The Claflin Leader from Claflin, Kansas • 3

PURELY PERSONAL R. R. TIME CARDS. Take Your Pick, Girls. Three mouths of leap year have paus Windier." for some energetic girl to boss around.

Might be a little slow about bringing in coal and water, but is patient, obedient, and submissive. In heart and fancy Daa Carey drove to Ellinwood Tut, day. Clint Gibler was Over from Bushfrm Monday. Bill Monroe was over from Holly- rood Tuesday. TheMoPac, bridge inspectors were in town Saturday.

Ben Hicks of McCracken waa -ia towu Wednesday. -Bob Mayo end Harry Degen visiteJ in Hollyrood Sunday. John Webber was up from Ellin-wood Wednesday trading. D. E.

Fryberger was here from Heizer Tuesday on business. Miss Emma Strothman has fully recovered from her accident. Joe Wesley and mother were here from near Hollyrood Monday. Frank Stout and family, eastof town were visiting the Suuday. A son and daughter of John Frederick went to Great Bend Monday to attend the college.

Mrs. T. Adams was here from Lyotw last week Visiting Mrs. Welsh and Mr. Ozenberger.

Hon. H. J. Roetzel was up from Ellinwood Tuesday. He made the Leader an appreciated call.

Bert Wickham and Miss Barbara liege visited the Misses Strothman in Logan towhship Sunday. Postmaster Smith and Milt Alleii were over from Hollyrood to attend I O. O. F. lodge Wednesday night.

Julius Broeckl came in from Hutc h-inson last Friday evening to visit Raymond Zecha and family for a few day Si Dennis Hogan and wife, Peter Murray, Chris Peal and wifeand Mr. Andrea were among the Hollyrood people trad-" ing here Saturday. Fred Schrepel, of Ciaflin, who has some of the finest stock horses in th county wns in Great Bend Saturday with some of his stock. Great Beud Democrat. iV.

B. Pickerill. L. J. Bailey and sou Bob, Joe Jordan, Elmer Downey, Geo.

Carey, Henry Galloway, Carl Schwal and Joe Harger attended the miction sale at Frederick Saturday. School Report, vist. No. 80. VI 'FEU ROOM.

Jessie Ilartman had the greatest number of credit lessons, 23; next comes Gustav Ehly and Oscar Staeber with 20 credit lessons each. No record' has been kept of the credit lessons in the advanced classes. Jessie Hartman, Eva Stover, Wilford Iiill, Sadie Stockwtll and George Carey were neither absent nor tardy. Joe and Gustav Ehly were absent one day; Vesta and FreJ Welsh, Jamm Care3', and Georgia Dowse 1 days Henry Dowse 3 days; Talitha Barth ann Addie German 2J days; Jas. Hartman and Erving German 6J days; Igenat.z.

Pusch ity days; Gertrude Iugersoll li; Louis Staeber 11 days; Eddie Inner-soil 15 days. Gertrude Ing rsoll, Oscar Staeber, Georgia Dowse, Idie Iugersoll, Erving German, and Fritz Staeber were tardy once; Addie German six times. Arrangements have been made to give an amusing entertainment, for thd benefit of the school. Particulars later. Mary Heue, Teacher.

LOWER R003f. School Report for Primary roo-fiit Clallin school, month ending March 27j 1896. Number of pupils enrolled, 33; Number cases of tardiness, 21. Pupils neither absent or tardy, How'-ard Bailey, Berlin Dowse, Irma Dowse, Clarence Elmore, Mamie Hill, Theodora Staeber. Pupils highest in deportment.

Irnirt Dowse, Frankie Barth, Nora Stock Ha Stover. Pupils highest in scholarship, How ard B'aihy, Clarence Elmore, Ha Stover Charlie Punch. OTILEE DOTTER, Teacher. Improved Farm For Sale. A good farm of 240 acres for wile cheap und on longtime.

Located 2 mile north and 1 mile west of Ciaflin. Six room house, two good wells of water graneries, stable, feed lots, chicken hoom and other build ings, all under fence. Nearly all land under cultivation. Call, on or address, Wm. II.

TRAVIS, Clafliu. Kansas. Millinery Opening. I will open my Spring stock of Millin-nery at my old establishment, the Nor ris stone building, on Saturday April 4. New and designs in ladies headgear.

Captivating Easier hats and ln-nets. Also a select line of not ions, nuh as hand Kerchiefs, embroideries, hosiery et It will pav von to call on mo. MoS-uixxv, ed, and as yet we have not had the opportunity of recording a tdngle marriage in town. Girls, the golden mo ments ure fast tfeeting, and unless you take advantage of the peculiar privil-egevS of the year, you may be doomed to single blessedness, for remember there will not be another leap year until 1904. The poet Tennyson hath said that "In the spring a young man's fancy lightly turns to thoughts of love," and if Lord Alfred was onto his job when lie wrote those lines the time is now ripe for you to lay siege to the masculine heart.

