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Highest of all in Leavening Power. U. S. Gov't Report, Aug. 17, 1889.

OF GENERAL INTEREST. CHOICE OF WOODS. AMONG THE DALMATIANS. Republican Connty Convention. cpitlmran HI! A Mountain Land Where the Male Is "the Lord of Creation." Dalmatia is a strip of country on the eastern coast of the Adriatic, comprising also several hundred islands off the coast line.

The country does not exceed four thousand square miles in ex- Official Paper of the County and City Baking Powder T. J. PALMER, Editor and Proprietor. WEDNESDAY, OCT. 7, 1891.

I tent and has had perhaps five hundred thousand population. It is one of the byways of Europe, little known, but well worth the trouble of visiting to him who is willing to dispense with the REPUBLICAN TICKET, 1891. ABSOLUTE PURE PUBLICATION NOTICE. AN EXPENSIVE LESSON. at Our Candidates.

TKEASllMCK. The name of Len Follick for County Treasurer carries with it honor, qualification and experience. No man could have been nominated in the county whose name would convey to the electors greater responsibility and a more faithful devotion to the very responsible office for which he was chosen by the convention. That he will be elected is as certain as that he was nominated. COUNTY CLEI1K.

If the convention had raked the county with a fine tooth comb they could not have found a man better qualified for this important and difficult position than John F. Armstrong. At the organization of the county and the appointment of a county clerk he was made the deputy and has almost continuously since worked in that office. There is no office in the county more difficult to fill than the one for which he is chosen, nor a man who can render the public a better service. If qualification and service is taken in account next November he will be elected by an overwhelming majority.

REGISTER OF DEEDS. That there were no other candidates for this office than Moses Black is the best evidence of the universal satisfac darden City, Kansas. Sept. 22, 1891. The Republican delegates met in convention according to call at the city hall and were called to order by J.

EL Ellis, chairman county central committee. B. F. Stivers was chosen temporary chairman and Geo. W.

Wiley temporary secretary. The following committees were then elected, being one from each township: On Credentials W. II. Lewis, X. H.

Mendenhall, E. M. Mears, Frank Wright, Fred Kragh, P. L. Craig, J.

W. L'nsell, C. M. Rice and Lewis Smith. On Order of Business J.

L. Smith, I. N. Sharp, L. D.

Corlis, G. W. Block-som, B. II. Cordes, W.

Latta, J. II. Ellis, W. F. Foster, W.C.Campbell, and E.

W. Jenkins. On Resolutions A. W. Shinn, Geo.

W. Wiiey, F. Thacker, C. Wright, M. Buck, R.

Dossett, J. H. Stamper, R. Buis, C. M.

Weaver and J. M. Byers. On Permanent Organization J. W.

Ilapgood, A. J. Elliott, John Shon-laugh, F. Wright, Henry Eickoff, P. Edwards, C.

F. Ellis, S. C. Hudson, W. J.

Butler and Levi T. Bates. The convention then adjourned to 1 p. m. AFTERNOON SESSION.

Upon reconvening the various com Oak at Present the Most Popular For Honsehold Furniture. In the last score of years the tendency has been to adopt hardwood not only for furniture, but for the paneling and interior woodwork of the house. Oak furniture of a fair quality may now bo purchased as low as was the painted or enameled pine furniture of years ago. It is true that a good leal of this cheap furniture is made of inferior wood, in which the defects are concealed by fiUing-in before it is polished or burnished off. But even then wood that is thus treated is far more durable than the cheap veneered furniture of half a century ago.

Oak is undoubtedly the most popular wood to-day. It is found in both natural and antique finish. All antique oak and all the various fancy finishes, such as the sixteenth century finish, the malachite finish, are artificial methods of treating the natural wood. They are produced by the use of stains of various kinds and are therefore to be condemned as shams. Another artificial method of treating oak is to bleach it so it becomes as light colored as white maple.

This effectually destroys all the natural beauty of the wood. Inferior pieces of oak furniture are invariably treated in antique finish or some artificial style in order to cover up their defects, and this is another reason why they should be avoided. The best choice in low priced furniture is a good set of oak. Ash is not especially durable. It is likely to split off.

Maple, which is a very beautiful and expensive wood, is so delicate in color that it is liable to become soiled, and is not very durable. Care should For County Treasurer, LEN FOLLICK. For County Clerk, J. F. ARMSTRONG.

For Register of Deeds, MOSES BLACK. For Sheriff, A. J. BYRNS. For Surveyor, J.

H. ELLIS. For Coroner, C. BUTTON. Commissioner, 2d District, FRANK LOUR.

Commissioner, 3d Dis't, to riil vacancy, J. N. STAMPER. A Little Dissert atlon on the Use and Mia. nse of a PoUte Expression.

"There's that I owe you," he said, as he pulled a bill from his pocket and passed it over. "Ah, yes; th inks." "What?" "Thank you." "What for?" "For the "But it's yours." "Yes, yes. Of course, it is now." "It was before. It never was mine. You simply let me have it as an accommodation." "Of course.

