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THE COURTLAND PRESS. NOVEMBER 30, 1894. NO. 7. COURTLAND, REPUBLIC COUNTY, KANSAS, VOL.

I. DIED--At Scandia, on Saturday morning November 24th, 1894. Ed. W. Kelley aged 34 years.

The funeral sermon was preached at the M. E. church, at 3 o'clock Sunday, and the interment took place at the Scandia Cemetery. Mr. Ed.

Kelley well known to our citizens and his sudwas den death was somewhat of a surprise. A crowd of Courtlanders attended the large funeral. ED. KELLEY IS DEAD. SCHOOL REPORT.

Report of Lawrence School Dist. 49. for the month ending, Oct. 28. 1894.

Enrollment 23. Leader in A. class, Ammerman; leader in B. class, Emma Frank Whitley; leader in 3rd reader class, Noble Nesland, leader in and reader class, Vincent; leader in primer class Howard Washichek; Those neither absent Henry tardy during the month, Albert and nor Noble Nesland. LEWIS NUTTER, Teacher.

Bill Keesipp has taken a wife out in Mr. Smith county. Mr. Kerzan was probably his best man. It is announced by the weather prophets the goose-bone, the corn husks, the that hog's smelt and all the other unfailing signs foretell a hard winter.

A whole lot of political fossils who havent known for the last four years which side of the fence they were on, are now hounding the governor and other officers elect for a job in the state house. The school janitor went into one of the the other morning, says the Osborne rooms News, and looking at one of the blackboards in large scrip the words: "Find the saw largest common divisor." The janitor shook his head and said: Have those kids lost that thing again?" A minister has the following to say for the local newspaper, which will bear carefal perusal. 'Your paper tells you where 10 go to church, and where to send the children to school, and to anywhere else you want to go. It tells you who is dead, who is sick, who is married, who is born and many things you would like to know. It calls attention to business enterprises, advocates the best of schools, law and order in town.

It records the marriage of your daughter and the death of your son free of charge. It sets forth the advantages and attractions of your own town, it invites immigration, and is the first to welcome new comers. Yet in spite of all these benefits, some people say the home paper has no interest in their business or success. 'The home paper like the home church, is too often neglected by those who are benefited by it. A fact that cannot be kept to prominently before the public is that everything considered it is much better and cheaper to buy goods from home merchants.

If you go from home to buy the added expenses makes your goods cost more in nearly every case. But this is only one of many reasons why you should patronize home merchants, one of the strongest arguments in favor of home buying is the fact that the money expended is kept at home and circulated among our own people who pay the taxes and assist in sustaining local interests. Patronize home merchants and home industries and thereby foster your own city as you would your family. The farmers of Kansas, are the acknowledged redeemers of Kansas, if it is ever to be redeemed from debt. They are the bone, the brain and the brawn, upon which every other business must stand or fall.

In the quiet of the home, they read and reflect, and are by far the best informed as a rule. on the great questions of the day, of any class of men in the state. They mingle their thoughts with their labor, and study from cause to effect. This class of thinking men do not endorse the republican party of Kansas. Without the cities and towns of Kansas, where the voters are still sliding in and out on the tariff humbug Morrill would hardly have known he was in the race.

-Lebanon Journal. A brother editor of a poetic turn of mind thus releaves "The preacher works for the souls of men and generally gets his pay; the merchant reaps his rewards in profits from day to day; the banker sits in his office with his bundle of cash to rent, and gathers a harvest month by month of a vigorous 12 per cent; the dealer in grog stand behind the bar and fills up the schooners high. and jingles the 'tin' that the boys 'blow in' for portions of the old and doctors find work that brings in the hard, cold cash, and the men who wield the plane or spade find money to buy them hash: but the editor has a thankless task as the busy months roll by, and he knows no rest of body or brain, while he misses his chance to die. His rewards in this world never comes, but the silent sea, if justice reigns, he is over bound to have a protracted Of all the miserable roads to travel over in Republic county, the road leading through the bottom west of Scandia takes the bun. It is a burning shame for a town of Scandia's prominence to permit such roads when for a trifling out lay they repair them SO that they would be can passable.

