Jewell County Republican from Jewell, Kansas • 5

KENTUCKY. NEIGHBORING COUNTIES. "NOW I HEAIi YOU." COUNTY CORRESPNDENCR. COLD TRILBIES! IMMnWrMMnHsBHaiinsM Certainly, you will alwavs have them, until you get a FAMOUS ROUND OAK. It warms the the stove, (not the stove board only.) creeps warmth.

You apparently save a dollar on the start by buying an imitation, but can you afford it when the dollar and more with it comes back in the saving of fuel when you use a BOUND OAK? And then there is the comfort of having the best stove on earth. Sold only by W. C.McCLUNG, Farmers are busy gathering corn and they find that it is not as good as they expected. A. J.

White's prospective son-in-law is helping us'. Also Mr. Love, of For moso. Ed Henry and J. F.

Cauthorn have help from Formoso. Sam Simpson is building a crib to store away more corn. Ed Henry has completed a corn crib that will hold 1,500 bu. Mrs. Henry Peck, who has been visit ing tor several days here and at Brown'i Creek, left for her home in Smith Center last Tuesday.

Mrs. Leonard went home with her. Lou Nickelson, wife and one child have taken up their abode with Stephen Leonard, and will remain until Mr. gathers Henry Peck's corn. We hear that J.

D. Robertson will feed 150 head of cattle on his creek (Kershner farm, and is paying 20c per bu. for corn J. C. Postlethwaite gave our League a very interesting talk last Sunday even ing.

Mr. V. has taken another up pointment at Ionia and will talk on the evening of the 20th, by request of Rev Flowers. The Populists have nominated a town ship ticket as follows: II. B.

Carter trustee: John Kemnierer, clerk: J. Cauthorn, treasurer. Mr. J. W.

Mclntyre has been enjoying a visit with a sister and her husband from Flagly, Colorado, whom he had not seen for 20 years. Married, at the home of the bride's mother, last Sunday at 2 p. Mr. Fred Stone and Miss Olie Peugh. Rev.

Flow era officiated. May peace and happiness be theirs through lire. F. W. Bevington and wife visited Bethel Sabbath school, laft Sunday, We are always glad to have Frank meet with us.

We are pleased to learn of Rev. Zim merman and wife moving to Jewell. W. C. Beeler talks of going to Iowa.

Kain Tuck. FORMOSO. John Kelley is sullerlng lrom a severe attack of erysipelas, but is improving under treatment by Dr. Johnson. Patterson Guthrie are putting down a well in their formoso leea lot witn Diamond drill.

They will go down 000 feet If necessary, to get plenty of water. That depth will test the underflow this locality. A young gentleman wishes us to say that the report last week that "A young lady and gentleman were seen, is erroneous. It was started by a couple of boys. R.

Q. Patterson turned some 200 of his young cattle into a stalk field last week, and in the morning or 4 were dead, but he has so many he would not have missed them had he not been looking for an old sow and came across them. Jesse Sturtevant, the railroad agent at Formoso, has taken a lay olf for a month or so, tie ana Mrs. sturtevant are now visiting friends in Kansas City. Geo.

Shedden, formerly a Jewell coun ty boy, now of Santa Cruz, California, was visiting his brother, Thos. Shedden of Formoso, and old friends in the sur rounding country, lust week. George says California is the place to live and enjoy life. He left on Friday for home Arthur Myers lost a fine steer on Sun day, from stalk plague. John Blaylock, J.

Clark and R. Guer rin all left on Tuesday of last week, and will locate at Hiawatha, Kansas. Cane is thought to be much better feed for. stock, in this locality than Kaf fir corn. There Is more nutriment in the cane and the yield per acre is equal ly as large.

O. P. Black and R. W. Turner were In Formoso last week.

Mr. Black says his prospects are good. Mr. Britain has a child down with something resembling scarlet fever. Cranford has in his store as fine apples as one could wish for.

Alkoho. HILLSDALE. A Mr. Horton, of Russell county visit ed a few days with Geo. Lawrence last weoK while en route for Oklahoma.

S. A.Robbins is home from Oklahoma He failed to dispose of his horses but left all of them down there except his driving team. School teaching is not a good news gathoring vocation. Frank Folsom is putting out larcre fields of wheat down in splitwood local ity. By the way, Splitwood is making some mighty tine eurghum on an up-to-date plan, if he isn't throwing chips to 1 he Kepchlican as reeularly as he should, Chas.

