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The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-12-14
KENDALL's SPAWN CURE.
From
Col. T.. Y'. Foster

YOUNGSTOWN, Quo, May 10th. 1880.
Dr. B. y KENDALL 4 CO. GEsTs.-I had very
valuable Iiamhlelonian colt which priced very highly
he had large bone SPAWN joint and n smaller
tho other witch inside him very lame had him
under the charge Of two Veterinary Surgeons who fail
ed 70 cure him. l was day reading the advertise
ment u KGNpALLs SPAWN CURE in tho Chicago FIX
press determined at 10 Try It and got Drug
gists here 10 send for H. they ordered three bottles
took them ali AMI thought would give 1t thorough
trial ae or,in TO directions aud by the fourth
day The colt ceased to he lame and the humps have
tirely disappeared usen hut one bottle and the colts
limbs are us free from Jumps and rs smooth as any
horse In the tic Ia entlrels CURED. The
remarkable that let MY beighho have the
remaining two hotties, who are now us1g It,
Very respectfully.
The Lambertville record. [volume] (Lambertville, N.J.) 1872-1968, 1881-12-14

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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18
Hydrophobia.

The dog is mans faithful friend, but
when under the influence of rabies,
one puncture of his teeth may cause
death, under the circumstances abso-
lutely appalling. We knew case in
which hydrophobia caused the death of
horse, that actually never was in
contact with the mad dog. The horse
was much valued by the owner, a well
known Wisconsin man, and the dog
was a favorite which had enjoyed
comfortable quarters in the stable a
long time, before there were any dam
gerous symptoms. When rabies ap-
peared in the dog, there was no person
in the stable that knew what was the
matter, and boy used to tease the
poor creature by dropping the end of
the horses halter low enough to in
duce the dog to bite it. The disease
became mmistakable and the dog was
shot. Some days later the halter that
had been bitten by the infurated ami
NAL, was used for the horse, and an
abrasion near the nose was inoculated
with the virus on the rope. No one
guessed what might be the disturbing
cause, but the horse was put to death,
suffering the worst symptoms of hydro
phobia, and years elapsed before the
boy who was responsible for the loss,
dared to confess his share in the trans
action. Sir Thomas Watson has pub.
lished an essay on this disease that de-
serves close attention. He says that
one of the first signs of hydrophobia
in the dog is that his eyes squint and
scintillate in manner quite unusual
Its position is changed every moment
it looks distrustfully on all who come
near and licks some parts of its body
upon which scars will generally bt
found. 1t becomes capricious in eating
will try to swallow bitso string. coal
straws. The creature grows snappisf
and inclined to bite, while saliva con
stantly flows. The disease runs from
four to eight days; when suspected the
dog should be isolated and watched.
and killed if undoubtedly rabid. Hy.
drophobia has increased in the United
Kingdom, especially in manufacturing
and commercial centers, where dog
are kept under conditions unfavorabl,
to health. Two years ago the diseas,
was alarmingly prevalent in Paris
No less than 4.500 dogs were kilie(
by the authorities in July and August
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18
LeadvilIe's New Sunday.


