State Ledger

If you are not for us you are against us. Suit your s lovers. By F. L. JELTZ. TO OUR FRIENDS SMPATHIZERS E-TAL." We Are After a share of your votes at the next Republican Primary Election held in this county for County Clerk. Prudence is one of the best controllers of the mind. Great men have curious names and nonsensical titles. If a man acts sensibl: when all odds are against him he will say as less as possible. There is "too much deceit among the lynching bees. They do worse than the criminals. Since man to man is so unjust the old motto says we scarcely know what man to trust. Since it is wrong to take life almost in self defense it is basely wrong to do so in any form. If you want justice done at all times by our present law always advocate them don't be in favor of neck tie parties for they only add fire to the flame. There are a class of persons in this world and in this city who will do any thing and any how to read the point. It is not those who oppose us that we oppose like old Mrs. Na j uon, if they smote us on one cheek we will always turn the o ther. The city primaries will be held in March next and the usual interest manifested municipal affairs will end early in April. All we ask is a square deal don't try to give us the worst of the deal that you don't hurt yourselves always try and do as neat right as you can and if you make any mistake you will be protected by the better class of citizens. Vice is going on in many ways there are men who add disgrace to the state by lynching and burning and they are the same sort of fellows who commit the same crimes. It is claimed during our recent wars that more boys were added to the nation than girls. But in years of peace it is stated that more girls take the place of boys. Warden Themplinson and the sheriff of Leavenworth country are good men but not the kind to symptize with a man who is charge with a crime it he is black in skin. Many other officers show that prejudice on this state. Gov. Stanley has been cartooned by the K. C. TIMES for not offering a reward for those damnable black hearted cowards who burned Fred Alexander at the stake. The Lawn Kans is more gotten than in good old Missouri, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas and Arkansas Alabama and Georgia The State Ledger. DO RIGHT--KNOW THAT YOU ARE RIGHT; FEAR NOMAN; BUT RENDER JUSTICE TO ALL not included. To h—ll with such laws blot them forever if they are not enforced. We are willing to stand most anything in this fight for success. Let the opposition say all they choose and predict defeat. If we young men don't learn good horse sense it is our own fault we should in future profit by our past experiences that is to be better men in the future than the past Mr. L Eversole who is spoken of for Councilman from the 5th ward is an old resident of the city. He has lived here many years. He has a wide experience with the needs of Topeka and if he is elected in the coming campaign he will make a good man for the place. He has executed work on some of the best buildings in Topeka He recently had the contract of the Knights and Ladies Security building. The very fine winter weather we have breathed thus far foretells that Spring is not many thousand miles distant. Hence while it was a knock out blow for the coal dealers it was a god send to poor 'devils" like we be. Surely the Lord does everything for the best and He is with the poor always, We admit there is a ring in the coming contest for the different offices but we don't belong to it, and it we can't win by popularity and being a good fellow just defeat us, but we will never pledge or go into any scheme for a public job. Rings and cliques must go: hence those being formed for the purpose of defeating us will take their places in the "black ages" by honest and political politics we hope to win. But no pledge, promise nor bride will be made or given. Let the office go. We want it on the square and as aforesid otherwise let it go from us. We are for the betterment of the whole people, no special class goes. There are certain enemies of ours at work talking even to our friends about our show. As a all signs fall in dry weather it may be stated that we have no show but as every man is innocent until he is proven guilty. We reserve the right to warn on the results, which may be unfavorable to our enemies. Above all things we despise a two face scoundrel be he white or black. It affords us much pleasure to tell what we have always to man's face rather than stab him in the back which is always the secret work of cowards. There is no reason why we fellows who are seeking fame at the hands of the public cannot be friendly we notice a disposition on the part of some of the contestants to be overly certain and selfish hence if we are defeated we will laugh. We don't claim anything but, we beieve we will run favorably if the field—are against us. The people all saw Mrs Nation Dodgers were circulated advance of her advent hence this served to add extra force to the drinking clubs which was quite a help to those fellows who had no work for several months. Where ever there is a will surely there is a way. Assurance is all rlght but it is not after all certain. Hence there is no need to get excited on what a few fellows may say there is none sure of Heaven but those who are there. Remember that we have moved our office to 411 Kins. Ave where we intend to remain in future having secured larger and better rooms for printing and we are preparing to do all kinds of news and job work if you have printing to be executed in our line dont fail to call at the office or send us word and we will call. Judging from some reports we hear that our candidacy is not serious. The smart aleck that made such remarks will know more after the county election if he means he is from Missouri. Prof. C A. Pond, who has operated a Business College in this city for over a score of years is still conducting one at 601 Topeka avenue, this city. In fairness to the Professor, he has turned out so some excellent scholars, many or all of them have obtained useful and profitable situations, after leaving his college. Prof Pond gives them his personal attention from morning till close school. He is devoted to his great business system and that makes him successful. Parties desiring to have their son's enter this college can obtain all necessa,y information by addressing C. A. Pond, 601 Topeka, Kansas Profit by your mistakes. Experiments may be expens ve but they are our best teachers. Always buy the best; it is the cheapest in the end, What will succeed with one man will tail with another. Conscience and dentists make cowards of us all. Putting off until to-morrow what you sh uld do to-day is of ten the cause of failure. In each and every one of the domestic tragedies now before the public it is demonstrated that on the inevitable pay-day Sin gets his salary in a check for death. Ex. The Topeka police force now on hand will no doubt cease to be when the new mayor gets in hence there will be a change in business all around. If the public know the actions of some people there would be an awful squal. There seems to be a disposition on the part of the people of Topeka to elect a liberal candidate next spring for mayor there are occasions mensioned at present. We know what combinations are being formed to defeat us but we have confidence to believe all the people are not fools. --- We don't care whether a man votes for another or no but above all things,"thou, shalt not lie-. Good looks and spectacles never won a place from a sensible people. Hence we are just as we pretend, we are the same every day. The poor commissioner has not thus far been very busy and from the present weather he will not be besieged by mendicants. If every one had their just deserts many a one would pass from this earth very much displeased. We cannot afford to operate a society journal but just a paper that will stand the test of critics and show the public that we have the right idea of the wants of our people- we try to be men. Don't think if you don't stand by us that we will get angry and cry. We don't care about your word if you don't. You cannot tax your dishonor up to us, we are men. Friends are discovered rather than made: there are people who are in their own nature friends, only they do not know each other but certain things, like poetry, music and painting, are like Freemasons' signs—they reveal the initiated to each other. "I wish," said a New York millionaire to a Kansas man who was in New York, "that some one would kidnap that boy of mine and relieve me of him for a while A women who is too near sighted to see when the buttons a e off her husband's macintosh can often read mighty fine print b a c gain advertisement. Ex. Anthropology is a study of man as an animal and his animal kin. The more one sees of politics, the suer he is that politics should be studied