POTATOES. Freeland Bros. have a car Colorado potatoes which they quanties of 10 bushels or cents. POTATOES. load of fine are selling in upwards at 75 THE TREASURER'S REPORT.

The annual report of the United States Treasurer, which was made public Saturday, gives little information except what appeared in the newspapers when the fiscal year ended. June 3 30, but it contains many facts and suggests a good many considerations which cannot too frequently be brought to the attention of the American people. The report shows that the expenditures of the govenerment for the year were 70 milion dollars less than the income. The operations of the Treasury envolved an aggregate of 100 million dollars, including the redemption of notes and the care of the cash in the possession of the Government. Uncle Sam's buisness has reached proportions which are beyond the imagination of the average man.

in the vaults the Treasury are stored 763 millions money, nearly all of which is gold and silver. The greater part of this vast welth isowned by the individuals and corporations who possess the cirtificates which are outstanding against it, and is payable to them on demand. The part which can be rightly used tor the expenses of the Government amounts about 100 millions. Possesthis surplus, the Government would be sing in position to be undisturbed by its deficit. but for the fact that it is expected to perform many of the functions of a bank.

without the tacities at the command ot a banker. The outstanding Treasury notes and United States notes, or greenbacks, amount to almost 500 millions These are merely promises to pay, like: a bank note, and the goverment is under the necessity of mantaining always a sufficent reserve of gold to pay these wheneyer presented. Such a reserve ordinary is expected to be about a third of the obligations standing out against it. The United States Government now hasbut 60 millions in its reserveabout 12 per cent of the amount of notes which may be presented for payment. The gold reserve not only has to sustain these notes' but one-half the value of all the silver money, amounting to 500 millions, depends upon the ability of the Treasury to meet promptly all demands upon it.

The deficit in the Government receipts is not only eating up the surplus funds of the Treasury theretore: it is encroaching dangerously on foundations of the currency if the country. A sudden revival of gold exports, might entirely exhaust the Treasury supply in three months. It is humilating to think that a great and prosperous nation of intelligent people stonld permit its tinances to get in such condition as to lead to a dedcit of 70 million dollars in its rev enues in a single vear. It is shamelul that the Secretary of the Treasury, the man chosen to manage the great financial affairs of the nation, should find himself powerless to provide for meeting ssch a deticit in the safe, reasonable and economical way. It is disgraceful that such a system of currency should be adopted as should throw upon the National Treasury the necessity of maintaining the money of the country on a party with gold, without giving the offers of the Treasury adequate power to obtain gold for that purpose in an emergency.

The nation has learned some lessions in fininces in the past four years, and it is not improbable that the defects of the currency and the dangerous restraints on the Treasurv department will be removed before long. -K. C. Star. PASSED BEYOND THE BOURNE.

Wm. M. Douglas died yesterday morning at 4:35, at the residencs of his son-in-law' N. C. Graham, on South Broadway, from cancer of the with which he suffered a long time.

The deceased was born in Green county, Ky. June 1832, and came to Illinois with his paren, when six months old. He was united in marrage with Susan M. Tolly in Sangamon county, where he has since resided until within the past year, which has been spent with his children, a part of whom are in Kansas and a son and daughter in Mason county, where he died at the age of 65 years. 5 months and 2 days.

He was converted and. united with the M. E. Church when 16 years of age, of which he has since been a faithful member. Eight children, five sons and three daughters, and six grand children are left to mourn his loss.

He was very patient and submissive through his intense suffering. Was perfectly resigned and requested his midst children suf- to meet him in heaven. In the of his Breif services were held at the residence of teaings he sang praises to God. his son-in-law, N. C.

Graham, on South were then taken on the train to Island Broadway, this morning, and the remains Grove, Sangamon county, where Rev. services. Flanders of this city will conduct funeral He will be buried by the side of his wife. The above from The Havana (Ill.) Press. of Nov 9th, is the notice of the death of Mr.

Wm. Douglas, father of Mrs. John Boyd of Courtland. Mr. Douglas, was well known to a number of our citizens who extend their sympathies to the family of the deceased, in their sad affliction.

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