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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23
Changed Relations

"Now that we are engaged" laid
Mss Pottleworth, ''come and let me in
troduce YOU To papa"
Il believe that have met him." re-
Piled young Spickie.
But in another capacity than that OF
son-in-law."
"Yes-er. but I'd rather not meet
him tonight"
''Oh, You must" and despite the al.
most violent struggles of the young fell
low ne was drawn into the library,
where n large, red-faced man, with a
squnt in the eye and an enlargement
of nose, sat looking over lot OF
papers.
Father" said the girl.
"Hum, he replied, without looking
up.
81 wish to present to you"
"Whatr he exclaimed, looking ut
and catching sight of young Spickle;
Have you tho impudence to follow me
here? Didn't | tell you L would see
tO-morrow?'
"Why. father. YOU don't know Mr..
Spickle, do you?'
a.! don't know his name. but l krOw
that he has been to my Office three times
a day for the last week with a bill.
know him well enough. l can't pay
that bill tonight, young man. Come tc
my office to morrow"
II hope" said Spickle, that you dc
not think so i'll of me. l have not come
to collect the bill you have referre to,
but
"What! Got another one?'
"You persist in Misunderstanding me.
l did not come to collect bill. ] car
come tomorrow and see about that.
Tonight l proposed to your daughter
and have been accepted. Our mission
is to acquaint you with the fact and
gain your consent to our marriage"
We'll" said the old fellow, ''is that
all? Blamed if didn't think YOU had
bill. Take the girl. if that's what you
want. But say, didn't L tell you to
bring the bill tomorrow"
"Yes, SIR
well, you needn't. Our relations
are different now. Wish I had a
daughter for every bill-collector in
town. - Chicago Tribune.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23

by the non-recourse to healthy corporal
and mental exercise, the landed gentry
of Russia afford the worst possible ex-
ample to the classes below them. As
in the case of the merchants, an alb
sence of all scruple in the pursuit of
gain for immediate objects is painfully
apparent in all their acts. They cry
with the epicure: ''Live while YOU
i've" and allow the morrow to take
care of itself.
No enterprise can be made to flourish
in Russia except by the exercise of
bribery and corruption and on the prin-
ciple of "give and take" The Govern
ment of the empire is conducted on the
same principle, or, rather, absence OF
principle, for although the Imperia;
Ministers and the members of the Cour-
Gil of the Empire are above all sue
piciOn of venality, yet, as the Cabinet
Is composed Of statesmen protesting
the most opposite views on the most
important questions of domestic policy,
they exercise the authority which they
derive from the Sovereign, and are only
able to retain their places and emolu-
ments partly by intrigue. but chiefly by
trafhcking in their political principles,
that is to say. by making transactions
or arrangements by which each Minister
is enabled to carry out his own peculiar
views. Conservatives and Radicals,
supported severally by personages who
stand next the throne, squabble at the
council table over matters relating to
various departments of the State, and
when a compromise is not arrived AT
on the principle of '.give and take" it
Is left for the unfortunate head of the
State to thread his way through all the
intricacies of the intrigues and plots by
which he is surrounded, and to confirm
the resolutions of a majority or a mi
nority, according to his pleasure, the
bent of his mind, or the indirect inliu-
ence which has been brought to bear
upon him through channels in which
wOmen's rights are frequently exercised
with considerable success.
The public service of the country,
and particularly the service to which
the conduct of foreign relations is III
trusted, is naturally affected by 81
these influences. AS a matter of face
the several ambassadors of Russia ano
foreign courts represent, not the policy
of a cabinet, but the aspirations and the
inirigues of the faction to which they
may happen to belong; and almost as a
rule they represent and promote what
is only too well known as the principle
of Muscovite ambition and encroach-
ment. Viewed in this light, it is a mat
ter of the utmost difficulty to grasp at
any given moment the real policy and
intentions of Russia. Like the individ-
ual Russian. the Imperial Government
has 10 fixed policy or conduct. and its
language can seldom be trusted. Con
selUeutly. in dealing with it, other Gov
ernments should be guided solely by s
sense of what their own superior inter.
eSts require to be said or done at a Civ.
en- momcVt. irrespective of imperial
promises sud intentions Cor. Brook.
I'm EdQLe.
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A Lesson from Nature.

