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No. 5.--Adver.

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the pure pcachy Complexion which follows the
use Of Ragan's Magnolia Balm. 1t is the True
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SllllLiA sIMlLIBUS CURANTUR.
HUMPHREYS
Hon6uoYATHxU SPuurrrcs

uAyR PROVED, FROM THE MOST AMPLE
| IL experience, nm entire success: Simple,
| Prompt, Efficient and Reliable. They are the
only Medicine perfectly adapted to popular use,
80 suple that mistakes cannot be made in
| using them SO harmless as to be free FROM dan.
ger, and so efficient as to be always reliable.
They have raised the highest commentator
from all, and viii Always render tatlsiaction!
Nos. Cents.
Cures Fevers, Congestion. Inflammation 25
, Worms, Worm FOVer, Worm Colic2
3 Crying Collie or lCethng OF Infants rs
Diarrhosa of Children or Adults.,.,.,yJ
8 Dysentery, Gripping Bilious Colic......25
&" Cholera M0rbuS Vomiting
Coughs, Colds, liroucb 26
Neuralgia, tcotbaehc, Faooache 49,. rs
headacnes SlcA Rcstaohe, Vertigo.o21
10 dyspepsia, Bilious stomach ...,.,,..,.,2 -
IL suppressed, or Painful PeriOds"..,.,zS
IL .Waitcs too prOiuSe periods
Is Group, Cough, Difficult Breathing rs
IL SAT- Rheum, Erysipelas, Erupuona.?5
10 Rheumstism Rheumatic PAins,"...?5
Az hc Htoce arS PIT up IN lIALS, ,cih drec-
hoas containing doUbic quantities ouch tor...".5O
The loiioo'iHg orc also PIT ~ ia riots and are
sent az tie yric, gigcH beior.
Is Fever and Ague, Chill Fever, Agues.. 80
II Piles, blind or bleeding ...............5o
Is 0phthalmy, and Sore or Weak EyeG.5O
" 4" Catarrh acute OF chronic, In1uen4A..50
~ Whooping cough violent couEhs...5O
Il g Asthma, oppressed Breathe g.........50
~ Ear discharges, oppressed hearing so
20 scroiula, enlarged glands, swellngs.50
~ " General Debility, ply steal weakness SO
70 Dropsy aud scsnty secretiops.-....60
10 " Sea-SiCkness, sickness from riding 80
~ " Kidney Disease, drayol...."."",,,.,50
" " Nervous Debility, Seminal Ennis,
sions, Involuntary DIscharges...l00
Ky Sore Mouth, Csnter.,.......,..,"".,..50
50 Urinary Weakness, wetting bed .,.... so
~ Painful Periods with spasms. ......50
~ sutterings at change OF life ,.".."l.OO
80 Epilepsy, Spasms, 81. Nitus' Dance 100
81 Diptheria, liberated sore throat,".5O
FAMILY CASES,
OF 50 to go large walls, morocco or rosewood |
case, containing specific for every ordinary |
disease family is subject to- and books Of d. |
rections. from $40 to $35,
Smaller Family and Travelling Gases, with 20 |
to rs walls, from S. q So
Specifies ( r all private diseases, both for cur
ing and for preventive treatment, in vials and
POCKET cases, from 81 TO 49,
PONDS EXTRACT,
Cures Burns, Bruises, .4ainenoss Soreness, Sore |
Throat, sprsns, Toothache, Enrache, Neuralgia, |
Rheumati,m, Lumbago, Piles, Sore Eyes, Boils, |
stings. Bleeding OF the Lungs Nose, Stomach, |
or of Piles, Corns, Ulcers, Old Sore-. Price so |
cents to $l.7j.
M These Remedies, except Ponds Extract, |
by the ease or single box are sent to any part !
OF the country, by mail or express, free OF |
charge, on receipt OF the price.
Adore. Humphreys Specific Homeopathic |
Medicine Co., 0ihce and Depot, No. 6o2 Broad |
way, New York.
Dr.. Humpbreysi is consulted daily at his office,
personally or by letter. as above, for ull forms OF
disease.
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS.
julyldly
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CtUte LOHSe.
OFFICE OF THE BOARD OF
STATE HOUSE COMMISSIONERS.
Topeka, Kansas, March 30, 1869.
CEALED PROPOSALS will be received by
y the undersigned. at the office of the Score
tary of State, Topeka, Kansas, until 2 o'clock
p. m. on the 2lst day Of April. 1sG8.
for all the Carpenters and Joiners labOrs ami
material required for the interior finish of the
East Wing of the State Capitol at Topeka.
Plans will be on file at the office of the Sec
rotary of State after April eth, 1869. and print
ed specifications therefor as soon thereafter as
they can be printed.
Bidders are required TO accompany their bids
with copy of this advertisements, and also the
written guarantee of at least two responsible
persons who must be known to the Board OF
Commissioners, that the bidder will, if the
contract is awarded him. enter into Il good and
valid contract, with such sureties for the faith
! full performance thereof as are required by the
Board of Commissioners.
The names of these SurctieS must be stated
| in the bid, and ii unknown to the Board oi
Commissioners, the sufficiency of the security
must be certified to by the collector of Intern
al Revenue in the district where the bidder
resides.
Bidders must be present Mt the opening OF
the bids on the 2Ist day of April, 1863, and
must be prepared TO enter at once into con-
| tract in case an award Is madS.
| Proposals will be received for the whole job
complete, according to plans and specifications
All bids must be sealed. endorsed, ''PropO.
| sails for JOiners Work on the IntrriOr of the
| Capitol" and addressed to the undersigned
| care of the Secretary of State Topeka Kansas
Proposals not conforming to the terms of thi,
| advertisement will NOT be entertained.
| The right to reject any and all bids is re
| served TO the Board of Commissioners, if they
/ deem it for the interest. of the State to do
miS$ioners. j. G.. HASKELL.
1 i4-lS Architect and Superintendent.
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NOTICE

