The Weekly Telegram from Bloom, Kansas • 4

J. F. FK IIAKVEY Notary Vvtov. mi THE LOOM TELEGRAM. Published every at Bloom," Ford i Count.c, Kansas.

III, 11 it ill VI Every afternoon at 3:55 o'clock, arrival of trains from the west, a MC'GARRT magnificent fullman Sleeping Cat M.D.BTROUl. Editor leaves Topeka for Chicago via tre Great Rock Island Route, making close connection with the famous "limited flyer running through without change AT jSIK AT -Li A DODGE 3ITY, KNa Entered at tho Fostcffic at Bloom; Kansas, as mail matter. arriving at Chicago ''the HA. Kf THE SADDEST place for investments ADVERTISING ILATE3. -to.

OaoPafirc. per WO 00 transportation between points in ine Column, per Month. 10 llalf 6 00 Kansasand Chicago. Will Make Cdlccticas, Prarfice in aB the Coarts and before tie. II 8.

Land OtHta-, Fourth Column 3 00 Professional Cards. 100 1 fiOl For accommodations in this please notify your local agent, and he will be'glad to make snch reservations Subscription, per year, fs advakci. 6ix months Single copies, wrapped for mailing IN THE GLORIOUS STATE OF KANSAS, i. as you may require by telegraph, tf. THURSDAY.

NOV. 8. 1888 CHARES ECKLEY, Estate A (Li Our country Is bigger than China. We; have 3,002,000 square miles, and China has only 2,000,000. ft.

It. TIME TABLE, ROCK ISLAND ROUTE Inefiect Trains going l- Trains going East BLOOM, KANSAS. Bcports of Newspaper Cirenlatlon. There Is no public taith in the accuracy of. the dally reports of newspaper circulation which have been published.

in many No. 23-Mail and Ex. To. 24 Mail and Ex. ft.

St: Jonech. 7:40 p. m. Chute? Farms and GiEy Property to Sell or Excliang 6:35 i 4:10 m. Journals.

Even when sworn to they are not beliored. for the reason 'that they maj be honestly sworn to and yet largely false. Any number of papers may be printed and distributed and For Eastern Land, or for Goons or Live Stock BUSINESS PROMPTLY DONE. CuRRESFpN DENCE SOLIC1TEU, 10:45 6 7:20 6:10 5:20 6:07 i 4:47 Before rosfliw mxt fall Rloofa will be he crossing point of Threes: Rilroads OMAHA EL PASO, the CniOAGp, ROCK ISLAND and the BLOOM MONTEZUMA AIR-LINE, which Will make er a Western railroad Renter amj give her UNSURPASSED SHIPPING FACILITIES Ajod place her In direct cx)jnmuBication with parts of tpe country. Kansas City, Topeka, Herrlngton, Hutchinson, Pratt.

GreenBburg, Bucklin Kingsdown, Bloom, Minneela, Fowler, Meade. Liberal, Bloom, m. 11:18 11:43 p. n. 1:45 Way Freight.

12:37 p.m. sworn to as circulationj but how many are returned? how many oe not sent to bona fide readers? If tht. uish payments 4:07 cor circulation were honestly sworn to, the honest circulatior would be reached, but no newspaper has ever attempted 3:45 2:05 Way Freight 9:25 a. m. Gall on SHAFFER, en you want anything in the line of GROCERIES.

Canned Goods, Cigars, Tobaccos, And, in fact, anything to be found in a general xnejxaritHo establishment, JDODGB CTTT LINE. that only honest test of bona fide readers. Purchases by political committees; special sales to advertisers, which are pften made at nominal prices to give the appearance of circulation; specimen papu-s ent free through canvassers or by mail jo introduce the paper bear no relation to bona fide newspaper circulation, and ioumais which specially force 'and' boost Hail and Ex. 5:15 p.m. 4:55 4:15 Mail and Ex.