merely as a branch of anthropology. China has accepted one of the conditions of the powers, no one knows exactly which condition and the diplomats who are stamped easily are now tramping over one another wondering what they will do next. So there is a cry from Manila for more silver. It is necessary that they have silver at once. Silver isn't quite shoved off the face of the earth yet. The bicycle races do not attract much attention. It is a mighty hard thing for a fad to keep its feet long in America. In another hundred years the North Pole will have been discovered and the lives of a whole lot of future explorers saved. How unpractical the world is People have offered Jessie Morrison jobs on the stage, in the museum and writing books. But has anyone offered her a job in a barber shop? President McKinley and the Republican forces will run this government for the first four years of the 20th century. Bryan wants to be a presidential candidate a third time. In 1896 his plurality in the states west of the Mississippi was 549,000 in 1900 McKinley's plurality in the same states was 81. If Bryah runs in 1904 some good republican for president moy carry Texas. Ex HERE AND THERE. Dr. Cottrell is at 411 Kans,Av Go to H. A Klauer for the best cigars highest grades made in Topeka. Rev. A. M. Ward of the 7th street church was a caller this week. When the rain and sleet began to pour the other day every one began to think it was going to keep up for a week but the following day was bright and clear. Dr. W. J. Cottrell, the new addition to the medical profession in this city is starting out in good shape we predict for him a bright and successful future. Mr. J. W. Kraemer, a graduate of the Kansas City School of Pharmacy is employed at Dr. Willis' crug store, 302 East 4th street. They carry a full line of drugs and patent medicines and a large stock of paints, oils and perfumery. Mesrs Axley and Anderson of Maple Hill Kans. carries everything in the merchandise line. Groceris, flour, feed, notions, dry goods, men and boys school shoes, uudeawear, overalls, mens work and dress shirts, full line of staple and fancy groceris. Rubber boots, overshoes, and felts. They carry in fact everything kept in a first class store for the benefit of farmers and town customers. Maple Hill Kans. EVERY BODY stops at H A. Klauer's for a good 5 and 10 cent smoke. He makes the best-526 Kansas Avenue. Go to J W. Priddy's for school books and a general line of school supplies. Post office, N. Topeka Butters and Butters have purchased the City Meat Market at Whiting and are making it up to date in every respect. Aron Sheets the veteran grocer of North Topeka is come in a business way he has full control of the large stock of goods a-828 N, Kansas avenue wishing good bargains. See him. The Exchange—is a reliable place for school books and school supplies. Remember Mr. Scudder's Exchange, 832 Kans. ave. New Malto Bread 810 N. Kansas avenue.....Mr. J. M. Jeffers has succeeded Mr. Boyce at the old Myers Bakery and he is making a fine class of Bakery Goods. Remember the place, 810 N. Kansas avenue. The papers are printing a story about and undertaker in Mary'sville who wired to the brother of a dead man that he would embalmthe body for $50 or freeze it for $30. The answer came back "Freeze it from the knees up for $20; he had both feet frozen las winter." Many ludicrous misunderstanding occurred in the taking of the census. One question which was indicated by the remark "length of residence," which was expected to show long the People living on various localities at the time if the census had been there. When the report came in it was found that many of these queries were ansemered in figures this way 20x40, 15x30, eti. The enumerators had gone around with a foot rule and had measured the length of the residence of the people they counted. Ex. Remember we want every class so know that we want their support. VOL. 9, NO. 14. It you were born '70, you will never live to see '50.. The moment you think you know it all get out of business, In another hundred the tin horn which blows itself will have been invented The old caury, just to show that she still had her hand in, turned out a very fine article of last day. Ex. A scientist now claims that the earth has a ring like Saturn's Some day a scientist will bob up and claim that there is two suns and they work in shifts. Ex. Every man who is contemplating matrimony should get on a newspaper as a sort of preliminary training: he gets used to being found fault with. Ex. A PROUD MOTHER. There once lived in a western village a woman anxious that her only son should achieve some great success in life, and lift himself above "the common run of men," as she said. When she reflected that even the presidency of the United States is within the reach of the poorest and humblest boy, she did not wish her son to fall far below that station in life. Long after the son was a man, an acquaintance met the ambitions old lady, then visiting in a distant state, and asked her son's success in life. "Well," sne said, cheelri-lv, "he ain't the president of the United States yet; he ain't a senator, nor yet a congressman, nor governor, nor mayor; but I t e il you he's the very best blacksmith there is in our part of the country Indeed he is!" Ex. Let there be order in all things whatever legal procedure there is taken it should be done orderly, not abusive. C. H. Nettles, died on Monday evening. He was at the time of his death a member of the City Council and was also a probable candidate for mayor. E. E. Roughten editor of the Jetmore Republican and member of the Kans Legislature is boarding at the Dutton house Mr. Roughten is a veteran of the Civil War and is also a veteran editor Editor up till a few years ago he was editing a Republican paper but recently he came out for Bryan and now he might be claimed by the fusionist he defeated'Dr. Bowie the Republican aspirant from Hodgeman County last fall. For months past a man ha been coining money by exhibiting in various parts of Kansas a "feather dog." A reporter went to view the alleged freak. He pulled half a dozen feathers from from the dog s back but the animal never winced. Then it was discovered that the dog had been covered from head to tail with a tight-fitting coat of Canton flannel on which pigeon feathers had been so skillfully sewn as to seem natural. Ex. A. T. WAGGONER. DRUGS AND MEDICINE 731 Kansas Ave YOUR TRADE SOLICITED THESTATELEDGER BY F. L. JELTZ. TOPEKA, . . . KANSAS KANSAS ITEMS OF INTEREST. Some Finney county farmers are talking of sugar beets. The Methodists of inman have raised $1,200 to build a new church. Jerry Simpson's pension of $12 a month was given him in 1896. The Presbyterian church of Neodesha expects to build a $2,000 parsonage. There were two fatal shot gun accidents at Coffeyville on December 15. The M. E. church at Chanute received 100 new members at one time recently. The state association of Kansas postmasters are to meet in Topeka January 10-11 Ex-Governor Leedy is going to Oregon with his family to remain there permanently. About 10,000 acres of land near Havana, Kas., have been leased for oil and gas production. The Dodge City Presbyterian church will build a seven room parsonage in the near future. The December report on the condi-for Kansas wheat is only 99.7 per cent. What's the matter? Val. W. Robertson, a Rock Island brakeman, fell from a train at Abilene and received very serious injuries. The Missouri & Kansas Telephone company has put up two long cables in Wichita, each having 100 wires. Thos. Hornbuy, of Morris county, brought back $75,000 more from the Klondike mines than he took there. Andrew Baird, state secretary of the Y. M. C. A., has been re-elected to that position by the executive committee. Bank note No. 1, issued by the National bank of Honolulu, was received on a freight bill at Parsons recently. The agent of the American Express company, at Fort Scott, will test the law requiring him to have a city license. Miss Belle C. Brooks is visiting her home in Ellis. She is the musical director of the Madison Square Theater company. Burglarls opened a safe at Solomon, securing valuable papers and about $100. The store was injured by the explosion. Living southwest of Conway Springs are two brothers, sons of one of the Siamese twins. Formerly two sons of the other twin also lived in Sumner county, but it is not known there where they are now. There are now 5,565 books in the traveling library department of the state library. The scheme was started with 3,000 books. The case of 50 books has on the average 20 readers, giving a total number of readers of 16,800. Mrs. Bonsell, from Iowa, was enroute to visit in St. John, Kas., and while standing on a car platform the train started throwing her in a position to have her foot crushed between the bumpers. The foot was amputated. Abilene's business men, in meeting assembled