TLIZABETH COLE, SEN. Elizabeth Cole,
Il Jun, jonathan Cole. Richard Cole. Cath
crime Cole, Martha Cole. Anna Cole and Fanny
Cole, widow and heirs at law of John Cole, de-
ceased. of the State of Illinois, and Hannah w 1.
Kellogg, widow and heir at law of l.. kellogg.
deceased, of the State of New York. will take
notice that John Fowler and Genial D. Hum
phrey, Of Lyon county. Kansas, did. on the 9TH
day of March. a. ID. 1862 present to his honor,
j. Fl. atsQn Judge of the District Court for Ly-
on county. Kansas, their petition praying for
the appointment of three disinIerested resident
houSehoideTS as commissioners TO view and as
sess all damages resulting from backwater caJIs-
ed by raising and maintaining mill dam across
the Cottonwood river i'll said county. said dam
to be located on the southwest quarter of Sec
ton 30, town 10, range II, and near the SOUTH
west corner of said quarter section; that said
Coles are the owners of the east half of the
southwest quarter of section "a, and the north
half Of the northwest quarter of section %. all
in town 10, range IL, and the said Hannah w.
Kellogg Is the owner of the east half of the
southeast quarter of section D. in town ~, of
range ii, and that the said lands are situated
on and upon the Cottonwood river above the
place where the said dam is to be erected: tn 1t
in order TO raise and maintain said dam at the
hight OF nine feet as prayed for in said petition.
il will be necessary to raise the water and flow
the lands within and upon the banks of the
said Cottonwood river on the above described
lands to the hight of six feet; that the said pray
er was granted, and that +. =. Bancroft, Thorn
as Murdoch and n. Roberts, three disinterest-
ed resident householders of the county of Ly-
on, aforesaid, were appointed as such COM
mssioners, and ordered by his honor j. II.
Watson, Judge aforesaid. to meet at the place
where the said dam is proposed to pc erected.
on the 9Th day of May, A. ID. 1859, and view the
premises so far as necessary above and below
the place where the said dam is to be erected,
and assess and award all damages resulting
from the erection thereof and report the same.
as the law requires; at which time you are
hereby notified that you can appear and pre-
sent your claims for amy damages resulting from
the erecting and maintaining of said dam for
ever.
JOHN FOWLER & g. ID. HUMPHREY. 4
BY Hunt & Skinner, 4 ttoTneys-
March 10. 1863 1913
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LEIS' POWDER being both Tome and Lax
alive. purifics the blood, removes bad huinors,
and will he found most excellent in promoting
the condition of Sheep. Sheep require only
one-eighth the dose given to cattle.
In all new countries we hear Gf fatal diseas-
among Fowls. styled Chicken Cholera,
Gapes, Blindness. Chambers. MegT'ims or Giddi-
mes, &c. LEiS' POW DER will eradicate the
above named diseases. In severe attacks. mix
IA small quantity with corn meal. moistened,
and feed twice day. While these diseases
prevail, use little in their feed once or twice
a week, and your poultry will be kept free from
all disease. In severe attacks Oftentimes they
do not eat; ii will then he necessary to admin
lister the Powder by means of quill, blowing
the Powder down their throat, or mi king Pow
der with dough to form Pills.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY
ITO expire on the 2Sth day of February,
A. d. 1870
AUDITOR OF STATES OFFICE,l
obi, L ,ArSaS Enh ID 1890