But I'm obliged to you for its return." "Didn't you expect it?" "Certainly I did." "Then why so much agony?" "It's merely an expression of gratification." "Why should you be gratified to learn that I am an honorable man. Didn't you think I was?" "Why, yes; of course, I did." "If you buy a wagon load of furni otice is hereby given that the following named ittler has filed notice of his intention to make final proof in suupport of his claim, and that said proof will be mado lefore the Probate Judge of Meade county, Katisas, at Meade, November 1891, viz: Peter A. deBoer, Final Homestead, Entry No. 17648, for the southeast qnarter of section 7, in township 33 south, of range 27 west. He names the following witnesses to prove his continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: W.

C. (iarre, Albert Hill, J. K. Roberts and D. Cabihan, all of Meade, Kansas.

D. M. Frost, Register. U. S.

Land Office at Garden City, Kansas. Sept. 15, 1891. Notice is hereby given that the following named settler has filed notice of her intention to make final proof in support of her claim, and that said proof will be made before the Probate Judge of Meade County, Kansas, at Meade, October 31st, 1891, viz: Comfort S. Cilenn, D.

Entry No. 13013, for the aoutheast quarter of the northwest quarter of section 30, and lot 1 and the east half of the northwest quarter of section 31, all In township 34 south, of range 30 west. She names the following witnesses to prove her continuous residence upon and cultivation of said land, viz: Samuel Moore, J. R. Botts, M.

W. Free and Henry Lane, all of Arkalon, Kansas. D. M. Frost, Register.

Sheriff's Sale. ture do you express gratitude to the man who delivers it?" "Certainly not." tion he has given during his first term and the strength he presents as a candidate. The man who accepts a nomination for this office in opposition to him must be one of much nerve, and go into the campaign as he will come out, wondering what he was, who he was and where he was. A more congenial gentleman the convention could not have nominated. SHERIFF.

The success of A. J. Byrns for the "It would look as though you to be beaten out of it if you raved because he turned it over to yon wouldn't it?" "It might." "You didn't get any interest on that luxury of a good hotel and to brave the dangers which must be incurred by visiting a half-savage people. Even under the Austrian dominion, as it has been since the first years of the present century, the Dalmatians have not learned the arts of peace and it is perilous in certain districts to venture outside the walls of the principal towns. Notwithstanding the fact that an Austrian garrison is stationed in almost every village, brigands are common, and their favorite bit of enterprise is to capture the traveler and hold him for ransom; nor are they scrupulous for his life, for unless the ransom bo paid, and that with reasonable promptitude, he will suffer for the remissness of his friends.

Not until very recent years has much attention been paid them by the Austrian government They were formerly regarded as a turbulent, troublesome, riotous set who needed an occasional severe example to keep them in order. Less than thirty years have elapsed since an Austrian official gravely advised, in the case of a village riot that the entire population be decimated. They are considered lazy and unreliable, and perhaps they are, yet they have many good qualities. When living on their own land, and thus having some incentive to labor, they work hard; when their boats are their own property, they are industrious fishermen. Of recent years the Austrian govern ment has ascertained their value, and they are now being employed in large numbers in the Austrian navy; as sailors they are more reliable than as soldiers, but when drafted into the army they are usually not kept at home, but sent into one of the northern provinces.

It should not be forgotten that over fifty languages are spoken in Austria, and it is the policy of the Austrian government to send regiments into districts where they know nothing of the people or their language. The Czech regiment is sent into a German province; tlie Dalmatian regiment into the Tyrol; the recruits from the Tyrol are quartered in Dalmatia or Bosnia. Notwithstanding their past, there is hope for the future Dalmatians. So noble a race of men must in time become usef uL It must be confessed that the vices among them are at present numerous. The men sleep all day while the women do the work, a sight repulsive to the natives of a civilized country.

But with education, foreign intercourse, and, above all, that peace which never can come while the Turkish frontier is so close at hand, Dalmatia will enter upon a future of prosperity. It is in the long journeys over the mountains that the men's laziness is shown the most strongly. There the women carry all the burdens, while the men swell around as if each were a king, instead of a subject mountaineer. The boats they use in their infrequent water voyages are very rude and primitive. They tip up at both ends worse than an Indian dug-out, and the oars are the most cumbersome things imaginable.

They develop but little speed, and frequently on the mountain lakes the wind rushes down a gorge, the tipsy boat is upset and for some days the women go around mourning their lost ones. N. Y. Journal. By virture of an order of sale, isssued out of the District Court of Meade county, Kansas, wherein William K.

Gilleit was plaintiff, and Martha Goodwillie, Levi (ioodwillie, Stillman Truax, Berttie Ann Truax, Bell Decker, C. V. Decker, M. Wightman, Harriet Wightman, E. F.

Seeberger, Louise B. Seebrger, A. T. Bodle. Abbie E.

Bodle, M. H. Ewait, Jerry Toles. and Mrs. Jerry Toles, and Charles Lund and S.

