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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-02
Little Freaks OF Fashion.

The English fashion of cropping the
hair short all over the head and form
ing it into little loose rings has again
reached America, and many ladies are
sacrificing their luXuriant tresses to the
Moloch of the present mode. During
an afternoon drive through prominent
city in Canada, the writer lately no.
ticed no less than a score of ladies, both
English and American, thus shorn.
With this style of couture the jockey
hat is usually worn, excepting where
the fashion is followed by. middle-aged
women; in this case tibet oque, or English
walking hat, is seen, as no larger or
broader hat can very well be kept So
cure without braid or puff to which Il
may be fastened, These short ripping
locks are TO a great degree charming on
some neads-mostly with the round,
rosy-faced girls in their teens, or not far
out of them.
A party of English young ladies, well
chaperoned. recently sojourning al
Montreal, Canada, carried slender
switch-canes of ebony, with small gold
heads, richly chased. and wore Jockey
caps of plain black velvet, which were
most becoming and natty looking. Both
cane and cap are said to be very fash
ionable abroad. both in England and
France.
Wide bracelets, heavily chased, and
bangles, lace-pins and dog-collars ot
various patterns, all of solid silver, are
again in the height of fashion.
Trimmings of silk or satin upon trav-
cling dresses are now considered wholly
..bad FORM
Painted lace capotes will be the lead
ing opera bonnets this year.-M Y.
Evening Post.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-02
The Sad Results Of Skepticism.

Doubt and unbelief make sad havoc
with the prospects and hopes of those
who come under their influence. The
uinous results of skepticism are every
where manifest in the wicked and god
less lives of men, who having rid them
selves of all faith in religion, have cast
off all restraint and surrendered them
selves TO the freest indulgence of every
form of folly and sin.
There are some who are controlled by
moral and religious influences even
while they refuse to acknowledge the
source of the power that holds them in
check. The early education and social
surroundings of many keep them up to
habits of lire against which they would
otherwise revolt, and not few who
scott at religion are indebted to its 81
.ent influences for their good principles
and their advantageous positions
In the case of the great mass OF ire
.igious people, however, these restraints
are not felt, and their decentralization is
almost without mitigation. Reared in
an atmosphere of doubt, and without
he helps of religious privileges and as
ISOLATION, they are wholly given up to
,elfish qualification, and are found liy-
ng without God and without hope in
:he world knowing and caring FOR
,othing beyond the present To them
sligion is only myth. they know no
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Fret Not ThyselI.

Consider the lilies of the field. They
toll not, neither do they spin, and yet,
even Solomon, in all his glory, was not
arrayed like one of these. How much
more will God clothe you. Therefore,
take no thought of the morrow, but seek
the kingdom, and these things shall be
added. That is. go along placidly in
the performance of your duties, and do
not fret yourself about the future; and
this is consummate practical wisdom
and philosophy. But the precept eX-
tends beyond the material to the spirit
ual future. The lily does not trouble
itself for fear that it may not reach its
pearly projections. 1t drinks the rain
and the dew and the sunshine and takes
its rest by night, and God attends to its
development. But what a lot of fretful
and yearning and self-distressing Chris
tians there are. l am not so perfect as
/ ought to be. / want to be an angel,
and with the angels stand, a crown
upon my forehead, and harp within
my hand. l yearn for more gifts and
graces. Well. what good does all this
do you? The child would like the pot
of gold at the end of the rainbow. You
will not be an angel by wishing to be
one, and you will not stand in the an
gelic ranks till you are sent for. Take
no thought for the morrow. God
clothed the lilies, and shall he not much
more clothe you? If you will go along
performing your duties of all kinds to
the best of your ability You will have no
time for whipping yourself with these
useless dissatisfactiOns and longings.
When duties are done for the dav Won
will feel like resting, thanking God and
going to sleep. Never mind about the
raiment The robe of Righteousness is
all ready. and will be girded round you
when the work is all done, and you are
washed up and ready to wear it. Fret
not thyself. ChicagO Interior.
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Combination Coupon Tickets.