Nixon husked 8 acres of corn for us in two days of this week. By the way. Chas. has given up having that sorghum made this fall. James Dawdy has leased J.

D. Robert son's upper Hillsdale farm for next year. Said farm has plenty of house room in connection, to furnish ample room for Jim's family for one year at least. Miss Nora McCullough reorganized her school at Pleasant Valley, last Monday. We made the unpardonable error of quoting an Advocate editorial last week and attributing it to Miss Lillian Forrest and then commenting on it.

Make this correction in justice to Miss Forrest and sho will probably do the rest in Ihe Advocate The average tax payer's memory vividly recalls tbe fact that the heaviest burden of taxation ever levied on Jewell county was when the Populists had complete control of the county affairs. Gbangeh. The saddest thing we can imagine is a homeless man. One who has no abiding place; one who cannot stop without someone bidding him move on; for whom in all the earth there is no welcome resting plane which he can call home and where love shares and softens his sorrows. White Cloud Globe.

DROVERSccom Kansas City, Uo.t Stock Yards. Wfet MONEVLOANED W.T. MAT, Owec. XukH ttffl Ttm Father O'Hulloran had a telephone put Into tuo pantoiiHRe In cnnuoctlon with the church, the parochial nchool, etc. Patrick McPheo hit rovereuco'a handy mau, was Instructed iu tlio use of the instrument, and It was ouly tlio next day when Pat.

duotiiiK out the church, heard tlio clatter of tho telmihouo bell. Taking- down the receiver, lie was ploased to hear Father O'Halloran's familiar voloo asking lilnij sumo-thin or other about his work. Pat, in essaying to answor, remembered that Ids reroreuce was a long way off. and Pat consequently hoi- lerou luto tho transmitter at the top of his voice. "I don't understand you, Patrick," said the telephone Pat tried again with no better success.

On his third trial, lie came noar splitting tho tolluno but again came Father O'Halloran's voice, "I can't honr what you re saying, Patrick." Pat had by this time lost somothing of his patience, and as Uo stood gatheriug breath for a fourth blast, lie couldn't refrain from soli-loijuizing in a low tone "Ah I may the divil fly away withthoould fool." lint Pat dronped the telephone like a hot potato ami fell to his knees in dismay, when he heard Father O'llallnran's Patrick Bttaiu' "Now 1 ucar ou perfectly, parTdIse! Most everybody is sowing wheat. Nate Basye Is in Clay Center visiting relatives. Granger passes and repasses every day, en route to and from his school. Wm. Dawdy'g attended the golden wedding of Mr.

and Mrs. Austin, on Tuesday. Since the hoary frost, what beautiful colors are seen in nature the ash, elm, walnut and hackberry each having their own peculiar shade, and all blending so as to produce the most charming elfect. Nature never fails In mixing her colors. These October days, while go beautiful, make one feel sad.

The birds have flown, the fields are brown, and decay and death are written on everything, reminding us that we are passing away, and soon "the places which now know us will know us no more." A brother, in writing from Boone, Iowa, tells of John Kemmerer'e father having over bushels of oats oir 50 acres, and that his own oats went near 100 per acre. Beats ours a trllle. Mrs. D. L.

Palmer called on her friends in this section on Wednesday. 'Ye are always glad lo see her, as she is sure to bring something to our notice, of practical worth, Bro. I had thought the time near when I would quit itlmi.ing for papers, but I can stand It if you can, so here's for four years from dale, at least. Have been writing Now it Then for near lorty years. We finished our alfalfa cutting yesterday, Oct.

Kth. Found another llasure, and now will some scientist please arise and explain the cause of such cavities in alfalfa fields? J.O.Young has holes in his 10 feet deep and 5 feet across. Can It be the roots in reaching down for moisture open up an outlet, or rather Inlet, for the escape of water? If so, where does the earth go to, and where and when will this falling out, or falling in, end? Let Hit or Miss, Alegro, Enfilade, Granger and Nix all return an opinion, and that Republican backslider, Kaln Tuck let us hear from you on this momentous theme. Was it even so down iild "Kaintuck?" But I must quit and get to work, as it makes one husile to do all tho farm work on a quarter section and keep up continual correspondence, besides other duties too numerous to mention. Now Then.

STAR. Farmers are busy sowing wheat since the recent rain. Corn Is selling at 15 cents in Belolt. At that price uo ono in these parts will get rich. Apples will average one worm to the apple.