lave, jointly with the city council, decided to continue to "regulate" the liquor business as has been done in the past. The council says that money must be raised some way. Austin W. Hall, of Trading Post, Linn county, is dead. Mr. Hall was the last survivor of the "Marias des Cygnes massacre," of May 19, 1858. The state of Kansas is erecting a monument at the scene of that May Day slaughter. The warden of the Kansas penitentiary has notified all sheriffs that he will receive no prisoners until the place is free from smallpox. Luke Kenosky, and Anthony Hanley of Axtell, husked 157 and 155 bushels of corn from 7 a. m. to 5:30 p. m. The corn was hauled and unloaded by others. There is no statute in Kansas fixing the marriageable age and the common law places the age of 12 for women and 14 for men. There is talk of legislation upon this subject this winter. Members of the Lutheran church of Gaylord started a library which has reached fair proportions. It is gradually being merged into a public library by the application of a $1 membership fee. The librarians of Kansas propose to hold a meeting in Topeka coincident with the state teachers' association meeting. A county commercial club is being organized in Montgomery county to work for the interests of the county and her towns. Governor Stanley says he wants to hear from the people as to what they want done by the state for the semi-annual exposition in 1904. The report of State Bank Commissioner Breidenthal states that the farmers and stockmen of Kansas have on deposit in banks $17,893,318, or 56% per cent of the entire deposits, and that the entire deposits of corporations is 6% per cent of the total deposits. The number of the first named depositors is 77,930 and of the depositing corporations 1,516. Wm. Byrnes, of Belle Plaine, puts out 39,000 bunches of celery every year. Kingman county has commenced agitating the question of new courthouse. 1.Miss Jessie Morrison's bond was not filed in time for her to spend Christmas at home. Glen Elder will vote on the 7th of January on going in debt to build a city hall. H. U. Mudge, general superintendent of the Santa Fe, has purchased a home in Topeka. General W. S. Metcalf, of the Twentieth Kansas, has opened a loan office in Lawrence. A mutual burial association is a new organization in Wichita with 400 members already. State Treasurer Grimes pays the employees of the state a week ahead of time this month. During the last month the salt mines of Kingman shipped 14 cars of salt a day for 26 days. A. F. Casad, the new captain of the West Point foot ball team, was born and raised in Wichita. There are only two members of the famous "Douglas House" who are in the present legislature. Wichita women have arranged for iron watering troughs at twenty of the entrances to the city. It is claimed that gold worth $7 was taken from a piece of rock the size of an egg, found near Mound City. There are now nearing completion in Columbus, a county high school and a new jail and sheriff's residence. The Santa Fe paid taxes in Franklin county, the other day, of $16,349. By paying all the rebate was $419,21. Dr. W. E. Middleton, one of the oldest settlers of Sumner county, died at his home in Oxford a short time since. Michigan parties have commenced the work of drilling for gas at Mound City. They brought two carloads of drilling machinery. J. W. Robison, of El Dorado, has received four Percheron stallions which he purchased at $700 each, while attending the Paris exposition. John Player, superintendent of machinery on the Santa Fe system, has resigned and will be succeeded by Assistant Superintendent Sanderson, comparatively a new man on the Spnta Fe. The three national banks of Wichita have an aggregate of deposits of $2,487,027.08, on December 13, as shown by a statement that was made under the call from Washington for that date. Paul Torrington, late of the city engineers corps in Topeka, now has charge of the building of a railroad in Siberia where, he says, the thermometer registers from 60 to 80 degrees below zero. Mandamus from the federal court has been served upon the city of Medicine Lodge, to compel a levy to pay $3,700 of interest. The people say that it is not possible to secure such a sum by a special levy. The cook of the Copeland hotel in Topeka refused to give a waiter a plate of corned beef hash for breakfast and all the waiters went on a strike. Dinner was somewhat delayed before the places of the waiters were all filled. Henry Alphin, aged 70 years, had the past season, 300 acres of wheat, the proceeds of which enabled him to buy another quarter section of land-fence it, construct a well and a wind mill, the best feed rack in the county, 45 feet long. a cattle shed 14 by 60 feet, and then have enough spending money to last until next harvest. It is asserted by school architects that there is more school room under the single roof of the Friends University in Wichita than can be found under any single roof in America. Adna Treat, aged 103 years, died at Hays, Kansas recently. In 1824 he was master of the Masonic lodge in Troy, N. Y., which entertained Lafayette. Mr. Treat was intimate with Presidents Monroe and John Quincy Adams. He was a prominent officer in the ceremonies of dedicating the Eric canal. A Lawrence firm has been awarded the contract for grading about 50 miles of the Rock Island's extension from Liberal. The flax seed crop of Bourbon county averages returns of $15 to $18 an acre. There is no market for straw and it is used for feed. The new theater at the Leavenworth Soldiers' home has its first performance on Christmas eve. Oid soldiers will at all times be admitted free, but officers, employees and citizens will have to pay 50 and 25 cents. Geo. B. Edgar, a Santa Fe operator, has invented a railroad ticket which cannot be manipulated by scalpers. A patent is applied for and offers have been received from railroad passenger departments. An El Dorado girl received a check in 1889 for premiums at the county fair. She had laid it aside and forgotten it but has now cashed it. It is said at the Kansas City stock yards that there is more rough feeding and less full feeding of cattle in Kansas this year than ever before. A NEW YEAR'S EPISODE "Well, well, so this is New Year's day," said Mr. Spooner. "Do you remember how we quarreled this day one year ago?" "Remember! I think I do!" cried his wife. "Why, the cards were ordered when it happened, and I didn't know whether I could have your name taken out and Dick's inserted, in case I changed my mind." "In case I changed my mind, you mean, dear. Strange that I never suspected how much poor Dora cared for me until that day." "I'm sure she had concealed it very well—the way she ran after Dick, as if he ever had eyes for anybody but me! He never told his love, but a woman's intuition was—" "A synonym of vanity, dear. Of course, I couldn't help knowing that she cared for me when I met her in the boarding house parlor, with her eyes full of tears, on the very morning after you had told Marie, her dearest friend, that we were to be married in a month." "Humph, that girl would cry about anything; I've known her to cry when the villain in the play was killed—as if a villain could expect anything else in the last act. But as soon as I saw Dick that morning I knew that he knew it. Why, his necktie had slipped around under one ear and his voice, as he wished me a happy New Year, was so sad, that I felt guilty, though my conscience told me that I had not encouraged him." "You've forgotten how you used to praise the shape of his head." "As if that meant anything! A girl only praises the shape of a man's head when she can't find anything else to flatter him about. It—it means no more than it does when she tells a small man that he resembles Napoleon. But when I remembered that you had once gone down on the floor in your new trousers to pick up Dora's handkerchief I knew that I had been cruelly deceived. So when you reproached me about Dick, I—" "I remember how badly I felt when she replied to my New Year's greeting with the remark that happiness for her was over forever. And before I could comfort her Miss Marie came in and I could only go sadly away without telling her that I should always be a brother to her." The new leaf that very soldom gets turned over is the one in the diary. Some men claim that they see the old year out and the new one in by getting so drunk that they can't see anything. By New Year the silver plating wears off many a Christmas present. A good beginning is half the battle except in the case of keeping a diary. The new date is as hard to remember as the new leaf. Even though the arctic explorer never discovers the north pole he deserves credit, for he always keeps a diary. New Year gives us a chance to reciprocate to those who unexpectedly gave us a present at Christmas. Seeing the old year out puts a man in a fit condition to swear off the next day.