The Healy Banner from Healy, Kansas • 5

rriends. OLD CUSTOM IN ORKNEY. Make new friends, but keep the old Those arc silver, these ara gold. New-made friends, like new-made wine. Biacksmitning.

Aire will mellow and refine Friendships that have stand the test Of time and change are surely best. Brow may wrinkle, hair turn grey, Friendship never owns decay. For 'mid old friends kind and true We once more our youth renew. But. aias; old irienus must die-New friends must their Dlace sunnlv: Pioneer Store; Then cherish friendship In your 'breast Mrs.

J. C. McCarry is on the sick list this week. A carload of boards just received at Osborn Bros. Ned and Lash Freeman were buying cattle in this corner of the county Friday.

Tim Seewald took out the first load of lumber for his hew house Monday. The Russian commander has given up the holding of south Manchuria, and says it couldn't be done with less than a half million men. He is falling back and waiting for reinforcements, but the Japs don't seem to be new is gooa. tjut old is Desi. Make new friends, but keep the old Those are silver, these are gold.

fl Boy's LeasUfe HOUts. A boy was employed in a lawyer's of Anything in the line of Gener al Biacksmithing work. I have had long experience in the work and can guarantee satisfaction. All work promptly attended to; done in workmanlike manner and at right prices. Your patronage respectfully solicited.

R. T. BYRON, Healy. Please call on us for anything you may want in the line of fice and he had the daily newspaper to amuse himself with. He began to study French and at the little desk became a fluent reader and writer of the Froducts of the Sea Made to Eke Out Scanty Crops.

In Orkney during the earlier half of last century, when crofts and crops were small, the men would cut a few sheaves with the shearing hook, thrash them over a stick fixed across a corner of the house, and in the evening, if weather permitted, take their little boats and go for an hour or two's fishing in the dusk. Meanwhile the women-folk dried the grain in a pot over the peat fire, ground it afterward in a hand quern, sifted the meal, and had it baked in bannocks, in readiness to eat with the cod or sillocks brought home from the sea. The quern is occasionally used at the present day, but only for grinding malt and for making burstin, which is a mixture of oats and barley, dried to crispness, ground, but not too fine, and eaten with buttermilk. All Her Resolutions Broken. This story Is told by an Englishman who lived a century ago: He was dining Gut In London an-i sat by a lady whom he did not know.

Their conversation turned upon early resolutions and how very selaopi they were kept and the lady said, "Well, when I was a girl I made three resolution. First, I determined that 1 Goods, Groceries, Hats, Dry French language. He accomplished this by laying aside the newspaper and taking up something not so amusing. Boots Shoes, Hard- Caps, but far more profitable. A coachman was often obliged to ra Sl T1 3 4i 1 wait long hours while bis mistress made rare, lour, unop eea, vjoslw waiting on anything in particular.

If you have anything to sell remember that the easiest, quickest, cheapest way to find a buyer is to put a few liues in tne Banner telling about it. It is a long ways ahead of going around trying to hunt up a buyer, or taking chances on a buyer happening onto you a slow and expensive way. calls. He determined to improve the time. He found a small volume containing the "Enlogues of Virgil, but To Curb Official Peculations.

Wm. R. Hearat, speaking of the New York legislature upon the occasion of it adjournment, makes the following suggestions for putting a stop to public peculations and trafflcing in franchises and privileges by the people's "servants" which seem to have become so popular: "Such a Legislature as that which yesterday wrapped the black mantle of its completed disgrace about it and stepped into a permanent niche in Grain, Machinery, Farm Im- plements, Buggies, Wagons, could not read it, so be purchased a Latin grammar. Day by day he studied this and finally mastered its intricacies. arness, Windmills, Pumps His mistress came up behind him one day as he stood by the horses waiting It appears that the Japs have fin for her, and asked him what he was so would never marry a soldier; secondly, that I would never marry an Irishman, and, thirdly, that I would not be ally got the Russian squadron battled up in Port Arthur harbor, but they intently reading.

"Only a bit of irgil, my lady'' "What! Do you rrad LaMn?" long engaged. And all those three sunk a whole fleet of vessels to accomplish it. They now have the garrison A little, my lady." She men ionedth Pumping Supplies, Etc. We guarantee you the Lowest Prices and Good Treatment. Try us, then to her husband, who insisted that Dayid should have a teaoher io instruct hemmed in ftnd the capture of everything which the Hussjaes have not re New lorks Hall of Shame is not by any means without its public uses.

