Cowley County Courant from Winfield, Kansas • 4

i i EW AND C'HAXG! A UVEKTISEMEST ixnr.t.i' r.rsiM'.ss mks. mill. crt -l! Jfk-A neighboring exchange boasts rnllowiii.v curiosities hic exi-t bravte. He has four legs AKE! S. wiiii tiii (ioma.

y- A pf.i.iili.;l,t Si was spe.iking; Seward I he other evening, and his euiiiK'iit fitness for the pari he piayol during the late war. 'In 1 soil." while on his trip round flic said The Senator. "Mr. Scw.n''l k-A" 1 asi evening we thought we, we'ie having a time than aiivlHiv, and while out sleighing we not feed a youthful couple who were iu-t having a irens that would tairly "and lotallv tlie whole slelg.l- daiiec and the prospects oi a m-v. ride.

at stopped for a we. in the town where it is published: has some women thai never gossip; some men who attend to theirown business; some never ark at-ter night; some babies that don't cry in church; somcymingmeii that don't drink whisky at somebody else's expense; some ladies who don't say too awfully some lul-im ss i'unetal. Aswesai.t neioie. ear' San raneisi-o. his departure il to be one of i cos The night previous as mv large oi ivii.

ELI YOUNGH ELM'S Ni A MOTH aringthe dimnessot the nouie- were A. T. SPOTSWOOD niir attention was draw io van! and THE GOT! RANT. 3' -Arkansas City is pining away for a woolen mill. CfTShoe dealers ami rlothier art- in favor of rough weather.

3frhe "storm lias l't-n sieneral throughout the loimtry. KSThe Methodist people of Newton are talking of building a new -Gnrlie is said to a sovereign reim-dy for pout. There is no rei.ie.ly for garlic. who i-onil-osed lumselt in the midst of ex. was a Kelt- liuiier-party given is a felicitous otea- uung folk- Iiv the great invited guests at a in his honor.

I two loving reai' ones being steam 1 cxplcsions in disguise. He has also a pair In mis larger lhan an emigrant's valise, and he can execute the most fatal love taps of any animal creature in all creation and part of New Jersey. The idea ot'iiitro-glycel'ine was taken from the kick of a 'mule. More profanity has In en expressed upon him than would if iudiciotislv distributed, stock up all tlie theological seminaries in the laud. Themule is extremely musical, and.

likeall the grand instruments, is posed mostly of stops; and as a slp-j pist he is a success. In this respect lie is like the dav laborer. Neither can he I goas fast asa'n express train or a lalse Oiuk. l.KN'f Was Th; be all summed up in the word he prophet. "Is not this the fast thai l.the Lord, have clu -en 7 to loose theba ml-of wickedness, mdo the heavy burdens, and to let the oppressed go five, and that ve break every Is it not to deal thy bread to the hungry, and that thou bring tlie poor that cast out to thy house 7 When tiioli the naked, thai thou bin: and that thou hideuoi from ihinc own 7" Do this, and then hear tin' I'esiih asstated by the jirojihet Then shall thy light break forth as the nioiirnin'g, and thine health shall spring forth speedily and thy righteousness shall go licfore thee; the glory of the Lord shall he 1 by I'erewai'd.

"Head this istli chapter 1.ai:Ji. and you will t'tlld ill it.imieh ogreal value io 1 "th. spiritual man. 1 am confident that I while we need all the meditation in thev seemed to he ill. I ne hast.

In- Is lac, men who don't believe in advertising; some pretty girls who don't use lily-white; sonic decent streets and various other wonders too numerous mention." Besides having all these advantages, Wintield can boasi of one young mall who changes his socks reg-tilary ever six weeks. were at least going a hall snaie minutes by Sehr.eter best timepiece. While we were trying think how long they could keep up this pace without sloppiiigaud aetuallx liiliv Impson sforad.shoi oysters we were hungry they su.l-d'enlv stopped within the triemllv a CLOTHING nOUSEIi iQUEEN WARE AND GLASSWARE. but thev can stop ion oegiees made man. anil sand paper iM.th rumor.

mail tic llliam ooai.i i. a. -lual i-Ollllt. lelllem-' for a living. Asal.

on the comer and John ciasie. ioe voung la.lv to his heaving breast- .1 lie looked woiks all the prayer we can nid down the avenue "i' we shall nun mucii more an.c uectcd with lin-e by doing what th peeling some one nom an.l chimney sweeps. Tilton has lectured at liuiepen.lenee. We wish our city eoul.l secure him here. pg-The public schools of Olathe have been closed for want of fun.ls, alter a session of live months.

fWe noticed some ot the mlield hoys on the streets one day last week, fuller than any goose we ever saw. We suppose they were "sick" when thev left home and got some of infield's accomodating doctors to give thenta prescription. He that as it may, when they got here they were full to all appearance, chuck full. JCitfu-jii-i'x. That is just what we would suppose if we were in your i.lace.

We are afraid they don't need Hid then slid- oNi: n.aji. Mdirif of imstoffick, Win field, Kansas, Is place u'hi'n v.ui want -ioil. To m. Dunn, the champagne i-ovks had never popped so merrily reminiscences of army life wove were freely exchanged, and a i i ai of genuine em hnsiasm pervaded lhe entire scene. "Finallv Mr.

Sew ard spoke I 'll tell mil," said he. 'chapter of uuw i ilt. it history that will show oii how u.ir-rovv lv'oti t.ne occasion weavoi.led com-pii. al ions Fram and Kiiglaud. "II was at liie mosi critical (M iiod lhe civil war; our troops beat.

and driven ark at every point lhe army of the I'oloniac rent with jealousies ana disaffection traitors ill the rear iui-nishing encouragement and assistance to their friends in the field. A feeling loom seemed to have settled over lhe whole land. We at Washington were sending out messages ol cheer iolhe country, but it as vv itb a heavy bean and an" i. of onfi.ii nee we i'l far orn ft cling. "One day I receive.

an aulogr-'iph letter from 'Louis Napoleon, lie began by staling his M'i-sonal regard forme, and his kind rcmeinbiaiiresof America. But he went on to say, bis factories wore standing idle- His hope.l wouui not ami carrv a iroc Thev that he was the prophet tells us. are not nteii r.ini wonieii. bui are denlv renienibeiin iavc a o-ivai va he fluent, he victim ot a previous i i' o-ratlcs ami riet ns, from the com- i her once being in the country. It was the season when the small boy was lied up in a hard knot by the tirst peaches of the season, which consisted of a piece of buckskin wrapped around a piece of cobble stone.

The flowers were in bloom, and the country swam was coming home from'pieiues wit ha huckleberry 1'ie war map upon the seat i of his pants'. It was at this time, then that we resolved, while enjoying all i the comfort and snul-satistynig ocau-1 ties of pastoral life, to see the mule his native heath. We found lm i ouietlv dozing as though at his own surrounded by his immediate 1 friends and relatives. His mind was turned and embraced his eompatiioo ill a long. loving and brsmcss like manlier, and then he kissed her.

