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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-04
AN UNKNOWN GENIUS.
The Wonderful Gifts Possessed By an OBJ
scure Farmer Boy.
Cincinnati Special


William l.. Silvey, the young mechanic
who, at the age of nineteen invented the
induction telegraph, with which Mr.. Edi-
son has lately created such furore by tel
egraphing from flying trains, was found
to-day hard at work at his bench in one of
the large machine shops of this city. He
is deeply engrossed in the domain of cleo
tricity and gives promise of wonderful
future. If he lives he will surely equal
Edison as a wizard. This unknown bos
perfected ths induction telegraph while
working on his mothers farm near Castle
ton, Ind. He had wires strung through the
apple orchard, and on these, with encour-
agement from no one but his moth
er, developed the principle of induc-
ton until he was able to tran init
messages from one wire to anothe
forty feet distant. He carried his device
to indianapolis, twelve miles away, but
being without means of acquaintances.
was unable to interest any one in il. His
story that he could telegraph between two
wires that were strung on separate poles
forty feet apart was not credited by teleg-
raphers, and he was soon forced TO aban-
don his efforts to introduce the wonderful
discovery. Thus it lay unheard of until
Mr.. Edison got clew to it and applied
the principle to telegraphing from moving
trains.
Young Silvey has not been discouraged
for a moment, but has worked away with
tireless industry, and his genius has pro-
duced other devices equally marvellous.
He was found to-day surrounded by the
tools and appliances pertaining to his
Mysterious realm. He was finishing an
electric light dynamo which promises
wonders on account of the cheapness of
its construction. In reply to question as
TO what advantage he claimed for the in
ducti on telegraph. over the old style, he
said:
The advantages are many and impor-
ant. With two quart cups of battery 1
could easily send message through a re-
sistance equal to six hundred miles of teIe.
graph wire, and it would be produced as
loud as any Morse alphabet ever sounded.
1t would require about six hundred cups to
send message the same distance with the
old Morse sounder and key. Another use
would be in sending press dispatches. A
single operator could have the induction
coil OF his instrument wound with a num-
Der of coils of wire, and by connecting q
line with each coil, he could send fifty or
even one hundred messages in as riany
ways at once. An operator in Cincinnati
could set at his key and send message to
hundred cities without the aid of RELAYS
or any device except the one locked up in
! his particular instrument. In the tefe-
/ graph system of railroads it would be of
incalculable advantage. Telegraphing
+ from moving trains is a great achieve
ment, but believe it will soon be adapted
: to purposes of still greater importance TO
! commerce and industry
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-04
Pittsburgh tpa.) Cor. II ,sson Globe. !,

Jimmy Costello, n fourteen-year old boot
black, with light hair and blue eyes, whose
field of labor is the lobby of the Mononga-
hela House, has invented a pump which
combines the vacuum and siphon princi-
pies, and has sold it to a Washington man
named Moorehead. Jimmy wanted $780,
600, and the Washington man offered S2j,-
900. They compromised on $4,000. A
guardian has been appointed for Jimmy,
and he will retire from shining and live on
the interest of his money.
Jimmy told this story to the Globe corr
respondent. He said: "One day last sum :.
mer was down on the wharf here, and I
see some men pumping the water out OF n
barge. thought it took them an awful
long time to pump that water out, and
got to thinking. By and by thought
could make a pump, and drew out on a
stone what thought. / tell you, mister,
when L looked at it / shivered, and
the more looked the more / shiv-
cred, as / knew 1 could pump out
that water better than those men could.
saved up money, and first goes to q tim.
ner on Wylie avenue named Schaefer, and
gets him to make me a long. round air.
tight tin, just lik6 tomato can. / didn't
tell him what 1 wants it for, but goes to
another timer and gets him to make me a
couple of tin pipes"
"What did you go to the second timer
for!"
'Why, you see, ! was afraid he might
find out what l was doing. When got
those pipes got some more, and then one
night, when the folks at home goes to bed i,
1 just put them pipes and things together,
and emptied tub of water with it in one
minute, and I tell you that made me shiver
more'n it did when drawed it out OH the
stones Then went and got an axe, and
chopped up that there pump into little
bits. because didn't want any one else to
know what was doing. went on saving
up enough. told a man named Reilly,
whose boots used to shine, that wanted
him to get me patent. Why says he
to me, 'it will cost money! just told him
had 1t, an gave him forty-two dollars
ana be got ms patent. tell you IL was
mighty pretty thing, with a great red
seal an pretty ribbons on It, and then
knows was all right"
Your correspondent furnished Jimmy
! with pencil and paper, with which he fur
nished an illustration of his invention. dis
/ playing wonderful mechanical knowl@
/ edge. Jimmy's parentage is unknown!
/ When wee boy he was found in the AL;
legheny parks, and was adopted by a Mrs!
/ Armstrong.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-04
A SMART SALESMAN.
How n Member of the Drumming Crafi
Made n Good Living Easily.
~ y S,6r