Mitchell, partners as Lund Mitchell were defendants, 1 will on the 31st day of October, MM, between the hours of ten o'clock a. m. and three o'clock p. at the front door of the court house in the city of Meade, county of Meade, and state of Kansas, offer for sale at public auction and sell to the highest bidder, for cash in hand, all the right, title and interest of the above named defendants in and to the following described real property, situated in the county of Meade and steate of Kansas, to-wit: Lots 3 and 4 in block 11, sui vey of the City of Meade Center, now 5 eade, Kansas, according to the recorded plat thereof. Said property is levied upon as the property of the above named defendants and will be sold without appraisement to satisfy the plaintiff's claim of herein, and costs and accruing costs, according to said order of sale.

A. J. Byrns, Sheriff Meade Countv, Kans. Sheriff's office, this 29th day of September, 1891. be taken to buy oak furniture of a thoroughly trustworthy dealer, as no wood is more liable to warp than oak if it is used before it has been seasoned.

When once well cured it is probably the best and most durable of all woods, mahogany alone excepted. Black walnut is one of the strongest and most durable of woods, but it is not fashionable at present and is not as expensive as it was at one time. The most valuable wood in market is the genuine Spanish mahogany. It is dark, has considerable curl in the grain, and is fine and close in texture. Honduras mahogany, on the contrary, is coarser and straighter in grain, and is much less valuable.

The best mahogany is very heavy. The old variety of mahogany, known as San Domingo, is almost out of market, and is the most valuable of all. It is found chiefly in antique pieces. There is a new kind of mahogany which has come into use of recent years and which grows chiefly in lower California and Mexico. It is known as prima verra, or white mahogany.

It is a wood with beautiful grain, nearly as light in color as maple, with a beautiful golden tone and grain. It has been used for the interior of the houses of millionaires on the western coast and for fine pieces of furniture. Genuine ebony is one of the most expensive of woods, and is seldom seen in entire pieces. The best ebony comes from Africa. Most of the so-called ebony furniture in market is hardwood which has been stained and treated to a good polish.

Cherry wood, which is frequently stained to look like mahogany, is a cheap imitation and should be avoided, because it is not durable. Cherry-is far more durable finished in its natural color, a gray-brown hue. Rosewood is another old-fashioned wood no longer in demand for furniture. It is used chiefly for the cases of pianos, but even for this purpose it is passing out The success attending the production of the Passion Play at Oberam-mergau has induced the residents of Meran to imitate it A theater is being planned on which "folk-plays from Tyrolese history and social life" will be presented. Here is the prayer of the minister of the Cumbrays, two miserable islands in the mouth of the Clyde: Lord, bless and be gracious to the greater and the lesser Cumbrays, and in Thy mercy do not forget the adjacent islands of Great Britain and Ireland- The New Orleans Times-Democrat concludes, on the basis of Mr.

Porter's census, that of the population of the United States 55 per cent is English; 20 per cent, is German; 15 per cent, is Irish; 4 per cent, is Latin; 3 per cent Scandinavian, and 3 per cent Slav. At least 90,000 Americans annually go to Europe to make the grand tour. This army of pleasure-seekers pay to the steamship companies and 836,000,000 in hotel bills, presents and tips, the expenses of the ordinary traveler averaging SS per day for forty days. Four million dollars may be safely charged to presents. It will thus be seen that the total amount expended is about 50,000,000.

Vergennes, Vt, is the third oldest city in the United States, having been chartered in 1788. Hartford and New Haven, were chartered in 1784. Vergennes is probably the smallest and most quiet city in the country, having a populatian of 1,773 and covering only 1,200 acres. Nevertheless it has a mayor, a city council, a board of aldermen, and all other officers pertaining to a full-fledged city. The exports from Italy to the United States for the year etfded June SO amounted to 825,850,000, notwithstanding the immense falling off in the shipment of raw silk on account of the depression of the silk industry in the United States and in the shipments of fruit from Sicily, owing to a deficient crop.

Had the shipments of silk and fruit been equal to those of the preceding' year the exports would have exceeded $26, 000, 000. The husk of Indian corn is being used in the manufacture of paper. In some experiments to test this use the husks were thrown into a rotary 'boiler, and after being mixed with caustic soda and thoroughly boiled, they formed a kind of spongy paste, full of glutinous substance. This paste was then placed in a hydraulic press, so as to separate the gluten from the fiber; a compact mass of fiber was then obtained, which is worked in various ways. Few reflect, when they are talking about fat globules, how small a thing a globule is.

Of the largest of them, laid along in a row, it would require 1,500 to measure an inch. Of the smallest of them, 27,000 laid in a line would no more than cover an inch. The largest has 64 times more diameter than the smallest and 221 times more volume. In a drop of milk the size of a pin's head there are from 1,000 to 4,000 fat globules. The average number of fat globules in a quart of milk is estimated at two thousand billions Some experiments were recently made at the Riverside iron works, Wheeling, W.

