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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
Choice Extracts.

If you would not fall into sin, do
not sit by the door OF temptation.
Good has but one enemy--the evil;
but the evil has two enemes-the good
and itself. Baptist Weekly.
=" The bread of life is love; the salt
of life is work: the sweetness of life,
poetry; the water of life, faith
Happy the heart to whom God has
given enough strength and courage to
suffer patiently and find ones own hap.
piness in the happiness of others
Colon.
God pity the man of science who
believes in nothing but what he can
prove by scientific methods; for If ever
human being needed Divine pity he
does.-Dr. j. @. Holland.
The grand old Book of God stin
stands; and this old earth, the more its
leaves are turned over and pondercd,
the more it will sustain and illustrate
the Sacred Word.--Prof Dana.
-Zion's Herald thinks that good,
sound. homelike Saxon is the best style
for the pulpit, which addresses, not
scholars exclusively, but mixed audi
NhNCS, upOh many VI NuOiH MoluS Vi
foreign origin are often worse than
thrown they are misunder-
stood"
Some of the views of DR.. Howard
Crosby may be called in question, but
surely he spoke some wholesome, If
homely, truths last Sunday on bearing
one another's burdens: sickness, ig-
norance, perplexity and bereavement
are burdens which we can alleviate
No matter how unworthy man may
be, he should have our sympathy if he
is suffering. But some people get into
the habit of talking sympathy who
never feel sympathy. They say they
are very sorry that Mrs. A. has been SO
unfortunate, and yet they take great
deal of satisfaction i'm saying SO. They
talk sympathetically with Mr.. b.. who
has failed in business, and hasten to his
forced auction to buy his new piano for
fifty dollars, and bid shilling per yard
on his Brussels carpet. They are sorry
Mrs. G. is so poor, but they never buy
anything at her shop without beating
down the price and making her wait
two or three months for her money.
No ill-timed curiosity, no unseeml
ofiiciousness carries the Christian to tn
house of mourning. His lips bear no
frigid axioms. He may be cheerful,
nav, he ought to be cheerful, but with
a cheerfulness that is not Incompatible
with sympathy and sorrow. Baptist
HeeElU
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
Our Young Readers.
BOY AND MN.

When Tom was a boy It was often said
That be never wanted To go TO bed:
And he really apTe i'ed to take delight
In running about the streets mt night
All. much too long won Il have been the day,
And weary enough he'd have been of play,
II this very wide-awake little chap
Had not extep1ed his morning nap
He'd cit up with the owls. and with eyes as
bright
ne theirs. oh, ever so late at night:
But no one had a chance to remark
That Thomas ever arose with the lark.
" Early TO bed and early to rise
viii make man healthy, wea thy and wise
Was an old-fashioned notion. Thomas said,
And well enough for a slecpy-head-
But as Tom grew older he left the owls,
And initiated domestic fowls
By going to bed, oh, not as he used,
BIT as soon as the chickens began TO roost
And he Raj no patience, I've heard them say,
With those who wanted to sleep all day,
For he was around and outof-duors
In the early morning doing his chores
And that is the way we turn about
From youth TO age, there isn't a doubt:
And the very things tina, we once despised
Become the things that are highly priced.
And IL when your young you take delight
In being up with the owls all night
When you are old you'll think IL absurd
To copy the ways OF so dull a bird.
-JoseDlItnS POGdrd, In HdrPeT's Young Poo
ale
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A young man was ushered into the
parlor where sat his adored one. She
was gazing soulfully into the tire, think
ing of him. no doubt, but not dreaming
of his presence. He tiptoed his ap.
proach. and slyly SEEING struggling
hair which was coyly nestled in it,
blonde beauty on the scruf of her
rounded neck, gently twitCiied it and
waited for the sudden start and maid.
emily blush, pleased surprise. But
not start, not n surprise. Again he
drew it towards him, and again did the
fair one continue TO gaze thoughtfully
in the fire. "Dear girl, she knows not
of my presence" he murmured to him
self. "How glad she will be to discover
her Charles SO close behind her. | will
end this surprise; and gently lifting
an auburn curl from the sloping Shout
ders he gave IL a gentle tweak. and,
gentle reader, YOU may believe US or not,
but truly. rs sure as we live, he scalped
her. The whole business came of, and
then she knew that Charles was there.
Shall we draw q. veil over the pictures
BY no means. Charles knew that she
wore false hair. and he knew that she
knew that he knew It Besides. the
girl was turning thirty and worth mill.
ions. Charles was poor, but madly in
love A poor young man, madly in
love with a girl worth a million, is new.
er particular.-BdIlim Every SdtW.
day.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
Dog Oil.

