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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10
WIT AND WISDOM.

"A man who invests money in the
glue business is very apt to get stuck.
-ROchester Post.
If you are really determined to ex.
pand your chest the best way to do it is
TO carry a larger heart.
The consciousness of wrong doing
Is to the soul what Il forgotten peg in @
boot is to the foot You can't be happy
unless You do something about it.-M
Y. Erdnlinr
A Mandan man, whose wife Knocked
him out of bed in a rage and bunged his
eyes. tells his friends that he is suffering
from inflammatory room-mate-ism.-
Chicqg) Times.
- Your composition, said an Aus.
tin school-tcacher to Johnny Fizzletop,
lis the worst in the lot You begin by
putting no period at the end of the last
sentence. "-TeraS Siftings.
1t is all very well for man to be-
lieve that the earth revolves on its axis.
but when he becomes thoroughly con-
vinced that he is himself the axis the
less you have to do with h m the better.
N. Y Herald.
MAJ screamed a little boy on
Lexington avenue yesterday, 81 amt
a goinS to play with Tommy Miller any
more" Amt going to play with
who?' Tommy Miller" "WhyP"
Cause he won't play with me. ~.
\. News.
A Southern exchange excitedly
asks: Where is Dakota's fair?" Right
here in Bismarck, friend, dressed up in
calico and silk and laces and ribbons
and embroidery and lot more things
we DOM know the names of. Come up
and see em.-Bismdrck Tribune.
Collage students don't please as ta-
bic walters. When Won call one a mis-.
erab,e ilckass for splitting the soup
down Your back and giving YOU a salt.
cellar fled with sugar, he of course
can I answer back, as it is against the
rules Of the hotel. but he can say some.
thing to enother waiter in Greek which
you can't understand. but which you
feel sure is horrible abuse of yourself,
and it's awful maddening.
The density of ice differs very much
with the longitude. Now, ten pounds
Of ice in Burlington, Ia, is about three
feet square; in Cincinnati it is about the
size of soap-box; in Pittsburgh it is as
big as a stove-pipe hat; in Philadelphia
1t has to be put in the ice-chest directly
from the wagon, or it will melt away
before you can run into the house with
it, and in New York, if you ask dealer
for ten pounds of ice, he laughs in a
hollow manner and says he never heard
Of such thing. You take fifty pounds
Or nothing, and then he weighs it on
letter-scale. Burlington Ha,okeye.
There is n othing in this world that
pays such large dividends as cheerful
aess. We are apt to forget that we are
not by nature intended to be swapping
turtles. G-umbling is the ope thing
which, as the countryman said, we
''ortent" to do, and therefore it is the
one thing we take most delight in do
ing. Life would be sweeter and bright
er for you ii you would speak this little
piece to yourself every morning:
Whistle and hoe. sing as you CO.
Shorten the row by the songs you know.
Hot temper makes many enemies.
Neither word nor stone once let 90
can be called back.-N. z Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10
FACTS AND FIGURES.