Somehow he seemed to t.t-1 that he II complete i i nest 1 to the very moncst whit even a physician's prescription over at Burden. Now when Burden boys come over here in a full condition we CLOTH I 4 and he vounsr man of Seneca, Kansas, eloped with the frill his brother was to have married next day. --Oeor'-ria is votinjr on "Fence or No She had better wait till she hear from IXivid Davis. lyAi.iia Dickinson will appear at T.weka in the role of Hamlet and the Topekans are preparing tor something kissed her again, i neti as ed with his style of work he displeas movers in this great world? Standing upon the mount of Ascension giving the final commission to hi- eleven apostles, the Saviour told "the field was the world," and he said Co ye into all the world." The true man of the Church is one who seeks, to do g.Mid evervwhere. In the expressive words of the I'saliuist.

"lie sows." the seed of truth, 'beside all I was sick and iu pi ison, and ye isiied me. I was naked and ye el tbed me, I was hungry and ye fed me," said heii? "Inasmuch as ye did least of these IllV brethren, i sort uj repeated it i HINAi! French don't say anything aUmt it. jyTliere are dogs in our state. What is fed to those dogs would i.inUe ii.oOo.ikhi nounds of pork net. At KUiiXlSi 1 1 N(i (UH )HS, tilled with peace an.l nis lime splinieis.

fi'om numerous clubs that 1....1 t.eeo used to fondle him. He was cts iM-r pound this would bring This sum would build 0 erenity. li.n..w SI O.HI a 111. iiiry, the nasi tunny in tie- K-as 1 Sh running over with a virtuous to hear him Hals I ttu aps. warble uv KaMip-.

iiii.U. tio.iahly ihe 1 is o-lll'f. ci to i i ll I i A A a i line p'ain ai i ce Io bay il. be I oil ever l.i. night I-.

bis rii i It is also lhe place ti ornam. niai. 1 1 i WAT Kit SIM; MAWKKT. 1.1 were su fieri ie- lor want ol cm rlllf llamirr. Yi; but just iiimgiue Cn.U-rware, ali.

IlisstiM-k si ei- io.is, iy eh. bes" NO, eel, VI of Hi i. on ploymeiit, ow ing to the blockade oi every man aking in tie moiuiug So after we had used our spade i. 111 wav. 1 his shuck nun as the thing, and he repeated it several times.

After awhile he kiss-in" the voting lady and hugged her. Vnd ius't here bed isplayed real genius. He was a master of the art. He showed perfect familiarity with every possible style. He clasped her then "he squeezed her rapturously, tnen he her more violently, then be embraced her slowly and impressively, and then he hugged her as it he had" 'firinlv resolved never to go into anv other business as long as he lived, and then he thought he heard some is he mosi otan on linn tie Southern polllls.

He coticlll.l saying, that if the war bad not the lino's ail me ao I did it unto me." blc-scd Master i we fulfill this royal command ol thi'ne. and go, in Ibis Oy Lenten i season, here the sick and the sutler- i ing are, to do lliem good, because iu so 1 we learn that it is Thee we meet then is- ti. ndioiiiing counties, and 1S7 bis brays at least, practically, vvunn. days, he should consider it his iii'erfere. and r.

cignil.e lhe 'ow le-v County lut ictli- in sued a specimen number of that was enough to lift a mort gage tine. Salina man ha invented aciil coupler, and an electric alarm to take the place of the hell rope on passen-rer trains. have a brand of whisky in Kentucky known Horn ot Plenty," leeaiise it will corn you copiously. northwestern Kansas, scores of 'farmers who left that section to fro hack to their "wives' folks' for a while are returning. rag-Where one woman scans tlie hor-rizon for the dawn of a new era.

ten are anion-; their neiirhlx.i trying to Imrrow salaratus. iinn ai re farm, or give a mtim- heard heard mv Ye have N'ilssou sing for sI.mi a night, will I t- pleased to have all and ex- I L. READ'S BANK. ami amine li find himself without a n. ki.k.

Allowing one dog to a num. there might be suicides as the result of The disapjiea ranee of. not to mention the universal despair ol families and the starvation ot millions of fleas. Once you go iirto statistics there's no end. C-The syiarl aleck who always says, told Sou so" is abroad in the laii.l and every acquaintance he meets is greeted with such expressions as, "Well, 1 knew this was coming all and told you the weather was too nice to last," or "How this Wo will have Ulst such ChlK-- in every such one.

and as we leav tin' bread that shall nourish their bo.li.-s, and the raiment that shall clothe them, we shall drop into lhe fallow ground of their hearts that bread which shall nourish their souls and keei. them unto the- lite that of -Fra Diavolo by msclve before purehasmg clsewli. re. Ills l-so naily selected, for ibis markc Iv is ltory O'Moore" 1 taw brass band, and enev of the south. This a -t.

he eon-tended, would be followed by a sinul. limine on the part of Finland and pos-siblv tbrmany. I answ ered the letter at oltce. 1 spent no lime in fialieiing the Kni of France, or in finding excuses lor the North, riuiiging boldly into loo subject, I Sil him that this as a laiti-ile thai sense ol the fin i re body coming and the couple vaiKe.i off as if nothing in the world had happened. I'rettv soon thev turned intoa side street where halting amid their ill, shallows, near a deserted on a brass drum by a t.Hithless private.

IKIES A Ol'XKllAI. I5ANKINO U'siNKss; fa-Ti. f'itv Theomre is cxch.atic. Mc iiiey Hats and Laps, but that Duys antl sells laiih always on hand to loan at cn. u- soon to be ornamented with a Walter new and improved printiiifi machine South was against secession i r.iu-s.

Safe otiarJctt 1 had been overruled by it hacked by the mis. lllpUloli-Itot bliKid of pernicious in-State rights. intituled, 'are THE YALE TIME LOCI leader; I heir tliieiic. men and the of the doctrine of of the I BOOTS I SHOES but this as the mosr astommiug musical matinee we ever had a tree pass to in all our life. Kvery note was tired forth ina solid chunk, and the si.tind was enough to make a nuui's spirit go down like the price of linen pants in lamiarv.

We staved until that mule had braved, down a rail fence and a f-amcshed retired from active service, and then we left, a sadder but a dealer man. "srjThe township assessors will meet at "tlie Court House March tith to a' ree on a basis of valuation ot personal property required to be listed. This is the vea'r in which real estate is listed aitd'everv assessor in the county should attend the meeting. The larger number of assessors were re-elected this year ti.r. list of the township trustees ot house, thev repeated the boulevard performance without any material change of program.