—N. Y. World. The New Year's Greeting. "You look worried, Brown," said Green. "Worried! I should say I am, See those?" And he drew out of his overcoat pocket a great bundle of statements of accounts. "Ha! ha!!" laughed Green, "you will make Christmas present to your wife, will you, without counting the cost first?" The lines around Brown's eyes deepened and his mouth drooped sadly. "No," he said, "that's not it. These are not for presents I made my wife." "Why, what are they for, then?" asked Green, wonderingly. "For the presents my wife made me." And the men shook hands in tender sympathy—Detroit Free Press. Save Your Mirth. It is not wise to have so merry a Christmas that you cannot have a happy New Year.-Chicago Tribune. "Ard poor Dick, I asked him if there was anything I could do for him; he replied: 'Yes, but just then the maid came in with a note for him, and he said he must go at once—I think he wished to be alone with his sorrow. Then you came in, and, instead of sharing my pity for him, you accused me of flirting with him!" "I—er—don't remember that. But wasn't it odd that before I left you forever, Miss Marie should come in and tell us that Dora and Dick were engaged! I've often wondered how it happened that they decided to console each other." "And so have I. Why, here is Marle now—perhaps she can explain. Sit down, Marle, do. Tom and I are just going over old times. Do you remember last New Year's day, and—" "Indeed I do. I've just been to see Dora, and she was talking about it. She and Dick quarreled last New Year's Eve about the date of their marriage, and almost parted forever. "SHE AND DICK QUARRELED." They think you both must have guessed it. I remember that Tom was in the parlor with Dora when I ran in on New Year's morning to tell her of your engagement. She had been on the point of asking him to help her to make up with Dick. And when she told me about it, I wrote him a note telling him that I believed she would forgive him if he came at once. That note found him at your house, Irene, where he had gone to ask your aid as peacemaker. Odd, wasn't it?" A happy New Year!" How many people realize the meaning of the words as they go about with this familiar greeting upon their lips? "I wish you a happy New Year!" Does it not seem that the wish carries a blessing with it? And I believe it does when spoken by friends whose words are always true and sincere. For the benefit of those thoughtless ones who never read between the lines, let us analyze this significant greeting. In the first place we wish our friends happiness, and the next question which naturally suggests itself is, what constitutes happiness? A little friend of mine tells me that it is to eat all the candy he wants and not to go to bed until he wants to do so. Another friend of more mature years says that she would be perfectly happy if she had all the money she wanted to spend as she liked. Another desires fame, another social position. And so we might go on asking and finding out that almost every one has a different definition for happiness. If the young lad were allowed to follow his own sweet will and surfeit himself with sweets and late hours, I think the result would be anything but happy. As for wealth, who can blame anyone for wishing for all that one cares to spend, and especially a woman to whom a separate income is the exception rather than the rule. It is the spending of it which decides the happiness or unhappiness of the possessor. I do not believe that any one was ever really happy who used wealth merely to gratify selfish ambitions. Fame, too, is a good thing to possess, but how many who have gained this high pinnacle will tell you that it brings happiness. Social position is also something after which there is much striving. Yet when the coveted place is reached it is so often found to be barren, and happiness has no resting place there. Social position brings heavy responsibilities with it, and social duties are hard and laborious without the happy results that follow labor in more worthy causes. It seems, then, that there must be some special way to happiness not easily found. There is, but it is easy enough to be seen by all who care to follow its winding way. Wiser heads than mine found out long ago that only in trying to make others happy is real happiness ever gained for oneself. So in wishing our friends a happy New Year, we really obligate ourselves to do all that we can to make the wish come true; and for this reason the words should never be spoken idly, or used as a mere matter of form. On the other hand, to be sincere in the greeting and to do what the words imply, is certain to bring happiness to all. And now, let us go on to the next word in the analysis, "new." Everybody likes new things, unless an exception may be made to the so-called "new woman." New gowns, new bonnets, personal belongings of all sorts appeal especially to women. While "clothes do not make the person," every one has learned that appearance in this world goes a long way toward success. Under the inspiration of knowing that one is well-dressed often one has done his best and the key note of success has been touched. It is human nature that womankind should love pretty new dresses, new bonnets and dalty surrounding, so let no one accuse her of vanity for desiring them. New ideas are sought after by the philosopher; new conditions by the scientist; new inventions by the inventor. Editors eagerly examine new matter; and that which is truly original or opens a new field of thought is never found "unavailable" no matter how poorly it may be written. There is a constant hunt going on for something new to further stimulate the energies, ambitions and desires of the world's people; and never was this craving so apparent as now when we are closing the nineteenth century. Everyone seems to feel that we are on the verge of a new era which in spite of the inventions of the past is to be the most wonder producing period in the world's progress. If the inhabitants of Mars continue to signal us, as has been stated, who knows but what some shrewd, enterprising Yankee will put on his thinking cap, build a flying machine that will overcome all atmospheric conditions and go sailing over to the planet one of these coming days? Perhaps the North Pole will be discovered in the same way, although why so many people will risk life and property to find a spot that is almost certain to contain nothing that will sustain life or hope, can only be laid to their insatiate greed for something new. It is to be hoped, however, that while these greater things are going on, some one may invent an automatic servant that will get up in the morning without being called, never let the fires go out, wash our best china without breaking it, and, from the very nature of the invention, cannot "talk back" when we happen to go into the kitchen and scold a little—Household Realm. The Annual Greeting. "A Happy New Year to you!" This is the greeting which will be heard on every side as we cross the threshold of the new year. It has become a custom to repeat it. In many cases it has little meaning, and is nothing more than an empty compliment or an idle wish. How much do you mean by it? It is very easy to repeat the formula. It is a very simple matter to buy a New Year's card and enclose it in an envelope. But when you send this greeting, or speak it, do you regard it as a pledge or promise that you will do nothing to make the recipient of it unhappy, and that you will do all in your power to relieve his anxieties and bring gladness to his heart?