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money enough to buy hundred turkeys.
Bring me an answer"
When Jube returned with the answer,
Loftin read it and said:
"pll pay you tomorrow"
twas night when Jube got home, Nor
decai was there. he had killed fox squir-
rel, which he left in town, bringing pint
of whisky back in its stead.
"Jube," he spoke, looking down at his
son ''around" the bottle from which he was
drinking, 81 seed the fnes' gobbler that
ever futtered, but jes' ez / wuz er drawin'
er bead on i'm, Tige treed er fox SOURI, an
barked, an the gobbler whizzed erway like
litenin'. 1 kilt the squirt, an swopped I'm
fur er pmt--fer yer nanny, who's sorter
ailin'." Nanny was STOPPING down at the
fireplace, frying bacon on skillet that lay
on a bed Of Goals on the hearth. 81 tell yer
what, thar's trouble gwine on In town.
You know that feller Loftin, who skins
erroun' so slyly an looks sorter crazyl The
Fed'rul soldiers air arter him. They got Job
Pritchard, but he's dead-shot i'm arter
he'd made daylight shine through one w
'em. They say Loftin an him kilt one Nv
'em in er bar-room fracus over at Shreve-
port las spring Thar they come, nowr"
They went down the road; Jube followed.
He had forgotten that Loftin owed him for
the errand; he thought only of the strange,
sad man, whom the soldiers were going to
kill They were piloted toward Loftin's
''den." Jube fingered, listening. No gun
was fred; and when they returned Loftin
was not with them.
"rd give thousan' dollars to know how
he knew we were comin'," said the Captain
Of the squad.
Next morning was Thanksgiving. Jube
was on his way to feast of cold water
melon, and met old John Baconrind.
you're the very chap wanter see" said
John. II wuz over the bayou yistiddy an
met Loftin, who wuz ridin' t'other way. He
give me this''-handing Jube letter-''an'
axed me ter give it ter yer nanny"
Neither Jube nor his pap could read; but
bis nanny could. She opened the letter
and found 9 one hundred-dollar greenback
bill, with this note:
81 shot the soldier, but in self defense.
Ny word Is Of no avail, for they seek re-
venge, not justice. They will never catch
me. enclose you present, for an errano
Jube did for me-"
al don't wanter do nothin' wrong, Jube, ("
she said; 'but I'll keep this money, an as
yer pap amt here, we won't tell i'm nothin'
erbopt it-n
They had bacon for dinner as usual; but
1t tasted sweeter than turkey to lube.
When next Thanksgiving came they had
turkey for dinner, and stove to cook 1t in.
CHARLES 8. BLACKBURN.
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A STORY of Editor GRADY.

Talking about Mr.. Henry W. Grady,
writer in the Tribune Of Rome, Ca, reports
an old townsman as saying: ''You know he
used to work here on the COmmercidl-it's
been a loug time ago and one night he took
o notion 10 ride on the wooden flying horses
which were going night and day under tent
on the outskirts Of town. We'll, he handed the
gracefully But he hadn't gone round
more than a minute before his head began
10 swim, and he was the sickest young fel-
low you ever saw. In fact, be was too sick
to go home, so he just laid down on pile OF
lumber and watched the stars go round the
rest of the night, and it was cold weather.
TOO. reckon he remembers II YETI
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NO. %
COUNTY CLERKS.
A Large Number Meet at Topeka, Kan.
New Legislation Suggested.

