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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
a Phenomenal Child

The Cincinnati Enquirer says: There
arrived in this city today a man
named Adam Castleman, of Casey
county, Ky. His family is with him.
one of which is a striking curiosity.
This is a young boy only 3 years old,
who stands 3 feet inches in his stock.
ings, measures 10 inches around the
calf of the leg, 20 inches around the
thigh, ~ inches around the waist. 80
inches around the chest, and weighs 40
pounds. The child, his father says.
weighed but 9 pounds at his birth, but
at 8 months had increased to 40 pounds,
and then jumped by rapid stages to his
present enormous proportions. The
child is bright enough, although the
physicians have counseled his parents
not to tax him closely with mental
effort. Physically, although so huge
for his age, he is sound and healthy,
and makes what might be called a
waddling effort at romping round.
Castleman and his wife, though both
of good size, are neither of them large,
and cannot remember any ancestor
from whom this prodigious boy could
have inherited his extraordinary pro-
portions. They have another child, an
infant girl three months old, but Civ
ing no evidences of following in her
brothers footsteps. The father pro-
poses exhibiting the boy as a curiosity.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
The Guilt of Guiteau.

Speaking of the expense naturally
attendant upon Guiteau's trial, and Of
his chances for escape from conviction,
the Cincinnati Commercial says: He
(Guiteau) concluded to murder the
president, and made elaborate prepare
tons to do so. and to secure himself
from mob violence. He borrowed
money on false pretences. bought pis-
tol and tried it repeatedly. wrapped it
in paper, wrote letters, watched the
president day and night. and shot him
in the back. There is no circumstance
of atrocity lacking. He felt that he
himself deserved to be massacred. and
had with much shrewdness PREF AIRED
the way to make his escape to Jail.
where he would be safer than else
where. There never was a murder
more cOOlly calculated. more cowardly
than this. The murderer calculated
hrst upon great profits as an
author from the sale Of his writings.
Then he thought hordes of office-seek-
ers would have a sneaking sympathy
for him, and that the Official atmos-
phere of Washington would presently
exert an influence that would grant
MIN delays; and then, with his rolling
eyes and short-cropped hair and shabby
clothes and foolish relatives. he pre-
sumed that he might play lunatic sue
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
He Wasted His Dollar.

II. VEGAS OpuC.
Last night on the street corner the
curbstone astronomer was standing by
his instrument waiting for a customer.
Presently two miners came along and
paused to take a look at "the ma
chine"
"What in thunder's that - asked one
of the miners.
ats telescope" said the student of
the stars. "You can see Venus for 10
cents"
Consider me in" said the miner, and
he put up ten cents and turned the
tube on constellation of the fourth
ascension.
Don't think much of it." he said.
after look, and then he turned the
instrument down until it was focused
on residence some nine blocks away.
Here the miner paused, pressed his eye
close to the instrument and became as
still as n mouse.
"Ain't you too low?" asked the plan
ct sharp.
81 alters was l0w-sighted,' responded
the man of the pick.
"You can't look all night, other Gus
toners are waiting"
The miner surveyed the crowd
standing about him, and handing the
Snowman a dollar, asked him to tell
him when he had used up the money.
He lowered his eyes to the telescope
once more. and was again engrossed in
his observations. Suddenly he rose ND
with a sigh and remarked to his COM
paniOn:
"Billy. she pulled the curtain down.
The handsomest woman L ever saw i'm
my life. She let down her hair, took
of her collar, and then just after 1 give
that coon n dollar she lowered the cur
tain and shut the blinds. 1 think l
ought to have about 90 cents change.
That old glass tube, though, is about
200 boss power. 1t was like being
right under the window with a step
ladder. I'm going to buy one of
those machines the first time make a
raise"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
Judge John x. Porter.