The Leader, ever anxious for the wel fare and happiness of the people, and especially the ladies, has concluded to present a list of marriageable men, for the consideration of the fair sex. We are especially prompted to do this, on account of the inherent bashi'ulness of our bachelors, who are much too mod est and retiring to sing their own praises. To begin with there is SAM STOVER, Of course he lias gone to Cripple Creel seek his lorbune, but that should not cut any ice with the se maiden. He is likely to come home, with his pockets bulging out with golden nuggets as big iis base balls, and the girl who opens a correspondence with him uow, is very likely to be the envy of her less fortun ate sisters when Sam returns again. HARRY DEUEN.

There is a catch worth having Youtitf. handsome and u'enerous. A little fastidious, but of a kind and los ing disposition. Has a solid girl in an other town, but is not averse to patron iziug home industries. K.

T. MAYO. This auburn haired youth would make an ideal husband and papa. Am ply able to support a wife alao a small mustache, lias a charmer over in Ellsworth county, but does not see her often enough' to give her a lead pipe cinch on his heart. He's well worth trying for.

BERT WICKHAM. Good looking, accommodating and faithful. The latter qualification is what will make this youth hard to catch, lor he has been laitutul to one and only one lor lo, these mauy moons However history records that he once cast oil' the old lor the new, and you know, history sometimes repeals itself Vf. L. SCHROEDEU.

Rustling young business uian. Play ful, witty and gentle asa kitten. Much sought after, but so bushlul that he has been known to hide uuoer the bed when a young lady desired his company Also has a solid girl, who i away, how ever, piost of the time. Salt might catch him. CHARLIE MAYO.

Strawberry blonde; soulful blue eyes. Has plenty of horses at his couimaud a snap lor a girl who likes a moonlight drive. Is deeply enamored of a country lass, but would bean ornament to a city home. Also fond of babies at a distance. GEORGE DOTTER.

Farmer by trade, uiau of leisure by profession just now. Has no entangling alliances, but "Barkis is williu. Call quick, as he has been seen frequently of late quite late in fact in the vicinity of the hotel. GUY WELTMER. Smooth faced.likewise a pretty smooth young man: just of age, and sweet as a peach.

Girl gone to Arkansas. Now's your chance, or not at ail. BEN STOVEIt. Young ahl so young coy and innocent. Sports a horse and buggy.

Has been the object of numberless attentions, though his extreme basb fulness hits caused him to refuse many splendid offers. Has a solid girl in every school district, but his heart, like a street car, has always room for one more. CHARLIE TRAYLOR. A thing of beauty and a joy forever. But to win him it is absolutely necessary to have a bicycle.

The bicycle girl is strictly in it, in this case. A word to the wise sufficient no bike-less girl need apply. GEORGE YOUNG. Fair, fat and forty. A splendid piece of goods all wood and a yard wide Would look very fetching behind a baby carriage.

Boasts of no girl, but is sly as a fox, and we would not be surprised to learu at any time that he had stolen a march on the other boj's. DAVE DOWNEY'. Ex-editor! That in itself should be sufficient to recommend him to any girl of a literary turn of mind. Though unmarried, be once had a little 'Sun." which died from lack of a mother's tender care. Would gladly swap hearts with some nice girl.

JOE CCMSflN'tJS. Slightly disfigured Imt still in the ring. Would make an ideal husband MIOt'lU I'AClFIt floinjf IVwwnser, Hi No.airt, Flint FreiKtJt. 12:15 p. ui No.i'20, lxcal in Molnjf Wcht No aoi, ranfiiKr Ili.ttl.p in No.

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OFFICIAL directory: COUNTY OFFICERS. Treasurer Miller Clerk B. Fitts Mien if Hoisler of Deeds 'lerk of Dimrict Court. County Attorney L. P.

Aber H.J. Klein Ai 1 'haricot G. W. Nimocks 1'robate Henry MeCorkle Superintendent of Schools Frank Me.Kinney Dr.8. J.

Siiatv. Surveyor- S. A. Neweombe C. D.

Montgomery Harper U. h. Moses INDICFENBKNT T1VF. OFFICERS. Trustee F.

T. David FreVmiller Treasurer lVter Hloomer T. C. Downey (J. L.

Ward John Weltmer onstables Adam timith SCHOOL IM)AK1. lerk Treasurer H. W. Stover C. MeDermott ill.