TOPEKA, KANSAS, Feb. II, 1859.
WHEREAS. The Northwestern Mutual Life
Insurance Company. Of Milwaukee in the
State of Wisconsin has filed in this Office n
sworn statement of its condition, required
by the first section of the act ITO regulate in
sIlrance companies not Incorporated by the
State of Kansas" passed February 20, 1868;
and amendment thereto, approved February
p. 1864. and --,-s
WHEREAS. Said company has furnished the
undersigned satisfactory evidence that IL Is
possessed of at least one hundred thousand
dollars of actual capital invested in Stocks, CIR
in bonds, or in mortgages of real estate worth
double the amount for which the same is mort
gagged; and
WHEREAS, Said company has filed in this
office written instrument. under its corpor
ate seal, signed by the President and Secretary
thereof, authorizing any agent or agents of
said company in this State, to acknowledge
service Of process, for and in behalf of said
company. conScnting that such service of pro-
served upon the company, according to the
laws of this or any other State, and waving
all claims right of error by reason of such
Acknowledgements of service.
Now, therefore, in pursuance Of the first
section of the aforesaid act, i, A. Thoman,
hereby certify that said Northwestern Mutual
Life Insurance Company is authorized to
transact the business of Life Insurance in this
State until the 2Sth day of February. in the
year one thousand eight hundred and seventy.
In witness whereof I have hereuntO
subscribed my name. and caused
tSEAL. the seal of my office to be affixed
the day and year above written.
a. TH0MAN,
Auditor of State,
To F. d. sodERBY, Agent, Leavenworth,
Kansas. I5-17
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sHERxFFs SALE

NY virtue Of an order OF sale issued from
ID the District Court for Lyon county. KAN
fas and TO me directed, will offer Tor sale
at public auction. At the Courthouse door.
in the town o. EmpOfia, N said county, ON =
Tuesday, Hay Afh, 1855, s za
at one o'clock p. n. cf ssid day, the follo~ine
quarter Of section number thfrty-iye 3s3 in
township number twenty Z 9o1 Of range num-
Der twelve 81 in Lyon eoanfys Kansas, % be
sold rs the property Of 8. r. Graham, to saflsfy
Judgment in favor OF Samuel Gates.
Given under my hand this LIST day Of April
A. ID. 1853. 4. r. BANCROFT, Tsz
14-16 Sheriff of Lyon Co., Kas.
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State of Kansas,l
Lyon county. ( 80
In the District Court in and for said county
of Lyon.
Nelson Whittlesey, pl'f..
J. H. Wyatt. deft.
Il Missouri, whose special place OF residence
is unknown to this piaintiff) Will take netiee
that the plaintiff, Nelson Whittlesey, Of the
county Of Lyon and State of Kansas, did, ON the
18th day of March a. d. 1863, file his
petition IN the District Court in and for said
county of Lyon against the said defendant set
ting forth that said defendant, as principal
did execute and deliver. at Emporia. on the
goth day Of Sept. 1863. to one Mrs. T.. Trask a
certain pron1issory note for the sum Of $f22.50
payable on the Izt day of December 1868 W hicb
note endorsed by said plaintiff as security
and said note was paid by said plaintiff ON ac-
count OF said DEFENDANTS falling IN pay as he
had agreed, and said Wyatt is further notified
that an order Of attachment and garHishnleut
has been issued in this action and II. Z. Norton
has been sued with a notice Of garnishinent
snd required TO answer at the next term of
said court. and said plaintiff prays judgment
against said defendant for said sum. together
with interest from 1St day Of December, 1853
and said defendant is hereby notified that he
is required 70 appear and answer said petition
on or before the 2Ist day Of May, 1863. or the
petition will be taken as true and Judgment
rendered accordingly. FL. G CROSS.
Atty for Pl'f.
April 8, 1862 1917
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.sLsgal ADVERTISEMENTS


