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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-06-29
Personal AND LITERARY.

Mrs. Elizabeth Cady Stanton has
spent the past winter in England, and
has received much social attention.
Prof Crouch, the needy composer
Of Kathleen Mavourneen, had ben
eft at the Academy of Music in Balti-
more the other evening, when he sang
several of his songs.
The veteran jokist, Josh Billings,
Is now sixty-six years old, and has a
grandson nearly a young man. Josh S
real name is Henry w. Shaw.
-Ex-Cadet Whittaker's father, James
Whitaker, died in Kershaw County, S.
G., the other day, leaving about $4,000
in money and an improved farm. He
was once a slave
Mrs. Southworth, the writer, hav-
ing completed a ten years engagement
with Mr.. BOnner's story paper, has
made another ten years contract with
the same publisher.-N T. Graphic.
Mrs. General Sherman must be the
model wife. The General boasts of hav-
ing kissed ninety per cent. of the pref
test girls in the land, and yet we hear
no motion for divorce. Chicago Inter
ocean.
Evangelist ID. L. Moody, after
eighteen months steady preaching, will
settle down for summers rest at his
home in Mortified, Mass. His schools
in that place are in 1ourishing condi-
tion.-Bostoa Post.
Mr.. Louis Frechette. the poet
laureate of Canada, has written a play
entitled 1.-The Thunderbolt, which
will be played in the principal cities OF
the Dominion and the United States
next season. Its story is located in
Louisiana, and is founded upon French
novel.-N y. Post
1t is not perhaps generally known
that Mr.. Whistler, the London artist
who has become famous through his
nOcturnes" and symphonies in
color. is an American by birth. Such,
however, is the case, and the quiet,
rocky old town of StOnington, in Con.
necticut, can claim the honor of being
his birthplace. - Chicago Journal,
"A little girl fourteen years old. Of
Richmond, Va, whose name is moi
given, is said to have written a charm
ing story under the romantic title -
Heart for Heart. Her precocity i,
said to be unprecedented in a literary
way, and the papers of that city are al
ready predicting that she will be the
lOng-loOked-for novelist. If she has as
much talent as is reported she ought tC
be sent to school, and pens and paper
kept away from her.-Chicago IRteI
Ocean.
George Francis Train is said to be
very well off, anthhis son has n lucra
tive position in a private banking firm
at New York. The father and son ar,
rarely seen together, as the old MAJ
has become almost insane of late. III,
has not spoken for several months, anC
will shake hands with nobody. Not
long ago George Francis was seen in
his accustomed place on Madison
Square. eating peanuts, and his son wa,
communicating with him by means ol
a little tablet which Train always car
ries. The father would not speak t
his own son. Chicago Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-06-29

Railroad Trains ON Sunday.

The Raitrdy Age. whose editor is a
religious man and member of the
Presbyterian Church, has recently issued
q circular to railroad managers inquir-
ing how far it is necessary to dispatch
trains on Sunday. The investigation
was suggested by an order from the
President of the Louisville, New Albany
& Chicago Railway. forbidding the run
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-06-29
SYlfPATRY

whether lnd n 90 or not,
The world j. fair. and lie u sweet,
howcvcr sad may be my lot
And Joyful faces stu / meet
Lot mo forget not. IN my care.
Tho Rlndnoss which iuumcs their way,
Hut Joy IN sunshine anywhere,
Although 10 mo the skies are gray.
20 win 7 try my Friof to hide.
Dear friends. bat N with focblc voice
Join your songs. fOrbcar 20 ohidc,
For IN your Joy do rejoice.
Tho world 4 full 81 Joy 20 mo;
My heart is lirht. and FREQ from care,
' And singing with the birds IN CLEO.
Tho sun d shining everywhere.
Why shcN-if go many eyes be dim.
80 many faces full 81 wocY
Why should their cup with sorrow brim,
And mine with VladnCss OVERFLOW
] share the grief do not feel,
Although IT, gloom can not keeps
lct, ~ such pity. nught could heal,
fuin would weep with those who weep
-Esthcr Thornc, "a chicago Afirdnce.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-06-29

To dry cherries, remove the stones
and place the cherries upon a platter
in an oven moderately heated. Let
them remain until the oven is cool. and
repeat the process until quite dry. A
little powdered sugar can be strewed
over them at each heating. Nv T.
Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-06-29

The New England quohaug. or
round clam, has been naturaIized ON
the coast of England by transplanting.
H. d. Brandreth, an American in busl-
ness at Liverpool, sowed the seed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-06-29

"A species of green worm is killing
the copperhead snakes of Marlin. Tex.
The worms fastcn themselves to the
body of the snake two inches from its
head.
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HER LIES SECRET.
~ IrNNIr DAVIS BuRToN.

