The Exponent from Wamego, Kansas • 5

L. K. TIME TABLE RANDOM SHOTS, From The Alan About Town. WRITTEN BY THE WRITER. Judging from present indications, the election this year will be as quiet and tame affair as'a Wheaton GOING EAST.

No. 6:47 a. m. No. 44, Freight, 2:03 p.

m. GOING WEST. No. 41, Passenger, p. m.

No. 43, Freight, 5:47 p. m. J. S.

Force, Agent. The fine weather continues. H. HEFFMER, gE Onaga Photographer, 3 Has fitted his gallery with high priced lenses'made in Europe. My work is best Platino finish.

Guarantee satisfaction or no pay. Up-to-date cards. Will be in Wheaton on the last Sunday and following Mon- r-3 day-and Tuesday noon of each month. UMUUmUJWiUlAUJJJUWiUJK Miss Belle Gruby and Miss Louise Ihgalsbe visited with Mrs. C.

Mul-cahy, on Sunday last; James Nolan, of Irish Creek, accompanied by his sister Miss Nellie, attended services at the Congregational church, Sunday evening. When we hear a man all the time roasting his town and the people who live in it, we wonder why he don't locate elsewhere. A "fake" arrest was made last Sun There will be a dance at Blaine tonight, Friday. Warren Anthony was in town Monday. Last Monday was wash day.

If you don't believe it ask Will Summers. day by one of our "town bloods" upon W. H. Tunison was busy most of last week overhauling a threshing machine for John Campbell. Sam Shockey just finished a job of plastering for Will Kufahl, which is hard to beat.

FIELDS BECKER, Proprietors of the CITY MEAT MARKET. Farmers are taking advantage of this fine weather and are working early and late husking out thei. corn. Mr. and Mrs.

Warren Fields visited We are headquarters for fresh and salt meats, 'A' and whenever you want anything in this line. -Weir (jjcan accomm6date you. Cash paid for hides. (() relatives and. friends in Onaga the latter part of last week.

W. Tunison and family spent the day at the hospitable home of Frank Rollenhagen, lastSunday. If ballots are ever made larger than they are now, booths will have to be provided with double doors. W. H.

TUNISOW, Some of the bovs nut a road cart on Blacksmith no and Machinist. WHEATON, KAN. a poor innocent boy from the country. The bogus officer and judge finally agreeing to throw the case out of court, providing the country boy would "set up" the cigars, which he did. Well, this may be a joke and all that, but it leaves the perpetrators of the deed in a position where they could be made pay a fine of about $50 for impersonating an officer.

Quite a number of people turned out to hear the address, delivered by the Hon. A. B. Lewis, on Saturday evening. His talk was along the lines of Protection and Sound Government.

The speaker, in a plain, matter-of-fact way, pointed out the fulfilled and promised pledges of the Republican party during the eight years of republican administration, and if some Democratic toes were trampled upon we heard no grunts of disapproval. Some preachers will contend that it is not right to draw politics into the pulpit, but before they get through making their "little speech," they make it a point to tell the congregation what a good man so and so is and even go so far as to state who they propose to vote for. What seems funny to an outsider is that some ministers will say things from the pulpit which they them elves condemn as wrong. Uncle Jonnie Morton brought his wife to. town election day and one of the local politicians passed jokes about it, saying: "Uncle Jonnie brought her along to help him vote right." Well, he voted right, all right, and the local aspirant didn't get his vote, either.