just now when the husbandman has
finished pruning the vines and is care
fully looping the fruit trees and
trimming the hedges, all sorts of les
sons suggest themselves to the thought
full observer. There must needs be
superfluous growth, out-croppings
which need pruning, tendrils or
tendencies which must be cut off alto
gether in order to secure the growth
or safety of the vine. Christ compares
Himself and His followers to vine
and its branches. And just as careful
husbandman trims and trains the climb
ing of the trellis or wall, so through
LIES discipline the children of God arc
watched and tended. We often sigh
and wonder at the wrench caused by
the pruning process repeated over and
over again in our lives, without realizing
that it is needed and wholesome.
Pretty soon the crocuses and green
tufts of tender plants will appear to
gladden. the eye, which has rested so
long on sere lawns and snow banks. and
leatless branches. Just so there is at
times a renewing in the human heart.
Dead doubts give place to green and
lively hopes. AS nature takes on
UIIS III tuu CIlttTlul uTSSS, tuc uCalb NC
comes toned to warmer sympathies.
fresh aspirations and better impulses.
The winter is severe with its needed
storms and cold and damps and trials
are hard to bear with their chilling
realities. But everything in nature
awaits with passive, unresisting will
ingness the grand law of creation and
of creations God.
There is no other way. The elements
once at war with themselves would
soon bring observation-disclosures. ''Shau
we whose souls are lighted with
wisdom from on high" be less obe1ient
and passive in the hands of a great and
all-wise Father than are the objects OF
His lower creation? The grand lessons
| of nature at this time are indeed well
worth our notice. The great earth is
patiently advancing towards new life
of bloom and blossom; why not attune
our hearts to new hope, trust and
growth, confident that He who doeth
all things well will through life's chang
ing stages, bring us at last to immortal
bloom and flower if, like nature herself,
we are always passive and trustful.-
Golden RUE.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23
A Business Education.

Philip, having read in the newspaper
an advertisement of "Boy Wanted"
washed his face and hands in the care
less manner of one long used to such
things, combed his hair lin 'front.', put
on his hat and hurried to the store of
Messrs. Trainem & Gougem. the dry
goods dealers. Philip having announced
his errand Chat he had seen their adj
vertisement, etc., Mr.. Trainem in
quired:
"Are you Just from schoolp'
"No, sir" replied Philip; II have
worked two years at Cheatem's dry
goods store?"
"Indeedr' exclaimed Mr.. Trainem;
"then you have had some experienc,
in the business?"
"Yes, SIR"
"Well-er-whatd did you say your
name was?-Oh, yes-Wcll, Philip, that
is in your favor. What kind of work
did you do at Mr.. Cheatem'sP"
II went there to learn the business "
81 understand. But what didsyou
learn?"
Everything, sir.''
"As, for instance?'
II ran errands, opened and closed
the store, swept out, BACKED Mr.. Cheat
ems boots, did his marketing, and
when I had nothing else to do, sawed
and split wood, worked in his garden,
and did odd jobs about his house."
"Well, Philip" said Mr.. Trainem,
81 am sorry to say that your expert
ence at Mr.. Cheatem's won't help you
much with us. Each house, you see,
has way of doing business Of its own.
However. il you care to try, we will
take you, and though the pay will be
merely nominal at first, we shall give
you a thorough business education,
which is much better than money, v on
know--much better than money"
SO Philip was given the situation, and
learned the dry-goods business by TAX
ing care of Mr.. Trainem's horse, per-
ambulating the baby Trainem daily in
pleasant weather, and performing the
duties Of housemaid and nursery girl
when not otherwise engaged. = Boston
Transcript.
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Choice Extracts.

The most manifest sign of wisdom
is continued cheerfulness. MOn,dine.
Faith takes up the cross. love binds
it to the soul, patience bears it to the
end.
Honesty sometimes keeps a man
from becoming rich, and civility from
being witty. - Chesterfield.
In the estimate of Christian life il
is not the few exceptionally good things
which are reckoned, but the many or
binary little things.
The only happiness brave man
ever troubled himself with asking much
about was happiness enough to get his
work done. Carlyle.
Try it for day, beseech you, tc
preserve yourself in an easy and cheer
fal frame of mind. Compare the day
in which you have rooted out the weed
of dissatisfaction with that on which
you have allowed it to grow up. and
you will find your heart open to every
good motive. your life strengthened,
and your breast armed with a panoply
against every trick of fate: truly you
will wonder at YOUR own improvement.
Richter.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23
Estates for Life.

