, and that the welfare of the people demands that something be done. If the council should prepare to construct one good, large sewt-r down Fifth street to the river, and some cheaper cross sewers emptying tnto the large one, enough to furnish means to carry off all the filth and garbage of the busi two, three or four times what they can be bought for now from first interest to write it up. He himself was acting unconsciously as a managing editor, and I availed myself of his intuition, and, probably, got credit for it.

Some men gathered facts and were unable to write them in presentable shape. It such cases I compiled them myself. Nc man had any real cause for complaint in remuneration. If he didn't put in a bill larg enough for his services, I added what thought be deserved, and he got the money. Of ur there were times when, under the pressure of vital news, I could not find a reporter who filled the bill to my satisfaction.

In such cases I left my desk my assistant; and went for the new; tald-headeJ myself. I became unconsciously an analyst of human nature. I was unconsciously receiver as well as a gatherer of the news ol the day. Whatever struck me as facetious. I made facetious.

Whatever t-truek me a direct, I made direct. Go 1 knows I worked hard enough. I wa unmarried. I roomed at French's hotel acro-s the way The Sun office. I wain the office by 10 o'clock in the morning, and 1 rer left it, except to dine at Olivet Hitcacoek'a, until 4 o'clock the next morn ing.

My industry and intentions were ap pieciated by the editor-in-chief of the paper. In the -lace tide; an 1 neap tides ol lurnali he was at my back. He nevei tailed me. He backed me editorially it every dash I made at the news of the day Without him I could never have been a sue cessful managing editor under the circumstances. NEWSPAPER SUCCESS.

If any of the success of the paper is dui to me, it is due to the fact that I was a clo- hands? Don't you know that Clay Center is rapidly climbing to 6,000 population, with two new railroads pointing this way? Are you go ing to wait until the locomotive wakes the echoes in Blaine town ship, and then pay $400 for a very poor lot? Don't let another week pass without securing one or more of these lots. Suppose you come and see us Saturday. Terms easy. 10 9 7 reader of all the other daily newspaper, and that my personal interest in ttu. news of the day governed me in my efforts tc ness part of the city, and if tnis could be secure the news of the day.

I don't belie done at anything like a reasonable cost the people will certainly vote the requir that any man can make a newspaper unle he is similarly interested. I don't believe ed amount of bonds to do the work. Let that any amount of what is called fln LOTS $100 THIS WEEK WORTH EASY $200. the people think of this matter and when writing can make a newspaper. I don't believe that any editorial page, however wel when the mon.tor wa- gone and the lights were out, and if you weren't very sleepy it was fun to lie in bed and hear ten girls whistling 'In the Gleaming' all together.

We had one girl who could whistle through her tinkers like a but then she was a regular tomboy. She could run, play ball, climb tre and box better than any other girl in the college. There wa- another girl who could only whi by drawing in her breath, but teat was better than not whistling at alL" A professor of anatomy said: "The uth has muscle-; than any other portion of the body the number varie lrom nineteen to twenty -ona. The chief muscle is the obicularis oris or sphincter inu-cle. The muscle is in two part-, the up per extending lrom the nose to the mouth.

Te two parts are inter woven at the corners of the mouth so that hey act a one muscle. Their miner circumference circumscribes the opening of the mouth. This mu-cle by modifying the tate the expire I air pro's ucs- in it vibrations a peculiar charao er, and this i whistling. THE PROPER METHOD. -In whistling the lips are pur ed up so only a small aperture remains.

The air ta driven frm the lung- into the mouth, where it distends tha buccinator mu-cles of the cheeks, aud these nzocies contracting aid in forcing out the eir through the lips. The tongue compres es the volume of air in the mouth, and so adds to the sharpness of the whittle. Tne benefit of the tongue is readily seen when an attempt is made to whistle sharply with an indrawn breath. Wi men have the same muscles of the mouth as men, and are generally a- well able to use them. There i no reason at all why everybody should not whi tie.