This legislature refused to do the will of the people, did the will of pre- datory private interests and flagrantly betrayed the trust committed to it. Yet by the very grossness of its treason it teaches all men that have honesty in moved is a foregone conclusion and him. In a few years vid became a learned man and was fo- ninny years a useful and beloved minister of resolutions I broke. Whom do you think I did marry? The Duke of Wellington? He was a sold'sr tnd an Irfshman and I was engaged to him for twelve years." This was Lady Katherine Pakenham. It was an unhappy marriage and the couple mostly lived apart.

Denmark's Kings. Denmark's kings for 388 years have all been named Christian or Frederick. This is not the result of acci If You No Like Him, You No Buy Him. ouly a matter of time, A good many prospective Invoa A boy was told to open and shuL gates tors are beine attraced to the tine to let the teams out of an iron mine. stretch of country adjacent to Healy He sat on a log all day by the side of the gate.

Sometimes an hour would pass before the teams came, and this he and a great many more would be if H. A. COOMBS SON, HALY, KANSAS. they knew what a really fine country it is. No one can view the pleasing dent.

It is the law of Denmark that Christian must be succeeded by Frederick, and Frederick by Christian. To attain this, an.d without the changing of nias, iu ease of death pr other vaBon, every Danish prince, no mat sight which is presented to the eye when surveying our level fruitful employed so well that there wjis scarcely any fact in history that escaped his attenti n. He began with a little book on English history which he found on the road. Having learned that thoroughly he burrowed of a minister Goldsmith's "History of Greece." The fields without wishing to cast his lot them and desire ior clean government hat clean government is not to be had while public property can be stolen under the form of law. So long as public franchises are allowed to become privateproperty snch franchies will be subject to buying and elling.

and legislative corporations will continue. So long as public property of any kind can be got possession of by bribery there will be bribe-givers and bribetakers. While street railway, and gas, and electric lighting, and water franchises can be "grabbed" unscrupulous men will be purchasers and scoundrels seek office in order that they may have the selling of them. Public ownership of public utilities is the only cure for legislative corrup ter what other names he may re-seive, always includes Christian and with us, The man that advertises with Local Happenings. Frederick among them.

good man became greatly inter ested in him and lnt him books and short and sudden jerk is the man that blames the editor because it didn't was often seen on the log conversing with him aboutpeople of an ienttimes. flllillinery. work. The man who gets the busi Boys, it will pay to use your leisure ness gives a strong and steady pu The candidates will sooh begia to pester the busy citizen. Come one, come all! Fitch's new store is the place to trade.

The corn listers are kept tolerably busy these fine spring days. This is the kind of weather when both the ice nja and coal man are out of a joh. Daniel Suiter, of Whiteroek township, was looking after politics in this corner Monday. hours well. keeps the local paper running from year to year quite full.

He plans his dvertsmept in a very parefu Be firm and be faithful; degart not the right; brave are the bolder, the darKer the night; Then up and be though cowards may fail. way out, and keeps forever at it until he makes it pay. He hasfaith in all the futur, can withstand a sudden shock, and like a man of scripture he- Thv ntv pursuing, dare all, and pre- tion. Until the legislature is deprived of the power to dispose of public property at private sales we shall have sueh lawmaking bodies as that over which Sbeaker Nixon presided under the superintendence of Gov. Odell.

That is the lesson which this legislature carries the people; and if the people will learn it, the lesson, costly as it is, will be worth the price. Norman McLoad, has his business on arock. Ex. No drouth about this. Rather cool May weather.

Rain, ram, rain! and plenty of it. Our two new stores this week invite the trade of Banner readers. Wm. Baird was in about Healy Monday looking ofter political affairs. Corn piles promise to be scattered plentifully about the country this fall.

A. L. Cerpenter was a pleasant caller at our office Monday. The prices are right on all kind of groceries at fitch's new store. Thejre were three emigrants cars unloaded at this place last week.

Thii promises to be the best Western Kansas has ever experienced. Toulard the Stinrlsin, A large upper cluiniber whose wimlowopened Ars. CooK Herriott, HBrtbY, KANSAS. The time when the thunder rolls around over the shingles and stock toward the sun-vising. Tne name of the cham- drifts against the fence and get lied John Fosdick was a caller at our office Monday and added his name to our list of subscribers, If in need of dental work see Dr.

Raffington at the hotel in Healy May 16th and i7th. The pension rate of veterans who are entirely blind has been raised from $72 lo $100 per month. a stroke of lightning that hits the Dar was peace." Pilgrim's Progress. "Why fear to-morrow, timid heart? Why dread the future's way? We only need to do our part, To day, To day!" Union Signal. wires a half mile away is here.

