The Piqua Herald from Piqua, Kansas • 3

'Lee Nothing has ever equalled it. ictor a PS Black 1 Snap Shots. If you know news lit any time we would be glad to have you hand It In at this office. It you friends visiting you or some of the folks is going away remember to hand us the item. We want your news, no matter what par of town you are in.

YATES CENTER. August Krneger has named his is-taurant the -Owl." Mrs. R. ll.Trneblood has been quite sick for the past School closed last Friday and a good long vacation is bsforethe pupils." Warren Finney was over from the Falls Saturday oo business. Miss Fae Wharton, dangter of Dr.

E. V. Wharton, has been granted a state certificate. Mtas Mollie McGMl of Rose has been visiting Mrs. J.

W. Dayraudo Goig Footn irni bt'tm oom fined tu Ills' homo by flickriMBs fur wn-) time, Wilson Si Millsoo, tbe coal ami feed firm, have diMsnlved Million retiring from the firm. i P1EAJ5ANT RIDGE Mrs. Ling papering her house new this spring. Joale and Errol Gay vlufted at C.

B. Pecks Saturday night J. O. Uiggs was the first to finish planting corn in tUn neighborhood. Nettie Orthprn viaited Sarah Preston Thursday night.

The ralo fast week tendered the farmers putting in their crop. Bert and Charlie Riggs visited their grandpa Klgs Sunday. No one from this part of the country I. K. Tumplln, the lumber-loan, bus been sick this wek.

4 The station out at the junction, lias been named by the railioud company Durand, Mrs. Maud McLaughlin Is here vlalMug her parents, Mr. nod Mrs, G. II. Lamb.

Mrs. L. M. Beck returned last week from a ten ditys visit with bur parents at Erie, KaimhS. Harry llolcorab came op from Toronto, where be is winking, to spend here.

Chas. Hubard, the baker, sells forty loaves for $1,00. Chettp, enough, certainly. J. G.

Allen, manager of the poor farm, has been under the doetor's care for some time and atill continues Will stand at our barn "Piqtia, Kansas, this season of 1903. Victor Lee Is a dark years old, 16 hands high, sired by a BelglaK horse, whicb is one of the best durable straps of blood we have, Dam was a heavy draft mare. Black la a raven black, 151 Hands high, 1 iniu was xuia umac ounwij ien ror years, xuey are ootu good individuals ana truer oiispring snow their qualities as bleeders. Both were raisud near liera, Ibis being the first year to make a regular staud. 8eason $6.00.

Due Aug. 1st. In foal $7.00.. Due when known in foal. Living cplf $8.

Not responsible for A. J. Justice and Son. tlie past week. J.

M. Fowler took a clans niclure of the graduates of 1903 on Mouday morning. It is reported that a new dentist may locate here soou. 'We have not learned his name, or where he is from, Mrs. George Bidean and children came up from Buffalo Monday to visit her parents, Mr.

and Mrs- Hale. Walter Depew was tin from Hum boldt to attend Commencement. His daughter Pearl graduated this year. The Grand Chapter Eastern Star meets in Wichita this week. Several of our lodge people are In attendance The new division road-master is Mr.

Boueher and he has rented Mr. True's large house in the west end of town for a residence. Yates Center is to have an automo bile. B. P.

Baker, the lumberman, has 6rdered one for his son Russel. It is the first one to appear in this town. A. h. Harmon, the Iola florist, brought over a fine lot of cut flowers tor Commencement and disposed of them all.

Miss Vinnie Ream has taken the agency for him in thiB city. The Conways are preparing to build a hotel out at the junction. The work be in charge of the Naylors, who arc gettiug up the plana and specifications. The hotel will be the railroad eating house, a half interest In which will be owned by Supt. Webb.

Oscar Kindblade and family have been here visiting relatives on their way to Pueblo, Colorado, where Mr. Kindblade has railroad work. He baa been for some time at Iola, but is making the change partly on account of his healt. Thrusday, May Hh is inspection day for company L. of the militia organ ization.

A colonel of the regular army will make the inspection, and all members are specially requested to be present. Having a regular officer dothalnrpectlngis a new departure which baa but recently been instituted c.i Cleveland Bay Stallion. Will make the season of 1903 at the river on the Davis'' farm west of Iola. 1 1 to insure colt to stand and- such. If mares are traded or sold same becomes due at once.