"Some try to whittle by blowing through their pouting lips, but that is not the i lea at all. Tuo mucous membrane of the lips must be drawn ton so that it will vibrate by the current of air passing over it. The vibrations are communicated to the air column, and Lence tone, varying with the tension of ths lips and air. It is exactly on the sanu principle that the vocal cords work. The lips adjust them elvei voluntarily accordiug to the musical ear of the whi-tler, as it is impossible for him tc distinguish the different positions of the lips in sounding the various tones.

People with 1 ear for mu-ic will invariably whistle very much ut of tune, while people with a cultivated ear will whistle very finely. As wotae-a are. es a rule, more musical than men, can whittle better when they set about it However, it is greatly a matter of practice." Coitrteny in Mexico. Cor. Boston Herald.

One trait tae Mexican character de serving of all praie 1 the national love for chil tt n. Mex.c ii the children's paradi Chiliren are lovd aud petted in public an extent makes an American, used to the stolid ways of his own country people, open hi- eyes in astonishment and pleasure. Th -re is no aff ictatioa in the matter. A little chill is the pt of the people. A ba is every one's admiration, and here you may see fathers out walking with their cu.i drea for the pleasure of the children's company.

In shups and all places wnere people meet children ar patted, and a baby in a shop is seized and caressed by as army o. male admirers. The courtesy of the young lada is another feature to be noted. A group of lads from to 1'4 will meet, and each boy will decor ou-ly lift his bat and salutations of extrem courtesy will be exchanged, and then come the boyish chatter, the fun and the laughter the same as anywhere. Boys here treat their elders with respect An old man or woman is not the butt of th youth of Mexico; rather for the old people is reserved the shadiest seat under the trees in the park-and too be seats in the family sala.

the proposition is submitted, as it surely 11 11 iti is 19 50 written or carefully laid out, can make newspaper. I don't believe that newspapei will be, let every voter study it carefully and honestly, and then cast his vote in extracts, however carefully selected, cat the manner that honesty, good judgment make a newspaper. They are all adjunct; having a bearing, more or loss, on the and an enlightened conscience dictate. inimj The only man who can make a newspapei To the Editor of the The Times. is the managing editor, and be can onlj make it through his natural intuitions and his knowledge ef the men whom he sends tc gather the news.

The best reporters arc Election passed off quietly. W. D. Bauner, ten years his own successor, wa not collese graduates, but men who have re-elected. Only two votes being polled graduated from the case in printing offices.

anainst tnis worthy candidate. By th way, Banner has made a good officer The best editor; I ever saw are men whe wrote from their heart-, and not men whe a Henry Cooper was elected trustee by mm. mmmm nanusotne majority, lienry is a young wrote from eg iti-tical impulse-. The sue oessful newspaper will ever be the newspa man having grown up from a boy 111 Clifton. He will make a careful and per that gives tuo news of the day the quickest and in th Mt presentable form, Tae great ler to me is that with al.

the bright intllezts now illumi What's the Matter With this Block? Just exactly six ocks west of the First National Bank and one block south. No prettar lots within fourteen blocks of the center of business to be bought for less than double the price asked for these except in Riverview. You Must Come to Us for Cheap Lots nating the literary ky, no woman has yel appeared as the editor of a successful daily new-piper. Onions for Eight Hundred. New York Letter.

The man who went into a Union square cheap restaurant, sat down at a table with no cloth to it, and ordered a beefsteak with onions, was entirely commonplace. His clothes were neither brand new nor thread have struck the popular chord bare, bis linen was medium as to freshness, and his beard showed about a day's growth. His voice, in saying "Plenty of onions and the streiK rare, was neither imperious, as though coming a man accustoms i te kiral Lots Low Prices Terms command, nor pleading, as of one a-king Easy favor. He leaned back in his chair listlessly while waiting for tbe meal, and when it was served he ate with a od appetite. Who was he? I do not know.

Then, why describe him? Becauso his steak and onions were partakon of by 850 persons. The For particulars, apply to Stratton Morgan, J. F. Ryerson, J. Frank, D.

