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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07
Abb yail Adams.

Abigail Adams. the Presidents wife,
was un lOubtedlv the most conspicuous
woman o. h,r day. whether by position
or by character. When writing to her
husband she often signed herself
"loriia," in accordance W On stately,
and perhaps rsther high-rown. habit OF
the per Cd. and she certainly showed
Qualities which would have done honor
to either the Roman or Shakespearian
heroine O. that nnme. In her letters we
see her thoroughly revealed. While the
battle of Bunker Hill was in progress
she wrote that it was dreadful bat
glorious and in the depression of the
battle OF Lolg Island she said: "If al
Am RIGA is to he ruined and undone by
n pack of towards and knaves, wish 10
know it, and added "Don YOU know
me better than to think me coward?"
When. first among American women,
she represented her Nation at the court
OF It. James, she met with equal pride
the contemptuous demeanor of Queen
Charlotte; and when her husband was
chosen President. she wrote to him
MY feelings are not those of pride OF
ostentation upon the occasion; they are
solemnized by sense of the obliga-
tions. the important truths and numsr.
Gus duties, connected with it," When
finally. aft four years, he failed of re-
election, she wrote TO her son: "The
consequence TO us is personally that we
retire from public life. For myself and
family have few regrets D.. If / did
not rise with dignity. can ut least fall
with ease" This was Abigail Adams.
In person she was distinguished and no
bic rather than beautiful, yet it is salts
factory TO know that when she was first
presented ut the British Court she wore
white lutestring, trimmed with white
Grape, festoOned with lilac ribbon and
mock point-lase over a hoop of enor-
nous extent, with narrow train three
yards long Topped up by ribbon. She
wore treble lace ruilles. dress cap with
long lace lappets and two white
plumes, these last doubtless soaring
straight into the air above her head in
the extraordinary style familiar to us
In Glllray's caricatures of that period.
IL was, in those days. no very agree
able task TO be the wife of the Presi.
dent, Mrs. Adams has left on record a
graphic sketch of the White House,
where she presided for three months.
The change in the seat of Government
had been decided upon for twelve years,
yet the building was still vast I'M
finished barrack. with rooms plastered,
no main stairway. not a bell within. not
fence without; il was distressingly
cold in winter, while the Chief Magis-
trate OF the United states could not OBJ
tain for love or money man to cut
wood for him in the forests which then
surrounded Washington. From Wash.
ingtOn to Baltimore extended an almost
unbroken growth of timber, varied only
by come small and windowless huts.
There could as yet be in Washington nc
SUCH varied companionship as had given
attraction To the seat of Government ai
New York and then Philadelphia; YET
ut Georgetown there was n society which
called itself eminently polite, and Mrs.
Adams records that she returned tilteep
calls in a single day. W. Hiqqinson
in Hdrper'S Magazine.
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Our Young Readers.
a CONTRAST.

"Oh. dear, ana on. dearyI"
Cries Minnie Dundreary,
"The day is so dismal
IL rains and 1t rainsl
Inerer have pleasure,
In full perfect measure,
But keen disappointment
And trials and painsV
II see It is raining!
Well, no use complaining,
The sunshine is somewhere!
Cries blithe Maggie Joy.
"rn never be whining.
Nor think of repining,
But find the heart-sunshine
That has no alloy"
"Oh, dear. and oh. dearyv'
Cries Minnie Dundreary,
show tiresome these lessons,
So hard and so longl
Inever can do them.
Nor even see through them,
Its no use to try them
They always go wrongF
"These lessons perplexing
Are certainly vexing,
But then will do theml"
Cries brave Maggie Joy.
There's no use in signing,
I'll just keep on trying;
And conquer, il every
Power l EMPLOY"
"Oh, dear, and oh, dearyw
Cries Minnie Dundreary,
"That troublesome baby,
To watch and to tend!
I'd rather be riding,
Or running or sliding,
And having some fun,
With q gay, merry friend"
"Oh. yes, dearest mother:
My sweet little brother
Igladly will care for."
Cries sweet Maggie Joy.
although tbs some trouble,
The fun will be double,
For merry and happy
Is dear Willie boyl"
Thus, ever complaining,
II sunny or raining,
Poor Minnie finds ever
Something to annoy;
While Joyous and merry,
Light-hearted and CHEEKY,
A fount of pure sunshine
Is loved Maggie Joy.
Meta Il. B. 1horRe, in Golden Ddl
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set TOUR FOOT WITH NINE.
JOHN"


