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The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-04
DEFERENTI4A.

"Ihe Prince OF Wales" writes an
American in London. SIS not O man re-
markable for good looks or for intel
lect; he has many faults, we'll known to
his people; but lie is one of the most
popular men in England, which the
heir apparent to the crown is not al
ways. 1 account for this by q peculiar
attention and Difference which lie pays
to every man with whom he comes in
contact. His manner implies that
there is something in his companion
worthy of respect, and that he pays it."
1t was said of Ralph Waldo Emerson
that his manners were finer than his
philosophy. The secret lay in his alb
solute liberation of every kind of human
being whom lie met. The poorest negro
was as certain to receive a respectful at
tention from him as the nobleman.
Il Went to meet o seer, too awe
struck and frightened to speak," said a
lady, who met him in her early youth,
'and in ten minutes I was describing to
him the effects of the civil war upon
my home-the one thing which I knew
and he did not"
This liberation of all phases of char
acter, and respect for each man and
woman, was doubtless more Aattering
when shown by a prince or q philoso-
pher; but it is the basis of all courtesy.
Young people are often discourteous
because they have no liberation for
people who differ from themselves.
Youth is apt to be satisfied with its
habits and beliefs, and entirely certain
that they are absolutely right. Middle
age sees reason to doubt its wv judg-
ment, and begins to perceive that other
people see the same subject differently,
with as clear eyes and sound brains.
do not be impatient with your COM
panion, boys, even if lie be really ig-
norant, vulgar and stupid. Remember
all human beings are not made in one
mould. You do not despise a horse and
a dog because they are not men; why
insult with your dislike q man, simply
because lie differs from yourself?
federation is perhaps the most royal
of virtues; it is more difficult than
charity Youths COMPANION.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-04

A GERMAN actress. disappointed in
love. committed suicide recently on the
stage in Vein. Very foolish things are
done in wine, frequently.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-04
aHE.aD

Alonzc-Now. dearest, I think I will
get the tickets for our wedding trip to.
day. You know there are only three
days before the wedding, and I shall.
have so much to do. What route would.
you prefer to take?
Wilhelmina with o bashful blush)-
Any one, dearest, SO long as it has
plenty of tunnels.-America.
EXPERIENCE and wisdom are the two
best fortuns-tellers.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-04

A CHATTANOOGA man tried the other
day to pawn his false teeth to get money
10 buy drink.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-04
JOHNNY VISITS Hxs UNCLE.

Brown-Where is your diamond ring
my dear?
Mrs. Brown-It is being reset.
Little Johnny (who has been out with
his mother)-Does the man always give
you money. ma, when You take any.
thing to be repaired. = Munsev,s
Weekly.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-04
UHAT IT MEANS,

Every once in q while the emperors.
of Russia, Germany and Austria have a
little reunion of their own. The world
is given to understand that they have
no Object i'll view except just to have q
little blowout. 1t is, however. a re-.
markable fact that there is invariably
some deviltry concealed at these con.
vivial occasions.
There is an old man in Austin, Texas.
who celebrates the Fourth of july with
q great deal of enthusiasm and an old
muzzle loading shotgun. On one par.
tlcular national holiday a neighbor met
the old man prowling about with q our.
$50 you are firing off that gun In
honor of our great national holiday. are
your"
Holiday be blowed!!r was the replv
OF the old man, who was somewhat
under the influence; I'm taking sdvant-
age Of all this shooting to put q load Of
buckshot into Thompson's dog, that has
kept me awake nights"
These emperors hold these reunions
tor no other purpose than putting q load
OF buckshot Into somebody's dog.
The Hot Springs star. (Hot Spings [Hot Springs], Dakota [Dakota Territory, i.e. S.D.]) 1886-189?, 1889-10-04

~ "&VV1S AVxIUp
He-something about the room look.
different from what it did when I called
last. What Is it2
she-oh, why, I took down cha.
Learn to Say No" motto that used 10
hang over there by the piano.
He-What did you do it FORT Nus
avery pretty piece Of work Va vsrvs
pretty, butt don't Ike the sentiment.
And in less thantwo minutes she ~
saying @yes.s-Tsvrs Hauts Rnpreaa
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-27
FEMALE SNuFF-piPPeRs.
southern Women Who Use Tobacco in
Peculiar Manner

southern Women Who Use Tobacco in n
Peculiar Manner.
popular vice among the ladies of this
part Oh the State is the use of tobacco.
writes an Ozark lark correspondent of
the Omaha Bee. Some will chew II lil,a
veterans, while others are content to
smoke. But by far the most common wav
Oh deriving enjoyment from its use is to
take 1T IN the form of snuff When a mum
Der OF women get together the snuff-box
Is nearly always produced, with the in
struction to ''take a dipiI as IT goes
around the circle. Then they will sit and
gossip, interrupting the flow of converse
ton with frequent expectorations into a
olg spittoon or the fireplace. A snun-dip-
pers outfit consists of small tin canister.
about an inch thick by two inches long, and
wooden brush The latter is about thr>e
inches IN length, and in size resembles a
slate pencil 1t is usually OF from black
gum or some other tc.-ga wood. One end
IS chewed and splintered by the teeth, till
oaSs like a small paint-brusb. The
spintered end Is dipped into the snuff and
worked around till a little ball has been
collected. The snuf thus secured is
rubbed over the teeth and gums. Usually
the stick is held between the teeth till tha
snuff has all been absorbed, when another
dip IS taken. For ladies who object to
using a canister and brush q small snuff
wafer has been invented which can be con-
cealed between the lips and teeth A
grocer's clerk asserted emphatically that
fully ninety per cent of the women used
either tobacco or SNUFF, or both. By think
ing men the tobacco habit among women is
considered one Of the worst evils with
which Arkansas Is obliged 70 contend.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-27
WORK AND WORKERS.

