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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-11
THE KINGs DAUGHTERS.

Tho Kings three little daughters, meath che
palace windows straying.
Had fallen into earnest talk that pat an end
Aud the weary King smiled once again 20
hear what they were saying.
"Iist Who love our father bcst!' the eldest
q" am The oldest Princcssi' and her pretty
what q lhere none can de- .yi,houu love
him moro than bread
Then said the second Princess with her
Than hrssdl 4 c SSs thing like breads
Glad am / IL i T. not thou. called by our
mothers namc.
4" love bin with a better love than one 50
More than-ob what then shall ! say that Is
both bright and nnc.
And :. not commoni Yes, know-I love
him more than winov
Then the little youngest daushtor. whose
speech would sometimes halt
Ior hordrualny way ~ thinking. said; "You
arr both Tn fault.
Tie who love our father bcst-I love him
more than SALT
Shrill little shrieks Of laughter greeted her
A. the two Joined hands. cxclaiming; "Dut
this - most absurd"
and the Ming, no longer smiling was gricvcd
49, ~ hAth ANAAhf
rur the little youngest daughter. with her
cyrs OF stoadfast gray,
'oud always move his tenderness and
charm his care away.
she grows moru like her mother dead" he
whispered "day By day.
nut 81" Is very nttlc. and viii nnd no
rbat~ybilc her sisters stri,cto soc who most
-hall me oXnlg
she holds me ndgn,g dcarvr than a common
thing like salt"
The portly cook was standing In the court
- ynrd ~ the spring; 49,
We Wtnkgd and uydfcd 20 himself: That
know, mors i1sn bath tho Others as I viii
Show the King"
That afternoon at dinner there was nothing
The kiuE turned frpwning urFrily, from
Aud he found q ci6yinE sweetness in tho
dishes that wcfc sweet.
Ana yct, hc gl,it,cTcd, rnusiug' ~ can not
Not tbing ha. tasted nko Itself hut this
honest cup of unlt."
said the youngest Princess, shyB; " Dedr
hther, they want sah. I ~ u.
A sudden hook ~ tenderness shonc on the
Mugs dark FACE,
~ be- set bis lttc daughter In the dead
queens vHCsut pluCc:
And he Thought. " she has her -maihcrs
hrHrt-ayc. aud hcr mothers Eraoa. 4,
Great luyv through smallest channels will
ma H. surra way.
" waits not state occasions, which may not
come. or mHAs
u comforts aud d blc,'cs. hour by hour aud
-AaTgrrst TtndsJrtr h. Tie Continent
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A Talk With q Dude.

AT high noon a youth emerged from
the Brunswick and stood for a moment
in the brilliant blaze of the. April. sun
listlessly buttOning his gloves. he. was
langylid, somber and inert
Up and down Fifth avenue stages
rumbled and roared, and carriages
whirled. The doors of the hotel
slammed necessarily, brightly dressed
women tripped by, men strobe briskly
to and fro, laughing nurse-maids led
groups of frolicsome children to the
park, and even the cabmen whistled
and sang as they went about their work.
1t was a cheerful scene. Do
The youth did not seem interested in
anything. Men who passed glanced at
him somewhat contemptuousiv. or with
palpable sneers; women looked admir-
ingly. $685. 's- 8u susf
He was narrow chestsd, and his legs
were lank and wavering.- On his head
was bell crowned English beaver, with
a mourning band two inches wide. and
around his neck he wore a collar of pre-
posterous height. A drab. covert coat,
such as Englishmen wear when riding to
''meet. was buttoned closely about
his far from robust figure. The gar
ment was so short that the ends of his
spike-tailed coat fell far. below it, pro-
ducing a weird and eerie effect. His
trousers were SO tight that the uneven
contour of his legs inspired pity, and
his feet We're squeezed into. long, and
narrow Shoes. Over his breast daneled
single glass, and he wore English dog
skin gloves, the color of ripe brick dust.
He held silver-tipped cane under his
arm, and stood with one foot far in adj
vance of the other. His hat was tipped
back on his head, his hair brushed for
ward atthe sides, and he displayed evil
dences of a vapid mustache But the
most noticeable thing about him was
the expression of his face. He meant
to appear naughty. Instead he looked
insolent., - n
He was dude. io lara a %
Presently another youth swung around
the corner He was the counterpart of
! the first, and their attire was precisely
similar, even to the brick-dust gloves
They. approached each other solemlv.
and then the newcomer drawled:i
How are ven. my brave boy?" :,
"Eh? Oh, 1 cawn'tssy as Pm too
brisk, don't chew know? I'm freakish
to-doy'' =.
You look bit queer .
"faas, I've been in the eating-house
here trying TO worry down bit of a
chop with some some shandygaff. How
are you?' ssss. = -.,-...- :.
"Oh, I'm fine, you know. / took a
tub this mawning, then fooled me new
cart up the avenue, and had good an
Petoit for breakfast" -
Rathah decent fun
"Yaas." .s.n..a 81
See YOU at the club later" -
Upon which the newcomer. with a
face expressive. Of great exhaustion.
ambled away The firsc youth still
stood in front Of the hotel and pazed
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Our Young Readers.
THE SCHOOL BOOKS GREY
go S. sa ANCES. Il a. 49,,


