The Emporia weekly news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1881-1889, 1888-10-04

the very best of material is used, while |
the proprietor gives his personal super
vision to every minute detail. They |
carry an enormous stock at all times. |
Heavy and light, work and buggy, PLAIN |
fancy, single and double harness, no |
matter what, you IL always find it. He |
has every thing else usually kept in a |
whips, fly nets, busters, fancy lap robes, |
blankets, everything that farmer or |
gentleman horse owner can possibly de- |
sire. AS to prices, well, he can't be |
81 tell you, my boy" quote the old |
man, admiringly to Charles. ''this
young wife Of yours is a model house
keeper, and especially one OF the best
bread makers who everQueened over an
an oven. But even the most expert
baker must have good material to work
with, and advise you to patrOniZe
John Fluker's Flour and feed store at
No. 6l2 Merchants street. His brands,
Golden Wedding" Upper Crust"
'' Fluker's Double Az and "Fluker's
Single A" and his meal, buckwheat
and graham are equal to the very best
made. You can also get feed for your
cow and the ponies of them"
Returning to Commercial street, sud-
denly Meg exclaimed:
''Oh, want a family Bible, uncle
and a new album. Please show me
where may find nice assortment to
select FROM" "Weu go to Davis g.
Cunningham's bookstore" said Plain
folks" They have the completest
establishment in town, and you'll find
a great many articles indispensable for
your parlor as well as library there.'
The old mans statement was verified;
the order that the girl made was al
most limitleSS. Miscellaneous books,
fancy stationery, bric-a brac pictures,
blank books, wall paper, house deco
rationS, the latest novels and news
papers, hammocks, musical instru-
ments,-Meg was especially interested
in the ''Hallet & Comston'' piano.
a wicked illusion of Plainfolks to the
possibility of future purchase of
school books and baby wagon.
These house fixins remind me, -
said the old man, as the party was
once more on the street, that you
haven't got the dishes yet. We had
better 90 to Cook 81 Hopkins Bros. ,
'China Palace" at 522 Commercial
street." Well, you can imagine what
an array of table, a real smart girl
with unlimited power of purchase, and
an artistic eye, could supply herself
within Cook & Hopkins Bros. big
k40CClAoW 0AO OIONhs 4oA ROoA-
| lively, a thing in that line intended for
use in any possible part of a house,
that cannot be had at the "China Pal
ace" and that girl got 'em, too.
by the way, UNCLE" said Charles,
"who can you recommend as good
blacksmith? am very particular as to
who handles my mare, Kitty, you
know"
''Jess so. You want no botcheI
i ~ ha, IA
There's only one first-class horse
shoer-but he is first-class, in
town, and that's r. II. Howell.
He's a number one blacksmith al
through, too, and the very one to give
your repairing, and especially your
pillow work to. can vouch for him al
the man to do your fine shooting on Kit
ty, and whenever, farmer-like, you
come rushing into town in a vast hurry
with broken bit of machinery, anC
want it fixed up in shorter time than il
was broken, and made better than Il
was at first, Howell is the man to cal
on"
AS the party walked up the street
the gentlemen goOd-naturedly railing
at Meg about the extent of her wants
PlainfOlks suddenly made dive into
handsome store room. Here is W. r
Irwin" he said, land 1 know he's go
something you ought to have. Yol
doubtless think - he continued, ''tha
there's no use in knowing a druggist
that you have an eternal lease on goo(
health; but let me caution you. SOM
dark night in the future Charlie, here
will be frantically prancing arounC
hunting for doctor, nurse. para
goric-"
"Uncley' calculated Meg.
"Well, well, come in, you're sure t,
= L.
keep house without" True enough
The crowded showcases and shelves o
the establishment supplied innumera
ule articles for the young couple-in
perfumeries, beautiful toilet articles
fancy soaps, brushes and combs i'm
stationery, blank books, bric-a-braC
cigars-space is insufficient to rscOr,
all that Meg purchased. Plainfolk
also stated to his nephew that Mr.. 1r
EmpOria; that he paid especial atten
tiOn to the skillful compromising of pre-
, scripti6ns; and he earnestly advises
him to remember that fact, should
ever be so unfortunate as to requir
medicines.
''And now," declared the old mar
with almost sigh of relief. Il recko
we can SUPPLY all the rest of the outfit
ting at one StabliShment-they'v 20
literally most everything there
mean Cook 6 Hopkins Bros Bargai
Variety Store, at No. $40 COmmercif
: street. And. sure enough, what wa
needed of an hundred and one indiE
pensable articles for the economy of
household was to be found therein
/ ware. lamps, woodenware, mOuse-traps
tOweling. satchels, wall pictures, jew
elry, plated ware. silver watches
clocks, baskets, glassware, hosiery
stationery, books, suspenderS, an enL
: less variety of notions-good graciou!
we couldn't begin to tell all that Me
! saw that she couldn't possibly &c
! along without.
While Meg was engaged in the bal
,. gains TO be secured at the Variet
: store, Plainfoiks was observed to be e.
aminiDg his bank book with a ruefu
countenance.
by jove," he calculated, I've e.
: hausted my balance. I'll have to ri
!. down to my old friend, w. j. Jones, fC
? few minutes, and get him to replen
1 ish my exchequer."
That man Jones, /" remarked the oil
man when he rejoined the young pet
1 pie, lis one of the most accommoda
: ing loan agents l know OF. You ca
s always depend on him, if you have goo
q farm security, for either big or lit.
J, loan, on long or short time, at the yer
0 lowest rate of interest. And your
not bothered with an inter minable Il
r of red-tape about it, either
r "Oh-h-h!"
1 This exclamation in ecStatic tone
r from Meg drew the attention of IL
n gentlemen to an elegantly appointe
:. store room.
$ That's Hall Bros musical Empo
s ium, remarked the old man, 81,
2. known 'em here in bushes the.
l. twenty years, and they're straigI
|, men to deal with. They've pursue
g an even tenor-have neither starved {
7, got Fich-shall we go in?''
OF cOur Sc they went in! Meg hi
e discovered an Emerson piano, and
y Esty' organ, and nothing, she insiste
81 could pursuade her that she was kee
~ ing house unless she purchased DO
!. these Instruments. stAll right
- laughed Plainfolks, ''but what abo
those instruments that you will
- satisfied with none other?''