Auihor NJ "Sirnng,iy Htd," Ths Thornhurat
HLafsy7, {" Ths Nod iest Marriages Er,g
Uas." Ceeirs secret e" A Mer~
eless ne" etc., etc.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-06-29
international Sunday.School Lessons.
THIRD QUARTER.

THIRD QUARTER.
July 1-Joshua, Successor to
Moses ............... Josh. I: L Q
July S-Passing over Jordan Josh g; 5-l7
July 15-The Plains of Jericho Josh 5.10-l5
and 6:l-5
July 22-Israel defeated at All. Josh. 7:lOaG
July 29-The Reading of the Law Josh $3.50 81
Aug. 5-The Cities of Refuge Josh 20: I-6g
Aug. l2-The Last Days of Joshua. j osh. "A go
Aug. 19-Israel Forsaking God judy. 2: GIG
Aug. 26-Gideon's Army Judy. 7: l. 3
Sept. 2-The Death of Samson =. Judg. II, IN
Sept. 9-Ruth and Naomi. Ruth I:Iie2
Sept. ia Praying Mother. 4 Sam. I:2I-sS
Sept. 23-The Child Samuel. .. / Sam. 3: I-I9
Sept. 30-Review.
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No sea-captain ever dreamed ci
fore-castlcs in the air.-M 7. News.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02
To the Death.
The Early Peach, the Green Apple and
the Small Boy.
burlington Hawkeye,l

The Early Peach came to place where
four roads met. He slapped his chest with
his stem and looked to the east and the
south.
''Bismillahr' he cried, 81 am the boss,
aud drive the ambulance.
The little Green Apple came down the
long road from the west and heard him. He
bowed to the north and he bowed to the
west.
81 am the son of the cyclone" he shout
ed, ''and travel with my own private cor
oner'
''By the camel of Mahomei," said the
Early Peach, 81 am the friend of the sexton
and can knock you out in four rounds,
Marquis of Tewksbury rules"
Come to the wake" shrieked the little
Green Apple, sand you may call me the
harmless paw-paw of the wilderness if can
not double up the man who planted YOU"
Then they looked down the four long
roads and waited for some one to practice
on. From the east came fair young girl
from Vassar college and up from the south
came gray-haired African.
Take your fair STUDENT" said the Early
Peach.
Not - said the little Green Apple, 81
didn't come here to attempt impossibilities.
For nearly ten years that girl has sat at sur
reptitions midnight lunches; she has broken
up score of young men with her ice cream
bills, and still she is hungry. But | will
stand aside and give you a chance at the At
rican.'
Il am not on the suicide lay this morn
ing" said the Early Peach. 81 know him.
and already since yestereven's sun there
have reposed beneath his untroubled vest a
peck and halls Of my brethren, and he is
even now famished. He is known as the
destroyer of watermelons, and all my tribe
fear him. Allah is great, but some things
are impossible
So they let many people pass by I'M
harmed, the old, the tough, the wary and
the well-seasoned. But when the day was
far spent, coming down the long road from
the west, they saw a rudy boy, the pride
and JOY OF mis- home, and the torment of his
teacher Whistling merry roundelay be
came, his face as rosy as the glowing vest
his heart as light as thistle dorm.
He was their meat. -
The Early Peach and the little Green AID.
pie set their teeth and breathed loud as be
came near.
.Now!' they shrieked, and liyid with
hate they fiercelY sprung upon him.
In ts-~short minutes that boy had both Of
them down, and as he cracked the peach pit
-teSset at the ''goody'' he said:
y jimmy jinks, wisht knowed where
could find bushel of them fellers."
The Early Peach with dying gasp turned
and said:
1--WE were taken i'm
With hollow groan the little Green Ap
| pie replied
"Of corpsen
But the boy slept soundly all that nigh
and came back the next day to look fol-
| more.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02
PSALMS.