Everything is wrong this morn
ing," exclaimed Springswell butcher
yesterday. IL have ust lost my best
customer He was anxious to see me
killing and dressing, so he stepped into
my slaughter-house just as was about
to remove the fat from dog
"a dog? You don't mean to say
mo; don't mean to say that we
butchers shove dogs and cats on the
market. but this particular dog was
brought to me by a consumptive young
chap who lives near by. He wished
me to remove the fat that he might rem
der it, and Use it as cure for his NAL
ady, and, as said before, just as | was
doing so in walked my best customer.
You never saw madden man in all
your life. He wouldn't give me a
chance to explain, but after swearing
enough to make that boys hair stand
on end he rushed out, saying that he
would have me lynched."
Isn't that rather novel cure for
consumption
well, | don't know. have killed
dogs for half-a-d0Zen who have con-
sumption; but there is man up town
somewhere who makes dog oil whole
sale"
Further inquiry revealed the fact
that the Manufacture of dog oil may
now be numbered among Detroits de.
funct industries. The dogs from which
the oil was extracted were procured at
the dog-pound after having been
drowned. When the fat had been taken
out, it and the canine tarcasses were
steamed and pressed, and, as result,
Lyman w. Blakely, manufacturer, OBJ
tanned, IS he described it, "a transpar-
ent oil almost as clear as water, and
sweet to the taste" He received only
three dollars per gallon for the OIL and
found it did not pay, although this
amount was supplemented with small
sum paid by fertilizer company for
the flesh, bones and hide. The pur-
chasers of the oil were veterinary sur
geons. who used it in compromising l;ni-
ments, and people suffering from throat
and lung diseases, especially consump-
tives, who are usually willing to use
any and all remedies suggested. 1t is
entirely unknown in the pharmacies.
and why it has gained even the moiety
of popularity it enjoys it would be
hard to say.-DetrOtt Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
HUMOROUS.


Between Bohemians: VIII it give
you pleasure TO breakfast with me?'
Certainly" well. put an extra plate
on your table and in quarter of an hour
| will be at your room. '-BOStOD Tran
script.
is this your dog?'' mo; he be-
longs to Squire Smith. And between
you and me he's deal smarter than his
owner" Yes, there are dogs of that
sort / have had several myself. -
Hdrper's Bdzdr.
during the thick fog the other even
ing Com 6om took q poor Lind man
by the arm and led him to his door.
Telling the story to n fl end on the fol-
lowing day he cried: alt is terrible to
be Elind N such fogT'-Pdri' Paper.
Ethel. said the teacher, "whom
do the ancenis say supported the world
ON his shoulder" atlas, sir. You re
quite right said the teacher. ATLAS
supported the world. Now who sup
ported Atlas?" ~ suppose" said
Ethel, softly. II suppose he married
rich wife. - Chicago Inter ocean.
- understand they are getting up
another art imposition" said Mrs.
Blank the other day. but they needn't
expect me to loan 'em anything. Last
year the clumsy things broke an arm of
of my Venus de Medicine and then had
the cheek t. tell me it was that way at
first. just as though / was foolish
enough to pay $1,000 for a second
hand statoO-the idear'-iSan Francis
co Post.
Three Western people, an old man
and two daughters. happening 10 be in
Boston the other day, entered a store in
idle curiosity. The first ob.ec to at
tract their attention was the elevator
silently moving up and down with its
cargOeS of passengers. whats that,
pau?-that thing going up. and down
with sOfys in it?h asked one of the
daughters. The old man gave the ele-
vator long, calm, deliberate stare. and
exclaimed with an awe-struck voice:
'.It's q telephonei the first ever saw!"
.--BOSton Pos.
"A short. time ago a London pawn
broker was aroused about one a. m. by
a vigorous pounding at his street door
Hastily throwing on dressing gown
he rushgd to the window and demand
ed: who's there?' Il want to know
the time came the response from the
pavement in the familiar tones of a
frequent customer. 'What do you mean
by calling me up at this tine o. night
to ask such question as that?" TO-
piled the irate pawnbroker. well, and
to whom else should l Gomez" was the
rejOinder. in husky accents; you've got
my watch"
Two Austin sporting men were
Dragging about their shooting abilities.
One of them said: Il can shoot charge
of shot through sieve, and not iniure
the sieve in the least" lis that sop
said. the other; that's nothing TO
speak Of 1 can fire charge of buck
shot into sieve and plug all the holes
so that the thing will hold water. I"
But that would utterly spoil the
sieve" said the first liar. "Not at
all. returned prevaricator No. ?, II
just load up with smaller shot ard
shoot holes right through the buckshot
every time. "-TcIGs SiftingS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
Arabrs Opinion Of the Mahai.