A Sunday in Leadville to-day is very
different from what it was two years
or even year ago. AT that time the
only distinction between the days of
the week was that ON Sunday. if any
thing, more business was done, and the
crowd on the streets was greater. 1t
was the day generally selected for all
kinds of entertainments, and, with the
exception of one or two modest con-
gregations that met for religious SER
vices wherever they could find spare
room, there was little or no opposition
to the attraction of the theaters and
billiard halls. Merchants and clerks
looked forward to it as a day of extra
long hours and hard work. At the
mines the seven days were one and the
same, and the fashion which they set
was the one which generally obtained.
The sound of church bells would have
been mistaken for a fire alarm, so
novel would it have seemed, and even
the strictest church-goers at home had
to keep track of the days of the week
merely by the aid of the almanac.
Gradually few leading merchants
closed their doors on Sunday, and its
importance as an exceptional day of
business began to decline. Others fol-
lowed the example thus set, and a
gradual reaction set in, until many of
the mines discontinued all work not
absolutely necessary. Still the day re-
mained more of holiday than one of
religious observance, as in the free
dom of western mining town it will
always remain to greater or less ex-
tent. During the transformation the
various religious denominations had
been organizing and gaining strength,
and soon the proverblal liberality of a
mining community was seen in the
number of handsome churches that
arose. Fortunately their pulpits were
filled with liberal minded men, who
could sympathize with the sentiments
and rough customs of a new commu-
nifty and were thus able TO exercise an in
fluence that would otherwise have
been but little felt, and if the
idea of pastor presiding over
dancing party among his parish
toner's seems a little too liberal to
some of the good conservative people
in the east, they must remember the
story of Mohamet and the mountain,
as well as the greater freedom and lib
erality of the western and especially
mountain customs and ideas. Practical,
common sense preaching, and earnest,
parochial work have built up large
and healthy cong eregations, and when
the church bells ring this morning, the
Sabbath quiet of the streets, and the
throngs of well dressed and intelligent
looking people, vending their way to
the church, will bear witness that the
orthodox Sunday has at last reached
Leadville.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18
Sunset Cox in Paris.

In letter to the New York Tele.
gram Sunset Cox gives his Observa-
tiOnS in Paris as follows: my first
adventure in Paris, was, of course d
visit TO the Chamber of Deputies. ]
got into the diplomatic box, and the
farce of Box and Cox was played, ]
being spectator. The debate was a
little lively, but no heads were smashed
and no duels consequent, it was not con.
sidered much here except by strangers.
You should hear Judge Thurman
upon the eccentricities and exaggera.
tions of French legislators. L was
prepared for some quadrumanouS mo-
tions and activities, but to see the
whole assembly, including the presid-
ing officer, on wild, incOherent rat
tlebang-with interruptions only re.
lieved by the incestant tappings of a
paper-knife, and the tintinabulations
of a bell rung by the Speakers be-
yond description and far beyond our
worst saturnalia in Congress. In ap-
pearence the French parliamentarians
do not look, dress or walk differently
from the English or American solons
but they can out-talk and Out-gesture
all the nationalities with their babel
and prancing. The debate was on a
grave theme, no less than the amend
ment of their Constitution and some
of their leaders took part, or seemed
to, where all led.
This city is filled with foreigners
The attractions of the gardens and the
Bois and the galleries of the Louvre
and the salon-not to speak of the
ever-moving panorama of the popula
tion-is an ever-recurring delight
How resplendent the city shines
under these first days of summer, so un
like London, with its smoke, even in
its brightest spring weather. From
my window-Or, rather, from the
big leaden gutter under the mansarC
roof of the Hotel Meurice, where, pro
tected by a high railing, 1 sit as in {
balcony-I look down upon the gar
dens of the Tuilleries. From then
arise the noise of the boys at play, tht
chirrup of birds, the fragrance o1
the flowers and the rumble of carriag
es and omnibuses, while to the eye, OF
the left, is the remnant of the Tuiller
les, the work and wreck of the Com
mune. Over to the southwest burn
in the light the golden dome of th'
Hotel des Invalides, where the bones o
the great Napoleon repose, while still
further to the west remains conspicu
ously the crystal building of the Expo
sition, now filled with statues, pictures
and agricultural and horticultural GU
riosities and the moving crowd of crit
les and observers"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18
Couldn't Cure Him.

