Stafford County Leader du lieu suivant : Stafford, Kansas • 3

whispering love stories in her pink shelled ears and giving us the high ball proper as they glide along. Right here is where we raise our voice and cry out, "What would Jesus do." Wathena Star. DIRECTORY. COUNTY. Representative 81st District, T.

8. Elder. Treasurer, Frank Maxon, Clerk, John B. Kay. District Court Clerk.

H. F. Sutton. County Attorney. T.

W. Moseley. Sheriff, Harry Henderson. Register of Deeds, L. P.

Main. Supt. of Schools, Edward O'Connor. Probate Judge, I. S.

Lewis, Sr. Surveyor, Sherman Smith. Coroner, D. P. 8parks.

Commissioners, Jos. Spickard, F. C. Swarti, Henry Lyons. WINTCR-KILLINO INSECTS.

The insecti that are specially injured by the severe winter weather are the white peach scale, the harlequin cabbage -bug, the grub, thrips, and similar insects. In fact, very few of our injurious insects can withstand the extreme changes of freezing and thawing which characterize some of our winters. All of these insects can be frozen up in blocks of ice, and they will come out again as lively as when they went into hibernating quarters. But freeze and thaw them for several A LIFE AND DEATH FldHT. Mr.

W. A. Hines of Manchester, writing of his almost miraculous escape from death, says: "Exposure after measles induced serious lung trouble, which ended in Consumption. I had frequent hemorrhages and coughed night and day. All my doctors said I must soon die.

Then I began to use Dr. King's New Discovery for Consumption, which completely cured me. I would not be without it even if it cost $5.00 a bottle. Hundred have used it on my recommendation and all say it never fails to. cure Throat, Chest and.

Lung troubles." Regular size 50c and $1.00. Trial bottle free at O. II. Baugh's Drug Store. A newspaper in the strict sense of the word, is an enterprise in which all play a part, as it is published in the interest of all.

Its mission is broad and comprehensive, and its success depends upon the efforts of the entire community in which it is published makes it. Its success cannot depend entirely upon the efforts of the editor. CITY OFFICERS. Mayor. Q.

W. Akers. Clerk, Callie Voiers. Treasurer, W. F.

Mershon. Police Judge, W. II. Lyle. Marshal, Street Commissioner.

A. W. Lenenar. days or weeks in succession, and they Council men: C. Q.

Webb, II. S. Crawford, quickly succumb. t. a.

L.araoee, u. rort, js. u. urown. You help the paper, and the paper STAFFORD TOWNSHIP OFFICERS.

will help the town for their interests are always mutual and their objects the same. Ex. Jnsects which winter in the ground are thus subject to destruction by the intermittent cold and warm weather of winter, but the noxious and friendly insects are alike killed in this way. Perry Crawford. Joe Reigle.

II. H. Masters. E. E.

Stoeckle. O. II. Baugh. J.

K. Oliver. C. B. Darr.

Trustee, Clerk, Treasurer, Justices of the Peace, Constables, Jg E. STOECKLE, Justice of the Peace. Execution of Deeds, as well as other Notarial Work. If. we could devise some means of saving the latter we would find a real ben Evidently E.

L. Hillis, superintend ent of the Orphan's Home at Atchison, is the right kind of a man. Since assuming the duties of his office he has caused a great deal of work to be STAFFORD SCHOOL BOARD. G. W.

Fort Director. A. B. Akers Clerk. P.

S. Larabee Treasurer. efit in our winter weather, but un fortunately this seems impossible. KAN5AS STAFFORD. As the result the friendly insects are often killed off in such numbers that some of the noxious kinds which are SOCIETY DIRECTORY.

ANCIENT Free and Accepted Masons, No. 252. Meet at their hall, every 2nd. and 4th. Friday evening of each month.