The Constantinople correspondent of
the Morning Post states that he has had
the opportunity of talking Mt some
length with a gentleman recently ar
rived from Ceylon, and who during the
last few months had many and contin-
uous opportunities of seeing and con-
ferring with Arab Pasha. This gentle
man said: The victory of the Mahdi
would cause no surprise whatever 20
Arab Pasha, who over and over again
repeated to me that his influence was
very great, and that England ought 20
be prepared TO see him march some day
or other on Cairo. Arab Fasha told
my friend that nothing had struck him
so much as the complete ignorance Of
Europeans as to the power of Moham-
mechanism. What Europeans were
pleased to call fanatieism was q spirit
of self-sacrifice and devotion comb ned
with courage and organization, which
must make Europe tremble. 1t was
that sentiment, and not his personal am
bition. which had made him in the
space of few weeks master of the
situation in Egypt. His name had be-
come popular all over the Mohamme-
son "O.ANs anu a. pIOOl vi tnIS ATaDl
Pasha showed my friend piles of vol
umes which during his exile in Ceylou
had been filled by the most influential
personages in India, who still continue
going to Ceylon as on a pilgrimage, to
confer with the promoter of the Egyp-
tan rebellion and write, their names
snd words expressing hope in the
speedy triumph in books which are pur-
Posely kept in the house occupied by
Arab. Ever since his arrival
in Ceylon Arab Pasha expressed the
opinion that the Mahdi would triumph.
as he knew better than Europeans ap-
peared to do the spirit of the popula-
tons. whose dread of being overpow.
cred by Christian nations is indescriba.
ole. "-Palt-AaH Gazette.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The funny man of the Louisville
C0tIrier-J0DrIsdI is a woman.
The Boston Public Library is to re-
eeive $50, from the estate Of Arthur
Schofeld, Notwithstanding there is q
law in his viii. Herald.
VIII Carleton. the writer of farm
ballads, is said 10 be worth $3.50, COO
There's no danger of his going 'Over
the Hills to the Poor House. ~ CHICAGO
Journal
Mr.. George A Post, Representative
in Congress from the Fifteenth Pennsyl-
vania District, is but twenty-nine years
of age, and is the youngest member of
Congress. Philadelphia Press.
asa Barker. of Lynn, Mass, sui
cided the other night. He was the head
and front of the concert-giving Barker
family of a quarter of century ago.
He hung himself in the woods while
despondent-BO Boston Posi-.
Washington Irving once said to
lady: Don't be an iOus about the ed
ucation of your daughters; they will do
very well; don't teach them so many
things; teach them one thing" What
is that. Mr.. lrving?'' she asked.
Teach them" he said, Ito be easily
pleased"
James Converse, Of Chill, n. Y,
and Miss Mary Chatterton, OF Roches-
ter. were married in the large show
window of Rochester clothing estab-
lishment recently. A large number Of
wedding presents were d splayed in TIE
window previous TO ceremony The
whole affair was an advertising scheme,
presents included. but il paid the young
couple, the gifts being very useful.
Many Rochester firms contributed.-M
J. Post.
The late Joseph Swift. of Philadel-
phia, left fortune of about 81 COO, 900,
and among his legacie; was one of S.
900 to his daughter Mary. widow of the
late CHARTS X. Thorne, DR.. the a tor,
aud an annuity of 81, 800 to Horace q.
Browne, from whom Mrs. Thorne was
divorced. The bulk of the remainder
of the estate goes to Mrs. Thorne's chill
dren by 10th her marriages. and to her
sister, Mrs. Emily Balch, and her chill
dren.-EatiiGcleif'hia Record.
Colonel John Hay, who was Presi-
dent Lincoln's private secretary, testi-
iies that the martyr-Presidcnt had nc
assistance in the preparation of his
speeches and addresses. For instance,
MIR. Lincoln, on his way from Washing
ton to Gettysburg, composed his famous
address at the lal er place and put it on
paper while on the train. After arriv-
ing there he revised and perfected what
is now generally regarded rs master
piece OF English composition and Amer
lean oratOry.-C Chicago Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04