''Gimme n ticket to Kansas Citv."
said big-hatted individual in Broad
way railroad ticket Office the other dav
reporter who was standing near saws
the ticket-seller turned to huge frame
or cabinet that stood against the wall.
and seized what appeared to be a card
bearing the legend kansas City" The
card, however, proved to be a strip of
paper half-yard in length, upon which
were printed several cards. Between
these the paper was perforated so that
each card could be readily detached
from the others. These cards were
coupon tickets over the several rail-
roads which are comprised in a route
BY rail between New York and Kansas
City. The first read New York to
Buffalo" the next Buffalo to Detroit, :"
the third Detroit to Chicago" the
fourth Chicago to st. Louis" and the
fifth ''St. Louis to Kansas City," Each
coupon was over a different railroad,
and the price paid in the Broadway Of
nee of the railroad running out of New
York was for all of them clear through
to the terminus of the journey.
If the purchaser had obtained his
tickets separately-that is, bought them
Of each road as he passed over 1.-THE
cost would have been nearly double
what it was when bought here, con-
veniently, over all the roads at one
time.
''Can you sell person a ticket over
any other route to Kansas City?" asked
reporter of the ticket agent.
Certainly. After sending Won tn
M "a n
your choice of about thirty different
routes, the price of the ticket being the
same over all of them
But how in the world do YOU keen
aNck of all these coupons, and give
eacS road its share of the price of a
6cket?''
II"You had better inquire at the Cen
Dral Passenger Agents Office for that
kind of information.
Later the reporter put the question to
Mr.. Henry Monnett, General Passenger
Agent of the New York, West Shore &.
Buffalo Railroad.
"It is simplicity itself when Won once
understand it" replied Mr.. Monnett
"As an illustration: Suppose you should
want to go to some point on a railroad
with which we connect, say to Stam-
lord. We send you to Kingston over
our road, and then on to Stamford over
The Union & Delaware Railroad. The
ticket from Kingston 20 Stamford reads
issued by our road on account of the
Union 4 Delaware. That ticket il
Rumbered and classified. say No. IS.
sorm 112.' Our ticket agent keeps a
tub Of the ticket bearing the same
number. The conductor who takes mn
he ticket sends IL hack to our auditor.
and the latter sees its number and
Dorm- In order 10 ascertain lust What
he ticket called for, the amount Of
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Religious Reading.
!" GONE REFOREm

Suffer the little ones TO come to mel"
mother, bending DER the silent form
Remember that from toll aud sin It's free.
Free from earth's cold, and sorrow's blight
ing storm.
And yet il is so hard to put away
Inc golden hair. the eyes so full of light,
And long 20 see them every sing day,
And weary grow from this ere comes the
night; VIC
Yet all the while. where Gods fair kingdom
The sunny hair burns brighter. and the
Grow wiser, deeper. than they could in this.
And all the while. little angel hand
stand.
And whispers dim-heard words of love and
cheer.
God is a loving Father: He will hold.
At its true worth, this treasure you have
Brighter aud purer viii He make the gold
or love that waits you at the gate of
Heaven.
so while your tears the cold, still face bap-
tie.
Remember, death hut leads us up to Him
Whose care is boundless, and whose loving
No pain or trouble can make cold or dim.
Fold the white hands upon the silent breast
And on the little mouth press earth's last
kiss,
And think, while doing so, from deaths short
rest
The slnless soul will waken to Gods bliss.
Fake the last look at the bright. SUNNY hair
And the closed eyes that were so full of
love,
But think Heavens glory will make both
more fair.
And no mad crime blight to them can
prove.
U mothcr-love, so tender and 81 true
While you are waiting here, some radiant
soul.
Whose child now shares this restless life with
you,
Holds your lost darling In her fond control.
do not bid you sorrow not nor weep
All vain such words when deaths stern
visits come;
But think that God will your great treasure
keep
Within His mansions, till you, too, leone
home"
Think of the tenderness of Him who said:
suffer the little ones TO come to me-"
And know your darling is not cold and dead
But gone before" your mes scnger to be-
Thomas $. Collier, ia YOUTHS Companion
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-02
The Use OF Goats Milk.