Visiting brothers cordially invited. Harry Seright, Sec' J. I). Rippky, W. M.

bred in protected places appear in Have You Tried It? larger forces than ever, because their natural enemies are fewer in numbers. There is quite a problem to learn how to control the insects in winter as well as in summer. It has been suggested that by spreading some food for the insects in a certain field late in autumn they can be attracted to a restricted area, and by keeping this place free from the protection of snow most of them might be killed off. But this plan has more of the experiment in it than actual facts. After it had once been demonstrated scientifically that ORDER of the Eastern Star, No.

64. Meet at the Masonic hall, every 1st. and 3rd. Friday, evening of each month. Miss Myrtle LaRue, Sec.

MRS. J. RlPPBT, KNIGHTS of Pythias, No. 145, Meets at the 1. 0.

O. F. hall, every Monday evening of each week. Visiting Knights always welcome L. R.

11. Durham, K. R. s. F.

B. Slade, C. C. I 0. 0.

F. No. 2C0. Meets in their hall, every Thursday, evening of each week. Out Bellinger, Sec.

Ernest Rankin, N. G. DAUGHTERS of Rebekah! No. 66. Meets at I.

0. O. P. hall every 2nd. and 4th.

Friday nights of each month. Mrs. J. D. Sandifer, Sec.

Mrs. Fred Harbrkson, N. G. HENRY HOPKINS Post, O. A.

R. NoTooT, Meets in the I. O. O. F.

hall at 2:00 p. m. of 1st. Saturday in each month. II.

B. Masters, Adjutant. J. B. C.

Cook, Com. AO.U. W.No.329. Meets at the I. O.

0. F. hall every Thursday evening of each week. C. F.

Magill, Rec. J. M. Colhurn. M.

W. MW. of A. No. 1928.

Meets every 1st. and 3rd. Wednesday evenings of each month in the I. O. O.

F. hall. Aim Salmon, Clerk. W. F.

Maker, V. C. FA. A. No.

54. Meets in the I. O. O. F.

hall every 2nd. and 4th. Wednesday evenings of each month. W. J.

Granger, Sec. A. W. Seright, Pres. alternate thawing and freezing kill the insects it may not be so long before some means may be discovered to make this knowledge of practical vatue.

Heretofore we thought the in sects were absolutely proof against cold weather in any form. Now we know differently, and that is one great step in advance. Prof James S. Doty. Ihigk patent! KANSAS' STUDENTS.

Says the New York Herald: Where does the greatest percentage of en TAFFORD, KANSAS rolled scholars in the common school GOLD SEAL obtain? You might as well save yourself the trouble of guessing. You would hardly pick it out in a dozen trials. Kansas! Bleeding Kansas 1 STAFFORD Council L. A. A.

No. 101 meets in I. O. O. F.

hall on the last Saturday evening in each month, at 8:30 p. m. Chas. Port, Harvey Crawford, President. Secretary.

IT IS WORTH A TRIAL The home of the Populist, the cyclone and corn crop! Considered with re gard to its total population the en rollment in Kansas is really remark A COLORADO SUnlER. The newest and best book des able. The percentage is 27.87 and the CHURCH DIRECTORY. METHODIST at 11:00 a. m.

and 8:00 p. every Sunday; Prayer meeting Wednesday evening; Sunday School at 10:00 a. Epworth League at 7:00 p. ni. W.

M. Runyan, Pastor. UNITED PRESBYTERIAN: Preaching at 11:00 a. in. and 8:00 p.

m. of each Sabbath; Sunday School at 10:00 a. Young Peoples meeting at 7:00 p. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening. David Incur Pastor.

BAPTIST: Preaching every 2nd. and 3rd. Sundays of each month at 11:00 a. m. cription of the Colorado resorts.

It figures showing the number of scholar of the pnblic institutions are 370,230. includes a list of hotels, cottages and boarding houses and their rates, table of altitudes, special articles on A WARM NUMBER Chancellor F. H. Snow, of the uni the mountains, climate, camping, fish ing and shooting, with map and 80 il done toward keeping up the road leading from Atchison to the home; a road which can stand a great deal of such attention. Topeka Capital.

