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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-05-30
EXERCISE AT HOME.
Large Class Unprovided with Means 6i
Proper Daily Exercise.


Proper Daily Exercise.
Men and boys ride horses, row boats,
climb hills, dance, play ball and skate for
exercise, says the chronological Journal
Women and girls do much the same, sub
shutting lawn tennis for baseball. Little
boys and girls may fly kites, roll hoops-in
fair weather-and so keep the blood from
stagnating in their living bodies So far,
50 good. But there is a large class still I'M
provided with the means for proper daily
exercises, such as men of sedentary habits,
clergymen, lawyers, editors, teachers au-
thors and children who do not have play
grounds, and who can not safely go into the
streets 20 exercise. The health lift meets
certain cases and is useful; the ten-pin al
ley when separated from smoking, drinking
and betting affords healthful exercise. The
same, though TO a less extent, may be
claimed for billiards. Then there is the
coarser exercise Of boxing, which is chiefly
used by "sports and the " fancy" to the
disgust Of respectable people. And vet,
even the clergy might derive real benefits
from going through the exercise which
pugilists take while being fitted for the
ring" or those forms of exercise supplied
by cheap gymnastic apparatus which can
be obtained new and easily set up in a room
at home.
The short sword, or foil, is another sort of
exercise in which muscle may be developed.
When lecturing in Mobile, Ala, some
years ago, Mr.. Pomeroy informed us that
he and his family, consisting of wife and
several children, had suffered much from
illness, and that his expenses for medical
attendance had been large for several years
previous 70 his building "play- house " in
which each and every member, from three
year-old baby up to servants, wife and him
self, took regular daily exercise Of from ten
minutes TO half an hour. Since that time,
now more than two years, not a moments
illness worth attention had been suffered by
any single member. He assured us that
this, with hygienic living, had enabled the
family 10 dispense with doctors and drugs
at a saving of a considerable sum.
Children are dying among us for want of
exercise and pure air. They become fret
full, mischievous, disobedient and trouble
some, when, il they could climb a rope,
sailor fashion, and initiate their hungry, col
lapsing lungs with invigorating air they
would be gentle, obedient and tractable as
lambs. We don't want weak, thin, narrow
chested dwarfs or bean poles for children;
we want strong, robust, well-developed
bodies and brains
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PITIFUC VULG~tiiANS.
/" Men of the World" Who Are Posted
Only on the Worlds VYicketIness.

" Men of the World" Who Are Posted
Only the Worlds Wiekedness.
/ occasionally meet the "man of the
world - in my peregginations and peram-
bulations about town especially at the
hotels and at the cl:sbs-the imam of the
world" who has been everywhere, seen
every thing and has settled ideas about men
and things generally, says the Chicago
Journals Sidewalk Stroller. He Is cheeky,
hard-faced individual - smokes, drinks,
swears and INDUCES freely in smut. He
has been "over to Urope," has been init
ated into all the mysteries and become
familiar with all the pecuharities of Paris,
London, the Hague, Berlin, Vienna, Rome,
the health resorts, the gambling resorts
and other even worse resorts: knows all
the actors and actresses and all the sport
ing men of both continents, and about all
the badly notorious persons and places
of all the great towns. He is chuck
full of knowledge of this sort
of folks and that sort of thing,
and loves to talk about them between the
puffs of his cigarette or between drinks.
His face is of brass, and his manners and
language are those of a vulgarian, who has
had ample opportunity to see and learn
much of the world, nut who has really seen
and learned only that portion of the world
and of mankind which is bad. His tastes are
low, and they lead him only to that which is
low. l dread meeting this sort of a fell
low, but can not always escape the in
Fiction. He is the imam of the world" in
the same sense that a pugilist is an artist
or the grinder of hand-organ is musician.
The world which he is 1.-THE man " of, is only
the wicked, depraved portion of it OF tho
other, the better, the educating, the refining
portion, he knows but little and cares less.
Better never to have travelled about this
great earth and among its peoples and its
wonders at all than to have travelled to so
little purpose as has this vulgar and i'm
pudent man of the world"
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The country solons who make the laws of
the little commune near Mons, in Belgium,
have shown great wisdom in dealing with
drunkards. A few months ago a law was
passed making it a serious offense to be
palpably drunk in Belgium. These local
wise men concluded that the law was too
severe, and that they would content them
selves with making drunkards useful and
diminishing drunkenness at the same time.
When drunkards appear on the streets of
this village the Garde Champetre takes
them politely home. The next morning he
goes to the houses Of all those whom he had
found drunk the night before and presents
TO each broom for sweeping the street
The drunkard rs allowed to choose between
working for the commune for one day and
being prosecuted for drunkenness He in
variably elects to sweep the streets. The
village streets are in consequence marvel
ously clean, and the sweepers, after swal-
lowing more than their natural share of
dust, pass mental resolutions of sobriety,
and keep them.
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sHERIFF,s SALE.