New Legislation Suggested.
TOPEKA. Kan, Nov. 23-The county
clerks OF Kansas have just finished their
annual session in this city. Over seventy
hve counties were represented. Roland
Lakin, of Lyon County, presided, and d.
N. Burdge, of Shawnee County, acted as
secretary of the meeting.
The necessity Of reform in the present
system of assessment and taxation was
the first important subject taken up. A
committee, of which County Clerk Wal
ton, OF Marion, was chairman, was finally
appointed to draw up plan for uniform
system which might be presented to the
Legislature. After a long consultation
this committee recommended that the laws
be amended as follows: The board of
assessors meet and agree upon basis
or valuations; then the county clerk,
who acts as clerk of the board of as
SCISSORS. certifies to State Board of Euuali-
cation; this ate board then compile these
lists and agree upon the valuation and
certify back to the county clerk, with a
tabulated statement of the basis of valua-
tion, this in turn to be certified by the
clerk TO the board of asses ors, who go to
work upon the basis fixed by the State.
The committee also recommend that prom
erty should be assessed every year instead
of once in two years.
The report provoked much comment
and the committee was instructed to re-
wise it. Then the clerks took a vote on
the county assessor question, and there
was majority in favor of a county as
SCISSOR.
The committee on roads and highways
presented report favoring the passage of
law providing that each county surveyor
make an index of all the roads in his county.
with plat of the road, giving the name and
giving all orders for laying out, vacating,
etc. The committee also favored a change
in the time of electing township officers so
that they shall be elected at the general
election next November, to hold office for
two years.
Late yesterday afternoon the committee
on assessments and taxation presented its
amended reports. 1t recommended to the
Legislature that the present system of
township assessment be done away with
and that county assessor be appointed,
who shall appoint deputies in
each township. The convention ac-
cepted the report and voted in
favor of leaving the appointment of the
county assessor to the board If county
commissioners. 1t was also recommended
that he be required to give sufficient bonds
to ASSES property at it's actual value. A
committee WAS appointed to present the
matter to the next Legislature and urpe
the passage of bill remedying the pres
ent system of assessment and taxation.
The session closed with banquet at the
Copeland last night
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u
terra-cotta colored dog and a rife gun,
which went with him everywhere He said
the dog was the ''best huntin' pup in the
country" which may have been true, but it
seldom found any thing. The gun, be
boasted, "allers fotch 'em when she
belched;" but while the woods resounded
with her "belchin'," he never showed any
game larger than fox squirrel
Pap" said Jube, one clear, frosty morn
ing in November, 1865, as Mordecai took his
gun from the rack over the door, ''sposen
you let me go er huntin' this mornin'l seed
er drove er turkeys on the aidge Nv the
cane-brake beyond the bayou yistddy even
in. mout kill one, an we could have er
Thanksgivin' dinner jes' like rich folks"
" You haiu't big enuff ter shoot er rife"
Mordecai repled-Jube was twelve years
old, slim as paw paw sapling, and, like
one, biggest at the foot-"ef yer seed tur-
keys thar, I'll git one, certain, fur Betsy
never fails ter hit ther bulls eye when 1
pull the trigger"
The two companions went turkey-hunt-
ing. Jube started to the cotton-patch to
get a watermelon, an ice-cold luxury which
God makes for the poor boy Of the South in
autumn-time. When he approached the
fence, he saw Mr.. Loftin climbing over to-
ward him. Loftin was a tall man, with long
hair and whiskers, shaggy eyebrows and
deep-set, sad eyes.
"Howdy, Mr.. Loftinl' said Jube.
"Hello, Jube, is that your"
@Yes"
where's your papl'
"Gone er huntin'"
81 might knowed that. An he'll kill what
the little boy shot at"
81 seed some turkeys down in ther bot
tom, an he said he'd fetch one back fur
Thanksgivin'."
That makes me think Jube, want you
to do somethin' for me. Come with me to
my house"
They went-into the woods, across q
slough, through a swamp, to a hut made of
pine poles, built a. the foot of steep hill.
1t contained one room, without fireplace,
bed, household furniture or home utensils
Of any kind.
"Jube," said Loftin, "do you love your
mammyp
Nobody dassent say 1 DON'T" he an
swered.
"Your daddy, tool"
"He don't ermount ter much, folks say;
but 'spose he does the best he kin. He
never done me mean"
"Well, if you'll carry this letter"-taking
1t from his pocket-to Job Pritchard, who
overseers at the Greer place-over the hill
here, you know where it is-pl give yoI
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FAlRCHlLD ON FINANCE,
The Secretary Busy on His Annual FInau
cial Report.

Inc DuSy OH annual ElnAn-
cial Report.
WASHINGTON, Nov. 20.-Secretary Fair
child is busily engaged in the preparation
of his annual report which is usually
transmitted to Congress on the first day
of every new session. The Secretary pro-
poses to make his last report valuable
contribution to financial history, and he
will give comprehensive review of our
financial system as conducted under
the present Administration. In order
that he may not be disturbed in this i'm
portant work he has temporarily alb an
doned the Treasury Department for tn 9
seclusion of his library at home. He will
devote considerable attention to the sur
plus problem, and will show that at the
present rate of increase 1t may reach the
neighborhood of something like $104, 900, :
900 by the end of the present fiscal year.
These figures are based on the fact that as
long as money remains in the treasury it
is reckoned as part of the surplus, not
withstanding provision may have been
previously made for its expenditure.
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al MenhnnIoaI NoreItx.

