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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-02-08
A RELIC OR TWO.

VIOLIN that belonged to Ole Bull was
lately sold in London for over two thousand
dollars.
ABoUT two thousand manuscripts left by
Victor Hugo are, it is said, opening up a
great field for literary frauds
ANoSG the bric-a-brac that belonged to
Henry Ward Beecher was a bronze ink
stand that recently sold for one hundred
dollars.
A SWORD once the property of Commodore
Morgan, of 1912 renown, and presented to
him by the State of Virginia in recognition
Of his bravery on board the Constitution
In 1918. Is ordered to be sold by son of the
Commodore who resides in England The
sword has lain in a local bank for thirty
years.
The famous cloak and helmet of red
feathers once worn by the King of the
Sandwich Islands, and given by him to Cap
tain Cook few days before the death of the
latter, were lately brought to light in a
closet in a Yorkshire country house, where
they had lain lost for many years.
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oLo-FASHIoNEO HONESTY.
A Hoosier's Comments on the Decline OF
Commercial Integrity.


Commercial Integrity.
Uncle Tommy Trueblood is an old-timer
In the grocery business in Indiana, writes
Ed. r. Pritchard in DrdTe's Magazine
Not long ago he was talking with
trading man about collections being slow,
and this led to the subject Of commercial
integrity.
"Why," said Uncle Tommy, "you'd be
astonished at the number of folks now.
adays who won't pay their honest debts.
tell you, it wasn't always that way.
When / first came to this country, Ive
known debt to be traded around all over
the country and not scratch of pen to
show for it."
81 don't quite understand you, Uncle
Tommy" said the drummer.
"Well," continued the old man as he
threw a potato at dog that was smelling
around a basket OF apples just outside the
door, "rll illustrate what mean. Wen
say Tom Jones buys a shotgun from Pete
Johnson on time, agreeing TO pay for 10
after corn-shuckin'. Well, he don't give
q note, just his word, that's all. Pete
trades the account to me, and trade II
to somebody else, Just by word of mouth,
and so on ell It is owned by dozen or
more different parties; but when the ac-
count was due, Mr.. Jones would start out
and hunt up the feller that held the ac-
count and pay him. But now it's differ
ent; IL you sold man a shotgun on time,
and took his note for it, you'd need an
other shotgun TO collect the debt with.n
Here the old fellow was called away to
wait on a customer, and the drummer
picked up his sample case and slowly
sauntered of, evidently pondering over
the woeful condition of commercial in-
tegrity in these degenerate days.
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The First Stem.


From his mothers knee 20 mine
Bonnie eyes the distance measure,
And with beaming fun they shine,
While his face wreathes smiles Of pleasure
Tightly grasps one little hand
Mammals Dress outstretched the other
With gesture brave and grand,
AS il doubt and fear TO smother
Forward, backward little feet
Restlessly are shifting, moving;
And our hearts expectant beat
Speaking cheerful words, approving.
From his face dies out the smile,
And his eyes look straight and steady,
But one foot is raised the while
Careful, slowly making ready.
One, two, three, our baby boy,
With a step as monarch's stately
And smile OF trust and Joy,
Walks across the room sedately.
As clasp him in my arms
And against my breast press him,
God" cry, save from all harm
Father, with Thy blessing bless him.
" When the way grows long and dreary-
Father, strengthen Thou and cheer him;
When no earthly friend is near
Loving, tender, be Thou near him.
-COurieT-ToUrndI
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SPICY SELECTIONS.