Connecticut devotes 10000 acres to
the cultivation of the oyster.
The corn crop in Georgia and Flor
ida is said to be the best ever grown in
the two States.
AT recent sale of Attorney cattle
IN Frankfort, KY, the bull Wanderer
brought 81, lbs.
/ There are now not less than II, 00C
Cinnamon in British Columbia and the
number is increasing fully 100 per
month by the arrival of ship-loads in
Victoria.
The Navajo Indians will have a
wool clip this year of over S00,000
pounds. The hides and pelts that they
will handle win amount to about Co.,
700 pounds.-C Chicago Times.
Florida constructed more miles of
.ailroad last year than any other South
ern State except Georgia; and ct hts
present rate of railroad building she
will discount Georgia this year Chi
cdg0 Journal
The American railroads are worth
almost twice as much as Great Britain's
railroads and shipping combined. The
1 British shipping is valued at $780,
100000; British railroads at So. 700, Co.,
900; American railroads at Sc, 800, 0O0.-
DON u Sun.
Texas papers claim that the profits
on cattle-raising in that State have
averaged 100 per cent. in the past five
| years, while in some cases they have
reached 500 per cent, and the claim is
substantiated by an array of statistics
that abundanty prove the case.
According to figures published by
the Commercial and Financial Chron-
icle, the cotton crop of the season 1882
So Will be the greatest ever yet produced
in the South. 1t is estimated at 7,1OO.-
900 bales, which is more than | 900. 900
bales larger than that of last wear
and n half million larger than that of
lSS0-Sl, the largest hitherto recorded.
The first steel rail rolled in Ameri-
"a was rolled at the North Chicago Roll
ing Mill Company's works in Chicago.
May %, 1865, little over eighteen
years ago. That steel rail cost those
who made it 100000 in experiments
and outlay, and when il was made there
was nothing to show for the outlay, but
the rail was an established fact. To.
day American steel rails are preferred
to those made in Europe.-Rtitadelphia
Times.
In New York there were 68 TOW.
pistol accidents last year, of which is
! proved fatal; in Massachusetts, SO, of
which 26 produced death; in Pennsyl-
yania, II, of which 10 proved fatal; in
Connecticut, 10, of which five were
fatal; in New Jersey, 10, of which five
proved fatal; in Rhode Island, four, of
which three were fatal; in Maine, six, OF
which four were fatal, and in Chicago,
60, of which - proved fatal Chicago
! Herald.
Something ike 100000 G0 Is
spent every summer by American trav.
e.ers in Europe, the New York Ma,
5hinks. The amount spent every sum-
2ier at the New Jersey seaside resorts
is by no means insignificant One paper
estimates that the season receipts from
Long Beach to Long Branch Inclusive
are not less than SS,000.00 and the
Philadelphia Press thinks Sc, 800, 600 o
low estimate of the receipts from Long
Branch to Cape May.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10
How a Doctors Bill Was Settled.

When the time for settlement arrived
the good doctor presented bill for
fifty dollars, whereupon the man Of the
house took down his trusty rife,
walked up to the doctor and in friendly
accents said: "You want g0iR' off
without settlement, was you. do. torP
don't propose TO owe no man nothin'.
Here's ten, which | reckon is about
the square thing. Now, then, if you
ain satisfied jist get yer weepon and
come round behind the hill thar, SO the
old woman won't get riled up, and
we'll settle it. don't want no man to
90 way from my house dissatisfied,
specially you, Doc" 1t is, perhaps,
needless to add to the length of this
historical narrative by saying that the
physician was man who could draw a
logical inference, and that he expressed
an opinion on The spot that ten dollars
constituted an ample and even gener-
Gus remuneration for the services rem
dered. There Is a way TO make any
man reasonable, and in Texas they,
seem to have discovered that way-N
Y. Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

RECENTLY Pension Office Examiner
stated that ''there are more tricks prac-
ticcd In the procurement Of pensions
than In the whole Of the other depart
mcnts put together Many Of tho bogus
claims are colorcd eases. Not that
colored people are given TO fraudulent
practices. but many Of them are easier
victims TO designing lawyers. and Il is
less difficult 10 personatc dead negro
than dead white man. A large por-
ton Of tho colored widows drawing pen
sions have remarked. and quite large
number Of claimants are not the relicts
Of soldiers nc all. but mere dummies put
up by wicked parties in place Of the
widows who have long ago remarked
and rclinquished their claims" The Ex-
aminer further stated that rs "a matter
Of fact there Is no need for an attorneys
services 20 procure pensions. Every
facility Is offered by the Office and the
applicant has only to fill out the blanks
furnished him and tell the truth in his
story Of reasons for asking the bounty.
He must give this certified N accord
ance with instructions. and then his case
VIII so through and be acted on lust a.
speedily A. though b. had hired dozen
lawyers"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