"Is it true" asked reporter of
wcll-known physician in Thirty-eighth
street, "that girls are now drinking
goats milk to improve their COM
plexions.'
Undoubtedly, said the physician
promptly; land it is also true that they
are indulging in lettuce juice, asses milk,
cream, glycerine, camphor, poultices,
arsenic. patent nostrums of every variety
and chemical masks"
You don't sayp"
Eyes, ! do. They try everything on
earth except the fundaA entail requisite.
/ have had an extensive experience in
treating cases of skin trouble with wom-
en-. and am still surprised at tho ease
with which they are fooled by all sorts
of quack medicines and devices. Last
spring l had girl under treatment
whose stomach was almost ruined. She
had been taking an Internal compound
sold by firm in Fourteenth street which
was expected to make her arms plump!
She was not an idiot either. Another
patient of mine excited my ire short
time ago. She was the most spook-like
and ghastly-looking specimen / ever
saw. Her skin was dead white, and
her eyelids were crusted and violen ,ly
red She was quite satisfied with her
color-or lack of it-but wanted me to
take away the color from her eyelids.
/ frightened her into confcssing that she
had been consuming quantities of conf
pound said to have been stolen from one
of the beauties Of the Sultan's harem,
and then began to clear her blood"
but do you think goats milk inn
proves the complexionr'
my dear sir, don't you understand
that none of these things improve the
complexion directly? 1t may be posi-
bic to improve the general health SO
much by the use of goats milk that the
complexion is benefited, but that will
only follow where goats milk is suited
to the system. Very many people don't
drink milk at all. Rubbing the milk on
the face is the widest sort of folly.
will tell you how every woman who
reads the Sun may get good color
by systematic exercise, regular meals,
and seven hours sleep every night.
Sounds kind of ancient, doesn't it?"
IA little jaded."
"Well, it's the only receipt known to
us, and it will never fail. Let any
woman try it for herself and see. IN
Y. Sun.
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Choice Selections.


Never leave your way to seek
cross, nor 60 out of your way to avoid
one: appointed crosses are real bless
ings.-H Young Chytstian'S Pocket Book.
Lead Me =
Oh. lead me, Lord. that may lead
The wandering and the wavering feet;
Oh. feel me. Lord that may feed
Thy hungcring ones with mama sweet.
Oh, strengthen me- that while stand
Firm on the Rock, and strong in Thee,
may stretch out a loving hand
To wrestlers with troubled sea.
God can make the grief grace,
the burden n blessing, and light up the
disappointment so that it becomes the
torch of hope. The rod itself shall bud
and blossom and bring forth almonds,
so that the very thing that chastens us
shall present beauty and fruit.-M. T.
Observer.
Man needs the certainties and not
the uncertainties of Christian belief.
He Injuries the cause who tells the peo-
pie what he is not clear about. There
are truths enough about which he is
certain, and the world will find all the
opportunities to doubt that are needful.
Golden Rule.
Hc G-UNtLuV-IOCWOOt ICnCHGT InlIlkS
that Christians ought not to.meet in
elegant places of worship, occupy com
Portable seats, keep Sunday-schools for
a select few, and virtually say; II thank
God am not as other men" and leave
the world around lying in wickcdness,
with little or no effort to save il. "Who
hath made thee to differ from another,
and what hast thou that thou hast not
received"
The New York SIN reports some
remarks made by Felix Adler at the
funeral n one of the members of his
Society for Ethical Culture" What
can be more dreary and hopeless than
this: lin what words of comfort shall
speak to you? | can not speak to you
concerning the meeting i'm another
world. That problem is too much sur
rounded with difficulties. The mystery
that envelopes human existence is too
dense and deep for mortal eye to pene
trate."
Promises and threatenings, cursings
and blessings go together. There is no
ect but carries its fruit with it. The
young should be taught that Gods law
is strict and curses and blesses. II is
Gods law in Nature as well as Revela-
ton. One who eats proper food is nour-
ished; one who eats poison must die.
Human law protects those who obey il
and sets the alternative of punishment
before those who disobey. 1t will not
do to resist the threatenings. They are
for our good. They can not be escaped
except by obedience. In that way they
can be escaped, and in that way is the
only true liberty and happiness.-Ez-
cLnilnp
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-02
-LF WE'D THOUGHT."

