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ANECDOTE OF BEN BUTLER.

a plainly dressed woman. evidently
IN mental distress, presented herself
at his law Office one day, and his sec
rotary, in the outer office, told her
that the General was engaged inside
and could not possibly see her May
| come tomorrow. them she trem-
ulously inquired. No; he is going
to Washington tomorrow" She sat
a few moments. with evident reluct-
ance to yield her hope, and presently
Mr. Butler came ont and passed
through the ante room to go to lunch
con. One of his shrewd eyes caught
the timid figure, and he paused be
fore her and asked her. in rapid but
kind words, if she wanted to see him.
That is what | came for she said
wistfully. Estate your business very
briefly. and | will see what can be
DONE" he said, ushering her into his
consulting room. She told him a sad
story Of conjugal sorrow, through a
selfish and tyrannical husband, who
had got from her the little fortune
left by her parents, and not only did
not support her, but abused her. He
said: Now. madam. if [ inquire into
this case, shall [ find that you, after
all. are the one to blame? Are the
facts exactly as you represent them
to me, and have you been to him a
good and true wife, God knows
[ have tried to be, and that all | have
told you is true" she answered fer
vcntly, and drawing ont $50, she said:
Il have borrowed this, to come to you
with. and I'm sorry it is not mOre;
but do take it, and see if you cannot
set me free from him The Gen
eral waved back the hand Which
offered the pitiful sum, and said: Il
will undertake your case, but your
money is no object to me. l. am not
in need of it, but would like to help
YOU" He returned in due time from
Washington, took hold of her case,
which was so clear that he easily Sc
cured the divorce and recovered SIG,
600 of her patrimony for her; and
even then he would accept no fee;
neither did he make any overtures
even of friendship toward her, be
yond mere business like humanity
the humanity of a busy, absorbed,
but not ungenerous man. L have
heard several anecdotes of him here
as favorable as this, and in Washing
ton he is known as man of great
kindness to the poor and dependent.
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A FACTOR OF PROGRESS.

Few people ever reflect to what an extent
an institution like the Pacific Bank, with
an established reputation and ample re-
sources and facilities for every branch of
legitimate banking, aids the material de-
velopment of the country. TO the manu-
facturer it lends, on easy terms. the helping
hand which carries him over the stress of
bad season, and the primary OUTLAWS of his
enterprise before returns come in. 1t saves
the merchant from sacrifice, by making adj
vances on his goods in seasons of distress.
To the farmer it is likewise of incalcuable
assistance, since its management keeps
thoroughly posted on wheat. grain, flour.
ETC., and are prepared at all times to make
loans on them at reasonable terms. To the
business man and the traveller its splendid
facilities for exchange, commercial credits,
discounts and collections are of equal value,
TO the capitalist, its safe depository, and
its system of investment on commission,
are often of great service. and in many other
ways it is one of the most important factors
of the time.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-12-30
EXPORTED APPLES.

A dispatch from Liverpool an
nounces the sale of 1000 barrels of
American apples at advanced prices,
as follows: Kings, ID to % shillings
per barrel (the English shilling being
about % cents our currency; Bald
wins, II to 20 shillings; Northern spy,
Is to 20 shillings; Roxbury russets,
16 to Is shillings: greetings, Ia to l6
shillings. A very active demand is
reported at Liverpool at these prices.
Up to the present time the European
market for American apples has been
manly confined to Great Britain, but
if the opinion of our minister to
Sweden, Mr.. j. l.. Stevens, is correct,
there seems to be an opening for them
in northern Europe, where no good
apples can be grown. as is the case in
Denmark, Sweden and Norway. The
few that find their way to these coun-
tries are mostly from France, and are
to be found only in larger cities,
where they are sold on an average OF
6 cents each. Mr.. Stevens thinks
that the keeping qualities of some
American apples, and their adapta-
ton for transportation, as well as the
fact that they are better favored than
those now found there, make them
admirably adapted for the markets OF
northern Europe. The journey is
longer than to England. but the
prospect price is greater American
Cultivator.
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MR.. BEECHER's FISH STORY.

