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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21
A Touching Incident.

The following touching incident,
which drew tears from my eyes, was
related to me a short time since, by a
dear friend who had it from an eve
witness of the same. It occurred in the
great city OF New York, on one of the
coolest of days in February last:
A little hoy about ten years old was
standing before n shoe store in Broad
way, barefooted. peering through the
window and shivering with cold.
A lady riding up the street IN a
beautiful carriage, drawn by horses
finely caparisoned, observed the
little fellow in his forlorn condi-
ton. and Immediately ordered the
driver to draw up and stop in
front of the store. The lady, richly
dressed in silk, alighted from her car
riage and went quietly to the boy and
said: My Little fellow, why are you
looking SO earnestly in that window ?''
" | was just asking God to give me a
pair of shoes" was his reply The lady
took him by the hand and went into the
store and asked the proprietor if he
would allow one of his clerks to 90 and
buy her half-dozen pairs of stockings
Tor the boy. He readily assented. She
then asked him if he could give her a
basin of water and towel, and he re-
piled: Certainly" and quickly brought
them to her.
She took the little fellow TO the back
part of the store and, removing her
gloves, knelt down, washed those little
feet and dried them with the towel.
BY this time the young man had re-
turned with the stockings. Placing a
pair upon his feet. she purchased and
gave him pair of shoes, and tying up
the remaining pairs of stockings gave
them to him. and patting him on the
head said: 81 hope, my little fellow.
that you now feel more comfortable. !"
As she turned to go, the astonished
lad caught her hand, and looking up in
her face, with tears in his eyes, answered
her question with these words: "Are
you Gods ?"--Parish Register.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21
What Love Does.

st. Paul says: "The love of Christ
constraineth u.s." Others may use vari-
Gus expressions. but they all ultimately
mean the same thing; :" the love of
Christ constraineth' them. He does
not mean his love for Christ. but
Christ's love for him. This was the
grace and power that impelled him and
sustained him. 1t was strange, we may
say, that the love OF One whom we have
ueyer seen, except in vision. should
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21
Fiddle Wood. eipht wears old =

Fiddle Wood. eight years old. wa.
found at Princeton, n. j., early the
other morning, thoroue hly exhaus ted,
asleep on the Eoor atthe railroad stat on.
A telegraph operator woke him up &c
see what it was all about, and found
that he lived in Philadelphia and had
started to walk TO New York Just to ser
if he could do it. Having 60 money he
hal not broken his fast since he lief,
home, Two days before ark Regis
tcr.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21

Some time ago John Scott, of Stotts.
Vile, Chester County, Pa, bought a
public sale an old desk, in which he dis
covered a secret drawer containing on.
hundred and fifty old pennies. On
bore the date 1895. and General Snow
den, Of the mint. has recently declares
the coin to be worth one hundred dol
lars Rttsbayob Posi-.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-21

-Canada's Upper House of legisl,
ton, or Senate, has little attention O,
thought bestowed upon it by the PEG
pie. Ii Is seldom in session, and ha,
but seventy members. who are ap
pointed for life, two-thirds of whom owe
their position TO Sir John Macdonald
either directly or indirectly. The Sen.
ate's whole duty seem to be to pass
whatever laws the Lower House origin.
ates. ~ y. Tunes.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-25

he bears. All Of these monkeys are
worth from $50 to $50 each, according
to condition and size, the smallest rank
ing first. There is q larger demand for
them than any other kind. The little
Marmazette, native of Brazil, is the
most diminutive of known monkeys.
In fact, he is too small to be very
healthy, and in our harsh climate he
easily falls into consumption and dies.
A fair-sized one is smaller than newly
born kitten, only q few inches In
length, excluding the little tail, which
is the longest part of him. They have
little wizened faces, and hardly look
like monkeys at all. Ladies invariably
fancy them at first, but closer ex-
animation shows how delicate they are,
as they lie huddled up together and
SILVER at every draught. They are by
no means as high-priced as the other
popular kinds of monkeys, and can be
readily purchased for 80 each. Placed
in company with a larger money they
seem to thrive better. The bigger one
takes great care of the smaller one,
shielding him, as far as practicable,
from the cold, and ceaselessly exerting
himself to keep him clean. Sometimes,
indeed, he kills him with kindness.
There are great many people who
have chronic prejudice against mon
keys. 1t is hard to say why, for
monkeys are amusing, affectionate and
very intelligent.-N. Y. Sun.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-25
A GOOD DINNER FOR ALL.
The Universal Spirit of Goodwin Tina
Prevails on Christmas Day.