on the comparative liability to rust of iron and soft Bessemer steel. A piece of iron plate and a similar piece of steel, both clean and bright, were placed in a mixture of yellow loam and sand, with which had been thoroughly incorporated some carbonate of soda, nitrate of soda, ammonium chloride and chloride of magnesium The earth as prepared was kept moist At the end of thirty-three days the pieces of metal were taken out, cleaned and weighed, when the iron was found to have lost 0.84 per cent, of its weight and the steel 0.72 per cent As illustrating one of the causes for the great cost of English railways as compared with those in new countries, it is interesting to note that the proposed new Lancashire, Derbyshire East Coast line is estimated to cost 6,650,000, or about 41,500 per mile, but of this total 4,500,000, or 28,100 per mile will be required simply and solely for land purchase, leaving the actual cost of construction at about 13,400 per mile, which will compare favorably with the cost of similar and similarly equipped lines elsewhere. Over here in America it will be thought that 60,000 per mile for construction only, is pretty high, and yet it is not to be supposed that the amount named represents any "water." Railway Review. A woman entered a London bookstore and asked for a particular recitation, which the clerk found after a search of twenty minutes in a volume sold for a shilling. She sat down and began to pore over it.

The clerk supposed she was going to commit it to memory, but she mildly asked if she might coppy part of it. He said: "Certainly." She thereupon asked Mm if he would "lend" her a piece of paper. That "lend" was a dainty piece of euphemism, and he handed over a first-class pad to write on. Then she modestly beg'g'ed for a pencil, and when he bad produced a brand new one she sat down and copied every word of the recitation from beginning to end. When she had finished she gathered herself up, and without a word walked off with her copy and the assistant's new pencil.

Publication Notice. did you?" "No." "Then you've no reason to be grateful to me for coming to you for it?" "No, I can't see that I have." "Favor was all on your side?" "Yes." "Then why in thunder do you intimate that I have done you a favor in giving it back? Why didn't you say 'Thank the It would be about as complimentary. I'm a bit of a stickler on etiquette." "So I see. I'll be more careful in the future. I'll see that this doesn't happen again." "That's right." "Safest way is not to let you have any more Vs." "Hold on there! You misunderstand me." "Oh, no.

I might be betrayed into thanking you when you returned them, and then you'd feel insulted." "No, no. Never in the world, old man." "I wouldn't insult you for anything." "Of course not. I understand that perfectly." "Of course you wouldn't say anything about it, but I might make a slip some time and then you'd feel hurt" "No, I wouldn't; honest." that's all right; you're trying to be nice and courteous about it so's not to hurt my feolings, but I know your sensitive nature. The safest way is the best way. If I don't let you have any more there'll be no danger of my making any of these frightful blunders.

Much obliged to you, my bey, for put-ing me on." That night a young man walked all the way to his home, nursing his wrath as he went, and when he got in the house he took down a treatise on "The Use of Polite Phrases" and tore it up and stamped on it and then threw the pieces out of the window, and none of the phrases he used during the entire time could have been printed in the book if it were to go through the United States mails. Chicago Tribune. The State of Kansas, Meade County, ss. To Emma L. Vass.

You will take notice that you have leen sued, together with William B. Ulaas. in the District Court in and for Meade county Kaunas by The Notional Life Association of Hartford, Connect'-cnt, and that unless you answer to the petition filed in said suit on or before the 12ih day of October, 1891, said petition will be taken as true and judgment rendered against you accordingly, foreclosing a executed and delivered by said William E. C5.ass to the American Mortage Trust Company dated the 1st day of July. 188, on the following described real estate, in Meade county, Kansas, to-wit: The north half of the southeast quarter and the east half of the southwest quarter of seel ion eight (8) in township thirty-four (84) ranre twenty-eight (28) wet of tne tlth P.

and for le sale of said real estate, without appraisement, to the debt secured by said mortgage. Witness tnv hand and official seal, this 29th day Septemlier, 1891. D. B. Stutsman, Seal.

Clerk District Court. By S. D. Adams, Deputy. Bodle Bodle, Attorneys for Plaintiff.

Judas Shows Ilis Cloyen Foot. Will Republicans now believe what the Republican has told them for some time, that the Globe was claiming to be a Republican paper for the revenue it could obtain from Republican candidates Instead of supporting the nominees of the Republican convention it now denounces the convention and its nominees. The money paid the Globe by Republicans for announcements had better have been thrown into the lire, it only contributed so much to their worst enemy. How any one who will read the Globe of last week who desires the election of those nominated last Saturday can longer contribute to its support we can not understand. It has been a Judas in the party for live years.

Now that it is out and openly seeking to defeat the Republican candidates will Republicans longer support it The Republican county convention was a fair expression of the party in the county, and its nominees fairly chosen. It and the primaries which elected delegates thereto were advertised in the Globe as well as the Republican. Fuhr did not attend the primary in this township because he feared it would commit him to the support of the nominees of the convention. As we have repeatedly said, he has intended from the first to fight the Republican candidates, and it is now proven true. The nomineees of the convention were not all our personal preference, though we had no particular objection to any of them, but being the choice of a majority of that convention and representing Republican principles, they are now our choice.

The Republican has never set itself up a3 the dictator of the party. Its editor may have his personal preference between Republicans, and as a member of the party desire to express that preference, exercising the same right as has any other Republican; but when the majority have expressed their choice those chosen become our candidates. By no other way can a party be maintained; by no other way can a Republican form of government be perpetuated. The public plunder ring, long headed by M. J.