THE key that winds the tightest-whis-
key.
THE coal dealer is the fellow that can
point out the shortest weigh to fortune.
SOME individual with lots of time on his
hands has calculated that nine million
kittens are brought into this world every
year. Nine millions. just think of it, no
wonder the water is tainted.
THE body of red squirrel was found in a
4l2pound pickerel taken at Oxford, Mass,
the other day. The question now is. Do
squirrels swim, or do pickerel climb trees
'OLD fools are the worst" so the gossips de-
clare;
But as for the gossips, we doubt them;
Old fools are much better than young fools,
wen swear,
For It's plain Wen be soonest without them.
OMAHA CHILD: Mamma that old lady in
the corner is" Mamma: Hush. That is
Miss Splinter! You must not call her DID,
Il wonder how young she isr' II don't
know" Il guess she must be about forty
years young"
THERE once was gray Turkish Pacha
Who winked-what on earth could be rachal-
At the Sultan's best wife,
And for that lost his life,
The moral is; Don't be a mAcha!
Life.
WITH our digits growing numb
To the core,
We believe that winters come
AS Of yore;
And we delicately toy
With jokelet, sweet and coy,
As we hear the once boy:
'Close dat doorr'
-SJtia1s
ONCE upon time bold chicken hawk.
IN the d desperation of starvation, swooped
down upon fowl that was wandering about
a backyard in search Of bone. and earned
il of But in a short time the hawk brought
the chicken back as well as sver, and with
weary, disappointed air, set it down and
took yard of garden hose instead The
poor hawk did not know that he had entered
boarding-h house yard. F.B.w.
"A rnIslVIAS occurring upon the uses OF
sleep, says that the sick should be allowed
to sleep as long as they can do so naturally
and soundly, and should not be awakened
In the remorseless regulation Of the admin
istration Of food and medicine. Nature can
do more with sleep for the patient than
drugs or food
WHEN washing blankets have an abund-
ance OF hot water In which borax has been
dissolved, and soap without bit Of rosin in
II, as rosin always hardens the fiber of
wool Put the ends into the washer, and
then put in the blanket: after all the dirt
has been removed, wiring into another tub
Of hot bluing water; wiring from this and
hang st once in the open air 70 dry.
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An Awful Outcast.

He stood on the pavement before the store,
A great dry-goods baZar,
While feminine tide came surging up
And rolled from near and far.
And they gaze on him with dreadful scorn,
With looks that wither and sting,
With looks OF utter, supreme contempt,
AS base, superfiuous thing.
He was reckoned wise 'mOng his fellow men
And was numbered among the great,
And they laid their homage at his feet
As ruler of the state;
But there alone in that feminine throng
He stood like a trembling slave,
A fatal focus of whitening cyes-
And he longed for the cool, green grave.
oh, man may gain deathless renown,
And all fame that the world can give,
But IL caught in a woman's dry goods crowd
He feels too mean 10 live.
Yankee Blade
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A Country of Eat women.

As is the case with the sex in all tropic-
a countries, Mexican womanhood comes
early. At the age of twelve the senorita
Is very knowing. At fourteen she is ma
ture. At sixteen she js ready to take up
tie duties of married life. At twenty she
begins to be too plump. At twenty
she feels the need OF art to assist nature.
At thirty she has ceased to be nteresting
70 her beauty. Too much flesh, with con-
sequent coarseness, is the usual trouble.
An anti-fat remedy ought to have q great
run in the land Of the cactus.
Two oosCEs OF gIycenne and two tea
spoonfuls borax dissolved in water makes q
healing wash for chapped hands.
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GOinwI l.ninrl

Attention, good people! A baby I'm selling.
His folks are all tired OF his Growing and yell
ing.
II price that's at all within reason you'll pay
You may have the young rascal, ami take him
away.
The mountains have bid every gem in their
store;
The ocean has bid every pearl on its floor;
BY the land we are offered ten million OF
sheep
But we have no intention Of selling so cheapi
Compared with his value our price is not high
How much for a baby? what offery who'll buyl
"A. r. Wells, be 50. Nicholas.
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And Not Cnrrxinr ANY.

Such an afIable man ! was glad we had met
For he made short hour most pleasant;
He spoke in O way shall never forget
On questions concerning the present.
His opinions they suited my own to at;
regretted that hour brief duranee,
Then my coat by the button he took, and,
said he:
Are you carrying any insurance?'
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-02-08
A Youthful Pasfnr-