The remarkable Mannesmann process Of
making seamless tubes is described by Mr..
+. Siemens as consisting OF passing the
bar OF solid metal or glass between revolv-
ing conos1al rolls. These rolls are so ar
ranged that the varying velocities Of revo-
luton with which the different parts of the
red-hot bar are brought into contact, cause
the formation of a hollow through the bars
center. Tubes foot in diameter, with a
shell only quarter of an inch thick. may be
produced IN this way and great strength
is claimed tor them A bar OF metal has
been introduced between the rolls in such a
manner as TO form tube with sealed ends,
the hollow center being vacuum.
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women wood-workers.

Talking about employing women in fas-
tories" said Manistee (Mich) lumberman
to the Timbcrmdn, ''brings about the fact
that the hoop factory at Manistee employs
women feeding the planers and other light
work Of that nature, and finds that they do
the work well; and at the dairy salt facto-
ries all the sacking and such work is done
by girls, who work on piece work and earn
about 81 to 81. .25 day, and seem to like the
employment. The only size sacks they seem
to object to is the ten-pound size, WHICH
they say are a little heavy &c handle at
arms length. As they work in pairs,
though, they can change OF and rest them
selves IN that way"
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Th. PIrmoath Monunrnt.

There are two statues, Freedom" and
''Law," The former is fifteen and half feet
high and represents Young man of muscu-
lar frame seated. A Roman helmet is ON
his head; he wears coat of mail and lion
skin IS thrown over one shoulder. Resting
on his right arm is short sword, aud In
the LETT hand are links OF a broken chain, of
which part is held fast beneath the left foot.
Law Is also huge seated figure 1t is
covered with a mantle, and the left hand
grssps book. The panels for the monu-
ment are four in number and are cut IN re-
lief from marble slabs. They represent
srThe Departure, )" The Signing OF the Con-
tract ''The Landing and THE Signing of
the Treaty with Massasoit-"
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An Antisentio Paint.

The use of wood-creosote, which is ex-
tensively distilled in North Carolina from
the WOOD of Pbsas pdltssrfs, Is recommend
ed by Captain w, II. Bixby for antiseptic
purposes. 1t destroys vegetable and
animal life, repels moisture, and coagulates
fermentabie matter. AS paint for wooden
or metallic surfaces, it preserves them
from wet and dry rot, rust and the attacks
Of insects; and when forced by hydraulic
pressure into the pores of wood its anti
septic effects are extended to the very CEN
ter Of the block -
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Magnetic Eye-s.ones.

Mechanics and others employed in iron
factories frequently suffer some annoyance
and no little pam from the actual introduce
ton into the eye of PARTICLES of steel, iron
filings, etc. All persons engaged in work
Of this kind should carry with them mag
nets, the use Of which rarely fails to remove
the foreign body. A man in Lonvale, Ca.
drove : niece Of steel fling INTO his eyeball
a few days ago. and sn. s-"n scent some
time in vain endeavors toextract IL. Finally
he brought powerful electro magnet to
his aid. by means OF which the offensive par
ticle was at once removed. 1t was over >
quarter Of an inch long and its entire length
had been imbedded in the eveh ~
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Lack Frost Initiation

new Partisan industry is the manu-
facture of hoar-frost glass, which is covered
with feathery patterns resembling those
naturally produced upon window panes in
cold weather. The glass is first given a
ground surface, either by the sand blast or
the ordinary method and is then coated
with soft varnish. The varnish contracts
strongly in drying, taking with it the parti-
cles OF glass to which It adheres. and this
reproduces very accurately the branching
crystals Of frost-work. A single coat gives
q delicate effect, and several coats yield q
bold design.
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1t will be news to many that wild dogs
are still TO be found in Wilkes County, Ga.
While some negroes were burning off brush
the other day, litter of puppies, long
haired and closely resembling the Scotch
collie breed, were found in hollow log.
They were exceedingly fierce, and the
negro tradition has 1t that their parents
have been frequently seen in the locality.
The old dogs are said to be very wild, and
uGly-snoking customers to come in contact
with. The probabilities, however, are that
the prppies in question are the offspriugs
of some CANNES driven wild by neglect or
nlusage.
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MEDICINE LODGE. KANSAS WEDNESDAY. DEC. 5. 1888
NOT VERY PROFITABLE.
A Cargo OF Peaches That Brought Its
Grower two Cents