10:30 a. 11:30 Way Freight. 6:05 V. Bucklin, Ford City, Dodge City, Bucklin, Ford City, Dodge City, Way Fright. 8:30 circulation always withhold from their public figures the; large percentage of M.

BOBIN80K, Agt. Extra Indueemerits papers not read or paid for.Pniiadel KEEPS A FULL LINE OF PATENT MEDICINES MAIN STREET, BLOOM, KANSAS, phia limes. INCREASED TRAIN SERVICE. Are offered by the Town Ccinpany to persons seeking a business location, and to the merchant, the manufacturer and the mechanic the field herfi is a most inviting one, Situated in the midst of Scyer Get lleypnd Twsnty-Two Inches. Writing of waists, it has often occurred to me, when reading 'dress exchange columns," that women, in mentioning the size of their waists, never seem to get leyond the regulation wenty-two inches.

Occasionally, I notice some courageous individual announces that she measures twenty-three inches, but beyond that no ne seems to dare go. Ofteper than not top at THE ARLINGTON HOTEL. BAKER IITJMRICIIOUSER, Proprietors. In ELvertj Respect Board and Lodging $4,60 per week. Day Board $4,00 per Week.

West Front Street, Dodge City, Kans "Rock Island Route" Always appreciative of the best ii. rests of the travelling public, tin Chicago, Kansas Nebraska Railwa: announces addition to its already pomplete train service two mew Pas lender trains, between Kansas Cit and St. Joseph and Norton, Kansas One of these trains leaves St. Josep! daily at 9:15 p. ud runs througl Thousands of Acres of the Most Fertile Lands ve see eighteen, nineteen, twenty and twenty-one inches' severally quoted as being the waisv size.

Now, one cannot help a feeling of certainty that in countless cases this does not represent nature's standard. It is too uniform by far, for the greai mother delights in variety, never more openly expreestd than in relation to the human form divine. Alas, to Norton via llorton, Junction, Fair the divinity of shape is often destroyed In the world, and-with no competing towns to divide her trade, bury and Belleville, arriving at Nortoi foolish folks who think some reduc- ion of size absolutely essential to beauty. BLOOM HOTEL CHARLES ECKLEY, Proprietor. BLOOM IS SURE TO GET TO THE FRONT at 10:20 the following morning.

Re turning, it leaves Norton daily at 5:4 p. arriving at St. Joseph at 7 o'cloc? the next momhig. The other new trai As a commercial city. Inaddition to her other advantages and improvements, this thriving young city can boast of the v.

sure any one who has noticed the I dnw attention to will that -tween twenty-three and twenty-eight elves is a great gulf fixed, and that very unmarried women will confess to in-ir mediate inches. Cor. Fashion Journal. Kolace for Dull Play. STRICTLY FIRST-CLASS IN EVERY RESPECT.

Best Sgstem of Water-Works SPECIAL ATTENTION TO THE WANTS OF TRAVELING HEX To be found between Greensburg and the Colorado line- For full information concerning Bloom, call on or address leaves Kansas City daily at 9:05 p. and runs through to Norton via Topek McFarland, Manhattan, Clay Centre Clyde and Belleville, arriving at Nr ton at 10:20 the morning following Returning, it liaves Norton daily :40 p.M., arrived at Kansas City tin ppxt morning at Pullman palace sleeping cars run thro Ugh both ways on these trains betweei gt. Joseph and Norton via llorto function aud Fairbry, and betweei. Kansas City and Norton via McFar-tend, Clay Center and Belleville. H.

