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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
ALimited Ticket Case.

In the opinion Of an Ohio jury, when
a railroad company sells limited tick
ct over its own and another road. il
contracts to convey the passenger or
see that he is conveyed the whole dis
tance within the time prescribed. A
Mr.. Hine purchased an excursion ticket
from Wabash to Toledo, and the ticket
expired while he was still on the road.
owing to the detention of trains. in
which he was in no way responsible.
The conductor on the terminal railroad
refused TO receive the expired ticket
and evicted the passenger from the
train. For this the jury gives Mr..
Hine $500 in a suit against the Penn
sylvania Railroad company, whose
agent sold him the ticket. 1t was
claimed for the company that it was
not responsible for the delay, but the
plaintiff insisted that his contract was
with the Pennsylvania RAILROAD. and
the latter was responsible for the fail
ure Oh the ticket TO carry him through.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
PIumage of Birds.

The plumage of birds is composed
of materials which are bad conductors
of heat, and are so disposed as to con-
tain in their interstices great quanti-
ty of air, without leaving it space to
circulate. For such species as inhabit
the colder climates a still more effect
ual provision is made; for under the
ordinary plumage, which is adapted te
resist the wind and rain, still finer
and more delicate down is found, which
intercepts the heat which would other.
wise escape through the coarser plum
age.
What the plumage does foi
the bird. wool for the animal,
and clothing for the man, snow
does in winter for the soil. The farm
er and the gardener look with dismay
at hard and continued frost which is
not preceded by fall of snow. For
the snow is nearly non-conductor,
and when sufficiently deep may be con-
sidered as absolutely so. The surface
NAV therefore fall to a temperature
greatly below 80 degrees, but the bot.
tom in contact with the vegetation OF
the soil does not share In this fall OF
temperature, remaining at 50 degrees
"a temperature at that season not in
compatible with the vegetable organi
zation. Thus the roots and younf
shoots are protected from a destructive
cold.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
The MIDNIGHT TRAIN.

Across the dull and brOOding night
A giant flies, with demon light
And breath Of wreathing smoke;
Around him whirls the Teeling plain,
And with dash OF grim disdain,
He Gle ives the sundered rock.
In lonely swamps the low wind stirs
The belt Of black funereal frs,
That murder To- the sky,
Till, startled by his mad career,
They seem 90 keep n hush Of fear
AS II God swept by.
Through many dark, wild heart Of heath,
Der booming bridges, where beneath
A mighty river trawls;
BY ruin, remnants Of the past,
Their iyies trembling I'm the blast;
by singing waterfalls.
The slumbrer on his silent bed
Turns 20 the light his lonely head,
Divested Of IFS dream.
Long leagues OF gloom are hurried DER,
Through tunnel sheathes, with iron roar,
Aud shrill nightrending scream.
Past huddling huts, past flying farms,
High furnace flames, whose crimson arms
Are graphing with the night,
lie tears along reccding lands,
To where the kingly city stands,
Wrapt I'm robe OF light.
Here, round each wide and gushing gate,
A crowd Of eager faces wait,
And every smile Is known.
We thank thee, u, thou Titan train,
That i'm the city once again
We clasped our loved, our own.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
A Hint from the Gardener.
In nnnarr,