Grower Two Cents.
"a cargo of peaches for postage stamp.
Yes. sir, sold carload of the luscious
fruit for one postage stamp, and I'm glad
the fellow didn't bring me in his debt" The
speaker was Byron Salesberry, the hand
some Delaware peach-grower. He stepped
into the Continental Hotel cafe to spend the
postage stamp and some reserved funds
that he had brought to the city with him,
and was talking 10 a Philadelphia Record re-
porter. Salesberry has fine peach orchard,
and is a gentleman farmer. When a friend
OF his told him that he had raised oats on
his Delaware County farm that cost Sl1 per
bushel, Salesberry smiled and said he would
show people what it is to be gentleman
farmer. He got his orchard into shape, and
each day watched the fuZz as it gathered on
the skin OF peach like a boy who watches
his first muStache sprout- Then the cargo
was harvested and sent TO market At the
time it reached the city the produce dealers
were tossing peaches into the river The
market was glutted. Yesterday the grower
just stepped up to the city TO carry back his
wealth. The commission merchant took
hm out to dinner, poured an absinthe cock
tail into him, and then settled downto busi-
ness. After few minutes conversation
the merchant handed the grower a two-cent
postage stamp and asked for a receipt.
What's this for!" gasped the Della
warean.
That's your share of the profits,'' bland
ly returned the commission merchant.
"You're in luck, old man."
Then he handed Mr. Byron Salesberry a
slip that read like this:
For harvesting crop, baskets, crates,
Eresh; eic baii,,; easd 1 IS IS
etc,, haulhg S69 O9
Iota ....-... -. III, l22 az
Rece. pts from sales. ll22 40
Due 70 grower. r.--.................. 2
"And the man gave me a postage stamp
and that settled the business said Sales
berry. "Do you know any body that wants
to buy an orchards just send them around
I'll throw in the nnstacn staran y
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Not GUILTY.

KANSAS City, No., Nov. 20.-At Inde-
pendence this morning the jury returned
verdict of not guilty against Policeman
Peterson. The defendant was accused of
kicking man named Burke when arrest
ing him for abusing his family while
drunk. Burke died soon after, and it was
alleged from the effects of the kicking.
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A Raving Maniac.

WINCHESTER, o., Nov. % Adam Berkes.
of Sardinia, who was fogged by masked
men last Saturday night upon charge
that he had been stealing coal, has become
a raVing maniac
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WHEN a man is sharp-sighted, he is usual
ly credited with having ian eye like q
hawk's;" but 1t would be more compli-
mentary to him TO say that he possesses an
optic like that Of blind beggar.
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JUBE'S GIFT.
n ORDECAI HoLLINs

HOLLINS
was q farmer who
did not farm. He
rented a ten-acre lot
which his wife and
their son Jube culti-
waited. Mordecai was
red haired, largo
mouthed, and his
narrow face made up
in length what it
lacked in breadth.
He looked dyspeptic,
but he had the best
whisky stomach Of
any man in the neigh
borhood. He owned q
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-05

The Kansas City & Southern has issued
notice that it will be opened for business
on and after December 1
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CHURCHES

ID ARTIST Preaching every sunday evening
- ut O'Clock ut the courthouse. sunday
srhDul ZEE 10 u.Clusk. u. m. Prayer meeting
"Wednesday evening ui each week, over store Of
nyCrlpy. DARK - Nuuyuu. Rcv. W. A. Cain,
Pastor. Residence Un North Walnut street
HHWiSTtAN.-Prcuc every SUNDAY at
~ ~ u'rluCk. u. ui.. Hud $50 y. n., hy Elder
". n. EmhrVy. Prayer meeting every We'd
nos1Ry night sunday school at 10 o'clock a. n.
every sunday.
AHETtiODlSr EpiSCOPAL-Scrviccsc every
IVA SUNDAY nt ~ .O0 u. m. aud Z 30 y. m. sun
duF school every sunday ut lu H. m. Prayer
fuuVfinE every "Wednesday evening az %.
strangers invited. n. SNNpEu~ON, Pastor.
DWE-uYTENt icc- every SUNDAY at
- N u. u. aud 90 y. m. sunday School at
Do u. no. bEv MCELHOV, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CUU BCii - services ON 2nd
sunday Ul every month ut ShCrlOCks hall, at
tu.nu u. m. NIv. HrHTEu Pastor.
nEHNAN BAPTIST BitETtIREN-Iloldrc reg
" uiar srrNic Ht Muwuuu, barber county,
thu ssrpud uud fourth sundays in each month.
AZ FurrUst school huuav uu the second sunday
cdHr Greek -ghuul house uu the thiri sunday.
fiy Elders -hHmbrrECr, smith and NChcr.
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DftrutA LOuGU. No. tiu. X. of T.. meets on
Siuuday evening" of puch week. pt uii Fellow
hHi. Visiting kuxhts iu tuut -HnNht ln'T
.YHl a. utttui. I.I NiNt|Nl' .. V
HtHt, PL,gaAV. X. of a. ~.
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KANSAS CONSTRUCTION.
New Track Built and Number of Miles in
OOera afiOn.