O'Meara, whose mouthpiece was the Globe, is fast losing its grip on the public treasury; its cry of "stop thief' is being understood, solid facts have convinced the people who the thieves are. Though O'Meara is gone, a number of those who were partners in his plunder are yet in the county and furnishing the brains to manage the congregation of boodlers now running what they are pleased to call the People's party. They have learned that the people of Meade county are done with le warding favorites at public expense; honest management of county finances has come to the front; impartiality and economy is to become the rule and the boodlers feel that they must go, hence their desperate efforts and villianous abuse of honorable citizens. All public work should be let to the lowest responsible bidder and the work properly done before being paid Publication Notice. nomination where there were so many candidates and such warm competition is the best evidence of his strength as a candidate.

His service for one term and the satisfaction given will be verified at the polls as at the convention. He has done his duty fearlessly and well in a difficult and responsible position, always having in view the best service he could render the public. He is a rustler and will be elected over anyone the opposition may trot out. SURVEYOR. The convention made an excellent choice for this office when it placed in nomination J.

II. Ellis, who is in every way competent and honorable. He is a man of mature years, of excellent judgment and absolutely impartial. What there is to do in this office will be done right, should he be elected, as he will. CORONER.

In the selection of Dr. C. Button for Coroner the convention carried out the policy pursued in the other nominations, instead of the too common practice of frittering away this nomination as a joke. Wrhen the services of a Coroner are required the duties and judgment of a physician become necessary and no other should be elected to this office. The nominee is a man whose honor and qualifications are beyond question and his election will give the county a capable official.

COMMISSIONER 2D DISTRICT. There is no office in the gift of the people of a county so important to them as that of Commissioner. The selection of Frank Lohr for this position is an exeellect one, as he will bring to the office good executive ability and business experience. He is interested in the economical management of the county's finances, as a property owner. A glance at his farm in Odee township shows him to be systematic in his work.

No one questions his honor nor ability. COMMISSIONER 3D DISTRICT. The selection of Rev. J. N.

Stamper is in keeping with the other nominations of the convention for qualfication and service. He is a man of large ex-perienc, excellent judgment, the soul of honor and manhood. His election with that of his associate on the ticket for Commissioner will be a bar to the appropriation of public money for individual gains or to pay some favorite for political purposes. His election will mean hands off the public funds and economy to the last figure. Pledged as are the above "to the strictest economy in the management of the public affairs of Meade county," their election means a bright future tinancially for Meade county.

It means as low taxes as are commensuiate with the publie good and a service creditable to them and the people of the county. of date. There is a fancy at present for enameled furniture, but this is as expensive as hardwood furniture if it is properly made, as it must always be finished over hardwood to be durable. Even then it is easily chipped and defaced N. Y.

Tribune IDEAL CHILDHOOD. THE SONAL ISLANDS. The State of Kansas to Frank B. Selby. You will take notice that you have been sued, together with Gust H.

Berg, T. II Stevens, The Farmers Loan and Trust Company of Kansas, O. F. Casteen, Levi S. Gould and F.

G. Hobson, assignees of The Farmers Loan and Trust Company of Kansas, and O. F. Casteen, H. Llewelyn Jones and P.

G. Walton, trustees, in the District Court in and for Meade county, Kansas, by Sarah Whitney and that unless you answer to the peUtion filed in said suit on or before the 28th day of October, 1891, said petition will be taken as true and jndgment rendered against you accordingly, foreclosing a mortgage to secure the payment of $500 and interest, executed and delivered' by said Gust H. Berg to the Farmers Loan and Trust Company of Kansas, dated the 1st day of Novemlier, 188ti, on the following described real estate, in Metide county, Kansas, to wit: The north wast quarter of section fifteen (15) in township thirty-one (31) south, of ransre twentv-nine (29) west of the sixth i P. and for the sale of said real estate, without appraisement, to pay the debt secured by mittees reported. The committee on credentials reported all townships represented, nearly all the delegations being complete, there being in all 73 delegates present and entitled to vote.

Report amended giving absent delegates the right to a vote when the same is expressed in writing, and the different delegations the power to cast the full vote of their townships. Adopted. Committee on permanent organization reported in favor of B. F. Stivers for chairman and Ii.

W. Campbell for secretary. Adopted. Committee on order of business reported in favor of making the nomina-tious in the order they appeared in the call, the delegations being called in alphabetical order and not passed until their votes are cast. Adopted.

Committee on resolutions reported as follows, which were adopted: 1. That we, as Republicans in convention assembled, around our firesides at home and at our daily labors, most heartily endorse the able, clean and pa-' triotic administration of Benjamin Harrison; and further do we endorse his actions and the good judgment he has shown in selecting his advisers; and especially do we congratulate him in selecting that prince of statesmen, that patriotic citizen, the friend of the people, the exponent of reciprocity, the greatest statesman of them all, James G. Blaine, as Secretary of State. 2. That we are in hearty accord with our state administration and are highly pleased that our people are in a prosperous condition.