And then they strolled leisurely into another street and in answer to an encore gave anoth-' cr performance oft hesame description. after this thev passed down in trout ot i the Baptist church, where the shade was thicker than the sand in seven cent sugar, and right there the idea flashed into the young man's mind that he would give a farewell pcrforni-' ance. Thev did so. Both seemed deeplv affected and the audience was moved tears at the extremely toucli-' ing sight. And then those lioctural.

those happv imctural, buggers passed swiftly, perhaps to fill an engagement ki li rj tv New Vrk. National K.ii;:i weather as this all spring, now maiK mv words, I never knew it to foil when we had such open winters." Two of these monstrous bores were knocked down and carried out of this office before breakfast and since that time we have not been able to count the additional ones who have fallen by the wayside. I3Froiii thestartlediiotesfhat arose from the editorial columns of the fnnr-fVviii this week's issue, we are at raid flint we iiiadveiiautlv stepped on some an.l a new dress. r3The AYomen's I'hristian Tem-penmce Vnion realized JW.Ooa the from the suppers of Monday and Tuesday evemnss. t'.

R.Mitchell is alx.ut to sill his residence at Arkansas City together with twelve acres of land, to a NVintield man, for j-AVild geese flying northward, contrary to ground-hog- signs, have caused a good deal of demoralization iin.oinr the neonle of Illinois. II )1 ft rftf tr'i is eternal at thv right hand. I.rellireii 'of a holy church he up and doing the i Master's work. "Soon the night com- eth for the shaddows to many i us i are 'already beginning to creep over the i earth, "when no man can work." May our dav, whether it be longer or short- I cr be tilled with blessed memories ot work for the Master, and when we come to lie dow in the chamber o. our i last sickness, may that voice, hich is eloquent to every one who has been true in life, be heard by us.

I- rom the i holy mount it comes, and ill angel tones it savs child of earth come up higher; thv work below is ended. C.iine join in the song that shall lad I in sweetness as you stand before tne altarthrone in the temple that win eii- dure long as eternity shall last- roi! Since you have set the women tofightiiigamong von will please let me put my tinger into the pie. We have a tew io our who have become ha nlial lines he is I the- CSC esse Prices Low We oiler at and on Easy Terms. 1 I ItOit! N'sON. Assi-taut CasJu'er.

w. M. ItOISIXSON, Cashier. one's toes. The Cimri'r accuses us of OFFERING BARGAINS, on the next soiiaie.

while thcuusec i discourtesy. hen the a escorted to the residence of Mr. Mil- rayon. I-- P. KIN'M-: somew hat divided as to the men that were to he employed in settling the bl.Mi.lv ipics'iion.

but once a foreign power int'erlei es and become as one man with one common interest, a moment. The history of the ceii-turv has cmhlaxoi.e.l oil Its pages letters of the American freeman, bi'-ware how you rottse us to action, e.se it may be. worse boih Kngland-ami France than you wot -'Thus far. we have condiictci tin' struggle in the most humane ami considerate manner, recognizing our enemies as gallant sons of one great but let a foreign power inierleie' and we ill turn loose the dogs of war with a fierceness that will not only devastate every portion "i the South from the Ohio to the (Unl. There was more to the same strain, added Mr.

Seward, bill what I have s5il. I'KVnlt. the fount is one of the best, we think, the county has had since its formation. Audience of two slowly dispersed, i I in their conviction that lington, an.l betore halt ot me proces re- The work of a tow nship assessor sion was at the gate, bis excellency, as idv to examine his stock and get prices. above And it vv ill pav rv niii-s eat care, patience ami.

as his carriage had reaci.e.i tin- gate, and witnout me ica-i siii recognition to the citizens, bolted into the house and the door as shut. This all. an impartial and sound judgment. Assessors should not be ill so great a hurrv to finish their work, as to perform if in a slack and careless iniiii- 1 1 1 ,,..,..1. was, probably, courtesy Horn me stand-point, but it appeared to us If I'll I Illt.l IIOl.

ll i ua 1 .1 run ka ids. hey a re ie I ila ie. 1 for their sin, and not pitied. While women run after a drunkard to save him thev will let one of their own sex go to the dogs. But it is because the ner.

work for thorough and careful ATTOR EYS -VT VW- "Real Estate, Loan Insurance Aut as if Haint John was hungry. l'J a few dollars t.v having a P.H.A.LB RIGHT CO 1 -i-' tSThe Arkansas City liinri first accuses Wintield of having the small-pox and then states that there are here a hundred dwelling houses to rent and a larire number of business houses job hurriedly done. Assessors have to deal wilh the tendorest of interests, the tiuances.if the peole. and often careless and incomplete work creates great ii. day I telugnii.iu'.i a't 3gIt has been found that coins with holes in them are quite as good as any for the foreign mission box.

The heathens wear them for necklaces. jjrg-Too many of the farmers of Kansas pay the largest amount of taxes to the weather by leaving valuable machinery out of doom where it is ruined. ra-The Wichita Lr-'tder had a form pied in the office a short timeago. The printers gathered over the remains and swore until the house caught hie. -The main supply pipe at the Hrettun that supplies the tank and the entire house with water froze up and required considerable labor to thaw it out.

Trov Viiirf lias had an interesting reli1eft at that office, being a mallet of live-oak wood that once formed a part of the ship "Constitution. Jones undertakes to pull my eara," said a loud-spoken young man, "he'll last have his hand full." 1 hose who heard him looked at his ears and smiled. tyAnotlier great comet Is to rush mid astonish the world therels nothing like the power of the press. tgpWllV I'll K.l'Is. KKKI- Lknt7 We keep this holy season be-, cause our Lord kept it.

Did he not I fast forty (lavs, and "afterwards wos i he not 'an hungered?" Why should not his disciples draw themselves in some degree, from the world and from its pleasures, even though they are not i all vain pleasures? Kpiscopalians do it not to imitate or follow the leadings 1 of any other body of Christians, but to follow the example of our blessed Lord. I Head what St. 1'eter saith, "Christ left us all example that we should follow I His steps." "He did no neither was guile found ill His mouth." We aniiot sin in anything we do that is a copy of the Savior when the heart is in All we do that comes from the I external man, ill which the internal i man has no part, is sin, because it is a I mere form without charity. Howcare-: ful we should be that iu all our actions standing empty. Considering the tact an ot" the most reliable loaning companies in the West, tl.iit Clmrlev Mclntire l.tiiauv to buy a If oiu want hard feelings, w.wi assessor huh urn wain i A lutiy irv--.

I'ryor Jz Kinti-. Class insiiiatic. linlv waul lleiirv Ward Beccher, Archbishop Htiglics and Thurlow Weed. The conference resulted in sen. ling lliem all F.urope.

Mr. Beeeher went to 1'iot. s-t-int Km hind lhe grand old prelate to Catholic France: and Mr. Weed to Germany- Speaking daily to crowded houses, thev placed our situation before the people of those countries in so clear and favorable a light, that never again did ihe ghost of foreign interference arise to fright our Mr. Seward sailed for Mexico the following morning, and have never seen him since, but 'the remembrance or his impassion- need saving anv more than a na.i man, except that he wears pantaloons instead of petticoats.