ONLY citizens of the United States arc
employed On Reading Pa.) city work.
THE Nokomis qll.) Coal Company has
found eight feet eight inches Of coal at eco
feet.
For the first time in many years all the
blast furnaces of the Pittsburgh district are
IN operation.
Or the 6,5O1 brick-layers, stone-masons
and stone cutters in New York City, 4,354
are % foreign birth.
THOSE who work on South Carolina rice
plantations labor all the year for, in many.
cases. less than $l00
IT is estimated that the paper-making In
dustry ranks fourteenth in the country in
the matter of labor employed and capital
invested.
FIFTY THouaASo English miners have de-
manded an increase of wages They base
their claim on the fact that times are get
ting better.
FROM New Orleans there comes an aP-
parently authoritative statement that Ger
many is rapidly supplanting eolored labor in
that region.
TIE Pullman shops, Chicago. are now on
ten-hours' time TO meet increased orders
Nine hours had been the standard day at
Pullman.
CARPENTERS and mill men are warned to
keep away from Waldo, Ark, as the laber
market is overstoeked and wages have been
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-27
TIE CITY OF MEXICO.
1t Is Nice as Regards Climate, But It's
Sewage Is Awful.

1t Is Nice as Regards Climate, But It's
Sewage Is Awful.
The City of Mexico is so often described
by newspaper correspondents as delight
full place of residence that statements bv
Richard E. Chism, in the Engineering and
Mining Journal, will be received with
amazement by the average reader.
The popular idea of the city is that in its
perpetual bath in the sparkling atmosphere
Of an altitude of 7,460 feet above the sea-
and from its location-to quote from the
gazetteer-''in a noble plain 1,700 square
miles in extent, inclosed by mountains con-
tanning many lakes,' it must, indeed, be a
place where the sick and the weary can
find rest and comfort. But the sanitary
engineer does not see things as others see
them, and Mr.. Chism describes the CAPITAL
city OF Mexico as whited sepulcher. He
says the city has a death rate of 40 per
1000, which, he ventures the opinion, is
larger than that of any other city in the
civilized world.
Mr.. Chism's description of the drainage
system of the city will avert the shock of
surprise on this vital point. The sewage
from the housesis conveyed to covered gut
ters in the middle of the street, which gut
ters are in chronic state of straugulation ::
'hence the constant presence in all quar-
CeFS OF inc clCy OF gangs OF men who stand
thigh deep in the black and foul water, and
rake into its depths to remove the obstruc-
tions. Every place of this kind is center
of infection in the shape of foul smells that
poison the air for blocks around"
The sewage, according to Mr.. Chism,
makes "a slow and sullen exit through the
main canal of San Lazaro, to Lake Texcoco
If the latter is low enough" When the
lake is high the sewage stands and soaks
into the ground. 1t is impossible to make
an excavation over two feet deep in any
part of the city, even in the heart of the dry
season, ''without its being filed with black,
stinking water,' and frequently after sud
den rains streets are flooded with black
dilution of sewage from wall to wall After
such rains pumps are set to work all over
the city to pump water out of court-yards,
stores and warehouses, and the poor have
hard work to bale out their rooms with
basins and cups.
Such being her condition the City of Mex
leo is hardly the haven for the tourist and
the weary seeker for recreation that she is
popularity supposed to be. A mean temper
ature of 50 5 in January and 653 in July will
not make up for unsanitary conditions such
as was noted by Mr.. Chism.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-27
GIRLS CORRESPONDENCE.
Why Young Women Should Never Write
Letters to Married Men.