One night, not long since, as 7 went to the
garment of Toms in its place to deposit.
l heard such queer noise upon one of the
Where his school-books all stood in a row by
That / paused at the door, as in was WALK
T. ing, fl
And found. to my wonder. the schoolbooks
Said one, with sigh: 81 am sure you re-
How nicely looked year since in scptem.
But now it shrieked out, in the widest of
RACES, 81 ~ H.sfl7S
Asst flung back its cover. Just lock at my
And how he could do it is really a mystery,
Maltreating, like this q United States His
Then . book by her side bowed low, as to
And said II can sympathize; I am Toms
I'm nearly worn out, and he never translates
me t'
without saying rOundly he perfectly hates
And wishes that Cesar had saved him the
By writing in English I'm nearly bent
By the fortunes he gives me, the thumpings,
And BY being slapped down upon little boys
could not discern the year through one good
omen, a.tr7 -fts!4-..ss+@
And now 1 despair" said the noble old Ro-
man.
Then said the Arithmetic, speaking quite
grim:
NM interest isn't of interest to him. sal
He pays no regard to my Weights and my
Measures, ,,g--. -
Ny Cubes and Square-roots, and the rest of
my treasures. Y sca'T
And myself and my comrade in arms. this
good Slate, ~ ~ I
If we choose, we, too, could sad story re-
late"
Then. the Render, the Grammar, and all, testi-
In the very same way Twas blow to my
pride,
For Tom is my boy; but as soon as twas
morning
woke him, and told him this tale for warm
H. ing,
And he promised at once, when he heard of
their pain, a ti-s -s.r =.
That he never would treat them SO rudely
again.
.f.. --GOden Ddls
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Being Too Good.

A retail dealer on Michigan avenue
secured new customer a few DAVIS ago
inn the person of well-dressedl lady,
who ordered and paid for large bill of
groceries. The. grocer was DESTROYS of
Keeping her trade, and, therefore, when
she came again and paid him half adoilar
with hole in it, among other change,
he received it and said nothing. Next
day be was obliged to take another,
and during the next week she handed
out a dozen ecins which had the dread
ed holes letting daylight through them.
Finally, a little girl came in one day
and inquired: 0' - fe'ta II
. Is this the place where ma trades?'
3 ."Whois your.mas94 .gli .ia u
Yes, this is the place" '''''-
Well, then ! want pound Of
crackers"
They were done up for her, and she
ihandedover a quarter, with wtts bat
tered as well as punched. sle ei.iso
..i's Can't take it. sissy said the
grocer.
"Why notP'' = avn ~
Because there is hole in it. 49,
Don you take 'em any more?"
"Well, this was the last one ma had,
and'she was going back to our old gro
Ger as soon as We got rid of it Lgpess
she ii have to give this to the orphansr"
Detroit Free Press.
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1.-THE subscriptions raised in Great
Britain after calamifies are often aston
ishingly large. That for the. relief Of
the families of the 167 fishermen who
persisted in 1882, of Eyemouth, amounts
to over $3.50, 900.
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(, "A careless printer made n dancif G.
master sayiu-I offer my shanks .
those. who favored me with theirpatro--
age last year
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Upon which the newcomer, with a
face expressive of great exhaustion.
ambled AWAY The firsc youth still
stood in front of the hotel and gazed
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14
ABOLITION IN BRAZIL.

