The Claflin Leader from Claflin, Kansas • 3

NEW STORE! GROCERIES and QUEENSWARE WE SELL GOODS CHEAP Pearl 25c 10 lbs 7 lbs Flake 250 100 lbs. Perfection Flour ..81 80 100 lbs. Good Luck 1 60 1 Bottle Lemon Extract, worth 10c Vanilla 200. 15c 1 Jb. Walkers Chocolate 45c 3 Cans Best Tomatoes 30c 25c 2 Cans Table Peaches 35c 3 Cans Best Corn 25c 6 lbs.

Good Beans 25c 2 lb. C'an Choice Oysters 15c 3 Pkgs. Best Soda, 15c Mince Meat 25c 7 Bars Soap 25c 5 lbs. Large Raisins 25c 1 Gal Pure Cider Vinegar 400 1 lb. English Br'kfast Tea 35c Ibs California Dried The above are a few of the many low prices we are making in our Grocery Department, from which you can make up your supplies.

Below we name prices on some articles in our Queensware and Cutlery Department: 1 Lot Scissors, 10, 15, 20, 25c. 1 Lot Knives and Forks, per set 40, 65, 75, 85c $1., $1.25, $1.50 to $1.80. 1 Lot English China Chamber Sets, 7 pieces in et, $3.50. 87-Piece English China Dinner Set, $10.00 Pocket Knives, 5c to 60c. Bet of Six Plain Plates, 40c.

Cups and Saucers, 40c. BUTTER, EGGS and POULTRY Taken in Trade. Also GOODS and CASH Paid for CORN. C.E.Traylor Co CLAFLIN, KANS. ba la F.

M. CAMPBELL, Physician and Surgeon, CLAFLIN, KANSAS. Ear Oflice at City Drug Store. HARTMAN, Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Agent. -and NOTARY Loans a Specialty.

Ag't Ge man Insurance Freeport, I1- TO2 RONIN B. LOONEY, CLARY PUBLIC REAL ESTATE, and INSURA Call at Craflin State Bank. Make Farm Loans. Fine Farms For Sale DR. R.

A. -Veterinary Surgeou Treats all Diseases of the Horse and Other Animals. Home address Ellinwood Kan, Will be at laflin EVERY MONDAY. Horse dentistry a specialty. Give me a call.

ALLEN CARSON, Proprietors of the New Steam Feed Mill Grinds Grains of All Descriptions. Your Patronage Respectfully Solicited. CLAFLIN, KANSAS. T.C. DOWNEY, Practical Shoemaker.

Repairing Neatly and Promptly Done. Give Me a Call. CLAFLIN, KANSAS. Cool. Read the new ads.

Beautiful weather. Advertise in the LEADER. There are bnt few hands now employed on the section. Thos. Smith father of F.

G. Smith the dentist, died at Great Bend yesterday. There has been nightly prayer meetings at the Methodist church this week. We club with the leading newspapers Subscribers will save money by ordering their papers through the LEADER. This is remarkable weather for this time of year.

One could easily imagine that "beautiful spring" was upon us. Gustave Holzschuher of Hollyrood planked down a dollar on subscription Monday, for which he has our thanks. Chas. Gemeinhardt increased our financial standing to the extent of $1.16 Tues, for which we give him due credit. Herb.

Galloway sent us in a fine turkey on subscription this week, which act is highly appreciated by the writer. Hog cholera has broken out in the west part of town. It is not anticipated that the disease will spread to any extent. Do not dally with rheumatism. Get rid of it at once by purifying the blood with Hood's Sarsaparilla.

Be sure to get Hood's. FOR SALE. -A choice 40-acre tract of land adjoining Claflin. A highly desirable piece of property at a bargain. quire at LEADER office.

Godfrey Jung has promised us another pig on subscription, and now we wish to renew our offer of flve bush. of corn wile pay your snbscription one year. The examination of the books of the Logan Tp. Creamery Company reveals the gratifying fact that the affairs of the concern are in a flourishing condition. Look up the card of T.

C. Downey in this issue. Mr. Downey is a practical shoemaker and is prepared to do work in his line in a prompt and workmanlike manner. Schroeder anb Roesler the hustling new hardware firm have a new ad on fourth page.