DY virtue Of an order Of sale issued from the
ID District Court 6pr Lyon county, Kansaa,
and 80 me directed, 1 will offer for sale at pub
lie auction at the CeuFth ouse door in the tow q
of Emporia, in said county, on
tuesday, May 4th, 1869,
at one O'Clock p. m. of said day, the following
described real estate to-wit: The northeast
quarter of section No. tw enty six (26b and the
north half of section No. twenty-fiye 25l In
township No. twenty I2el of range No. I'D,
erty of Eiizur r. Goodrich, ct. ais, TO satisfy
Judgment in favor Of Henry N Simpson and
W. 4. Simpson 5f.
Given under my hand this 1st day of 4 prii ~:
D. 1862 a. r. BANCROFT,
HIS ,-ss Sheriff of Lyon Co.. kas- =
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COuINTY TREAsURER.s NOTICE

NOTICE is hereby given that will offer
~ for sale, at my office in Eldorado, Butler
county, Kansas, on the first Tuesday of May
next, and next succeeding days, so much of
each tract of land described below as is nee
essary to pay the taxes and charges thereon
for the year 1868. HENDY MARTIN,
Treasurer of Butler county, Kas.
EIdorat3o March - 1890 14-l7
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Legal Advertisements.
e5,OrJNTYrREAsgyIREE.R,s NOTICE

NYOTICE is hereby given that viii offer
~ for sale, at my ONCE in Marion Center,
Marion county, Kansas, on the first Tuesday
OF Any next. and next succeeding days, 30
much az each tract Of land described below IS
Is necessary to pay the taxes and charges
thereon for the year 1858.
- : ! 5 s43sEa tssa LEVI BILLINGS, sfas.
-sfss- Treasurer Of Marion county. :
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MISCELLANEOUS.
Eleventh. The greatest
amount insured in any
LESTER SEXTON, President.
&. w. KELLOGG, Secretary.
STATE OF WISCONSIN, &C
COUNTY OF MILWAUKEE,

On this fourth day of February, A. ID. 1869,
personally appeared Lester Sexton, President,
and 4. w. Kellogg, Secretary Of the North
western Mutual Life Insurance Company, and
made oath that the foregoing statement by
them subscribed is true, full, and correct
statement ii he affairs of said Company, and
exhibits, as far as be ascertained at this
date, its actual condition on the 3lst day of
December, 1868. EDW ARD INSLEY,
Notary Public in and for said county an d
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- J. = =. - -

Cows require abundance of nutritious
food, not to make them fat, but to keep up Il
regular secretion of milk. Farmers and dairy
greatly Increased, and quality vastly improv-
ed. All gross humOrs and impurities Of the
blood are at once removed. For Sore Teats.
apply LEIS' CHEMICAL HEALING SALVE-Will
heal in one application. Your CALVES also re-
Guire an Alternative apericnt and stimulant.
Using this Powder will eXpel all grub worms,
with which young stock are infested in the
spring of the year; promotes fatteniug, pre-
vents securing. &c.
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n. B.-BEWARE or COUNTERFEITERS.
To prevent myself and the public from being
imposed upon by worthless limitations observe
the signature of the proprietor upon each pack
age, without which none are geHHine.
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S4,T55.4fS 81
", TUE ITO "
LIABILITIES.