Mr.. Beecher told pretty hard
fish story to his people at the
Plymouth prayer meeting last even
ing. He said that whenever his father
went down to Guilford, Conn, to
visit his wife's relatives, he used to
think of nothing bat finding good
place to catch trout. In certain
pool there was particularly large
trout, and for several years the old
gentleman vainly tried to hook him.
Finally, during one of his annual
visits, he saw the old trouts fins stick
ing out of the water in shady spot
under the bank The reverend angler
bethought him that he had heard or
read that fish could be tickled and
captured with the hand. He softly
slipped a hand into the water under
the motionlcss fish, and slightly
ticlled its belly with his finger tips.
1t shot little distance off, but re
turned almost immediately, and Pere
Beecher moved his hand lightly along
its scales until, approaching the gills,
he slipped his foreiinger in and jerked
the surprised trout high and dry upon
the bank. The fish weighed three
pounds. Mr.. Beecher told this story
with such dramatic force, and so clev
erly initiated the old gentleman peer
ing into the pool and reaching his
arm down into the water, that when
he pulled it up rustic of excitement
was noticeable in the. meeting Mr..
Beecher's UNCONSCIOUS mimicry in
another part of his discourse led him
to make a pose and a grlmace which
would have delighted one of his carl
caturists. He said his Friday night
congregation was like brood of cal
low robins sitting in nest with eyes
shut and mouths open waiting for
him to drop in worm. Mr.. Beecher
shut his own eyes, opened his mouth
to the fullest, and sat for Il moment
with face upturned, looking as much
like a young robin as was possible
for a gentleman of his age and full
habit. II New York Herald.
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UTAH DIVORCES VoID. The Su-
preme Court of Massachusetts lately
set aside or declared void the divorce
which Mary Hardy. the once famous
medium, obtained in Utah in 1877
from her husband. John Hardy. John
reluctantly consented to the divorce,
and was rewarded for his sacrifice by
a check for 5000, whereupon the
woman became Mrs. Perkins. When
on her death bed two years ago, Mrs.
Hardy-Perkins made will leaving
ito my husband a generous amount
of her large property, and the two
men have been contendirg in the
courts over the disposition of the be-
quests. Judge Allen, in deciding in
Hardy's favor, criticised the divorce
laws of Utah severely, and said that
they had no jurisdiction over citizens
of Massachusetts who had never been
residents of the Territory
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ABOUT MRS. LANGTRY.

Mrs. Langtry was born at st. He'll
er's, Jersey, about twenty-six years
ago, and was baptized with the name
of Lillian, which is abbreviated to the
more familiar Lille" When Mr..
Nillais first painted her his pic
ture hung in the Royal Academy and
in the catalogue appeared as A Jer-
sey Lily" The title was not in
tended as a pun on the lady's
name, but as a tribute to the
marvellous complexion which the
painter tried to reproduce on canvas.
Before the lady thus became famous
she was living a comparatively hum
BILE, or, as they say in England, gen
teel life with her husband, an Irish
gentleman of moderate fortune.
Mrs Langtry had, during her most
brilliant London seasons, two most
formidable rivals in the persons of
the Countess of Lonsdale and Mrs.
CORVALLIS West. In character, man
ner and appearance, these three
ladies presented striking contrasts.
Lady Lonsdale is almost a g:antess,
with a massive head, great eyes, and
the figure of a Roman matron. Mrs.
CORVALLIS West is rather petite, and
in manner is piquant, Partisan, and
perhaps frivolous. Lady Lonsdale,
as became a woman of her proper
tons, was somewhat masculine in
voice and bearing, while Mrs Vests
habit is what is irreverently termed
"kittenish." Between these two ex-
tremes stood Mrs. Langtry, the per
lection of womanhood at least to
English eyes
Her voice was ever soft, gentle,
and low, an excellent thing in Il
woman. as poor kng Lear says of
Cordeid. Her manner was always
stately and graceful without being
statuesque and imposing, and wheth
er upon analysis her claims to beauty
were greater or less than those of
her two famous rivals, it is certain
that she outived them both in fash
ionable and popular favor. Three
years ago stories of the somewhat
eccentric doings of the profession
al beauties" received wide currency,
and one to the effect that beauty y
went too far" even for the good ma
ture of the Prince of Wales when
she dropped a piece of ice between
the royal collar and the royal neck,
was related with Mrs. Langtry as its
heroine.
Perhaps it is hardly worth while to
correct the details of this little bit of
gossip. but in case it should be, we
may say on the authority of those
who "know," that Mrs. CORVALLIS
took the frigid liberty which His Roy
al Highness SO haughtily resented,
and that lady dropped out of the
princely sunshine while Mrs. Lang
try continued to basL in it. Fashion
able life in London cannot be lived
for nothing. despite Mr. Thackeray
and Becky Sharpe. Mr.. Langtry's
modest fortune was unequal to the
demands made upon it. Necessity
was thus the very prosaic reason
which drove Mrs. Langtry to the
stage and enrolled her among the
army of women workers, of which
Miss Emily Faithful is the devoted
champion.
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PARSONS PAY" IN ENGLAND.