ShERlFF'S SALE.
STATE OF KANSAS,
BARRIER COUNTY.
In the District court of Barber county, state
Of Kansas.
c. Z. Currie, plaintiff,
versus
w. j. EstiIl, H. Estin and John
Ramsey, defendants.
pY virtue OF an order of sale, to me direc-
II ted, issued out C the District Court of Bar
Der county. Kansas, in the above entitled
action. 4, George w. Stevens, sheriff of said
county, will on
SATURDAY, JUNE 2d,
A. D., 1888, between the hours of nine O'Clock
In the forenoon. and five O'Clock in the after
neon of said day, at the front door of the
courthouse, in the city of Medicine Lodge in
Barber county, Kansas offer for sale at pul)-
lie auction. 10 the highest bidder for cash in
hand, all the right. title, interest claim and
estate whatsoever of the said defendants w
J. Estiil, II. j. Estill and John Ramsey in and
TO the Following described lands and tene-
ments, to-wit:
Lot No. two 81, on Spring street. in Fried
ley s revised addition to the city of Medicine
Lodge, lsss strip sixteen ll6l feet wide, of of
the north side of said lot and running the en-
tire length of the said lot, from cast TO west
IAken as the property of said defendants.
W. j. Esnl, III. J. Estill and John Ramsey
and TO satisfy Judgment against them and
In favor of said plaintiff, for the sum of Two
Hundred Dollars, ($3sl0 00) with interest at the
rate OF twelve per cent per annum from the
l-tn DAY OF january, 1858: and the further sum
OF Nine Dollars and Forty-Five Cents $50 45l,
a costs OF SUIT; and the further sum of Three
Dollars 50 00l as costs on this order of sale:
together with the costs and expenses of this
sale.
Given under my hand at my Office in the city
OF Medicine Lodge this, the 18th day of April,
A, ID. 1888.
GEORGE W. STEVENS.
~ Sheriff of Barber County. Kansas.
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IN ncr pocket; the sung was touched with
II, the pain allcviatcd. After ten minutes
OF 80, Bob was dismissed.
sat down on the rustic scat and began
again.
There arc moments in mans life, Ara
bella, when"
Hes killed himself his time" said Ara
bella.
myself thought he had. We rushed 10
Bob's side, together; he was bowling dis
mally, kicking, strangling, and shrieking all
together. His mouth was full OF rcd paper,
and when / had pried it out with nv
finger he delivered himself Of this account
Of his mishap:
4" / cat a clacler and fired of tandy.~
"Holl die" said Arabella.
"No," said I, 81 he did not swallow Il. I've
got II all out. Sect Now wen give him a
drink Of water and he'll boGll right"
led the way 10 an Old well at the end Of
the grove, dropped the bucket down, made
n cup Of great leaf. gave Bob q drink,
made him rinse his mouth, aud seated him,
with his candy on one side and the crackers
on the other, amidst the grass. Then took
Arabella's hand in mine and led her away
for few steps.
"Arabolla," said, Il am about 20 ask
you question 70 which tie answer must DO
yes or mo- II yes shall be the hap
piest-H
/ got no further. There was an awful
splash In the well. We looked around.
Bob was nowhere 20 be seen.
bella.
Yes" / thought, he must be-"
rushed 10 its side; the water was agi-
tated; but BOb's form was not visible 1
caught the chain and Let myself down. In a
momeut was In deep water aud wet to the
skin came very near drowning, too, for
tho well was deep; but caught something
that scrabblcd and scratched me with a
sharp claw.
knew as well as I did when l reached
the surface OF the earth again, that Bob had
thrown poor puss in, but had not the in
humanity TO leave her to her fate Out /
came, dripping with water and gore, after
a little experience, which satisfied me that
u was easier 10 go down into a well than to
get out And Arabella stood with n seri-
Gus countenance and tiled to help me out,
and nearly pushed mt in again by an un-
scientific feminine grab at my coat cuff.
bob said peep bo' to me Just as you
jumped in. found him behind the currant
bushes. I'm afraid he threw poor pussy in.
Are you very wet, Mr.. Rawdoni"
The cat, whom l was holding tight, dug
her talons into me at this juncture
Hang the brat. wonder what he'll do
next" said /, shivering and singing. "Was
such an imp ever borni"
Arabella drew herself up.
Mr.. Rawdon," said she, "I could not
fail TO understand what you did me the hon.
or TO imply awhile ago. More on the sub
Ject will never allow myself to listen to
from one who entertains such sentiments
toward my darling little brother" and she
sailed away, allowing me to depart as !
pleased did not remain in the grove long;
and never called on Arabella again.
She has married the light-haired doctor
since that time, but my envy Of his happi-
ness was not overwhelming; for, when
they went upon their bridal tour, l saw q
third party in the carriage. II was Bob
Nary hy'e Dallas, q " Y. Ledger.
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Hal CLAYToN's BEARD.
The Strange Sight Revealed When
Coffin Was Opened.