Elder Beaver preached to a very full house Sunday night last. Tally one more boy for (ieorge Spiel man, which makes him seven. George says, "Uh, luck may change after while. M. Stone, the popular candidate for county clerk, gave us a shake of his good, honest hand this morning.

Miss Carrie Minor of Augusta, Ken tucky, a niece of R. J. Smith, is expect ed In few days to make her home with her uncle. Well, Mr. Editor, I will have to apol ogize for the absence of my letters while In Kentucky.

When 1 got there and all my brothers, sisters, auuts, cousins, found out my whereabouts, 1 want to tell you my lime was all taken, and I can truthfully say that Kentucky is a grand place to visit. As we went btearn- inguptheUhlo river from Cincinnati, our crowd made a good deal of sport of Mr. Uuggles and myself over the steep hills on the Kentucky side, along the river. I told my wife when we got to Augusta I would take her back from the river and show her some pretty country, but I want to say right here that to my very great surprise, we never found what we werj looking fur. Those hills were about as sleep again, the hollows much deeper than when I was a boy, The farmer of that country certainly h.is an ud vantage over the Jewell coun ty farmer, he cuu farm the land on bulla sides, and yet they bay the land lays pretty nice.

The men that own the land, as a rule inherited it and are living olf of the rent aud are very well cgnteiited and happy, while the mail thai does the work or the tenant who gives one-balf tiie crop, pays house rent, pays for pasture and any other advantage that he has he is very poor and iiard pressed, dissatisfied and longing for something to belter hi condition. He is burdened more than he can bear. The farmers of Jewell cuuuty when compared to that claas are far In advance and should be contented with their surroundings. Tor fearof wearing jour patience I will close. MoMC.

Every girl who earis a salary, though not more than a few dollars a week, is a sort of fairy god-mother to her Beaters at home. Atchison Globe. By ''perfect confidence'' a man means that hi wife should not believe anything about him that is not creditable. A tch ison Globe. Neither can we t-ll which is (he more fortUDate- the child dying in its mother's arms, before its lips have learned to form a word, or he who journeys all the length' of life's uneven road, painfully taking the last slow steps with staff and crutch.

Irgersoll. Men who pay their newspaper subscription promptly usually have other goxxl qualities that are recognized by their fellow men. It is therefore easy to believe the following paragraph from the Smith county Pioneer: "No man who owes for his county paper was placed on the Republican ticket." There are more cases of typhoid fever in northern Kansas this fall than ever heard of before. Smith County Pioneer, A Jamestown witness in responding to the oath to "tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth, so help you God," said earnestly, "You bet your boots." An old soldier in Smith county, who is G2 years old, got up in the night and walked ten miles to attend the Republic an county convention. Of such is the Kingdom of Kansas.

Down in Lincoln county a family named Woody recently had a novel and exciting experience. They were in bed, man, wife and child, when an ox took it into his head to walk on the roof of the dugout they lived in. He made it all right till he got to a point right over the bed when be fell through, landing right in the midst of the family and killing a dog that was sleeping undor the bed, ine rest or the party, including tne ox, escaped without serious injury. James town Optimist. iieioit is taming of holding corn carnival.

Zeb Garner, of Mitcholl county, was carry i eg a loaded shot gun in a two wheeled cart, when the breech slipped through the slats in the cart. The ham mere struck the slat and the load was discharged in Mr. Garner's stomach. He turned and drove home, bleeding freely all the way. When he walked in to the house he told the family ho was killed, and soon after he became uncon scious and Expired.

C. C. Tobias, of Formoso, Jewell coun ty has about 12 tons of tine broom corn, this year. Jamestown Optimist. As the fire bell rang on Saturday evening, warning the "kids to vacate the public places, many of our people thought it meant tire and started out to find the fire.

Stockton News. In Nuckoll county, just north of Jewell, the Populists headed their county ticket with a bank cashier. Thoy would not have done that three years ago. Three men were killed in a wreck on the Rock Island out west of Phillipsburg, last Monday. Freight rates on anthracite coal have been reduced from to SI per ton.

This ought to cut a big figure in the price of coal here. hether it will or not re mains to be seen. Superior Journal. An inch of snow gave Goodland a taste of winter, last week. The Osborne Farmer had a "pied" form and four men sat up all night to pick up the wreck and give expression to their feelings.

The fusion platform "Resolved, That 300 votes are worth two offices." Em poria Republican. Mr. Berry is at work excavating for the boiler house at the Industrial School Boloit Gazetto. The Clay Center Times says: "Many a frugal man squeezes a nickel at home, but spends a like a lord in Kansas City. Mrs.