—Baptist Union. HER NEW YEAR Crowned evermore in endless light she greetes The New Year's dawn, While we, with heads bowed low and dull heartbeats, Live sadly on. Visions too grandly bright for mortal gaze, To her unfold Blossoms each noble deed of earthly days, In beauty's mold. The glory of our Lord her eyes have seen, With undimmed sight. Safe in His presence dear, she dwells serene And knows no night. She clasps the hands of loved ones waiting there On Heaven's shore. With them she treads those streets so wondrous fair, In rapture o'er. In glad surprise, joyous and pure and free, Her soul so blest. Solves the deep mystery of eternity And perfect rest. Isabel L. Boardman, in N. Y. Observer. Merely an Official Form. He wished me a happy New Year; The words would have tickled me, but I knew from his bearing austere I was booked for a salary cut. —Chicago Record. Archbishop of Canterbury's House The new residence of the archbishop of Canterbury probably will be completed before spring. The cost is being defrayed out of money realised from the sale of Addington Park. Mustard from a Sport Mustard, as usually served in cups or open pots, soon dries up. A Good man has invented an air-tight cup having a piston projecting through the top. On pressing the piston a plunger forces the mustard through a spoon in the side of the cup. An Expensive Receptor The Portuguese government authorized the expenditure of over 35,000 rupees for the reception of Lord Guzon, viceroy of India, on the occasion of his visit to Goa. Fire a Shot 20 Miles The United States will fire a shot twenty miles, which will be a record breaker for the distance. The grum from which it is to be fired will be marvel of American ingenuity and workmanship. Another marvel of American ingenuity is Hostetteri Stomach Bitters. For fifty years it has cured constipation, indigestion, dyspepsia and biliousness. Nothing angers a woman more than a man who refuses to lose his temper. Facetious Judge on Tramp Question. Peter J. Carolus, judge of a St. Louis police court, suggests a new way of solving the tramp problem. He suggests that all vagrants be sent to some lonely island in the Pacific, where they would get strict military instruction for six months, after which they should be sent to chase Aguinaldo in the Philippine Islands. Fourteen Calkins for a Coat. The order of the German government providing for the making of 10,000 fur lined greatcoats and as many glove and gaiters for the use of the troops has opened up a way to dispose of our plus cats, as the articles named and lined mostly with cat skins. Every greatcoat requires fourteen of the skins. Portraiture of Love Affairs. Paul Heyse, who is noted among the Germans for his portraiture of women and love affairs, explains in his recently published "Memoirs" that the key to his love affairs is not to found in his personal experiences. He had only three love affairs, the object of the first, when he was a student being a grandniece of Theo's Châteotte von Stein. His other two love were young women who subsequent became his first and second wife. FOUR DOCTORS FAILED. A Michigan Lady's Battle with Disa and How It Was Won. Flushing, Mich., Dec. 22.—(Special—One of the most active workers in the cause of Temperance and Social Reform in Michigan is Mrs. P. A Passmore of this place. She is a prominent and very enthusiastic W. C. T. U. woman, and one who never loses an opportunity to strike a bloom against the demon of Intemperance Mrs. Passmore has suffered much bodily pain during the last three years through Kidney and Bladder Trouble. At times the pain was a most unbearable, and the good lady was very much distressed. She tried physician after physician, and ea in turn failed to relieve her, let also effect a cure. Home remedies suggested by anxious friends were a plied, but all to no purpose. At la some one spoke of Dodd's Kidney Pills as a great remedy for all Kidns and Bladder Diseases, and Mrs. Passmore decided to try them. She did and is now a well woman. She has given the following statement for publication: At different times in the past the years, I have suffered severely with Kidney and Bladder Trouble, and after trying four of the best physicians I could hear of, two of them living the state of New York, I found myself no better. I took any amount home remedies suggested by my friends, with little or no relief for anything. I decided to try Doe Kidney Pills. Less than one box did me more good than all the other treatments combined. I am still using them, and can say from experience that they are an excellent remedy Kidney and Bladder Trouble. I was heartily recommend them to all the suffering from these ills in like manner. MRS. P. A. PASSMORE, Flushing, Mild When physicians and all o methods of treatment have failed Dodd's Kidney Pills. What they for Mrs. Passmore, they will do any one similarly afflicted. 50c. a box. All dealers. Necessity may bring a man court but it knows no law. Blch. Red Blood. Morley's Sarsaparilla and from only purifies your blood but you new, rich, red blood. If you have eruptions, boils, abscesses, rheumal or scrofula, or if you have a run-diret-out feeling, try this remedy note the prompt results. $1.00 per tle. Sold by agent in every town A thrifty baker always sells who kneads himself. Best for the Bowels. No matter what ails you, head to cancer, you will never get until your bowels are put in CASCARETS help nature, cure without a gripe or pain, produce natural movements, cost you cents to start getting your health CASCARETS Candy Cathartic, genuine, put up in metal boxes, a tablet has C. C. stamped on its ware of imitations. The man who is his own best fh has few others. UPRIGHT Straight and strong is the statue when the twists and curvatures of Lumbago are cured and straightened out by St. Jacobs Oil MADE MARA ABSOLUTE SECURITY. Genuine Carter's Little Liver Pills. Must Bear Signature of Aurethood Very small end as easy to take as sugar. CARTER'S LITTLE LIVER PILLS. FOR HEADACHE. FOR DIZZINESS. FOR BILIOUSNESS. FOR TORPID LIVER. FOR CONSTIPATION. FOR SALLOW SKIN. FOR THE COMPLEXION Price 25 Cents GARANTINE MUST WAST SIGNATURE. Purify Vegetable. A Sure, relief for Asthma. Sold by well Draughts. STOWELL & CO. Charlestown, Mass. KIDDER'S PASTILLES. For the Ladies. PRIESMEYER SHOE CO. SHOES THAT WEAR. Ask Your Dealer For Them. Hungarian Government After Gypies. The Hungarian government is about to take steps to effectually put an end to the wanderings of gypies, who are so frequently to be met in that country. The stalwart Hungarian gypsy, with his multi-colored cloak, his dark-eyed, fortune-telling wife, and his crowd of half-naked children, is one of the most picturesque figures in this part of Europe. Some cough remedies hide a cough; they drug it into silence, but the irritation stays in the lungs to cause trouble. Morley's Honey Pectoral soothes, heals, strengthens and cures thoroughly. The cough stops because the cause is removed. Price, 25 cents. $6d by agent in every town. Pope Carefully Guarded. Since the assassination of King Humbert the Pope is said to have been very carefully guarded in the Vatican. It was his custom to take the air daily in the Vatican gardens, att ended by two guards and one or more prelates, but the number of guards has now been increased, and the whole demesene is searched thrice daily. $3.00 W. DOUGLAS SHOES $3.50 UNION MADE The real worth of W. L. Douglas $3.00 and 840 shoes compared with other makes is $4.00 to $5.00. Our $4 Gift Edge Line cannot be equalled at any price, over 1,000- 600 satisfied wearers. The real worth of W. W. Douglas $10.00 and compared with other makes is with other makes is with other makes. Our $1GR Edge Line must be capped at an price. Over 1,000- $200 satisfied. USE FIRST COLOR EYELETS FACTORY.BROCKTON.MASS. One pair of W. L. Duquee $3 or $3.50 shoes will positively outweigh two pairs of our $3 or $3.50 shoes. We are the largest makers of men's $3 and women's $3 shoes we make and sell more $3 and $3.50 shoes other two manufacturers in the U. S. ```markdown ``` Four boxes rule the world—the cartridge box, the ballot box, the jury box and last, but not least, the feminine hat box. C. H. Crabtreet, Des Moines, Iowa, will on request explain all about the Gladiator Gold-Mining Company; extremely interesting, write me. Some people never forget themselves they couldn't if they tried. Beware of Clintments for Catarrh That Contain Mercury. As mercury will surely destroy the sense of smell and completely derame the whole system when entering it through the mucous surfaces, when entering it through the pericapses from outside, the damage they will do is teafold to the good you can possibly derive from them. Hall's Cataract and mucous surfaces are made of Toledo, and contains no mercury, and is taken internally, acting directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces of the system. The mercury it is taken internally, and made in Toledo, Ohio by F. J. Cheney & Co. Testimonialfree. Sold by Driggers, print a bottle "La Creole" W La Creole H es of the Kid will stand no trifling because no disease none more fatal. Statistics show that n Kidney Diseases than any other disease. Is This What A Does your back ache? Do you have scanty flow of urine? Do you have frequent severe headaches Do you urinate too frequently either day Have you sand, gravel, brick dust or w Have you dark or bloody looking urine Have you dark circles around the eyes, or bloated appearance of the face Your Kidneys AND HERE IS WHERE YOU Kidney Disease does not make it firm hold on your system. Morrow' are made for Kidney Diseases and that t witnesses," three o ES FROM and gallant affection was about Sept. 20. ached. encroached examination inflammation made their Chicago, was are Stone and these serious not making own privately associates iss. dollar with the the bulletins respiration, approaching arrows. Dispatch. Diseases of the Kidneys Senator Davis made a prolonged and gallant fight with disease. Both acute nephritis and diabetes made their appearance, and Dr. Murphy, of Chicago, was summoned. He agreed with Doctors Stone and Lankester as to the presence of these serious ailments in acute form, and, while not making any public