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Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
TRIED To DROWN HIS CHILDREN.
Failing ia That 81. christensen swallows
CarboIic Acid.

Savanna. Ills. oct. 12-H. t'hriSten-
sen. of this city. made Il vain attempt
To- drown his six children. He tied the
little ones together with II long rope
and dragged them To Plum river. Il CON
siderable distance from their home
Three of the older children struggled
So hard that they broke AWAY and ran
back To the city.
Finding that he could not kill all OF
them mt one time. Christensen re-
turned with the other three to the
house AMI committed suicide 10y Swal-
lowing carbolic acid, dying in intense
agony.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
JOKE WAS ON DANIEL.
When He AIistook Senator Beveridge for
NirginiRn.


Virginisn.
Washington. Oct. 12-While Senator
Daniel and Senator Martin were chat
ting in the Riggs House few even
ingS ago 4 we'll groomed and exceed
ingly youthful looking man came brisk
" around the corner of the corridor
and began pacing with Springing step
up and down the rOtunda. Daniel re-
marked to Martin: There's i fine
looking young fellow. Tom. He is
handsome enough To be 4 Nirginian."
At that moment Beveridge saw Daniel
and stepped up: is this Senator Dan
iel:" inquired the young man softly
holding out a glOved hand. Your
most obedient servant" replied Sena-
tor Daniel bowling graciOusly and
graSping the young mans hand in his.
Il am very glad to see you. sir. Very
glad. indeed. sir. l was just speaking
about You. my young friend" went on
Daniel. patting the young man fami-
liarly Oh the shoulder. and | told
Senator Martin that l knew YOU were
n Virginian the moment l saw you"
Then he Introduced the young man 10
Senator Martin, and the young man
began to get red in the face.
No, Don't tell me-" cried Daniel,
raising his hand deprecatingly. IN
place You III just one moment. l re-
call your face distinctly. my dear fell
low. and l remember the last time we
met in Richmond. Now, let me think!
All, yes, l remember now. You are
the nephew of my dear. old honored
idge got an opportunity TO Introduce
himself
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
Things to Renncmber.

Never forget that women are made
out of girls ana that men are made
out of boys: that if you are 4 worth
less girl you are worthless woman.
and if you are a worthless boy you
will he Il worthless man, and the best
educated men ana women once did not
know -, Il, c." that all the things
which You are learning had to he
learned by them; that the efforts spent
in making others happy will in some
way add to your own happiness; that
life of usefulness and helpfulness is
worth many times more than 4 life OF
pleasure.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

Chillicothc. o., Oct. 12.-Niss Jessie
Stel Tuesday night bathcd her feet
in a solution of strong iiniment, and
was warming her toes at the sopen
CRATE when the liniment caught fire,
and in Il moment her feet were blazing
merrily. In her excitement she dropped
the bottle, and the liniment which il
contained was also ignited. Her ShriekS
for help summoned assistance, and the
fire was put out, but not before she
had been severely burned, and it will
be long time before she is able to
walk again
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
Peoria Deep-water Convention.

Peoria. Ills. oct. 14.-Chicago has
captured the dccPwatcr convention in
session at Peoria. Two resolutions
one written 10y Lyman T. Cooley and
III" other 10y Trustee Alexander !
Jones. of the sanitary district of Chi
cago. have been adopted 10y the rcSolu-
tons committee without material
modification. Tuesday afternoon the
convention sustained the adoption of
its resolutions committee by unani-
mou>ly adopting its report. presented
by its chairman. State Senator Me
hluS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
Ernm Hnnd tn Month.

"I'u never speak TO him again" ex-
claimed the young woman in the pale
blue jacket. He called me his queen
and asked if he might kiss my hand.
1 said yes. and-and after that he kiss
ed me on the lips without asking"
II suppose" said the young woman
in the Yellow buskins. che followed
along the line OF least resistance."-
Chicago Tribune.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
THE TRAVELLERS GUIDE

SECAGG, RCUK ISLAND 4 PACIFIC REL
L. way-Tickols can re purchased or bsg9sg'
checked at 4 q Twentieth street depot, q
Q y 1 depot, corner Fifth avenue an6 Thirty
drEl street, Frank q Plummer, Agent.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
Admiral Dewey at Montpelier.