a good story is told in an eastern pa
per of the treatment of a drunken hus-
band by his amiable spouse. After
trying varied experiments, all to cure
drunkenness, she last bethought her.
self of another plan, for making re-
formed drunkard of her lord.
She engaged watchman for a stipu-
lated reward to carry Philander to the
watchhouse while yet in a state of in
sensibility and to frighten him a little
when recovered. In consequence of
this arrangement, Philander walked up
about eleven o'clock at night, and found
himself lying on a pine bench in a
strange and dirty apartment. Raising
himself upon his elbow he looked
around until his eye rested on man
seated by stove smoking cigar.
"Where am I?' said Philander.
"1n medical college," said the cigar
smoker.
"What doing there?"
"Going to be cut upw
"How comes that?"
"Why you died yesterday, while you
were drunk, and we bought your body
to make anatomy"
"It's a lie-Pm not dead.'
mo matter-we bought your carcass
from your wife, who had a right to sell
it for it's all the good she could ever
make of you. If you are not dead,
that's no fault of the doctors, and they
will cut you up dead or alive
6You will do IL oh p, aalrad tho old
sot.
"Ay, to De sure we will, now direct.
ly," was the resolute answer.
"Well, can't you let me have some
thing to drink before you begin?"
This last speech satisfied the watch.
man that Philander was a hopeless
case; and as his reward was contingent
on his successful treatment of the pa
tient he was not a little chagrined al
the result. So with no gentle hand.
ling, he tumbied the irreformable inc
briate out of the watch-house.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18
a Story of a Ring


We hear great deal about rings
now -a-days, and nothing very good Of
them either. l heard of ring the
other day that told story-in fact its
own story. The ring glistened on the
finger of a washwoman, through the
suds in tub, and thus betrayed a Sc
cret. The lady of a certain house in
the city had advertised for laundress
to come to her house on certain days
The advertisement was responded to by
a neat, rather refined looking woman
When the laundress had begun hel
work, the lady saw shining on shape
ly hand a pretty and peculiar ring
She requested the privilege of looking
at it; the woman hesitated a moment
and then nervously held out her hand
''That is a class ring" said the lady
at is," was the response of the laun
dress, as she turned her face away
sNVhere did you get it?" asked th'
lady, emboldened, perhaps, by the man
ner Of the wearer of the ring.
"It is my husbands"
"At what college did he gradute?"
cat Yale"
"In what class"
"The class of rs"
That ended the interview for tn
time, as the lady could by no mean
get from the washwoman the name o
her husband. The lady had been thu
unlady-like, perhaps, and curious. be
cause her son wore a class ring exactl.
like the one in question, and was
graduate in the class of rs at Yale
She told him the story, and one nigh
he followed the laundress to her room
in Michigan avenue, where he fount
an old classmate and college cbun
poring over some secondhand Law
books. He works in the day time
| and so does his trump of wife. On
day he will be admitted to the bar, b
win work hard, she will help him, ant
when they are rich they can afford +
lsmile at the story of the ring-whicl
is strictly true.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18
In Rural Churchman'S.
New York Observer.

New York Observer.
The custom was in former days to
bury the dead with their heads toward
the west. Perhaps the practice grew
out of the idea that the Lord will come
in the east, and the bodies of the saints
viii rise at the resurrection to see him
in the air. In long-ago letter from
Easthampton, L. l., told you of the
remarkable request made by Rev.
Thomas James, the first pastor of that
church, who died nearly 200 years ago.
His dying desire was complied with,
that he might be buried with his head
to the east, and his feet to the west,
that he might be laid on the eastern
border of the graveyard. The reason
that he gave for his request was his
wish to meet his people face to face in
the morning of the resurrection. 1t is
not probable that Mr.. James supposed
that such meeting would literally oc-
cur; for if his mind had been filled
with that belief, he would have more
probably preferred to look upon the
king at his coming. But he desired to
make an impression on the people, to
whom he had ministered nearly fifty
years, that they would meet him again
with the responsibilities of an improved
] or neglected gospel resting upon them
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18
course, but this glove shall go back to
its owner"