Look it over carefully then step in and see their elegant line of Hardware, Implements etc. The Claflin Hardware, Implement Furniture Co. are always up to the times. See their new ad on front page week. If needing a heating stove you can save big money by calling on them.

Joe Cummings shipped 138 cases of eggs direct to New York City by express Tuesday night. When Vanderbuilt and Gould step into a swell restaurant in New York and call for eggs on toast, that Claflin hen fruit will cost them about 15 cents each. Roadoverseer Yeo has fixed the crossing from the New York store to Carey's barn. He is also removing the stone foundations which were used sereral years ago to support city windmill and tauk. Watch out boys, the roadoverseer will soon be on your track Albert Stein and Miss Alice Dillon were married at Odin by Father Emerick, Tuesday morning.

A large number of their friends witnessed the ceremony and joined in wishing the happy couple a prosperous career. The contracting parties are engaged in farming a few miles sonth of Holly rood. Dr. C. T.

Lawrence of Logan, Kansas was in town Monday. The doctor called himself a specialist and said if the outlook suited him, he would stay here a couple of weeks and heal the afflicted at so much per "heal." The outlook evidently didu't suit him for towards evening he folded his tent and silently stole away. Allen and Carson have started a much needed institution in our live little town It is a steam feed mill, with a capacity of 40 to 50 bushels per hour. Every farmer knows the value of ground feed and will welcome this enterprise. They are located in the rear of the Jim Stork building.

Bring in your grain and let the steam mill grind it for you. See their card in this issue. Not a few who read whet Mr. Robert Rowls, of Hollands, has to say below. will remember their own expence under like winter I had la grippe which left me in a low state of health.

I tried numerous remedies, none of which did me any good, until I tried a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. The first bottle of it so far relieved me that I was enable to attend to my work, and the second bottle effected a cure." For sale at 25 and 50 cents per bottle by----F. M. Campbell druggist. Work for a Separator.

The Logan tp. Creamery Co. held their annual meeting at the creamery yesterday and elected the old board for another year as follows: Jerry Piller John Robl, H. Johanning Sr. Ed Melcher J.

J. Klein, W. L. Stewart and Joe Oberle. W.

B. Goodrich will unquestionably be re-elecded to the position of secretary and buttermaker, as he has proved himself a faithful and efficient officer, The creamery has had a very successfull years something like $33,00 having been paid out the farmers for milk. The board was authorized to put an a separator either at Odin or Claflin. Now what is the matter with the citizens of the town and the farmers of the community getting together and devise some means of securing the station for Clafflin. It would unquestionably be a good thing for the town.

Let everyone in the community constitute himself a committee of one to push the matter and see what can be done. We can get this separator by a little effort and we cannot afford to miss this golden opportunity, if any reasonable amount can be secured. Talk for it, work for it and we will get it. Report of School District No. 80.

UPPER ROOM. No. males enrolled last month, 17. females 9. males not absent 5.

females 4. Since December 30, without being properly excused, Addie and Erving German, Fred Welsh, Jessie Hartman, Fritz, Louis and Oscar Staeber. Zula Tincher, Eddie Ingersoll, Henry Dowse and Igenatz Pusch have each been tardy once; Gustav and Joseph Ehly and Burdette Dougan twice; and, Sadie Stockwell three times. Jake Weltmer and Henry Dowse have been absent one half day; Gustave Ehly and Igenatz Pusch one day: Louis Staeber two days. MARY HEGE, Teacher.

PRIMARY ROOM. Number pupils enrolled, 36. cases tardiness, 32. Pupils neither tardy nor absent: Elsie and Charlie Breeden, Frankie Barth, Berlin Dowse, Clarence Elmore, Florence Staeber, John Pickerill, Dan White. Berlin Dowse, deportment 100.

OTTILLE DOTTER, Teacher. Pound Social. A pound social was given Elder Wickham and family Monday evening. Fiftyfour members of the Christian church gathered at his home, bringing a generous supply of eatables with them. The Elder and; wife fairly outdid themselves in entertaining the guests and all enjoyed a very pleasant time.