The fame attained by Judge Porter
as one of counsel for the great preacher
in the Tilton-Beecher trial, great itas
was, will probably be exceeded as the
result of his being retained by the gov
eminent to assist in the prosecution of
the assassin of the late Chief Magis-
trate of the United States. In the
Beecher trial, as it is called in short,
Mr.. Porter acted subordinately or in
association with some of the best law
yers in the country. Even under such
circumstances his industry and elo-
quence earned him an enviable nOtorie-
". He was particularly strong in in
vective. No lawyer engaged in The
case made n more forcible use of the
weapons, so terrible in the hands of I,
fluent and scholarly counsel, of sarcasm
and the direct assailment of the man
who, according to his theory, had de-
liberately and shamefully sought to
ruin a great minister. So strong then,
what an opportunity is given him now,
rs probably the ablest and the acknowl-
edged head of the prosecuting lawyers,
to denounce the fiendish act of the
murderer who slew his country's head
and plunged the civilized world in grief
Judge Porter is in the prime of his pow
ers, and the cause in which he is now
engaged is worthy of his greatest eff
forts. He will doubtless be found equal
to the occasion.
District Attorney Corkhill is fortu.
nate in his associate, who is an adept
in criminal law as v ell as a most eff
fective advocate. His capability in
both these directions was very con.
spicuously seen in the Whisky Ring
trials at st. Louis. Judge Porter has
his office in New York city.
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The Ladies of the White House.

Washington Cor. Philadelphia Times.
AS to the great question which has
agitated society ever since Mr.. Arthur's
succession to the presidency became
probable-"What lady will assist him
at his receptions at the white house ?'
it seems likely to be settled in very
easy way. The wife of member of
the present cabinet told me that the
president had said to her and the wife
Of another member of his cabinet that
he expected them to help him in dis
pensing the Inequalities of the execu-
tive mansion, and that when he had
receptions there he thought the ladies
of the families Of his cabinet would be
all he would need as assistants. He
said to the same lady that he should
not ask his married sister to assume
the cares and responsibilities of mis-
tress of the white house, as she had a
husband and children who needed all
her attention. He told me that his
unmarried sister would not be able
physically to discharge the onerous
duties which would devolve on her if
she came to live with him; so she would
not preside for him. 1t looks now as
If none but formal entertainments,
when ladies are included, will be given
at the white house during the winter
that is to say, dinner parties and public
evening receptions, usually called levees.
There will be no one there on whom
ladies can call socially, as they have
been in the habit of doing on the ladies
living there during the administrations
Of most, if not all. the other presidents,
except that of Mr.. Jefferson, whose
daughters were with him very seldom
during his eight years there-only
twice, think.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
Something for the New Year.

The world renowned success of Hostel
ters Bitters, and their continued popular
ity for quarter of a century as a remedy
for Indigestion, dyspepsia, malarious fe-
yers and all kindred diseases is scarcely
more wonderful than the welcome that
greets the annual appearance of Hostel
ters Almanac. This valuable medical
treatise is published by Hostetter & Smith,
Pittsburg, Pa, under their own supervi-
sion, employing so hands in that depart
ment. Ten cylinder printing presses,
eight folders, 8 job presses, &c, are rum
ming about eleven months in the year on
this work, and the issue of same for 1882
will MT be less than eleven millions,
printed in the English, German. French,
welsh, Norwegian; Swedish, Holland, Bo-
hemian and Spanish languages. Refer to
a copy of it for valuable and interesting
reading concerning health, and numerous
testimonials as to the efficacy of Hostel
ters Bitters, amusement, varied informa-
ton, astronomical calculations and chrome
logical items, &C., which can be depended
on for correctness. The Almanac for 1882
can be obtained free of cost, from drug
gistS and general dealers in all parts of
the country.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
-, Persisted Pine Land.