The Christian World Hondon) Is re-
sponsible for the circulation of the foil ow-
ing: There is a relig Gus community in
America with a pastor of only ten wears
of age. 1t is the community of "soul
sleepers,' whose leading tenet Is that
after death the soul sleeps to the day of
Judgment when it again returns to its
former tenement and presents itself be-
fore the final Judgment bar. The yout h.
fui pastor is described as an exceedingly.
remarkable boy. When out of the pulpit
he has a sort of far.away, simple and Iist.
less look and manner; his clothes are I'M i.
cut and poorly made and of the cheapest
material, and this, with his preoccupied
look, gives him the appearance of a pre.
maturely- aged child. In the church he
sits on one Of the iron benches. his feet
about SIX inches from the floor and swing.
ing In regular school-boy style. Unin-
teresting and really stupid as he appears
he has marvellous and almost inspired
conception of words and ideas or a MEM
ory that is equally marvellous. Those who
have heard him say that he is to sermoniz-
ing what Blind Tom was to music His
parents and friends c!aiIn that be was in
spired when but two years old.
AMMONIA may be used instead Of soan for.
goods liable to fade. Black pepper put in
the water in which bun, gray, or black
dresses are washed will preserve the celor.
THERE is no better way of cleansing
leather beds than by following these
instructions: Empty the tick, wash and
scald it thoroughly, and, when dry. return
the feathers to it and let the bed lie in the
sun for several days, turning it every day
and beating it up carefully.
THOROUGH airing in the sun for several
days will do great deal toward making
comfort fresh and clean, but those that can
afford blankets win never sleep under com
forts, for blankets are easily renewed. and
when properly washed are, every time. a.
good as new as long ss they last.
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We Are UnfaithfuI.
could rule his love OF change wo
mar

We Are Unfaithful.
II man could rule his love OF change would
mar
The purple dignity that wraps the hills;
Pluck out from the blue sky some perfect star
And set it elsewhere, as his fancy wills;
Train the gnarled apple tree more straghtly
up:
Lift violets head, so long and meekly bowed !;
With some new odor fill her purple cup,
And gid the rosy fringes of q cloud.
For mark! Last year 1 loved the violet best
And tied her tender colors in nv hair;
To-day l wear on my inconstant breast
A crimson rose, and count her just as fair.
We are unfaithful. Only God is true
To hold secure the landmarks of the past;
To paint year after year the hareben blue
And in the same sweet mold its shape to
cast.
o, steadfast Nature, let US learn of thee!
Thou canst create a new flower at thy will,
And yet through all the years canst faithful be
To the sweet patte IN OF daffodil
Nay Riley Smith, In the Cosmopolitan.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-02-08
An Unromantic statement.

That women do not become bald 80 often
as men is probably because they preserve
the cushion of fat under the scalp longer
than men do.
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VERSES OF THE DAY.
Perpetual Youth.

Perpetual Youth.
'Tis said there is a fount in Flower Land
De Leon found it-where Old Age away
Throws weary mind and heart, and fresh as
day
Springs from the dark, and Joins Aurora's
band;
This tale, transformed by some skilled trou-
vere's wand
From the old myth in a Greek poets lay,
Rests on no truth Change bodies as Time
may,
Souls do not change, though heavy be his
hand.
Who OF US needs this fountS What soul is oldi
Our mere masks age, and still We grow
more young,
For in our winter we talk most of Spring;
And as We near, slow-tottering. Gods safe fold.
Youths loved ones gather nearer;-though
among
The seeming dead, youths songs more
clear they sing.
-Mdurtce Francis Eg0R, in Century,
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Literary Frre-,fasons.

There is in London a Masonic lodge
membership to which is limited to men
possessing either lite 'ary or artis tic quail
iication. 1t is called the lodge of the
Quartuor Coronati, aud Sir Charles War
rem was president and Walter Bssant
treasurer from its foundation in 1884 until
recently, when Sir Charles was competed
by the constitution to retire. He was pre-
sented on his ret rems snt with thirty
books. all written b. members of ths
lodge
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A THIS wooien u;s.-tress laid upon TICK
filled with straw makes almost as luxurious
q bed as feathers, and one much more
wholesome,
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State Omesrs
Medicine lodge Omeers.
SOCIETIES