Mark that 4 Mr. F.ditor. While nu drink and m- jure their stomachs with alcohol, there is hardlv a woman in so-called good so- cietv who is not suffering from hall a dozen different diseasees brought on ny her etlbrts to e.ijoy sexual lite without the responsibilities of motherhood. Where von find one man who is a drunkard I ill Hud you us many -wo- men who are murderesses. It men should Hour whisky into ihetw-selves i until their stomachs ere on lire they would not he as heinous sinners in the of God as women who destroy the Have Now Opened an Office in Winfield.

I Office in WinlieM Bank ikiihling, Up Stairs to contend- against, uiireasonaoie i censure, fault-iinding persons who are never satisfied, and other grevious ills calculated to inspire him i.nv- thing but pleasant feelings. This is all of our sermon to assessors, g-IVt had rather tackle a leick-I action buzz-saw than the Cawker City fditor. When he becomes visits this city and solicits for and 1-tains from business men subscriptions and advertising, we will call his attention to the fact that his remarks are not calculated to secure from this city the support he might otherwise obtain. CyA special to the Suit rents a destructive lire at Oswego this morning. Four buildings were entirely consumed, viz: brant's livery stable together with the contents, twelve horses and five buggies; Layer's millinery store, Dr.

Weir's office, and the nnlllie library and rending room. 4 S. MYTO sitliv lioi.irs white. winus- ninisen we are govereiieti oy iiiaicnai n. o.w.

Lis 'onist with I OK KICK, FRONT BOOMS, OVKIi Till-: the foundation ot a true lite, to ne sn.ucb will" remain tresh vim. oood of lite is to he in nnst, hundred tiiemory should I live an years." the ioiiowing; is hypocrite who mixes up slush for the undertakes to sit down on us and to be in the good of life is to be in in the latter part of this month, according to the Kentucky astronomer, Pror. i.i..;,. DEALKK SH I VXD ilKAVYJ charity. Charity thinketh no evil.

Many of the books and other fixtures of this week, as it were, and tell the dear i all thing the leading room were also icstro eo organs of lhe saivauoii of society must begin before the child is born in to the orld. Look hack over the history of the past and read between the lines. Kverv nation that has become corrupt first started on thedown-iraivl road through the sills ot mothers. of the Southern Counties in the State, The loss will reach sioikki; partially peo pie f'-' 1U( hoiieth all things, i ins ntl.edincemliarisi,.. All i and how it should be conducted.

Now 1 it not for Him who Thev will make loans in any Religious and Detroit has opened a night-seh. Mil tor working girls. The Human Catholic of Albany, X. has been divided and the see of Syracuse created. if this nsalm-singing blacksmith, who, HARD VV A A It AI'HIX It V-8 were frame buildings.

after a two veaix' experience in jour- nalism, endeavors to teach his super- iors how to run a business he know i nothing of, will pull his little spoonful of braiiis down through his nose and strain the mud out of them, and then i The Baptists have seven associate associations i 1 mbershil' Antl Already have the Oversight ot more than in Vermont, with one churches, and a total memliershii Sirin' ami arr: ky '-ir, cianit-n ilyaut ir- rn j'Lut; t-rs. and litn-k htm-. ka Writiirt-rs, i Imrs liar' sm. 3-lt an.l kinds Titi. fur IMin ami aios.

tin- saduv. tin i I'liiwsaml t'Vt Ut-airs Wire, and E-aT COPPER AND IRON WORK DOXK OX SHOUT rg'-liovs and gills of Newton enter into contract to keep each others com-panv for a definite length ot time. What the consideration is we do not know. SSA gentleman had thirty-two teeth taken out the other day without pain and no of any kind was used. "False." yu say.

i.s, they were false. t-J. B. Lvnii has rigged out one of the handsomest show windows we ever saw. It will pav you to walk up street and see it, even if you do fall down several times.

the way. trOu Friday night of March 3rd Theodore Tilton will lecture at the Opera House in this city, under the auspices of the Knights Honor. Independence Reporter. IWVe have received a communi cation about fat men. Inasmuch as it is a direct hit at the senior editor of this paper we have decided not to publish it.

Harden Jintrrjrri'r. r-jlr. K. .1. Fitch, of Wintield, has liven in the eitv the past week looking i.is interests here.

He says he There is deep and eternal truth in that strange passage oiScripture which says: "He was full i of the Holy spirit from his mother's womb." Give us loving, bigh-min. U'd, pure-hearted mothers, and we will soon have a race of good men. But let our mothers continue at war with nature and hell ill be born into tiie world. "Oi Mother" in )Viehitti Time. -Governor Saint John hile here spoke something about young men editing newspapers to be sure and place 'themselves on the temperance record, or some silly thing (we have forgotten what I would happen in he future.

A "temperance record'' in his eves is undoubtedly supporting his excellency for otTice, and wnh till t-There is truth in the following: "The local paper ought to be the best supported of all papers, for it gives much newsan.l other matter of inter- i est and value that is not found in citv-dailies, and he cannot be a thor- oughly useful citizen without being: posted on such matters. It is always! the liest town that sends out the best1 paper; and it is surely a fact that no place gets the credit of being an enter- prising town until it can send out a tirst-class paper, ami that depends more on the citizens than the editor. 5PMrs. Jergen Ma.lson, of Kllis. Kansas, is the' mother of eight chil-j dren, with rather remarkable circiim- stances attending their birth.

Four of the children are boys and four girls, thv first born being a lxiy then follow ed twill boys, after which another boy, then a girl! and at last but not least, i came to earth in order to rescue us from the dominion and power of the evils, and subjugated in Hirt own person, the evils that infest our nature betaking that nature upon himself, leading captivity captive, in order that He might give gifts to men. lear friends, would 'that you who think lightly of this Lenten "season, would once go through it as a true Churchman goes through it, with the heart all broken and penitent for sin, and with the U-lifted vision to the! cross, on bended knee, pleading the gracious influence of that spirit ill which, and by which, we are made to know the truth that makcth wisef unto salvation. You would never from that moment, think lightly of its blessed ami holy hours. But. as the season drew near each year, say with the sainted Bard of other ages Welcome dear feast Lent Wliolovesii.it thee.

He loves not temperuiii-o. or aulluirily. Hut is coTimose.1 of passion. ThpSeriptiiresbi.luK rtiei-hiircli says now Hive to tliy mother, what thou wonUlst allow To Men may come an -1 men may lint we qo on as: ever, seliiner FURNITURE! get his half inch toreheau naii-soieo on the inside with a little more morality and righteousness, perhaps we might: listen to his worthless If we were the Jimriml man would explore around for a hole, and crawl in. Our merchants are all making preparations to fill their stores with new stocks for the spring trade, and winter goods are being disposed of for what theywill bring.

The energetic businessmen of Wintield are always rea.lv to meet the demands of the ever grow'iiig trade, be it spring, summer, fall or' winter. And another good thing is, they are all good, solid men that are here to stay an.l do their part towards building up the city an.l developing the country. We dare assert that no town in the Valley ean boast i.UUi. About thirteen years ago the Itev. Dr.