The origin Of the present ownership
at land, at least in the larger part OF
Europe, was victory in war A con.
queror parcclcl out the lands of his
enemies among his followers. The
smallest estate given was for the life of
the takcr. When such an estate was
given no words wore used to Indicate
that il could be inherited. The grant
was made To the receiver simply. In
ancient times the holder of this estate
could not sell H. IL was held that mt
the moment it left his possession it be-
came again the property Of the giver
Vt the death Of the holder it also re-
tuned tO the g.ver.
In later fcudal times this rule was
changed. 4 holder o. an estate for life
might sell L.. and the buyer could hold
it rs long rs the seller lived.
Up to the time when the Catholic
religion was driven out Of England, a
holder Of u lifc-cstate lost il IL he be-
came a monk, because n monk is man
legally dead. IN outlaw also lost the
right To hold life-csiatr.
Every tc nant for life has n right TO
the beneficial use Of his land. He can
SOW and reap crops. lie can cut wood
Tor fuel, or to make repairs. He has
no right To commit any waste. or to al.
low the place To- go to ruin. Timber
must not be cut aud sold. lie has no
right To dig new gravel-pits- but he may
use any that are already dug.
life tenant cannot lease his land 10
another for longer time than his own
life. Ii he made n lease for twenty
years, and died ten years later. the
lessee could not hold il after his death.
In England this law has been changed.
In that country, unless the deed Great.
ing the life-estate forb;ds. n life-tenant
can make valid lease for any length
of time under twenty-one years.
The crops of n tenant for life, who
dies before harvest time. belong to his
heirs. What one man sows, no other
except he and his heirs have any right
To reap.
In our days the estate for life l. most
common in the form of the estate oy tho
courtesy of England and the estate of
dover. When n wife dies, having had
children. her husband has right 70
hold, during his life. all lands belong.
ing TO her. He is called tenant ~ the
courtesy. This right was given so ca
able him to support his children prop
erly. When a husband dies. nj: wife
has n right TO one-third of all his lands
for her life. The rest goes to his heirs.
She IS given less because she is not sup
posed to be under any obligation to sup
port her children.
Holders of estates by courtesy and
dover are life tenants. They have the
same rights in the land and are under
the same obligations as holders of other
life estates. -louthS' Companion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23
A Dairy Herd.

With Holsteins selling at $500 to
$500 each, and good JERSEYS at from
81 900 to $25, 200 each, the time seems
a long way off before a farmer will sell
200 acre farm with its improvements
and stock, to become the sole possessor
of an imported COW, with 'solid color"
1t is quite likely that the native cow
with an infusion of short horn blood,
will, for long time to come, be the
dairy COW most common. Compared
with few years since, a great change
has taken place in the betterment of
the herds, and it has mainly come from
buying less drift COWS to keep I'D
the dairy and raising more heifer
calves from the best cows. Those who
have carried the improvement so far
that the sire of a herd is from stock
noted for its milking qualities, have
diaries that ''show off, favorably with
thoroughbred stock.
There can be but little doubt that a
good heifer can be raised and placed in
the dairy at a less price than a cow can
be purchased for, and when the weed
ing process takes place, it is not the
''dead" loss that follows the failure of
a purchased COW, and selling for beef
for half of the original cost 1t would
seem to be the best way to raise the
heifers and thus get their milking value
from the start, and as they develop into
good COWS one feels that they are stead
lily enhancing in value, while the COW
bought out of a drove is at her best
when she takes her place in the dairy,
and afterward there is steady depre-
citation in value. Often the cow
brought from the far West or
South, never becomes "wonted'' to
her new home. TheIe has been a radi-
cal change from accustomed food,
and she never .'does WELL" which is
never the case with the home-raised
heifer. 1t is true that some cows have
their ''mean streaks," but upon the
whole she is a domestic animal and
gives the best returns wheR she is
messed and ''fussed WITH" and if
raised upon the farm the owner fully
understands their ways, and can, by
various methods, increase the milk prod
uct,' and it will be found that the
methods of the breeders who have sue
ceeded in obtaining such remarkable
milk and butter records, will, by GER
tain notifications, be the best plan for
the dairyman to pursue. 1t Is in know
ing the cow, and then meeting every
want with food suitable and sufficient,
aud good care and shelter that fills the
pals to overlooking.
This sort of stock can be best raised,
and developed into the cows that the
farmers must have. The purchased
dairy is rapidly changing, and the pc
culiarity of the stock is scarcely found
out before they have disappeared.
Good qualities and traits are traus-
mitted by intelligent breeding. and tho
character of dairy docs not change.
though the individual members of Il
''come and CO." and thus reliability Of
product is insured, and profits guaran-
Iced Cleveland Herald
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23

