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The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-04-07
TESTIMONIALS.

AbIpHHKs HsctAr -HosloH toHW.
delicious beyond description. ." Boston 7tansrips
"Added to the good things Of the table 1t en-.
courksss good nature. "--lspri~aaeid Reputiieaa.
"Invaluabls for little trsst whsp friend drops
in."-Nsu York sssnsng Pod.
Many people lack the Aapoir fai-s TO brow Punch
Hub Punch Is Indispensable wherever Known
Spirit " The Emss, M.
"Ths popularity Of Hub Punch Is testimony 70
your success in using III hest and pprssf com pom
snts." PARK 4 TILEORb. Nsw York.
"Our sales Of Hub Punch have surprised us-soId
within three months larger quantity thai. re
anticipated selling in twelve" SMITH VAN
DERBEEK. New York and Chicago.
q. H. GRAVES a SONS, Boston. Mss<
Trade supplied At Manufacturers prices By
RICHARDa n MARRlsON,
Agents for Pacific Coast, San Frsaeisoo. Gal
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-04-07

With their naked hands the Japanese
have chiseled rocks Of monster size and
erected them into mighty walls 40. 50.
90 and 100 feet high about the castles Of
the great capitals. writes ex.Mayor Car
ter Harrison from Japan. These walls are
miles in length, and are Of stones brought
from great distances and weighing from
100 to 200 pounds and up to very many
tons. In the castle of Osaka, high up on
the walls are gigantic stones twenty feet
long. eight fsst high and - many deep.
These examined on either side Of the
gateway. But within I saw stones 10
huge that they looked like precipioes
erected by nature upon . mountain side.
I could not 60 in Il had no permit
and che guard, after politely permitting
Us to look for moment or two, motioned
Us to pass on.
But we saw two monster stones which
seemed to Us to be over forty feet long.
fifteen TO twenty feet high, and how deep
We could only guess-they were part Of
the great inner wall. These walls wers
not erected = was ehsops' pyramid, BY
captive nations worked to destroy them,
but by cheerful and politically enslaved
people. but still the people Of the land.
People who can chase piece Of bronss
with dslicacy Of touch and lightnsss Of
finish no European people can reach; can
carve bird, and have done 70 for cen.
turiss, and did 30 when these massive
works were erected-can and have car.
we'd from wood, birds 40 natural that
one can almost see them pick the rice
they feed upon and can see the rufiine
Of the feathers a. they Autter or fly.
The Pioche weekly record. [volume] (Pioche, Nev.) 1877-1900, 1888-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS.
HUB PUNCH
TO TOP OFFA DINNER,
May be Drank Clear, as a Cordial
For a dinner
tn u ghly
appointed,tll
good old w..

was to wash down the last triumphS
of the feast with copious libations Of
old Port and Golden Sherry; but
"HUB PUNCH" has added a new
sensation to the epicure, lis deli
cacy. aroma, favor, and delicious,
but gentle effects, proclaim it the
nectar fiji for the gods banqueting on
Olympus.
MIX HUB PUNCH with lee Water,
Cold Tea, Leinonade, or Soda. IL -
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halive metropolitan daily. 1t has the LARa.
EST CIRCULATION aud Is recognized as
being the LEADING NEWSPAPER OF tue
Pacific Coast. Either Of the above papers we
viii send postpaid % premium on receipt OF
shs Following subscription pFlces for The cum
binations T4i'T
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
WORKS OF WRITER'S.