Music both instrumental and vocal, social conversation and a fine supper were the main features. Elder Wickham wishes to extend through the LEADER heartfelt thanks to his flock for their kindness, and while he fully appreciates things brought to replenish his larder, yet he values still more highly the evidence of good will and thoughtfulness, expressed by his congregation in sosubstantial a manner. Why Not Have One Here? We are indebted to Mr. Hartman for a copy of the by-laws of the "Topeka Horse Police association." This organization was effected for the purpose of apprehending and securing the conviction of persons stealing horses or other property from its members. The plan adopted is simple, quite inexpensive and it seems to us a most effective way of selfprotection against the ss element which occasionally pay their unwelcome spects to every community.

The treasurer of the Topeka association writes that they have had splendid success and have not failed in a single instance to capture the guilty parties. A copy of their by -laws and constitution may be seen at this office. HERE AND THERE. OF COURSE WE DO. Editor Cooke of the CLAFLIN LEADER still gloats over that new boy of his.Inman Review.

TWIN JAWSMITHS. Lane county boasts a temperence lect. urer, and a girl who claims to be the most scientific gum chewsr in the west. -Dighton Herald. A USEFUL DAM.

Western Kansas lives right up to its privileges. In speaking of the big dam which the Rock Island is building at Smith Centre the Pioneer in mentioning its advantages says: the June rains shall have filled the reservoir there will be a lake over a mile in length, onefourth as broad and in places 25 feet deep. The convenience for drowning boys and baptising sioners will be un equalled dy any city in western Kansas. Discarded wives and second hand husbands can here be concealed until recognition of the remains will be La Crosse Clarion. HIS NAME A.

HOODOO. John Q. Royce stands sponsor for the statement that Wm. Simpson of Norton county will be a candidate for congress -Topeka Mail and Breeze. NO REPUBLICAN DOG NEED APPLY.

An Inman man advertises for a watch dog. He must keep chickens. LIN LEADER. He keeps the p. o.

-Inman Review. SAME HERE WITH THE CITIZEN, BRO. It always does us good to tear the wrapper off' the CLAFLIN LEADER. For every time we do we know that we are going to see something spicy on its bright pages that no otner paqer has. Burns Citizen.

This seeme to be a season of runaways. Last week Ed Tinchers teams ran away breaking the wagon tongue and doing other slight damage. Monday S. Chattens horse attached to a buggy became frightened and breaking its hitching strap tore up the street west of town, but turned Hamilton avenue until it reached the New York store; there it ran into a spring wagon broke the harness and got away. The animal was caught at W.

M. Chattens residence. The buggy was pretty well smashed up The same day Fred Hartzman's team which was detached from the wagon and hitched to the fence north of the lumber yard, became frightened at a train, and tore off about sixteen feet of good stout fence. The halter ropes were strong and the horses were unable to run away with their load As an evidence of the estimation in which the LEADER is held by the people of this county we take a pardonable pride in saying that notwithstanding the almost universal ery of "hard times" it sta.ts in upon the New Year with a larger and better subscription list than it had one year ago. In other words the people know a good thing when it is before them, and they are in the habit of giving it substantial encouragement.

If you want to keep up with the procession send in your dollars, and have your names enrolled upon the subscription books of the best paper for the size of the town in the state. Carey's hall was crowded last Friday evening with Woodmen, their families and friends to witness the publie Installation of the officers of Claflin Camp, 1711, M. W. of A. A fine program had been provided consisting of songs, tableaux which was highly appreciated.

Hon. H. J. Roetzel of Ellinwood, delivered a splendid abdress on Woodcraft. J.

W. A. Cooke acted as installing officer and H. E. Hill as chief forester.

The order is in a flourishing condition, and Claflin Camp looks forward to another year of healthy growth. The LEADER has a number of readers who are behind on subscription. They don't know how much we would appre ciate it if they would come i in and help us out. The expenses of running the of fice are big. It takes cash to meet them and while we don't want to even seem to dun those who have stood by the paper so earnestly yet every dollar in cash that we can get these days will help ns out wonderfully.

Hood's Pills cure nausea, sick headache indigestion, billousness. Sold by all druggists. Get your reading matter for '96 at the LEADER office. THE TOLEDO WEEKLY BLADE AND CAMPAIGN OF 1896. With a great Presidential Campaign coming next year, 'every thoughtful citi zens will need, besides his local paper a great national weekly.