LIABILITIES.
Fifth. Amonnt of liabilities
due or to become due to
Banks other creditors
by the Company .......-
Sixth. Losses adjusted and
que
Seventh. Losses adjusted
and not due. ...s....-
Eighth. Dividends due uII-
paid -,...- ...-.. s6,l55 rs
Ninth. Losses in suspense,
awaiting further proof 23.50O 90
Tenth. All other claims
against the Company 1900 90
MISCELLANEOUS.
Eleventh. The greatest
amount insured in any
one risk .,-....-..-.. 10000 90
Twelfth. The greatest
amount allowed to be insur-
ed in any one risk e.. ..- 10000 90
Thirteenth. The act of In-
corporation of said Com
pany as filed --..-..-..
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REPRESENTATIONS.

THE. partnership heretofore existing be-.
tween the un dersigned In the milling busi-l
ness y TINS day dissolved by mutual consent
All accounts due the late firm CT d. Rich & !
20, age turned over TO Daniel Rich. who CON
unues the business, and he will settle ali out
standing debts Of tie nrsl. s1sfsIso
- SO "a sne ssz DANIEL HTCH.s sss
.s RICHARD RICH -
Emporia April I, 1859. 1877
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Supported by Directory and List Of Stock
n9idtTs epreseDting.oyer $50, coo, geo bona
nde capital: transacting business under JaIf
compliance trfth requirements Of State Ldars
ana IN accordance with correct and liberal :
principles $50 - -
The following facts are confirmed by daily
experience: z'T7FS 4
lst- fhat the Enterprise charges no more
than q fdfr rate for the hazard assumed s9l
III. That I1rORp fitttGe Is a leading feature ius
connection with all the transactions Of the Com
pafy. "a (
3D.. That those who have had dealings with
the company always recommend it to general
o. n. HART. Agent
AT EaiPoRIA, Kansas. by whom business is
respectfully solicited 1913
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LEIs' PONDER il nm eycrl

Hogs. The farmer will rejoice to know that 4
prompt and efficient remedy for the various
diseases TO which these animals are subject is
found in LEIS' CONDITION POWDER. For Dis
temper, inflammation of the Brain. Coughs. Fe-
vers, Sore Lungs, Measles. Sore Ears, Mango
Hog Cholera, Sore Teats. Kidney " orms &c.
n fity-cent paper added to tub of swilI and
given freely. is a certain preventive. 1t pro-
NOTES digestion, puriiies the blood and is there
fore the BEST ARTICLE for fattening Hogs.
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CERTIFICATE OF AUTHORITY,
To Expire on the 2Sth day of February
A. ID. 1870.
az s.r o. nr.rrn


WHEREAS, The Home Insurance Company,
of New York City, in the State OF New York
has filed in this Office sworn statement of its
condition. as required by section 1O4, article H.
chapter ~, of the general statutes of the State
OF Kansas Of 1855:
WHEREAS, Said Company has furnished the
undersigned satisfactory evidence that ii is pos
scssed Of Mt least one hundred thousand dol
lars Of actual capital invested in stocks, or in
bonds. or in mortgages Of real estate, worth
double the amount for which the same H. mort
gagged, in accordance with section 100 of the
same net; and
WHEREAS, Said Company has filed, in this
office, - written instrument. under its corpor-
ate seal, signed by the President and Secretary
thereof authorizing any agent or agents OF said
Company, in this State, to acknowledge SER
vice ofprocess for and in behalf of said Compa-
ny, cOnSenting that such service of process
shall be taken and held to be valid as IL
served upon the Company, according 10 the
laws Of this any other State. and waiVing all
claims or right Of error by reason Of such ac-
acknowledgements of service.
Now therefore. in pursuance of section lO4 of
the aforesaid act, l, A. Thoman, Auditor of
~ that said Home Insurance Company is au-
thorized to transact the business Of Fire Insur-
ance In this State until the 18th day of Febru-
airy. I'm the the year one thousand eight hundred
and seventy.
In Witness Whereof | have hereunto sub
scribed my Dame and caused the seal Of my of
flee TO be affixed, the day and year above writ
ten. a. THOMAN
Auditor of State.
w. Id. ESO(sGiS, Agent,
EmpOrta, Kansas. l0-lI