The movement for the extinguishment
of slavery in Brazil continues to'acquire
new force, and the time, perhaps, is not
far distant when freedom will be as COM
plete III that country as it is In the United
States. 1t is we'll known that the EN-
peror, Dom Pedro, is well disposed to-
ward emancipation. and that every adj
vance toward an end so desirable COM
mands his sympathy and concurrence.
The abolition movement originated in
the province of Ceara, and has grown
until free labor has become the rule
rather than the exception. The aversion
to slavery among the people of this prov
ince Is both pronounced and energetic.
Through their emancipation society they
have declared against the export of
slaves to the coffee districts, and so
strong has this feeling become that no
master of a packet Will consent to take
slave on board. Some time ago an
attempt was made to ship zone In steam
er's boat, and, although the man was
protected by police, the people rescued
him by force. So far as their own prov
ince is concerned they have broken up
the business of the slave traders, and
are now turning their attention to the
overthrow of slavery in other directions.
Their activity has stirred up the emanci-
patton society of Rio Janeiro, and within
the past few weeks the clergy has prom
ised to assist in bringing about the
freedom of the thirty or forty thousand
slaves owned In that city.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14

ceived on the 18th ult., from pistol in the
hands of VIM. MCGOWAN. a prominent gambler
At Somerset, Ky, on the night of the 9Th,
Peter Golf, Henry Thompson and James
Spiney quarreled concerning COTS wife. Golf
shot Thompson dead and threatened to beat
Splney, likewise, when the latter shot him,
killing him instantly.
In melee at festival near New Orleans,
La, on the night of the 9Th, Henry Milton and
Anthony Jones, both colored, were killed.
Gadsden Feltus, a prominent citizen of
williamson, Miss, was murdered on the night
of the 9Th. Circumstantial evidence caused
the arrest of e. Feltus, brother Of the muir
dered man. The family is the most widely
connected in the state.
Frank Hunter was found dead at the bottom
OF water tank connected with stone quarry
near Massillon, o., on the 5th. His wife,
mother, father-in-laW and Frank Drummer. are
under arrest
DIR. NJ. A. Randall, prominent physician at
Rosevilie, Muskingum County, O., was called
from home on the night of the I'd inst. and
has not since been seen. His horse was found
and then his hat, with bullet hole through if.
was picked up on the bank of creek. 1t is
supposed the doctor was murdered AMI his
boIy thrown into the creek.
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foundland toward Europe are often

foundland toward Europe are often
drawn, in longitude twenty-five degrees
west, toward Iceland, thus avoiding the
British coasts. But during the past
season this seems to have been seldom
the case, the consequence being that in
January as the London Meteorological
Office states, the prevailing weather was
in England decidedly warmer this year
than it was even in 1882, but in Scot
land and Ireland COLDER" 1t may be
inferred, therefore, from these facts that
while Iceland has been under higher
barometric pressure and intenser cold
than usual the pressure in the Spitzber-
gen and Nova Zembla Seas has been I'M
usually low and these waters unusually
open. Captain Sorensen, of the Auro-
rs, which sailed from Spitzbergen in
September last, judging from the strips
of seaweed and small drift matter visi.
ble above high water mark, 60 considers
that the west coast of Spitzbergen must
have been kept open during the winter
of 1881" and if so it is not incredible
that Barentz Sea may this year be ex-
ceptionally free from ice. This would
appear probable from the DETECTION of
the Atlantic storm tracks in the direc-
ton of Barentz Sea rather than toward
Iceland. The subject is one of practical
interest, not only as affecting the
chances of safely navigating this sea
next summer, but as touching the graver
question of the prospective British ag-
ricultural season, the success of which
will depend largely on the openness of
tie Arctic Ocean.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14
SuICIdaa

Simon B. Paige, senior partner in the lum-
bering firm of Paige, Dixon & Co., Oshkosh,
Wis, shot himself in hotel at Davenport,
Ia, on the 18th. He was IS years of age In
January, 1881, while ON visit to Oshkosh, Mr..
and Mrs. Paige stopped at the Beckwith House,
which was consumed by fire. Mr.. Paige was
out of the hotel at the time and returned to
find that his wife had persisted in the flames.
In his agony he offered q reward of $500 to
anyone who would rescue her or obtain her
body. Afreman made the attempt and brought
out Mrs. Paige's body. Paige refused to pay
the reward, but suit was brought against him
and he was compelled to keep his word. In
January, 1888, hemarried Mrs. Mary E. Fogan,
of Brooklyn, n. Y.
George Cookson, of Evanston, H., shot
himself six times and then finished the lob by
hanging himself.
In New York shooting gallery on the 9th
Charles Dougherty blew out his brains with
target pistol.
Moses T. Ray, bookkeeper and assistant
cashier of the Merchants and Planters Bank
Montgomery, Ala, killed himself on the Sd
inst. Curtis, the national bank examiner, finds
bis accounts short $10 900. The officers of
the bank had discovered day or two before
Rays death that there was trouble. He was
sick at his room, and when they sent for him
he killed himself. Rays bondsmen are amply
able to pay the loss.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14
CIRCULATION IN DIFFERENT COUN-
TRIES,