Chickens are bad enough running through the streets and alleys, but when a fellow has to stop when in a hurry to kick a Jersey red hog off the sidewalk to get to the polls on election day, we vote for good First-class work at reasonable prices. All kinds of machine repairs. Buggy tops, singletrees, neckyokes, etc- top the school building Hallowe'en night and the vehicle is still there. Miss Tressy and Myrtle Rollenhagen spent the day last Sunday with their former music teacher, Miss Anna Lolley. Our subscription list has increased so during the ew.

weeks that it has been necessary to add another "quire to our shipment of paper. Henry Lolley was doing stone work last week over in Rock Creek tow1 -ship. Henry seems' to be getting about all the work he can do. Abstracts of Title At our abstract office in Westmoreland, we are prepared to furnish abstracts of title, copies of instruments, or other matter from the several offices of Pottawatomie county on' telephone orother notice, for which reasonable fees will be charged; This business was established by the undersigned in 1880. 5 per cent farm loans on real estate.

R. M. CfflLCOTT Westmoreland, Kan. 44 9x 12 iuchoa; 22 pages in natural colors 21S varieties of 1 'imit, with concise description and season of ripen- 'B in fef lull-tone of Nurseries, Orchards, Packing Houses, etc. for book (po3i-piiJ) and Rebate Ticket permitting return of ir book bv mail GO days aud we refund the LOf.

Or. moil us within 1 year, Rebate Ticket with $12 order for nursery stock and "we will credit $1.00 in part payment on your order and you tub' book free. WE PAY THE FREIGHT. TTT' in'tyt weekly and want more home and traveling salesmen; Outfit IV 6 Taj VaSil FKEE.Siark Bro's, LOUISIANA, Atlantic, Iowa, Fayettevlllc, Ark. Fields Bexker have installed a bran new pair of computing scales at their meat market.

They may be all right, but the poor cuss has to pay for his meat, just the same. Emma Hanson, who has been employed as diningroom girl at the Lin-dell hotel, left the latter part of last week for her home in Garrison. Miss Lulu Fields now has her job. Dr. Moffett, th Frankfort dentist, was in town this week with headquarters at the Lindell hotel.

He does nothing but first-class work and his prices are reasonable Mrs. Alice Walden and Mrs. Sarah Etchison, from Westmoreland, spent the day last Friday with the Exponent family. They are mighty good people and we enjoyed their visit very much. Come again, girls.

"Random Shots from the Man About Town" will be interesting reading for our subscribers. The author is. a good writer and a close observer and our readers may look for something interesting from this source every week. S. A.

Bennett, who has been taking treatment for the liquor habit at Kan sas City, for the past four weeks, returned home last Friday night. Mr. Bennett has many warm friends in this locality who hope the treatment he received may prove a lasting J. R. Force, of the L.

K. W. On account of St. Louis Exposition fifteen day tickets'will be sold at rate of one and one-fifth regular first-class one way fare for the round trip, and will be on sale at this office daily from May 24th to November 30th, inclusive. $12.85 is the round trip 15 day rate from Wheaton.

Force, Agt. Hos Wanted. We will buy your hogs and receive them Thursday of each week. Runyan TO TOPEKA, KANSAS, VIA. Leavenworth Kansas Western, In Connection with the ATCHISON, TOPEKA SANTA FE VALLEY FALLS, KAN.

Passenger trains east make close connection with Santa Fe at Falls for Topeka, allowing a full day at that place. Returning, T. S. F. trains leaves Topeka at 4:45 p.

making close connection at Valley Falls for K. W. passenger train, west. Excellent facilities are offered for handling stock at Kansas City account proximity of unloading chutes to stock exchange. For further information write nearest agent or W.

S. BASINGER, Gen. Freight and Passenger Agt. Leavenworth, Kan The Santa Fe has on sale from Kansas' points on the first and third Tuesdays of each month homeseekers' tick ets to points in Oklahoma and south-, west at rate of one fare plus $2 for the round trip, minimum rate $9. This paper, the Mail and "Breeze, Woman's World, American Poultry Advocate, Green's Fruit Grower and the Missouri Valley Farmer, all six Dublications sent to any address for one year for the small sum of $1.75.

Now'is the time to come iff and take advantage of this offer. "bridge gang, took a lay off the first of the week long enough to come home and vote. He left for his work Wednesday morning. Let us figure with you on job work..