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J. A. Gulledge of Verbena, was twice in tie hospital from a save re case of piles causing 24 hour tumors. After doctors and all remedies failed, Bucklen's Arnica Solve quickly arrested further inflammation and cured him. It conquers aches and kills pain.

25c at all druggists. Kansas, called the treeless state only a few years agohaa 153,000 of home made forests, and 14.000,000 fruit-bearing trees. Dr. Tsfft be'ftt PJQU'A with bis WILKE8 PATCH EM stallion every FRIDAY Lampe's barn. Wilkes Patchen is out of the fastest family on earth, and is the Quest colt in the state.

This is a rare opportunity for farmers in this vioinlty. These horsea not only combined speed but size. Remember the day. line of Dress store Vm. GETS Wilkes Patchen.

iff a very low. i Wendell Phillips came over from Lallarpe to attend the Aiumui ban quet and visit over Sunday. The Alumni accoclatlon initiated the class of 1933 Into the mysteries of the order last Saturday night, then banqueted them in the most elrborato manner at the Adocate hall. The FirthForepaugh-Sells circus aggregation will exhibit at Iola oo the Iola seems to be getting all the shows. Borne from here will go over to witness it.

i Mrs. L. M. Carter has sold her mil linery store to Mrs. Ilarve Johnson, who has taken charge.

We understand that Mrs, Cactor is going to Colorado for her health. The Toronto Telephone Company have the material on tbe way for the new plant they are to install there. They expect to hurry the work along and have things in Bliape for active use within thirty days. S. C.

Holcomb was up from Toronto Monday defending the parties who were accused of breaking into tbe Santa Fe debot not long ago and steal ing a jug supposed to contain whiskey We did not learn the result of the preliminary S. Holmes was notified Saturday that the Austin-Wert case, involtng two hundred acres of land in this county, which has been in the Supreme Court about a year, has been decided in his favor. The decision sustains Judge Still well, and is very gratifying news to the winners. Rev. Art Wright preached at the Methodist church last Sunday night to a good crowd, many of them his former friends.

He ia now located in the Indian Territory, but used to live here and is well known to many. He was accompanied by hia wife, and they visited relatives friends most of the week. cents had time to go to the election. Mary and Sarah Preaton took din ner Friday with tbelr cousin Mw, Weaver in Iola. The train knocked one" of JohD narriscows off of the track las wnok injuring It very bad.

There la lots of complaint along the railroad line of the fence repair. Ellin Preston came over from Lnharpe Sunday for a short visit with friends and relatives. Mr and Mrs Hayes visited her sister near Laharpe and attended Jars Lusts funeral last Thursday. Mrs. Aehbutigh was out from Iola last week aasissting her daughter Mrs.

Wooster who's family was down with the meaales. Dave Cox is on the sick Hat. Mios Lucy Crook is visiting her sister Cora at this writing. Holies Webb doctored a sick horse for Phil Walter Pete Walter and sister Rose visited at Fred Wilsons Sunday eve. n.

Culver is assisting Mr. Park in the completion of Mr. Pierce's barn at this place. Herman Denner has finished planting corn. Herman knows bow to work and seems to be a great business man.

i Mr. Keller is kept quite busy repairing his fence, but it seems that the more be works at the fence the less proQt he gains, for the togs are out the most of the time despite hie work. Tbe bridge across Cherry creek near John Kipp's place fell to the ground a fw days ago when a certain party was crossing the bridge. They were tak' ing the cattle west for pasture, onf one cow was killedbut several mr were without horses V. at la I LD Levi Robbins, E.

T. Laidlaw, L. M. Beck, President. Ycce-Presideni.

Cashier. The YafcB Gbntsap riaticnai Banlxi Capital" $25,000. H. H. Winter.

Lovl Hobblns. Rose, das. i C. K. H.

