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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-13
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Land on Wall street, New York, IS
worth S15, 900, 900 an acre; on Broad
way, $2,0O0,000. ff4fas
1t is estimated sthatrthe druggists
of the country have an average of five
regular opium customers each. sff
Ten years ago one steamboat could
hardly pay expenses running down the
east shore of Puget Sound. Now ten
boats are kept constantly busy over the
same route.
The first piano was made at Padua,
in Italy, in I'LL, by Christofort. The
first one seen in England was made by
Father Wood, monk, and very few
were made there until after 1850.
Ordinary glue can be dissolved in
acetic acid or strong vinegar without
heating and makes an excellent glue,
almost as good as when heated
Keep tightly corked to prevent evapora-
ton.
During the past three years ivory
has risen at least one hundred per cent.
in value, and pearl. which is also largely
used in hating cutlery and other goods,
has advanced very materially in the
same period. 20
During 1882 the murders commit
ted in the United States averaged two o
day, while the executions averaged only
two a week. There were in the year
2l2 murders and fifty-three executions
in the South. New York State had 281
murders and only four executions.-N
Y. Herald
The Vicksburg (Miss.) Planters
Journal describes five apiaries whose
total product last year was IS, 2S7
pounds of honey, 49,10 pounds Of
which was extracted and 6.182 pounds
comb honey. The whole product was
sold for $5,628. The yields ranged
from so. IS to $40. "a per colony. Bee
culture is proving profitable in the
Southern States. aA -
New York City wasga better city
morally, last year, than during 1881,
according to the annual report of the
Police Commissioners. The number of
arrests by the police was &c, 867, against
81, 1875 the previous year. Of the of
| tenders, 49.6 were males, and IL, 242
females. The Police Justices collected
.S75, 591 in fines, an increase of 1890
over 1881. "a
While our Judges are doomed to
retirement at the age of 20, Judges in
England and Ireland have presided in
the several courts long after that age.
At present there are five in England
over 70-Vice-Chancellor Bacon, "a;
Mr.. Justice Manisty, IA. Mr.. Justice
Phillimore, rs; Mr.. Justice Grove IL;
and Lord Chancellor Selborne, little
over 20. The late Lord Chancellors st.
Leonards and Campbell presided over
the Courts of Chancery in admirable
mental vigor at the ages respectively Of
80 and 50, and the Irish Lord Chancellor
Plunkett at "A, and Lord Chief Justice
LEROY at 81. The two youngest
Judges in England now are Judges
Cave and Bowen, 48 and AZ respectively.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-13
A Narrow House.

The narrowest house in this CITY may
be seen at the northwest corner of Lex.
ington avenue and Eighty-second street.
When Lexington avenue was cut
through some years ago, a strip of land
five feet wide and one hundred feet
deep was all that was left of certain
lot belonging to person who did not
own the next lot on the street. The
strip, while of little value by itself,
would be valuable to the person owning
the adjoining lot on Eighty-secon6
street, because it would not only enable
him to build house five feet wider, but
would give him windows all along the
side of his house on Lexington avenue
The two owners, however, could moi
agree as to terms, and house was
erected on the lot adjoining the narrow
strip. The owner of the latter had
nothing to do but abandon his lot, OF
build house five feet wide upon it
The latter course was perhaps adopted
because such house would shut up al
the side windows of the neighborine
building and considerably. reduce it
value.
The new building, which has beer
finished for some months, is therefore
five feet wide, one hundred feet deep,
and four stories high. 1t is divided in.
to two houses, each fifty feet long, anG
the entrance doors are, of course, OF
the avenue, as there is no room for 8
door at either end of the building. The
law allows building at the corner of
street to have projecting bay windows
along the sidewalk, and taking adyant-
age of this circumstance, the architect
has managed to plan a house which,.
while peculiar in inside appearance, and
probably very uncomfortable to live in,
may find tenants. Without these bay.
windows or square projections running
from the foundations to the roof it would
not have been possible to build house al
all, for no room would have been wider
than three feet. . Each house has, there
fore, two bay windows, in one of which are
the stairs and in the other one room
about eight feet wide and about fifteen
feet long; upon each floor The long
passage between the stair-well and the
room is about three feet wide. Each
house contains a kitchen eight by fifteen
feet and four rooms, each of the same
ssize, but on different floors. There are
also ingeniously placed closets at each
end of the building and under the
stairs. Both houses are unoccupied.
One is offered for rent at five hundred
year.
If the object of the builder of these
extraordinary houses was simply to shut
out the light from his neighbours build
ing, he would probably have accom-.
plished the same end at much less ex-
pense by adopting Mr.. George Kemp's
device of sheet-iron shields. Mr.. Kemp
did not wish the occupants of the build
ing in the rear of his house at No. TIC
Fifth avenue to overlook his premises,
and 50 he built an iron scaffolding in
his backyard and placed iron shields
against the obnoxious openings, shut
ting out air and light as completely as
brick wall would have done. This
arrangement has been for years the
source of no little comment from the
neighbors and passers-hy.-N 7. Erefs
ing Post.
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WIT AND WISDOM.