Montpelier, Vt, Oct. II. - Admiral
Dewey arrived here from Shelburne
Oh a special train at 5:25 o'clock last
evening and was greeted by an i'm
mense crowd. which had assembled at
the station. En- route the admiral was
warmly welcomed at all the stations
and at WinOOSki the train stopped be
tween lines of school children, who
cheered the admiral and sang patriotic
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

TANTED-A GIRL AT MRS. TOTTEN' s
w 1874 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
Miners Demand Discb.rre

Springfield. Ills. oct. 12.-The min
er> Of the Barclay Coal and Mining
company 1T Barclay. numbering 200.
have notified the operators thar they
will strike if superintendent AlOnZO
Farnsworth. who has been in that po-
sition for years. is diStaStcful TO them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
Good Observation-Disclosures.

Decatur. Ills. oct. 12-Thc forty
sixth annual session of the Illinois
grand lodge of Good TcmpIarS is in
session in Grand Army hall. with
Grand Worthy Chief Cobb in the chair
There are now 10 effective lodges in
Illinois. loss Of Esi during the last
year The total membership is - 42g
loss of i.li-I. The decrease * as
cribed IL the growth of fraternaI So
CiCtieS having insurance. frnfmrnS
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
WANTED.

x1rANTED-CAsH GIRLS, AT McCABE'S
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
Wen Known Illinois woman Dead.

Springfield. Ills. Der. 12-MrS. Lotus
Niles died yesterday mt her home i'll
this city of paralysis. She had been a
resident Of this city for over fifty years.
was well-known ana highly respected.
She was during the civil war and ever
since president OF the Ladies' soldiers
Aid society
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
win Not Co,nbine colleges.

Ashland. Wis. oct. 12.-'rhe synod
Of Wisconsin last night by Il decisive
vote rejected the proposition TO com
bine the Wisconsin colleges with Lake
Forest university.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
ChoynskI Not Boxing for Fun.

and Steve O'Donnell were billed for IL
twenty-rOund bout before Monarch
Athletic club last night, but ChOynski
refused to go on because of the small
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

ITANTED-GIRI4 FOR GENERA III HOUSE
w work a 1909 Third avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
Hurt Cable Train.

Chicago. OcT. 12.-MnrriS SteinberC.
Il years Of age. fell beneath Il Madison
street cable train at State and Wash
iuCtou streets and his left leg was bad
" crushed.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
Roth Arc nImcnIt.

IT'S hard TO settle down after 4
trip"
"AEv harder than to settle up?"-Cbi-
cago Record.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

"ASTED-OSE OR TWO GOOD CARPEN-
w ties. Apply 10 H 8. DiDbern, Milan, H.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

Colonel Andrew Schwartz. II we'll
known military and hotel man, died II
Columbus, D. aged % years.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

JIvA<TFD-A GOOD COOK. NO LAUN-
w dry work Mrs. w. l.. Sclie, ll29 Flew
Cuth street, Moline.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

Produce: Butter-Extra creamery.
23c per N: extra dairy. 19c; packing
stock. 13laI14C. Eggs-Fresh stock, 800
1870 per doz Live poultry-Turkeys.
S@912c per 10; chickens. 112c; springs.
Sc: ducks, 1GD7IRc: geese, s6.00Q650 per
doz. Potatoes-Bur banks 3Od 32c per
bu: Hebrons. 2S63Cc. Sweet potatoes
Jerseys. s.. O0G2.25 per Dbl. Apples-s1. %
G3.OO per Dbl. CTanberries-Cape Cod,
81 5O6l5 90 per bbl
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

IIvANTED-A GOOD GIRL FOR GENERAL
w houseW ok AZ 2S9 Sixteenth street.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

yKvANTED-A GIRL FOR GENERAL
w houscwo-k. Apply 70 Mrs. z ii. Berry
1879 iyhth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
LEGAL.
Administrators Notice.
Estate OF Rose Richie deceased.
LEGAL.

The undersigned having been appointed OK
ecutor. &. T a. OF the estate Of RISE Richie.
late of the county OF Rock Island, state OF HI
nois deceased, hereby gives notice that nc
viii appear before the county court OF Rock
Island county. at the county court room, in the
city OF Rock Island, At the December term. on
the first Monday In December next. At which
time all persons having claims against said
estate are notified and requested 10 attend, for
the purpose Of having the same I'd listed.
All persons iDdepted 70 said estate are re-
quested 70 make Immediate payment TO the
undersigned.
Dated this 25th day OF September, a. d. 1893.
JAMES POWERS. Administrator, &. r. A.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

4 OST-AN AMBER LINK WATCH CHAIN,
j i on or near Second avenue and Seven
tcruth street. Return to ARGUS Office and re-
t.,'iyc reward
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

Passenger trains leave Il q P (Molint
avenue) depot Eve 20 minutes earlier thsn time
given. Trains marked daily, all other train
daily except Sunday
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
LOST AND FOUND.

