The McDonald News from McDonald, Kansas • 5

JOKE TURNED ON REDERICK CORRESPONDENCE is related of rederick the Sec SAINT RANCIS SPEAKING the portrait of the The Divorce Evil Nothing To It IS THE OLDEST HORSEMAN Comes RENEAU URNITURE and UNDERTAKING EVERGREEN BUILDING SOCIETIES GROW girl of Old and Odd to A so pay 4 of my a southern sea his ele a con Nor Plymouth Wis who his son rank a distinguished the king The looking inside The It is one of the that 1 have ever Walsh recently visited Walsh mayor of West Allis has the distinction of being the oldest horse man in the country is 104 years old Less than two years ago he drove one of his horses in a regular race He is known by horse trainers from coast 10 coast having made many trips around the racing circuits In Plymouth two years ago Mr Walsh watching one of his horses race thought the driver was not us ing his best efforts to win When the first heat had been finished and the 1 horse had crossed under the wire in the ruck rushed out upon the track and upbraided the driver When it came time for the second heat he was in the sulky and he won the race handily as the horse appeared to have the other racers outclassed Mr Walsh was born in Ireland He came to this country 42 years ago and settled in Plymouth Despite the fact that a century and more has rolled over his tread is far from a feeble and decrepit old man While the passing years have furrowed his face and thinned his hair perhaps they have not dimmed his faculties I Tilted back in a swapping tales of horseflesh and puffing cob pipe then is in his ment 1 Many Statues In Paris ew capitals of the world are well equipped with statues of public men as Paris A conservative esti mate places their number at consider ably in excess of 1000 Tribute 'to Tennyson There is a memorial window Tennyson in Haslemere parish church with a tablet bearing the' following in scription: memory of Alfred Lord Ten nyson poet laureate in thankfulness for the music of his words and for that yet more excellent gift whereby being himself schooled by love and sorrow he had power to confirm in the hearts of many their faith in the things which are not their hope of immortality In praise of God the Insplrer of prophet and poet this window Is dedicated by some friends and neighbors In Partition of Poland The partition of Poland is generally understood to have originated with rederick the Great of Prussia and he and Catherine of Russia and Marla Theresa of Austro Hungary entered into it The Poles were so weakened that they could make no effective re sistance the royal robbers each seized certain provinces in 1772 In 1792 another partition was made by Russia and Prussia only and in 1795 Poland was destroyed altogether as an Independent nation and its re maining territory was divided among its three neighbors Paradox Why on earth do they call him the paying teller? Him Because his job Her But it I asked him how much you had In the bankKand please to give and he Mr new house at Wheeler is going up rapidly It is a thoroughly modern structure and Mr Slagle will have oue of the most beautiful homes in Chey enne county when it is completed Merle Slagle left Monday to re sume his school work at Salina Mr Barnhouse has just received two more carloads of coal which he is unloading at Wheeler The school year at St rancis promises to be very successful The teachers in all the depart ments are very capable and the work is going on nicely Mr and Mrs Willets were called to Iowa on account the severe illness of Mrs brother Miss Merle Loveland began her duties as teacher up nearJaqua Kansas the seventh of this month Every one is complaining of bad colds due perhaps the sud den changes in the weather An was riding along and his horse got its foot through the stirrup Pat looked earnestly at it for a moment then said Be Jabers if you are going to ride I will get down and walk According to a report read at the annual convention of the United States League of Building and Loan Associations held in Philadelphia re cently there are 5599 local building and loan associations in the United States with a total membership of 1920557 and assets of $784175753 says This is an increase in membership over last year of 81 138 and an Increase in assets of $52 667307 The total receipts were $519 721570 and of this amount $134085 170 was loaned out on mortgages as against $209925072 in the preceding year Some idea of the economical manner in which these associations are conducted may be gained when it is stated that the total expense of op eration of all the 5 £99 organizations was equal to seven tenths of one per cent of their assets Membership and assets increased in 20 of the states Pennsylvania leading with 1423 associations 389446 members $158510745 assets and 14496 increase in membership Ohio is second with 645 associations 327662 membership New Jersey is third with asso ciations 156306 members $73518234 assets (Increase in one year $5715 728) and 12420 increase in niember ship Illinois is fourth Massacnu setts fifth and NeW York sixth with 235 associations 108200 members $39162602 assets (increase $1529 439) and 750 increase in membership Population considered the associa tions made their greatest growth in New Jersey it to me and he tell Dear Old Mother Eve chocolate darky and his were walking along together skeered to def am skeered ob skeered gwine to kiss kin I kiss when got a bucket on me haid a wash pot in one a turkey gobbler in de well fool I wuz thlnkin could set de bucket pb watah on de put de turkey down turn de wash pot ovah him den set me on de wash pot frow ahms around me des hep Walsh Is 1C4 Years of Age from Isle 1 The first and the last duty of mon soldier Is to obey orders he allowed to put upon his orders construction that might suit cases not anticipated This however sometimes leads to amusing results as in an instance told by A Tollemandie in his recent book Memories" scene of one anecdotes was laid in port town where long ago a general and an admiral were neighbors Thu generals house w'as i grass piot on wnicn ne claimed tne right to pasture a cow day his wife complained that the supply of milk was falling off The sentinel accounted for the defi cicncy by sirying That the grass had lately been much trodden down by tho public "The martial despot immediately gave orders that no animal human or other except the cow should be al lowed on the grass plot and he added men were not particular in those that if this rule were Infringed the sentinel should be flogged afterward the wife having a pressing engagement took a short cut over the grass in disregard of the repeated order to halt said the offended lady you know who I I know is that not the Comoanion A Payne finished harrowing his summer fallow and ex pects to start drilling in wheat this week Quite a number from Evergreen attended the fair at Benkelman Saturday Miss Alice Davis teaches the Evergreen school this winter Smith and son finished thresh ing for Payne and partners last Saturday A spent Sunday at George David spent Sunday with David Wilkens commenced sowing wheat this week I his is the first we have heard of as a start er this season Misses Elva and Alice David spent Sunday at the home The sale at waswell attended although it wasraining While' Clarence has raised a big crop this year we see no reason why he should retire so soon but wish him it ond king of Prussia that he one day made a present of TTgolden snuff box to one of his counts When the lat ter opened the lid he found the pic ture of an ass painted upon the under side of it Though he scarcely relished the joke he said noth ing at the time but as soon as he quitted the king's presence he sent one of his valets with the snuff box to the city and gave instructions that the picture of the ass was to be painted out and a king put in its place A few days later company dined with count was one of the guests and after a time he produced his snuff box and pretended to examine it with the air of a man who was proud to have re ceived such a gift from the king The latter wishing to enjoy a little amuse ment at the expense men tioned to the duchess of Brunswick that he had made a present of the box to the count on the preceding day She desired to inspect it and when the box was handed to her she opened the lid and cried ip raptures: likeness is charming best portraits of you She handed the box to the person next to her who was equally charmed with the likeness rom one to another the box was passed and all testified to the excellent resem blance which the picture bore to the king The king thinking that the head was still to be seen on the snuff box felt exceedingly embarrassed but at last the snuff box having made the tour of the table came to his hands' and the first "glance showed him how cleverly the count had an ticipated his little joke and turned it against lupi fronted by I Big Increase in Their Membership and Assets for Year Is Reported NOT THE COW Amusing Complication That ollowed Strict Obedience Orders Given Him One of the best rains of season fell Sunday night Mr Ben Harrison and Miss Vera Cover were united in mar riage at Benkelman Nebraska riday evening at seven The event was a surprise to their many friends but them a prosperous and happy wedded life Miss Belle horse ran a way last Tuesday throwing her from the buggy She is suffering at present from a fractured shoul der if you get a good sleep and you positively can not get a good rest yntil you get one of our Guaranteed elt Mattresses Try and use no other this King of Prussia Was Out voted by the Cleverness of a Courtier How All copy for correspondence must be received at this office no later than mail urniture we are receiving new goods every day and now have a complete stock of the most up to date furni ture in northwest Kansas and we can guarantee you that 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