N. Y. Stir.
"When first met Jack he was always
flush. In fact he is now. but he is mana
ger. Jack was at work then for q sewing
machine house, and had charge OF the city
trade. He used to ask me often to dine
with him, and l noticed he never
paid for what he got. We seldom
ate twice at the same place, and ]
began to think his credit was monunten-
tai Next time we go to Crafts to dine
let's take all the boys in the office with us;
said Jack. as we left a well-known restau.
rant one day. Il don't like the place al
all, and Pm anxious to eat up what he
owes me- Then he owes you money! said
1, to draw Jack out. Yes, they all owe
me more than III ever get. / might QCit
work now and board around from place to
place fortwo years and not eat the e.accounts
up. You see, i once put an advertisement
in Sunday paper, which read something
like this:
''First-class board wanted for first.
class sewing machine, direct from the fac
tory. References required"
"'Well, got over seventy-five answers.
was given the best of references-bank-
ers, preachers and doctors. Most of tie
letters were from boarding house keep
ers and restaurateurs. They were from all
parts of the city. AS manager of the city
trade could sell n city machine az a
sample at the wholesale price. But
didn't do that. / picked out twenty good
restaurants and boarding houses, and
bought twenty machines on my own &C.
| coun t, on four months time. The whole
sale price of each machine was Sl9, and
the retail price $55. OF course paid $lg
each, and sold them at tn e retail price. At
each of the twenty places ! told them IL
| they wanted a Irand- new machine would
let them have one direct from the Office for
$40 cash, and would take the balance out
in board. They jumped at It., es-
| pecially as the machine was one 8. the
best made, and i promised to take il back
| il not satisfactory. Near three restau-
rants l got suite ofrooms on the machine
account. In less than two days had de-
| livered the twenty machines, had $490 ash
| in pocket, with four months IN which to
pay for the goods. l had 500 to take out
in board and lodging in various parts of
the city, and, as say, ] got tired of eat
| ing up my profits in the scheme. The 500
was all profit and also 81 on each machine.
Why, l worked the same plan OH the tati-
ors-they wanted sewing machines.
could sell q tailor a heavy manufacturing
machine for $50 which cost me S3J-anl
what an elegant suit of clothes / got for
that S3).'"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-04

DEIPutA LoDGE, No. 40. X. Of p. meets ON
Monday evening of cnCh week. ut Odd Fellow :
halt. Visiting Knights in good standing invi-
tCd tO attend. =. l.. OVEHSTREET, 4. T..
4. Y. SAMPLE, r. &S.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-04
The Lion and the Ladies.
London worId.i

Fatal, Byronian. thirsting after beauty
in all its forms, List was the idol Of the
women Of every court of Europe. 81 re-
member at Moscow one day." said my old
Parisian informant, eLiszt sucked an
orange and left the empty rind on his plate.
Immediately the ladies present seized the
precious relic, divided il into parts, and
each ate her share as if it were the sacra-
ment. French Imperial Princess who
was present refused to participate in this
rits.end biszt never forgsve her"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-04
Barber County omeers.
Medicine Lodge omcors
sOCIETIE9.

a A.F. s. a. NJ. Delta Lodge No. %
m - Hruulnr communications, first and
" ~ third Saturday evenings In each
" month. 4. A. SIMMONS, w. VI.
G.. r FREEMAN, Secretary.
MEDICINE IopOE CuApTER II. a. NJ, L. ID.
meets at Masonic hall every ~ aud tth Tuesday
evening. Gro. X. STONE, III. +.
y. l.. SuHEAvEs, Secretary.
L ONRAINE CHAPTER. order Eastern star.
IL Meetings will bc held ht o'clock ON the
FIRST and third Monday evenings Ia each
month until October 8lst.
ENMAHOY HANsEN, Secy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-04
Iogicthorpe (Ga.) Echo.