H. p. HALsEY, the author of the cold
Sleuth' literature, is said to coin more
money from his pen than any other scrib-
bier in America.
MR.. GEORGE BANcRoFT's rose garden in
Newport contains over four thousand varie-
ties OF the historians favorite flowers. and
each bud and blossom is tended with the
greatest care.
MRS. T. ID. e. n. SoUTHwoRTH still lives
and writes. Her latest novel calls out an
order from one concern for ten thousand
copies, the largest single advance order
ever made, it is said
ANDREW LANG writes six articles a weelx
for the London Ne;Us, two articles for the
Saturday, Recseic, and a humorous sketch for
the St james Gazefte. He is said to earn
twelve thousand dollars year.
Mrs. Augusta EVANS WILSON. the author
of "Beulah,r st Elmo.'' etc. has bou0bt
and decorated a luxurious home near Mo-
bile with the proceeds Of her novels. she
writes in Chinese pagoda bower in her
flower garden.
CARMEN SILVA, the Roumanian Oueeu.
has written a poem on the life and death of
Emperor Frederick, and has forwarded
copies of it TO the widow of the Emperor
and 10 her mother, Queen Victoria The
H~SodHi VI carmen oyiFa belongs to the
senior branch of the Hohenzollern family.
Miss UTTiET, better known, perhaps, as
" Maxwell Gray is the only daughter Of a
physician At Newport, Isle OF Wight. and is
a hopeless invalid l. is told that when
The Silence of Dean Maitland was pub
llshed Lord Tennyson read il with great
interest and was anxious to know the au-
thor He wrote 70 Miss Uttiet, inviting her
TO visit him al Freshwater, but she was too
III to do So Tkererpon, he drove over TO
Newport and called upon her.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
DROWNING SWIMMERS.
What a Life-Saver Says to Them an
What They say to Him.

What Life-Sayer Says to Them and
What They say TO Him.
why do good swimmers drown in the
scar was asked by an Atlantic City corre-
spondent of hfe-saving young Ed O'Brien,
who has become somewhat famous along the
coast there.
Il will tell you," he answered. "The
men who are good swimmers, and who
drown while in bathing here, are fresh
water swimmers. They are good swim
mers in smooth water, but when they tackle
the sea they are no good. A good many,
when in the water, go out too far to show of
Then when it comes to swimming back they
give out and go down. These fresh-water
swimmers have an idea that they must get
back on straight line. They know nothing
about tides or currents, and they strike out
to get back TO shore by the shortest route
instead OF finding out the current and
swimming with it. The first thing they
know they get into wave that twists them
all up. They don't know when to cut
through 1t, and all of a sudden they lose
their head, get out of wind. become scared
and theh comes the cry for help. A fresh
water swimmer coming to any beach ought
first to study the currents and tides before
he ventures out. No one should venture
out beyond the safety line unless he is
thorough! posted, no matter how good a
swimmer he is in still water If he knows
the current and the tide thoroughly he will
find it an easy matter 10 get back to shore
in his own good time"
"What do you first say to a drowning
man when you reach HING
Il sing out to him as loud as 1 can that 1
have him safe. If 1 am in boat l first
throw him rope When l go for drown
ing man / always think of life for life
1t is always best to keep drowning man
of from you until you have HIM quieted
down. If an excited man gets the best Of
you in the water the chances are both of you
will be lost"
what is the first thing saved man will
generally say to you!"
After he gets out and gets his wits back
again, the first thing a man generally does
is to smile, shake his head, and say that
was narrow escape, sure Then he'll
thank me over and over again, and if he
owned the world he'd give three-fourths of
it to me. a good many have saved re-
warded me literally, but have helped out
some men who promised me much, but never
kept their promises
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
WOMEN OF WEALTH,

Mrs. MARY GARRETT, of Baltimore, man.
ages S20,0o0,0O0 estate
1T is said that Mrs. Hopkins-Searle has
bought fully S250,0O0 worth of paintings in
Paris for her mansion at Great harrington,
Mass.
Mrs. MOSES TAYLOR, of New York. is one
OF the wealthiest women in this country.
She inherited S20,000,O00 from her husband,
aud the estate has since increased greatly
in value.
Mrs. j. b. HAGGIN, wife Of the California
millionaire, has in her possession a ruby
given by King Louis of Bavaria to Lola
Montez. AT sale of Lola Montez' effects
this ruby brought 81 900, but it is now valued
at SO. 900
ONE of Kansas City's richest inhabitants
is woman, Mrs. Sarah W. Coates. aged
hfty-nine, whose fortune is estimated at
siO,OOO,OCO. 1t all came from a successful
venture in real estate, bit of land that
cost her husband 1000 Itwas then farm.
OUT Is now twenty acres in the heart of Kan
sas City.
MRS. w. X VANDERDnT's boudoir, it is
SAID, cost, when completely furnished and
decorated, upwards of $4,000. The deco.
ratlons were constructed in Paris. and ara
in Louis XIV. style, and for a medium-sized
square room, with fireplace on one side
opposite door, and second door facing
bay-window
Miss NELLIE GOULD is an artist of no mean
ability, and her collection of bric-a-braf.
adorned by her own brush and pencil il
much admired. She is probably the richest
heiress in America, and at her fathers
death Will come in for $4,000, 900 or $50. OOO.-
VU. Like her mother, she is not too proud
to wait on herself She does not mind rid
ing In horse-cars, and does not put on nearly
as many airs as the wives of some of the
men who serve her.
MRS. ERNBsTISE ScHAFFNER, Of New York.
spends tho greater part of her time and
money in behalf of prisoners whom she be-
heves to be wrongfully accused She visits
the police courts, and where she sees a man
or a woman who seems to her the victim of
circumstantial evidence, she furnishes bail.
and at her own expense secures the serv-
Ices of lawyer. So far Mrs. Schaffner,s
Judgment has proved correct She has al
ways won the cases Of her proteges, and
has never lost dollar by going bail for
hor
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
CORRECT CONDUCT.