HEAR this, all ye people, and give ear all
IA We inralids of the world, Hop Bitters
will make you well and to rejoice.
2. 1t shall cure all the people and put
sickness and suffering under foot.
8. Be thou not qtroid when your family
is sick, or you have Brighfs disease or Liver
Complaint, for Hop Bitters win cure you.
A. Both low and high, rich and poor know
the value of Hop Bitters for bilious, nervous
and Rheumatic complaints.
). Cleanse me with Hop Bltters and ]
shall have robust and blooming health.
6. Add disease upon disease and let the
worst come, / am safe if use Hop Bitters
I. For all my life have l been plagued
with sickness and sores, and not until year
ago was cured, by Hop Bitters.
s. He that keepeth his bones from aching
from Rheumatism and Neuralgia, with Hor
Bitters, doeth wisely.
0. Though thou hast sores pimples
freckles, salt rheum, erysipelas, blood poi
soning,yet Hop Bitters viii remote them all
10. What woman is there, feeble and slck
from female complaints, who deslreth moi
health and useth Hop Bitters and is made
tceU.
IL. Let not neglect to use Hop Bitter:
bring on serious Kidney and Liver com,
plants.
u. Keep thy tongue from being furred
thy blood pure, and thy stomach from indi
ges;ion by using Hop Bitters.
-. All my pains and aches and disease
go like chaff before the wind when use
Hop Bitters.
IA. Mark the man who tcds nearly dea6
and given up by the doctors after using HoI
Bitters and becometh well.
as. Cease from worrying about nervous
ness, general debility, and urinary trouble
for Hop Bitters win restore you.
iel1 A1WF&w4w24
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02
Concerning Spring Rhymes.
Chicago Tribune.l

Chicago Tribune.l
SIS the real editor imp
A fairly good-looEing young lady stood in
the doorway and glanced around the apart
ment in an inquiring fashion.
"We do not keep any supposititious edi-
tors on this paper" said the horse reporter.
who has charge of the poetry?' contin-
ued the young lady.
''The janitor, mostly, although he doesn't
clean the windows often enough to keep the
stock reduced and give all the poets fair
chance"
Il have written poem which I should
like to see printed in the Tribune, because it
is my favorite paper; papa has taken it for
twenty years."
"Yes, we know all about that" said the
horse reporter. 'What we want now is
something that will jibe with the season-no
oh, the merry, merry May.ime, with it's
wealth of floral bloom but verse or two
that has contemporaneous human inter
est, such as
BEAT the carpet gently papa;
Do not slug it quite so hard;
For you never can replace it
Short of eighty cents yard"
DO you think that is nice poetry?" asked
the young lady.
well, there isn't much L am wandering
by the brookside,' but it's good, seryiceable
rhyme. Something like
Don't forget the garden hose
Wipe the darling baby's nose
Put the looking glass and toothbrush safe away.
Here Is Lulu's other hustle.
Come now, girls, get up and hustle.
fha IS
My poem is about the Spring time. too"
said the young lady, 'but it is different from
that"
"How does it go?"
The poet produced roll of manuscript
aud read her verses.
Y on must have written that la a Wig
gins year, " said the horse reporter you've
got some daisy kinds of weather strung along
through that little epic"
but don't seen-
"Of course you don'tp' said the friend of
Rarus.
"rhere are none so blind as those who
won't quit writing poetry. But I'll show
you. Now, in the first stanza of your poem
1t tells about your sitting by the creek,
where you and whatever his name is sat 'one
little year ago. although where there is
any difference in the size of years / have
never been able to discover. Then II says
that the soft rain battered on the leaves,
and the April grass was wet, doesn't it?"
YES, sir" replied the poet.
II hope that you had your gum shoes
along, sis, because there is nothing sadder
than lovely woman with a cold in her
head"
swell, really, sir, l thought that was
good poem. Mamma thought SO, too. Then
you can't print my verses?'
"Oh, yes, they will be printed -
"Thanks. viii it be sure to 60 in if you
say so?'
eyes"
"Well, didn't know You seem rather
young to have 30 responsible position"
"You remember what Socrates said,'' re-
piled the horse reporter: "Young men for
war; old men for counsep-in divorce
cases.
"Good-day; sir" said the poet.
"Bon jour-" replied the horse reporter.
81 don't know what bon jour means, but the
literary editor always says it, and when 1t
comes to talking anything but United States
be is large, white daisy with yellow spot
in the CENTRE"
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