V. NICHOLS, Agent. Bloom, Ford Kans P. YAMDEIRSLsIGEl (JUSTICE OP THE PEACE) Tha other eveninsf at one of the theatres newspaper man had the good 'ortuue to ve for his riht hand neishl a vcr ctty girl," "the play was rather dull, the wickedly amured him-'lf by wi.tcliing the little wean. Both' she.

r.nd-hcr escort felt the dullness end yawned freely roui the first act. The second act 'lowed no improvement, and toward its 'ose the eccort whiape-ed something to She gave an eager consent to proposition, aad then be began a search Iirougli his pockets. Finall he produced store o. small coin, which he divided LOM MD REAL ESTATE AGENT tor BLOUM, KANSAS. POST OFFICE BUILDING, nto two portions and gave one to the lady.

tTNACQTTATlTTED WITIi THE OEOGKAPHY OF THE COUNTOTTWrLIj OBTATIT WtTCIX VALXJAELE INFORMATION IN H.EOAHD TO KECKNT EXTENSIONS OF THS "QaSAT -ROCK I3I.AND" EVSXM. FROM A SIUD OP THIS MAP OF CHOICEST FARMS IH SOUTH FORD AND NORTH CLARK COMITIES o- Business for aon residents pro Q)t'. itcvilU. 0.T5rilM:3 3ilicit4 he rattled a penny in his hand and she did the same. Both -showed their and as she matched him she uttered i liitls shriek of delight and grasped, her innins.

For the rest of the evening these two forgot the drarn in the gambling. At M. Q. STROUP, Physician and Surgeon. ilrt the man won, much to the disgust of his companion.

Then fortune took an THE, Diseases of Children a Specially. Calls, either day or night promptl answered. Oflice in Postoffice building Bloom, Ford county. Kansas, other turn and the lady von right on to the end of the game. Five or six timea she replenished her escftrt's stock, and when the curtain fell she must have been aheail at least $1.50.

The newspaper man was pained to observe, l.owever, that her system could hardly be tailed fair, for sho held the coin on its edge in her hand and as soon as the gtntleman showed whsth? his was head or tail np she dropped hers on the side that woold win, Phhfifclpnis Indeatractibllltf of Clay. Clay, when placed in any. particulas form, such, for exampts. as an embankment, will retain that form enchanged 'or centuries, wheK protected from strong currents or water. nether irom a knowledge of tM3 fact, or from accident, the primitire inhabitants of this country 1 1111 1 11 11 1 1 r- i This comprohensir -f.

lines stTcrtia tno quickest, safest, ft econrTt'CPl nd nw ot c-ramunicction between all important built their mounds and other monuments Invariably of clay, and the passing centu Kecrasa, uoioraao. wew Mexico, tory. It traverse tne ncnes: th- famous "Go.d Eelt" Of tfco Vv. cersii. vegetable anifrult products, aria ries havo left no mark upon them that wul give to the antiquarian even a hint of their age.

Had these monuments of a lost race been of stone the progress norses, cattie. eaetp ana ce aomirauon oi iaa wono. amocs tho hundxecia of ng1 citio to on its main and branch lines are of decay would have given us some data Kansas City, Sar.rrt, Jc3eph, Pawree City, Wxa, to estimate the period of the "mound rrati, i-oicGwa Cuv, Nelson, eeatrce, buHders." but a mound of clay in a dense fcrcn, ringtoa, Wichita, Weliinaton, Caldwell, Canton, tcicPhersen, Gresnsburg Tc-reka, Dodge City, Siriih enire, Hcttcn, BeUeviiU1, FhUiipsbn.g, Hcrtcn Jcf Abilene, hcrtcn, Sabelha, Clyde, Marion, Clay Center, Peabody, yianbat an, Fairbury. forest, covered annually with a coat of leaves, is indestrcctlLle. A thousard yecjrs will pass and leave no footprints upon it.

If clay was a rare article its wonderful properties would be a subjet of constant comment, but familiarity with ny object is always unfavorable to ccrr Jul -braUca and close Bos toaBudgew SIX OCT ATE. Straps to brrttjc vr jxl. tarjcu wer out. AUpian rtusie ran ts frrrutc.i iL A child can OErrt tenons. Case vf wild chnrry.

etoniird aod r.isrtkiT poiu-iteii us to ikimot to ai-risfvifX rotftcot'd. ho organ manufactured liu met with tha nt rsaltuitv of tb! intramrat. la These points er the ast area offer tils countrr th reto open up rare opporm Ities to tno evefc mercher-t. mt-nufacttirer. mechanic, laDoreracdthoeooTishtoeEerfToin any busuiee'sor iuaustrial pursuit.