Il OST On RED LINE CAR. SUNDAY
i 4 evening. n pOckctbOOlS containing >g-5O
Finder return TO AR.Us onicc and receive re-
ward.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
FOR SALE.

IGOR SALE-GOOD DRIVING HORSE y
II good traveller Inquire a. l5l- Second
aycuue. Apply during the day.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

IUA%TED GOOD GIRL TO DO GESER Al
w homework Work light in SIN 81 family
Apply I72s nineteenth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
Chicago Live stock.

chicago. oct. IL.
Hogs-Fstimated receipts for the day,
2S 600. Sales ranged at $S9O0465 for
pigs 81 35M415 for light, $4.O56420 for
rough packing, si.30di.15 for mixed ard
si.25@ 4.721z for heavy packing and
shipping lots.
day Is 900. Quotations ranged at Sc. 80
AGO for choice to extra steers. $50
66.4O for good to choice do. $5.15EtJ.65
for fair to good do, si.55G4.90 common
to medium do. si.20Qi.50 butchers
steers. S450m635 fed western steers.
cows. s3.25G5.5O heifers. S2s0G4.5O bulls
and oxen. s3.75m4.15 stays. s3.40G4.50
Texas steers. $3.15d5.00 grass western
steers. S3.4004.i0 western cows and
heifers. and $1,000 !.25 veal calves.
Sheep-Estimated receipts for the
day. $4,000. Quotations ranged a $500
6425 westerns, s2.9OG4.40 natives and
S4.CO45.15 lambs.
Milwaukee Grain.
wheat-Steady; No. l northern, 10
ne; Nc. > northern. 6SG6S12c. Oats
Unchanged: 24G25c. Rye-Steady; No.
IampIe, 3SI4512c.
Local Markets.
Sp-ing lambs. 5oG35O.
Sneep-G4i.c.
COrn-34lt35.
Hay-Ti@othy. s,5ca9; wild, s7.5OGs.
Straw-Si seas.
POtarOeS-30c.
Butter-Choice to fair, lsc; fresh creamery.
22lsc.
E-rs-I5c
Chickens-7c per pound.
Spring chickenS-sc.
Ducks-1r per pOurd-
Cnal-SofI. Zoe
Cattle-I'utchers pay for corn-fed steers
3 Sax sS"+c' COWS and hei'erS' StGi'ic' calves
Hogs-siai =.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

yUANTED-PUPILSw WISHING TO TAKE
w private lessons IN dancing can do 50 oy
cnqufrfng at Z7I0 Fifth avenue. Jones
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

NANTFD-DRESS MAKING APPREN
w ticcs To learn the trade at Mrs +
Boyd ; over 1911 second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12
MISCELLANEOUS.

I ADN OR MAN WANTED To TRAVEL
"a and appoint aCcntS- 50 per month and
expenses Ics!c- y Co No a., MOnun BCid-
tus, Chicago
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

WANTED A GIRL FOR GENERAL
w homework. Apply At Mrs Schreiner s.
1IIg Fourth avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1899-10-12

TANrED-BOARDERS BY THE DAY OR
w week including room over 1874 Third
avenue.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-11-17

bound by his thrilling adventures in
army life"
The organ of the railroads, the FIT.
Scott Lantern, mournfully grinds out
the wall tnat the roads viii advance
freight rates 80 per cent after January
The glass around the Lantern
must be badly smoked.
The editor of the Blue Mound Torch
must have been reading Looking
Back wardn before he wrote this: Mr..
Seright was born in indiana in 1869,
moved to Missouri in 1866 end was
married In 1865.
A man named Ober runs a furnish
ing house in Lawrence and when the
passion play of Oberammergau"
was in town many people stayed
away under the impression that 1t
was an advertising scheme.
Chas. Schneider, Republican can
didate for county clerk in Finney
county, needed four votes to elect
him and the four were cast by four
old soldiers in the Dodge City Home.
The army expression for this IS:
Right by tours Right!
According to the Arkansas City
Ira Veler women think wife imposed
upon who is asked to make hot bis
cults for her husbands breakfast. An
lola woman says that when her hus.
band wants warm bread for break
fast she "makes it hot for him"
A Wilson county schoolmarm
claims that she can tell by the eX-
preston of her pupils faces which
ones have breakfasted on oatmeal and
which on meat and coffee. If their
| faces don't show II their clothes prob
ably do. The teacher is a fraud.
The Hereford men make the boast
that IN five years from now sixty per
cent of the cattle sold i'm the Kansas
City stock yards will have white
/ faces. The first large batch of white
faces at the Kaneas City yards were
seen the morning after Grant Gillette
flunked.
VIII Whites ASSOCIATE on with the
"down. casters" is making him arts
tocratic. He it was who thought o
complaining that at Topeka Funston
and his wife were chucked into q
stuff little bedroom in the hotel, and
when their friends called on then
they had to sit on the bed.
On the patent side of an exchange
appears this item "The old Meth
odist church at Round Prairie hal
been torn down and the pulpit wa
sold for use as a bar in a Leavenw Ortl
saloon" If this is true, the minister
should start protracted meeting be
hind that pulpit at once and keel
1t up.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-11-17