Set your foot with mine, John,
20. Va stop % lCtlcr;
II TIE roai 10 COOL or bad.
fino or stormy weather.
Put your hand u mine John,
tlasa 81 s'ronglv, brothoi:
Str % ors can not be TO VA
Whit we're to ,ach other.
We'd the Same good father, John;
No boys had "A better;
To his wisdom ana his love
10Th 81 us are debtor.
We'd the same sweet mother, too;
No BOYS had n sweetcr:
We ma. Z love each other well,
or how could we meet her?
Whom W. woro but little chaps,
Driving home tho ca tic,
Then we shared each others talks,
Fought each others battle.
Thon we had the sClfsame Rr!efs,
And the eelf--amo pleasures.
Held ia common bats and balls,
And our boyish treasures.
Now, though we are bearded men,
stu, you know, wc'ro brothers;
Par moro Co each other. John,
Than We arc TO Others
Tor you. and you for me.
I'm lifo's changing battle,
As Il was in bygone days,
DRIVING home the cattle.
SO put your foot with mine, John.
We will step together.
III tho way be good or bad.
Fine or stormy weather.
Lot tho world go we'll or IN.
Put your hand In mine. brother;
STRANGERS can not be TO US
What we're 20 each other.
Lille h. burr, On " 4. Ledger.
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Abnormal Apnetites.

While the normal appetite naturally
indicates the amount of food demanded
to repair the waste caused by the ordi-
nary exercise. with the kinds especially
demanded 10 meet present necessities,
this appetite may be so nodded, by I'M
natural habits, as TO become wholly I'M
reliable. 1t is creature of accident,
and may be made or unmade at will.
changing to the extent of our changes
of habits. Any article, however dis
tasteful, even disgusting 10 the natural
taste, by systematic and continued
course, may be made to become the
most agreeable to the taste (vitiated, oil
course) of any known substance. II
one may so far reverse nature, 80 far
violate physical law, so revolutionize
the taste as TO relish tobacco, any known
article may be tolerated and enjoyed;
And here, it may be remarked, that the
more repulsive any article may be, the
greater the effort required to establish
habit, the more the system is violated
in the formation of such a habit. the
stronger that habit will become, making
its victim slave!
1t is as true that the qualification OF
such morbid appetites, demanding I'M
usual violence to nature, the less will be
the real pleasure of such qualifications,
as nature always institutes ''draw-
back" on all infringements of her laws.
1t follows, therefore, that the use of the
simple foods, rich in natural nourish-
ment, with normal appetite, will
afford the greatest amount OF pleasure
to the taste. in accordance with gen.
eral law in morals, that it is always
safe and profitable to do right Golden
RuIe..
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

Mr.. Anthony Rouse, of CHICAGO.
advertised for wife, setting forth as
Inducements. n manly form and good
bank account. Mrs. Hanson, a bloom
ing widow. claimed the prize and got II.
Soon after marriage, Mrs. Rouse said.
MIR. Hanson felt a little hurt at her
marriage to Mr.. Rouse without being
divorced from him; SO Mr.. Rouse paid
one hundred dollars to get the divorce:
fifty dollars more went To keep Mr..
Hanson quiet; a lawyer wanted one
hundred and fifty TO see the thing
through; in two weeks he was shorn d
i've hundred dollars when. recently, the
woman herself lit out. Mr.. Rouse calls
upon the elements for justice, the law
being unable to help him. Chicago
HenGld.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

Mrs Catherine Dix. the lately de-
ceased widow of Ex-Governor Dix, was
born in 1907. At the age of fifteen she
was betrothed to the General, the mar
riage taking place three years later. Oh
her four sons Rev. Morgan Dix. rector
OF Trinity Church, New York, is the
sole survivor.-M y. 1ri6sss.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

Mrs. W. G. Noah, one Of the erexi
actresses of fifty years ago. who played
rival engagements with Fanny Kemble,
and supported the elder Booth and For
rest. is still living in Rochester. N. Y.
-Rochcster ErLress.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

"A work called industrial Sur
gerry" will soon be undertaken in France.
1t is said that wounds made by ruany Of
the new tools and machines used in the
arts in France are often of q nature to
require special treatment, the princi.
plies of which are not laid down in the
current books.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

There are ten Incorporated cities in
Connecticut. one of which has less than
four thousand inhabitants Hartford
Post.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

"A fight between a lady and China
man was q recent cause of excitement
At Oregon City, Oregon. The lady was
victorious
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

Husbands in Alabama can no longer
carry on business in the name Of their
Wiyes.-SL Louis Post
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-07