The certain way to be cheated is to
fancy ones self more cunning than 9TH
i ers. - Clarion.
He who has fair words only is like
one who feeds the sick with an empty
spoon and talks about cruel.
Judge not by appearance. A wom-
an can carry pocketbook in her hand
just as proudly when it only contains
two horsescar tickets and latch key as
when full of bills.-LOa0eU Citizen.
-"One might have heard pin fall"
is proverbial expression of silence;
but it has been eclipsed by the French
phrase: ''You might have heard the
unfolding of a lady's pocket-handker-
chief" -
"A good old Quaker lady, after
listening to the extravagant yarn of q
person as long as her patience would
allow, said to him: Friend, what a
pity it's sin to lie, when it seems so
necessary to thy happiness
-" You wouldn't take me for a. mar
ried man, would you?'' asked student
of Cortland girl, the other night.
Il rather think would if you should
ask me, was the response. He
bought a ring next dav.-M Y Mail.
"A "college graduate =" writes to
inquire if we understand the generic
Importance of the term fragment'P"
We do. We look upon the word as the
biography of the first man that ever
attempted to trim the tail Of Georgia
mule.-N Y. Tribune. -
Two ladies were coming out of the
4Ia
play bill, one Of them exclaimed:
why, Mrs. Blank, do you always
throw your programme awayP
should think you would like to keep it
for momentum.'-Boston Transcript.
The Chinese pay their bills yearly,
instead of weekly as is generally the
custom in this country, among those
who pay them at ALL When bill is
presented and one is little short, it
must be nice to say: "Ah, yes; have
been little disappointed to-day; Just
step in next year when you are pass
ing" We like the Chinese system
Rochester Post-Erpress.
While doctor was visiting a sick
woman in Rowlandsville, Pa, two
children poured a pint of molasses into
his silk hat, which he didn't notice un-
til he put the tile on his head. Language
can not describe his feelings, but it IS said
that he will petition the next Legisla-
ture to pass bill making It a criminal
offense for child to be born under
twelve years of age orristown Herald.
"A young man at a social party was
vehemently urged to sing a song. He
replied that he would first tell story,
and then, if they still persisted in .their
demand, he would endeavor to execute
song. When a boy, he said, he took
lessons in singing, and one Sunday
morning he went up into the garnet
TO practice alone. While in full cry he.
was suddenly sent for by the old gentle
man. This is pretty conductr' said the
father. ''pretty employment for the SON
OF pious parents to be saving boards in
the garnet on a Sunday morning, loud
enough to be heard by all the neighbors.
Sit down and take your books The
young man was unanimously excused
from singing the proposed song.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-13
Marine Monsters.