course, but this glove shall go back to
its owner"
Mary and Lizzie went TO church that
Sunday morning. Katy declared she
couldn't go, having but one glove.
L stayed at home with her, and offered
10 keep Mrs. Howell's children for
her, and so persuaded that worthy
woman to attend worship with the
girls.
And this was how it came about,
that while we were having a frolic on
the carpet with the children in Mrs.
HowelPs rooms, we heard a ring at the
door; and Bridget having taken her
self off somewhere, there was no help
for 1t but for one of us to answer the
summons.
"You go, Katy" whispered /, in dis
may, 81 can not appearp'
Katy glanced serenely at her own
friZZy head in the looking-glass,
gave a pull at her overskirt and a
touch to her collar, and opened the
door.
Immediately afterward was shock
ed to hear her utter a genuine femi-
nine scream, and see her drop ON the
floor; and that man, a perfect stranger
to me gathered her up in his arms and
began raving over her in a manner that
astonished me. He called her "his
darling" and "his own Katy" and
actually kissed her.
was surprised at myself afterwards
that 1 hadn't ordered the gentleman
out, but it never occurred to me at
the time, and when Katy "came to"
and sat up on the sofa and heard his
speeches, she seemed so well pleased
that left them, and took the children
up to our room, feeling bewildered all
over.
What shall say further? Only that
Katy lives in pretty house in the town
known as DR.. Craig's residence, where
we three "factory girls" have a home
whenever we want it. And there are
no liquors found on the sideboard nor
at her table.
One day heard Arthur say: "You
were a silly child, Kate, to run away
from me, 1 should have given up the
point at last, / know"
"But there would have been the
splendid cellar and the ten thousand
year." answered she. at would have
been such a temptation. We are safer
as IL is, dear"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18
The New Epidemic.

The events Of the last fortnight have
shown that gunshot wounds are at
least as contagious as crimes. When
Mr.. Garfield was shot, it was believed
that few persons had ever recovered
from similar wounds, but now that he
is, as the whole nation devoutly hopes,
in fair way to recover, the newspa-
pers TEEN with accounts of men who
have had their livers shot away. 1t
seems as if the human liver was the
favorlte billet of every stray ball, and
that the one thing which can insure to
a man long life and exceptionally good
] health is to be shot in the liver. The
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18
Does Prohibition Prohibit2

hdA,io Nlll JVhihdl
The records of the United States in
ternal revenue officer at Leavenworth
throw more light on the business of
the liquor sellers of Kansas than can be
ascertained from any other source. The
information obtained from there, too,
has the merit of absolute truth, which
none can gainsay. They are adaman-
tine facts, about which no dispute or
controversy is admitted. The latest
inspection of these records shows that
since the first day of last May there
have been issued by the collector 785
licenses to sell liquor. The number of
wholesale licenses issued is twelve.
They cost 800 each. Twelve brew
cries are in operation, despite the pro-
hibition law, and they manufactured
within the first eighty days after the
prohibitOry statute took effect, $500
barrels of beer. Besides this, one dis
tillery with capacity of 100 bushels of
corn per day is running at full blast,
and has not been interfered with.
The collector of internal revenue at
Leavenworth, whose district embraces
the whole state, furnishes the follow
ing comparative statistics
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18
No Good Preaching.

No man can do good job of work,
preach good sermon, try lawsuit well
doctor patient, or write good article
when he feels miserable and dull, with
none should make the attempt In such Q
condition when il can be so easily and
cheaply removed by little Hop Bitters
See another colamn.-Albdny Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18

1t will be seen that one of the above
places has had an increase of two
saloons this year since prohibition went
into effect. To these four places 212
licenses have been issued, leaving 573
issuel to liquor sellers generally
throughout the state. The amount of
whisky manufactured and reported to
the internal revenue Office for the
months of May and June was 1882
gallons.
The facts and figures given being
official, speak for themselves.
As law which does not dispense
justice becomes contemplate, so law
which is not enforced has no majesty,
and the people soon lose all respect and
reverence for it. In other words, as
was eloquently said upon one occasion
by Wendell Phillips, "With us, law is
nothing unless behind it stands a
warm, living public opinion. Let that
die or grow Indifferent, and statutes
are waste paper, lacking all executive
force"
We have very little faith in any at
tempt to make men virtuous by law,
but we believe in submitting to the viii
of the majority, when fairly expressed.
The majority in Kansas declared en-
phatically for prohibition. So long as
that declaration is not recalled, il
should be enforced, not only in the
little villages, but everywhere within
the jurisdiction of the commonwealth
If the majority regret their votes fol-
prohibition, let them do away with
the statute at the first opportunity; but
while it remains, respect it. 1t is the
only way to do for those who wish tC
maintain the reputation of being law
abiding people.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18