AS we see the city's parks and pleas
ure grounds decked in that glory of
bloom and fragrance which makes
them so marvellous in their season,
when one revelation of loveliness sue
ceeds another like beads upon a rosary
of beauty, how little we realize the
careful and ceaseless preparation which
has been required to make them what
they are. Like PATHS voice or Wieni-
awski's violin tones or Rubinstein's
music, the effect is so marvellous and
so perfect that it seems the spontane-
Gus outpourings of heaven-born gift
rather than the elimination of long
years of labor and application. We
know, of course, in a vague way, that
flowers must be weeded and watered
and trimmed while preaching from
their sweet texts, but we forget the
hidden work which prepared the SER
mon. 1 understood something of it
the other day, when, walking through
the interminable alleys of hot houses,
1 saw on either hand hundreds of
thousands of tiny plants, lovingly
watched and tended, gaining strength
for the open air campaign which was
to begin months later on. The tender
handling and absorbing interest which
the care-takers showed, the pride in
their good points and healthy looks,
the enthusiasm with which any new
combination of color or quality was
hailed, the infinite delicacy Of touch
with which their imperfections were
noted, made them seem more like liv-
ing beings than belonging to inanimate
nature. And if devotion can be re-
paid by the well-being of its object,
then the city forester and his merry
men must be richly rewarded. could
not help but think, if we studied as
carefully the tiny human offshoots
which are to propagate the great race,
If we catered thus wisely and lovingly
to the needs of growing body and
opening soul, if we stepped them in
sunshine, and noted, to correct or In
tensify, their bias, their weakness,
their strength and their individual
characters, If we pruned or protected.
grated or retarded, as each case re-
quired, instead of pushing all under
one high-pressure system of warmth
and stimulation, in hew few genera
tons there would arrive the millennium
Of that immortal transplanted life
which "'cometh up as flower"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
Indian Names in Wisconsin.

Green Bay Advocate.
Our readers are aware that most of
the names Of places in this vicinity
are derived from the Indian tongue.
some of them having been altered
somewhat for the sake of euphony, as,
for instance, Peshtigo for Pe-shet-igo.
We interviewed our old friend Captain
Powell, the other day, who is well
along in years, and was born here, and
is almost as familiar with the Indian
language as the Indians themselves.
and he gave us the following as the
signifcations of some of the names of
the places in this vicinity:
Suamico-The yellow sand.
Oconto-The place of the pickerel.
Pensaukee-The place of the brave.
Peshtigo-Snapping turtle.
Menominee-Wild rice.
Menekaune-The place where the
lodges are; literally, the village.
Escanaba-A fiat rock.
Manitowoc-The dwelling of the
spirit.
Kewaunee-The name of kind of
duck.
Thus it will be seen that the Indians
named places after some popularity of
the location; or, as in the case of
Manitowoc, after some superstition.
Most of the American names are ut
terly meaningless, as applied to the 10
cality, and we like the Indian plan the
best.
Take for instance, Appleton, Sey-
mour, New London, Preble, ETC., which
convey no idea whatever. Bellevue
is better, but it is French, and is du-
plicated in other languages, as, for in
stance, Buena Vista, in Spanish. Fond
du Lac is good and conveys an idea.
Oshkosh perpetuates the memory of
an Indian chief, and Marinette that of
an Indian woman and both are very
good,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
Col. Forney's Little Mistake.

Col. Forney was supremely and cur
iously Indifferent in money matters.
One instance that strongly illustrates
this trait has caused many a hearty
laugh among his acquaintances. De
spite the advice of many friends,
among them Pierce Butler, the hus-
band of Fanny Kemble, he determined
to invest a large sum of money in a
new enterprise; rice-cleaning ma
chine or something of that sort. He
felt financially able to do this by reason
Of having made a sale of some Lake
Superior property. He filed out
check on the Girard bank for a very
large amount, and intrusted it to a
friend for collection. When the piece
of paper was presented to the paying
teller, that Official first scratched his
chin and then went to see the presi-
dent of the bank, who at that time
was Mr.. Boxer, father of Hon. George
Fl. Boxer. Mr.. Boxer came forward
smilingly and said that while Col. For
ney bad quite a large sum of money on
deposit in the bank, the amount to his
credit was not equal to that called for
by the check, but still, if Col. Forney
would step down to the bank himself,
the check would be honored. The
friend returned to The Press Office in
an indignant frame of mind and told
Col. Forney that he had made him the
bearer Of check that had been dis
honored, for the reason that there was
not sufficient funds in the bank.
''Some mistake, sir; some mistake"
replied the big-hearted editor. al have
much more than that on deposit in the
- bank" and he uttered the name
of a familiar depository other than the
Girard.
"But did not go there" replied the
friend in amazement. "The check is
dra wn on the Girard bank"
"My! myp said Col. Forney, "did 1
make such silly mistaken Why, 1
have not penny in the Girard bank.
1 did not intend to send you there"
80, yes; you have large deposit in
the Girard bank" answered the friend,
"but it was not sufficient to meet this
check"
ga mistake, sir; a mistake" re-
piled the colonel; 81 have not penny
there" A visit was made to the Gi-
rard bank, however, and Col. Forney
found to his amazement that he was
much richer than he thought. In the
same way, when the Longacres' bank
in Lancaster failed, Col. Forney found
that he had longtime deposit there
that he had known nothing of. Itwas
this Indifference in money matters that
exemplifed probably as well as any
other trait the lavish disposition of the
man now mourned; lavish not only
with his wealth, but with the more
precious treasures of his heart.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
Surviving an Extraordinary Wound.

