Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-05-11
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ii"S o0en destroyed Dy ire.
A man is like an egg. You can't tell
whether or not he's good until he's
s'broke."
w. d. Howells will sail from Boston
to Europe on July %. His family will
accompany him.
A tract of 10000 acres near Mount
Holly, N. j.. hss just been sold TO a
Danish colony for $4,000.
Secretary Chandler is accused of
wearing the most venerable and
"slOuchy" hat in all Washington.
The best description that we ever
heard of slow man was that he was
too slow to get out of his own way.
Fashionable ladies in Washington
now devote their leisure time to pet al
ligators from Florida-little ones. of
course.
8 Bertall, the Partisan carricaturist
who has just died, made between 6OO,-
600 and 100000 designs during his ar
tistic career.
Angus Mcdonald, whose cap was
shot off his head at the battle of Water
loo, died in Montreal the other day, at
the age of 165 years.
~ he car is 10 be p tied. He does
not live happily with bis wife. If he
leaves the palace the nihilists will
b ow him up; if he stays at home she
will.
Mr.. Parnelps Easter egg had a she'll
of silver, and the contents were 100
guineas from Liverpool sympathizers
to buy comforts for the prisoners in
Kilmainham Jail.
In 1873 the Importation of ostrich
feathers into New York amounted in
value to 81, ATE, 464 in 1879 to $780,
454; in 1880 to $4,354,547, and in 1881
to IS, 493, 024.
Oscar Wilde has servant, mulatto
Of peculiarly soft brownish yellow
complexion. He selected him because
his color so beautifully matched the
back of his hairbrush.
This is the season when the Della
ware shad graces the family breakfast
table, and four-year old youngsters
"a Sc the roof off if they don't get some,
and choke to death if they do. Life is
full Of trouble.
A new dance, which promises to fill
long-felt want at summer resorts,
during warm evenings, has just been
invented. The couples have nothing
to do but stand up and hug while the
band plays funeral diIge.
Seth Green is credited with o1iginat-
ing the expressions fish farming" and
"fish planting" He thought these terms
would do much to render the artificial
production of fish popular among per-
SONS engaged in tilling the soil.
One of the best fox hunters in Ken
lucky is half-witted man, but that is
nothing very strange. The hounds fol-
low the fox, the horses follow the
hounds and any fool who can hang on
to horse can be good fox hunter.
1t is estimated that Samuel J. Til
denis new house in Gramercy Park will
cost all the way from 100000 to $780,
600. There is great deal Of elaborate
stone carving on the front. The
style is mixed gothic and renaissance.
Never Judge man by the amount
of money he gives to a college or other
public institution; that may be merely
his way of purchasing fame. Judge
him by the way he treats his poor re.
lations and those who befriended him
in his youth.
There is in New York an @3thetic
saloon furnished with all the luxurious
elegancies of the orient and fragrant
with parterres Of tropical plants; yet
after man comes out his breath don't
smell bit better than if he had pa
tronized the 10-cent rum hole around
the corner.
After too hearty dinner with some
friends Krauf strolled upon the street,
when a beggar approached, saying:
"Sir, I have eaten nothing since morn
ing" 20. fortunate being" returned
Krauf, trying to loosen his waistband.
Il have not the heart to destroy your
happiness"
A jolly looking beggar woman re-
Gently entered shop in Dublin, and
asked the owner for charity. He
shook his head and said: II am not
able to give you anything" The wo.
man, in cheerful tone, promptly re-
piled: THANK you, sir, and may you
long be in the same position"
The head of large cougar, killed in
Washington territory, few days ago,
was sent to Seattle and hung up for
exhibition. 1t is said that the animal,
measuring ten feet in length, had pick.
ed up little child and started off. He
was frightened into dropping the in
FAINT, after which his pursuer shot him
with rife between the eyes and killed
him.
A man who has listened to woman's
society small talk at home and abroad
says: eff women would only occupy
themselves more with the loftier things
of life; interest themselves more in the
world which daily occupies the atten-
tiQn of men ard talk and think lasa of