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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-24
SUI LIMA.

suppose that we could read rs I'm book
Ihe moons enchantmcnts-all romantic lore
Learned by the hea Q I'm her bewitching look
Anu every secret OF her charm explore:
What legends of sweet dreams would safe our
And sumptuous pictures OF untold desire!
What miracles of tenderness surprise.
And hopes ablaze with Pentecostal fire!
With pages writ I'm ecstas!es and tears
And yearnings that have never had n tongue :
what loves. ambi ions. lamentations, fears,
What hymns OF Beauty that are yet unsung!
Into what realms OF wonder, what strange bow
What palaces OF pleasure. would we 20!
"nat music lull us, and what flowers
VI unknown Incense would about us blow!
What seas OF mystic splendor would we sail,
Encnanted isles and fairy shores along,
Ana muse in gardens where the nightingale
lnterprets the o erloaded heart i'm song!
Even new hear youths passionate appeal.
fleadings OF parched lips that thirst 20 meet,
Great sObs of JOY that years of anguish heal,
And Loves first kiss that makes a lifetime
sweet.
And beauteous beings follow shapes that fade
And white hands droop that sacred treasures
And some in CHASTITY landscapes grow afraid.
And Ind the paths that once looked bright
no moro.
q wstful faces! rnpt, uplifted eyes!
Poor feet bcwildered with a fearless pain!
And sull carths long professions rise ana
rise,
And dream their moonlight dream of bliss
again.
Tell me tho charm, dear girl, this balmy eve,
That makes the luscious languor of thy
trance:
How do the moonbeams with thy fancies
weave,
And common things transngure to romance?
No wonder infants, seeing things unseen.
reach rosy hands TO clasp thee, shining
sphere:
That purccyod maidens ut their easements
lean,
And hear a voice that only virgins hear;
That something I'm thy luster overfIows
From Heaven, like echoes of "a low-breathed
prayer,
And lovers lips cling closer till life's rose
with perfect sweetness blossoms every
where!
white on the wiley slopes tho splenior lies
Iouching holy mound where pans cs blow:
skies,
Burns one soft beam that lights the way go
-hOItHtO Nelson POUeTs, iH Hdrpers MdJd yine
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-24

At WarStewstein, near Casselin,
Germany. is library which is sid to
contain a curious collection of books.
AT the first glance one would take these
books 10 be mere logs of wood, but in
vestigation shows that each volume is
really complete history of the tree it
represents The back is the bark, in
which small place is cut to write the
scientific and common names as title
One side shows the tree trunk in its
natural state and the other is vanished
or polished. Inside are shown the leaves,
fruit, fiber and the insect and other par
asites which prey upon it. and full
description of its products, etc. is
added.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-24
Youths Department.
THE QUEENS GIFT

Where English daisies blossom.
And English robins sing,
When all the land was fragrant
Beneath the feet Of Spring,
Two little sisters wandered,
Together, hand in hand.
Along the dusty highway.
Their bare feet sOiled and tanned.
Twas not a childish sorrow
That filled their eyes with tears;
Their little hearts were burdened
With grief beyond their years.
The bright-eyed daisies bIossomed
In valley and in glen,
The robins sang their sweetest,
Spring smiled-but not for them.
Beneath the trees of whitehall,
Within their shadowy brown,
From out the royal palace
The Queen came walking down.
She saw the children standing,
Together, side by side,
And, gazing down with pity,
She asked them why they cried.
Dear lady, said the eldest,
My little sister Bess
And have come together
A hundred miles, guess.
Sometimes the roads were dusty,
And sometimes they were green;
We're very tired and hungry
We want to see the Queen.
For Mothers sick, dear Lady.
She cries most all the day;
We hear her telling Jesus,
When she thinks we re at play.
" She tells Him all about it,
How when King James was King,
We were 90 rich and happy
And had most everything.
ave had our own dear father,
AT home beside the Thames,
But Father went to battle
Because he loved King James.
And then things were so different
| cannot tell you how.
We haven't any father,
Nor any nice things now.
Last night, our mother told us
They'd take our home away,
And leave us without any,
because she couldn't pay.
So then, we came together,
Right through the meadow green.
And prayed Tor God to help US,
And take us to the Queen;
Because Mamma once told us
That, many years ago,
The Queen was James little girl,
And, Lady, if twas so,
know she'll let us keep it
Our home beside the names
For we have come to ask her,
And Father loved King James.
- xryo bod 80 I1o.,o
I'm sure Mamma would die,
For there's no place to go to-
No place but in the sky"
Her simple story finished,
She gazed up in surprise,
To see the lovely lady
With tear-drops in her eyes.
And when the English robins
Had sought each dOwny nest,
And when the bright-eyed daisies,
Dew-damp, had gone to rest,
A carriage, such as never
Had passed that way before,
Set down two little children
Beside the widows door.
They brought the weeping mother
A package from the Queen.
Her royal seal was on it.
And, folded in between,
A slip of paper, saying:
The daughter of King James
Gives to these little children
Their home beside the Thames"
hose Hdrtpick Thorpe, in st. NichOld
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-24