C. Ellmore SOCIETY DIRECTORY. CLAFLIS CAMP No. 1711.M. W.

or A. Mee ts Krst ami third Friday evenings of every ttiorith. Visiting neighbor invited to attend. L.J.buucv, Cleric. W.

B. V. C. CLAFUN POST No. G.

A. Sad Saturday of every month. Comrades in good standing welcomed. Cuas. Commander.

C. I. Mo.s'TooMKRY, Adjutant. I O. O.

Ciaflin Lortirs No. 425. Meets every I Wednesday evening. A cordial invitation to brother members. Da.

F. CAmpdell, N. G. Sah Stovkk, See'y. CHURCH DIRECTORY.

Services every Suuday at 1 1 a. m. and p. m. Kumin.v uchool at 10 a.

m. Knttaavor Tuesday evenings at 8 o'c oek. J. M. WioKHAJd, Pastor.

BAPTIST. Services every second and fourth Sunday at 3 p. tu. T. 0.

Downey, 1'awlor. ETHODLSr. Services lirst and third Sunday V1 evenings of every month at and second and tomtit Sundayx at 1 1 a. in. Kkv.

Uujndon, Pastor O. IB. RAL ESTATE, 2V and INSURANCE. Call at Ciaflin State Bank. Make Farm Loans.

Fine Farms For Sale F. M. CAMPBELfL, Physician and Surgeon, CLAFLIN, KAKSAS. ZZT Jifficft at City Drug Store. A.C.HABTMN,- Real Estate, Loan and Insurance Agent.

-unci NOTARY arrm Xjoansa Specialty. Ag't Ge man Insurance Freeport, II JOHN DEUTSCH, Proprietor of THE EW BLACKSMITH SHOP. Wapon and Implement Work' a Specialty. Also Horse Shoeing. Price Iteaounulile.SatiNfaction Guaranteed ALLEN CARSON.

Proprietors of the New Steam Mill Grinds Grains ofAU Descriptions. Your Patronage Respectfully Solicited. -tfLAFLIX, KANSAS. Practical Slioemakcr. Ropairinif Nt'atly und Promptly -Done.

Give Me a Call. CIJIIN. KANSAS. Windiest. The grass lias began to sprout.

Horse bills printed at this office. A cold snap Tuesday and Wednesday'. The governor lias named April 15, as Arbor day. Jim Carey started to work Monday in his father's livery barn. Prepare lor a good rain within the next week.

This is official. Wednesday was all fool's day, but was practically forgotten in towu. The boys ought to get up another dance before the warm weal her sets in. Old paper? for sale at this office bunch of 25 for 5 cents, or 15 cents per 100. Strange to say there have been no run aways in this neighborhood the past week.

Two men were killed, and one badly injured in a railroad accident at Mar quette last week. The business portion of Gypsum City was almost entirely consumed by fire Tuesday of last week. H. D. Van Nest handed u.s a half-dollar Tuesday for the Leader for six months, Thank you, Uncle Van.

Saturday was a big day in town. At one time no less than 100 teams ould have been counted on Main street. Pure blood is the safeguard of health Keep the blood pure with Hood's Sarsa parilla if you would always be well. The Town Company have some choice lots for at reasonable prices. For terms and particulars apply to S.

Giles. Miss Clara Downey will close her school in Dist. 84 today. An entertain meut will be held there this evening. AH are welcome.

John Weltmer is putting a new fence around his home lots, using dressed stone Hosts. John is making other substantial improvements on his property. An examination of. applicants for teachers' certificates will be held at Great Bend, Saturday Arpil 25, 1896. F.

G. McKiuney, Co. Sup't We would like to have copies of the Leader of June 21 and 28, 1895; also November 8, 1895. Will pay 10 cents for a single copy of any of above papers Dan Carey is no slouch-of a veteriua. rian himself.

He had a pretty sick horse Sunday, but doctored the animal and brought it out of its trouble in good shape. The Great Bend "Safety Pins" did not materialize Saturday as they pro mised, so we guess our Kid nine will have to be credited with the first victory of the season by a score of 9 to 0. Quite a number from h'ere will go to Lindsborg today to attend the Messiah concert. A special train leaves Clafliu at 4:51 p. m.

returning at 1:30 One fare, $1.46 for the round trip. The Logan township band will give concert Monday evening April 13 at the St. Teter and Paul school house. A fine program has been provided and every body is invited to come out and have a good time. Will Chatten caught a regular whale in Cow creek last' Friday.