statement, he made known privately to some of Senator Davis' business associates his opinion that the case was hopeless. To those, however, who were familiar with the symptoms of acute kidney troubles the bulletins held ominous information, the rapid respiration, fluctuating pulse, delirium and approaching coma telling the story of death's nearness. "For about a year I had a dull, heavy pain in the small of my back, which would be attended by a sharp, stinging pain when lifting or stooping over it. Of the pain in my back I could not sleep and get proper rest, and would feel dull and tired when arising in the morning instead of fresh and vigorous. When Morrison tidied me, we first advertised I did not have much faith in their curative qualities, but after seeing them recommended to relieve Mr. J. C. Schoch. symptoms like my own, I procured some at Vosburgh's drug store, and took them according to directions. In a few months, I found that some old adults have done with that dull, tired feeling and I am enjoying better health than I have for years." Mr. Sechoch lives at 117 Olive Ave. S KID-NE-OIDS are prep Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are made or DW & CO., CHEMISTS, Nothing simplifies life like obedience. We sometimes think we are beet by problems, that life is a very difficult and complicated affair. It is not really so. All life is simply doing or bearing the will of God. There is never more than one duty for one moment.—Rev. H. A. Bridgman. Taboo Pets in War Times. Animal fanciers in England say that pet beasts have not been sought by fashionable women since the war began. "Pet animals are not wanted in time of war," says Jamrach, the famous animal dealer of St. George's, East. "People have far more serious things to think about and spend their money upon." Shiftless Poor Increasing. The Philadelphia Medical Journal declares that "it requires no mathematician to discover that the shiftless, the thriftless, the indigent poor—the class which produces relatively the greatest number of criminals and paupers, if not of the mentally deficient—is increasing out of all proportion to the thrifty, the well-to-do—the class which produces relatively few of the paupers and criminals." All the world's a staircase on which all men go either up or down. To be always happy, use Red Cross Ball Blue. 5c. Refuse imitations. A man of means isn't necessarily a mean man. TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY. Take LAXATIVE BROMG QUINNIE TABLETS. All drugs refund the money if it fails to cure. E. W. Grove's signature is on the box. 25c. The more a smoker fumes the less he frets. Garfield Tea is the original herb tea for the cure of constipation and sick headache; it is a specific for all disorders of stomach and bowels. Pride is the fog that surrounds in significance. Over $2,000,000 worth of thoroughbred stock was on exhibition at the greatest fat stock show that was ever held in any country, at Dexter Pavilion, Chicago, Dec. 1-8, 1900. Nearly $100,000 was paid to exhibitors in prizes. "Advance," the champion fat steer, was sold for $1.50 a pound, live weight, and weighed on the Chicago Scales Co.'s scales, the official scales of the show. This is the highest price at which any animal was ever sold for beef. We get the professional beggar with a touch of winter. An egististical artist says the sun gives him a sitting every evening. Read the Advertisements. You will enjoy this publication much better if you will get in the habit of reading the advertisements; they will afford a most interesting study and some excellent bargains. Our advertisers are reliable and send what they advertise. One smile is worth a dozen frowns at any stage of the game. U. S. SENATOR DAVIS DIES FROM KIDNEY DISEASE. The trouble had, however, steadily encephalated upon a vital organ, and on Nov. 11 examination of the urine proved the presence of inflammation of the kidneys. --- St. Paul Dispatch. Mr. J. C. Sechoh, of DuBols, Pa., convinced beyond the shadow of a doubt that Morrow's Kid no-ids cure kidney troubles promptly and to stay cured. "For about a year I had a dull, heavy pain in the small of my back, which would be attended by a sharp, stinging pain when lifting or stooping over. On account of the pain in my back, ears and a knee proper rest, and would feel dull and tired when arising in the morning instead of fresh and vigorous. When Morrow's Kid no-ids were first advertised I did not have much faith in their qualitative but after seeing them recommended to roller "La Creole" Will Restore those Gray Hairs La Creole Hair Restorer is a Perfect Dressing and Restorer Price $1.00. will stand no trifling because no disease is so deceptive and none more fatal. Statistics show that more people die from Kidney Diseases than any other disease. Is This What Ails You? Do you have scanty flow of urine? Do you have frequent severe headaches? Do you urinate too frequently either day or night. Have you sand, gravel, brick dust or white mucous in your urine? Have you dark or bloody looking urine which scalds when voiding? Have you dark circles around the eyes, puffiness under the eyes, or bloated appearance of the face in the morning? Kidney Disease does not make itself felt until it has secured a firm hold on your system. Morrow's Kid-ne-oids are made for Kidney Diseases and that they cure Kidney Diseases can be attested by a "cloud of living witnesses," three of which give voluntary testimony below: Baseball players; Golf players; all players chew White's Yucatan whilst playing. Silence speaks much, words more and actions most of all. Honor follows those who precede it but it flees from those who pursue it. Coughs tell you that there is something wrong in throat or lungs. It is the cause, not the cough, that you must look after. Morley's Honey Pectoral searches out the cause of trouble, it heals the inflamed surfaces, stops the irritation, loosens the cough and cures you thoroughly. Sold by agent in every town. A man's character is often shown by what he considers laughable. Carter's Ink has a good deep color and it does not strain the eyes. Carter's doesn't fade. Unless the whole mind is given to a task it cannot be accomplished. Faded hair recovers its youthful color and softness by the heat of fire. Hair is HALIAN HINDERCOINS, the best cure for corns. 10cts. Yearning for riches is the mother of discontent. Piso's Cure for Consumption is an infallible medicine for coughs and colds.—N. W. SAMUEL, Ocean Grove, N. J., Feb. 17, 1900. It isolly to draw a bill on a blind man payable at sight. Dyeing is as simple as washing when you use PUTNAM FADELESS DYES. Digger Indians seldom smile, 'tis said. They must be grave Diggers. FITSPermanentCured.Nails or nervousness after first day's use of Dr. Kline's G. At Nerv. Rehour. Send to FREE $2.00 in all bottle and treats DR.R.H. KUNE.Ld.331 Arch S. Philadelphia.Ph An Irish politician says that half the lies told about him are not true. Ladies who take pride in clear, white clothes should use Red Cross Ball Blue. Don't think a man's a fool because he doesn't think as you do. DuBoise, Pa. and is always glad to say a good word for that peeled kidney remedy—Kid-ne-olds. Mrs. Gold Campman 48 River St., Sharon, Pa., graphically describes her condition before and after she used Morrow's Kid-ne-olds, hoping to see a change. Some other woman to get rid of the debilitating backaches so common to the female sex. Sharon, Pa., Nov. 8, 1900. John Morrow & Co. Dear Sirs: "I take pleasure in recommending your medicine to the public in the hope that it may benefit others as it has me. Three years ago in March I was attacked with a severe foot infection." Sharon, Pa., Nov. 8, 1900. John Morrow & Co. Dear Sirs: 'I take pleasure in treating your medicine to the public in the hope that it may benefit others as it has me. Three years ago in March I was at a corner which ver which left me in a miserable, weak condition. About one year ago, after my kidnows became affected, the pain in my back was so bad I could not sit up or lie down. I saw Morrow's Kid-ne-olds highly recommended and procured a Kid-ne-old from them which resulted in a cure. I have taken in all three boxes and consider the medicine so good GOVERNOR Uses Pe-ru-na For Colds OF OREGON in His Family and Grip. CAPITOL BUILDING, SALEM, OREGON. The Governor of Oregon is an ardent admirer of Pe-ru-na. He keeps it continually in the house. In a recent letter to Dr. Hartman he says: The Pe-ru-na Medicine Co., Columbus, Ohio: Dear Sirs: I have had occasion to use your Pe-ru-na medicine in my family for colds, and it proved to be an excellent remedy. I have not had occasion to use it for other ailments. Yours very truly, W. M. Lord. Any man who wishes perfect health must be entirely free from catarrh. Catarrh is well-nigh universal; almost omnipresent. Pe-ru-na is the only absolute safeguard known. A cold is the beginning of catarrh. To prevent colds, to cure colds, is to cheat ca- FREE ELECTRIC BELT OFFER WITH TEN DAYS FREE WEARING BELTS FOR FURTHER FORMAL FURNISHING THE GUINEA AND GENERAL ELECTRIC BELTS ALSO CURRENT ELECTRIC BELTS TO ANY READER OF THIS PAPER. COSTS ALMOST NOTHING COMPARED with most all other treatments. BELTS, appliances and remedies fall. QUICK CURE for more than 30 ailments. ONLY SCREENED FOR all nervous diseases, wreakiness and disorientation. QUICK CURE FOR wrinkles and discoloration. QUICK CURE FOR custome and costful mail. SEARS, ROEBUCK & CO., Chicago. Pe-ru-na for other son for this is, me begin with a cold. promptly cure cold family against other is exactly what ever the United States Pe-ru-na in the coughs, colds, la climatic affections will be no other all. Such families should selfs with a copy free book, entitled Address Dr. Hartm. WILL so when in buying Sewing Machine Watches, Blanket, Engine, Furniture, The Bath Seal, Chicago. WITHOUT EEE unless successful Send description and get free opinion. WENS & CO. Estab. 