New Track Built and Number of Miles in
Operation.
TOPEKA, Kan, Nov. 20.-The State Board
of Railroad Commissioners have compiled
the following table of railroad construc-
tion from reports furnished it by the rail-
road companies operating lines in Kansas:
Number Number
miles built miles Oper-
in 1885. ated in state
A, I. & 5. F............. 1925 2,bS6s4
Burlington Missouri
River 49,, .,.,,...,.. 3s.74 25915
sChioago Kansas & Ne
braska. ......134.7o 1.0557O
tDodge City, MonteZuma
& Trinidad. -. ......... 81. 81
Kansas City, Fort Scott
& Memphis. ............ .... 266 90
Kansas City, Clinton &
Springfield .............. . 231O
Kansas City, Wyandotte
& Northwestern. ....... 25 157
Kansas City Pacific -. 81 l25
Missouri Pacific. ......... 3D. 2I79
Missouri, Kansas Texas 80. 254
St.Joseph Grand Island 80. 1873
ST. Louis & San Fran
clsco,,.... 1Obf 437 81
Union Pacific. 13O.91 1,15l.23
wichita & Western..... 12i40
Total. 5i515 s79ol6
$Does not include right OF way over Union
Pacific track, Kansas City to Topeka,
tTwenty-seven miles now built balance bv
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*Does not include right OF way over Union
Pacific track, Kansas City to Topeka,
trwenty-seven miles now built, balance by
December 81.
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Medicine Lodge omsers.
anrIEIIEs

N.FSA. NJ. D'lta Lodge No. .t.-,
~ W,triinr communication, utrt ana
" y third saturday evenings ~ euch
!" month. ]. W. S'"'l' w."
Aanuo-E NtLrS, Secretary.
fypRt-S CHAPTER No. e. Il. \. ", meets
in NnaluIs tfull every 20 uBd ith Ihurrhhy'
Waiting brethren cordially invited.
GLu. U. STpNE, ". 4.
A. 4. CAut-ruEW-. -cc.V.
n u q LORRAINE CHAPTER No, 5H.
", IA, -, Regular Communication, hrSt
aUd thlra Monday evening tu each month.
Mrs. r. "a. STOUT, W. VI.
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"And the man gave me a postage stamp
and that settled the business said Sales
berry. "Do you know any body that wants
to buy an orchards just send them around
I'll throw in the postagc stamp.n
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money enough to buy hundred turkeys.
Bring me an answer"
When Jube returned with the answer,
Loftin read it and said:
Butler citizen. [volume] (Butler, Pa.) 1877-1922, 1888-04-27
Boulsnger.

The man giving the most trouble
TO France al present bears the above
name. General Boulanger. The Gov,
ernment of France is really as Re
publican in form as that of England
and the French people have for long
time had the 81 mpsthy of the people
Vt the United States. But if General
Boulanger wants to improve the
French Government still more and
make il 10 CONFORM TO that of ours,
We sll here arc ready to vote for him.
He gives ont bis object or princi-
pies as follows:
II will never allow myself to be
drawn in any group and 1 even may
not 20 regularly to the Chamber of
Deputies. l shall be firm, calm and
patient. | may not represent the ma.
tion vet, but | live in hopes of doing
90. Ny policy is essentially practical
and constructive, to make our repub-
lican institutions conform to those OF
America, instead Of being built. as
now, on the hybrid English model,
which is wholly unsuited TO the ge-
MUS OF French character. Ia this
work all true French citizens will be
my friends. Tell them this 10 Amer.
len. where ] know many good people,
aud where some ot my cOuntrymen
msy BE- asking themselves If I am .
chsrlatan. Tel! them | am not"