Mime. Adelina Patti has been COM
municating few personal "reminiscences
to the Figure, from which it appears
that the life of a prima donna Cor prim-
a donna as the Morning Post called it
the other day) is far from being the
dangerless existence that oae would take
it to be. People may not believe it, but
the position is one which for dangers
surpasses that of the Gar of Russia.
They are caused by her rivals, she
thinks, but they go beyond the limits
of permissible rivalry. ''Once during a
performance of Linda she says. Il
received a number of bouquets. the last
which was composed very oddly. Che
of the flowers fell out of it onto the
stage, making a regular thud. 1t con-
sisted of an enormous ball of lead,
which, if it had been more firmly tied to
the bouquet, must have struck
my head. As it was. the bou-
quet hit my shoulder" On another oc-
casion the curtain fell on Nine. PATHS
head, and she was saved only BY the
fashion then prevailing of rolling up her
hair high upon her head, but it was not
a mere accident. She has had matches
put into the water she drinks. and has
even received poisoned gloves, with the
request to let the maker call them by
her name. -PaH-MdH Gazette.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
Religious Reading.
HIS GUIDANCE.


may not know the way take;
IL It bring good or I'll:
But this ! know: IL faith Is minc
In love Divine,
That love will make,
IL mistake,
Light in the darkness shine.
So dark my path sometimes
i can not see the purpose OF Thy plan
fCrme;
And yet. dare not pray,
Father, in some brighter way
Lead Thou me home:
Some path my own,
That would choose.
Lest 1 a greater blessing lose.
IT'S mine TO follow mot to lead,
Fen though n cross It be;
Simply to trust, nor ask
One step ahead TO see;
Assured there Is no I'LL:
But all Is good,
II understood
To be my Fathers win.
Then why am 1 cast Town.
And filled with anxious fear?
Since the Eternal Lord
Hath promised in His word
My every step
He will direct
And make my life His care.
I'll rest upon His word;
And claim each promise mine;
So shall prove
His faithful love;
That each event
To me Is sent
A Fathers wise design.
~. \. Observer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
A RURAL REMONsTRANCE.

RURAL REMONSTRANCE.
Old farmer winrow raised his head.
And laid aside his paper;
us spcctaclcs slid down his nose
And rested on its taper.
wall declar'i 2" he cried aloud;
This beats the very dickensi
They've gone an shifted rOun' the time.
AZ sure as chicks IL chickens.
never heerd. upon my word.
or anything 10 beat n,
Irn'ily think thom city folks
Hev got thccr minds unseatod.
An what l. this read in hce.1
Great ca sar! Save tho flock!
They're g1in' TO str Itch the hours out
To twcnty-four o clock"
The worthy farmer scratched his ear
In dccpc med tItlOu:
He gazod perp!eNcd upon the clock
with mental agitation.
For sixty years I've p!owrd along
A. rex lar a. the sun, sir.
An used the RuOd, % d-fuShiO1ed tmo
without hitch. by gum! sir.
But times hoy undergone a shift.
" hr not mistaken.
An some new era - try every day
To give this world a shIkin'.
They string my rc ds with telephones.
OR some ncw-fuuglp trtsheS,
They scnd out one wheeled railway trains
To "Vcrlrs In sinash's
An yot. thcy be- no. stttsroI
with the customs tho he slandcr'd.
Hut thCy must gout riliuit"
new an fresh time. standard
:" m rs shouldn't bc surprised
Nor my oil woman. 'ither
IT thcm thur city lunafics
should drap time altogether.
An some fine dav. whoa We arise.
our daily ruce 10 rnn
We " mud thct whi q we've bin asleep
They've turned around the sun!
but ally. now. didn't think
- nor my old Sal rcckons,
Ihey IL 20 AN stcIl from Fuihcr Time
some NIFTY scor' Of SccondI
An now see thccr little game!
~ IN c. culntor
my yc backed Ia ir clcc.ss gunrier-hour
To sep q zee e td'sf
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
Boys and Work.