The Strange Sight Revealed When a
Coffin Was Opened.
About thirteen years ago, says the Car
son Appeal, Hal Clayton, one of the best
known gamblers on the coast, died here of
a fever. He was rich, and his remains
were placed in a costly metallic casket with
a glass case and consigned to handsome
tomb. His wife, who was frantic with
grief, placed her diamonds on his shirt
front. The stones were valued at eight
hundred dollars. Fearful lest the gems
should be taken from the vault she placed
watch at the tomb, and 1t was maintained
for many weeks.
A few days ago George Dobbs, who has
the care of the cemetery, was possessed
with curiosity to visit Hal Clayton's tomb,
and securing the keys of the vault, took a
look at the remains. He was astonished to
find that Clayton's beard and mustache had
grown UNDER the glass case to such an ex-
tent that they reached below his knees
The beard was q rich brown color, extend
ing in wavy masses over the body, and
having a perfectly healthy appearance, as
it might have had on a living man. The
beard had been growing thirteen years.
Clayton had "A romantic life. He was en-
gagged To a handsome young girl in the
South, and left her to seek his fortune.
She became tired of his absence, and, set
ting out to find him, drifted homeless and
friendless from one mining camp TO an
other. After years Of this life she met her
former lover, but was so changed by her
wandering life that he refused to marry
her. After his Reputation of his old sweet
heart he became sick, and when lying at
deaths door she came to his bedside and
nursed him back to health. Filled with
gratitude at her devotion, he renewed the
affection of his youth and married her.
She proved a devoted wife, and when he
died she built at large expense the vault
where his remains now lie, and in Which
his beard has been growing all these years.
Whether the diamonds are on his shirt
front is not known, as the beard hides the
body from the knees up.
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TURNS THE FAUCET.
A New York Horse Which Draws It's Own
Water Supply.


Water Supply.
The horse that pulls the ambulance in
search of patients for the New York Hospi-
tai is a curiosity of its kind, inasmuch as
during the whole period of his philanthropic
career as an ambulance horse he has never
once been given drink by any of the stable
hands, He believes in tho maxim that God
helps those who help themselves; and helps
himself accordingly.
A New York re egTdnl reporter went down
to see how he whetted his thirst YESTERDAY.
and was edited to a degree by the intel
lectual behavior Of the animal
There is an ordinary faucet with a pail
under it in the stable, and to this faucet the
horse made a Decline.
First he dipped his nose in the pail to see
IL there was any water there, but finding
there was none he proceeded to open the
valve by turning the handle with his nose
He did not turn it on quite enough at the
first attempt, so he gave it another nudge,
and held his nose under the spigot while
the water poured over it TO his apparent
immense satisfaction. I" But what lot Of
water viii be wasted when he leaves it run
ming the moment he has had enoughl-
CALCULATED the reporter.
:" Wait and see,'' said the driver
And there was no water wasted, for the
moment the horse had concluded his drink
he went at the faucet again with his nose
and shut of the flow completely.
Does he always do that!" again queried
the newspaper man.
Certainly answered the driver, as he
pattcd his four-footed friend on the shout
der. sAs long as I've lSnosTn him thar
horse has never had drink that he did not
draw from the tap for himself just as you
have seen HIM do tins time"
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sIossbacIx ANNIVERSARIES.