"A Michigan farmer paid S25 for a
divining rod and went poking about his
farm until the rod suddenly tipped.
Men were engaged to excavate at the
spot, and in less than half an hour they
had exhumed the bones of an old horse.
Detroit Post.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-24

"A New York man arraigned for
bigamy excused himself on the ground
that his first wife had agreed to support
herself, and failing to do SO he consid-
cred himself absolved from the marriage
vows and fully authorized to marry
again. The excuse lodged him in ja;I.
N Y. Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-24

The lumber cut in the Sierras will
this season reach $4,000, 900 feet. and
OF this probably 40. 600. 900 feet sold for
about S12 thousand, footing up about
$500. 600, and the rest sold as clear lum-
Ger for about S35, making over $780,
300 moreover 500. 600 earnings for
the nine mills that run, some of them
only part of the time.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27
NrTDDI FTOWN PRODUCF MARKET.

CORRECTED WEEKLY BY s. M. REYNOLDS co.
Eggs. AZ doz 622c Chickens,
B1fter q h -33635c dressed p ID 100I1
New Lard, q IOnnc Ducks, drs 8 00G1l0
Potatoes, bus 9O@l0O Turkeys 9 = OOGI4
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27
ENOCH PRATT,s GIFT.

Enoch Pratt, of Baltimore, is a pret-
ty good sort Of capitalist. He is one Of
these valuable citizens who know how to
do good with money, and he has it to do
with. Plenty of people know how they
could do a great deal Of good with
money, but they haven't got any and
if they were to suddenly come into
possession Of a great deal, their minds
would be so distracted with the care Of
it that many of them would forget all
about their oft-thought-over plans OF
doing good, if they had the necessary
funds. Nj. Pratt believes in the bene-
fits of q free library" Probably
when he was struggling young man
we don't know that he ever was
" struggling young. man." but it seems
to fit in here to call him one-he may
have felt the need Of good books to read.
If he had them himself he must have
been an observing man and noticed how
others not so fortunate lOnged for them.
He may have noticed in his time
poor boy thirsting for knowledge, and
no books in the family library but the
almanac, a moral story with the front
and back pages torn out, and Urea
tise ont the Horse, with picture ola bot
fy. life size. Ifhe did notice the efforts of
such a boy to acquire knowledge, he
doubtless remembered the circumstance
and resolved to some day do what he
could toprovide healthy yliteratureforthe
poor. And he has commenced to do it.
He has contracted for the erection, at
a cost Of S225, 900, Of fre-proof build
ing in Baltimore, capable of holding
100000 volumes, for free public
library. The building is to be finished
in the summer of 1888, and Mr.. Pratt
proposes to deed it to the city with an
additional gift in money of $685., 900,
provided the city will create an annuity
of $4,000 for its support. It is to be
known as the q Pratt Free Library
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27
.IAY GOTLD.

Jay Gould is forty-fve years old and
has saved million for every year he
has been here. He was reckoned a
Door man in 1869 but he has been lay
ing by the filthy lucre' at a pretty
lively rate since that date. He has
forty-five millions salted down for a
wet spell Of weather, and yet he is not
happy. He lies awake nights, proba-
bly,, planning how to get more. He is
a weak little man with only one good
lung. There is not much more than
a hundred pounds Of him, all told, but
when he grabs for corporation and
gets it by the slack Of the breeches he
takes it right up as though he weighed
a ton. He is a dictator, almost abso-
lutely, his friends say, Of railroads
worth $80,000,000. Let us just pause
and think of that, brethren, we who
couldn't buy a cross-tie if railroads were
selling at two dollars per mile. But it
don't do us much good to think about
it. Yes. jays pretty well provided
for. and he's a powerful customer
among corporations. He can take up
a pen and draw check for million
and not miss it, OF at least not for long,
because he can 60 out and make an
other million before dinner. He's a
small piece of humanity, but he speaks
for forty-five million dollars. He is a
financial earthquake when he gets
ready, But one Of these days Old Man
Death will come along, and with a
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27

THE conviction of the assassin
Guiteau is about the most glorious
news the country has heard for a long
time. That such base culprit would
meet the just penalty Of his dastardly
crime ought not to have been doubted
for moment, and yet during the last
two weeks Of the long trial there were
grave fears of disagreement Of the
Jury. But there ought not to have
been. The assassin's course during the
trial was enough Of itself to convict
him. Scoville will tomorrow apply for
a new trial but it is not probable that
it will be granted. The assassin will
probably not be hanged before June.
Justice moves slowly in the District Of
Columbia. When the assassin is out
of the way the country will breathe
freer. There never was but one Charles
J. Guiteau created, and let us hope
there never will be another.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27
journalistic.