The regular dodge which tramps
and criminals use IN Kansas now is
to claim to be members of the Tween.
tieth Kansas when they are arrested.
And as a slayer of judgment it is inn
possible to beat.
The Topeka Capital prints a cut of
fancy "R' and says: "If you have
an "R" in your name, cut out this
pretty outline and follow it out in
silk upon your spider-web evening
hosiery" 80 per cent of those who
have an ar in their name are shy
the spider web socks.
The trust swallowed Lawrence's
pet industry, the wire nail factory
and the old town has apparently
been getting even by doubling the
assessment of the works. The trust
clo.ed the works and the citizens
have been pulling a little wire of
their own to raise the taxes. Now
the matter is i'm the courts.
Susan b. Anthony. after forty years
leadership of the National Womans
Suffrage ssociation, re'igns at the
age OF so years. 1t is said that Carrie
Chapman Gait will succeed her and
If she does how long will IL be before
the women are referring to THAT old
cat" when the head of the order fails
to please them?
Had the editor of the Humboldt
Herald lived a few centuries ago in
Greece he would have taken high
rank among the stole philosophers.
Note this: "Hum boldt is looked up
on by some as a sleepy old town. II
may be. But If it is, its sleep is
peaceful and is not harrassed by
nightmare visions of clamoring
creditors, boom bubbles blown only
to burst, false figures of values, and
wild speculation"
Arkansas City Traveller A couple
of men were passing DIR. Hodges
residence In the Second ward yester
day when one OF them, pointing tt
the house, said: ."There's a beautiful
place, but it's enough to make man
sad to look at 1t y "Why so?n "Or
account of its history; for, despite it,
calm and serene surroundings, ii was
built upon the groans, tears, wailinRi
and blood of widows, orphans, ole
men and struggling women" "HoI
don't say so. Was it built by a rail
road monopolist ?' "Oh. no; by
| dentist
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-11-17

State Labor Commissioner johnson
Is trying to secure jobs for every
member Of the Twentieth Kansas.
OF the eighty-six voters in the
Dodge City soldiers home seventy
nine are Republican ami dIteen fusion.
That Lawrence Ottawa train has
surely increased its speed. a man
was run over by it near Gardner the
other day.
r.. g. Martin, of Topeka, sued for
divorce after only eleven months of
honeymoon. The honey was prob
ably nearly all comb.
The tables have been turned, Cha
mute has swallowed the octopus. She
bought her gas plant from the
Standard Oil Company.
Every Kansas town has dstnc.
name of all Is the one applied in
A tchison, Necessary Evils"
Soldiers Home note in the Leaven-
worth Times: "The hash Friday
morning WAS great improvement on
what has BEEN 1t actually had
some meat in it,"
A joint keeper named Bill Os-
strander while half shot resisted ar
rest Saturday and the marshal did
the other half. The funeral was held
the following day.
The death rate in Kansas is placed
at nine In one thousand. Mr.. Bryan
would probably like to increase it to
sixteen to one-all the sixteen being
of one certain political faith.
Two Kansas City men died from
eating mince pie. When factories
try to initiate the grandmothers
receipts trouble is sure to follow
Someone should frame law against
infringing the old ladies' patent and
not mlnce matters in wording II
either.
Dodge City has new Christian
church which cost 81 900 all paid for
That ought to break the back of thu
opposition about prosperity being
here,
The A bilene lawyer and orator, .
II Burton, has gone into partnership
with Il. {. f.. Dewey, of the supreme
court, ana they will practice law u
ADllbut. n1 llIll nhOull plObpbls
The Abilene council must be com
posed OF finance reformers. Tn
papers state that the city has sur
plus of $500 and the council propose t.
put the money sin vault in tn
cemetery"
The amount of bounty money du
to Dewey and his officers is close {
S400, 600. Now watch the places i
, Kansas TO which some of it will come
for there are sure to be Kansans mex
somewhere.
: An AtchisOn woman named Bills
recently fell heir to a fortune of $50
600, When the Atchison wome
heard the news they exclaimed
3 "What bliss !" The men asked
b "What Bliss ?"
t A Cowley county Mics applied &c
Q and got the job of postmistress tn
I same mail which brought her al
4 pointment brought proposal of ma
Q riage. Sac turned down Bristow an
embraced Cupid
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-11-17