A. Valentine or J. P. Campbell. painstaking officer.

Thos. Tuff ley aud Win. Hunt, the constables, are both well qualified for the position. The former being particular! well known all over the county and will probably be a candidate for sheriff in the near future. A.

J. Banner, or Representative inner as he should now be called, is a brother of W. D. Bmuer our J. P.

and P. an old settler in these parts and is and always has been a respected cit zen. Our Bau uer will not look carefully to the interests of ihe north of the county, but the remotest townships will receive the same caieful attention. The funeral of J. VV.

Elson, at the Presbyterian church last Sunday wm very largely attended. The church beiuj: crowded to its utmost capacity. Dr. Griffith of Belleville delivered the funer sermon at the ehureh, the S. K.

A. U. VY. having charge of the cer monies at the grave. The band, of which the deceased was a member, discoursed some tine music.

The pupils of the Clifton schools have organized a liteiary society which in- et on aMernate Wednesdays at ihe school house. They are reported as haviug interesting sessions. Several of the busi ness men of Clifton are members aud take au active part. J. K.

Dunham, who was injured In the leg several weeks ago by falling from a load of shiujdes. is able to b' on the streets, but is still unable to perform any work. A little son of Mr. and M-s. L.

Zufall has been quite sick for the past week, but Is now convalessing. Mrs. Baldwin is recovering from a Severe spell of sickness. The lady members of the M. E.

church Save a supper at the G. A. R. hall, Tues ay evening. A fish pond, postoffice ami good supp were among the attractions.

The house was comfortably filled. kitchen in which they were cooked adjoined the cellar of the Union Square theater, and every smell made by the process permeated the auditorium above, goiug into the nostrils of a large audience. First, the odor of frying beef mingled with the emotions engendered by a melodrama. Next, the stench of the sizzling onions sickened the assemblage. This struck me as a greater discomfort of many for the feeding of one individual than I had ever cnown of.

House Painting, CHANDLER CRABB, 370 Court Street, R. M. 1 HAZIER. Dealer iq Mjsical Goods, Sewing Machines andSupplies for all Machines. Clay Cekter, Kak.

A Mexican or boy on entering a room walks around among the company, shaking uands with all, and on leaving the room does the same. "Urbanity is taught in the public schools a arithmetic is at home, T-ereisn bru-querie in this population noons is jostled the street; the best seat in the hor rcar is promptly given up to the Indies who never fail gracefully to acknowledge the tavor. I have never seen a Mexican gentleman fail to give bis seat to a woman, whet ier she was richly or poorly dressed, and this is invariably done with courtesy. The "Then and Now" of Wealth. tNew York Letter.

Any one who as lived here even twent twenty-five years can see how prodigal aEGI5IFJ. NOTICE TO THE LADIES The eRterpri.ing tlrnggist, T. Gowenlocfc bao secured tbe agency iur Dr. McGtll's Famous Specific "Orange Blossom' a positive cure for George's European Restaurant JHE EUROPEAN RESTAURANT an female inuy can irtai herself. Call for "A Plain Talk to Ladle." Trial box free.

dAwianl WADE GRIFFITH Tbe only First-class KesUurant in the city. Meals at all Hoars. Charges Reasonable. Having engaged the services of Mr. Stewart, am prepared to give first-class meals.

Board either bv the week or meal Geneial Blacksmiths, Jobers and Repairers. For Rent. A moderate sized dwelling house, well located. Rent reasonable. Euauire of Poisoning' Sea Galls.

New York Sun. Thre3 enterprising eel-pot fishermen ot Shinnecock bay have been reaping a substantias harvest this summer by poisoning the sea gulls that have resorted to the bay. They watch the shoals where the birds go to feed and than knock tuem out by putting smHl fish charged with arsenide or strychnine on the bare. The birds thus killed bring from 50 to 75 cent each from the feather dealers in tbig city. Five years ago thousands of sea birds congregated on the sand bars of Sainnecock to-day not a half can be seen.