Ships are o ten imperiled by striking
waterloo ged wrecks. and they "A so en-
counter dangers from floating obs ac e,
OF an an mate nature. In gard to the
latter an old sea-Captain recently said
Whales and other sea monsters. have
sunk or disabled vessels in a number of
instances. and Captains of steamers
have re orted losing blades o. the pro.
pellers by com NC in con act with them.
One of the Havana steamships was
caught ina school of whales about a
year ago, when tn ;rty-six hours out from
y ew York. Several OF the plates in
her DOW were driven in, and in order to
save the propeller she was forced tc
lay to until the school had passed
there was a time when mariners
stood in great fear of the Gu throat
sword fish, VIII CHI used to go about
"knifing" mo ensive merchantmen
W thout the slightest provocation. But
the iron ships of the present ay are
quite secure from such attacks, and the
sword-tsh is 70 ced torealize its own
litlleness and devote itself to the de
struction of whales. Other sea mon
sters have been known to assault ves-
sells. 1t. is said tina devil-hsh have
seized the cab es of small craft and
d jagged them out TO sea. go
Some years ago, vessel bound for
the asst Indies put into st. Helena in
dis ress, and reported having been run
into bv huge sea-mon>ter. Alter
ward, when she was Ilaced in a dry
dock. an immense horn was fou d ip
bedd d among her timbers.
There is peculiar breed of whale
which, instead OF using It's tail as q
weapon OF offense or cefense. D mges
headiong at whatever approaches it. IL
was probably a foil grown specimen of
this kind that sank the Norwegian bark
Columbia in the all of 1879. The bark
was somewhere near the banks of New
foundland, and was sailing due west
under full spread of canvas 1t was a
fine, bracinI morn ng. and The whale
was getting its blood in circulation by A
little run of few hundred miles toward
the cas- ward The result was a violent
conclusion. The whales blood d ed
the water deep red, while large hole
was knocked in the Go um5fa's bow
beneath the water-mark. After the
whale had splashed about for a mo-
ment he disappeared. and soon. after
ward the crew were obliged 10 take to
their boats. They had barely. done this
when the bark SINK. They were licked
up the same q ternoon by Rotterdam
steamsh ship = otfth's Companion. Z
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be seriously i'll. } Thst w do, Harris.

De seriously Ill . tnes VIII do. Harris.
thank you 49, 81. .ssfrt,
at. Calthorpe was quite content to
await the turn of events. This sudden
indisposition of Miss Cuthbert was M st
significant Since she as well as Maur-
ice was so much affected by the part n
scene of the previous, night, it needed
little conjuring TO bring them together
again-mless some very occult ele.
ment turned the currents of their lives
in the wrong direction
There was an element at work for the
infuen, e o which he did not make suf-
fcient allowance in his calcula ions
That was-the shock to which their
faith in each other had been sub ected,
and the stuL born fidelity of both to any
course to which they had committed
themselves. This element in their
characters which, under ord nary cir
cumstances. would have made the r
union as perfect as thato anv man and
woman can be, was now most likely TO
keep them apart. Mr.. Calthorpe would
have called this pig headed obstinacy,
and if he had thought of il seriously
would have been unable to comprehend
the possibility OF its swithstanding for
any length of time even such reason
as they possessed in their calmer mo-
ments.
He was curious. but not impatient. az
the wet and dismal day dragged its slow
length along without bringing any mes
sage from Holly ord. 1t was not the
weather alone which kept him indoors
He was confident that-there would be a
message, and one of some importance.
He was. therefore, not surprised when,
in the diDgy ternoOn, Colonel Cuth.
bert himself appeared.
ITO re CONrINIrRn
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-13
A Church,S Long Jaunt.