The proposition of Rev. C. M. Sheldon to publish a strictly religious paper is not new. For years Montreal has had a daily journal so "strictly religious" in every line and precept that it doesn't even admit a secular Globe.

lustrations from special photos. versity of Kansas, says: "The month valuable to those contemplating a va and 8:00 p. Sunday School at II. Y. P.

U. at 7:00 p. Prayer cation in the Kockies is sent fkk-js by the Santa Fe and mailed to any ad meeting every Wednesday evening. J. Ft.

Mathews, Pastor. just closed was the warmest January since 1880, and with two exceptions the warmest on our thirty-three year dress on receipt of 3 cents postage. Send for it. J. F.

Gill, Local Agt. records." W. J. Black, G. P.

Topeka, Ks. CONGREGATIONAL: Preaching every 1st. and 3rd. Sundays at 11:00 a. m.

and 8:00 p. Sunday School at 12:00 a. Christian Endeavor at 7:00 p. Junior Christian Endeavor at 4:00 p. Prayer meeting every Wednesday evening.

M. W. Woods. Pastor. It makes us feel sorter pink to sit in The craz of mothers to have pictures taken of their babies with no clothes on, is so great that the Topeka Mail and Breeze of this week publishes the picture of a naked girl baby at least our sanctum worrying over the list of deliquent subscribers and pawing over the exchanges like grim death, ASSOCIATE PRESBYTERIAN Preaching Sunday mornings at 11:00.

Rev. Boyd, Pastor. 5 Personally Conducted 5 California Excursions CATHOLIC Church. Wednesday after 4th. Sunday of each month at 10:00 a.

m. at Geo. Schmld's. Rev. Father Maoee, Priest.

waiting for some article to bob up in order to get material for the columns of our paper that the hungry greed of bur readers might be satisfied. The thirteen or fourteen years old. Acth-ison Globes HE FOOLED THE SURGEONS. All doctors told Renick Hamilton, SHRISTIAN: Preaching services every alternate Sunday at 11 a. m.

Sunday School a. m. Christian Endeavor, 7 p. m. Even- I a nrnnrUintr aervicen.

n. m. All are cord 3 Via the Santa Fe KeuU. of West Jefferson, after suffering ially welcome, strangers especially. 2 Three times a week from Topeka.

a i tklkKi rasiur 18 months from Rectal Fistula, he would die unless a costly operation was preformed: but he cured himself 3 downey snow just outside presents a glorious appearance and the tingle of the sleigh bells brings music to our ears, but of what good? A newspaper man was never known to possess the required to rent a sleigh. If he did, just imagine the pleasant hours that could be spent stuck up beside a piece of humanity representing the feminine STAFFORD POST-OFFICE. OFFICE HOURS, with five boxes of Bucklen's Arnica in improved wiae-vetiuDuiea Pullman Tourist Sleeping Cars. Better than ever before, at lowest possible Experienced excursion conductors Alio daily services between Chicago and California. Correspondence solicited.

8r00 a. m. to 8:15 p. except Sunday. Of- a i i Salve, the surest Pile cure on Earth, and the best Salve in the World.

35 nc open supaay irom iv iu a. m. nuu ironi Vomflner order will he 3 cents a box. Sold by 0. H.

Baugh Druggist. Issued or letters registered on Sunday. Mails close going Past 10:00 a. 5:15 p. week days and Sunday 7:30 p.

m. Mulls ninMA ffoine West 10:00 a. 2:13 AGENT. fe week days and Unn nrdr nrf rriatF letfAr hUHlnAUM gender. We have subscribers who were never known to pay their paper bill but take delight in riding past our window with their best girl, perhaps Holmes is selling Harness cheap in order to reduce stock, moving into his new-quarters.

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