TuE Board II Examiners in the Chief
Paicnt-Ohicc has rendered n decision
reversing a former decision Of the Ex-
amincr Of lntcrfcrrnccs and awarding
TIE priority Of invention TO Thomas A.
Edison for the incandcsccnt conductor
Tor the electric lamps formed of carbon
ihcd paper. William +. Sawyer and
Albou Man contested Edison's claim TO
the patent before the Examiner Of In
references. and Il was twice decided i'm
their favor. From the decision Edison
took an appeal TO the ENamincr-in-
Chief. with the result above stated.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

a SINGULAR story comes from Lam
passes. Texas. II is that recently car
riagc containing the skeletons of three
grown persons aud two children sitting
bolt upright rs IL in life. was found un-
der a large tree near the road in Llano
COUNTY. The tree was shattered as II by
lightning IL Is supposed the carriage
sought shelter under the tree and was
struck killing the horses and inmates
The weather-bcatcn appearance Of the
carriage and trimmings looked as IL IL
had been done a year or two ago. In n
small trunk was u letter addressed 10
James G.. Chamberlain. London. Eng.
land. The remains were found by a
stock man driving cattle. and the matter
was reported ut once to the authorities.
The parties were supposed To be tour.
lists. The spot where they were found
Is very secluded. and far from any hab.
itatiOn.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

A Netawaka correspondent of tbs Kan
sas City Times gives the following sketch
of thrifty settlem ent. He says: About
twelve years ago eighty Danes, with
their families, located near Netawaka,
and now they have we'll improved farms,
excellent farm houses and good stock.
They are an industrious, intelligent people.
Twenty-four of them recently jointly pur-
chased 100 acres of land within the settle
ment, and laid off park in a beautiful
grove that is well supplied with water, so
that they can have recreation and amuse.
ment without much trouble or expense. 1t
is place well adapted to spending a few
hours occasionally during the heated term
1t affords them and their families an Cd
portunity when fatigued and jadod by the
onerous labor performed in the kitchen or
harvest field, to shift the scene to one of
recreation and amusement.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

"A physician says that it mnat not
be assumed that, because there is more
fresh and unbreathed air on the noun
tains or at the seaside, there need be no
precautions. There are special expos
ures IN these changes. The dampness
OF morning and night is often quite APP
parent, and flannel under-clothing is
needed. The crowding into smaller
rooms gives less air-space and tempts
TO open windows, which, however good,
must not be so situated as, through
small openings, to pour stream of ali
on the body when covered with perspi-
ration. The beds in hotels are not In
frequently damp, and many colds have
their origin from them.-M T. Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10
ADDITIONAL DISPATCHES.


AS HE President was leaving Washing
ton the other day some fellow hurled a
stone through the window of the car in
which be was riding, while en- route to
Louisville The occurrence it is said caused
hint h, ime quite nervous, as the missile
crashed through the car only few feet
from where he was standing.
HE Secretary of the Treasury recently
received a letter from n prominent firm in
New York, calling attention TO the fact
that large quantities of wool of low grade
are exported from Egypt, Syria and coun-
tries in the vicinity, TO this country, besides
considerable quantities of bed woods taken
from old beds. The woods are frequently
transhipped at Marseilles and in England
Tor this country. In view of the epidemic
now raging in the Mediterranean, these
woods might convey infection.
The Louisville Exposition opened under
most favorable auspices, and the attend
ance was very large. Among the distin-
guished persons present were the President
of the United States, General Sheridan.
Secretaries Folger and Lincoln, and Post
master General Gresham. As the process
sion moved to the Exposition grounds the
Presidential party received a perfect ova-
ton. The President delivered an address
and finally declared the Exposition opened,
at the close of which he pulled silken cord
suspended in front of him which put in
operation all the engines in the machinery
department.
THE Emperor of Germany has directed
that the four hundredth birthday of Martin
Luther be observed by all Protestant
schools in his dominions.
CHARLES II. WARD & Co., boot and shoe
manufacturers, of Boston and Brockton.
Mass, failed with liabilities Of S7JO, 900.
The failure Of the big tannery Of Shaw &
Bro, who owed them $4,000, crippled
Ward & Co.
AT Bay City, Mich, the other day the
bodies of five dead infants were found in
the privy vaults in rear Of McCormick's
Block.
The total number of deaths from cholera
in Egypt since the first outbreak of the dis
ease to August l, was 1900.
TIE Catholic Total Abstinence Union Of
America, recentlv in session at New York.
elected the following officers: Rev. J. M.
Cleary, of Wisconsin, President; Rev. J..
ID. Bowles, of Ohio, Treasurer: James c.
Nolan. of St Paul, Mimi, Secretary.
W. n. AcKERNAN has resigned the Presi-
dency Of the Illinois Central Railroad. Civ
ing as his reason that he needed rest after
thirty-one years service for that corpora
ton.
CHARLES FORD, one of the ''removers'' of
Jesse James, was recently arrested at Kan
sas City upon an indictment charging him
with being one of the Blue Cut train rob-
bers.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