A Clay Center ice cream parlor was
gathered In by the sheriff recently
under foreclosure proceedings. A
plain case of freeze out.
An Atkinson woman is said to have
her grave robe ready Tor the meteoric
shower of next week, A bath robe
would seem more suitable.
All the girl babies born in Parsons
are named Katy now that the M. X.
d II. railroad has decided to make
100000 worth of Improvements.
Eureka papers mention wedding
under the head line: Little Stewart"
There will probably be occasion to
to refer to the little Stewards in years
to come.
The Wichita Eagle sizes up the
broom corn situation with this sweep
ing assertion: "There is q corner in
broom corn, and the broom Is as usual
in the corner"
The Eureka Messenger refers to the
divided result of the election in
Greenwood county as "a Dog Fall i"
which is equivalent to calling the
candidates puppets.
An Arkansas City woman aged 70
applied to a fortune teller for sam
pie of his work. None but a master
in reading hieroglyphics could hope
to succeed in such a case.
Emporia Gazette: The Pops will
have to console themselves with
county coroner. It's an appropriate
thing. A coroner Is needed to sit on
the Pops in this county.
! Prof. Penny, of the State Univer.
sity, Is arranging to escort party tC
Europe next year. What the people
would really like to have arranged
would be trip that could be taker
without penny.
Among the styles which Funston
| finds much the rage I'm this country
is that of cornering something, and ht
will probably introduce the fashion
in the Philippines by cornerinl
Aguinaldo.
Love letters are dangerous thing
even if they don't make trouble u
the time of writing. A mans low,
letter to his sweet heart was read il
open court at the Hillmon trial il
Leavenworth recently.
At Oswego the other day, Herman
Linsky was convicted of stealing
pair of pantaloons, and Judge Skid
more in passing sentence, said: "Thi
is the first time in my judicial caree
that / have known of Jew beinI
convicted of felony"
The Chanute Sun gives space to
scientific explanation of the moon
redness when it first rises, There !
an old story to the effect that tn
modest satellite of the earth ha
never become used to the deeds {
meu and bushes for some of tn
things it surprises ON rising,
A Winfield man Is suing for divorC
J because his wife smokes stout co
; pipe. He may get another wife br
] she Is sure to remarry for there al
) hundreds of men who would jump 4
the chance to wed a spouse froi
, whom they could borrow 18th
doin'sn when they ran out
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1899-11-17
KANSAS CLIPS AND COMMENTS

hANOAN NblIS AMI NOMMEN 10
"Funston can lick Jeffriesn says
the Clay Center Times.
Jason Brown, the only surviving
son of John Brown, is in destitute
circumstances in California.
A man named b. Rothschild buys
Junk at Galena. In years to come he
may spell his name in full, Baron.
In order to make the soldiers feel at
ease every Kansas town worked off
their anvils during the receptions.
The Twentieth Kansas band went
defunct at Leavenworth, its sixth
stop. 1t will be reorganized by a
Missourian.
Match games at pitching horse
shoes is the social fad at Severance
and the editor of the News claims to
be the champion.
K. C. Star: Topeka, which enjoys
free entertain ment above every
thing else, is looking forward with
Impotence to the meteOrlc shower.
Wichita, which permits almost any
thing arrested a barber for shaving
on Sunday. The objectionable sin is
interpreted differently by each person
Thieves blew open the safe of the
Melvern bank and made away with
5000 in cash and several dollars worth
of notes. In exchange they left nc
clue.
William Dean Howells lectured al
Emporia last week and now Emporis
people don't even look out of the Cal
windows when they pass through
Lawrence.
An editor always says the bes
things he can of man and the Neo
desha Register audibly grunts as II
emits this: GAS IA hog buyer Honey
Powell Is a success"
Here's Wilaon county corn yarn
j. w. Williamson shucked $50 bush
els of corn Off two and u half acrt
patch of ground one-half mile west o
Benedict last week.
There is wealth that even the Kansa
farmer wots not Of A German q
England made $1,000, 900 600 out o
diamonds. His name Ia Belt and h
seems to be the real thing.
The comparative absence ofrooster
from the post-electiOn publication
does NOT mean that the helpful hen i
on "A strike. The rooster as a jublle
decoration is no longer considere
chic.
Here It is. At Clay Center societ
blowout the regular order Of bushes
was suspended, a soldier "Arthu
Downs holding the company spell