deep, dark and has no bottom. Waste
these precious hours of life in idle liv-
ing, do nothing, swing on q gate all
day while others strive 10 enter in, and
you will suffer as thief and muir
derer, and perhaps will become both.
For there is no greater thief in the
world than he who robs God of time
lent him; he is murderer who by list
less idleness destroys his own soul.
IrenOeitS, in N. y Observer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23

1t was found by careful trial ut the
garden of the New York Experiment
Station, that the old and expensive
method of growing celery in deep
trenches, and with repeated "'earthing
up" as the plants grew, was in no way
superior to the level culture method,
with a single earthing to blanch the
stems afterthey complete their growth.
This is in accord with the common
practice of our best gardeners At thu
present time, but is contrary to ths
teaching of the older writer's on the sub.
Rct. ~ =. Examiner.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23
Religious Reading.
A SURE DEFENSE.

He that has God his guardian made
Shall under the Aimighty's shade
Secure and undisturb'd abide;
Thus TO my soul OF Him I'll say:
He is my fortress and my stay,
Ny God, in whom win confide.
His tender love and watchful care
Shall free thee from the fowler's snare.
And from the noisesome pestileuce;
He over thee His wings shall spread,
And cover thy unguarded head;
His truth shall be thy strong defense.
Because. with welLplaced confidence,
Thou mak'st the Lord thy sure defense.
Thy refuge, even God most high,
Therefore no I'll on thee shall come,
Nor to thy Heaven-protected homo
Shall overwhelming plaques draw nigl
-Christidn Union.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23

"A dentist at Calgary has been busy
lately extracting teeth from Indiaas. If
Is stated that before the advance of civ
ilization, when tho natives subsisted
solely on buffalo meat, decayed teeth
We're unknown among them. Braves
who stand the torture of the sun-dance
without fiinching are reduced to a state
OF abject terror when they feel the cold
grip OF the forcePs.- Winnipeg Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23

The Ian Dam table, made OF
200, OSS separate pieces OF wood by Herr
Absalom. q Dutchman, in the village
where Peter the Great once worked as
a mechanic, was shown in New York
recently. 1t is seven feet in diameter.
and IS valued at $4,000. It took thir.
teen years to build. and was intended
for the Centennial Exhibition.-M Y.
Times
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23

SECOND QUARTER
Kay 1s-Thc Uproar at Ephesus.Act 10: % Al
& 20: IL
May 2S-Liberal Giving g Cor. Q: lis
June christian Liberty Gal. 4: l-16
June classification by Faith Rom. 3: 1881
June l5-The Blessedness OF Be-
levers .........................R Rom. 8: $3.50
June 22-Obedience TO Law -. Rom. 10: lilo
June 29-Review; or Missionary, Temperance,
or other Lesson selected by the school
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23

Last summer over fifty thousand
people crossed the Atlantic to Europe.
This year. however, IL is not expected
that more than forty thousand will 90
abroad because of the near approach
OF the Presidential election.-M. L.
Herald
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23

"A paper chimney fifty feet high hiss
lately been put up at Breslen. Com
pressed paper pulp is stated to be one Of
the least inhammable of substances, and
to make an excellent nataxial for e.
proof doors
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-05-23

1t is better to sell . cow from the
herd to get money to buy feed than to
have larger herd Of half-starved
COVE
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-04-04
Cheap Column.

GOOD SET DOUBLE n sRNEss-. For snle
VI Call at No. 2l7 Obraja street. 4-t-5t
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-04-04
LIGHT FLASHES.