lived thought az our last meeting
With the friend We loved so dear
By his grave we'd soon he standing.
Dropping down the silent tear.
would that word VIC spoke so lightly
Have been uttered by us thcnr
would that, In our silent sorrow,
We could call Il back again!
II we'd thought that soon parting
Would us sever far and wide,
That some OF the gladstone faces
would he soon across the tide.
Would the hasty word and action.
Would the satire sharp aud keen,
frOrl our lips have ever fallen.
Or the action Ger been sccnP
If we'd thought the friendly counsel
Was the last we Ger should hear.
Would we then have sconcd 40 lightly
Let our hecdlcs-ucs- appear
~ we'd thought the Kind inquiry
soon would cease fOrCNCrmOrc,
Would n then have been n trouble.
Would we then have wished Il O'er3
Ifwe'd thought that act Of ki;Sdncss
Was the last our friend should seek
Would We have by cruel harshncss
brought the blushcs 20 his chcek3
AT we'd thought our h"cdlcss folly
NOsld have left 80 deep "a sore,
Would We then have spoken rudelyl
Would we not have hushod II oeri
n we'd thought alasi the -orrows
That the words awaken now:
IL we'd thought. ah. then the wrinkles
Would be- fewer on The brow:
IL we'd thought that death was coming
Viii TINT be- our latest cryf
God forbid. we know he's coming.
let us think-hc druwrth niEh.
-Nddtugic Good TcInT5nr.
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God, they have no faith in hereafter.
and they feel no care except for the
things that are ''seen and temporal"
"Ah! but they say now there is no
Godr' was the sad remark made by q
shop-woman of Rome to sthe Rev. DIR.
Taylor, who, upon leaving her store.
said: The peace of God be with this
house" And in every case where this
fearful denial of God takes possession Of
the heart the benediction of His peace
becomes only a solemn mockery.-
Baptist Weekly.
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CHAPTER N.


Margaret, leaving Mr.. and Mrs.
Pierce. wandered of to her own room,
and sat down in n chair near her bed.
She cast her eyes around the room,
which was curiously untidy.
What q place. she mustered. ut
looks as II my trousseau wero being got
ready for this horrible wedding that
hey are always wanting to din into my
sars. II Is enough to disgust any one
with the very idea Of being married.
Coming of age. aud such fuss made
about ~ Preposterousl'
For the room was strewed around
with the presents which. on the princi-
ole of ITO him that hath shall be
fiven." had been showered upon the
young heiress on this, the day of her
najonty. Jewcl-cascs. and fan-boxes.
end scent boitle-boxes. and gorgeous
aondcscript tribes In sweetly smelling
kussia leather. such - are supposed 70
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Fair Play.

''Sir. Fyou predicted a frost for the
night of the 2lst of September, said
an old farmer as he entered the SIGN al
Office at Cleveland two or three days
later.
"Yes. SIR
"And it didn't GOMEZ
mo, SIR"
'.Well. that prediction caught me
with eight hundred bushels of apples on
the trees, and l sold the lot for half
price"
Sorry. sir. but the bureau is some
times mistaken
well, l want you to help me out of
Il The chap who got my apples has
forty acres of taters. II you win only
predict regular freeze-up for to-mor-
row night l kin get them taters for ten
cents = bushel. and come out all solid -
Wal Street Nes1s.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-02
fro BE CoNTrNuED.l

"A humane person wrote to New
York paper communication which he
evidently intended to bear the caption
line: "A Plea for Homeless Dogs. -
The truthful compositor, who could
not tell lie. spelled the word ..plea"
with capital F. He was right. Most
homeless dogs have 'em.-Detroit Post.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-02

"A Texas paper has invented a new
classification for the human race.
Speaking OF popular citizen, it says
II "never heard man, woman or negrs
speak diEespectful word Of him." Z
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-02

"A clerk in the War Department at
Washington died few days ago. leav-
ing $33, 900 in Government bonds and
house and los.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-02

Ounces require rich, mellow soil,
good culture and annual manuring.
They should not be less than twelve feet
apart - Chicago journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-11-02

Never leave your way to seek q
cross, nor go out of your way TO avoid
one: appointed crosses are real bless
ings.- Young CHRISTIANS Pocket Book.
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Suffer the little ones TO come to me!'
% mother. bending DER the silent form
remember that from toll and sin tits free.
Free from carth's cold and sorrow,s hIi,,h.
ing storm.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-17
voluntary Tributes of Gratitude for Bene-
fits Received.