Two members of party of burg
lars recently apprehended In LondoE
were women, who were attifed as men.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-23

ms. They kept up this strain until
tbov found it would not work, and
then they assured us that that they had
untold sums of money concealed ID
various places, and if we would let
them go they would make us rich.
But they succeeded no better than
before. and then they went into the
bloody threats again. This they kept
up untll they found that we were pay
ing no attention to them, and then the
one whom | had attended to, and who
proved to be Matt Vickers, seemed to
discover that his arm wanted caring for
and ere long he began to groan with
pain. But I could give him little help.
| fixed a cushion for his arm to rest
upon, and thus he had to remain and
make the best of it. He begged me to
let him up, but there was so much ugll-
ness in his tone that l wouldn't trust
him.
We dropped anchor close to the
city about II o'clock at night, and
JACK pulled ashore in the boat and
brought officers aboard, into whose
hands we resigned our prisoners. Matt
Vickers had his arm set by an expert
enced surgeon, but not long afterwards
he got his neck broken by the hangman,
and in this latter catastrophe AdOlph
Leroy kept him company.
The reward of $4,000 was cheerfully
paid over to us, so that our little bit of
trouble and excitement turned out well
for both ourselves and the community
at large.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-23
at large.

A writer from Boston says: In 1924,
on the west coast of South America,
the King of Spain's treasure ship or
tax gatherer, as it vas called in those
DAYS. had collected from seven to eight
millions of dollars, Colonial history
confirms this statement. This ship
struck ona ledge lying a short distance
from the main lana Of the Bolivian
coast. She finally beat over the ledge
and sunk in deeper water. No or
gained expedition wasftte dout for the
recovery of this immense treasure until
1910, when a company was organized
in Philadelphia, of which the late Gen.
Burnside was president. They built a
bark, called her the Frances Palmer,
had two patent diving bells built, to be
worked by steam, the bark supplied
with every requisite then thought of to
raise this treasure, at an expense of
$50, 900. This bark arrived upon the
ground, and they found they could not
get the vessel between the reef and the
main land, where the treasure lay,
and the surf vas too heavy to operate
the diving bells, so the whole expedi-
ton resulted in failure for the want of
a corps of divers and a lighter vessel.
This expedition returned to San Fran
cisco, where the bark was sold and the
diving bells are still there. 1~conversed
at the time with the captain of the
Frances Palmer, and the engineer and
officers, aud they gave it as their unanl-
nous opinion that the treasure could
be recovered if the swell could be les
sened. The application Of oil dis
tributed by the FOlgersdrag will place
these lost millions in reach of a diver.
An expedition can be placed where the
treasure lies in sixty days after leaving
Boston. l propose to a syndicate to
raise the sum of $4,000 to raise this
treasure, fit out the expedition, man
age its financial concerns, take charge
of the operation, and if the treasure is
ICCONC1Cu bAC y AltItbGO Soh B0J liz
what they think 1 have deserved-if
not successful, no pay. L have within
a lew hundred miles of where this
eight millions of treasure lies, recov-
cred $500,0 900 in coin, bars and dust,
all gold. This treasure in the kings
ships IS in doubloons and dollars. Tie
kings tax must be paid in coin.
Governor Phipps of Massachusetts
before the revolution fitted out an ex-
petition of this kind, went to the
Bahama Banks and recovered seventy
five tons of silver bars sunk in a Spanish
galleon, On the way from Mexico to
Spain. 1 feel confident of being as
successful as the governor. l would
not be afraid to guarantee a return to
the syndicate before the Hussar COM
company sight the drst guinea. A full
record Of this loss can be obtained IN
Bolivia.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-23

A robbers roost was discovered by
Mr.. and Mrs. James Guthrie, of Denver,
recently, In a gulch near Webster, Col
Orado. Returning from a visit to their
daughter, whose home is at Grant Sta
ton, they lost their way. They travel
led until nightfall before they found a
cabin. In it was a rude table, some
chairs, a large open stove, and a good
supply of fuel, and on a shelf were six
loaded reyolyers, several cartridge belts
filled with ammunition, aud three pairs
of spurs. Mr. Guthrie stabbed his hor.
ses in the dark, and ~re-entered the cabin
and fastened the heavy door with a huge
bolt that fitted into slots in the logs. AT
about midnight Mr.. and Mrs. Guthrie
were awakened by sounds outside. A
man said:--"I wonder who is therel
Shall we force the door," The answer
was:-"Tain't no use; that door will
stand as long as the cabin ITSELF" Then
the voices faded away. Mr.. Guthrie
lay until long after daybreak ere he
ventured out. Then, on going to har-
ness his horses by daylight, he found in
the barn six mail bags that had been
opened, and other evidences of highway
mems operations.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-23