q \. y. 4 \. NJ. Delta Lodge No. II
IA Regular communications, first and
~ third Saturday evenings In onch
!" month. I. W. SrOCT, w.M
AHHHOsg ALLEN. Secretary.
Cyprus CHAPTER No. -. n. a. NJ. meets
IN Masonic HAIL every "a and 9Th Thursday.
Visiting brethren cordially invited.
gro. X. STOSE, n. y.
t. T. G. NRTTuEtts Scc'y.
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n u q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. ~.
VI lie -, Regular Communications, frst
dad third Monday evenings iu each mouth.
Mrs. T.. H STOUf, W. VI.
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DELPHrA LoDGE, No. 100, X. Of p, Uacet- un
Monday evening of each week, NJ Odd Fellows
hall. Visiting Knights IN good standing invi-
ted to attend. r. T. NtNCENT, &. 4.
HAHHY PLNGuAN X. OF u. X $.
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T. -. -. r.. Pioneer LOd q
No. t1p.-RcRulpr meetings
GSA every Tuesday eVen.nR.N
M Uinghrcthrcnin in good stand
CNJK - "a ing cordially invited.
<NlleE j. y. HAIL, y. g..
(-4S0 =. I. ALIEN. Sec.
ENSIGN ENCAMPMENT No. o., !. %. O. =
Meets nrst nnd third Friday Of each month
Visiting Pntrinrcha cordially invited To- attend.
l.. " HUHuAttB. ~. y. j. l.. NELSON, &. Il.
AMRRosE ALLEN. =. W. j. r. HALL, ).
NAOMI NOS REBECCA DEGREE, T. O. OF
Meets the "a nnd tth Friday nights. each month.
Mrs. IDA NELSON, N.G,
4. NJ. BYERLEY, Sccy.
X d ELDRED POST, No i5t, meets
VI IA NJ the last Saturday Ia each month
OF the court house in Medicine Lodge, at =. NJ.
All comrades cordially invited.
%. 4. HOWE, Post Commander.
N. n. GILBERT, Adlutaut.
A. 0, u w" HSSis HSS'' ;TS@y T%%y1 4$@r;$ay NJ @
JonN DoHHER Recorder.
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T. G. MOLLOY. Cashier.
T. l.. LINDLEY Asst Cashr.
, 1888-05-31

AF'H I 'NFAlNN AfAFltl% ElttIfs
or all II sleeping millions who arise
at sun call with more or less reluctance
or p]romptness, how many arc free from
morning headache? Not n large o
ton, SO far IA | have observed. 1t is
probable that n majority acquire their
pain from wrong posture during sleep. l
have asked mauyHIow thcy lie in bed; |
find generally they rest upon the side.
with legs drawn up and chin upon the
chesterfield up like a chicken in m
egg shell. Some few sleep upon the
back, one or two prone, and several with
an arm stretched up beneath the head;
but the usual posture is, l think, as frst
stated.
Now, in this shape, the human body
describes an arc of n circle. with blood
and air vessels CONSTRUCTED by pressure on
the inside OF the arc, and their calibeI
sensibly diminished. Jugular veins, re.
turning exhausted blood from the brain.
find the acw Of their contents interfered
with, and a condition Of passive conges.
ton is set up. Lungs compressed by
weight of head and curvature Of trunk,
expand but partially, and their work is
badly done. Therefore it takes an hour
or more in the morning, with bath and
toilet, TO set wheels going that should
never have been checked. and to get rid
of the headache, Try this way once:
When fairly in bed, lights ont, and ready
for sleep, throw the head well hnCk, upon
n pillow Of medium height, chest for
ward, arms by the side and Ices extended.
Fight it out Il few minutes and sleep will
come- this time without n headache in
II NNfli,n, Il IFrRfTlfFveaV, ~ n l.,
, 1888-05-31
Tho Professional HumorIst's work.

mo ITu4essiOhtii humOfist5 WORK.
The task of a man who is compelled TO
get up 4 certain amount of pointed humor
daily is more laborious than that of q
hod carrier. 1t is something like il, too.
He just carries stuff 10 the level of the
average comprehension. and having de
posted it before the person 10 get the
benefit of 1t, goes after more. How does
the humOrist wOrkl Well. il depends
largely upon his temperament, and
greater or less fitness for his specially.
Some men. although they may have fair
ability in some lines Of writing. are slow
to originate u humorous idea. notwith-
standing that they can appreciate it in
others. To such. the writing of a humor-
Gus paragraph or article is something to
be dreaded. II would be q violation Of
newspaper ethics for a professional writer
70 decline TO get up an article OF any
subject or from any standpoint. Given
q theme and told to treat it humorously,
the most sedate mCmbcr Of n newspaper
staff will attack it without hesitation,
and, In his own time. viii do the work
well, perhaps as well IA the man whose
speciality is humor.
But, ah, the labor nT the scdate mani
How each queer similc. every epigram-
matte sentence and every odd expression
will wiring his suUl and mako his brain
throb! fun' Tell him that he ought to
enjoy his own fun, and lie win probably
brain you with the Office poker. Ask the
regular FHraEraphcr whether he enjoys
his work, and he will think you n fool.
lie does ii because it is his work. but the
terrible wrcstle he has with the English
language every day To evolve those
atrocious witticisms Of his, no ono knows
but himself. TO the young man who
thinks Of gong into newspaper work MS
a funny man, there Is only one word of
advice to be given and that, hy the way,
was used by the most dismal humorist Of
the present century, London Punch;
"Don'tl"-PittsburE Bulletin.
, 1888-05-31