The Universal Spirit of Goodwin That
Prevails on Christmas Day.
1t would have been wild prediction
of the optimist three centuries ago that
the time would ever come when on one
day in the year everybody would have
good dinner. And yet it is almost
realized. The gospel of humanity has
almost reached that point. 1t is per-
haps wasteful and excessive mode of
showing our humanity, but there is
this good about it, that the feasibility
of accomplishing it on one day will
suggest the possibility OF making at
least decent dinners more common to
people generally, and that when man
has once tasted the pleasure of prodi-
gal meal, he may be induced to some
personal exertion of industry and thrift
to procure himself the pleasure again.
We know by statistics that there is food
enough to satisfy everybody if properly
distributed, and the lesson that it can
be distributed one day is a most im-
portant one. The danger, of
course, is that it is in hui
man nature to depend upon
charity when once charity is accepted,
and so to lose the one priceless thing
to any man, which is independence.
But the beauty of Christmas is in its
recognition of common humanity and
common dependence on something be-
yond humanity, and the charity of it
is not condescension that can puff
anybody up or hurt any mans pride,
but diffused good feeling, and a
drawing together in a common fete of
all sorts and conditions of men. Here
in the United States it is literally of all
sorts and colors, commingling of peo-
pie under one privilege absolutely UNI
paralleled. And to enjoy the Christmas
of humanity we are not required to eat
the same sort of dinner, any more than
we are required toshave the same sort
of creed. The plantation negro with
'possum fat and coon Drown crack
lin, wild graby-go way dar, chileD is
just as much alive to the odor of
the anniversary as the English
denizen with his Evolutionary roast
beef and plum-pudding. We have
learned by the hard discipline
of a new country that we can make
very thankful meal for the day out of
wild turkey and canvas-back ducks.
fanked by a green goose, with appro-
pirate accompaniment. People can
get used to anything if they only have
the right spirit. Indeed, it has been
said that it is not so much what we eat
on Christmas Day as what we give
away that raises our spirits; but this is
to be understood within limits, for it
cannot be denied that there is such a
thing as universal hunger on Christmas
Day that will not be allayed any more
in the case of rich man than of apoor
man by the remembrance of good
deed warmed over. But the best sauce
to good dinner is the thought that
nobody else within reach is hungry.
And better even than the dinner of the
day is the universal spirit of goodwill
that broadens year by year, and deep
ems, we are sure Charles Dudley War.
aaer, IN Harper's Magazine.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-25
MONKEYS.
The Demand For Individuals of the Genus
Simia For Pets-Their Value.

The Demand For Individuals of the Genus
Simia For Pets-Their Value.
Monkeys are in greater demand as
pets than most people would suppose
possible said Mr.. Alfred Wilkins of
1885 Broadway. Ladies favor them
greatly, chiefly on account of their
amusing antics and gestures. Those
two in the window keep a crowd in
front of the store all day. Look at
them now.'' A monkey, who was eat
ing nothing, put out his hand in a
friendly manner to his cage companion,
who was holding nut in his palm,
The animal so approached responded to
the overture in the readiest manner,
but first, as a precautionary measure,
transferred the nut to his mouth. This
was not what the monkey who made
the advance wanted, and he sulkily
Withdrew his extended hand, while his
selfish companion looked knowingly at
the crowd outside and resumed his
meal.
There are about four kinds of mon
KEYS that are salable as pets, con-
tinued the dealer, land all are small.
The ring-tail is so called, not because
of the rings around its tail, but because
it swings to the branches of trees, and
helps itself to climb with that append
age. All other monkeys climb with
their hands only. The pig-tail monkey
is about the same size as the ring-tail,
and it is easy to see how he gets
his name. His tail is stubby and short,
like that of pig. He is not considered
a handsome monkey. but he is very
popular. The Java monkey is some
what like the ring-tail. He has long
tail, too, but it seems to be more for
ornament than use. The ring-tail
comes from Africa, the pig-tail from
the Isthmus of Panama, and the Java,
of course, from the island whose name
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-25