John Hyde came down from Jewell, Monday, to visit her mother, Mrs. lfyrd. Boloit Gazette. Men who are too stingy to take their home paper, but rely on borrowing it from a neighbor to read, are not the sort of men to build up a town. Edna Sun.

John Radford, of Salina lias appealed to the supremo court against his one year's sentence at hard labor for recklessly seizing and carrying Harry Hud son, aged 11 years, into the Smoky Hill river where it was of great depth, so that be was drowned. We have talked with a number of farmers about how to get more water on their lands by windmills and tanks, by ponds, etc. The most sensible thing we have heard advanced for ponls, is for each township all over the county to buy a few scrapers, say, three or four. iot the little scrapers, but sera person wheels. Let the township trustee or board nave charge of them and when a man wanted to dig one, two or more ponds, Jet Dim take the scrnpers and have plenty of help to do bis work and return the scrap ers to the place where they are kept.

Haddam Clipper. SWEET HOME. These cool, balmy days make pleasant the work of the laborer. If you wish muscular development, try pitching cane hay. South Carolina is making a grand stand against the liquor traffic.

If every slate would pursue her course, intemperance would soon be a vice of the past. Samuel Roc key is workipg for David Cross. Alex. Morehead went to Superior, Monday. Mr.

Barton was down from Superior last week. He has rented bis farm to Mr. Case. W. II.

Scbaffer returned to St. Louis last Friday. Mrs. Frank Schoonover Is here from Oklahoma and is visiting bet parents, Mr. and Mrs.

Skeers. Mr. ftapn has rented a room In town for Wilbor and the girls to occupy while attending school. Messrs. Wyland and Weno are cutting their Kaffir corn with a sled culler.

They say the stock eat stalks and all. I. In the words of your Uncle Reuben, there are a blamed sight of thing that pass for the truth because nobody has taken tbe trouble to look up the author ity. Mail and Breeze. BROWN'S CREEK.

Pumpkin pie instead of apple this winter. We neglected to mention Inst week thBt Willet Hill was here from Missouri trying to rent a farm for next year. Mr. Pancost and part of hia family have cone, with a team, on a visit to relatives at McPberson, Kansas. Mr, NnrthriiD and wife, from Republic coun tv.

are keeninir houBe for them while they are gone. Rev. H. G. Breed writes that Mrs, Ttrmd remains about the same.

He says a few days ago they caught a sea serpent at Galveston, that was 32 feet long. Mr. and Mrs Adams were visiting friends at Lebanon a tew days ago. We found one C-Ib. sweet potato in our row, and it is of tine quality.

School began in No. 121 last Monday morning. Rev. Flowers was in such a hurry last Sunday after preaching that he would not stoD with any of us for dinner. wedding in Kain Tuck's was the cause of his rush.

Mr. Fred Stone, of this vicinity, and Miss Peugh were the contracting parties. W. C. Gann has mst built a new cy clone cellar, walled and arched over with hard stone.

It would be a valuable lm Drovement to any farm. Messrs. Wroth Mathes and Palmer did the stone work for him. Jas. Gann has been afflicted for two weeks with a peculiar kind of an erup tion of the skin.

He thinks it was caused by being overheated this sum mer. S. E. Hill was nominated for trustee. Jas.

Fehr for clerk and Jas. Overholt for treasurer, at the Republican caucus in this townshiD last Saturday. We did not learn who the other nominees were, not being able to attend the meeting. Wm. Birdsell and sons were threshing their small grain crop last Tuesday.

John Gunn has 30 head of fat hogs that will bo a credit to any shipper car load. John has the Missouri fever bad enouch now that we fear it may take him off, if he can sell his farm here. Mrs. C. Palmer climbed a ladder last Friday in order to a hen's nest on a hav stack.

Instead of returning the way she came she thought she would slide down on the hay between the stacks: but the day before, Mr. Palmer had cleaned out the hay, unbeknown to her, and she came down heavily on the solid ground. She hits not had any use of herself since. Her limb is badly wollen and she cannot put her foot to the floor. This is the second serious ac cident that has befallen her this season, Nix SPECIAL NOTICE.

Jewell City, Sept. 9, 1895. All persons interested in the Union Cemetery on Brown's Creek, are request ed to be at the cemetery at 2 p. Fri day the 18th of October. This will be a business mooting, of interest to every one who has a lot, or who may hereafter want a lot in the cemetery.