The amount of circulating medium in
different countries is frequently sub
ject of contention among statisticians
and financial experts, two OF whom can
seldom agree on this question. One of
the latest estimates is made by the Lon
don Bullion, which is usually good au-
thority. According to that paper the
amounts, expressed In pound sterling,
are as follows: The United States, pop
ulation, so, 1888; gold 9112, 726, 291;
silver, full tender, 925, 9O4, 951; silver,
limited, GI6, OS5, 716; paper, 9158, 614,-
976, total circulation, G313, 1881, 1874.
Great Britain and Ireland, population,
$4,000, 600; gold, ELS, 400, 900; silver,
limited tender, ELS, 500. GOO; paper, 94O, :
738,600; total circulation, Eft, $685.
600 France, population, 38,000,-
600; gold G190, 900, 600; silver, full tend
er, clio, 000,000; silver, limited, ELL
100000; paper, clio, 800, 600; total cir
culation, 9422, $50, 900. Belgium, popu-
lation, 100000; gold, EGO, 600, 90; sill
yer, full tender, 91O, 900, 900; silver, linn
tied, 81, 265, 200; paper, G12, 906, 600: to-
tai circulation, 945 ,371 200. Austria
Hungary, population, 35, S39, 42S; gold,
86, $50, 309; silver, 91O, $40, III; paper,
ESQ, SIS, 227; total circulation, G76, 94S,-
307. Netherlands, population, 4,O61,-
$50; gold, 95, $50, 944; silver. Ell, 297,-
10; paper, 915, O21, 519; total circula-
ton, ESQ, 7S0,174. Germany, population,
40, 234, O61; gold, EFT, 42S, 74S; silver, full
legal tender, e23, 500, 900; silver, limited.
EGO, 800, 767; paper, 942, 224, 492; total
circulation, e163, 7S2 OO7. 1t will be
seen that the circulation of France is
made up of 45 per cent. gold, 29I per
cent. silver and 251 per cent. paper, that
OF the United States is made up of sos
per cent. of paper, 354 per cent. of gold
and only Ia per cent. of silver. The sill
yee circulation in France amounts to as
much as 93 IS. per head; that of the
United States does not amount to los.
3D.. per head. England uses silver to
the extent of IS. sd. per head: the Bel
gians nearly So g head; the Germans
about 81 per head. and the Dutch as
much as 93 10s per head
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14
work ofthe Flames.

Early on the morning of the 18th q fire broke
out In Collins d Kinks flour mills at Robinson,
LII. Ten thousand bushels Of grain and three
cars loaded with wheat were consumed with the
mill. Loss 1870, 000.
A cotton compress and $50 bales of cotton at
Jackson, Tenn, aud q gin, house and fifteen
bales of cotton at New Orleans were burned on
the 10th.
The Vermont Machine Company's works at
Bellows Falls, Vt, were destroyed by fire on
the 9th. Osgood & Parker, machinists. also
occupied a portion of the building. Loss $780,
900.
A fire in the Smith Block at Appleton Wis,
on the 9th, destroyed Ullman's dry goods
store, ..Stimsou's photograph gallery and Con-
KEY q Briggs Office. Loss about 1876, 900.
Litterer u Co.'s drug store, in the Watkins
Block, Nashville, Tenn, was Quilted by fire on
the 7th inst. Loss $500, 900.
large tannery at Felt's Mills, New York,
vanished in smoke on the 7th. Loss $50, 600.
Serrlcks flour mill at Toledo, o., valued at
800, 900, was consumed by fire on the 9TH.
Evans artificial leather mandatory at
Salem, N. Y, was partially burned on the 9Th
inst. Loss $780, 900.
The Diamond and Bluff Mills, together with
two warehouses, the property of the Red Wing
Milling Company, at Red Wing Mimi, were
reduced to ashes on the 5th inst. Loss $780,
900.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14
FriehtenedtOR Death.

An old farmer named A. J. Wing, residing
near Somerville o., was frightened to death by
practical iekers on the night of the 5tb. It
seems that Wing was in mortal fear OF a certain
negro who had threatened to shoot him. Know
ing this, three boys "put UP job to scare
the old gent. Two Of them went to the old
mans house and enticed him out by telling him
that one of his neighbors wanted clock mend
ed By Encouragement as the trio were pass
ing dark spot, a lad sprang out of the gloom
at the same time discharging pistol. One of
the boys accompanying Ware threw himself to
the ground and uttered an unearthly shrek.
The old man rushed to neighbours house and
fell dead on gaining admittance. The inquest
revealed fatty degeneration of the heart. The
vealy youths whose mad pranks were attended
with such fatal results are overcome with re-
morse and are bitterly censured by the COM
Tnnnitv
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14
sr LOUIS
TOLEDO.
Raleigh and Queen Elizabeth.
[From the New York Life.l