Boz, one Of our excellent and
sprightly western exchanges now halls
from Chicago.
THE Fall River 4drance comes to Us
greatly improved. George Salisbury,
its editor, has already achieved a gold
headed cane and all the fame he wants.
THE Greensborough Free Press, one
Of the liveliest Of our Eastern Shore eX-
changes, has entered upon its third
year. Its genial editor and publisher,
Mr.. Christian, has not made fortune
yet in the Peninsular journalistic field,
but he is young and enterprising, and
believes that in the baldheaded days Of
the by-and-by he will be all right for his
winter supply Of turnips.
THE Cecil Democrat began its forty
first volume with its issue Of Saturday
last and greeted it's readers in a hand
some new outfit of type. The Demo
crat is always good. It's editorial de-
partment is conducted with signal
ability, and its local page from week to
week exhibits evidence Of enterprise,
industry, care and tact. Typograph-
ically, it is model Of neatness and
good taste.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27
Literary Gossip.

THE Midwinter Century is a grand
number Of that ever popular and enter
prising periodical. Its frontispiece is a
portrait Of George w. Cable. engraved
by I. Cole.
HARPER AND BROTHERS state that
after July next they intend to destroy
the plates and all copies on hand of
Harper's Magazine, Harper's Weekly
and Harper's Bazar previous to 1878.
Those desiring to complete their files Of
these journals should send their orders
before June Both.
LIPPINCoTT's Magazine for February
opens with an illustrated article, the
first Of two, son the Gulf Coast, by
Barton D. Jones, who was sent by the
Secretary of the Interior to examine the
government lands in that region. DR..
Felix L. Oswald contributes another
article on Animal Pets, enlivened with
anecdotes and charmingly illustrated.
In ''The Capture Of Derne," Charles
Burr Todd, revives an almost forgotten
episode in American history, the eX-
pedition against Tripoli under General
William Eaton. Other readable papers
are ~ An Afternoon in Rome" and
For Life, > a frontier sketch. A
large amount of space is devoted to fic-
tion by favorite writers.
FRANK LEsLIE's POPULAR MONTH
LY.-The February number is prompt
ly before us, with its usual abundance
of entertaining and instructive reading
and fine embellishments. 1t opens with
most interesting article by Richard
B. Kimball, " London and its Lord
Mayors = with twelve illustrations.
"The Alhambra," by n. Robinson
Spiders Webs, !" by Arthur G. Butler
''The Great Tone-Poets, y by Noe
Ruthyen 6 Fashion in Deformity, :
by Prof. Flower, and " The Manufac
ture of Soap in Ancient and ModerI
Times, . by Prof. Charles A. Joy, are
replete with interest and information
and are profusely illustrated. Tht
miscellaneous articles, paragraphs, etc.
embrace large variety of subjects
amusing and interesting. A single
copy is only 25 cents, or So a year, sen
postpaid. Address, Frank Leslie
Publisher, 53, So and 81 Park Place
New York.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27
For Remit

THE STORE AND DWELLING on Main
i street, east of Broad, now occupied by
Y. MCDONOUGH ROBERTS. A good stand
for Il Grocery. Apply to
jan cost A. c. cox, Agent.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27
THE MARKETS.

MIDDLETOWN GRAIN MARKET.
CORRECTED WEEKLY BY ISAAC JONES, JR.
WHEAT CORN
Amber OOO1I 40 Yellow, New 00666c
Timothy Seed 400 White, OO@66c
Clover Seed, q b a 9cOats, 0O@45c
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27

PHILADELPHIA MARKETS.
WHEAT CORN
Prime red 40DI 43I Yellow, 70fD7l
Timothy Seed 35Ol White 72075
Glover Seed, q b s09cl Oats (Delaware)5
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27

A PAPER called the Traveller, printed
in Philadelphia, and claiming to be de-
voted to the interests of the Peninsula,
comes to this office occasionally, bearing
a symbolic invitation to exchange.
We don't think much Of it, 1t seems
to us if a publisher wants to devote his
paper to the interests of the Peninsula
he ought to come down and do his de-
voting on the Peninsula, The IruUeler
bears surface indications of being de-
voted entirely to the interests of the
man who hires it printed at some ready
made print shop.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27

