Decatur Center Advance from Decatur Center, Kansas • 2

if n7 2r I'M' the bostabo-t here and there, epair will gather at the hearfsfX" Jk.t ITlio Sample Kooms THE ADVANCE. i -OF- 9 7 (i. LI of men, for we will hare a heav. ier tax to pay if the county i 1 1 i aeui goes 10 uuerun. auca will he the condition of us if we lt them gain the day at the com i1n election.

The glowing promms they make are lilcet those of the witches in Macbeth, they made to the ear, but CHAS, T. UOOi.H JOHN MAN. Ktiitor. ''--tllrl'igP' 188 fcUB-CRIFT'ON nA.TK.-3: One yiir, i MCHlha llirea Adv.ncs. J.

II. AT DECATUR CEN TEE, KANSAS, CAN DB FOUND THE FINEST LINE OF Pus? Win will be broken in the. DvtnTiFiNo rates' tu9 and putting the 1,1 fltr to exdua cusriercrji'mn, one p8'co moat of the light, one can easily iL L.tnm rw CSC3ARS e. A long felt want at Dcatnr la Decatur county. Also the latest and most popular brands of Tobacco.

Parties needing anything in the aboe lino will do well to call. cciitir attest Ven. supplied sition he thrusts his long pole by the birth of tli Decatur cen- down ai hools hi? sponge, ter Th ressels usually remain out dur piipn- tiiall.at all times 'upon the bars fmm roonday be devoted to the best interests until Friday evening of each of the town. and counly; it shall; week, coming into the keys Fii-(itfind bold and fearless in all day night, in order to clean the Up undertakings, find will work. sponges which they have might and main to estab-j gathered, the present wet-k into Jisti th county seat of Decatur crawl-, puV.tleir roadand wa- Men were told senoasly and confidently, a 1' i Oberlit, should get the cchrtiA it would make a betterrt07rn us down here at Clayton; thar the farther away the connty eeat was.

from here the bettet town it wouiu mae. ir iecatui Center gets thecounty seat clay Ion will get a stage line nex summer, for it has already beei promi3edvprovided Decatur center gets tha county seat. And now we are asked with the insolence of a binhwavman making ofTsritli stolen prop- do X7 nrft nfranoil Wittl a launt mat we cannot help ourselves, and. are boldly did the counting in the petition will ba in position to count the votes at the coining election, and such is no doubt their deliberate intent. Success always inspires courage, and if lue people of t-Lfa vicinit submits now, they wit be called upon for a still great, display of weakness hearafter The prize Ibis time i ih county sat ail the po jr of Decatur coo while the other, Ij'iojr across the boat's thwart, with hia head in: urn 1 1 I iu nmvi giiiBs, ocans me oor torn for iponges.

The water glass used by the spongers is nothing but a common dep pail, with a circular pane of glass for a bottom. Placing the upright six or seven. fathoms of water. Tba sponger, when ho sees a sponge, by 'tie waving of his hand, directs the ecullerhow to go, -and-when in a desirable po- ter -on ooard ana prepare ror lhn iiPTh wtpr TJi snnTcrsi wine! tufy gatner ou. weex are put in crawls or pens, ma Je (lrivinS Ps i the tand, where, at low water, they ar quite or almost dry.

Ileie tuoy ar left until the next Saturday, to be washed by the tides. On the fallowing Saturd.17 they are cleansed by striking then cne or twoJight blows with a paddle. When the sponges are cleaned they are taken aboard tu schooner. ocntm Ooiitcr. Decatur center is located in the geographical Center of one finest end most productive counties in the state of Kansas.

It is a government town site which af fords superior advantages to bus-iness men who are looking for a good location. It has good prospect of securing both the county seat and the Central Branch railroad, which combined with the live and" energetic men is sure to be boss town of Decatur county. to the fact that i uiniv sit Derntnr rrntej. .1. ill euucinui iwi furnioh our readers with sound, fiiibstar.iial ren diner, and in re-1 mm thDeople to eire us 3ivir.g patronage.

Our cclnmns ar open to all br wish to communicate. Youts Respectfully CHA2LTC8 T. BOGIRT. JOHN J. ACftEKHAN.

SrONGS AT 1 1 KE1N0. tKq cnr-ritr nav 1) found inthe 1 Jf ilit-ti 1 cri cal waters citscts to pit" thebeles commisioners mln rx. flrixiii ds ct the Uuited States tie the w9tfis aronnd along the urestern c( tt of Floiida, fim Tampa Bay on the south to Pensacola the noi'thwpst. The. sponge iK'hooiiers have two places i-Wi their fponfs when coast 0 ponging on at Anciote Keys, Lc oth at liock Island.