While admitting, N the course of
some after dinner observations to
which he gave utterance one evening
at Ipswich, with genial frankness
truly refreshing in one of his cloth,
that clergymen are sometimes ami
mated by human passions, liable to
error and even but poorly off for
brains, tho Rev. Francis Maude ex-
pressed his conviction that his pro
fesslonal brethren were, on the whole,
too miserably paid for their services
to turn out what he dramatically
termed " a superior article The
church, according to Mr.. Maude, is
the worst remunerated profession in
the land. and, as he unhesitatingly
confessed, his own experience of an
ecclesiastical career has been such as
to convince him that as far as the
good things of this world are CON
cerned it is much better fer young
man starting in life to become a
butcher OF baker than a parson. He
himself, nad he to begin bread-earn-
ing over again. would most assuredly
not embark in the soul curing line of
business, which, in his opinion, has
lost ground in public estimation of
late years. 1t is PROFESSIONALLY true
that the subordinate Gle. gy of the
Established Church are, as a rule,
underpaid in proportion to the cost
of their educational preparation for
holy orders, and possibly to their pri-
vate antecedents. although their re-
enumeration will be found to compare
favorably with that of the working
priesthood in continental countries.
Nine English clergymep out CT ten
are foredoomed, wnen they enter the
church, to live and die in compare
tive poverty; but they are equally
certain of welding considerable pow
er and of enjoying both prestige and
precedence, socially speaking, to a
very approciable extent. What is the
drawing-room status of an attorneys
clerk or doctors assistant compared
to that of a curaies In the world,
Mr.. Maude must remember, only a
very few--and those rather by the ac
cident of birth than by professional
assiduity--can have everything that
appears desirable to human ambition
at one and the same time. If, as the
Incumbent of Holy Trinity asserts,
ministers of religion do not nova
days occupy that strong ground
which they formerly held, it is due to
other and mightier causes than their
cheapness as a marketable commo-
dity. The position of the clergy, like
that of every mundane institution.
is liable to change, and must follow
the bent of the age. Every profess
sion has its disadvantages as well as
it's advantages, and it behooves a
man about 10 choose career care
fully to weigh and strike balance
between the desirable and undesira-
BILE before he makes up his mind
From the London Telegraph.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-12-30

*.*"Many silly people despise the preci-
Gus, not understanding it," But no one des-
pises Kidney-Wort after having given IT
trial. Those that have used it agree that it
is by far the best medicine known. Its ac-
ton is prompt. thorough and lasting. Don't
take pills. and other mercurials that poison
the system, but by using Kidney-Wort re-
store the natural action of all the organs.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-12-30

Corn will shrink from the time 1t
is husked from the field OF shock, in
the autumn, in we'll protected cribs,
from 20 to 30 per cent, by spring.
That is. 100 bushels will shrink to 10
or 80, according to how dry it was
when gathered. Sound corn will
shrink 20 per cent, SO that 40c per
bushel as it comes from the field is
as good as soc in t he spring
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-12-30