Surviving an Extraordinary Wound.
London Lancet
An instance of singular tolerance of
severe wound of the brain was re-
Gently communicated by NJ. Dubrisay,
to the Societe de Medicine de Paris.
A man, aged forty-four, in an attempt
at suicide, sent a small dagger through
his skull into the brain. The weapon
was ten centimetres long and one
wide. He had held the dagger in his
left hand and given it with the right
several blows with a mallet, believing
that he would fall dead at the first
blow. To his profound surprise he
felt no pain and observed no particular
phenomenon. He struck the dagger
in all about a dozen times. The man
was drunkard, but was sober at the
moment of the attempt. When seen
about two hours later the handle of
the dagger was projecting from the
skull at the junction Of the posterior
and middle third, little to the right
of the middle line, and in transverse
position. The whole blade was imbed-
ded, except part one centimetre in
length. For half an hour unsuccessful
attempts were made to get the dagger
out. The patient was placed on the
ground, two vigorous persons fixed his
shoulders, and, aided by strong pair
OF carpenters pincers, repeated at
tempts were made, but without sue
cess. The patient and assistants were
raised off the ground, but the dagger
was immovable. These attempts
caused no pain. More powerful me-
chanical instruments were then en-
ployed. The patient, who walked
well, and complained of no headache,
was taken to a coppersmiGh's, and
by strong pincers the handle
Of the dagger was fastened to a
chain, which was passed over a cylin
der turned by steam power. The
pincers, used for drawing out tubes of
copper, were so made that the more
they were pulled the tighter they
grasped. The man was then fastened
to rings fixed in the ground, and the
cylinder was gently set in motion. At
the second turn the dagger came out.
The blade measured ten centimetres in
length, Of which nine had entered the
interior of the skull. The patient, who
had submitted with the greatest COOL
ness to these maneuvres, suffered no
pain or inconvenience. Some drops
of blood escaped, and in few minutes
afterward the man was able to walk
away to a hospital, where he remained
in bed for ten days, but without fever
or pain. He then returned to his
work, and the wound gradually healed.
M. Dubrisay endeavored bya post-mor.
tenn experiment to ascertain what
parts Of the brain had been injured.
He drove the dagger into the head of a
cadaver in the same situation and to
the same depth, and found that, with
out injuring the superior longitudinal
sinus, it had passed into the cerebral
substance, just behind the ascending
parietal convolution, and thus behind
the motor zone; the point had not
reached the base. The difficulty in ex-
traction had been due solely to the
fixation Of the instrument by the edges
of the wound in the bone.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
reputation of France in theEighteenth
Century.