TuE Pittsburg. Pa, Commercial
Gasctic has entered upon the ninety
seventh year of its existence. The
Ga.etc was first issued Saturday. July
%. 1886. three years anterior To the
adoption IT the Federal Constitution.
and has been continuously published
ever since. II started in what was then
1.-The wilds II the West. when Pittsburg
was afronticr village of about one hun
bred families. and the pack-ho fur
nished the only means Of rapid transit
for conveying news to the surrounding
settlements
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

PArERs were recently perfected for
Mrs. Priscilla Carpenters pension ~
widow IT John T. Carpenter. The
papers were forwarded 10 the Pension
Agent Mt Philadelphia. A woman ap-
pcarcd and pcrsonatcd Mrs Carpenter.
and the money. Si,7sj. was paid to her.
She proved To be fraud. aud the men
who got her to appear aud pcrsonate
the real Mrs. Carpenter stole the money
from her, whcrcupun she applied to the
police and the fraud was exposed The
men were arrested and most of the
money found upon them.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10
Sad Case Of Drowning.

One day last week sad case of drowning
occurred in the Smoky Hill River, about
five miles from Junction City, near the
residence of George A. Taylor. About six
o'clock party of ladies went into the
river TO battle, and Mrs. Wilson and Miss
sarah Brown were carried beyond their
depth, and the last named young lady was
drowned. The body of Mrs. Wilson was
recovered in an unconscious condition, but
life was restored after hard work on the
part of those present. The body of Miss
Brown was not recovered.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10
a Dread Cattle Disease.

LIycoLS, NEB., July %.
Great excitement prevails at Dunbar,
sixty miles from here, over fatal disease
which has appeared among the cattle.
About three weeks ago mad dog got into
a herd near town and bit number of cat.
tie, since which time there has been great
mortality among the stock of that section.
BY some the disease is called hydrophobia.
but this question is in dispute, many claim
ing that it is not hydrophobia, but a
strange cattle disease which can be con-
trolled when better understood. At any
rate, the malady is creating havoc among
the heards in that section Of the State.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10
Death of a Large MAN.

Jerry Heasley, well-known character
about Short Creek, died recently of apo
plexy. His weight at the time of his death
was ol6 pounds, and the body required a
coffin six feet long, thirty-two inches deep
and forty-two inches wide. 1t took the
combined efforts of a dozen men to place
the body in the coffin and the remains were
conveyed to the grave with considerable
trouble. His age was fifty-two years. He
had been running small store at Empire
City for number of years and was well
respected.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

DuWNG the strike Of telegraph oper-
Ators messages were received by the
telegraph companies ''suhjcct to delay
but in Boston n suit for damages was
entered against the Western Union
Telegraph Company because of re-
fusal on the part Of the company
agents there to take Internationally n
business message offered for transmits
.inp
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10
SulCIda I'm InII.

A man named Joseph Stiner was recent.
ly arrested a. Atchison for vagrancy and
disturbance of the peace, and placed in a
cell in the city prison to await the hearing
of his case. The prison keeper entered the
cell in the afternoon, and found him sus-
pended from few strands of hemp Irvine,
made fast to his iron bunk. He had sui
cided by choking, as his neck was not
broken.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

"A handsome German girl, fresh
from Rhineland, was up before New
Jersey Justice on charge of desertion.
Through an interpreter she said she
didn't know she was married, the old
Dutchman who claimed her having told
her that was the way servants were
hired in this country. The learned
Justice said it made no difference what
she thought she was married anyhow.
and must obey her husband. She at
once declared she would return to Ger
many, where no fellow could marry her
without her knowing something about
it.-N y Mail
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

TuE forthcoming report Of the Com
will show an increase Of twenty per cent
in the acreage Of public lands disposed
IT during the year. or about II, 900. 900
acres. Nearly sixty per cent, or 1000
900 acres were sold in Dakota alone.
This is about double the number of
acres disposed Of in Dakota the year
bpfprp
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10
A Collision on the Lake Shore.