The Cavalry Monumental Episcopal
Church, which stands on Forty-frst
street, above Oregon, and which has
been completed, while having every APP
pearance of being an entirely. new
brown-stone structure, is in fact exact
ly the same building which, less than a
year ago, was standing on Front street,
above Callowhill. The removal of the
church from its old position to new
one, nearly four miles distant, is re-
markable instance of the skill of the
modern builder, and the case in ques.
ton is said to be novel one in every
way, and without any known precedent
in this country, if in tie world. About
a year ago, the congregation of the
church having run down considerably,
Rev. Mr.. Hutchinson, its pastor, who
resides in West Philadelphia, decided
to try and move the church across the
river, and after considerable trouble
gained the consent of the trustees and
OF the Bishop, the former, however, re-
fusing to let the church be demolished
unless the material in it was used to
construct the new edifice. The work
was commenced in May, 1882, and was
steadily pushed during the summer and
fall, each stone being marked with a
figure in either red, white, blue or vel
low paint, SO that its position in the old
building could be told at glance. Ey-
cry stone, with the exception of few
in the foundation, was transferred to
the new site, and also all the timber,
slate, woodwork, windows, pews, fur
niture, gas-fxtures, heating-apparatus,
carpets, and, in short, everything stands
in the new church, if it can be so-called,
just exactly as it stood on Front street,
the building, even, facing the exact
point of the compass which it did be-
fore. To accomplish this remarkable
job nearly 800 carloads of materials
were bauled over the long route which
separates the old and new localities,
the totals cost of transferring and re-
building being about $4,000 against
S28, 600, which the church originally
cost when first constructed some thirty
six years ago. The church is Gothic in
form, and has seating capacity for
about $50 persons. From the outside
it looks entirely new, the stone having
been thoroughly cleansed with some
powerful acid before being reset, and
no one not cognizant with the facts
would ever suspect that the building
had travelled piece-meal from a point
nearly four miles distant. PHILADELPHIA
Record
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. How small convention was broken up
in hurry istold by down east exchange
asfollows: ''Oh, y said Daisy to her man.
ma, Il was in the parlor last night
behind the sofa, when the preacher
came in to see sister Katie, and they did
sit up too close for ANYTHING: an the
preacher said: Katie, dear, [ iuv you,'
an Katie said: 90, oo;' an then the
preacher kissed her right smack in the
mouth, an said: Dear Katie.how good
the Lord is to us poor sinners;' an
Katie said: 90, oo;' an then--an'
then" We'll" said her mamma,
you wicked child, you wicked child.
what did you do?'' r"W'y. mamma,
felt so good, / blurted right out: Let
us pray, an you ought to have seen
en- jump"
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CHAPTER XIV.
nMnnI nnN-nNnr

ct believe that man has driven me
mad = there no escape from this
"IhaSe insulted him. have spoken
such words 20 him rs no man could en-
dure. even from a woman. In he man
or n demonPl lie stood there so still al
the time without ono word, without
even n movement to show he wished. to
explain, thai IN my frenzy i said such
things o. sicken 40 think of. They
would have Killed n man OF any feeling:
they made no more impression upon him
than they would have done upon n stone.
llhave Killed myself. I have not hurt
htD, he Is insensible nj Ike to pain and
shame, Evcry word that have spoken
will echo thrOughout my lie until the
60 rible rcpotti0n drives me quite mad,
or death gives me rest tNH
''B can not die now; must live,
father Tor you. l must toy 10 live and
TO be silent about what has happened;
try Co de from you still the secret of
all NV strange WAYS and. TO YOU. unac-
countable hts of gloom aud weakness.
- shall try. l shall try very hard to
do u. Tor know that INV mother would
have wished me TO bring you consOla.
tion for the past. not new distress in
the future. But must speak somehow.
and this Is the only way. can speak
90 you, tell YOU everything. and yet
spare on the pa OF knowing how
miserab e your child is until these leaves
may be burned. or until IL becomes
necessary TO show them to you.
THAT dumb white lace with the sad
eyes-cold and shameless 1 thought
them. and yet they made me tremble.
and max me tremble now-that face
will not q away Whether my eyes
are opened or closed IL Il st II there-he
Is stu there. and all the darkness be-
hind and about him. know that /
have committed murder. Which Of us
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-13
THE BROKEN tor.

broken ioyi what memories cling
- ,uud this half-forgutten thing;
~ net oeby-laughter SENS % rise,
~, se Old. del Rhtfui melodies;
nat shouts OF voorhees, tuneful Joy,
A'sFnt OF IN poor broken toy!
on. tiny feet that would not resti
IN Gear head pilowcd on our or asst,
w nat would We give 90 hOld again
ne form we lost. mid tears and palni
an. chiidi the empty cot - on =,
but thine the sunshine and the nowersi
Whist could W. give thee. shouidst thou come
10 smile agaln upon thy homer
Cu ! title pleasures as we know
IN IN =, our tw Rht life below;
Sofne fragments OF enrth's paltry Joys,
"A handful of it, broken toys!
How calm thy lot forever blcst;
How eNquis te thy happy restl
Row chnngeless, Joyous and serene.
lonpared with what thy lot had been
W IN us-whOsc fleet nR, clouded JOYS
Arc at their bcst but broken toys.
-Chdmbsrs' Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-13

M-The Hartwell (Ga.) Sun says that
Bob Curry's gander has plumed its
wings for its eternal flight. 1t was
Matched in the year 1857, and was
twenty-five years old when it died.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-13

"A New York man was so enrapt-
ured with q lady at fancy ball that he
offered her one hundred dollars to I'M
mask She accepted the money saying
Now your wife can pay the servant
girls back wages" It was his mother
in-law.-M y. Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-04-13
AHEARTS PROBLEM.
ny CHARLES oIBBoN.