In the absence of new censuses and
estimates, the writer's of the eighteenth
century, with Voltaire at their head,
gave the most diverse estimates of the
populatlon of France. Mirabeau main
tanned that it did not amount to more
tnan lo,OOO,OOO; the author of the ar
tlcie on population in the Encyclo-
pao pSeola 1eauced these figures to 16,000,-
UVU; voltalre raised it to 100000
In 100, Messance, on the basis of per
sonar researches on the relation of
births deaths, and marriages TO the
popuiatlon, accurately known for GER
tam towns and rural localities, gave
the ngure as 100000 for 1853; while
ABOUT the same time Expilly, after an
examination of numerous registers.
reckoned it at 2l,5OO,OOO. and For.
bonnais at 100000. excluding Lor.
raine: 6ufon, estimating the deaths
at l IN 80, and applying the method to
the 4l,oOO parishes of the kingdom,
reached the figures of 21,O14,777, ex.
cluding Paris, which then had a pouu-
lation OF 658,000. Moheau made the
figure 23,817,93O; Pommelles, in 17S9.
raised it to 25,065,S83. Necker, mul.
tiplying the nSmber of births by q in
habitants, found, at the same time. a
population of 26,O00,0OO: but, through
fear of exaggeration, he took as the
basis OF his calculations 24,SOO,OOO.
Des Brosses, in 1889, admitted as
probable the estimate of 27,S57,167, of
whom 2O,645,345 lived in the country
and the rest in the towns. Lavoisier,
about the same time, adopted the mum.
Der OF 25,OO0,000-S,OO0,OOO for the
towns and 100000, for the country.
In 1870. it is believed by some, among
others the well-known English travel
er, Arthur Young, that numbering
of the population was made by order
of the National Assembly, giving as
The result population of 26,363, ,074.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
A Peculiar Notion.

ItXH bLIllEL
"When grow up I'll be a man,
won't p asked little Austin boy of
his mother.
Eyes. my son, but If you want to be
a man you must be industrious at
school, and learn how to behave your
SELF"
"Why, mamma, 90 the lazy boys
turn out to be women when they grow
upT
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Not a Beverage:

They are not beverage; put medicine,
gree, containing no poor whisky or poison
Gus drugs. They do not tear down an al
ready debIlitated system, but build Il nm
One bottle contains more hops, that is.
more real hop strength, than a barrel OF
ordinary beer. Every druggist in Roches-
them.-Euenfag Express on Hop Bitters.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
CHINESE LOTTERIES.
How the San Francisco Police Work to
Eradicate the Evil.

San Franc SEQ Examiner
The public are so accustomed to an
nouncements through the press that
the police have raided Chinese lot
terry game that but little attention is
paid to the matter. Yet in 1880 fully
$50, 900 was added to the city treasury
in consequence of the persistent raids
of the police, and before 1881 was
past and gone very nearly $4O,OO In
fines and bail forfeitures showed the
result of last years work. On the 9TH
er hand, the six officers detailed for
this work draw from the treasury dur
ing the year about 81, 500 in salary pay
ments. They are specially detailed to
operate in two gangs. When the work
began to be actively prosecuted about
three years ago they found the lottery
games in full blast all over Chinatown,
and, at first, had no difficulty in
promptly arresting managers and visit
ors. The looms were easy of access. the
passage ways open, the doors of ordi-
nary, rough, unplaned half-inch boards,
common throughout the quarter.
Within short while, when the Chinese
recognized that the raiding was regu-
lar and persistent, they began to devise
methods of protection. AT first SEN
tries were stationed at the front doors.
The police surprised the sentries and
laughed at locksmiths. Doors were
kicked in by the vigorous application
of police boot-heels. The Chinese
doubled the sentries. The police raid
ed by way of back doors. Sentries
were placed at the back doors. The
police raided the roofs. SentIies were
placed all around, and two-and-a-half
and three-inch thick doors were put in.
The police battered in the doors with
axes. The Cinnamon sought rooms in
the tops of five-story houses, or in the
basement under the main floors, and
even dug out holes in the ground be-
meath the roadway. The police dis
guised themselves, and still brought in
by the dozens and half-dozen the Mon
gelian gamblers. Thick doors with
sheet-iron plates and iron cross.bars
were next intOduced. Each accession
of strength by the Chinese quickened
the energy and witness of the officers.
Like the famous contests between
cannon-makers and iron-clad ship
builders, or the burglar and locksmith,
the last invention of the one was fol-
lowed by development of new re.
sources in the other. AT present the
iron doors form a barrier that the po-
lice can not overcome when the doors
are closed. But the raids continue
with undiminished success. for the off,
GERS "get in on the jump" by forcing
the doors before they are clapped to by
the heathens. By experience they find
it utterly useless to batter in the doors,
for when, hours afterwards, they reach
the inner rooms, all the Chinese are
gone, making their exits through from
two to five secret doors leading out by
other WAYS
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19