WELL-BEHAvED ladies never turn round
20 look after any one when walking on the
street.
A LADY never accepts a seat from n gen
teman In streetcar without thanking
him.
LIT no one be so intent upon the mote in
the eye Of his ncighbOr that he will forget
the beam i'm his own.
LADIES Of culture never accept valuable
presents from gentlemen acquaintance
unless engaged to them.
a SENSIBLE lady never snubs other young
ladies even If they happen to be less popular
or well favored than herself.
A LADY Of good taste never wears
clothing 50 singular or striking as to at
tract particular attention in public.
NEVER lend a borrowed book. but return
II as soon as YOU are through with it, so that
the owner may not be deprived of its use
Too COMMONLY the fact is ignored that a
mans opinions and convictions are his pri-
vate personal matter, with which no one
else has right TO meddle
Is politics, the spending OF money, in
social life, in dress and education, each one
should scrupulOusly avoid acting as censor
Of others who may differ with himself.
A PRUDENT young lady never takes sup
gentleman after attending the theater un-
less accompanied by lady much older than
herself
A MAN may believe in homeopathy to the
highest diluuon, but that belief does not en-
title him TO the privilege Of calling his
neighbor TO account because he chooses To
seek relief by means Of mercury and
quinine in as heroic doses as he NAV fancy.
No ONE Is privileged, while guest, TO at
tack the opinions Of the family whose hos
pitalty he enjoys. When for any reason
NC can not acquicsce in the family regula-
lions let him depart and not try TO reform
the family TO his standard OF propriety.
BY calm, personal arguments, or by the
force Of example, one may try to convince
another that his way Is the better, but a
true courtesy requires that he shall not.
unaslsed, present his opinions where to do
40 viii wound and not alter In the slightest
loarpc the t.nuran ~ hfe o,,r.,r,re
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
BIG POKER GAME.
A "Reminiscences of Gambling i'm the Days
Before the War.