A few nights ago the famous "Weiss
DAME" or White Lady, the spiritus
familiaris of the Hohenzollern family,
is reported to have been seen by the sem
tinels before the Alte Schloss. The
legend of this apparition is well known.
An ancestreSs of the H~ehenzollerns,
Countess Orlamunde, is said to leave
her grave and walk, IN solemn and
measured step, the corridors of the Alte
Schloss in Berlin whenever any member
of the royal family is about to die.
Notwithstanding their profound skepti-
cism, most Berliners, strangely enough
still believe the story of the White
Lady. The capital is quite excited
over the pretended apparition. All are
talking about it, and wondering what
member of the dynasty is next destined
to die.
The White Lady is a ghost who has
frequently been seen in the different
castles and palaces belonging to the
royal family of Prussia. She is sup
posed to forebOde the death of some
of the royal family, especially one
of the children. Her last appearance
was in 1879, just prior to the death of
Prince Waldemar. A soldier on guard
at the old castle was witness of the ap-
partition, and in his fright fled to the
guard-room, where he was at nee ar
rested for deserving his post.
Twice she has been heard to speak.
In December, 1923, she appeared in the
palace at Berlin, and said, in Latin, 81
wait for Judgment" Again at the
castle of Neuhaus, in Bohemia, when
she said to the Princess, in German,
sit is 10 O'clock" and the lady adj
dressed died in a few weeks.
There are two white ladies, in fact
one the Countess Agnes of Orlamunde,
who is referred to by our Berlin CORES
pondent, and the other, the Princess
Bertha o Rosenberg, who lived in the
18th century. The former was buried
alive in a vault in the palace. She was
the mistress of a Margrave of Branden-
burgh, by whom she had two sons.
When the Prince became a widower
Agnes thought he would marry her,
but he made the sons an objection, and
she poisoned them, for which crime she
was buried alive. Another version is
that she fell in love with the Prince of
Parma, and made away with her two
daughters, who were an obstacle to her
marriage, for which crime she was
doomed to walk the earth" as an APP
partition.
The Princess Bertha is troubled be-
cause an annual gift which she left to
the poor has been discontinued. She
appears dressed in white and carrying at
her side a bunch of keys.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-23
SDaKe-hIIIk and Gravy.

a cowboy, fresh from his herd, went
into a Cheyenne chop house recently.
The tables were all filled with the ex.
ceptIon Of one, at which the terror Of
the plains seated himself. As he pulled
off his hat and united the red baudanna
handkerchief from his throat he looked
disdainfully around.
The nlmble waiter brushed an mag
mary bread crumb from the cloth,
whisked a bill of fare from the castor
and placed it before the festive and un.
tanned youth.
Take it awaylo he snarled. 81 cant
eat that. | want rattlesnakes on toastl"
"Rattlesnakes on toastl" yelled the
waiter.
"Rattlesnakes on toast!" responded the
cook.
There was a slight lutter among the
guests at the strange order and the cow
boy was scanned by many curious eyes.
He looked a little disconnected at having
his order so promptly taken and glanced
turtively toward the front of the house.
He saw the cooks and waters engaged IN
filing orders and looking as solemn as
gTaveyards after midnight.
He assumed a nonchalant air and picked
bis teeth with his fork.
A cook deity removed the skin from a
pickerel, and, cutting a strip the proper
shape, placed it on a spider.
The waiter who had taken the order
came tripping back to the bold buccaneer
of the pampas.
"Wll you have your snake well done or
rare2"
'Rere, with coolies OF milk and gravy
on It,"
"Glmme that snake rare milk gravy
on the side" was hallooed to the cook.
The IarIat wrestler began to grow nerv-
Gus. The devil-may care expression had
left his eyes, and a soft, subdued, melan-
cholY shade had taken It's place. He tid-
geted IN his chair and seemed TO be nerv-
ing himself for an ordeal.
"Here you are, sir" said the culinary
Ganymede, placing a dish in which was
a fried specimen of the genus ~crotalus.
Have a little Worcester sauce2 Gives a
very fine flavor. Some folks like mush
rooms with their snakes. Others prefer
Chill colorow. A little salad dressing
don't go bad. There's vinegar and olive
oil in the castor. win you have tea or
coffee2 Very fine snake. Caught yester.
day. Fat and tender"
When the waiter was delivering himself
of this eulogy On the meal, the steer
puncher showed his char back. His eyes
bulged out and he became pale around the
gills.
81 don't think I'll eet anything. l amt
hungry, he SAID as he rose unsteadiIy to
his feet and reached for his hat.
maybe you'd prefer Drilled moccasin, +"
insmuatingly suggested the waiter.
"No," he replied, as the ashen pallor
leepened o. his face. Il amt a bit
hungry" He cast another glance at the
dish he had ordered and made a break for
the door. He 'forgot to pay at the
~cnUDfer.
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-23