Talmage removed from 1'hiladel- phia to Brooklyn, ai the call of ni-ies teen persons. Sow the Tabernacle has members anil a revenue of nearly The Rev. Dr. Manning, of the famous Old South Church of Boston, has! touched a generous ill his eon-, gregation. Thev have voted to him for the rest of his life an annual p.

n- sion of work or no work. The celebrated Daniel Webster's hundredth birthday was made the i casion, at Franklin. N. H-. of proving his church" connection.

An original -register was exhibited in hich his i membership in a Congregational Church was recorded on September 1', M7. oloie in 111. t'lninties of C'owlev. Bouibou, baliette, Wilson, ui-r, an.l At ihv lAving Profit Aw a thu- siiK-k I IT company will be at Winfiekl, where they to borrowers on shorter notice and at i) 1 1 A Keit on iiu-Unliu Burial The main othtre ot ta. will furnish monev desire for temperance ami wnn hearty support for all laws, we hope the inventor will excuse us from vicw-im-- him as the xine nun of temperance and morality.

Our eyes may not be oveily strong, but we are able distiiiunisb between him and the lilins and i lower rates than anv others in tlie loaning misiness. NSTON HILL. In Mexico there are IO.ihki I'rotestaiit I Christians. The J'resbvleriaii Church i It istmewe.tinn.il reach Iii isit toil iel Inlay, Yel. toso pai-l ol'tlial ivlighms way.

Is Letter than to rt-si. We eannol- reach our Savior's purity. Yet are we hid, be holy even as He, Iu both let lo our hfst. triplets, ail girls, weighing resiective- lv seven, six an.l three pounds, to which she gave birth on theisth of hist i month. The children are all v.

ell and hearty. Millhrimk 10 raid. C-ft is tine fun to record the slips and falls of our unfortunate citizens, i but when we slip in four different di- rectioiisj and go down ith our feet in the sky and our head hammering the I sidewalk, and that right in front of i two ladies who seem to enjoy the i show, it isnt so all tired funny. There is a goneness of feeling or a feeling of goneness, and a sensation of occupying ieo. V.

Moore Son, of Hartford, Conn, forthe winter. P. il. A lillliltiHT 'o. JAM F.S B.

MOORE, of the firm ot will make this headquarters atmosphere of temperance ill which he is surrounded. There are per- sons who, placing the ideas of tern- and morality in their mental camera obscura lin.l them reflected only in a picture of this swaggering, I stump oratorical, coarse story telling, orlicial aspirant. To such persons, I shall move back to Arkansas City in the sn-ing. Drnmi-rnt. 3f-AVichita is agitating the question of" securing for that city a Normal school or University of some kind.

Her citizens have held a big meeting and passed long resolutions. S3The meanest man on record is in New York. He invited a night watchman to take a drink, and slyly put in it a powerful stimulant that would keep the man awake all night. At Valley i Falls a runaway HOOSIER TH WliO'sTK'th in tlie way which Christ hath pone, Is much more sure I meet with ini, lhan one Tli.it triivelelll I.v Will s. MAXSEK, Xotary Public J.

Cl'llNS, Xotary Public A hiil stock of the verv best qnalilv of IES GROCER every unfavorable mention ot their seems to their blurred senses I a base attack on law and order, a leaguing with whiskyites and saloon bummers and a vicious stab at virtue and decorum. These persons, so hot I and hastv in the immediate establish-, i ment of their opinions, are impatient it (minions of others, and seldom OF EVKItV DESCKIPTIOX OXSTAXTI.Y OX 1IAXU. began in 17:2, and has 4, noil members; the Methodists in IsTS and have in full connection, and on probation and the F.piscopal Cliui. has members. The public schools in the Southern States are constantly improving, and" the attendances, lxilh of white and colored children, is growing larger.

In nearly all the cities and huge towns as good schools are provided for colored pupils as for the whites, but the maintenance of the separate system naturally increases the expense. A man forty years old, going to school ill Missouri, could not master his sH'lling lesson. The school mistress threatened to flog him unless he did lictter. He demurred and she took a vote of the scholars, who unanimously decided in favor of the hipping. She therefore took him by the collar and gave him a sound thrashing.

He is disgusted with I'ducatioii, and proiiouiic-s it a thorough humbug. of a better class of merchants than Wintield, neither personally tiortinan-cially. They are, to the last man, a credit to the city. gpThe following is claimed to be a sure cure for neuralgia. "Take the leaves of the large field thistle (not the Canada), press a gallon measure full of them and fill the measure full of ater.

I5oil them down to half-gallon. 1 Strain off the water and let it cool. Of this take a wineglassful every morning before breakfast and a wiiieglassfull every aft ernooii just before tea. Take the leaves of the same kind of thistle, put them into a clean cloth, and pound them into a jell v. Put a layer of this on the afflicted part: bind on With cloths every night, lie sure and get the leaves fresh." Eg-Judge Buekniaii went down on the streets yesterday with all on board.

When he struck it was like a line from Longfellow "She starts, she thrills, she seems to feel the thrill of life along her keel." George felt the thrill, and 1 placing his hand uwn his heart, so to i speak," yelled likea Comanche Indian. I tieorge' was a complete wreck, his af-j ter deck being staved in and his hull badlv racked. George will be careful 1 WhI -A full liiic of ami s.K fr.l! CURNS MANSER, LAND, LOAN And Insurance Agents. WINFIELD. KANSAS.

ratk t-huiw ut anil i si S-1. ti.mr. a.l ever. Iliins to -iui'l im n.i all an.l see lis. oar s.ls.:.i.,J Perhaps mv tlionsli he he far before, Mav turn and take me by the hand, an.l more Mav strengthen tuy JleetM-ri.

It. c. g-JIanv things are hinging on the crops of this year. The misfortune of more crop failure will ind up the bobbin of many of us, let our business or vocation he' what it may. It will cause more than one man to crawl into his hole and pull the opening in after him.

It will make the scalding, briny tears course down ami cut a furrow through tbechmiks of gloom on many a creditors face because of the sudden departure of those who lorgot till about the little bills that were to be settled when the pumpkins were to be husked. It will coniel hs jioor editor men to resemble yet more strikingly the gaunt ami emaciated sapling that props up the clothes line, and our agonizing appeals for a load of tearful elm wood on subscription will sound lOOEKY. NORTH MAIN ST, WIXKIKI.b, KANSAS. THE HOOSIER too much space, that is awful disheartening and that a cheeky front and a doleful lailgh can't overcome. GgrThe snow on the roots made several of our citizens considerable trouble.

It being frozen down so solidly with sleet it was nearly impossible to shovel it from the Capt. Myers was on the the roof of the Opera House with a pick and was going at it miner fashion. The snow leaked through the ceiling of the hall and also the upper ceilings of S. II. Mytons' buildings.