A GANG of burglars operating in Connec-
ticut have been corraled, including the
young and beautiful wife of the leader, VIM.
Davis, she being really in command, having
planned the work of the force. She is the
daughter of wealthy Massachusetts family
and eloped from boarding school with Davis,
who represented himself to be rich South
erner when he was, in fact, freshly from the
penitentiary. She remained steadfast to
him, however, after her discovery Of his ac-
tual character, and it seems as if, determined
that if he was going to be burglar he
should be good one, she inspired him to
the highest flight in his profession.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02
A Plea for Judge Lynch
New York Tines

young rufiian was lately put off train
on the Philadelphia and Reading railroad,
on which he was stealing a ride He vowed
that he would have vengeance. So, watch
ing his opportunity, he placed an obstruction
on the rails in front Of an approaching train.
The locomotive was thrown from the track,
and, careering on it's side, it pinned beneath
1t the master mechanic Of the road, Mr..
Hahn, who was riding with the engineer and
fireman. The latter escaped. The unfortu-
nate man under the engine was literally
roasted alive, being able TO speak TO those
who could not rescue him while he suffered
his last agones. The young murderer took
to the mountains, where he was received and
protected by outlaws who infsst that portion
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

SOME Of the New York papers are real
sorry that the canal robbers Of that State,
after whom Sammy Tilden took chase so
Mostly and fercely during the Tweed mon
arcby, have never been convicted nor dol
lar Of their plumber recovered; and the more
the New York Democrats bawl their regrets
over the discharge of the star route defend
ants, the sofrier these papers seem to feel
about the unpublished Democratic pirates OF
the raging inland deeps. In such case as
this, one would thing that the sympathy Of
these papers would be tenderly appreciated
by the grieving Democrats, but it isn't.
Cutie the contrary.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

THE relatives of some of those who were
killed on the Brooklyn Bridge have begun
suits for damages against the trustees. As
the latter are only technically responsible,
and as the claims for damages are likely to
be made good, New York and Brooklyn
seem to be in fair way to find the cost of
the bridge incidentally very much increased.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

A RICHMOND paper commenting on a re-
port that Gen. Sheridan had said something
disrepectful about Jube Early, hopes it isn't
so, "as Gen. Early is not the man 20 allow
any one to speak disrespectfully of him with
impunity." When Phil read this he was
struck with mortal terror and shivered so
that be shook all his teeth out, except some
Of the biggest back ones that were screwed
on and fastened with nut under the jaw.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

in his discourse to the young lawyers at
New Haven, the Hon. Thomas F. Bayard
called attention to the growth in the coun-
try of "a class of clients and litigants who
seek, and too often obtain from the legal pro-
fession services injurious to the common
wealth." Whether he had In mind the SER
vices rendered by his brother lawyer and
brother Democrat, the Hon. George Hoad-
ly of Cincinnati to the Standard Oil Com
pany, the railroad corporations and the as
sociated distillers and brewers.of Ohio, we
have of course no means of knowing; but
If any of the monopolies which SO alarm the
Democratic Senator from Delaware has ever
sought the professional assistance of the
Democratic candidate for governor in Ohio
and failed to obtain it, the fact has not come
to the public knowledge.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

NAN, the New York newsboy, advanced
from rags through heroism to responsibility,
has now declined from responsibility through
liquor back to rags. You remember the
SLANG proverb of the hoss-racing gentry?'
"Age amt nawthin' blood tells''
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

Prominent Republicans from all quarters
Of the State of New York report the desire
for harmony and the desire to wipe out the
defeat of last year to be general. A coed
ticket nominated without machine manipu-
lation will unite the party.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

VOORHEES,, who was bowling free trad
er In 1880, is a no wiling protectionist in 1888
He saw how the country took the tariff-for-
revenue-only scheme, and is willing, in or
der to win next time, to adopt the opposite
But burglar who is bound to get In any
how tries another key when the first don't
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

A NEW HAvENER in Germany bought a
very curious little fancy clock, and on open
Ing 1t to wind, found by the label that it was
made in a clock factory in New Haven that
he passed, going between his Office and his
home. several times day
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

If the Democratic garnet is to be ransacked
for material, there is something of demand
that Mcclellan and Pendleton shall be
brought out and busted. If the Democrats
will bring them out we will see that the Re
publicans give them the busting.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02
EIIg PRESS.
MONDAY MORNING. July ..