not Tor many years has fire made
s suon ad raroo among the pine forests of
the country. The extent of these fires
is, however, not known. and can NOT = 10
approximately ascertained until 81 The
agents and bush-rangers In the enniov
OF the Ontaria government mates rc-
ports on the subject. n kno~n That
thousands OF square miles % tarr,t &c.
nave J, Oeen burned over along the Otta.
wa IN the back townships north of
Lake Ontario and through Muskoka
ana farry SOUND. Much Of this burned
land mas consisted Of farms WOODS
from which the pine had been strinned
ana pine areas previously DESTROYED by
IRE. VI the very great destruction
which much have occurred tbrougbo,,t
the wholly unsettled territorv Iving
along the ottawa, little or nothing Is
known. Estimate has been made of
the loss in the Ottawa valley. and il il
placed by some at S5.OO0oOO In
Muskoka and Parry Sound great belts
twenty miles or more In length and
from one mile to Eve or six miles wide
have been burned over; and according
70 one gentleman well acquainted with
the districts, the smoke of brush fires
has assembled from every souare mile
OF territory from Lake Nipissinp TO the
Severn. The magnitude of the loss
must therefore have been great and
not improbably quite equal to the loss
along the Ottawa Yet some almost
place it as low as 100000. That
figure may not be too small ON the
lowest calculation, Of the value of the
uncut trees to the numbering compa-
MES. But the actual value NAV be
four or five times as much. Along the
north shore of Lake Huron the damage
from fire has not been so yreat as il
was supposed to be during the preya-
lence of the fires, but this may apply
only TO the narrow strip of territory
traversed in summer by lumbermen
and others. The total loss over the
whole province may be variously esti-
mated at from 100000 to 10000
QUO. The average annual loss by fire
can not we'll be estimated. even ap-
and If 100000 be
stated as an amount more
probable than anything lower, the
figures, large as they are, can scarcely
be considered too high.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
The Dull Boy Took the Cake.


More than fifty years ago a very
good private school was taught upon
the Island of Nantucket, Massachu-
sets, by an excellent Quaker gentle
man. Among the children who at
tended, were two brothers, very unlike
each other. The one was slight in
form, graceful and attractive. The
other, his exact opposite, clumsy and
awkward, and withal dull.
One morning the father of these BOYS
called to see the teacher, and, in the
course of conversation, was told plain
ly by the latter that the boy whom we
have called "unattractive," "never
would make anything" "You are
mistaken, sir" was the quick reply of
the parent. "If you and 1 live we
shall hear from that boy" Both gen.
uemen are now deceased, but last week
the boy was heard from. His name is
Charles ]. Folger, and he is secretary
OF the treasury Of the United States.
The schoolmaster Erst mentioned the
incident when Judge Folger was made
assistant treasurer at New York-with
q quiet smile at his own want OF dis
cernment
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

The Genuine Holman's Pad is the natural
remedy for Chronic Stomach Diseases.
such as weary "gone," weak feeling in
the stomach, inability to eat without suf
fering afterwards, liability of certain foods
TO disagree" with the stomach, confirmed
dyspepsia, palpitations of the heart, sensi-
tive soreness, belching of wind, distension
of the stomach by gases, pains, indigestions,
headaches, low spirits, gastralgia, dizziness,
fermentation of food in the stomach-and
all the indications that the patient has
sorts" in the morning, and knows that the
stomach is out of order"
Medicines poured into the stomach can
only excite it and interrupt its natural
work. Holman's Pad gives the stomach
the needed help without disturbing it.
The remedy is sure. Isnot this the better
7Cdu?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
Advice 70 Girls

The Boston Sun has a column of ad-
vice to girls, from which we take the
following:
Always go to church. 1t is a splen-
did place to show your bonnet. In
order that nobody shall miss seeing it,
make yourself as conspicuous as pos
sible.
You can do this by rustling the
leaves Of the hymn book, playing with
your fan, jingling your bangles, and
constantly turning about in your pew.
When a strange man accosts you in
the street. or remarks on you in an
audible tone, giggle with all your
might aud look around once or twice,
ond when you catch his eye giggle
again. 1t Is fine fun, and by adopt
ing this course you win have plenty Of
H.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
"FemaIe Comnlaints -