AVe would suggest that giant pow der be tried. gMoore, bias. is sad and refuses to lie comforted. You ean almost imagine at times that he is weeping, but sueh is not the ease. His grief is tow severe to lie trilled with, too.

Xo one should ask him the cause of his trotili- couple, aged 18 and 14. were married. The old folks interfered later and separated the couple, after giving consent to a re-marriage in two years. jyMr. H.

H. Horner, one of Cow-lev county's staunch farmers, come in toUlnv and renewed his suWription to THE (ViI RAXTaiiil also subscribed for one numlier for his sister in the east. truths are often said in the fewest words" was never lictter illustrated then by the remark of the I u.lian, who sitting upon a wasp's uest, aroseand remarked "Heap hell Cff-A western editor received a letter from a sulseriler asking him to publish a cure for apple tree worms. He replied that he could not suggest a cure until he knew what ailed the worms. ras-Tlic srood neonle ofOmio, Jewell THE WINFIELD accord to their fellows the privileges thev claim for themselves.

Itisunior- i tunate that this is so, but the tacts can- not be overcome and are only to be jySmv eoineth the balmy days when the thrifty housewife hangs the blankets and featherbed on theelothes- line to air, and then, armed with the: kerosene can and a feather, she makes 1 a raid on the cracks and crevices ot the bedstead in search of the fossil remains of the last year's bed-bug, and when i one is found she seizeth it hip and thigh and the stench that arises there- from is equal to whew most any- thing. nimpi'ived Farms, and City I'ropei ty for Sale. Xesrotiate loans i-tion-. Monev loaned on loiis'or short time, on improved lowest rale of interest. Negotiate all kinks of Bonds.

Improved and I an.l make coll farms, at the The total number o4 I nitarian churches ill the I'liited States, in- i AI.sim.-t Hooks tor and Winlieid. Established 1S73 Have ontv JEWELRY HOUSE, chiding four or live in the British Provinces, is 344, of which iiuiiilieri'ii are without pastors or stated pulpit how he goes sailing down the icy streets. I J3g-A wicked exchange asserts that 1 it was a great mistake that potato bugs were not introduced into the Garden suimlv. Ihree churches sustain le for he has lost a spirit and is lonesome. IV.

E. Guerney, his sworn friend, was hopelessly taken league i lias had its pulpit supplied for WALLIS WALLIS of years bv a layman. New and one from his side to-day at the arrival ot a numb. I of Kden, since their presence there Mrs. I).

K. troni Chicago. vet more loudly on thesilent desert air. It will cause the wily lawyer to dance a on the cotlin lid of his starved out client, and the loan agent to hug himself in glee over the chattel mortgage prospects. All this will one or two lore poor seasons accomplish and a hundred fold more, and there is no use denying it; consequently it behooves every farmer to stir his stumps with unwonted alacrity.

Undoubtedly this isa great and glorious country, but in order to raise good crops it is necessary to plant at the nroner time: and so if there should H. Smith, formerly from would have kept Adam and so i from i busy that thev would thave had time HAVE AX IMMENSE II IX OF STAPLE AXD FANCY t-Mr. Kokomo. GiiORc.K A Aent, WA "professor" recently exhibiting pictures of foreign architecture, famous pieces of statuary, in this place, took occasion to bewail the lack of of the tine arts among citizens of Kansas. On the gentleman's list of pictures is that of a noted piece of statuary, which lie was pleased to call the "I.a-o-eoon mieteHiiejiee churches were organized, during lssl, i at Brockton, Mass.

Manistee, I Minneapolis, Minn. Mount Pleasant, and Philadelphia, Pa. The list of clergviuen includes 4iKl names. Of this number of clergymen are without pastorates. the year twenty-live pastors were settled.

Missouri, called at Thk C.u kant office and subscribed for two copies of the weekly, one for himself and one to send home. He also sent copies to several persons in Missouri who are contemplating coming to this county. I I'ejioetei: (j GROCERIES to go around foraging tor green, worm-eaten pippin apples. That all may be, neighbor, but we wish to correct you about those apples. It is said that they i ere not pippins, but on the contrary, were of the wine-sap specie.

boy of ten went into Wallis' grocery recently, and called for a five cent bar of soap'. He left a nickleon the counter and started out, but-the grocer called "See here, lioy.this isa T.i HiiKMNti 7.:, Hi BINSO" i WISFIELU, KAS. Siil'TH H- happen along a few stormy days yet this winter, the farmer had better do up his spring loafing in advance so as to get the job off bis mind, and when proper corn planting time arrives Wiiifi.1.1 illt.l. oMicv County at tlie lowest possible o.i vision- iohI ol every ki.i.l.enil.rac. ay l.

111. tiirnivs. imr ill tl.uii- meal. toed. sues.

r. coffi-c leas, rice, liominy, syrups, a'l oils viticaar. I aliloiiiia ut. eltuiis. clierrios, id raspberries, and a lull line ol dried ulls and vetre- light an.

I tal.lcs. r. I.ultt lead nickle. I don't take such money as this." Thelioy left the soap, and took up the nickle without a word, but on reaching the walk he bursted out county, are complaining of the depredations of fuel thieve. A good charge of buckshot, judiciously administered, is a sovereign remedy for such evils.

3sSome one informs the editor of the "Leavenworth 77cthat he understands from the congressional reports that our navv is to lie redehilitated. That's aliout what will be done with it. Egf'I'wo hundred Methodist preachers are to invade Burlington, during the March term of conference, and the J'afrint of that city, says the vellow-legfred chickens have taken to the brush. J-The latest heard from the Full family which has lioeii making such 1 rouble at KmiK.ria over the enforcement of the prohibition-law, is that the whole family had agree. I to vamoose if let out of jail.

jfjF-An exchange says Missouri is preparing to celebrate the birth of Tom liciiton, her greatest man, which oe-cii is on the 14th of March. We now believe that Tom was truly pious. He is to 1h' horn again. Eln Mitchell county, those who pretend to know state that there is a tine prospect for a peach crop; but as this statement was made licfore the snap, it remains to be seen what injury has In-cii done. -Norton 1'eope: On Tuesday, Mrs.

D. V. I.acey, of Croco, was brought to Norton and a legal examination made as fi her sanity. The jury found her insane, the cause supjMised to lie religious excitement. tlid fill its.

iiaiilllir poiv.1. r. sun p. sail. eainud nia.

k. 1. t'islt. sardines, fr.u-k.'1-s. tiavol in eMiai ls.

crockery, notioiis. Iwsk. ts. l.rilsiies. and ill lad ei-i irs.

au-ttiill'-r 11. CLOCKS! Fine Watches, jewelry, Silverware puliiie wants, i Mir line ot I ill l.e I to iHlllT. the chronicler of his excellency's utterances, has recorded that Saint John said he had rather hear 'Squire Buckman sing lhan Clara Louise Kellogg. We are proud of George, but guess we have lost him as an anti-Saint John man. Its Hard to Find C-A girl who -won't eat onions.

baby ho is really pretty. 3f-A gambler who isn't generous. yA pious man who isn't stingy. Eg" A little man who isn't pompous. EST" A boarding-house without a scandal.

ngf-A society girl who will makea good wife. E3gA literary worn ill who is tit to bea mother. 13FA hired girl ho will sweep under the door mat. father of twins ho isn't ever after stuck up. jf A mother-in-law without a redeeming trait.

tlTAn ugly man- who can't marry somc pretty oman. Cp-A man who loves his wife and yet stays down tow late o' nights. 3fA preacher's son who hasn't the reputation of being worse than he really is. WAfcii itKPAiitixi; a sim: iai.tv. Wanted Pay lor a Husband Missed.