Some time ago a whale came ashore on the beach abreast of the lighthouse. When the boue and blubber were cut out the poisoners operations. Hundreds of gulls and teruso' ail sizss hovered over the carcass of the rnu cas morning; by a tern 00 the sand and surf were with the dead gulls. The matter was kept quiet, and sinca then ths buisaess has been worked for all it was wo th. Converts Kept In Igaoraae.

Chicago Herald.1 The discovery has been made that Mormon missionaries do not let thsir foreign converts know of the polygamous doctrine of the Latter Day Saints until arrival in Utah. A full set of Mori vn books and tracts, used in Englejod by a preacher, contained no mention of plurality of wives, and a mar riage service in one publication included the familiar proviso of oas wife to one Horse Sfiueiiig a Specialty I BUSINESS MEN AND FARMERS F. P. Harkness. Has the only broiler in the city.

Drop in and try one of bis Famous Broiled Steaks To the People of Clay Comity. Leavenworth, Hlginsville, Sangamon, 111., id ota. Rock Springs 6tf and all work in our line done promptly. Shop formerly occu pied by c. H.

Fetitt, on FOURTH STREET. ity fcas increas -1. and citizens aged 7u or thereabout are amazed at the change that has occurred in their Jay. I have talked with old men wh 1 say that Vow York was a city with simple habits ar-1 tastes in their early youth. Then not a single Kan hattaner, not indeed a single American except John Ja -oo Astor, was worth and a million is considered barely a competency.

Then the giver of a party who extended in ail more than 13J0 or $400 would have been reckoned as rush-ing upon bankruptcy; now the flowers ordered for ent tain men ts often cost alone jFrcm $1 000 to $1,500. sometimes much more. He who j.J earn $1,000 annually was thought fortimaja, and $5,000 from in-ye-tments wa: accounted a princely ray-ftfiue. At present tfce self-denying bachelor would find it difficult to subsi on $1,000, and $5, 00 is clared to be the saalleet sura a married man having possibly one or two children, can get on with. A New Yorker is not thought to-day to be rich unless be has a property of $3,000,000 or $4,000,000, and the very rich have four, five, six, tea ttasse an There are hundred of families wh) -id from $100,003 to $10 -000, and duaed woo syiad from to $9UMD0 a ytfer The kmmi Laundry Iron! ELECTION PROCLAMATION Notice is hereby given to the qualified voters of tne First and second Wards of the city of Clay center, that on the rd day of November, election will be held in Uid wards for the foUowlug purposes, lo-wlf To elect one councilman to fill vacancy in the the rrst ward, and one councilman Xo tilt vacancy in the ward of said city Polls will be opened on that day to receive votes In the Fret ward, lu the City Marshal omee, Moses Twist and Enoch Weeklv clerks; H.

M. Baird, L. 8'rattoii and J. Criswold, judges. Polls opened on that da 10 receive in the second ward in said city at the Resort hotel.

I. T. Vet and Kennedy, clerks; E. E. Heath, W.

w. Me-Laughlmand David Upham, judges. The pol, will open at o'clock, a. and close at 6 ciock p. of said day Dated, Noveuber, 10, lseU.

di. M. Fkaizkb Attest, Mayor Should take their Dinners at Whitney's Restaurant FRESH OYSTERS At Whitney's Restaurant. CHOICE CONFECTIONERY At Wbltaey's Restaurant. Fine Jsickle Cigars At s.itjey's Restaurant.

FRESB KRXJI At Whiuey's Restaurant. Oysters serve) in every ntvle known to tbe eater's art 4 Whitney 'si Dinners. Oystrs, Cgnbjctiouery Cigars ad rFWw.tibiur' Rta0ratr -SOLD The Eclipse Washing Machine Man, Two thousand pounds make a ton ever, time at 'our office. We'baveln stock an sizes of Anthracite, rrlces as low as any firm in the city. WM.

PERSOXS. Fifth ftttBfe iM toMih rrf Mit, tztktng toe A kiss was the means of irdfct snniKpov ra Sbstot fff oald tlitnk troald 11 tb dr nil Is-dies. This Iron Is a great Fuel aver. it i tmM two i- i BurfHcti. a i l'olbht-r.

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