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THE NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAI Vo those desiring barg -+ the PALACE SUPPLY HOUSE, t wher ‘chased in job lots a large and elegant assortinent of have just returned from the east where T purchased in job lots a large Mationer), Faney Candle Tohae HOLIDAY GOODS, In Plush, Wood, China and Silverwares, which I de- in endless variety. a : 2 i ss yeaa ok ae January ist, 1886, and as an eer I ps a pokeg an ae or than ever before offered in hese guods at trom.25 to 50 per cent lower than e€ eS. thi ig te, = fice cee Pooh ied at hard time prices, they wi 1 ES ne jon that basis. In order to introduce to the public this CHE? ay IR CASH HOUSE, that they may secure their toilet and the many eee ce this ether articles the trade demands. 1 propose to make tt ow For New Years Gi SPECIA To each person purchasing fron worth of Gocds I wiil present at title the holder to a SILVER CA ranted to me tur wore ad Dom me a cket bearing a } £5 2+ +)}); t fe iy a - . act tha i i idays : Tes *j o Jenve to eall your attention to the f: ains during the holidays and thereafter, | beg le ee ae which will soon open in the room under Palace ( : any onetime, ONE number which may en- STOR worth $15 00, which ts war- 20 years and has always retailed at $18 oo. — 4 t Vou can Secure 4 M. McKibby le le NE The dis wr is bound to get the Castor. tion is to take place when 200. tickets been presented. fts Free. Every Mau, Woman éChi And the person that will call at the Supply ON EXHIBITION. “107 BEDSTEADS, 29 STYLES 49 IN WAREHOUSE. | oe | One Cat Load 400on the Road iThe best ever offered for the money. | j } The Heaviest Rai! sou ever saw on a Cheap Bed. efa House Furniture Store. i { ' leneeientatiahadaieeie ae PHARIS & SON, DEALERS IN— Groceries, Flour, Feed, &¢ THE HIGHES’ MARKET PRICE PAID FOR SUTTER, EGGS, POTATOES And All Kinds ot Country Produce. We Sed The - Famous - Tebo - Flour! Farmers, come and sce iis. We taink we can do vou good, SOUTH SIDE SQUARPF. BUTLER, MISSOURI. | The Foot of the ! lestial Empire, and | | ; for actually the latter were not able to Hlouse and make the nearest guess on the number the purpose will be entitled toa SILVER BUTTER DISH WORTH §$8 OO, just for “ood guessing. witch in and one of the most liberal offers ever made in Butler, to ob ¥ This House will be ! Constable—Pu A namber of American doctors, who have for three years been practicing their profession in the hospital at Shanj- hai, China, turned recen to this country, brin with thefn misny curi- ous mementoes of thei yin the Ce- » and ¥ the amusing stories of t people. “Of course we take the New York | papers,” said Dr. Park. ‘We've got to | do that to keep abreast of the times. There are many ne apers in Ghina, but they are stale, always. Their cireu- lation is small, because the people; asa rule, don't like to reul. The news of the day is circulated at teaslrinking shops in all the cities, where the people congregate in the evening. A few who have read the daily papers do the talk- ing, the others guthering around to hear the news, and all commenting upon whatever is of interest."’ “The Empress’ foot?"’ he continued, in answer to an inquiry. ‘Ob, yes, it's of pretty d size; about » No. 2, 1 should There have never been any clamps on her foot. But the ladies of the Imperial court. Their little, de- | formed, shapeless feet are curiosities. | Some of these elegant ladies came to the ; hospital one day and I had the pleasure of showing them through the institu- tion. They were accompanied by nu- merous sttendants, whose chief duty seemed to be to support their mistresses, stand alone, much less to walk. Their feet, I think, did not exceed four inches in length. j “One night at Soo Chow I was awak- | ened by aloud ringing of gongs. So unusual was the sound that I got up, | dressed and went out in the «treet & pocine weisee the whole city on ft at it was only a policeman “patrol his beat. The operations of the police sre all open and above board. They would rather frighten a thief than ar- | rest him. They patro! the streets a2 | night armed with lanterns and gongs, | beating the latter, and any offender within hearing of the unearthly wois.