If boy reads the papers in these
days. he will see much about work and
learning to work. He will hear much
said of the difficulty of getting good
workmen. He will hear of new schools
for boys, where carpentry, brick
laying, painting, carriage and
many other trades are taught.
OF course he means TO do something
himself, but somehow he does not care
for these splendid new schools. 1t is
nothing to him that good workmen are
scarce and always find good wages.
He is going into store or an office, or
means to beR doctor or lawyer. He
does not propose to soil his hands and
wear rough clothes like workman.
If there is any such boy who may
read this, let him consider a moment
My cheerful young man, are you sure
you know what you are talking about?
What do clerks earn How much does
a young doctor receive? Oh! but you
don I mean to be a poor clerk. You in
tend to be great lawyer with ten
Thousand year, or a doctor with a car
rage. Charmed 10 hear it. 1t is a
noble resolve, but are you sure you will
get there2 Really, now, how can a
young man tell, how can he be sure he
will succeed? In this way: A man
succeeds who falls in love with his
work. He thinks about it day and
night, he studies IL; he reads all he can
ind on the subject. He tries and tries
TIL he can do il well Then il is he
succeeds. You do not care much about
medicine; you have no burning desire
ff, I.-k u
human body. You don't care very
much for dreadful work 10 hospitals.
and yet you mean to be doctor. You
would secretly much prefer TO have a
kit of carver's tools, but of course you
could never be carver by trade.
Let us stop here. This is the sum-
ming up IF vast deal of homely wis
dom. Do you love any work? Is the:e
anything that. if you were independent.
you would do before anything elsee II
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A few DAYS AGO Homer Moore.

"A few days ago Homer Moore. of
Greensboro, Ga. was driving woke Of
oxen along the road. when they became
frightened and dashed off through the
woods near by. They ran into a tree
and horn on one of the oxen was
knocked. completely. off. flying dis
tance of ten or twelve feet from the tree.
Homer hurriedly grabbed mp the horn
and grew into its former place, and 1 is
ton is that Homer in his haste put the
horn on bottom upward and it has a
tendency to be lop sided Save this
little fault the horn is all right and the
OK prances around and hooks things
with his old-time energy. CHICAGO
Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04

The Ercning Tost of this city has now
On its stat some of the writers who have
made the Nation so offensive to ortho-
iox Christian readers In a late issue
the attempt was made by one Of these
writer's TO break the force Of the statis-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04

Salt sprinkled on a stove when any
thing has been spilled OF boiled over on
1t viii counteract any possible bad odor-
Exchange.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04

in Dublin, Ga. all the children
born in 1882 were males, and this year
all have been fsmales. Isl. Louis Post
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-08-07

THERE is much astonishment expressed
at the dishonesty found among the officials
If the best banking system tho world ever
saw. But the discovery is not strange, it
is but a logical sequence. A system founded
on corruption and injustice. the operations
Of which are fraud and gigantic steel.
should necessarily hatch out thieves. ]
The Iowa plain dealer. [volume] (New Oregon, Howard County, Iowa) 1867-1895, 1884-08-07
Who Are the Cranks /.
from the American scntry.l

from the American Scntrv.i
The Presidential nominations Of the Ma
tional party, and especially the selection of
Gen. Benjamin +. Butler for the first place.
has been received by the press representa-
tiyes Of both old parties with ill-concealed
apprehension. Such choice by rs does
not suit the wishes of old party managers
in any respect, as it npsets their calcula-
tlons, dennges their plans, and as they
clearly see, is likely TO defeat their well laid
schemes. Old party managers are badly
scared, as they well may be, but that cannot
under the circumstances be well avoided.
The National party il not in the scramble
for speils--its weight and influence are not
III 1 market for sale. II has principles,
which il proposes to emhody in National at
fairs, and will not barter them for any
consideration. or to escape being called
financial cmnks. Ii is sad Ia think of
the solid aud respectable world and press
Washington, Jefferson, fmnklin, ana other
cmnks OH the subject of freedom brought
Oh il war and created nation. Cmnks on
the subject Of slavery hammered away on
the one idea shallow martals, they had
but one idea-and emaneipated millions.
clanks invented steamboats, railroads.
telegmphs, n civilized financial system. the
earth, the air. and the Sci. ars filled With
the eantrlsances If eianhs, Which, strange
to say have been for tl4e benefit and all
saneaAent of mankind. ssanss I'm NIL ages
have b ea busy prrleetlag their ridiculous
schemes and Inventions, while the wise