"Reminiscences of Gambling i'm the Days
Before the War.
For years gambling on the Mississippi
has been a theme written upon and read
with interest, says the Chicago Journal
How the ideal planter got through with his
patrimony; how sixty or seventy bales of
cotton or fifteen colored people changed
hands in few hours; but the gambler is al
ways portrayed as a slender, 1.-the and we'll
formed youth, with black HAIR, dark eyes,
high boots and dirh-dashing cavalier sort
OF fellow that would brook no insult The
blum, good-natured, go-easy man of about
thlrty-hve that did the winning has been
ignored. Gambling was heavy and all the
large cotton and passenger packets had for
ward OF the cabin room about twenty bv
twenty-five feet, called the social hall. This
hall was fitted up in the most luxurious
style, with bar, chairs and card-tables.
At these tables all day and all night the
planters, river merchants and officers were
wont to tempt fortune. The favorite game
was draw-poker; but In those times the
gentlemen would bet on any thing, from
what kind of a fish man would catch on
his line to steamboat race. and the more
man lost the bigger lion he was. Even
now gambling is carried on to a great ex-
tent on all rivers, especially on the Red and
Illinois rivers.
The most successful gamblers in ante
bcllum days were George Brooks and 'sBul-
let-neck" Green, so called from a bullet
that was lodged in his neck The latter
gentleman played at and won the biggest
game ever played on the Mississippi. It
was a game of draw poker between him
self and three other planters Green had
about $4,000 on board the boat, but the
other fellows had diversified his pile, and the
game was 600 ante, with no limit Green
hold remarkable hand and had stalxed his
last dollar, but no one would ''call'' him.
So, motoning the captain of the vessel to
him, he asked for loan, as he did not want
10 be run out OF the game. To this the cap
tain asscnted, knowing Green to be a very
wealthy man, and he told the clerk To let
him have any amount When these prelim-
inaries were settled, the players went on
raising the stakes until 100000 was on the
board, when one OF the players called. and
Green deliberately laid his cards face down
on the table and said: Boys, if win the
pot will never turn another card;n then
"showed up" four aces and a ltng-a hand
that can't be beat-as a matter of course,
winning. 1t is estimated that this man won
over $4,000 at cards.
The gambler In the days of slavery sell
dom cheated, and when he did and was dis
covered at it, he could be found very few
minutes after with a bOwie-knife or bullet
in him-more likely the former. for then
II was tavorite weapon used with great
dexterity. being thrown by experts twenty
feet and driven through a mark on two
inch plank. IL was seldom a game was
played without every participant having his
revolver or bowie on the table, bat now the
players are on the buuco order, and the
ones they swindle less nervy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
HOW WOMEN WEn.
No Romance Whatever Nowadays In Find
ing "a Husband.

No Romance Whatever Nowadays In Find
ing "a Husband.
A man asked me the other dav how wom-
en- find husbands, writes Babn in the New
York star. IL was such a pulling question
10 me that constituted myself a commit
tee Of one and went around among q lot of
married women TO see how their husbands
proposed 20 them.
There wasn't one who had ever had an
absolute romantic avowal Of lovei There
wasn't one whose husband had gotten down
on his knees, caught the loved ones hand
and besOught Of her, unless she wished to
see him stark and cold with n broken heart,
that she would wed himl There wasn't one
who had ever known the rapture Of being
held, with pistol pointed at her head,
while the brave lover pronounced that, I'M
less she accepted him, he would kill her
and then himself There wasn't one who
had been gained even at the dagger's point,
and not single wife had been drugged and
welded while in a scmi-conscious stated
Dorothy, / confess 10 a certain amount of
disappointment. The nearest could get
as to how the question Of marriage had
been reached was always that they drifted
into it,
This is deliciously vague, but it seems to
mean that they knew the man, that he had
the privilege OF holding their hands and
criticising their frocks for some time, and
that then, when there was no special ex-
element IN Wall street, Presidential cleo
ton wasn't going on, nor any thing else that
was distracting, they suggested that it was
about time for them TO get married.
This is the general experience. And l
think it a sin and a shame. Few women
have more than one opportunity to marry,
and that ought TO be accompanied by all the
frills and frivolities that the best novel
writer ever dreamed of. The HOwells and
James business in the way of slassis love
making may be most desirable for nervous
people; Il may calm and soothe them. but
when champagne or love are offered il
wants 70 be sparkling, and it wants TO taste
as IL such nectar had never been offered be-
fore.
The clgnrotte-imbued,w white skinned, color
lcss-eyed, smooth-faced young man that is
so prevalent just now will never offer any
body any thing but the --LATEST cider for
champagne, and when IL comes TO this,
say, give me Ice water and platonic
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17