Connect3 at Kansas Ctr sn-i S. Jsph for St. uid fll points Eas5 South and Soutapast; with JAVi'S tjast Trains Of the "GREAT ROCK 1SLAND HOUTS" lor fvVl 1 CS? Pi IV I Davenport. Rocit Island. De3 Moine3.

Peoria. Chicsso. end brb rl r1 P-1 1 tl I 1 all pomta East tho tor Riirir.LivJ B-d Li Tkft. Sour Falls. VVatr town, Minneapolis, St.

Paul ana aa points North and Nortiwest, ana -with continuous lines running and Southwest to tn Pacific Coast. SPLENDID PABSSICER EQUIPEHEIT. Entirely nex7, -with latest irsprovementa, strictly FIHST CliASS, and tnanu-factured expressly for thla service, leading all competitors In the security and luxury of tt3 accommodations. Elegant Day Coaches, restful KPClsninsr Chairs (seats FREE) and bertha at i educed rates in magnificent Putlmaa Palace Sleeping Cars. Union Depots at all terminal pciuts, and Checked to destination.

Although tho CHICAGO. KANSAS 2s NEBRASKA P7 of modem con The Itt Tferd. ealcs. It even bids fair to ntr Mash. The Diss the demand for tne ar-iamrd I mtrovM Be tho- fc? rrrctasiafit are able to dure the rrlcerrcn 5125.CO to ny 103.50.

vrhich Includes ranslc acd acd adicttabi 'A masher and mashed fire not obsolete, but tncient, which is worse. To bo up with the times you nnst coupler tho 3ouna tuan whose eyes hat rested cn. you in fond cri-roval, not, as herfxeforc, reuccd to the formless state of th icily fkh, but red Beethoven an iddto liiofso tie IE nofso trisLrcTc tie combination n.ranrin: tlff ttyioa of wiii ttoo oa of rrra-'a witi Mod la i rce to 1 75.00 alw.PrA as ra. Upr.TaHT lta-oa fron tt75.04 to 97.SO-wUl rJea wTite vs, end T70Hiil take pleasure in elvlrg all Btruction, tho solidity of its permanent way. iron end rfTfT, i fljlf se who lie iarormatton of thhi t-rc tsT chnrsre.

Tb stone bridges, steel trade, and tne perfection or its roiunir i iimi shaken up, jolted, as when encountering some obstruction in downward sweep eoEfcTrplatapurctasiEJ'WLacowea tocoosnltwith os, ritoerarevo acnn tx Deal dirrrt with the Voo tbrcfcresoTOOffent'B by purchasing as wormy coaponeni pars ui wo eya- tern. It la officered and operated hv men of ability and lrsrw exDenence. of the smooth going tobessan. t4IIels iounced, you sav oa you observe the jjftironiinonianti.acTtirer. tiiSJTitwnta ere warrant faforMi a and For tickets, maps, folders or any desired apply to your nearest Birrrther on 15 broken bonc3 of Vx victim and turn tc frc3li Hrt- 1-uvi new.

Great mar to our crm par mar bo f.t'ficrrv. orna c'-'C--s Tboth xraT coupon Ticset Agent, cr aaoress 'VlOB-Pres. A Gen. AmL Geo. Uasttgm.

Gca.TkrS Paawengor Ara. i.r. i.iwA is the young TormiA, has. Chicago, ilxs enzuu tLAn, mm oRGAii. for cnnc-iiD la' Tainuja -Ranted.

Adfirefs til ccEainorlcatlons, rETTfOVr OHGA oshinston. Ucvr Jersey. L'. G. A.

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