It was inamence tipped the scales at 10 pounds. The fish was caught with a hook and line, now Chatten is doing a land office business, spitting on the boys' bait At a quarter a spit. The Glen Sherald school will give an entertainment at Carey's hall xt Fri day evening, April 10. It willbeadram atic performance and will undoubtedly be well worth going to sea. The pro ceeds will ro towards furnishing a li brary for the school.

F. H. Schrepel has begun the season with his three grand stallions, Arheces Rutilus and Young Florin u. Mr. Schre, pel has gained an enviable reputation as a horse breeder.

The animals will stand the season as follows: Ciaflin Monday and Tuesdays; home rancli Wednesday and Thursdays; Elliriwood and Saturdays. During the winter of 1893, F. Mar tin, of Long Reach, West Va. contracted a severe cold which left him with cough. In speaking of how he cured it he says: "I used several kinds of cough syrup but found no relief until I bought a bottle of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy which relieved -me almost instantly, and in a short lime brought about a com plete cure." When troubled with cough or cold use this remedy anil you will not find it necessary to try several kinds befor you get relief.

It has been in the market for over twenty years and constantly grown in favor and popular iiy. For sale at 25 and 50 cents per hot tie by-F. M.Campbell, ruggmt. free. HARRY PNAVEIJSY.

A veritable Adonis. A decided bru nette with lustrous black reyeu. Has been spoken for however, and is almost out of the question. Would suggest as the only means of capturing him that he be kidnapped at the dead of night, and locked up in a wheat bin on bread and water until he relents. LEW ALLEN.

A late arrival, but spoken for already. Owns a team and phaeton. A girl in town, by dint of pursuasion, might induce him, to divide his time, though we could jiot guarantee such to be the ease. DAN CAREY. Handsome widower, and ah Al catch.

Has been dodging cupid's darts contin ually for a number oi years, but a well directed arrow tipped with gold might pierce his stony heart. If you don't succeed at first, try, try again, for faint neart ne'er won fair husband. ED HAMACtlER. Grass widower, of winning ways and cheerful meio. Open for engagements.

Come early and avoid the rush. H. E. HILL. One among a thousand.

Railroad man, good looking, widower, but shy as a gazelle. A social game of high five might prove an opening wedge to his heart. Well worth flagging and might he sidetracked by a clever man ipulation of the matrimonial switch, DAVE LITTLE. Sometimes called Little Dave. Over 21 years, weight 150 in stocking feet.

Authority on ground hogs, goose bones and other signs of a hard winter. Ex tremely bashful, but terderhearted. Too old a bird lo be caught by salt Might be captured by judicious wooing. There girls, we have painted you a pen picture of Claflin's 19 marriageable men. Among them you will find all sizes, styles and widths.

Select your victims, bombard their susceptible hearts, remembering that in the blight lexicon of youth there is no such word as fail, and we predict that ere the tooting of horns and ringing of bells proclaim that leap year 1898 has become a part of the immeasurable past, there will be in Clafliu, 38 hearts that beat us' 19. Our Mill Around Town Remarked, That our new doctor made a "professional" visit the other day in the country, northeast of town. jThat a certain woman walked three miles to town one day last week, just to give her fellow an opportunity to take her home. That one of our gay young ladies put on her brothers clothes and then sent for a girl friend to come and see the "new boy in town." That he noticed a young couple sparking in church Sunday niilit. It is needless to say that the girl in the case came to church under the watchful cttro of her mama.

That a certain married lady and her girl companion rau an exciting foot race the other day, but the former lost the race, as she stubbed her toe and took a viuost unceremonious tumble just at the most critical moment. Cemetery Meeting. The Bloomingdale Cemetery Associa. tion will meet at Carey's hall, Clallin, on Saturday April 4, at 2 p. in.

shar A full attendance is desired. Wm. Grossardt, Sec'y. We have it from pretty good authority that certain business menol a neighboring town are doing all they can against the Leader. This speaks well for the enterprise of our home merchants and the value of our columns as an ad.

vef-tising medium. Ciaflin is forging to the front as the best trading point with, in a radius of fifty miles, and she has earned that enviable reputation by con-stand advertising of high grade jjoods at lowest prices. Ciaflin is unquestionably the best town of its sizein thestate. The "Pumpkinville Hi Skule" enter, tainment at Carey's hall last Friday evening was well attended and a very creditable affair. We have not space this week for an extended account of the entertainment, but ban truthfully say that the large audience was well repaid for their attencleuce.

The "commence, menf exercises were highly amusing and provoked liberal -laughter and applause. The affair was also a gratify, ing financial success. Fou Sale. A choice 40-acre tract -of laud adjoining A highly desirable piece of property at a bargain. Enquire at Leader office.

Hood's Pills ure nausea, sick headache, indigestion, billiousness. 25c. Advertise iu th Leadku..