Of the sponges" we have several avieties, classed according to their marketable value tis "sheep ''lox -U, --besides one class. rot J. R. SAXTON. W.

MORTOK. HEi ST8BC1 HCf GOQDSI! AND New AT DECATUE CENTJiB, KllfflAf. hT on hand the largest atoek Booda ever brought to Daeatur Couaty, which waofferatRAlLROAD PRICJBS. THS STOCK CON6IST3 OP A FULL LIN.OF jreer2.e, Dry Goods, Boots and Shoot, Hardware; Queenswaxe Clothing, and every, thing usually found in a first clae9 store. TH HIGHEST (PRICK PAID VC? CRAIH AND MOOS," Givt ua a tril pnd 1U try pleaaafou.

SASTOIT ft UOSTON' (MV MrvPV'hn-'oil ft Co. 6 S3. mwSm pecatnr Center iJT Advance. SI Th tit Oounty. tf It TF.IfJf A I 4 tttXa.

9, knnwi CWr. -'it. 1 i rf" DSA.LBR IN CHOICE FAMILY Groceries, TEAS, oOPFESS, BPIcES, SALT, PORK, CHINA at GLASSWARE, Oil tndj Lamp, nd Garden Seed. FAfcllLT MEDICINES OF ALL KINDS aTaiclrson, Kas. PROPRIETOR pF CENTER ffeed'-Stabl Th traveling public, caa find first class accommodations for their stock.

1 Dccatar Center, '''ihe loggerhead," wh'ih has no uvki.wi uruicr is in iu niiuw vuumy una Sf wxir!) VUUt'j lS lit' I IlUHm thiipicVmjr u'pfirsVh-amed V-is ihevariety mostly sought, as it market price. most of the vessels engaged geographical center of th coun ty she is lightly and justly entitled to the county seat, and we hope that when election day comes every voter in the county will cast -a vote in her favor. There, are no vacant lots for sale, they are given away and anyone" wishing a lot can get a njwl mil nii ri a uut.utuK Wu SIX 1 1 r. "I iu.u 0,1, uo, ia laauu. u.uo ()j ft Jovey -and yotirself of th9.gO aen-(Hfint would, finish certain sectior of this county by undo and 'un fair share of taxation to Iftiloi, costly buildings in this cou.it ibis is the; treat to whicji tie people of Decatur county (fire invited; this is the burden which if ftr aiked 10 bend 4n; backs; this is the degradation to which we re expected to submit.

A popular uprising nw will avert this evil, th 'pf rifld for deV.b ration is Ion enough fora thoioogh CAuvas of I cap be done in this matter. J. D. Riqgs. BISMAUK'S FIItST LOVE- Of Prince Bismarkin his youth a very pretty and romantic sory-i jn araml)Ie tlirQ, a strong catholic, marry his daughter to a Pi and the young Biemarr, torely grieved, tore himself a- jw ay, A few ye fair-Tyrolese, liav years after, ta iagmeaawhije married a catholic, died it Salzburgh.

Sho left a daasf ter, in whom the great charic ij. Icr has always taken a kindly interest. She has lately and th prince has sect her his good wishes aad'a beai tiful wedliag gift. Pittsburg it. 4 flK.t-fSnnn.

IAre IJliwre'pfl Uitnlntnie fire. Ml deep in lover ml bandlie short fcn'M' father a wealthy a 4 A ZSt, I 1 in tlin spo trad 3 owned tun filled our at Kv.West. The outfit. Of a speme consists of a numb. 'r or i'r poles with hooks wtnue'd'oa tltt Hiid.ppr irjg, from tbr.

to rvkii bo.i a seven to tUtee'n mn 'According to the number of bo.lts with provisiouTTor from eight to ten weeks, jTiitiiig a curiosity to see actual last raonduy "uiornitlg found me aboard the pchobtfeT samliler; spinning to wards Jim- bars; but owing to Jtght winds during Uie day, we iioiarrive till after nightftil. Tuesd however, sponging commenced in earnest. Shortly after sunrise the anneAytwo men each, with water-gles, t'4 offia quest of sponges. Oqe of iLemen ia the I VI lUUUJ lib VUlwT. Communicated.

The for the county ssat araons: tb9 people ot Do- carur Center and vicinity should become such a fierce light that the whole energies of man must be devoted to this one great object. If we do aot succeed in d3pair, discontent and misery prevails on every hand 1 gloomy saclaesi will overhang thls part of "the conty li -e a taio't cbal; de- 1 1 Western Uua t(lpaitvertimnt In paper..