The Wonderland of the World, and the
Grandest Outdoor Museum of Natural
Curiosities.
The country of the Upper Nile was
par excellence, the wonderland of the
Roman world, as it is still the grandest
outdoor museum of natural curiosities.
ZooIogically there is no more densely
populated country. All the wild beasts
and birds, made homeless by the de-
vastation of Northern Africa, seem to
have taken refuge in the Nubian high
lands. In the terrace-land of the Nu-
bian and Abyssinian Alps there roam
herds of elephants, buffaloes, wild
sheep, and fourteen different species of
anteIopes. Further below the hippo
potamus and white rhinoceros haunt
the river swamps. Professor Blanford
enumerates 290 species of water birds.
With these harmless settlers less de-
sirable guests have crowded in, the
spotted hyena, the iackal, the black
and yellow lion, four species of smaller
cats. wild dogs, and above all, the
cynocephalus, the willy and mischievous
baboon. Three varieties of these OAR
winian pets inhabit the rocks of South
ern Nubia; the little babuin, the cyno-
cephalus proper, and the celada or
mantle baboon, fierce and powerful
fellow, whose shaggy name protects
his body like cloak, and enables him
to brave the climate of the upper high
lands. Professors Kuppel, Hotten and
Major w. G. Harris agree on the fact
that troop of these brutes, in raw
aging cornfeld, will not only hold
their ground against all corners, but on
the slightest provocation take the often
sive in a way not likely to be forgotten
by the unarmed natives.
Dogs have no chance whatever
against a full-grown baboon. The old
males do not wait to be tackled, but
charge them at once with an energy
and skill of cooperation that would do
credit to troop of well-drilled sol
diers. The hyrax, a queer pachyderm,
allied to the European badger, coin
habits the rocks with a alternating
marmot, and the coast jungles swarm
with wild hogs that multiply undis-
trlrbed, for the Abyssinian natives
share the pork prejudice Of their Mo-
hammedan neighbors. Prof Osaatd.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-25
PlTh AND PoINT.

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macnlne nas DG ~ ;,,st ~ 8 n,e..
m alA w. III csre IN, ~, met 40 r.
cIan a,, ~ lo WI r 800 ~. - 1-'s,'s.'t
NO" D e e scc = -.
Woman IS luxury. uniess 3 man :
circumstances permit OF iuAuE.es, no
nad Detter pe contens WIN ny n:s, NJ ~
" own cOnaI S'ous - $500 ~
o''' o.'sc'e- 4 esey''sf'D'
As q nation we do not nave our
serves under suinclent congroi. Wncn
senator goes down on 9 shpPery COT
ner ne y laughed at the same e tno
man with market basket. -boston
foss.
-hattIeSnake poison IS aWIul. -
Florida cow was bitten, and died inn
me1iately Sly h,,xzarfls that fed IN
the "a rcass ,1;ad soon aftar and. ! news
paper reporter was found lying in the
yicinitY.-L 0aceU Courier
s.uow a. 49,, b,.a;d ,,,,,, ha;. =,
1o ~ 40 you pralu your nalr SO
nlcelyP queried gentleman who was
,a,. : s.s.,.:h,a ~, 49, !.
Of anJ -, tha 49, - ~. =, u,
Ja,;a ~ f,sso, &C.,. 49, - ~ o..a,.s,
:, $500 rb;c,,,o Ha..l,,J
ni ~ es'oAso -. ~ 7,
;, tto serVansW VINO mas spiiied
the contents OF ner INK poIie on the
carpet )vMercy, Mary VIVA. nave you
zone gu We ao a,e 9 pre'sy Plece o.
MorA' maven you. MI ssa nay
~ nen say .na. 4asus ~. ~ ~ so,o
NJ az . na,.n aftarno o d, y S,,'
'nA .n.s Wy a.s.' oeA' - 49, ss.''
panu anu WlIe PTesens . snsm
serves before the DlVorce G 70, nay
90 you want, madames 'ivor GO
from that wretch. A And you, SIR!
Divorce from that vixen. !" Ihe de-
cree is refused-there is no incompati-
bility OF temper. You both seem to be
perfectly agreed. Call the next easel.
Paris Figaro.
A hymn as written:
Tsat sa s she To ray a 81 rest
Welcome to this reviving breast,
And these rejoicing eyes"
.. ana q. as :. sung Dy our cn ..
Thaw saw thaw law aw waw H"'
Wawkaw, taw, thaw, raw-vaw-vaw Draw,
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-25
THE NEW YEAR.