T. tsfdlnw, It. H. True-blood, Luther M. Boole, W.

W. Maylor, I). F. Kdwsrds. (oaUler National Ban of Commerce jfl.

Louis, Mo.t The Only National Sank in Woodson County. Tha enterprising reporter in the row boat called out to the man on the roof of the one-story building afloat in midstream: You people who live on the bottom lands along here, he said, know that this river overflows its banks every spring. Why dont yoy raove" "AiotI movlu', you durn fool?" said the man on the roof. Chicugo Tiihuue. An American railroad man who travels on English railways find, some strange vordB 'used in reference to railway matters'.

Over there a passenger gets his ticket at the "booking office," and rides in a ''carriage" in a ted of a coach: The conductor -is a guard," the engineer is a "driver," and a switchman la a "pointsman." A freight car is called a 'wagon," and.a freight train Is known as a "goods train." The rails are. called "metals', and the track is a "permanent way." A Chip of the Old Bi ock. from the Philadelphia Inquirer. Jeremiah Jones is eveo meaner than the man who splits up his wife's tomb-stoueto repair his doorstep. Jones was an inveterate tobacco smoker, but, as his wife detested the practice and made home tempestuous and stormy for him when he indulged io the habit there, be always smoked when away during the an.i declared to his better half that he had stopped perm anently.

Bat one evening, upon enter ing the front door and drawing out his handkerchief, be accidentally pull ed out his pouch of tobacco, and with out noticing it, left it lying on the floor. When Jones' sat down to his sup per his wife walked in with the tobac co in' her hand, and looking Jones firmly in the eye, said: "Do you know who thia. belongs to?" With great presence of mind Jones turned scowling to bis eldest son and said, with a severe voice: "Immortal Mars! Is is possible ttiat you have begun to smoke? You young reprobate! Where'd you get that nasty Btuff? What d'ye mean by such conduct, you young villain Haven't I told you often enough to let tobacco alone? Come here to me of I'll tear the coat off you!" As he spokt the stern father made a grab at the I oy and dragged bim out into the hallwuy, where he chastised hiia with a cane. Then Jones threw the tobacco over the fence where he went out and got it the next morning and enjoyed it durinz the "Merciful heavens!" he exclaimed, when he told us about it. "What should I have done if my children had all been girls? It makes an old father's heart glad when he feels that he has a l)oy he can depend upon in such emergencies.

Facts About Kansas-Kansas has 38 rivers. 1 Kansas has 9000 miles of railroad. Kansas has 22 large colleges. Kansas has 508,354 children of school age. Kansas has 352 different species of birds.

Kausas has the largest apple orchard in the world. Kansas' state library is ranked tbe best in the country. Kansas baa more land devoted to corn than any state in tbr union. Kansas has 22,000,000 acres of land, without mountains and without swamps. Kansas has 8000 mites of water-way, and its streams are well stocked with fish.

Kansas' "Helpful Hen" has added $37,406,487 to the wealth of the Btate in 10 years. Kansas bas more chapters of the Daughters of the King than any state In the union. Kansas could have 22,000,000 people and then be no more denaley populated than Massachusetts. Kansas has more than 300,000 church members and tbe church property is valued at $7,000,000. Kansas in 1899 1 raised over three bushels of corn to every man, woman and child in the United States.

Kansas ranks third in the product ion of salt, New York and Michigan being in the lead in the order named. Kansas' song bird law, written by United States Seoator Harris, la said to be tbe best in the United States. Kansas can talk over 2,100 miles of telephone wire. There are 70 independent exchanges and more than 8000 phones. Kausas had more soldiers in tbe Civil war and more in the Spanish American war, according to population, than any state in tbe union.

Kansas' products any year are of more value than the total value of precious, metals produced la the United States in anyone year. Kansas creamery butter bas a less per cent of water and a greater per cent of fat, according to tbe analysis of the agricultural department, With we are always prepared to take care or tnose who do their banking with us. All business with us receives careful attention, and is kept in strict coufideuce- Money to loan on good paper at all times. Absolute Security and Courteous Treatment Guaranteed. We Solicit You? Busssiaasss.

1 aired by an Imported English Sblre. luiuo hxuihuij miuuu vunu uy wo iihyh Surplus $5,000. sias wear. A nice be found at this 'A i-'i Prop IK 9 75 Good things to Goods can always THE HERA I Pll! i llii 1 i'y 1 We still give COUPONS. ButtericKs Patterns lor sale here.

You always get value received at 1 v- r- nv butter on earth..