No Mrs. Mary A. Rosebury, Prop. one head is lost in this manner save through the carelessness of the owner. Goulburn says: "It is by a constant series of new starts that the spiritual A number nine wire, twisted about life is carried qii within us.

Sanctity is the stands in the fence and sunk in. nut the work of a day, but of a life." There has been a pretty pontinupus the earth four or five feet, will give God is in our souls, as our souls are almost absolute immunity fivtn such First-class Accomodations for the Traveling Public. Good Meals, Good Clean Beds. Reasonable Rates. Special Attention gioen to Transient Trade.

HEALY KANSAS. Two Blocks North of Depot, on West Side of Street. In our bodies. He never ceases to speak performance in tue rain line since it started, but it appears to be through loss If placed every hundred feet on to us but the voice of the world without and the tumult of our passions with pasture fences. Anthony Republican in bewilder us, and prevent us from lis tening to Him.

Selected. Great occasions do not make heroes or cowards they simply unveil them How would you like to be a candidate, with six months of anxiety ahead of you? Dr. Raffington, dentist, will be ic Healy Monday and Tuesday, May 16th and 17th. Don't forget to see Osborn Bros, for pumps, windmills, paints and oils; they carry the bast at the lowest price. P.

Gable is putting up a new Sampson windmill on his farm four miles west of Healy. Fitch is in the grocery business to Livery and Feed Stable. for the present. Grass is humping itself now and trying to make up a little for lost time, but a warmer spell of weather would bring it on at a still faster gait. It seems that all our correspondents forgot us this week, and local happenings and notes are almighty few and scattering.

Most all of the sick are getting along pretty well there are, however, a few to the eyes of men, Silently and imperceptibly, as we wake or sleep, we gyow and wax stroug or we grow and wax weak, and at some crisis shows us Heteoroligioal rteord at Faruwtrth, Kauai, for Month of April, 1904. Maximum temperature, on 10th, 83. Minimum on 17th, 19. Greatest daily range, on IT, 51. Range of temperature at sunset, on Mb, on loth and 28, 68.

Total precipitation, l.ifl Inches. (ireatest In 24 hours, on 30th, -V, Number of days with ui or more hundredths inches precipitation, T. rthowiall, trace, on the 34th. Number of days clear, 10; partly cloudy cloudy, 8. Prevailing wind direction, south.

Chas. M. kkn i9ox Voluntary Observer. what we have become. Bishop Proprietor.

Chas. Magie, Be patient with everyone, but above all with yourself. I mean, do not be disturbed because of your imperfections, and always rise up bravely from stay call and see him, he will treat I ases or mumps in the neighborhood a fall. I am glad that you make a daily new beginning; there is no better you wuiw, Mis Alice Wneatcroft returned Tuesday morning of last week from Triplett, Missouri, where she bad been means of progress in spiritual life than to be oontiuually beginning afresh. S.

Francis De Sales. Good Teams and Rigs. Drices made to all points at reasonable rate. Stock left to feed carefully attended to. I respectfully solicit the patronage of the public in my line of business.

A quiet home, vines of our own a few books full of the inspiration of genius; a few friends worthy of be Pirsr rlnnr Nnrtb nf 1 fl fl Wall visiting for several weeks. H. H. Cowan, a realestate agent of Ottawa, was looking after some land deals in and about Healy the fore part of last week. Born, to Mr.

and Mrs. Jesse Coombs, a son. Mother and son are doing well KANSAS HEALY ing loyed, and nble to love us iu turn; a hundred innocent pleasures that bring no pain or remorse; a devotion to the right that will never swerve; a simple religion empty of all bigotry, full of trust and hope and love and to such MflflMlflMMKMB8flMBPMBM 7r.7T.7T.7T.7.W-TtttTWtW.TtW We carry a complete line of General Merchandise. mm a philosophy, this world will give up all the impty joy it has. David Swing God comes to his people in an undis closed and unrecognized form, iu the hours of theirdespondency.

That which seems to us to be a cloud and darkness and claim to sell cheaper than any other store is after all, but the garment in the midst -f which Christ is walking. All riclit occupations, all duties, all fideli ties, bring along with them a divine presence. We are never alone. The most but Jesse is hardly able to attend to business. The dance in the sod house in the north part of town was quite a success even though it rained the most of the evening.

Misses Kffie and Grace Mullennix, of McCracken, were visiting among friends nod schoolmates here the fore part of the week. If you want any printing done remember that this office is the place to leave your orders. We guarentee satisfaction. menial callings, routine, occupations, things not agreeable in themselves but necessary and things of duty, all of them have or may have with them a the west. If you don't believe it just take time some day and call on us and get our prices.

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