As Queen Elizabeth, attended by Sir
Walter Raleigh and retinue of gilded
courtiers, was one day walking through
the streets of London, she came to a par
ticularly muddy spot, which she hesitat-
ed to cross. Raleigh was about to throw
down his cIoak to her in order that she
might cross dryshod, when he reflected
that it was of costly velvet lavishly or
namented with old lace, and so would in
fallibly be spoiled. Accordingly, with
great presence of mind, he whispered
loudly to Sir Christopher Hatten that he
had always contended, and would Nth
his hearts blood maintain, that her ma
jesty had the smallest feet and neatest
ankles In the world, and that the calum-
NOUS report that she wore elevens was a
malignant invention of the Spanish court.
Nor did the ruse fail of its effect, as the
Virgin Queen, lifting her royal skirts
with almost ggerated enthusiasm, went
through the puddle with characteristic
resolution. and, hating on the further
side, shook her sceptre under the nose
of the Spanish ambassador, demanding
of the astonished diplomat, with royal
oath: "Are they elevens, you Romish
dog? Are they elevens?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14
Telephones in Paris.

The telephone system of Paris, which,
on the LIST of November, 1880, numbered
asa subscribers, had 1892 at the begin
ing of this year, The service is now di-
yided among eleven stations. The length
of wires between subscribers and sta
tions is now 2, 1877 miles. The line sys-
tenn is entirely subterranean. The wires,
both between subscribers places and
the stations, and between the stations
themselves, are joined in cables under
lead and suspended in the vaults of the
sewers. Each cable contains fourteen
insulated conductors, forming seven
double lines. The mean length of the
line between a station and a subscriber
is $500 feet. The subscription is about
900 francs for line. The Adler trans
mitter and receiver are now furnished to
all subscribers. At the station 1O3 girls
provide nearly 10000 communications
per day, or an average of eight commun-
ications for each subscriber. The night
service is by thirty five men.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14
THE WINTER IN THE ARCTIC.

The remarkable tracks pursued by the
storms of the Northern Atlantic during
the past winter afford an interesting clue
to the barometric and ice conditions
within the Arctic Circle. As traced by
the logs OF European steamers the
storms which crossed the Atlantic in De-
cember last, instead of curving toward
Iceland, held on their easterly course
toward the British Islands. In January,
as the British meteorological reports
show, the Atlantic depressions passed
mostly in the same direction, the centers
verging toward Scotland, and in Febru-
airy some moved in a northeastward direc-
ton little to the west of the Irish and
Scotch coasts. As the region around
Iceland is usually one of low pressure in
winter Atlantic gales moving from New
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14
Maple SUGAR Their and Now.

The sugar bushes of Vermont and
western Massachusetts have changed
considerably in aspect within fifty years.
Formerly the iron kettle was the appa-
ratus used for reducing the sap. The
big fire of logs and limbs under the ket-
tie would, particularly on windy day,
fill the boiling sap with ashes and cind-
ers, which, coupled with the rust on the
iron, produced q rich, dark color in the
strip. To get the "settlin's " out, or
make the "skimmin's" rise in order to
scoop it off, milk, and sometimes eggs
well beaten together, were poured in,
only to burn black and make more 'set-
Tins. The straining Of the sap, the I'M
proved evaporators, and the arch of the
present day were unknown. But it was
not thecustom then to melt upold sugar,
flavor it with fresh boiled sap, and
sell it for irst-class new sugar, as is done
by the wholesale at the present day.
The sugar making season of 1888 is ex-
pected to be very profitable.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1883-03-14
Rurned 90 Death,

Deadwood, D. T.. CONFERENCE.-The latest hor-
rible sensation in the form of holocaust, by
which eleven men lost their lives. Wood &
SCOTS lodging shed at Brownsville, wood
camp, near Deadwood, caught fire on the night
of the 10th, from kindling which were care
spread so rapidly that the eleven occupants of
the shed were unable to escape and suffered
horrible death. The building was usually oc-
cupied by thirty dodgers. but on the fatal night
luckily only eleven occupied the hunks. They
occupied the attic, which was reached by means
of ladder. The bodies of the unfortunates
were cha1red beyond recognition. The names
of the victims are: James Chalmers, r. G.
Wright, Peter Hanson, Harvey Wood, Charles
Hammontre, Samuel Hays, Thomas FinIess,
Lewis Hanson. A. Tennecliff w. H Andrews
and Fred T. Peters,