Auihor of robin Grdu" " For Lack Of God"
In Honor B0nd" "F0r U's King"
" Crteon ~ me Msdd0p.'' Etc.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-21
CAUSE FOR APPREHENSION.

Why Wyeteriops Physical Troubles Arousr
Spectni Nreod--A Professional Exp perience.
Few things give more pain than dread or
apprehension. Most people are able to face
apparent danger heroicany, but the sudden
and unexpected coming OF some indefinite
calamity very naturally strikes terror TO
even the bravest For this reason lightning
and tornadoes are considered terrible; their
coming and going are so sudden, unan-
iiounced and unknown. For this same reason
an unknown disease, some poison in the
blood, some malady that is gradually under
mining the life, is specially dreaded by all
thinking people. And, indeed, there are
good reasons for such dread, for modern
science has discovered that some virulent
disorders show the least signs in their be-
pin 'ngs, while they have the worst possible
symptoms. We know of many persons who
have dull and uncertain pains in various por-
uons of the body; VINO are unnaturally tired
one day and apparently we'll the next; who
have an enormous appetite at times
and loathing OF food soon there
after. Such persons are really in n
dangerous condition, even though they
may not realize it. The following state
nent Of most prominent physician, who
haa had unusual opportunities for investiga-
lon,is of so striking and important nature
that it will be read with interest by all:
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-21
FACTS AND COMMENTS.

Forestry commissioners in New
Hampshire and Vermont are taking
steps to restore the forests of these
States. An exchange says that the
establishment of these bodies in the
districts where great patches of pine
stumps are all that remain of no
BILE forests is an indication that public
sentiment has at last been aroused and
an encouragement that something will
be done to cure the evils which have
followed the destruction of the woods
Measures looking to the restoration of
the forests are quite as imperatively
needed as are those which have in
view the prevention of further wan
tolness."
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-21

Senator Philetus Sawyer, Of Wiscon-
sin, is a lumber king. He lives at 0 sh-
kosh. and has lumber yards and pine
forests that bring him In a luxurious
income.
The Colorador Senators are usually
well off. Secretary Teller, who now
manages the interior department, owns
thousand-acre farms, and has his cat
tie on their thousand hills, and Senator
Hill has an income large enough for a
dozen rich men. He made his money
out of his brains and his knowledge of
He studied the science in
Germany at the university of Frei-
burg, near Dresden.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-21

Are you bald2 CarboIine, de odorized ex-
tract or petroleum, the only cure for bald
ness, has been improved, so that it is now
the most delightful dressing in the world. The
only natural real hair restorer ever produced.
LYoN's Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners
keep new boots and shoes from running over.
Sold by shoe and hardware dealers.
Are you Bilious Try the remedy that
cured Mrs. Clement, of Franklin, N. H.
Hoods Sarsaparilla, made in Lowell, Mass
That Husband of Mine
Is three times the man he was before he be-
gan using Wells Health Renewer. 81.
DoN'T DIE IN THE HOUSE. "Rough on Rats
Clears out rats, mice. reaches, bed-bugs. lbc.
The largest insurance upon the life of any
one person in the United States is held by
one q. X. Anderson, of Titusyille. Penn.
and amounts to $4,000.
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O'DOnOvan Rossa's Opinion.

O'Donovan Rosa, speaking of the
Great German Remedy to a friend. said:
" Mrs. Rosa has been cured of n very
severe attack Of neuralgia by st. Ja-
cobs Oil, as she will gladly tell you, if
you will call at my residence, S79 Bush
wick avenue, Brooklyn, N. Y."-Net0
York Graphic
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1883-02-21

Foxes, ground-hogs and squirrels
are said to be increasing in most of the
Eastern States. Foxes and wolves are
reported as more plentiful in Southern
France and Germany than they were
fifty Years ago.