1841. WASHINGTON, D.C. 20, Cleveland and Detroit. WINCHESTER SHOTGUNS and FACTORY LOADED SHOTGUN SHELLS the winning combination in the field or at the trap. All dealers sell them. WINCHESTER REPEATING ARMS CO. 130 WINCHESTER AVE., NEW HAVEN, CONN. rose Gray Haze and Restorer Price $100 Will Restore those G Neole Hair Restorer is a Perfect Dressing and Restorer Pro Kidneys no disease is so deceptive and now that more people die from other disease. What Ails You? Urine? Headaches? either day or night. Dust or white mucous in your urine? ing urine which scalds when voiding? the eyes, puffiness under the eyes, of the face in the morning? Are Sick WHERE YOUR DANGER LIES: it make itself felt until it has secured a How's Kid-ne-oids and that they cure Kidney Diseases can be attested by a "cloud of living ," three of which give voluntary testimony below: a good word Kid-ne-oids. Sharon, Pa. before and honing by for kidney troubles that I will take no other." Yours truly, Mrs. Gold Campman. Graphite interview given our reporter by Mrs. D. S. Stormer, of Altoona, Pa., who suffered for years with kidney troubles. All the Testimonials and letters published ID-NE-OIDS of living ll the testimonials and letters published by John Morrow&Co. are true. They are proof positive of the great merit of the debilitates so com- female sex. Pa., Nov. 8, Morrow & I have a recommend- dine to the e hope that it others as Three years ch I was at a severe fo- a weak condi- kidnurs be- the hospital for a time, but it seemed that my disease was incurable. My suffering was terri- ble, especially with my back. I had row's Kid-neo-oids ad- vertised and recom- mended so highly by other persons whose symptoms were simi- lar to my own that I decided to try them. I began to im- prove. I two or three days after I commenced to take proof positive of the great merit of Morrow's Kid-neo-oids. Each name and address is correctly given; if you M'S name ess is f you m tamp r er. are for sale by all druggists or by mail prepaid on receipt of 50 cents. re made only by SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. Mortality Among War Correspondents Attention is called to the number of casualties among newspaper representatives who went out to South Africa to 'describe the Boer war. They scarcely ran the same risks as the soldiers, but they appear to have suffered in a far higher degree. All told, they were ninety in number, and only fifteen of them reached Pretoria. The mortality was 15% per cent.—London Letter New York Tribune. Burst a Land of Home Several of the European general staffs are studying the feasibility of organizing special corps something after the Boer model. The principal difficulty lies in the limited supply of horses at the command of the various governments, with the exception of Russia. The last equine census in that country is stated to have shown considerably more than 10,000,000 horses fit for war purposes. Heated Poker Controls Tigera. "When all other methods of controlling wild beasts fail, the keeper has only to employ an iron rod which has been made red-hot at one end," says an old circus man. Lions and tigers will crine bfore the heated poker, and no matter how restless and fretful they may have been, the sight of the glowing iron immediately brings them to their best of animal senses." Pterylography of the Caprimulgidae. Among the papers read at the convention of American ornithologists in Cambridge, Mass., a few days ago was a most interesting little thing on "The Pterylosis of Podargus, With Notes on the Pterylography of the Caprimulgidae." A school teacher says he whips his pupils to make them smart. It is well to remember that GARFIELD TEA cleanses the system, purifies the blood, regulates the liver and kidneys and cures chronic constipation. The history of mankind is an immense volume of errors. The Best Prescription for Chills and Fever is a bottle of GROVE'S TASTELESS CHILL TONIC. It is simply iron and quinine in a tasteless form. No cure—no pay. Price, 500. A fellow who has a smiling countenance often has a red nose. Most in Quantity, Best in Quality. Morley's Sarsaparilla and Iron is a tonic, a blood purifier and a blood maker. It does not stop with merely curing certain diseases, like scrofula, sores, abscesses, etc., but cleanses and builds up the whole system. All who have tried it say there is more cure in one bottle of Morley's Sarsaparilla and iron than in six of any other kind. Sold by agent in every town. Our 160 page illustrated catalogue. The greatest favorites are not the people who are always asking favors. "I suffered several years with kidney trouble and did considerable doctoring, even going to ctoring, even going to the hospital for a time, but it seemed that my disease was incurable. My suffering was terrible, especially with my back. I saw Morrison advertised and I resumed so highly by other persons whose symptoms were similar to my own that I decided to try them. I began to improve in two or three days after I commenced to take the hospital for a time, but it seemed that my disease was incurable. My suffering was terrible with my back. I saw Morrow's Kid-ne-olds advertised and recommended so highly by other persons whose symptoms were similar to my own that I decided to try them. I began to improve in two or three days after I commenced to take them and decided to improve until the pain in my back has all disappeared. I have felt like a new person since taking Kid-ne-olds and am only too glad to be able to recommend such a valuable medicine." Mrs. Stern resides at 1615 7th Ave., Altoona, Pa. SPRINGFIELD, OHIO. tarrh out of its victims. Pe-ru-na not only cures catarrh, but prevents. Every household should be supplied with this great remedy for coughs, colds and so forth. It will be noticed that the Governor says he has not had occasion to use Pe-ru-na for other ailments. The reason for this is, most other ailments begin with a cold. Using Pe-ru-na to promptly cure colds, he protects his family against other ailments. This is exactly what every other family in the United States should do. Keep Pe-ru-na in the house. Use it for coughs, colds, la gripe, and other climatic affections of winter, and there will be no other ailments in the house. Such families should provide themselves with a copy of Dr. Hartman's free book, entitled "Winter Catarrh." Address Dr. Hartman, Columbus O. WILL go further with the G. S. Go. than with any other reliable firm in Nuring, Boulder, Business, Including Furniture, Books, Machines, Sewing Machines, Planes, Organa, Watches, Bicycles, Sales, Blacksmiths, Tools, Milk, Lathe, Gasoline and Steam Engines, Plows, Scrapers, Carriages, Harrows, Saddles, Wire Fencing and SCALES of All Warehouses. The Premium Wagon or Stock Scale, Steel Frames, Lists free, Chicago Scale Co. CHICAGO, IL. DROPSY NEW DISCOVERY, gives quick roller and cures worst cases. Book of testimonials issued 10 DAYS to testimon FREE. DE. H. H. GREEN'S. ONS. Box E, Atlanta, Ga. W.N.U. WICHITA-NO.-52-1900 When Answering Advertisements Kindly Mention This Paper. ESTER GUNS SHOTGUN SHELLS in the field or at all them. HATING ARMS CO. NEW HAVEN, CONN. Winchoster Factory loaded shotgun shells, "NEWRIVAL," "LEADER," and "REPEATER." A trial will prove their superiority. Ray Hairs Price $1.00 OW's - OIDS Morrow's Cure Sick Kidneys. State Ledger. SUBSCRIPTION six months 750 One Year 1.50 ALL SUBSCRIPTIONS CASH IN ADVANCE sutured at post office at Topeka, Kansas, at se udclass-rates. Published every Saturday at 431 Kan. ave 1.00 in advance GIBRALTAR DRUG CO 833 KANSAS AVENUE. Topeka, Kansas HOMEPATHIC REMEDIES. AKT MA TERTIALS. MANNING & HALL. Dealer In Farm Implements, Harness. Stoves. TINWARE, VEHICLES, HARNESS. PUMPS. GLUCKS Gypsum, Kas PHYSICIANS. I. A. SHIELDS M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office and Residence: 1331 VanPuren St alls promptly attended. DR.AGNES McKEE WAL LACE. Office 724 Kan. Ave, Phone 250 H. B. HOGEBOOM PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, 330 Kans Ave. All calls promptly attended. 