A few weeks ago a prominent attorney of Washington received from a la.iv correspondent a Hitter, of which the 'following is a copy, name and address only being" omitted "BkakSiu: 1 am widowed, caused by the late war of the I'niteil Stales, aiid 1 am in great want of a pension. Should like to employ your services. Please send me a list of questions. Address, Iu compliance with the request a question sheet to be tilled out by the applicant was sent, ami before a great while, instead of the list of questions the following" reply, traced in a line feminine band, was received 'Although I cannot give my husband's' name nor describe him, I insist that he was killed in the tinny else where is he, an.l why so long gone For, surely, of all the 'brave boys' who left home'and friends to fight for our country' one must have been 'my husband, 'and tor the sake of that unnamed, unknown grave where 'my dear, brave bov' is evidently sleeping his last long sleep, I have never married. I think I have told you all you will care to know, as you are only interested in pensions, and I am not a pensioner.

I have said many times that my husband died iu the army never tii'inking I should be called to account for it. But you won't forget the poor little unknown 'widow' will you?" "I told ma lie wasn't nearsighted, but she stuck to it, and stuck to it, and now I'm liable to be jailed." CWThis weather is calculated to ban kill it the best local paper in existence. About the only tiling we have to exercise our imagination on is the falls of unwary pedestrians, and we are after them itb bjo.i.1 in our eve. We mav vet blood on our nose before we get "through but we are fearless. So if this community doesn't walk pretty straight we will call the righteous to repentance.

"Sinners stand on slippery so they are all right. tfj" While tax payers are examining their receipts for lSsl, and comparing them with the assessment rolls, it might be well to examine into the tax receipts and assessments for former years. A little care ill looking over i lur Hie liticst Moytllie. I t-ovinosM. lot, Imperial.

Yoiinsr Hyson, ami Japans that tin- market In s. nioiasses Iiavi. l.oaf and silver deal in syrups ami nioiasses. Spices are slrietly pure. pristuir sl.ol liei.p.--i-..

an.l salami ii. cassia i tints, sin. allspice, 1'. anu iiuiiiicLrs and ntaee. pt-pticr.

ami tile very iillest iiiiisiar.I liulii and iiecpiu tr-ioitsanil oiii" the "wo and three -a lined poaches totnalo. s. plants, apri. els. ies smo.ila-h.

onrii. poas. Loans, orka. etc. pound cans salmon, iiiackor.

l. oysters, ash iwitor sciii iliiois.sar.lines.elo. In soaps, wek.H liintftl in lull iili-o twoiitv vvaler lily, vvoniau lrii ml, wlmo Wo have on 11 i i Hi com starch. Kox and stit lt iliut iu. stor-'tiling i jH rfif-iiw ami U-tH Hii! I'oulfy 1:.

im-ri lit.v HH-k In toil i Hi1 1H- Situ iiio initm v. 1 1 r-. i is HtiW s--Iiil ti lHnt ill TH. oiiniy is -s il is ntiti1 1 f- iTiV rfThe Elltrwth Utortr is wor ell. line, inn.

1 ried lieeausc One man took the office ctilimr store last week, and OON'T I-OKI-KT IT IS TH WIXFIKI.1 JFWEI.HV ha S.l Ol "loss- I ,1 ties iii l.nlk. We "th. -so very fremieittlv keens a "'l" pcilll o. si.ia, 7. another man sidled in with a liottle and a prescription, under the impres t.KHlR.

1.. si. Ac '1 1 1. 1 sci-ai. Iii-usn.

have not tier lint lirst-lass ke. 11-11 Jusl giveusatrial. J. FrLLER, Ca-sli. ami Jav.

IsTl. J.f. I'ics. sion that it was a ding store. rwTlie I.ii)iJ"lnn-) lAutrtlM direct; I liohcst Cash Prices for all Country Produce.

to the fact tliat the coming Mr. has located here a yd is waiting tliearrival of some household goods. JSfMaiiy of our exchanges are recommending that the farmers burn off every inch of prairie in the country, an.l thus endeavor to destroy the chinch bugs. In our opinion the receipt is nearly as bad as the malady, for it has long ago been demonstrated that every prairie lire ol" any extent only serves to buckle up the belt of disaster one hole tighter. 0fA gay and festive young couple from near Wintield were down visiting the Canal City Friday, and having their "pictures-took" at Mrs.

Steven's gallery. They were so sw eet on each other that the flics peeped out from their winter ipiartcrs to take a look at them. A. ('. l)i Hioi-rrif.

Stand up, you fellows Who has been to A rkan-sas City jyThis is the kind of notices seen in Kansas, after a gentle blow, which we clip from an exchange: "Any one desirous of finding the 4x house that was blown away from the residence of J. Green, two miles northeast of Cawker, can do so by looking tin in Jewell county, on the farm of Win. ihicher, where it lodged when the wind subsided." IAn old Baptist minister enforced the necessities of differences of opinion by argument: "Xow, if everybody had been of my opinion, they would have wanted my old woman." One of the deacons who sat just behind him responded "Yes, and if everybody was of mv opinion nobody would have her. Arkansas City is contemplating putting a small boat on the Arkansas river, to ply between that city and Geiul'a Springs. That would be a pretty nice scheme, and would probably be as satisfactory as a steamer running from little Hook.

2A man was waii.l. ringaroiiiul in Independence recently, with a bundle of Coffey vi lie under his arm, trying to trade them for a drink of w'hiskv. Of course the scribe lit Independence would not tell if he made the swap. Cf-Iliini(iix are afloat to the effect that our old townsman, I. Mitchell, has it rich" in the mining country of Colorado.

While such re-jKirts, as a rule, are far from reliable, sincerely hope in this case that they are founded on facts. Trtirih r. S. Gentry, contractor and builder on loth avenue, has just made forthe olliecan improved initre liox, which pioelaims Mr. Gentry as a first-class workman.

Any main need of I work in his line at reasonable prices should cell on him. fMirn will bea highly important I.v icasoii of the scarcity of the take advantage ol it, aim in sucu a manner as to make a coat tail crack likea whip in the gentle zepher. If this is.lonethe"w ife's folks" will have no occasion to send provisions to help tide over the next inter with. Good seed, early planting and thorough cultivation will work wonders towards overcoming a bad year. Try it, farmer, forthe sake of the good Lord, and for the sake of us poor city devils that depend on you for nutriment, try it, and give up dry goods box farming and June planting.