HOLIDAY GooDs.-Citron, lemon or orange
peel, PC. Maple Sugar, l6 to 20c. Pure
honey and maple syrup. Plum pudding
mince meat. Nuts, all kinds. 10 to zoe.
Superior currants, raisins, prunes, pitted
cherries. raspberries blackberries. Gran
berries Coo. to 7jc. a gallon. Best variety
of canned fish, meats, oysters. clans in city.
Corn peppers, good ones, 20c. Send for
full list to Ii. A. Smith. jl9 Post St., San
Francisco. Cal
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1t is said that, in good year
France has produced 1,500.000,000,
gallons of wine; Germany as high as
100000; and Hungary, as high as
S0O,0O0,00O gallons; all of which has
found ready consumption. Califor-
mia, this year will produce in the
neighborhood of 2O,0O0,000 gallons.
And this small amount, in compar
son, gives employment to a large
class of people
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AN HONEST POUND.

"STAR" is the ONLY frst-class
Tobacco that isALwAYs put up l6 ozs. to the
pound plug. Co lsumerers who buy Tobacco
by the plug, will save two ozs. on each plug
by purchasing STAR. For proof of this,
weigh your Tobacco. Tin Stars on each
plug.
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SuGAR.--Retailed at wholesale price, in
any quantity, graduated So lbs, Golden G
, lbs, Cube or crushed lbs. Island sugars
10, IL and II lbs. for 500. Send for list at
once to $40 Post St., s. F., Cal.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-12-30

~ No woman really practices eco ,omy
unless she uses the Diamond Dyes. Many
dollars can be saved every year. Ask the
urupV;St
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/ We must distinguish between fe-
LEFTY and prosperity. for prosperity
leads often to ambition, and ambition
To disappointment
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thousands of ladies cherish grateful re-
memberances of the help derived from the
use of Lydia T.. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
nnnnl.
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The plated founces on black satin
skirts made for winter have the inner
plating of terra Gotta.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-12-30

TIE word impossible" is the
mother tongue of little souls.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-12-30

knowledge will always predomin-
ate over ignorance, as man governs
the o.her animals
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A sensation has been caused ut
Elizabethtown, KY, by the arrest of
Rev. j. &. Wharton, alias j. ID. Hill,
of Carthage, Mo-. who is charged
with embezzlement. He had with
him at the time of his arrest Mrs.
Maggie McGill, the wife Of another
Cartilage man. Wharton is the
father of fifteen children and the
woman the mother of three Wharton
took a, prominent. part in religious
meetings of ElizabethtOwn.
Northwest enterprise. [volume] (Anacortes, Wash. Ter.) 1882-1887, 1882-12-30

There are many men whose tongues
might govern multitudes if they could
govern their tongues
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POULTRY AND EGGs.-Send them to II. A.
Smith, SO Post St., S. F., and get full
weight, full count and full price.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19

The Medicine Lodge INDEX is bowling
mad because the commissioners of Bar
bour county awarded the county printing
10 the Cresset, and proposes hereafter to
criticise the board ito the fullest extent IN
the future" Our advice to the INDEX
man, and ell others like him, is to 90
right on attending to his business, make
rs good paper as be can, and refuse to
do county or any other printing unless he
can get the same price for IL as other peo-
pie have to pay. Taking county printing
at cost price don't near pay, and it is an
evidence OF weakness On the port OF any
publisher who will seek it and take 1t un-
der such terms.-Caldwell Commercial.
Hutch" of the Commercial, is fire.
quently in the habit of going off half
cooked while firing at his newspaper
brethren. 1t is through pity that he has
so long escaped from having his old
skinner bored full of holes. We suppose
he thinks he is establishing big reputa-
tion for bravery by poking his snout into
matters that do not concern him in the
least. This is none of your funeral, Hutch,
and your advice to the INDEX editor and
his ilk is as good as wasted, for we do not
consider it worth q cuss. Of course il
worries Republican paper to think that
a Democratic sheet would think of secur-
ing the county printing. So far as the
weakness" is concerned, we think the
INDEX will compare favorably with the
Caldwell Commercial. Here Is little
gratuitous advice that we think clutch"
will do well to heed: Attend strictly to
your own business and not be meddling
with affairs of your neiehbors tpat do not
concern you In The least.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
Secure Your Reading Matter for 1889.