The greatest and most widely known of these is the Toledo Weekly Blade, For thirty years it has been a regular visitor in every part of the Union, and is well known at almost every one of the 70,000 postoffices in the country. It is edited with reference to a national circulation. It is a Republican paper, but men of all politics take it, because of its honesty and fairness in the discussion of all publie questions. It is the favorite family paper, with something for every member of the housebold. Serial stories: poetry, wit and humor; the Household department (best in the world), Young Folks, Sunday School Lessons, Talmage's Sermons the Farmstead, the Question Bureau (which answers questions for subscribers), the News ef the Week in complete form, and other special features.

Specimen copies gladly sent on application, and if you will send us a list of addresses, we will mail a copy to each. Only $1 a year. If you wish to raise a club, write for terms. Address The Blade, Toledo, Ohio PURELY PERSONAL -Frank Jones is back from Chase. -Harry Degen Sundayed in Hoisington.

J. D. Little was in Great Bend Monday. -W. L.

Shroeder drove to Hollyrood Wednesday. -Fred Schroeder was up from Ellinwood Monday. -Hon. E. R.

Moses was in town Tues. day on business. -O. S. Dougan made a business trip to Sterling Saturday.

-Harry Snavely came in from Rice Co. yesterday morning. -Miss Murray of Hollyrood was trading in town Wednesday. -Geo. Six, Bushton's lumberman, was in town Wednesday.

-S. H. Chatten was here from Ellin. wood on basiness Monday. -Waiter Rientz of Odin left for Fort Smith this morning.

-Charlie and Carrie Grizzell returned to Salina to school last week. -Wesley Durr of Hollyrood, was in town with a load of corn Monday. -Charlie Mayo drove to Hollyrood to see his best--well he got back the same day. -Dan Carey and son Jim attended the Stein-Dillon wedding at Odiu Tues morning. -Elder Davis spent Monday with Mr.

Wickham prior to his departure for new fields. -J. S. Schively the Topeka Paper Co's popular traveling man, was in town Wednesday. -John Robertson of the Strip a former resident of this locality, is here visiting his daughter.

-O. S. White and family were visiting the family of A. Dougan in the country Monday. -Hon.

H. J. Roetzel came in last Friday afternoon to participate in the M. W. of A.

exercises. -Chase Elmore left for Missouri to be at the bedside of his brother who is not expected to live. -Joe Cummings started for Colorado Springs and Cripple Creek Monday on business. Joe is going to investigate as to the status of the mining stock he got last year, which has materially increased in value the last few months. Reductions in Millinery.

To close out my Fall and Winter stock of Millinery, I will give a reduction of 25 per cent on all my goods. Now i is the time to get a tasty hat or bonnet at a bargain. Call and be convinced. MARY M. WELSH.

Obituary. Died Dec. 13th 1895, Rachel, beloved Mother of H. R. Swazee at the residence of the latter in Cleveland Tp, Barton CoKans.

in the 76th year of her age. Deceased was born in Brown Co. Ohio Oct. 6th 1820, was an earnest, zealous christan from girlhood, a loving devoted wife and mother. She will be sadly missed by loved ones but their loss will be her never-ending bappiness.

Grandmother Swazee as she was called by all who knew her was loved by all; her loving words and hearty handshake will not be forgotten. For many long year she mingled with us in church and Sunday School. She loved to be in the house of God, and for many years was teacher of the intermediate class. There are many that will remember the loving instruetion that was given them in the by Grandmother Swazee. Oh that the seed sown may bring forth fruit for the master.

Never more will we see Grandma walk into our church with her old fam. ly Bible in her hands that was her companion. How she loved the blessed book and her testimony would often be "I can't tell: tongue can not tell of its joys unspeakable', and the tears of joy that would fill her eyes would tell what she could not express. She was Baptist by faith but not sectarian, thought God could use all denominations it they would get in the place He wanted them The church of her choice not being in reach of her of late years, she loved to mingle with the Quakers and in fact showed no difference, she was one of 115 As her health failed, she was found less in her accustomed seat. She said to her friends I am not sick Iam only tired.

A few days before her death she told the writer "The Lord is dealing very kindly with me, I am not suffering any, I am fully trusting all, is well. Iam just waiting for the will not be long" and at last she fell asleep in Jesus Funeral services at her sons house, conducted by Franklin Stanley, from text found in Luke 12 40. Be ye therefore ready also; and Rev. 14 10. Blessed are he dead which die in the Lord from henceforth.

Theresa G. Stanley..