Our state has passed more wholesome laws favoring the old soldier and sailor than any other state in the Union, for which we are thankful. 3. Further, that we are opposed to schemes of broken down politicians who are advocating vain and imaginary theories that have a tendency to disturb our sound financial system that has been so ably managed by the Republican party since 1861. 4. That we fully appreciate the energy and efforts put forth by our member of the legislature in behalf of the people of Meade county and Southwest Kansas.

5. That we hereby pledge the nominees of this convention to the strictest economy in the management of the public affairs of Meade county. 6. That tne labors of our county officials be endorsed, and that we will use every honorable means to secure the election of those who may be nominated at this convention. Nominations were then made in order, as follows: Candidates for Sheriff were: W.

P. Bunyan, Jacob Strohl, Geo. W. Potter and A. J.

Byrns. Votes on first ballot were Byrns 30, Bunyan 9, Potter 25 and Strohl 8. Second ballot, Byrns 32, Bunyan 12, Potter 18 and Strohl 9. Third ballot, Byrns 37, Potter 21, Bunyan 8 and Strohl 7. On motion the nomination of A.

J. Byrns was made unanimous. Moses Black was nominated tor Register of Deeds by acclamation. Motion to nominate John G. Fonda by acclamation for Surveyor lost and his name withdrawn.

John H. Ellis was then nominated by acclamation for Surveyor. Candidates for County Clerk were J. F. Armstrong and Andrew Graham.

Ballot was Armstrong 49, Graham 21. On motion Armstrong's nomination was made unanimous. Candidates for Treasurer were W. F. Foster and Len Follick.

Ballot was Foster 13 and Follick 60. Follick's nomination was made by motion unanimous. Dr. C. Button was nominated for Coroner by acclamation.

Candidates for Commissioner 2nd district were Frank Lohr and George M. Edwards. Ballot was Lohr 17, Edwards 8. Lohr's nomination by motion was made unanimous. J.

N. Stamper was nominated for Commissioner 3rd district by acclamation. County Central Committee is by townships as follows: Cimarron, E. W. Jenkins.

Crooked Creek, P. L. Craig. Eden, I. N.

Sharp. Fowler, J. W. Hapgood. Logan J.

B. Innis. Mertilla, J. H. Ellis.

Meade Center, A H. Heber. Odee, B. H. Cordes.

Sand Creek, CM. Weaver. West Plains, E. M. Mears.

Upon adjournment of the convention the county central commmittee met and elected A. II. Heber chairman and Geo. W. Wiley secretary.

The convention was one of the most harmonious ever held in Meade county, and all unite to elect the nominees. The party has an excellent ticket and all who are Republicans and desire the election of competent officials will tally to their support. sain mortgage. Witness my hand and seal of said court, this 9th day of September, 1891. D.

B. Stutsman, Seal. Clerk District Court. By S. D.

Adams, Deputy. H. Llewelyn Jones, Attorney for Plaintiff. OLDEST JEAVELRY STORE IN Soap From Corn. Soap of a very good quality is now reported being manufactured from corn.

Experiments have shown that a bushel of corn will make two hundred pounds of soap. There is probably no cereal which can be put to more general use than this one. It is a favorite table dish, corn starch being one of its valuable productions, and it is often used in making whisky. Heretofore it may be said to have been used indirectly in the manufacture of soap, being a principal agent Id forming the fat on ham and bacon, but never until lately was it known that corn in its natural state possessed somi of the most important requisites for soap making. Now that this new use 1 as been discovered, the corn fields need not necessarily be more numerous, in order to satisfy the increased demand for the ereal, but the cultivation of this grain will certainly he none the less profitable in consequence.

National Grocer. A Common Cage. Wife (laying down her newspaper) I see an article here that a cure has been discovered for lockjaw. Husband (with marked interest) No; you don't Bay Wife Yes, dear. It says that to render one insusceptible the germs of bacilli of tetanus are first injected and this injection is followed by injections of tri-chloride of iodine at intervals of twelve hours.

The resultant blood serum after this treatment is Husband (interrupting firmly but kindly) There, there, dear, that will do. You don't need any cure. You haven't got it. Washington Star. One of the Natives Has the Stars and Stripes Tattooed on Him.

The existence, of the Sonal or Phillips islands in the Pacific ocean, which has been mooted among mariners for years and finally discredited, has just been reaffirmed by the captains of the British ships Lock Eck and Swanhilde, and the little group is likely to be replaced on the marine charts. The maritime exchange of this city has just got possession of all the facts, says the Philadelphia Record. Capt. Pettendrigh, master of the British ship Lock Eck, which cleared this port in September last for Hiogo, Japan, sighted the islands in latitude 8:06 north and longitude 140:20, in the South Pacific ocean, and reported the facts of his discovery to the branch hy-drographic office in the exchange in this city. He reported the islands to be three in number, and to form a range in the path of vessels plying to China and Japan, running in a southeasterly direction for six or seven miles, being connected by low-lying rocks.