1el 14. DR; C. A. TAYLOR. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. Office Hours, 9 to 11 a.m. From 2 to 5 p. m. OFFICE 226½ KAS, AVE. (Cover Kohl's Drug Store.) Wm. B, Swan, M. D 725 Kansas Avenue, Tropeka, office hours, 71:00 to 12:00, 2:00 to 4:30 pm Residence 024 Buchana St. Bell Telephone, 660 GEORGE DICK, M. D, Homeopathist Residence 626 Fillmo St. Telephone 360. Office 807 Kansas Avenus. Wm. E. JACKSON, M. D. PHYSICIAN and SURGEON. OFFICE HOURS; 9 TO 11 A.M. TO 5, and 7 TO 9 P.M. Sunday Hours. 1 to 3 P.M. OFFICE 404 Kas, Ave. Tele. 635, (Over Wallace Drug Store.) DR J. C. ISERMAN Office 112 East 6th street Calls Promptly Attended To. Special Attention Given, to Disease Stomach and Lungs and Fe.nale Trout es. Office Hours: -9 to 12-2 to 5-7 to 9 phone DR, R. O, RHODES, OFFICE 600 Kansas ave. Topeka, Kansas (Over Hub Clothing C.) FFICE HOURS: 9 to 11 A, M. 2 to 5 P M. Residence, 900 West Sixth street Phone 656. S, G, STEWART, M. D. OFICE 621 KANSAS AVE. TELEPHONE 544. Residence 112 East 7th Street. TELEPHONE 442. a14 Dr, Dutton's Botanic Blood and St0mach Cures INDIGESTION, LIVER trouble and R.EUMATISM. Sold by W. A. Travis, Shorey, P. Miller's Pharma 6th & TOPEKA AVL. Drug, s Medicines, Prescriptions Carefully Compounded. Give Us a Trial. C. F. MENNINGER, M, D. Office 727 Kansas Ave. Telephone 19. Office Hours: 11-12 A. M. 2-5 P. M. Residence 125 Topeka Ave. Telephone 85. J. M JAMISON, M. D, Office 506 East 4th Street. Office Hours: From 8 to 10 A. M. M to 3 P. M. P, M, to 9 P. Mf Special attention cases of woman and private diseases. FRED BURNISON. ... Dealer In... Lumber-Lime-Cement-Coal-and-Stone. MARQUETTE, KANS. JOHN MILLER, Dealer In Flour, Feed, Grah, Hay And all kinds of Coal. 120 East Eighth St. J, E, PETERSON—on Marquette, runs the best HOTEL and RESTAURANT in the city give him caall. HOLE IN WALL When in LAWRENCE' step at WEYER-MULLER'S RESTAURANT—HORT ORDER. Open D v and Nigh 720 Mass., Stroet. G, ELLINGER & Co. General Merchandise. Jobbers of Brooms. Shippers of Apples. Solicit orders from Jobbers and Retilers Handling Brooms in quantities. We can save you 25 to 40 per cent. Send US Your ORDERS. G. ELLINGER & CO., Corning, Kansas. THE UNIQUE RESTAURANT 116 East 6th St. Short Order and Lunch. Serve you while you wa M. Hogan. Undertaker And Reliable in His Dealings--Open day and Night.--314 Kan. Avenue. Home Bakery J. M. JEFFRIES, Prop. 810 N Kas. Ave. (Successor to Geo. Mayer.) Wholesale and Retail Bakery goods, We Sochit Your Trade, We will Serve You Right LANDIS HOME BAKERY, Many years experience. French home Bakery 316 E. 4th St. Open day and night. Quick service, Rahrer's Restaurant 615 East Fifth St, Opposite Santa Fe Depot, C, A, RAHRER, Prop. PUBLICATION NOTICE. In the District Court of Shawn e County Kansas. Iva Panola King Plaintiff. vs. Case No. 20905. Edward Wilyard King. D defendant. State of Kansas to Edward Wilyard King quiring: you are hereby notified that you have been sued in the District Court of Shawnee county in the above entitled cause, and unless you answer the petition of the plaintiff filed therein on or before the 12th day of Meh, 1901, the allegations contained therein will be taken as true and judgement rendered against you granting plaintiff there in a divorce from you and the control and custody of your minor child, Verna Merle King and for such other and further relief as may seem proper to the court. Iva Panola Fing. Attest. A. M. Callaham, Clerk Dist Court. D'oo BOOK EXCHANGE Stationery and all kinds of writing material—832 Kansas avenue KANNE & STUIVE, FARM. MACHINERY. WIND MILLS, PUPS and Also Handle the JACK OF ALL TRADES ENGINE. Useful to All Farmers LINN, KANS KANE & STUIVE, THE RACKET Mrs. Q. Campbell..Prop. Finest line of goods ever carried. Come in and examine our stock..always pleased to see you. Mrs. Q. Campbell, Conway Springs Kansas. I. N. GOODWIN Dealer In ```markdown ``` Glassware, Crockeryware and general Merchandise. Ransom, Kans. J. W KELLEY, DEALER IN Staple and Fancy Groceries Give Him Call. 119 N. Main Street. Ottawa, Kas. HAYS & SNYDER 921 Kas., Ave.. DEALER IN Feed, Hay and Grain and all kinds of Coal. A share of your patronage is desired. Tele, 349. W. B W^RREN The HOTAMALE manufacturer has opened his parlor at 413 Norris's street, North Torkea for the season. He can serve you with the delicious food while you wait. Give him a call 413 Morris's St. C. E. ROGERS Dealer In Farm Implen.ents and machinery and the (patent coop) for shipping purpose. Harper, Kans. James B. Beavers, Defendant. To James B. Beavers, the above named defendant you are hereby notified that you have been sued by Minnie Beavers, your wife for divorce. That said plaintiff filed her petition with the Clerk of the district Court of Shawnee County Kansas on the 30th day of November, 1900 and unless you answer the same on or before the 5th day of Feb., 1901 the said petition will be taken as true and judgement rendered against you divorcing said plaintiff from you and giving such and further relief as may to the court seem just and proper. Minnie Beavers, Plaintiff (Attest) A. M. Callaham, Clerk of Dist. Court. By I. S. Curtis, Dep. D2500 Pure Tea and Spices etc. TOPEXA.SPICE MILLS 109 E.Sixth Street. WOOLEY S BAKEKY, The place to trade. The best Bakery goods kept on hand daily. 915 Kas. Ave., W. T. WILEY. DEALER IN. Staple and Fancy Groeries. Fresh and Cured Meats, Fish, Poultry...and Country Produce. Give him a call. 931 Kas Ave. Tele. 291 TURNER BROS., Fine Restaurant. Meals and Short Order. BURLINGAME KAS A: SHIMMOM'S A: SHIMMOM'S for anything you want in the line of New and Second Hand goods Mass., Street., Lawrence Kans. Kansas Packing SCHMIDT L. 306 E. 2 N. Deal FRESH AND C Wholesale and Retail GO LOUIS VANDORP. Kansas Packing House Market SCHMIDT PRO'S, Prop's, 706 E. 2ND STREET Dealers In FRESH AND CURED MEATS. Wholesale and Retail. Give Them Your Treals LOUIS VANDORP. FCR HARDWARE and STOVES Screen Doors, Ice Cream Freezers, Hammocks* and Garden-Tools. These are the things you need Give hima call 828 Kansas Pine JAMES. SMITH, DEALER IN Mides, Tallow, Furs and Pelts. 108 and 110 East Third Street. Topeka, K. Pays highest prices for consignment trade. REFERENCES: Chas. Woff Packing Co., Topeka. Bank of Topeke. R. G. Dun's Com'l Agency Topeka. W. H. WARD, HARD-WARE, IMPLEMENTS AND STOVES. GYPSON CITY, KANS GOTO FURMAN'S FOR YOUR Shoes and Slippers. at low prices. 628 Kansas Avenue. E.H. UPSHAW. Peoples Feed, 537 Kansas Avenue, North Topeka. Full weights. Goods promptly delivered. ...SEE UNCLE SAM AT 512 KAS. AVE., For a new Clock or fine Watch eparing The best up-to-date and most polite jeweler in the city. See Uncle Sam, 512 Kas. ave The Diamond Drug Store, 6th and Buchanan Streets Give them a call. Remember that the Davis Mercantil Co. 601 Topeka Avenue the place to patronize You will get your money's worth by trying the Davis Mercantile Go. GO TO E. W. Griggs for photos, fine pictures. Car--901Kas. ave Gen'l Odell, and H. Lambertson have been trying to make it miserable for a member of their own race by letting others use them or drag them to a fight where no possible show would be for them to win the marshal ship of the city court. It is a shameful procedure and the people are rebuking it. Miss Alca Rockafeller, the richest girl in the world, a paragon of refinement and beauty, tells the world in an interview that she is not happy. Money does not make happiness: An Emporia girl who has just landed a four dollar a week fellow is so happy that she can taste it. Ex UNEEDA RABBITRY DOMESTICS OF EIGHT FINEST STRAINS prices the lowest, Edinboro, Ione, Score 95 at Stud, Fee $5.00 Write us, A. L. TYSON, Mgr DENNISON, KAS. PINKSTON BROS.. Flour Feed and Grain. Reliable Dealers. Headquarters for any- thing you want in their line. Call and see them----517 N. Main St. Wichita, Kans. GUST. JOHNSON. DEALER IN. OSAGE CITY SHAFT COAL and all other kinds. 60H East Second St. Tele: 557 BELGIAN HARES STOCK FOR SALE SIRED BY CHAMPION DASH. BANBURY STAR. DR.WINSLOW 704 Mass., Lawrence, Kansas Dr, W, H' Winslow, does a general practice. Special attention given the eye and ear. Spectacles fitted, urnishes to patient at wholesale rates; Office 704 Mass., Street Tele. 260-5, Residence, 1901 New Hamshire street. Tele. 1912. J, E. RODMAN, FLORIR/ST. Plants for windows and beding. Society emblems in flowers a specialty. Green houses 12th and Monroe Sts. Store 105 W. 8th. St. Probably the most remarkable election ever held in this country was that of seven municipal officers at Eudora Mississippi, recently. Only eight votes were cast, seven of them by the candidates who were elected, and six of those candidates were judges and commissioners of election—Ex. 707 KANSAS AVENUE H. W. THUDIUM, Prop. TELE 323