confederates during the war seemed to
have habitually aimed at union Iivers.
and to have hit them at least twice ont
of three times. 1t may seem strange
to any one except Concord philosopher
that a gunshot wound occurring today,
could procure scores of similar wounds
ten or fifteen years ago, but who can
limit the possibility of the vague and
the unthinkable? The thousands of
men whose livers have been shot awav
in the civil war, during the last fort
night, are clearly the victims of con-
tagion, and if the contagion spreads, as
it promises to do. there will not be a
sound liver in America a month hence.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18
IHE OWL AND The SPIDER

In an old belfry tower,
A dry, cOzy bower,
Dozcd an owl by the hour.
lIut the BELLS sly old clapper
Was n mischievOus rapper,
And soon walked the napper.
sMr. Owl don't you mipd him:
With cObwebs III bind him,
And round and round wind him."
Thus spoke up a spider,
Strip'd like an Outrider;
The owl sharply eyed her.
And said: "If he cheat you.
III not scOld nor beat you,
III Just merely eat yOu.'
The owl saw her spin
Ter web, frail and thin,
Round the bell, out and I'm.
Rut, next Sunday morning,
Without n word Of warning,
The bell went a-stOrming!
With n cling and a clang,
With a boom and n bang.
The old clapper rang!
The owl didn't chlde her,
liebuke nor deride her,
But he ate up that spider!
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18

The world is before us. 1t needs all that
we can do for its spiritual elevation and
redemption. Let us each in the great field
Of human reformation labor with our ut.
most endeayors.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18

Like drops Of rain falling unpreceived
upon the earth, the seemingly unimpOrtant
vents Of life succeed one another.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18

Here Is n moral, dear children, for you;
Never promise a thing you're not able 20 do
ST KfrhOfnE
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-08-18

AS many claim that the prohibition
prevails generally throughout tie state
except in certain localities named by
the governor in recent speeches, the
collector furnishes the following figures
showing the number of licenses issued
to the places specified:
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-20
A Case of Justification.

An unusual case of schirrus or ossfcs-
ton hs, been learned of by HERALD repor-
ter. Mrs wilkins, wife of a csrpot er living
on Hsrwood street. between Elrl street and
Pacific avenue, has been ,fll 4 with this
strange mslady for several aiJnths and is
gradually becoming petril H. Her feet and
ankles and hands and wrists are nearly q.
hard as a stone and this strange condition of
her limbs 10 steadily increasing in both d.
rections. Although the flesh is hard II il
very sensitive to the touch. Mrs Wilkins
has visited Hot Spring, and had tho services
of the best physicians, but to no purpose.
The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-09-20
d. @. MITCHELL,
N. b. STONE,
GEORGE M. FIGH,
w. q STERR TT.
Elegant Tollet FERMENTATION.

Hair dressing and restorative is found il
"London Hair Color kes,orer." 1t seldom
fails to restore gray or faded hair to It's Origi
nal youthful color snd beauty. Fallisg hail
rs checked by its use, and II produces q
growth OF beautiful young hair, soh. gloss,
and luxuriant. 1t certainly Is the mos
cleanly and effective hair restorer now befor,
the American people.
A. A. Gibson, Bsrrytown, Duohes county
n. T., writes DR.. Swayne i Son. Phiadel
phia: GENTs-I enclose postoffice order fol
eight dollars, please send me one dozer
"London Hair Color Restorer." II ha
stopped my hair from falling, and restored i
to its natural color. 1t has proven satisfac
tory in every respect. The "London Hal
Color Restorer" can be obtained at all tn,
leading druggists at rs cents bottle.