The surface life of Berlin is NJ spec
tacularly impressive, as it is in Paris and
London. The citizens are, with the ex-
ccption Of the officers, the worst dressed
men in Europe. They are aptly described
by the word slouchy. The neckties are
dim and chosen with execrable taste, and
the clothes are baggy, i'll fitting and
dingy. This is the more remarkable be-
cause the officers of the German army
are the leading handles of the civilized
world, and the crack tailors Of London
and Paris are nearly all Germans. In
his native city the German wears big and
rough boots, and garments noticeable for
their clumsiness. He lounges about
theatres, music halls and cafes, with his
hands in his pockets and his head hang
ing forward, content to drink beer and
falkland 1t is when he talks that the
charm begins. 1t is astonishing to a
traveller who has grown accustomed to
the solemn, stupid and conventional talk
of the English or the constant and unre-
lieved suggestiveness of the French to
hear n party of Berlin men in q discus
sion. They are the best takers in the
exhibit of absolute and varied knowledge
in the world. -Blakely Halls Berlin
Letter.
, 1888-05-31

On the Belgian frontier smuggling
with the aid of trained dogs Is said to be
n tiourishing business. Cigars, jewelry
and laces constitute the trade. The ami
mails receive q special training for their
profession. The practice consists in
travelling from one place in Belgium to
another in France and vice versa, avoid
ing the high roads and the revenue men.
Thu latter they are taught by bitter ex-
p~erience to avoid, for the smugglers who
train them keep a good supply of uni
forms of revenue officers on hand. These
uniforms are donned by confederates
whom the dogs have never seen, and
these fellows beat and stone the dogs un-
mercifully. The result is that the dogs
run whenever they see a genuine officer.
When the dog is started off on his jour
ney with his load the smuggler sets out
for the same place, but he takes the di-
rect route, or travels boldly by rail, car
ing, OF course, nothing for any inspec-
ton Of his baggage.
There was a famous dog Of this kind
In MaubeuGe. He made the fortune OF
his master by carrying laces across the
French frontier. His natural color was
white, but he wore all sorts Of DISCUSSES.
Sometimes he was black, sometimes brown
and sometimes he was a mighty thick.
shaggy fellow. He was called Cute
tbialin), and he vas well worthy of the
name. A price was put upon his head,
and all sorts of traps and ambuscades
were prepared for him. 1t is said that
once he crossed the frontier disguised as
an innocent sheep dog, travelling with a
flock Of sheep. His death was quite
tragic. Cute died in harness like a hero.
lie was chased by the revenue officers
aud repeatedly fred upon. In swim
ming across the Escaut he was MORALLY
wounded; but he managed to reach the
shore, where he died. Laces valued at
5000 francs were found in his reversi-
BILE overeoat.-Home Journal.
, 1888-05-31

In some households the wind is always
Tin the east" and no one quite knows the
reason. The causes, patiently traced,
usually center in some one member. He
may not have what is usually meant by
ga bad temper" and may go on, day
after day, giving others little cause for
active complaint against him. And yet
his personal atmosphere is so depressing
that the constitutionally sober are made
melancholy by his presence, and the
light hearted find themselves deep in the
blues. II don't see why everybody COM
plains Of my manner" once said a most
estimable gentleman; 'I'm sure l don't
easily loose my temper, and l never say
~disagreeable things" "Ah, but you
always look as If you were thinking them,
and that's worse" answered n candid
friond. Repressed criticism is, indeed,
sometimes harder to bear than a frankly
uttered complaint.-Exchange