J. J. Connelly, Pres. L. A.

Breed, Sec, ATHENS. The late rain came lust In time to cheat the people Into the notion of sow ing wheat. Fred Beeler has a hard time to furnish his biff herds of cattle and hogs with water. Thursday, Mother Beeler and daughter Llssie expect to start for northern (Jul lfornia to make a protracted visit, and then return to their homo at Marlon, Iowa. School in district 72 (our district) Is gliding alond smoothly under the exper ienced and efficient control of Miss Althea Dlble.

Each school morning is ereeted by the conspicuous array of Miss Stella Scott with her new buggy and milk-white steed as she "lites out" toward her daily duties at Little Mound, five miles away. "Are there any buds on your chrysan Last weeks Uepcblican. Yes, Billy; wife says there are hundreds Of them. Amos Hose came over Saturday on old Dick, wonderfully exercised over a bee Btlng In the ball of his eye. After using ci Id water and all other remedies we knew of, he went home feeling belter.

While attempting to ride a colt, J. P. Noon was severely and dangerously injured. At first the animal threw him, giving him a severe fall on the hard ground but Mr. Noon being made of the don't-glve-up sort of material, mounted his back the second time, when the brute reared and fell over backwards, crushing and tramping Mr.

Noon in a frightful manner. Visitors are not allowed to enter his room and friends despair of his recovery. Rev. Daniels delivered his farewell address on last Sunday, at Ionia. He talks of leaving the ministry and taking to the farm.

Well, if he should continue to occupy the pulpit, we recommend him to all deaf people. Word comes this (Tuesday) evening that Elmer Lyons is in a bad fix with pneumonia. Dr. Duncanson is in attendance. Enfilade.

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OFFIGTt 121 M'CLUJIO BLOCK. Jewell City, Kaneia. IULUS WESSEL0WSKI, OKRMAH Physician and Surgeon. (Lately returned from Europe.) GENERAL SURGERY. DlaEARKB OV WOM IM AND CIIII.OBSN AND MX AS, TaOlBLE A SPBTIALII tJPOfllee in rooma over Mr.

Naebman' milli nery atora, wnat aide of public park. Jewell City, Ka mi MARSH VALLEY. This cool weather reminds us that winter Is not far distant. Most of the wheat seeding is done. Though there Is not nearly as largo an acreage sown as usual, nearly every farmer lias put In some.

John Barrett and family left Tuesday tor a two weeks' visit in Nebraska. Charlie Easter went down In Mitchell county, Monday, to gather corn for John Hunter. Wllber Blandlng has strong symptoms or the Oklahoma lever. W. Wilson and wife of Scottsvllle, and Dr.

Lowe and wife of Randall spent Sun day at N. 0. Kiogh's. This vicinity is losing many good cit izens. J.

A. lining goes to Indiana, U. 1). Sellers to Washington, J. 1'rey to Iowa all good, substantial people.

We can truly say we are sorry to havo thorn leave. So Freeman Hale has gone to preach ing! Wonder what will happen nexlK KUKAL. SOUTH BROWN'S CREEK. A few of our neighbors are sowing wheat. E.

A. Anderson commenced his school at the Western Home school house Monday, lie makes bis headquarters at Ed Id rig's. Mr. and Mrs. J.

T. Clurk bought their daughter Bessie an organ for a birthday present. We hear Henry Metcalf is looking for a man lo husk his corn for lt cents per bushel. Henry is a Pop and favors the laboring class, you know. Miss Grace Gri Ills Is on the sick list.

Kay, Bro. A iax, hadn't you better ask Al liayman to swear to that cucumber slalemeiit? The more you talk about It the more fishy it sounds. We have Just been threshing our pan cakes. I'sed the same kind of machine our father urfeil fifty years ago, a wagon box and club. About three weeks ago word came from St.

Joseph, that Jim Grlftls had committed suicide by shouting bim-elf at a hotel at that place. His folks here wrote Immediately lo Oklahoma, where Jim hm been ever since July, to learn more about it, and lust week they received an answer from Jim himself, slating that lie hadn't been to St. Joe, much less shot himself. This is the second lime in the past few years that word has come to the effect that he has been killtd, but he always turns up all (). K.

Tony Reynolds will work for J. L. Anderson two months. It will soon be time for big corn husking tales. Who will be the first to husk 1W bushels per day Lawrence Macey bas quite a sore baud.

lie is afraid It Is running to erysipelas. HofitrcL..