CLEVELAND, o., July %.
A collision occurred at Harbor Greek, on
the Lake Shore, to-day, fast passenger
train Eunning into siding from an open
switch and telescoping freight. Engineer
Bates and Fireman John Conrad jumped
and saved their lives. The engine dashed
into the freight. Several cars were COM
pletely wrecked. Edward Frank and John
others jumped, but miraculoasly escaped.
They were badly scalded by steam, but will
live. Those who jumped sustained serious
but not fatal injuries. Conrad's eye was
gouged out No passengers were hurt he
yond COMMISSIONS
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10
EIopement and Remembrance.

Mrs. Leslie Brownly recently left her
home in Leavenworth in company with
George Eisberry taking her two children
and all the household goods with her, and
was subsequently found by her husband in
st. Louis. The wife and husband, it was
stated, became reconciled, while Eisberry
was put in Jail to await the action of the
police authorities at Leavenworth, where,
it is said, he was wanted for burglary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10
Lumber Rats Swept Of by a Flood.

PITTSBURGH, PA, July g.
Seventy-five RATS, containing $40, 900 feet
of lumber, were swept from their moor
ings at Herris Island by a freshet in the
Allegheny River. A heavy rain fell all
along the river last night, and the rise
came so suddenly that the RATS were swept
away before the owners had time to save
them. AT Sixth treet,suspensSn bridge a
raft with an unknown man on it struck
pier and went to pieces, and the man was
drowned before assistance could reach him.
1t was reported that three others shared a
similar fate but this was no. verified. The
loss will aggregate 100000.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

IL undressing Land League meeting
nj Chicago few day. ago. Congress
man-clcct Finnerty predicted an early
rupture between England and France,
which might result in the independence
~ Ireland. and of course the defeat Of
England. lie spoke with very evident
satisfaction Of the landing Of French
army in his native land.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

THE French Government has asked
an immediate appropriation from the
Chambers for the purpose II defraying
the expenses Of n scientific expedition
To Egypt To investigate and gather facts
in regard 10 the cholera.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10
PROSPEROUS KANSAS.


Hcr Increase I'm We alsh the Past Year.
The following is the assessed valuation
of property in Kansas, as made by the
State Board of Equalization, the compila.
ton of which has just been completed by
Auditor McCabe, and shows the increase of
1888 over 1882. 1t shows a very handsome
increase Of wealth the past year:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

Victor Hugo believes that plants
are sensitive and suffer almost as much
from confinement as birds or insects do.
For this he quarrels with his son-in-
law, who has a large hanging garden
filled with wild flowers, grasses and
shrubs brought to Paris from the mount
aims and forests.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

TuE Typographical Union Of Chicago
voted Al. 900 in aid II the striking tcle-
graphcrs. and adopted resolution Of
sympathy with the objects Of the
.frfkprs
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

Tho King of Italy is said to have q
passion Tor riding in the rain, and when
storm comes up the equcrrics always
saddle his horse in expectation of its
being called for. There is no account
ing for tastes even among Kings,
cage Inter Ocean.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

TnE Massachusetts, Legislature re-
Gently adjourned. after sitting two
hundred and -ix days the longest Sos
sion ON rrcnrh
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

THE people Of Arizona begin to com
plain Of intentionally warm weather
when the thermometer in the shade
reads 10.
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CURRENT COMMENT.

ABOUT four hundred miners were
thrown ont Of employment by the recent
flooding Of coal shaft at Wilkesbarre.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

THE steamer California. which arrived
M Fortress Monroe from Baltimore the
other day. had four cases Of yellow fever
ON bOard
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

There are over 100, 600 Welsh fami.
mes IN this country, of whom half at.
TEND Welsh services. There are 10000
members and 120 ministers Of Welsh
congregational Churches in the United
States.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-10

CUSTOMS receipts at Chicago in
creased 1891 .4J5 this year rs compared
with the receipts Of the previous twelve
months.
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Thrifty Danes.

Total....... SlSe, lbs, 1855 500, 1884, 4s9 Is
Increased valuation over 1852, sl7,o5s ,a5O.5o.