A negro boy is teaching night school
at the old hotel place, and has for his
motto: "Spare the rod; spoil the child-",
He numbers among his pupils his aged
father, who seeks for knowledge, but the
parental head sometimes stalls on the Sim
plest proposition. The other day the
dutifuf son thought It necessary to grease
his teachings with ''hickory oil" in order.
that his ancestor might take them in, and
when he had showered down about twenty
licks with all his might, making /. rather
too warm for tho old man, he exclaimed.
Wat you mean, boy !. dom yer know PsS
ycr dadivs"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-04
The Plueky wife of a Par.on.
detroit Tribune.

Mrs. Barnes, wife of the Rev. George 8.
Barnes, occupied the Methodist pulpit in
jackson ON Sunday. Mr.. Barnes was
taken suddenly III in the morning and Mrs.
Barnes occupied the pulpit and delivered
an excellent sermon. addressing her re-
marks principally to her own sex.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-04
CHURCHES

CHURCHES.
EETHODIST EPISCOPAI.--scryiccs every
INl Sunday at 90 u. m. and 30 u. IN. sun
day school every sunday NJ $500 y. IN. Prayer
meeting every "Wednesday evening nt t:uO
Strangers invited. W. n. GILLIAN, Pastor.
DWESBYTERIAN.-S every Sunday at
Il N a. m. and 30 y IN. Sunday school at
10 n. m. REv. MCELUOy, Pastor.
HHIilSTIAN.--P Preaching every Sunday at
Oll o'clock A. NJ. Sunday ,choOl at ~ O'Clock
o. m. every sunday. \. ". MULKEY. Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH - Services on third
Sunday OF every month at SherloCks hail. at
n@D n. m. SUNDAY school Immediately after
ward. JuHN N. NCkUNE. Pastor.
POSTAL.
Postufice ~ Medicine Lodge open from = A N
To- y pM. Sundays one hour arrival Of mail.
Money order office. Il. 4. MCCLEAWY, 4. VI.
n. S.MCCLEAHY, Assistant.
The Mails:
From AttcR and oil Eastern points, arrives
dsilY Ht 800 y Sc; leaves daily at ll:l0 An.
From Ashland, COldwHtUr, NcscutunEa, Sol-
diCr Creek Rcd Creek, sun City, Lake city,
hingona, kinginun, lirUss, New kiOwN, arrives
daily.
g. az, arrives Mondays. Wednesdays and Fri
81 ysat5 Departs Tuesdays Thursday ysand
Saturdays ~ An.
. FROM luku, Elm Mills and Saratoga arrives on
tuesdays and Fridays NJ . = " and departs on
. Weslnos'lays AMI SATURDAYS ut SAN.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1886-06-04
FURNISHING A HOUSE.
A Doston Young Man Learns His Wife's
Business Enterprise.
fposto,. Cst,hc I

ft was only last December that fashion
able society in East Boston was. interested
in a wedding in which the groom was .
welI-know n young man, not quite twenty
one years Of age, whose family had the
entree TO the best society. He was known
to be learning the businessof machinist,
aud his salary consequently was small.
The bride, who was nearly thirty yer-s Of
AZ "a nzt e 1e.i klo-l, 2he ha4 .cli
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-10-20
Wouldn't Walk Half Way.

- As the Lake shore passenger train Ne.
5 WAS pulling out Of the Union Depot the
other morning. an old farmer rushed out
of the restaurant and flew Ike streak
until be caught the hand rail Of the rear
platform" relates the Toledo Blads.
lie climbed On and entered the sleep
ing coach, but he was told 70 90 forward.
Without question be obeyed, and Was
looking for q seat in the nexf sleeper,
when the porter said
Go further forrud, slh, to the mex
cah.-
He want one car further 70 another
sleeper, and settled himself in q seat,
froIh which he vas again routed He
protested some. but he went He stopped
in the fourth sleeper and was determined
to find seat. The sleeping car conduc-
tor came in and said:
You'll have to 90 into a forward
ear ar.ss--44.a.-s-s.. -----
The granger rose on his dignity and
said
Now, YOU look here bought tick
ct To carry me clean through 20 Buffalo,
and I'm blamed if I'm goin' 10 let you
make me walk halfthe way By shucks-
I've been walkin' all the way from To
ledo, and blamed if you don't want me
to walk clean to Cleveland
After some coaxing the farmer was IN
duoed to 90 into the day coach next in
'front.'
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-10-20
A Significant Speech.