- has ample time for disappearing. “In America the Chinese have a repu- tation for thievery: I don't krow Why. In my experience with them I have dis- | covered that they follow the old rule of the horse-thief—never to steul a bor. unless he is the fastest | . neighborhood. never steal when there is the t possibility of their being detected. When they emery ee they steal sys- tematically and in gangs. ese gangs are all responsible, and are obliced to Iwport to the constituted head of the profession, called the king. He iy in | with the officials of the ditferent citivs, j ch - | | ties of tex 28 follows: The very co | in Spruce townshi y i the est and any one familiar with the fact 4 Ae e very coarse Pruce township, Bates county, Mo. sed of sufficient means, need never | 2 Jemaining after the first sifting | and posted betore James Wildes, Justice Gonmneea hore heen Saas Higa ing in China, for ail he has to | (*hich ends the “making” ) is called Bo- | of the Peace. One 3 year old cow! cates | 23 nty, Missouri, bearing date i do to secure the return of stolen prop | hea, and the second quality Souchong. | 7 with crumply horns, white in fore- | November, A ow erty is to make these officials a ras | Flowery Pekoe is the verv you shoot, | head, white str Pe On iett hip, white belly | 968% wt anid ontase apexes ty is e these official Teason- - A “,¢ bush of the tai} whi to him for allowanre, able offer for it. , | oe .& down on it, called” the “flower. | meneee eae ee £27 | date of said letters. or they “The Chinese city, as a rule, has ng | ‘Facing tie simply cooking it in an | Tabor and I. N. Tohot at erie | claims be bot eubibited witais fire department, and it is the duty of the *f08 pan. by which means principally dollars, this 19th day of eget ee | the date of the publication of le un le to prevent fires breaking ‘out, 2708 tex acquires its color. ay mets a et wa Cates" | MID be forever bared et | failure to do s0, DEINE Cos vee | } to be present i | two hear the cases together. | not decided for several days because of } their disagreement. | | di all concerned.” —.. prevent the dispensing of mo quinine a stri; riveted over taining it, the neck bring with a torpedo so arrangiat and shatter the stee] when the taken in hand. If the clerk + will know that phine. i t us un a handsome leadguarters for SANTA SLI During the holidays, remember that and don't buy until vou have examined our line of Goods. ind subjecting him to a public While a destructive fire was raging in Seo Chow, in the course of my visit there the populace, instead of making un attempt to quench the flames, de- voted their entire attention to the whip- ping of the 5 who was so king on > then He paye to fill iY na sinall monthly his place, but if the fell ary happens not on emergency ade h to suffer. { athrushing | substitute. | “In the matter of su! curious analogy in Ch tom in England of bury one who has taken his the const own cross-roads, with a stuke through the life, at a body. In China the body of one wuo is 80 irreverent as to commit suicide with- in the precincts of that portion of Pekin in which the Imperial court is situated is solemnly brought to some public place —8 bridge, for instance—and flog Whether the effect produced by such | flogging is wholesome or not I have no means of judging, but the foolishness of the custom reminds me of the stor about the man who, having killed the dog that bit him, continaed to beat and kick it until a friend remonstrated, tell- ing him that the brute was dead. ‘I | know he’s dead,’ he said between a teeth, ‘but I'll teaci: him. gol darn him, that there's some hell and punishment after death.’ és _ ‘In a police court in Shanghai a for- } eign consul generally occupies the } bench with the legal magistrate and the | Sometimes | they get at loggerheads, and a case is Ihave known the white judge to remain away from court for 4 week at a time because China- mar, having been bought up by one of the litigants, wished to decide in his favor, and the white man wouldn't agrees — to do so. After # while one or the other —the Chinaman generally the court proceeds to the seti issatisfaction, as the case m-: a. Tetbune, —— ; The Western Druggist thinks that to | oe for | of steel should be firmly he mouth of the vial con- first plugged as to explode Poison is urvives he | the shock meant mor- ' A writer from the tea districts of Northern India defines the different varie j New Year «s of beans which T have prepared This mutual IS @ present. By Agree NEAR E POT. We desire to say to the tarming community that we are a0 Prepared to receive Corn in any quantity. We have rec ly overhauled our Machinery, and now have ample facil tor handling Corn easily and expeditiously, Dumps Are Convyenie Grade very easy and perfectiy safe. To those who nate the past so liberally favored us, we return our hearty that and respecttully ask a continuance ‘of their patronage. those who have not heretofore dezit with us, we desire to mf that we earnestly solicit a trial, believing that our mode @ doing business will meet your approval, and, if so, stall deavor to merit a share of your patronage. We have s lat quantity of ok SO] OMe oo) OF. Oo. ae T°) specially selected for somMing purposes, to lown for the of 1355, and Ge invite all parties who contemplate % corto come and see us hetore making thet seed, as we Know We Caz Do Tom o 4 " "What sa man what he Come and «- JOHN A. LEFKER & Cl ‘oes is the thing, a0¢ Stray Notice Taken up and posted by D. W. Cloud Notices Notice fs hereoy Niaie of AD