nich no one understands:
Nat Is before our eyes we see,
The work OF unseen hands;
ous whence, and when and why they
Escapes the grasp of human thought.
There was a time when we were not,
AND there will be again.
When we must cease and be forgot,
Win all our joy and pain,
lone like the wind, or like the snow
ihat ieh Thousand years ago.
We live as If we should not die,
Blindly, but wisely, too,
FOR IL We knew Death always nigh,
w nat would We say or do,
BUT fold. our hands and close our ewes
And care no more who lives or dies2
III death to each man in his turn
Is coming soon or late,
De ours the soldiers uncOncern
And his courageous fate;
Better TO perish in the strife
Tnan TO preserve the towards life.
Before my hearts fire bordering long,
As 'twere a bivouac,
heard last night the solemn song,
Which have summoned back.
1t seems my somber mood to cheer,
And Is my greeting to the Year..
New Year, if you were bringing Youth,
As you are bringing Age,
1 would not have it back; in sooth,
have no strength to wage
Lost battles over. Let them be.
Bury your head, u Memory!
You can bring nothing will surprise,
And nothing but dismay.
No tears again in these old eyes,
No darkness in my day.
You might bring light and smiles instead
If you could give me back my dead.
have beheld your kiss, New Year,
Full fifty times, and none
That was haODy and dear.
wept when it was done.
Why should we weep when years depart
And leave their ashes in the heart?
Goodbye, since you are gone, Old Year,
And my past life, good bye,
shed no tear upon your bier,
For it is well to die.
New Year, your worst will be my best;
What can an old man want but rest?
r.. II. .StOdddrd.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-25

Recent soundings over the bed OF
the Atlantic Ocean prove the existence
of a sunken ridge often less than 1000
fathoms from the surface, while on
either side the water has a depth of
8. 500 fathoms. The elevation of the
oceans bed to height sufficient to
make it dry land would therefore bring
up range of mountains, varying from
600 to 1900 feet in height. The
higher points of the sunken ridge now
form the Azore Islands.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-25

LIN some parts c. Georgia bears,
wildcats and coons are abundant
+. Sum-.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-25

No one should attempt to renovate
lands that never ought to have been
cleared.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1884-12-25
NATURES ZOO.

The Wonderland of the World, and the
Grandest Outdoor Museum of Natural
Curiosities.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-02
THE OOLLEOTORsHIP.

EDITOR INTELLIGENCER:-It is rumored
that Washington township is going solid for
Judge Harrison for3collectOr, and in contir
nation of that report l wish to state a few
reasons why such is the case. In the first
place, Judge Harrison was elected from the
eastern district of this county Ia district not
SO heavily indebted rs are three of the town
ships in the western district) rs a representa-
tive candidate of the people of the whole
county on the bono question, and at the eX-
piration of his first term the people from his
district desired his services for 4 second term,
from the fact that he had proved to be a rep
resentative judge. He has made the sacrifice.
and l simply ask the question il the people
desired any better service than he has rem
dered ? To be faithful to the trust repOsed
in him he has been called away from his bus
mess and his family to Jefferson City, for
which service he does not receive II cent of
pay, and In consideration of this fact, the
sentiment of the people In mass convention,
when Judge Lockhart resigned, WAS, that
the judges ought to be paid for their time,
and the question that we must decide, when
we come to the polls the 9th of August is,
sWill the people be faithful to their pledge:"
We are for him in Washington because he is
one of the candidates in this race that was
not afraid to submit his claims to a majority of
his party. We in Washington are about as
heavily indebted Ill proportion to our ability
as any township in the county, and we ex-
pect to show our appreciation of services
rendered by showing rs solid II vote for Har-
rison. for collector, rs any other tOwsshIp,
| with perhaps the exception of his old town.
ship, Freedom. WASHINGTON.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-02
To tho People of Lafayette County.