sr4 hsEs OF d KANsAs, ls
In the District court Of Barber county. state
Of Kansas.
James A. Blair. plaintiff,
versus
Mary A. Poole, OthoP. Poole. George
A. Tryner and HI. Z. Richardson,
partnerseas Tryner q Richardson
Cnaries Hoffman senior and Charles
HOFFMAN, Junior, partners as Char
ants.
pY virtue of an alias order of sale to me direc-
Oted issued out of the District Court of Rarber
county, Kansas, dated October.2, 1883. I, George
will, on
FRIDAY. NOVEMBER 9, 1855,
between the hours of nine o'clock in the fore
noon and five o'clock i'm the afternoon of said
DAY, at the front door of the courthouse, i'm
the city of Medicine Lodge. Barber county,
KANSAS, offer for sale at public auction to the
highest bidder, for cash in hand, all the right,
ute, interest, claim and estate, whatsoever of
the SAID defendants, in and to the following de-
ScflDed lands and teaementS situated in Barber
county, State of Kansas. to-wit:
tract or land beginning at point 80 feet
north or the southwest corner OF the south
east quarter of section one. township thirty
TWO, on range twelve. west: thence running
north 10 feet: thence east 2lS feet; thence
sCnth 10 feet; thence west us feet TO the place
OF beginning.
Taken as the property Of said defendants
Mary IL Poole and Ohio z. Poole and to satisfy
Judgment obtained AGAINST them in favor of
SAID plaintiff, James a. Blair, for the sum of
-Four Hundred and Forty-Three and 66-lO0 dol
lars (S4+366) with interest at the rate of IL per
cent per ann,im from June 81. lSSS and for the
costs OF THIS suit and for the costs OF this sale
Given under my hand at my Office in the city
OF Medicine Lodge. this. the End day of Octo-
Der, 1883.
GEORGE w. STEVENS.
1873 Sheriff or BARRIER county. Kansas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
FIash-Light Photography.

A Connecticut Yankee suggests the use
OF hash-light photography as q means Of pro-
tecting bank vaults from burglars. He says:
- would have camera placed in position
where 1t would command in the field Of the
lens space Of ten feet square or more in
front of the door Of the vault and have the
other apparatus so arranged that as soon as
tampering with the vault door was at
tempted the whole would be placed in oper-
alton. My plan would, Of course, include
retaining the burglar alarm connecting
with police headquarters. AS soon as the
burglars had begun operations the police
would be alarmed, and at the same instant
picture OF the men would be made by the
camera and fiash-light combined, so that
even il the man escaped the police they
would leave behind them evidence which
would very probably eventually result in
their detection -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
Mr.. GIn,Istnnn,s I.ii,rnrr

Mr.. GladstOnc's study at Hawarden Cas-
tie is rather curiously arranged. The walls
arc covered with books, and volumes are
also massed in large shelves jutting out
from the walls into the room. Between
each partition of books there is room to
walk; thus the saving of space in arrang-
ing the library in this manner is enormous.
The stock of books, perhaps, exceeds 1900
volumes, and notwithstanding this large
number Mr.. Gladstone has little difficulty
in placing his hand upon any volume that
he may require. There are three writing
desks in the room; one is chiefly reserved
for correspondence of a political nature, and
another is used by Mrs. Gladstone. Look
ing out of the study window the flower beds
facing the castle present picturesque ap-
pearance, while the heavily wooded grounds
beyond stand out in bold relief and form a
massive green haclz0rninnd
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-10-17
THE GARDEN SPIDER.
Ssne Interesting Experiments with This
Ingenious Insect.

Ssme Interesting Experiments with This
Ingenious Insect.
The Garden Spider (Epeira diadema) Is
one of the most beautiful, in form and color,
Of the many hundred species we have in
England. says Chambers Journal The man.
ner In which it spins It's web-certainly the
most regular in make-displays great inge-
nuity in the way the web is secured to sus-
tain sudden strain on any part Of it. We
have been watching several experiments
with this spider, of which the following are
q few OF the most interesting:
Having an old fern-case, with sides and
top all glass, we filed the bottom with earth.
placing q few sticks firmly in the soil, so
that the spiders would have some projec-
tons to secure their webs to. The first
spider we placed in he case was a very fine
specimen, nicely marked on the top of the
abdomen. We took her from an old laurel
tree in which there were several young
ones. The first day she remained crawling
about on the ground; but on looking next
morning, we found a perfect web, spun
horizontally across the case, about halfway
up; and on magnifying the ends Of the web
that were fastened TO the glass-whlch was
very smooth-we discovered the spider had
frayed out the ends of the web-lines, and
had fastened them to the glass by means of
a gummy substance. thus giving it a greater
power Of adhesion than by trusting TO a
single cord. We placed small horse-fly in
the ease. where it soon became entanRled