DR.. r. Y. PIERCE, Buffalo, n. Y:
Dear Sir was sick for six years, and
could scarcely walk about the house.
My breath was short and 1 suffered
from pain in my breast and stomach
ali the time; also from palritation and
an internal fever, or burning sensation,
and experienced frequent smothering
or choaking sensations. / also suffered
from pain low down across my bowels
and in my back, and was much reduced
in flesh. l have used your Golden
Medical Discovery and "Favorite
Prescription" and feel that 1 am we'll.
Very Respectively,
DELILAII b. MCMILLAN, Arlington, Ga.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
One Experience from Many:

IL had been sick and miserable so long
and had caused my husband so much tron-
ole and expense, no one seemed to know
what allied me, that l was completely dis
heartened and discouraged. In this frame
of mind got bottle of Hop Bitters and
used them unknown to my family. / soon
began to improve and gained so fast that
my, husband and family thought it strange
and unnatural, but when told them what
had helped me, they said "Hurrah for Hop
BltteTs long may they prosper. for they
have made mother well and us happy."-
The MOther,-HOme Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
a Picture OF Autumn.

The November sky already frowns
down upon us. and its frozen tears be-
gin to fall. The little birds have husbed
their little lay. So has the fatigued
hen. Only a little while. and the
yawning chasm in the cold. calm fea.
lures OF the Thanksgiving turkey will
Re hlled with voluptuous stufiine ana
then sewed up. The ford features of
the polygamous gobbler viii be wrapped
IN sadness. and cranberry pie win be a
burden, for the veal-cutlet goeth TO ia
long home. and the ice-cream freezer h
broken In tho woodhouse.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
PERILS OF THE DEEP.

During my trip down the River Tagls. In
Spain" said Captain Boyton TO a representative
of this journal in a recent conversation by the
sea shore, 81 had to shoot los waterfalls, the
largest being about eighty-five feet, and innumer
able rapids. Crossing the Straits of Messina,
had three ribs broken in fight with sharks, and
coming down the Somane, a river in France,
received charge of shot from an excited and
startled huntsman. Although this was not very
pleasant and might be termed dangerous, fear
nothing more on my trip than intense cold for,
as long as my limbs are free and easy and not
cramped or benumbed am all right. OF late
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

Hundreds of people suffer great incon-
ven ence, and often danger to life from
tect rupture. All reducible ruptures are
durable, and when cured rupture cannot
again occur at the same place. DIR. Z. b.
Holmes, No. IL, west 9th ST., Kansas City,
Mo-, guarantees to radically cure every
case of reducible hernia. Motto: No
cure no pay.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
Cause and Effect.

Disease never comes to us without a
cause. Ask any good physician the reason
and he will tell you something interferes
with the working of the great organs.
kidney-WOrt enables them to overcome
all distractions and preserves perfect
health. Try box or bottle at once.-Mir.
TOr and EnTnPr
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
Henry's CarboIic S.Ive

The BEST sALvE in the world for Cuts, Bruses
sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, letter, Chapped
LANDS, Chilblains, Corns and all kinds of Skin
Eruptions, Freckles and Pimpes Be sure Won
get hENRf'S CARBOLIC SALVE, as all Others
are limitations and cOunterfeits. Price q Cents
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
II. j. SWEENEY.

CAN'T GO TO CHURCH. Why not o my
cough would disturb the congregation.
Cure 1T then with Hdle's HOnev Of HOre-
hound and Tar, pure vegetable remedy,
unfailing as the Sun and mild and harm
less as the summer air. Sold by all drug
glst. Pixies Toothache Drops cure in 1
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

Burlington (Ia.) Hawkeye: "You are
on the wrong tack" said the pilots wife,
when the hardy son of the leud-sounding
sea sat down on it aud arose with the usual
ordinations: "No," he replied, after a
critical examination, "Pm on the right
tack, guess, but shoot Inc dead if amt
on the wrong end of it,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

They may relieve. but they can't cure
mat lame back, for the kidneys are the
trouble and you want n remedy 10 act d.
Iec.ly on their secretiOns, 70 purify and
,vstore their healthy condition. Kidney
advertisement ~ 'e'bo
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