MANY persons have gone to to much
trouble to secure Guiteau's signature,
and it seems that the assassin has gone
into the business of selling his auto
graphs at twenty-five cents each, or
five for one dollar Plenty will pay
the price, too, and the murderer is
probably led to believe by the frequent
demands for his autograph that he is a
rare and wonderful individual. His
vanity has been tickled in a hundred
ways since his trial began, and he has
had pretty jolly good time. The only
interest the TRANSCRIPT now has in
the assassin is to publish detailed ac-
count Of his hanging, and, when he is
hanged, we will do that if it takes up
the whole paper.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27


Farming Implements, &c.
One Iron-aNle OX-cart, nearly new, built by
Barron & Carnagy last spring; l Bickford h
Human Grain Drill, with phosphate and
grass seed attachment. in good order; Horse
cart Harrows. Cultivators. l Two-hOrse
Cultivator, Plows, l Wheel Corn Marker.
l Telegraph Fodder Cutter, l Hand Corn
Wagon Body. with top: ! Wheelbarrow,
zimmerman Fruit Dryer. filled with wire
screens. all in complete order / Planet, Jr..
Seed Drill, an excellent implement for garden
and truck patch; Family Carriage, in good
repair, made by Cox & Bro. l Carriage
Tongue, will fit the above; | Set Double
Carriage Harness, in good order: besides
various other articles used on the farm.
Household and Kitchen Furniture.
Consisting of Parlor and Chamber Furni-
ture: Tables, Chairs, Bedsteads, Bureaus,
Wash Stands, Carpets, Pictures, Parlor
Eenltlan Window Blinds, cost $96; sold only
because they will not fit the windows where
expect to live; Hat Rack, Parlor Heater.
as good as new; Parlor Stove, l Extension
Dining Table, will extend II feet; l Singer
Sewing Machine, in good order; l Victor
Cook Stove, Hanging Lamps, lot of Hand
Lamps, lot of China and Tin-ware, ! Family
Refrigeration, l large Milk Refrigerator and
Fixtures. This is an excellent arrangement
for setting milk in deep cans 1 would not
be without it on the farm; cost $45; l Porce-
lain Lined Water Cooler and Stand, l Wine
Press, Kitchen Tables, l large Pot, holding
20 gallons, used for making lard.
Also, 80 Bushels EARLY ROSE. PEERLESS.
BURBANk,S SEEDING, and NAM
MOTH PEARL SEED POTATOES
of fine size and quality.
\ lot of THOROUGHBRED LIGHT BRAHMA
CHICKENS, Matched this year. Fifty HoT-BED
SASH, with glass
gs5T Terms made knoaCn on day of sale,
HENRY CLAYTON.
5. NJ. ENos. Auctioneer. jan 20 Is
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27

CLARKsON n. POTTER died on Mon
day morning at his residence in New
York City, in the 58th year Of his age.
His entire active life was devoted to
the law, with the exception of his ca
reer in Congress, where he served four
terms, and was one Of the ablest and
most conspicuous members on the Dem
ocratic side Of the House. In the
death Of Mr.. Potter the Democratic
party loses an able, wise and consist
ent leader.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27

cross-eyed sort of wink, will say ''Jay,
/ want you. You've had pretty good
time, generally speaking, and you've
provided pretty bountifully for the
heirs, and I guess we'll close the pro-
ceedings now. Come along n Then
JAY will find that his whole forty-five
millions will not buy new lease, even
for ten minutes. Death will nab him
up quicker than he ever nabbed up a
corporation, and the heirs will proceed
to quarrel over and divide the assets.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27
1892

We are warranted in largely
increasing our business for 1882.
We have made arrangements by
which we shall be able to mark
our goods at even closer prices
than in 1881. We will have a
larger stock, and our decorative
goods will be even more attrac-
tive than they have been. With
the continued increase of bust
ness, there is no increase in the
ratio of expense of carrying it
on, but on the contrary, the
greater business we do, the more
favorable prices we can make to
buyers.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27

DURING the present winter a re-
markable number of prominent people
have died suddenly. Hardly day
passes but we read Of some conspicuous
individual going about in apparent
health at one hour, and in the next
stricken down by the hand of death.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27
9etu advertisements.
IN THE ORPHANS Court. NEW CASTLE COUNTY.
ADMINISTRATORS SALE
REAL ESTATE.