Lord Randolph Churchill, Chancellor
of the Excheq1er, and leader Of the Gov
eminent psrty in England. has been in
vestigz4ting the question Of British Free
Trade, and IN recent speech thus sei
himself against snrh a hoInicidal policy /:
You find foreign iron, foreign wool
foreign silk and cotton pouring into this
country, flooding you. drowning YOU,
sinking you, swamping you, and ! SIS
Pect free imports 10 be the murderer Of
our industries much in the same way a.
if saw a man standing over corpse
and plunging a knife into il. | should
suspect that man Of homicide six, iron.
leather and wool are al coming into the
country duty free, hoPeIessly undersell-
ing your produets. aud driving your in
dustrial Populotion 70 America, 10 the
colonies, to the wOrkhou-e. or 10 the
prison
This is strong Language 70 come from
leader in Free Trade England, and yet
he speaks what everyone knows who i
posted on the subject. England has been
ruined BY Free Trade. and her people are
beginning to recognize il. There are but
two WAYS for her 10 effect a remedy: One
is by helping Democrats in this country
TO establish Free Trade in American, and
the other il 10 adopt Protection for her
self Recently England has been trying
the former, but II cannot be done, and
now the advocates Of Protection in Eng
land are being appointed 10 high Offices.
Here Is something for the workingmen
to consider. II Free Trade affects Eng
land as Lord Churchill has said, how
viii il effect America? ? The workingInen
should not vote for party which de-
uIands Free Trade, for such parties are
the workingnen's greatest enemies And
Vet Chaunoey F. Black, the Democratic
Free Trade candidate for Governor, Il
still earnestly advocating the British Free
Trade spstem, and expects 70 be elected
upon that basis
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-10-20
The French Printing Office.

The French Government Printing Of
fee Is said TO be the finest establishment
Of It's kind in the world II is divided
into first division, a second division and
a reserve Is employs clerks and Off
cials, 230. laborers. 50 +, book-folders,
sewers, perforaters. gummers, and fe-
males connected with the drying-room,
80; book-binders, no; type founders
Is males and 10 females, p j; eiectrotyp-
ers and stereotyIers, Is machine men.
printers male and female, and machine
boys, 10 presslnen, 10; compositOrs,
200; showing total OF about 200 per
sons occupied exclusively in printing
government work 1t l. supported by an
annual budget Of 81 10000 The rule.
where practicable, Is to pay by the piece
The general manager receives salary Of
5000 year: an under manager receives
a salary ofsl 200 !; a superintendent Of the
interior department. 81 200 an assistant
to the latter, 500 and numerous Others
in various positions a. clerks and over
seers receive salaries ranging from $500 to
$3.50. The male workers in the mechani-
cal departments labor ten hours day.
and the laborers eleven hours The first
mentioned receive six cents an hour ex-
ira for overtime. and the women two
cents less
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-10-20
The Champion Grand Army
Liar.

. suppose YOU were IN the war, com
rade27 said a prominent Market Street
dry goods clerk as he sat down again at
a post banquet after telling few ioz-
en- Of select war incidents with great
applause.
-Oh. yes,T remarked his neighbor, who
had industriously been putting away the
shrimp salad and champagne during the
speech making. wss a member Of the
Michigan Big Foots.7
What regiment was that?
why, the Forty-fourth Michigan
Regiment. you know The men were
selected exclusively on account Of their
big feet. | wear No. 26's myself
~Do, eh -
Yes, You SEE the peclliarity Of our
fellows was they had such big feet they
couldn't fall down when they were shot
After an action the officers went around
calling the roll When a man didn't
answer they knew ne had been promoted
To a fairer world, happier land than
ours: % they just dug a hole right behind
him. Topped him over with pole and
filed him in"
And soleinnly handing their badges
over to the champion incidenter the
members put out the campfire and went
home.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-10-20
WHOLE NO. 1910.
What Became of the Pear.