The Babylon O.. H. South Side Si01dl
quotes from a Missouri paper: Mr.
VIM. +. Quinlan. Crystal City. No.,
suffered occasionally from rheumatic
pains in his knees, for which he sue
cessfully tried ST. Jacobs Oil.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

A NATIONAL REPUTATION is enjoyed
by PERRY DAVIS PAIN-KILLER, which,
for nearly half century, has been the
favorite household remedy for bruises,
burns, sprains and all bowel Complaints.
Look to your supply, and never be without
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

The Milwaukee (wis) BDening Wis
cOnSin says: "In all our experience
we have never heard so many favor
able reports from all classes as we
have from st. Jacobs Oil.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

Women that have been pronounced in
durable by the best physicians in the coun-
try, have been completely cured of female
weakness by. the use of Lydia Z. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound. Send to Mrs.
Lydia E. Pinkham, 233 Western Avenue.
Lynn, Mass, for pamphlets.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

For Dyspepsia, Indigextion Depre<sien m
spirits and General Debility, Ia their various FORMS also
preventive against Fever and Ague and other Inter.
mtent Feyers. the o-Phosphorated EIixIr
OF Calisaya," made by Caswen, Hazard q Co. New
YORK. and sold by all druggists the tonic; and for
equal. -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

For weak Lungs, splitting of blood,
shortness of breath, consumption
night sweats and all lingering coughs,
DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Discov.
cry" is a sovereign remedy. Superior
to cod liver oil. BY druggists.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

A California potato, raised in the Mussel
slough region, has been placed ON exhibi.
ton. Its weight Is fifteen pounds.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
Lawrence Kan Lime eth ~,

LaWTence, Kan, june 9Th, 1881.
LEIs CHEMICAL MAN'F'G Co., Gentlemen ::
In reply to yours of even date, L can say
having tried almost all known remedies
for malaria and deranged liver. l have
found nothing equal to Leis' Dandelion
Tonic. Yours truely,
"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

The war treasure of the German empire
is stored in the Julius tower at Spandau.
1t is said to aggregate value of $4,000
600. 1t is all gold coin
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
Cancers and Other Tumors

are treated with unusual success by
Worlds Dispensary Medical Associa-
ton, Buffalo, n. Y. Send stamp for
pamphlet.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

Are common every where. Leis' Dande-
hon Tonic is sovereign remedy for this
class OF ills. A trial will convince any one
of the truth of this assertion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

a little boy remarked: like grand
papa because he Is such q gentleman; he
always tells me to help myself to the su.
gar.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

For Headache, Constipation, Liver Complaint
and all bilious arrangements OF the plood there
u no remedy a. sure and safe Eilert's Daylight
Liver Pills. They stand unrivalled in removing
bile, toning the stomach and in giving healthy
acton TO the liver. Sold by all druggists
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

Every wrong opinion or superstition Of
what Is false tends 10 do harm in the world
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

TRE young men and young women OF the
country naturally turn their steps toward Fl. B.
Bryant's Chicago Business College, where their
wants are best met
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

California estimates her wool clip this
year at 100000 pounds, as against 46, O74,-
164 pounds last year, and 0,662, 669 pounds
in 1870.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
Diseases ~ tha E;d..

Meiis Health Remover, greatest remedy on earth
Tor impotence, leanness, sexual debility 81. si
AZ druggists Prepaid by Express 81 o 6 for &
f. ;. WELLS, Jersey City, N j. ~
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
DR.. Green's Oxvn.a..oa p;..

Is the oldest and best remedy, for Dyspepsia Ril.
;ousness, Malaria, Indigestion, all disorders Of the
stomach, and all diseases indicating an impure
condition OF the Blood, Kidneys, Liver, Skin, etc
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15
Cafarrh ri A. p,.LI
Brain and Nar,a

sages, diseased discharges cured by EncbIp.fhs
II. at druggists. Prepaid by Exp 81. q 6 FOR Is
T.. =. WELLS, Jersey City, N w.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1881-12-15

Every farmer and teamster should know
that Frazer axle grease cures sore necks
and scratches on horses.