It is believed that the third island is of recent formation, having come to the surface of the water within the last six months, and the entire group within the last year. It is thought they were of volcanic origin, but a subsequent vessel, the British ship Swanhilde, not only confirmed the position of the islands, but also found them inhabited. Capt. Mer-kie, of this vessel, fully confirmed the Lock Eck report. While drifting off the island he was surprised to see two canoeloads of natives come out to meet his vessel.

They spoke in some unknown language. The party numbered thirty, and all were naked, but for dried leaves around their waists. Nearly every man was tattooed in bright red colors, entirely different from the manner of tattooing in the United States. One of them, who appeared to be a chief, was marked with an American flag, the stars reaching from the thigh to the knee, and the stripes from the knee downward. W.

EL MARSHALL Watches, Clocks and Jewelry. REPAIRING A SPECIALTY. for. No more plundering of the pub lic treasury, no more steals, but an honest, economical management. Special Attention Given to Orders by Mail.

No. 11 North Main Steet. Hutchinson, Kansas. Under the new Republican tariff act Brazil bought American food and manufactures of twice the value in July this year that she did in July 18C3. American industries were SoO.COO richer in a single month without increased cost or competition to any American worker or consumer.

This kind of a tariff is not a tax. RICH MEM'S FANCIES. Sympathy and Sunshine Necessary Conditions. If it were not too serious a subject for mirth, one might often laugh at the superhuman virtue required by adults of little children. "Be good," says the autocrat of the family mother, father, uncle or aunt, as the case may be "be good." Now, being "good," in this instance, may mean that a restless little creature, brimming with pent-up vitality, shall not touch a finger to any article in a confined room except toys, whose magic virtues he long since exhausted, having turned them over day after day for weeks, without a solitary word of interest or sympathy having been addressed him in his efforts to extract amusement from the same.

At length he cries cries simply because he is weary and has nothing to do. "Be good!" thunders the family autocrat "Be good!" which, translanted, means: "Don't trouble we!" How much more sensible it would be for the autocrat to take the little creature in his or her lap, in an easy position, so as to rest the little tired limbs, and tell it a story, to withdraw its thoughts awhile from itself, and give it the soothing balm of sympathy. "Naughtiness," so styled, is, oftener than anything else, in young children, want of occupation, confined apartments and insufficient ventilation. The truth is that "all out doors," as the phrase is, is the only proper apartment for them. There is variety; there is space; there is fresh air.

A child brought up wholly in the city, accustomed only to the limitations of a daily walk, is largely defrauded of its "childhood;" and, what is more mournful, the loss can never be atoned for in after life. Nothing can make up to it, for the gleeful delight of picking shells upon the sea-shore, or paddling with dimpled feet in the foam of the waves, or plucking handfuls of flowers wheresoever it chooses to stray, or looking at the animal creation, every one of which, from a caterpillar to an ox, is a marvel and a wonder, compared to which a toy-shop is of no interest whatever. Simply as an educating process, without regard to health or pleasure, such a life is of immeasurable value to childhood. An observing and sympathetic person can sometimes select from out the grown people he meets those who, when they came into the world, brought their welcome with them, and over whose infancy heaven's dew and sunshine fell without stint or limit. Whatever crosses in after life they may have been called to bear in a world of mutation, their eyes at all times still brighten and the worn hands still clasp each other, while they seem to be looking back through the far years, as you hear from their lips the slowly voiced words: "I had such a happy childhood!" N.

Y. Ledger. Feather Fans. The modish feather fan for full dress toilet is of downy white marabout feathers, mounted on sticks of pearl or of pale amber-tinted shelL For afternoon and ordinary use fans of cock's feathers in various tints are used They are placed in flat rows on the sticks, but are curved out at the top so as to form a stiff ruche at the edge. These faas are often studded with jet nails of graduated sizes.

Among the novelties in diaphanous fans, which still retain an undiminished popularity, are those of Japanese crape. They are in white strewn with flowers and in a great variety of delicate tints, and are mounted on sticks of fragrant wood, either carved or plain. Fans of gauze are much the vogue and are in great variety. The handsomest are more or less elaborately painted in delicate designs. Beautiful lace fans are powdered with Rhine stones or with diamonds.

Chicago Post In a speech in Topeka last week Jerry Simpson confirmed the sentiment expressed in a speech in Wichita by Senator Peffer in the following language: -We are tried of asking for things. We did that for a long time, now we make our oemands and will not stop until they are heard. We will take what we demand by the strong right arm if necessary." In the English language this is nothing but anarchy. It means revolution such as has been so prevalent in Central and South America. Are our people prepared to cope with this enemy of our national life? It is time that patriotism should exert itself and subdue such revolutionary speeches.

Threats of revolution and rebellion should be made so unpopular and distasteful as to cause their makers to desist. This is a nation of majorities, and when a turbulent minority ceases to comply with the will ot a majority the result is rebellion. Surely our people do not endorse such statements. Business men should remember that the Republican office is better supplied with a job outfit, has more and better stock, can and does put up better work than any office in Southwestern Kansas. Don't send away for work without first seeing us.

tf RAILWAY BIRD'S NEST. Fine Playing Cards. Polka-Dots. The great demand for the so-called "polka-dot" reminds an Anglomaniac that the idea belonged to Britain, and that the Pritcl.ard racing colors bird's-eye blue were the first of the sort seen, and probably the start of the popularity of the combination of white spots on a blue ground. Every "sport" in 1821 wore ankeen trousers, a blue coat with brass buttons, and a "bird's-eye tie.