In one Of the suburban towns there
lives man Who does business in Boston.
and who has a great passion for cuitivsI-
ing new and choice varieties Of fruit on
his pretty place He took particular pains
10 get pear tree Of a rare sort of golden
rslsset variety. and planted and nurs<zi il
with intimate Solicituce. BY and BY &
got ready 10 bear. II blos~omei last
spring With fair proflsi0n, but it bore.
much 70 the disappointment Of it. owner,
but a single pear That one pear how
ever, grew 10 be a splendid specimenand
Was prised in proportion 70 IL rarity
The owner Of the tree Was very anxious
that II should mature and ripen
Bur he had small boy, Charlie by
name. who looked upon the pear, a. the
boys father had observed. with a covet-
ious eve 30 the father laid bis hand
on the boys shoulder one day and said
See here. Charley. don't you ever
pick that pear. hyou do shall punish
you most severely
Charley promised faithfully that be
wouldn't, and the flther waited few
days longer for the pear 10 ripen- But
the very next day, when he came home,
the pear was gone
He took his boy and led him TO the
tree
Did yov pick that pear Charley
No sir, truly diin't pick il
You diunt? And what do you sup
pose became Of il
I-I-I-7
You WHAT"
IL Skinned up the tree and ate ii,
papa, but didn't pick II
The father looked up into the tree and
saw that the stem Of the pear still hung
10 It's branch. The boys story was true.
He had climbed the tree and lain on bis
back on a large limb underneath the
pear. and had eaten it from the stem. But
he hadn't picked il t,-Boss,n Reogoi-
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-10-20
The Young Brides Diary.

Yesterday | bought little red receipt
book OF a pleasing young man who called
at the door. His eyes were 80 deep and
dark. and his voice 30 pleasing. that l
would have purchased the book if had
to borrow the money The book Is a
very usefulione, and it Is bound in the
same color as my new dog.
Ii tells how to make c1staris, blanc
manages and floating island 1t also tells
you, in the back part, how 10 cure heaves.
glanders and bots can hardly wait
til George gets the bolts, 50 that | can
bring oU1 my little red volume and win
him back TO life and joy. Ii also gives
other information ANY one with this
book in the house can go 10 work and
take a person night through 4 long siege
of Group or yellow fever without doctor
and there's whole lot of Laws in IL so
that George won't have to have a lawyer
or doctor, and we can save great deal
that way. Why viii people fritter away
tfeif money on doctors and lawyers when
they can get one of these books 70 cheap?
Yesterday our landlady gave me slip
of oleander, and | have planted it in a
cute little pitcher in the window, where
il is slowly growing as | write. 1t hardly
seems possible that some day il will be a
large tree, with little yellow knobs on IT,
Al We need now Is home and some
furniture, for have already secured the
oleandtr
/ bought some rhubarb at the drug
store this morning, and tomorrow | viii
make couple of pies George Is passion
ately fond of rhubarb pies.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-10-20
That Way Himself.

Al a railroad lunch counter stranger.
indignant to see fellow Traveller charged
four dollars and half for ham sand
wich, which he pays without protest.
exclaiHs: What barefice,i robbery =
That's So the traveller assenfed calm
ly.
Why he has charged you four dollars
and half for sandwich that isn't
worth more than fise cents
know IT, said the other, Tranquility
handing out two dollars for a fiye-cent
cigar and receiving no change back
There's more extortionl- fairly
screamed the stranger
= II looks ike IT. returned the other.
with the same exasperating impertur-
ability.
Are you going TO stand il
20, yes. suppose So
But how in the name Of Heavens can
you submit to such outrageous charges? =
:" know il is outrageous but it don't
astonish me AZ all, said the Traveller.
moving toward the train about-to start.
" am little in that way Of doing buS-
ness myself
How's thaf2r
I'm a plumber"
That settled if-7sgas SiffsSgs.
The Somerset herald. [volume] (Somerset, Pa.) 1870-1936, 1886-10-20
Sauer kraut-

This being the season for making sluer
kraui, and cabbage being plentiful and
cheap. there viii doubtless be plenty
made, especially by our German friends
Some wears ago sauer krsut va. generally
regarded as q most indigssfible and IN
wholesome article OF diet, and many
fellows could a. readily have been pre-
vailed upon to eat oyster shells a. that
unsavory preparation Of cabbage- But
time and experience demonstrated
that these were mistaken impressions
Well cured, well cooked sauer krauf Is
wholesome. nutritious and digestibie. and
instead Of being taboOed, a. formerly, il
has become quite tayorite dish upon
our mos; fashionable tables. As lunch
at hotels. etc. IT holds the first rank The
only objection 10 II L. that in cooking It
fills the house with a most noisOme smell.
A fortune awaits the man who inyents a
kitchen utensl in which sauer kraut
may be prepared for the table without
this objeetion-