- ~
"hN' we Nepor'ers learned Oh us" wv
Through the City
a ~ nat n,,roher ~ stockren arc IN fhe
,t,. Wv "" "
....,.. ,,........,.... x.s
,ar,isy, amp '''' ~" N'f'''''
a, III. 90
MT Nhens new e'mPhrN wiz WI" '"
operate on Monday. :.
Enrique Reotirla rni A. Rodrqufz
Sanchez took out n IN ,rriage license this
morning.
"A heavy engine was iradrd for shipment
at the ice factory, on Losoyn street, yesterday
afternoon.
rout. frour,sha,d ., coiored man who
,a,,e Nc s,n,,, r, .i,,n,n,,g dtoS nj 4 o'clock
thia mnrn,ng
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-04-04

There was reorganization Of the San
Antonio Lodge OF Good Templars, under
the old charter Of the order, at the resi-
dence Of Mrs. Fayille, on Soledad street,
last night. The following officers. were
elected, and viii be installed tonight !:
q. d. Silsbee, w. G. T.; Miss Parma
Fisk, w. v. T.; J. c. Cochran, w. X. s.;
John Whleh, w. +. s.: Mrs. 4. D. Faville,
w. r.; Ed Glaze, w. NJ; Miss Katie
Faville, w. /. O.; Walter Valentine, w.
O. O.. The next meeting Of the order
will be held At the chapel Of the Trinity
n. +. church, on Avenue G, next Thurs
day night, when large number Of mem
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-04-04

In Peter Shields court the case of Ii.
II. Warner versus p E. Sterne, suit to
force defendant TO take machine, was
tried some few days ago, when the
tiffto the amount claimed. The result
Of the trial evidently did not please the
defendant, so he applied for a new trial
by jury in the court. The appeal was
granted, and the case was again tried
by jury, yesterday afternoon. ending in
verdict for the plaintiff as before. Tom
Harrison, Jr., pleaded the case, Mac
Anderson appearing for the defendant
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-04-04
PERSONAL.
Items Cleaned From the Hotel Corridors and
Various other Sources.

Items Cleaned From the Hotel Corridors and
Various other Sources.
T. q. pelt, New York. Is IN the city.
Mr.. G L. Black, OF Galveston, is guest OF
the Maverick.
II. l., Peck. of Oshkosh, " Is, Ia gistercd
at the Maverick
Mr.. y. Ling returned this morning from y
trip to California.
Mr.. and Mrs Philip Haas. Of Medina county,
are guests of Mrs. II. HeiliRmann.
ID. ID. II. Benton, formerly of Dallas, now
of San Antoniois here with u view t. practice.
Mrs. Dr. Cook and Miss Mary Gillian. of
Weimar, Texas, are visiting Mrs. DR.. Cht.tal
OF our city.
Bud Dri coll, OF Austin, ard James Eli on,
OF Il, Q same city, both prominent stock raleers,
are In the city.
The Rev. Mr.. Gillespie, Of Eagle Pass and
the Rev. Mr.. Mlcrudy, of Loo khart, who ere
here attending the Presbyterian synod, are at
Mre. SaDpingtOn'a.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-04-04

The San Antonio Sanitary and Fer
tillzing company is prepared to receive
orders for cleaning vaults, sinks and
cesspools, using the latest improved
methods, and having greatly increased
facilities. MIR. ID. j. Morris is foreman
and manager, and will attend TO all or
ders with promptness and dispatch.
Orders can be sent by telephone, No.
2OO, or left at the Office at George
Scbroeder's, No. 34l East Commerce
street. The public is notified that all
reports circulated by George Caen or
Joseph Caen in reference to the solvency
OF this company are false. The COM
pany Is now better prepared than ever
for carrying on its business.
WILLIAM HoEFLING,
4-4-3t President.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-04-04

Robertson, the man from California,
who was placed in the poor house until
his check on the bank Of Victoria could
be cashed, will be released tomorrow,
his check having been cashed, on Mr..
Braden saying he would go security.
The woman Lottie, placed in the poor
house, will also be released tomorrow.
tn affidavit Of lunacy which was made
az ainst her having been withdrawn.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-04-04

At Brackett, on yesterday morning,
Mrs. Mary Beck, aged 32 years, of pneu-
monia. Mrs. Beck was a daughter of
Mrs. Carolina Kornrumpf, of "a Live
Oak street, and her body was brought
here for interment. The funeral took
place at II O'Clock this morning.
The San Antonio light. (San Antonio, Tex.) 1883-1886, 1884-04-04

The health in the poor house and
county jail seems TO have been very
good lately; in fact, LIGHT reporter
was told 1t had never been better. This
speaks highly for those in charge, also
for the cleanliness of the Jail and poor
house, besides all other arrangements.