-
Some person or persons TO me unknown,
have circulated a report that I have selected
a deputy, In the event Of my election to the
Office of sheriff, who will be Objectionable to
the people of the county. This statement,
like many others that have been indus
triously circulated by malicious persons since
! began canvassing for the office of sheriff, is
wholly aud positively untrue, and spread for
no other purpose than 10 iniiure Inc. Since l
began this contest l have carefully avoided
the use of all expressions derosatory to the
character and standing of the gentlemen who
are my opponents. 1 have asked the sullru-
ges OF the democracy at the coming primary,
simply upon the ground that having served
the people so long Ia IL deputy, l think / can
establish my fitness for the chief pI:lee. If
elected, there shall be M betrayal of the
trust reposed in me. and rs I have done here
tofore, l shall in the future do the principal
part of the outside business, and in my alb
sence the duties In the Office will be discharg-
ed by II responsible. competent and expert
enced man, who will be In all particulars az
crptable to the people. Respectfully,
Jy26t3 JOSEPH BOWMAN,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-02
RESPONSE OF JUDGE HALE.

To Ferd d. Smith, NJ. Adams, Barnett
Landlord and Olhers-Gents: Your call upon
me to become a candidate for associate Judge
of the county court for the western district,
published In the Intelligencer of the 26th of
July, has been considered. To many who
had before privately requested NE to become
a candidate for the position, 1 have answered
that did not desire it, and believed it would
be best to select another for the next two
years. The call, with many solicitations
privately made by many from all parts of the
district, convinces me that there are many
who wish me to serve in that capacity for
another term, and l Will yield my objections,
and submit my name to the primary. If
nominated and elected l will accept the posi-
ton and assure the citizens of the county
that will discharge the duties of the Office
to the best of my ability, and that the public
interest of every description shall receive my
watchful attention.
Please accept my grateful acknowledge
ments for complimentary terms of the call,
and for the expressions of confidence it con-
tains. Respectfully Yours,
ROBERT HALE,
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-02
THE CONGRESSIONAL RACE.

The writer hereof has been to Jackson
county, and knows the sentiment of the peo-
pie there. Both the Wallace and Franklin
elements are friendly to Mr.. Shewalter, and
by his canvass he has made hosts of friends
who would prefer him to to any one else,
after their W candidate. Only a few profess
sional politicians, including the Kansas City
Times, and those who have axes to grind, are
against him. They know that they cannot
use Mr.. Shewalter. 1 have seen letters
Witten since the election, from prominent
men in Jackson county, stating That the feel
ing was very bitter between Franklin and
Wallace, and if Shewalter got Lafayette, the
chances were he would get the nomination.
Mr.. Graves advertisement in the Times,
and its paid insertion in other papers, does
not represent the people of Jackson, but only
a few interested politicians. As an evidence
of this, MIR. Shewalter got a respectable vote
in Jackson county, while MIR. Graves receiv-
ed only four votes. If the people Of Lafayette
want the congressman they ought to support
T. n. shewalter, 80
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-02
OUR OHALYBEATE SPRINGS.

EDITOR lNTELLIGENCER:-I have been TO
many Of the watering places of this continent.
Considering the variety of waters, among the
most important of which are the Artesian,
for internal use and bathing. I consider
Brownsville Springs equal il not superior to
any of the watering places ont the continent.
But l desire to draw the attention of the peo-
pie of Lafayette county TO the fact that there
isl spring in Lexington which is valuable
for many persons-qaite equal to the Sweet
Springs at Brownsville. l nave been using
the water when opportunity offered for the
past year and found the water had a very sal
utary effect or me.
MI. Editor, by a little labor and expense
cleaning out, placing a nice stone fount and
making access comfortable, l have no doubt
these waters would become an important re-
sort for the people of Lafayette county and
save the expense of going to Il distance for
waters no better. People of Lexington take
this in with your other booms.
r. TROTTER.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1884-08-02
PROBATE JUDGE.
ALMA. Iuly %. 1GSl

ALMA Suiy SJs 1904
EDITOR lNTELI.IGENCER:- Dear Sir-I
want TO express my opinion and let 1t go for
what it is worth in regard to the Probate
Judgeship. l was administrator in Pettis
county in 1s5O-51, also in 1866; l WAS guardian
in Saline county in 1857, and for several years
| have been both administrator and guardian
in this-Lafayette county-now for eight or
ten years and it is my candid conviction that
l have never known any probate Judge to
guard the interests of minor children any
better than our present judge, and we who
have children, or those under age for whom
we care anything should look well to their
interests by selecting a man who will guard
their interests in case Of our death, and that
mun we have found in Judge Rylund. Re-
specially. ID. Y. PRIGMoRE.