The "polka-dot" has always been a sporting symbol, and the rage for it caused by the public's love for the original Pritchard's horse a great favorite has de scended to this day. N. Y. World. Send ten (10) cents in stamps or coin to John Sebastian, Gen'l Tkt.

and Pass. Ag't Chicago, Rock Island Pacific Chicago, 111., for a pack of the latest, smoothest, slickest playing cards that ever gladdened the eyes and rip-; pled along the fingers of the devotee to High-Five, Seven-up, Casino, Dutch, Euchre, Whist or any other ancient or modern game, and get your mor worth five times over. A Jiew Yorker W2io Captures Discarded Newspapers in Hotels. "Do you see that man?" asked Detective Phillips, of the Fifth Avenue hotel, New York, of a Telegram reporter, as a tall, well dressed man, with a full grayish beard, entered the reading-room and took a seat near a man who sat reading a newspaper. "He's after that paper; just watch him." A few moments later the man who was reading tossed the newspaper upon the table and sauntered out of the room.

He was hardly out of sight when the tall man seized the paper, folded it carefully and placed it in his pocket, which was already stuffed with other papers, and then moved over to the other side of the room, where another man also sa reading a newspaper. "He'll get that other paper before he goes," said the detective, laughing. "Who is he?" asked the reporter. "I don't Know, but he's a gentleman and appears to be a man of some means; at least he always dresses well and is very quiet ici his way. But that is just a hobby of his.

He has been coming in here for a long time, generally about ten o'clock in the morning and again in the evening. He never says anything, but just hangs around the reading-room and picks up all the papers he can get his hands on. He won't take a paper off the file and never buys one or takes one off the stand, but as soon as anybody lays a paper down he grabs it and generally goes awav with his pockets full. "Another crank who comes around here," went on Mr. Phillips, "just marches up and down in front of the house watehiag for cigar stubs.

He's there every morning and watches the smokers closely. I have seen him when his pockets were full of stubs. What he does with them I don't know. His name is O'Brien and he lives on Second avenue somewhere and has a barrel of money I am told Strange, what curious people. A Wonder Worker.

Slow Traveling: in England Gives the Swallows a Chance. After all that has been said of the achievements of the British railways in the matter of speed there is a sense of refreshment in this item which London Engineering quotes from a London paper: "Some illustrations of modern railway speed cited before the parliamentary committee on the cross-country railway bill merit especial attention, showing what can be accomplished when a railway company makes an effort. A Buxton coal merchant says that sometimes the Midland company manages to convey coal from Buxton to Chesterfield in eleven to thirty-four days, and as the towns are more than twenty miles apart it will be seen that sometimes the coal trains dash along the line at the rate of two miles a day. "Once the witness found a bird's nest in a truck which had been thirty days on the way, and he reasonably believes that the nest was built and the eggs laid during the month. Yet this Buxton merchant is not happy and desires a change." Phosphorescence of Diamonds.

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MEW YORK, Satisfactory Explanation. "How did you come to give me such a piece of meat as this? Why, it doesn't smell gcod" said a fastidious man to the waiter in an Austin restaurant 'Sense me, sah, dat's not the smell ob de what you smells. Dat's de aroma what comes from the kitchen. Dar's nuffin dt matter wid de meat" Texas Siftings. Driven Forth.

"So you've rented an office, eh? I thought you did all your work at home?" "Well, I die; but my wife bought a canary-bird." Judge. A lady with her little three-year-old girl was calling on a friend in the city. "What a handsome bonnet you have, Mrs. Brown," said the friend as the lady was about to leave. "That's Mrs.

Smith's bonnet; she lent it to mamma to wear into town to see yon," spoke up the small child, much to the confusion of the parent The following from the Leavenworth Times sounds like Anthony, the Republican: "The Democratic press is striving hard to throw the blame of the trouble with Chili upon our minister. That is the usual course of the Democratic press. Minister Egan is a Republican. Ergo Minister Egan is to blame. The authorities at Washington do not think so and are sustaining him up to the handle.

Their reasoning seems without Haw. Pride in our country would naturally lead Americans to resent the insolence of the Chilians, but Democratic editors seem to have no pride of this kind and to think of nothing but the effect upon politics. Thus was it ever. For a generation, even when the country was in the throes of a civil war that threatened its life Democrats thought first of their party and never hesitated to throw obstacles in the way of the Mr. Frank Huffman, a young man of Burlington, Ohio, states that he had been under the care of two prominent physicians, and used their treatment until he was not able to get around.

They pronounced his case to be Consumption and incurable. He was persuaded to try Dr. King's New Discovery for consumption, coughs and colds and at that time was not able to walk across the street without resting. He found, before he had used half of a dollar bottle, that he was much better; he continued to use it and is to-day enjoying good health. If you have any throat, lung or chest trouble try it.

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