Cntr.e,- l'ree 1'resz. J3F-Kls. Cot'iiiKit The editor of Tin I 'wiru nt seems concerned about the Woman's Christian Temperance Fnion not being represented on the stand at the Governor's lectures on Sabbath. This society docs not wish to receive honors until it has earned them. Atom-grand Jubilee when this pernicious source of crime is confined within lawful limits in Cowley County, and the would-be "Tel nperaiiee editors" are trying to scratch their "crystal ized foot-prints from the sands of time," then hope our "honors will set light upon us," for we are sure of our share.

W. C. T. We receive without a 'protest any allusion the ladies may make. We reprint their card so that some of our readers who do not take the Courier may have the benefit of it.

We like their modesty and humility. Such virtues are not always to be found and are pleasant to sec. If there are any enterprising men that would like to see Winlieid "booming" in the way of a manufacturing city, and at the same time make money, 1 would suggest that there is not' a better or more remunerative way than to organize a "Boot and Shoe Stock Company" in connection with my Tannery. The proposition I offer is to issue loll shares ofspioeaeh, dividends to lie paid juar-terly. The inducements 1 offer in stal ling such an enterprise are, large profits, converting the town of Win-field into a city of great imMirtanec, inducing other" parties to start like enterprises, sueh mills," etc, and last, but not least, increasing the value of city property.

If there are any of the' above parties, I would like to "meet them at the Tannery or communicate with them further upon the subject. K. K. Tll.llil'K. Wintield, Feb.

1SS2. 3lf they goto vaccinating my baby, down comes their circus. Mother of the Infant Elephant. 1 person from losing a farm, and from being called upon to put up a lot of interest accumulated on some old assignment. Towns has eighty preachers ho arc not earning a dollar per day, and Iowa, or any other state, ought to be ashamed of such a fact.

Detroit. 1'rexx. When you come to examine the fact it is nothing to be ashamed of. If the eighty preachers of low a are not earning a dollar a day why should they have more than they Jlcrtdtl. wire and other fixtures of the telephone system have arrived and the work of putting up the wires and placing the instruments will be commenced immediately.

The company was fotunate in securing the service's of Mr. Fred Whitney to conduct their business here. Whitney is one of the best of fellows, gentlemanly and obliging. tgf-Xine stalwart sons of Freedom at "smith Center celebrated the BROTHERTON SILVER Have reioove.1, ami are I.H-al.'il Two Doors North of J. B.

Lynn's, 1 1 i LI). A NSA S. WINFIELD BANK, TiVi' 1850,000.00. I'untls Guarded by the YALE TIME LOCK 1 A. GLASS 1 Bovs Wu.i.

iu-; iiovs. Anexclianiie says a boy will tramp two hundred aiid forlv-sevcn miles iu one day on a rabbit hunt and be limber in the cven-iiifr; when if you ask him to cross the street and borrow June's two inch au-uer he ill be as stiti' as a meat block. Of course, he will. And he will go swimmiiifl-all day and stay in the water three hours at a time, and splasb and dive and puddle and putt', next liioi-nimr he will feel that an unmeasured insull has been offered him when he is told by his mother to wash his face carefully so as not to leave the score of the ebb and How so plain to be seen under the jrills. And he'll wander around a dry creek bed all afternoon l.ilimr up a pebble fort and nearly die oil' when hisbiu sister wants him to please pick up a basket of chips for the parlor stove.

And he'll spend the biirstcst part of the day tryiiisr to corner astray mule or a bald-black horse for a ride, and led that all life's charms have fled when it comes time to drive the cows home. And he'll turn a ten acre lot upside down for ten inches of aiifile worms and wish for the voiceless tomb when the uardcii demand, his attention. Rut all the same, when you want a friend who will stand by you and be true to you ill all kinds of weather, enlist one" of those same boys. n'urUnyton Jkitrliye. uv i.tftncrs win nimi' u-s wiu-n mc iuun I got into the ears and took a seal in juxta position to a female.

That female's face was a per feel insurance company it insured her against ever getting married to anybody hut a blind num. Her mouth looked likea crack in a dried lemon, and there was no more expression in her face than there is in a cup of cold custard. She ap-jieared as though she had been through one famine, and got about two-thirds through another. She wasold enough to l.e ereat-uramlinother to Mary that had the little lamb. She waschewing prize popcorn, and carried a yellow rose, with a bandbox and cotton umbrella nestled sweetly by her side.

1 couldn't sruesM whether she was on a mission of charity, or going" west to start a saw mill. I was full of euriosity to hear her speak so I said "The exigencies of the time require great circumspection in a person who is Savs she, "Wlia. Says "The orb of day shines in the vault above." She hitched around uneasy like, then she raised her umbrella and eahl, "I dont want any of your sass get out!" And I uot out. Murk Twain, present supply, and urges the utmost care in the the selection of seed. tW "There are several girls in this city who might be called stepsisters as 'they sit on the front door steps every cs cniiig basking in the smiles.

young men who are anxious to become step fathers by the same method. ii? Oreeee has only live miles of railway, ami when a farmer's cow breaks a 1 '-X' he often has to carry her a long distance to get her to the track and leave her there, be nn obtain pay for ft's awfully unhandy. spyy, J. Ifodgesduringtheslipperv undertook 'to step up a sort of a mound at his house, when his feet went from under him and he slid clear lite lot into the fence. W.

.1. presented a autiful apieniance. 1 New Jirunswick four years old, "on seeing the cook taking the baked ix.tutoes from theoven wasastonish-, as one which had bursted its skin. 'O. Annie." In- exclaimed, ''there is one all unbuttoned." The local edit.

i of the o(V-has discovered, rhaw by playing the lor bis excellency, that John car. litlie music. What is it F.d., I hat Shakespeare says ait the nuin who has no music in his sour. morhv. h-chard and virass.tomnwii ho.

1 Cio cr, and kiml, rman "Iillct, seeds ircsh iardtcn Seeds of every Seed nioris, while and ye! A NKW ANO liKAl l'iri'l, I.iNKOl' H.V- mv. Implements, New Departure we keen the Caldwell W.T'v.n. tin 'Wall d'ounless Cultiv.ilor, riding and walkm-;" 1 )raveniiort ct Skinner old -round plows, I'attee, Marsh, and I Vav. nporl sulky plows. APER J-i no! DUmJLU Iteclsion Ol lie Mil" null the clause of the prohibitory Maw providing a line for dru likeness, bv tling beastly drunk.

An elm chili would be the best law for those fellows. si range and perverse repoi ter oil the "Arkansas City Ihmoerat, says that Wintield hasovera hundred empty dwellings -rent, and a whole lot ot limitless houses. The canal water dow there must have an awiul liven- ing effect on the imagination. Call Early. riving.

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