DEAk SIR-Pease allow me the privilege of giving nv
tesmony regarding the wonderful curative properties
Of your invaluable medicine Hunts Remedy. During
the past SIX or seven years have been great sufferer
from kuhey disease, and during great part of the
time I suerings have been SO intense as to be inde
scriOape ony those who have suffered by this dread
disease Ahow OF the awful backache and pains OF all
kinds accompanied by great weakness and nervous
prostraon loss of force and ambition which invari-
ably ateno H. had all these troubles intensified, and
was In such bad condition that could not get up out
OF my cnar except by putting my hands my knees,
and almost rolling out before could straighten up.
tried tic Dest doctors, and many kinds of medicine
butah laiied 10 help me, and experimental 80 long
to get cured that last spring was in very
poor sap and In seeking for relief my attention was
directed py friend to the remarkable cures of kidney
diseases etc. which were being accomplished by
HUNTS henedy. was induced to try it. and began to
take IT, ana very soon "lmbered up" as it were; my
severe pacKaehe, and the intense pains had suffered
so long speedily disappeared. Notwithstanding 1 had
been poGrereo with this complaint so many years.
Wheh oegan to take Hunts Remedy was consid-
erab run down In my general health and suffered also
from loss OF appetite. Ever since have been taking
the kennedy, however, my improvement has been most
marAeo' my former complaints, aches pains, ETC.,
have disappeared, and now feel like my former self
hale nearly, and sound in health shall always keep
HUNTS remedy with me, and would most earnestly
recommend all those who are sufferers from kidney OF
ver dseases or diseases of the bladder or urinary
organs 10 use Hunts Remedy, and take no other.
AoursV very truly, HENRY Fl. SHELDON,
NO. $50 Westminster ST., Providence, R. L
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-17
FARM AND PRESIDE.

The saving of half cent bushel
IN gathering the corn crop of Kansas
would, it is said, aggregate nearly three
quarters of million dollars yearly.
For cough mixture, take one-half
pint molasses, one gill of cider vinegar
and twenty drops of oil of tar. Put in
to bottle and shake well before using.
Dose: A teaspoonful several times dur
ing the day.-RuraL Nea0 Yorker.
"A teaspoonful of borax put in the
last water in which clothes are rinsed
will whiten them surprisingly. Pound
the boraX SO it will dissolve easily. This
is especially good to remove the yellow
that time gives to white garments that
have been laid aside for two or three
years. -N Y. Post.
-Broiled Meat Cakes-Chop lean
raw meat as you would for sausage,
season with salt, pepper and onion
juice; shape into flat cakes and broil on
hot spider. Any meat may be used
for this dish, but it is particularly nice
of beef, and the finest portions need not
be put to this use.-ChjcagO Journal
"A farmer in Madison County, Vir-
ginia, who has gone into the peanut
business, last spring planted one-fourth
of an acre, from which he dug eighty
seven bushels. and after fattening
twenty hogs had twenty bushels left.
These he sent to mill and had ground
and bolted, and says that the meal
make 3the most delicious batter-cakes
40 ever ate.se
Hamburg Steak-Cut or pound
round steak to make it tender, spread il
with fried onions, fold, pound again
and beat; this is, for those who like
onions, delicious breakfast dish, and is
easily prepared. In greasing the grid
iron for boiling, rub with bit of leaf
fat; this is always well to dot does
not mar the flavor and it does not waste
as butter does.-N. Y. AdUertiser.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1883-03-17
A Song without Words.

Neither of them said word. The
passengers came out on the rear plat
form of a Third-Avenue car staring at
sign that was being rapidly left behind,
and grasped the dashboard rail. The
conductor seeing that the passenger
was about to step off with his back to-
ward the horses, with his left hand
clutched at the bell-strap and with his
right seized the passengers arm. The
passenger with look of indignation, as
if repelling an unwarrantable liberty.
shook off the conductors hand and
jumped off-with his back toward the
horses. Perhaps his feet touched the
ground first, but there was doubts about
that among those who saw the perform
ance. Anyway, in less than half a
second he was standing on the back of
his neck, with both feet up, as if he was
trying to kick the skylight out of the
dome of heaven. The conductor
grinned until the top of his head looked
like an island, but said nothing y
Sum-