The United States Senate is madc up for
the greater part of mossbacks. There arc
bourbon Democrats and bourbon Repub-
hcans. They learn nothing aud they forget
nothing.
At the present time the country is threat
encd with numerous ills. The people are
burdencd with unnecessary taxes The
Treasury IS full to overflowing. Business
men look apprehensively into the future
There are many questions slamoring for
settlement Yet tho Senatorial mossbacks
have no thought of oil these.
Mossback Ingalls, and Mossbaclx Voorhees,
prefer to fight tho battles of generation
ago. Neither Of them fought then Neither
OF them had the patriotism or the manliness
TO enlist Better men than either OF them
wore the blue and the gray. They now Of
fend the proprieties and waste precious
time in vituperation Of each other, as il
either Of them was a figure in which the
country had the least interest
The exhibition is a disgusting one. Let
the mossbacks hush their barbara yawp.-
Chic1oo Hrnold
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A WINTER SONG.

Summon. smiling sadly. fcd.
Autumn faced US In her stead;
Liko Joyous metron she
Near her fu'l.storod grannry
Stood among tho golden sheaves
Ia the long, mOOn-ligh;ed owes.
Tossing us b1iatcd roses,
Crimson fruit from orchard closes
Purple grapes foreach new conner,
So We did not miss tho summer.
Autumn then, grown bent and gray,
Faded from QUE srht away;
All the ro1 leaves changed 20 brown,
All the dead lonvts fiuttorcd down,
TN the forests, stripped and bare,
Shlvcrod In the frosty air
Thcn, with icy frontlct sparkling.
Came the winter, stern and darkling;
sim we sang amid rough weather:
Spring, dear spring. viii fail Us never"
50, when heavier losses smite,
Turning MONDAY into night
When HOS summer blossoms fade,
And LIES boughs are naked made,
We can trust ihl Lord TO bring
In good time Iiis healing spring.
AID, though cold W nds sweep and hover
DER the graves q friend and lover,
To give back from Ills safo keeping
These. our dc q, who are but Gic9ri'g.
-buedh C0Oiifgs a. s. s. TiBles.
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MoMAN.s SWEET CHARM.
IL Consists In That Very variabIeness 81
OFTEN. ReprObated.

1t Consists In That Very variabIeness So
Often. Reproduced.
The charm of women is in that very vari-
ableness which has been so often con-
temmed and reprobated, says a writer ia
lie ChrOHiqiSer. Shakespeare says OF Cleo
patra:
Age could not wither, nor custom stale
Her infiaite variety.
And Addison says:
Women in their nature ere much more gay
and joyous than men. Whether IL be that their
blood is more refined, their ibers more deli
cate and the animal spirits more light and
volatile, or whether, as some have imag ned,
they may not be kind OF sex in the very soul,
shall not pretend % determine. AS vivacity
Is the gift Of women, rav.ty Is that OF men.
Even the wise Solomon. whose extended
matrimonial experience should have taught
him the ways Of the sex, was compelled to
admit that there were some things about
women which he did not understand and
which were too hard for his comprehension.
But withal, women have not lacked for
defenders, even among the sex which has
said so many hard things about them. Men
Of great learning. Of acute judgment, of
extended observation, have not hesitated to
do justice TO the very womanly qualities
which others have denied to the sex Mac
aulay says: Perfect dlsinterestedness and
self-devOtion, of which man seems incapable,
Is sometimes found in woman"
Even Napoleon, who was no admirer Of
women in the abstract, admitted that on
great occasions 1t is almost always women
who have given the strongest proofs Of Writ
ne and devotion and Steele said that
women's hearts are much more susceptible
OF good impressions than the minds of the
other sex. Otway, the author of Venice
Preserved" paid this tribute to women:
o. womanl lovely womani nature made thee
To temper man; we had been brutes without
you.
Angels are painted fair 10 look like you;
There's in you all that we believe IN
Heaven
Amazing brightness purity and truth,
Eternal JOY and everlasting love.
But while discussing the subject of con-
stancy it may be of interest to see, briefly,
what some men have said concerning the
constancy of their own much-lauded sex,
and to inquire whether. upon the evidence
of writer's and men Of letters, it is entirely
fair TO charge the foible of fickleness ex-
clusively to woman. What shall we do
with Shakespeare, who says:
Sigh no more, ladies': sigh no more;
Men were deceivers ever;
One foot on sea and one on shore,
To one thing constant never.
Or how shall we answer Cowper when he
sings:
Weak and irresolute is man,
The purpose of to-day,
Woven with pains into his plan,
The morrow rends away.
Some foe TO his upright intent
Finds out his weaker Fart;
Virtue engages his assent
But pleasure wins his heart.
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white Man soun