The Index and the Weekly Capital, d
large, eight-page paper, published az
Topeka Kansas, will be furnished one
year for %. The Capital furnishes the
decisions OF the supreme court, reports
of all conventions and associations. inf
news Of all State departments, and will
be found valuable family newspapsr.
Remember that - cash pays for the
INDEX and the weekly Capital for ono
year. Sample copies may be seen 1t sllis
flee.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
Notice for Publication.
LAND OFFICE AT +,

Larned, Kansas, January 3rd, 1882
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing named settler has fled notice of his
made before the Register and Receiver at
Larned, Kansas, on Wednesday, Feb. 18th
1882. W.: Perry MtGlanahan, Declare
tory Statement, No. Ill9. for the NV d 81
s-w a SIC. 20. n = of Sc s-w me- Il
sec. 10, TIP. 81 s, K NV.
He names the following witnesses TO
prove his continuous resi5saee upon and
cultivation of said land, w: G. g. p d
perd, DIN NJ. Heath. J. A. Lane, G. Van
Patten. all OF Sun City p. O.. Barbour
Co., Kansas. O. A. MORRIS,
32f5 Register.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19

Standiford d Youman have just
received an IMMENSE stock of ne w
goods of ALL kinds. Call and ex-
anime our stock before you buy
elsewhere. 3
IS. Lebrecht is constantly
adding TO his already large stock
OF Groceries. Call and see. Al
--Jewelry and Ornaments n
great variety at sheldon's;
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19

The FIRST day the new rank was opened
for business, forty-fve hundred dollars
were Deposited therein, and the company
without a charter. This shows how much
confidence the people place in the gentle
manly cashier, Geo. Geppert. HIS sigma
ture was all the guarantee the depositors
required that their funds would be safe.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19
HlDEsl HIDEsll HIDEslll

Hinsen e. VanLaningham, at
Harper, will pay the HIGHEST cash
price for hides and furs. o
The Denver Lsgg ings a
Standiford, Youman & Co. 40 If
Ladies, call and see the new
stock of prints at Standiford IL
Youman's. 3
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19

Some Of the young people of our city
called at the residence of P. II. Chaplin,
last Friday. and were RECALLED with de-
licious cake and cream. If there Is lady
in the land that understands perfectly the
art Of making guests feel at home, it is
Mrs. Chanin.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19

Mr.. Cobb, Of Sun City. recently had a
pair Of boots manufactured that ct so
closely to his foot he could not withdraw
them. He slept with them on for three
nights, and finally came to the Lodge and
had Singer pull the things off for him.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19

Miss Lou. Clinkscales, who, twill be
remembered, spent some time in the
Lodge three years ago, rs visiting W. P.
Ewing and family. W. p. delights in
surrounding himself with young people,
but he will End that his wood and coal oil
bills Will run up like blazes this cold
weather.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19

Sheldon's bear got loose on Tuesday
evening. and Billy Young was detailed to
capture the animal. 1t was obstinate and
Billy was compelled to Kick him in the
mouth two or three times until the blood
flowed from the ANIMALS mouth in a
stream. Billy's big toe was cut,nearly in
two during the encounter.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19

DR.. w. II. Moore, of Fall township
will soon remove to Medicine Lodge, Bar.
bour county. Kansas, where his son was
recently elected register Of deeds. Sumner
county always feels the loss Of such esti-
Unable men, and that Medicine Lodge will
be aided by his preschee no one has a
reason 20 doubt. -WellnRionian.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19

Last week Miss Eta Sheets, who has
been making her home with the family of
w. w. Cook for some time, left for Mis-
souri,, and willlreside with her grandmoth-
err in the future. Miss Eta is a quiet, In
dustrious young lady, and leaves very
many friends behind her.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19

Every stock man who has a strange ami
NAL on his range. will confer a favor upon
the owner by leaving a description of the
same at this Office, rs we publish all es-
trays free Of Icharge. This is done to ac-
commodate the cattle men.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-01-19

Quite number are talking Of leaving
our little city in the spring. However,
we are inclined to think 1t will end in
talk. as there is no better town than Medi-
cine Lodge in which to live and engage
in business