James Isom died in Madison county,
Kentucky, few days since, at the great
age Of 102 years. During the war of 1917
he passed the time in cave in ithe noun
tains making saltpeter for the manufact
ure Of gunpowder for the American army.
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New Hampshire Returns.

A New Hampshire lady writes: HMother
has been afflicted for years with kidney
diseases. Last Spring she was very bad
and had an alarming pain and numbness
blessing and has completely cured her,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19

John Mellen, of Sandusky, o., choked to
death on bone the other evening, whie o
eating supper in restaurant at vermil-
lion, Erie county. He leaves wife but
no children.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19

The Nebraska City (Neb) Press
says: st. Jacobs Oil strikes heavy
blows for good all around, and its vir
tues for rheumatic pains are lauded
upon every hand. Try it, all ye who
!su9er,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19

Diphtheria In a new form has appeared
in some portions of Pennsylvania. IT af-
fects the nasal organ particularly, and
with malignity that bafies the skill Of
physicians,
, 1882-09-29

~ mmquj, Uuorchio) is the next de-
gree Of nobility between an Earl and
Duke. His office, says Sir William
Blackstone, formerly was lfuy dignity
and duty were never separated by our
ancestors to guard the frontiers and
limits of the kingdom which were
called the marches, from the Icuton
ic word murrhr, meaning limit; rs
in particular were marches ON the
frontier limits of Wales and Scotland,
while each Of these continued to be
an cncmv's cDuntry. The persons
commanding such lines of frontier
were called lords or marches or mar
quises, whose authority was abolished
by statute y, Henry VIII, though
the title had long before been made a
mere ensign of honor Since the
reign of Edward VI. it has become II
regular and common grade of nobili-
ty. but simply Il title comforting upon
the possoSSor no territorial right or
military command. In the British
peerage the number or marquiaes is
thirty seven, of whom four bear
Scottish and twelve Irish titles. A
marquisatc is invariable created by
letters patent, and the descent relat-
ed accordingly. The style of marquis
is Most Honorable" and he is off
cially addressed by the Crown as
Our right, trusty and entirely be
loved cousin"
THE FAMOUS HOUSE OF ARGYLL.
The father of the Governor-Gener-
al of the Dominion of Canada is Sir
George Douglass Campbell, X. II. P.
c., Knight of the Thistle and Privy
Counsrllor>, Duke, Marquis and Earl
of Argyll, Marquis Of LOrne and Kin
tyre, Earl Of Campbell and Cowall,
Viscount Lochow ana Glenilla, Lord
of Inverary, Null, Movern and TRY,
in the peerage of Scotland; Baron
Sundridgo of Coomb Bank, County
Kent, and Lord Hamilton in the peer
age of Great Britain; HEREDITARY
Master of the Queens Household in
Scotland. and Keeper of the Great
Seal of Scotland; Admiral of the
Western Isles; Keeper Of Dunon Cas-
tie and of Dunataflnage and Carrick;
one of Her Majosty's Counsellors for
Scotland; Lord Lieutenant and Her
editary Sheriff of County Argyll;
Chancellor of the University of 81.
Andrews, and a Trustee of the Brit
ish Museum. His eldest son, Sir
John George Edward Henry Doug
lass Sutherland Campbell bears his
fathers title of Marquis Of Lolne by
courtesy. The descent of the Duke
of Argyll is from the most distin-
guished ancestry of Scotland.