There are plenty Of cannibals left in Bra
ziL SO Mr.. w. J. Steains has been telling
the Royal Geographical Society, giving at
the same time an interesting account
of his recent exploration of the Rio
Doce and its tributaries in Brazil. Speak
ing of the Rotocudo Indians, he said /:
"One old lady when asked by the interpre-
ter to tell them plainly whether she had
ever eaten white man, replied Indignantly:
'Nop and then, as y 70 clear her conscience
a little, she addedi j have tasted soup made
from, him
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swrniinr Id thr Hnn.Is-

A lotion-composed Of four ounces of
cologne water and half an ounce of tincture
Of belladonna-is highly recommended as a
cure for tho disagreeable sweating Of the
hands and feet from which many persons
suffer. The affected extremities should be
rubbed two or three times day with the
lotion.
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Proscribcd chr-tnnts.

The "comic papers would do the reading
public favor II they would stop printing
jokes about the Chicago girls foot, the Kan
sas City real estate agent, the Boston girls
big words. the plumbers bills, the married
mans night at the club, the boarding house
keepers butter and steak. the edItor's pov.
erty, Philadclphia's slowness, the COM
mercial travellers check, the grocer's sand,
the lawyers lies, the Doctors big fees, the
messenger-boy's siowness, the barber's
talkativeness, the poets honesty, the dudes
Anglomania, the female sex's extravaganza,
the cabbage-leaf cigar, the Wall street
"bears" love for lambs, the drug clerks
mistakes, the KentuclEian's love for whis-
KY, and the bank cashiers trips to Mon
treal.
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NOTICE OF ATTACHMENT.

L. j. Moulden, Plaintiff,
versus
c. HI. Six, Defendant.
Before ID. A. McCanless, a Justice of the Peace
of Medicine Lodge township. in Barber coun-
ty, Kansas.
NAlD defendant is hereby notified that on the
~ 'th day of May, 1883. an order of attachment
for the sum OF Eight Dollars, $500, was issued
by the above named Justice of the Peace against
his goods in the above entitled action, and that
said cause will be heard on the 18th day of
June, 1883, at o'clock a. m.
e. j. MoULDEN, Plaintiff
Attest: ID. A. MCCANLEss,
5l-3 Justice of the Peace.
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New York World: The Democratic party
VIII go into the Presidential campaign as
thoroughly committed to one side of living
issue as the Republican party is to the other
side This is a pleasing prospect to voters
who believe that ballots should have dis
tinctive meaning IN relation to some princi-
pie or policy Of government.
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NEnHIFtg TO be made. Cut TINS out
~ and return to us, and we
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I thing of great value and
tUt ~ - J Importance to you. that

VIII start You in business which will bring Won
In more money right away than anything else
~ TINS world Any one can do the work and
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new, that just coins money for all workers.
We viii start you; capital not needed. This is
one OF the genuine. important chances of a
lifetime. Those who ne ambitious aud enter
prising will not SCiEr- Grand outfit free. Ad
dress TRUE & Co. Augusta. Maine.
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Dayton Journal; The nomination Of Mr..
Blaine in spite Of his withdrawal would ad-
vertisc TO the country that be is the forlorn
hope OF the Republican party. II would be
giving up the campaign ia advance II
would mean that II we can't elect Blaine we
can't elect anybody. We arc not prepared
70 surrender on that basis.
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COLORADO SHORT LINE.
THROUGH WITHOUT CHANGE.

Tourist Ticket at Reduced Rates now on sale
at all Ticket Offices For further information
apply TO. J H. LYON, West. Pass. AIT,
II. Z. TOWNSEND. @. p. Agt SD Main Street.
IT Louis. No. Kansas City. NO