We DO not read anonymous letters ana communi-
Aahons The name and address Of the writer are in
all eases Indispensable not necessarily for publica
ton but as guarantee of good faith.
We cannot undertake to return or preserve COM
munications that are not used.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

If Liberty has foothold in this country
1t will be somewhere besides in New York
harbor, unless the Bartholdi pedestal con
tributions begin TO come in faster than they
have to date
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

TEE Bourbons of Virginia are all stirred
up by the governors appointment of two
colored men as school trustees in Richmond
The Richmond Dispatch says the "whites of
Virginia will not submit to this humiliation
of the superior race"
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02
SCROFULA,

and all scrofulous diseases, Sores Eryspelss Ecze
ma, Blotches, Ringworm, TumoI Carbuncles
Boils, and Eruptions of the Skn re the direct
result of an impure state of the bio, g.
To cure these diseases the blood must be purified .
and restored TO a healthy and natural condition.
AYERS SARsAPARmLA has for over forty years
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strengthens the blood, removes all traces of mer-
curlal treatment, and proves itself a complete mas
ter of all scrofulous diseases.
A Recent Cure of ScrOfuI0us sores.
''Some months ago / was troubled with scrofulous
sores Oilcers) ON my legs. The limbs were badly
large quantities of offensive matter. Every remedy
tried tailed, until used AYERS SUBSTANTIALLY
OF which have now taken three bottles, with the
result thst the sores are healed, and my general
health greatly improved. feel very grateful for
the good your medicine has done me.
Yours respectfully. Mrs. ANN O'BRIAN."
las ShttirGn ST., Nelo York, June "a, 1882,
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but in his own and MANY other cuSe. xv;1t,i,,,
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The well. known iCriter on the Boston yeroyJ u w
Ball, OF Rochester, ". N writes june Z 1852.
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The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

JOHN G. THOMPSON, the great Democrat
ic boss of Ohio, is dethroned from the GEN.
trail COMMITTEES, and the committees landed
over to the Ward and anfi-Pendleton men.
1t will be queer campaign managed by en-
mics of the Democratic candidates.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

Mr.. WATTERsoN of the Louisville Court
er-Journal speaking of the Democratic pros
poets in Ohio said: 1T may be that we can
elect anybody in Ohio, but l don't believe
it." For once Watterson has a sensible
want of faith.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

THERE are five graduates OF Cornell who
propose to go into Journalism" and the
sympathizing Rochester Democrat tells
them they viii know more about journal
ism five years hence than they do now.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

A CANADIAN lawyer of long experience
and close observation says that thus far he
has found that the applicants for divorce
are, without exception, blondes.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

EX-SENATOR THURMAN is reported as
saying of the Ohio Democratic nominations,
81 wash my hands eff the entire farce, for it
Is nothing less than farce"
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

THE Philadelphia Press truly says of the
isiic of the party that framed 1t. 1t means
everything or nothing just as the reader
pleases, chiefly nothing.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

WITH the Ohio Democrats fastened to a
platform of ''free rum and no Sunday" the
Republicans ought to win by 10000 MAORI
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

MERIDIAN, Miss, shooting match will
charge 500 shot, and give $4,000 stock
of goods as the principal prize.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

The New York World calls the Republi-
can party ''the party of the war" The party
pleads guilty. 1t was the party of the war
for the Union while it lasted-and since it
has been the party of peace, equality and
prosperity.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

HIS feeling of responsibility as to the f.
nances of the United States have been so
much for Milton Jennings, the leading
Greenbacker of Indiana, that he has be-
come insane.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

Democracy can make no fight next yeare
cept for a tariff for revenue only.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

SENATOR Dan VOORHEES, declares that no
Democrat can be elected governor of Indiana
on a strictly free trade platform.
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

A GEORGIA Democratic paper says:
SOHO is Republican State, and Demo-
cratic victory in this campain does not in
sure one in 1854"
The Portland daily press., 1883-07-02

VOORHEES, thinks the Democrats will be
able to sneak W next year, if the great
Democratic doctrine of tariff for-revenue-
Only can be kept out of the platform.