By virtue of a renewed order of the Or
phans Court of the State of Delaware, in and
for New Castle county, made at the Septem-
ber Term, A. D.. 1881, of said Court, will be
exposed at Public Sale at the National Hotel,
in MiddIetOWn Del
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27

THE Senate Committee on pensions
agreed on Saturday to bill giving Mrs.
Lincoln SIS, 900 in cash Immediately,
and providing that her pension here
after shall be $1,000 per year, instead
Of $4,000, as at present. The bill
passed the Senate on Tuesday.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27
200 ACRES OF LAND.

No. 3.-AIl that tract of land or farm called
" HOMESTEAD HALL" situate in Appo-
quinimink hundred New Castle county and
State of Delaware, bounded and described as
follows: On the north by the public road
leading from the village of Warwick to Town
send; on the east by tract No. 4, hereinafter
by lands Of Col Joshua Clayton and McComb
Clayton, and on the west by lands late of
Richard Lockwood, deceased, now of Mrs. S.
Frances Tatman and Cyrus Tatman, CON
fni
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27
1917

By making our selections in
person, giving exclusive orders
in ample time, purchasing on an
enormous scale, and paying ac-
tual cash for all we purchased, we
secured the advantage of the
very lowest prices.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27

THE Philadelphia Times Almanac is
a valuable acquisition to our book
shelf. Its election tables are full, and
have been compiled with great care.
This almanac, while being valuable to
all people, will be particularly so to
Pennsvlvanians.
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27

A DELEGATION Of seventy-five prom
inent citizens of Dakota are now in
Washington to urge the admission Of
the southern part of that Territory as
a State. The women, children and
criples were wisely left at home to feed
the stock and take care of the Territory
until the prominent citizens get
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27
SKIN DISEASE.

F. H. Drake, Esq, Detroit, Mich, suffered
beyond all description from skin disease
which appeared on his hands, head and face
careful doctOring failed to help him. and after
all had failed he used the Cuticura Resolyent
(blood purifier) internally, Cuticura and Gu
ticura Soap (the great skin cures) externally,
and was cured, and has remained perfectly
VOL Ia this lnN
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27
RSRRIASIS

H. f. Carpenter. Esq. Henderson, n. u,
cured of Psoriasis or Leprosy, 'of twenty
years standing by the Cuticura Resolyent
lblood purifier) internally and Cuticura and
Cuticura Soap (the great skin curesl eXter-
nally. The most wonderful case on record.
Cure certified to before justice of the peace
and prominent citizens. All afflicted with
itching and scaIy diseases should send to us
for this testimonial in full
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27
SALT RHEUM.

viii Mcdonald, 2542 Dearbon St, Chicago,
gratefully acknowledges cure of Salt Rheum
on head, neck face, arms and legs for seven
teen years; not able to walk except on hands
and knees tor one year; not able to help HIM
self for eight years; tried hundreds OF reme-
dies doctors pronounced his case hopeless;
permanently cured by Cuticura Resolvent
(blood purifier) internally, and Cuticura ana
CuticuTa Soap (the great skin cures) eXter-
Ill
Middletown transcript., 1882-01-27
Gniteau Convicted.

The trial of Guiteau ended Wednes-
day evening in the conviction Of the
assassin. Judge Porter concluded his
argument for the prosecution soon after
three 0 o'cIock. During his remarks he
was frequently interrupted by the
prisoner, who was even more than
usually violent and abusive. Judge
Cox then delivered his charge to the
jury, ending at LAO P. NJ. After the
jury had been out about twenty min
utes the Court took recess until half
past five O'Clock. Within ten minutes
after the recess had been taken the
jury Informed the bailiff that they were
ready with their verdict, but it was not
announced until after the Court had
reassembled. After Judge Cox had
resumed his seat, the usual interroga-
tory was propounded to the foreman of
the jury, who, in answer to the ques-
tion, " What is your verdict, guilty or
not guilty ~ said Guilty, as in
dicted.' There was uproarious. ap-
plauseat the announcements, and the
clerk, again addressing the jury, said
" Your foreman says guilty, as in
dicted.' So say we all Of us ? y All
responded, "We do.'' There was
another demonstration of approval.
Mr.. ScoyilIe demanded a poll Of the
jury, and each juror, as he was called
by name, responded in a firm voice,
"Guilty." " Guiteau shouted out that
" his blood would be upon their heads, !"
and he subsequently said, "God will
avenge this outrage. Judge Cox then,
after thanking the jury, declared the
Court adjourned. II is understood
that Mr.. Scoville will ask a new trial,
and, if it is denied, will appeal to the
General Term.