leg a poor man, aud having to live in
suite of rooms2 Look up, Birdie, anC
tell me, little wife. -
She looked meEnly up into his eyes,
the vile OF SIX hours, as the two sat II
the sunny little room after they haC
been married, and where Birdie hac
lived since the shares failed her.
"Sorry? Oh, Cieve, when | thi1l
how thankful l am, and how nobly you
have endured your sudden loss OF Tor
tune, and how happy we viii be-whyi
where has mother gomez"
Cleve laughed as he drew her head
to his shoulder and smoothed her hair.
81 am inclined to be Jealous oil
mother, vino l think has gone to the
gone back home, to prepare a homely
il,tle dinner tor u.s."
Let us go now, dear. Don't scold
because ] ordered a carriage, will your
Mrs. Estler paid me in full this morn
ing"
Cleve bit his lip to hide alaugh, then
gravely escorted his bride down to the
single.horsed vehicle in waiting, The
man knew his route and dashed of
rapidly, only stopping when he reached
the kerb in front of a large house
Cleye locked at Birdie in establishment,
She laughed n~ervously, then began to
cry.
you're not angry, dear2 l didn't
know until a month ago that 1t was all
right. / only lost a thousand after all,
Cleve, for your sake, and mothers am
so happy"
He kissed her almost solemnly as they
sat in the little carriage.
MY own true, unselfish little darl-
ingl"
They entered, found a delicious little
dinner in readiness, and no one to mar
the sweetness of the sunrise.
Late in the evening, towards ten
o'clock, Birdie rung for her wraps.
"Mother will be waiting for us.
Come, CIeve, let's go after her and
bring her here, her home"
So they drove off through so many
streets that Birdie wondered where in
the world they We're going to.
"Darllng;" Cleve said, abruptly,
shall | confess? Shall L tell you /
have a surprise for you equal to your
own? Look outl"
She looked out. as the carriage stop
ped at the Symington mansion. An
awning was stretched from the door to
the carriage mount, and a velvet carpet
was spred tor her feet. The joyous
music of the band, the fitting of
elegantly dressed ladies past the win
dows-it rushed over her like a flood.
Cleve had been masqueradlng for very
love of her.
"You forgive me?''
He looked at her with his splendid
eyes all alight.
ooh, Uleve, how could [ help it2
How you must have loved mel'
He escorted her in proudly; and Mrs.
SymingtOn in velvet and diamonds met
them at the entrance.
"Blrdie-daughterl"
And all went merry as a marriage
bell,
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-23

SONG OF rnE SKATES.

Hear the ringingof the skatesl
Cleaning skatesl
What a racket, rich and rollickiug, the
rhythmic sound creates
How they clink, clink, cllnk,
Like the changing OF the "chtuk'
Which the miser loves 10 handle as he pour
it in his c%ratesl
How they jingle, jingle, jingle,
On the CLASSY ice at night,
While the youth and maidens mngle
With their shouts Of wild delight,
As they go
To and fro,
Gliding here, dashing there,
Rosy cheeks, flying hair,
Sturdy lads, and lassies fair
Hol Away with melancholy
Let us frolic and be jolly
On the ice.
Though old fogies think it's folly,
Yet it's nice.
Let us skate, skate, skate,
Till our hearts become elate
With the merriment and jolity that such a
pleasure brings,
While old Time with mirthful wrinkles
flies with laugter-laden wings.
How each skater ~navigates,
Radiates and gyrateS,
AS his speed a~ccelerates,
And he circumbulates
On the smooth and shiny surface with his
scintillating skatesi
The Penn's Grove record., 1884-02-23
LULLABY.

Hoard Of dew
The honey bee gives overj
Near her W.
The lamb usds in the clover
Couch the kline
On mother earth's broad breast
Close to mine
Rest, weary wee one, rest.
Hallowed hour
OF natures hottest hush,
Sleeps the flower
On every stem and BUSH
In dusk's rose
A horned moons aswing;
Sweet eyes close,
Star eyes are gllstening.
With droop'd lids
Come downy owlets forth
Katydids,
The cricket aud the moth
Dream-gods bless
Thee, dreams Of beauty bring,
Nod-land's guest
To nod-land hurrying.
Trails her lamp
The glow-worm through the dark
That frail tramp
The freely, faunts her spark
Everywhere
Wee heads 10 hearts r pressed;
Wing takes care,
Rest, weary wee one, rest.