why Young Women Should Never Write
Letters to Married Men.
A habit very common With number Of
our thoughtless young ladies, who do a great
many things quietly which they would not
like to have known at home-a habit de-
serving of the strongest condemnation-ls
that of promiscuous correspondence with
gentlemen, whether the gentleman be mar
ried or single.
| The young ladies who find pleasure in this
habit, says Harper's Bazaar, use their pens
on any pretext that turns up, and some
times on no pretext at all We are not
really sure that this does not come less un-
der the head of an undesirable habit than
sin, for there is an indelicacy about it
quite amounting to immodesty, of which no
girl who desires the respect of others will
be guilty.
These young letter-writers, however, gen.
orally get tit reward for their thought
lessness or their culpability. II their cor
respondent Is man of systematic habits,
their letters are docketed and ticketed,
and his clerks have as much of a laugh
over them as they wish; and if he is not a
systematic man then those letters are at the
mercy of any and every one who chooses to
waste time in reading them. II their cor
respondent is married man then his pos
session OF tnelr letters, even OF the most
trivial kind, places the writer's at a disad-
vantage. Sooner or later the letters fall
INTO the hands of his wife, who reads the
folly or the wickedness with clear eyes, and
holds the writer not only in contempt, but
IN her power
No young girl can be sure that her CORE
spondent is not merely amusing himself
with her; and it is often the case that her
letters are unwelcome and a nuisance, and
he does not check them and does reply to
them, not from interest in her, but merely
manly chivalry. When the writer has re-
covered from her folly, or forgotten about
her idleness, there is the letter ready to
rise, like an awful betraying ghost, after
she herself has possibly undergone
change, that will make her face burn,
branded with shame, should the letter ever
chance to confront her, or perhaps even the
memory Of it. Her motive may have been
all innocence at the time, but it is left for
ever under doubt and, in fact, except in
the baldest business affair, there can be no
excuse, and, therefore, no innocence, in the
matter Of young girls writing letters to
any man not her personal relative or guard
ian, for about most of these letters there is
an unmaidenliness almost amounting to in
decency, and in the end her correspondent
himself never thinks other than light of her
on account of them
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-27
NO. IA.
"LoNe JOHN" ANECDOTES.
Some Good Stories That Recall Early Days
I'm, Cl,ieoon

Some Good Stories That Recall Early Days
in Chicago.
New stories occasionally crop out about
Long John" (the late John Wentworth),
says the Chicago Tribune. "Wheu he first
came to Chicago he served for awhile as q
clerk in one Of the general stores here, and
dealt out calico, molasses, shingle nails,
flour and hair-pins with equal impartiality.
Among the customers of the store was an
lrishman who vas a constant irritant to
Johns bump of animosity on account OF
habit he had OF always wanting some thing
thrown in whenever he paid a bill or made
purchase. So sure as he invested a dol
lar or paid bill he requested the salesman
to throw in lead pencil, or pipe, or
paper of pins, or some other little article.
Zone day this Irishman came into tho
store and, among other articles, purchased
two-galIou jug of molasses. As usual he
wanted the einvestment topped on with a gift
land now, Johnny, dear he said, for
John was waiting on him, can't you throw
In small lot of chewing tobaccyf'
John looked at the customer a moment
IN disgust and then, bright idea seizing
him, he pulled the cork from the Jug,
crammed lot of tobacco into the molasses,
and handed it to the astonished Irishman
with the remark that there was his 'tobaccy
thrown in"
1--WE heard story regarding Wentworth
and his connection with that store Also"
said q man to whom this was told
And, by the way, it was the store con-
Quoted by John 8. Hogan, in connection
with the post-ofice. Hogan was the post
master in 1887, and the mail wasn't heavy
enough to worry him to any great extent.
Whisky was cheap IN those days, of course,
and it was a custom with many of the
store-keepers to keep bottle or Jug handy,
at which their customers could refresh
themselves There was one old fellow who
drank more of John Hogan's free whisky
than, in Wentworth's view, the purchases
he made warranted, and so he put up a Job
on the old man, who, as in the former story,
was an Irishman. Pouring the real whisky
from the customers jug he inserted lib
eral dose of raw alcohol, cayenne and gin
ger, and told the habitues of the store TO
look for results when the mixture touched
the bottom of the drinkers stomach. Pres
emily the Irishman came in and made the
usual call upon the whisky jug. He poured
out generous tumblerful and gulped it
down, while those in the secret prepared to
enjoy the look of surprise and astonish-
ment that would come over his face The
old man said nothing for awhile, but stood
gazing at the empty glass. He rubbed his
stomach and appeared to think. Then he
turned around to the crowd, and with the
tears running down his face and his voice
filed with emotion, gasped out:
'Holy-mither- of Moses byes-but
that was good stuff"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-27

The smuggling of Chinese men and
women from British America into United
States territory IS lucrative business at
various points along the border from Van
couver TO Winnipeg. If the venture fails
at one place it is renewed at another, and
sooner or later the pilgrims get in. A
new trick just discovered at Whateom, w.
T., has almost taken away the breath of
the Federal officials, for they know that it
must have been successful for time The
large number of squaws coming into the
country from British Columbia finally at
tracted the attention of an official, and he
took party of them to jail On close in
spection it was found that the creatures
were not squaws at all, but able-bodied
Cinnamon who had painted and otherwis Sc
disguised themselves SO as to resemble the
typical Indian squaw of the frontier. In
one instance two young and rather cornely
Chinese women came across IN the garb of
American women, but closely vailed. An
ungallant official lifted their walls and
found them out. These girls were billed
through to San Francisco, and were worth
to their owner about 50 200 apiece.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-27
something New IN root-c..r

"Of all the astonishing inventions" y. says
invention, that which Is credited to a
Japanese gentleman for walking on the
waters is one of the most surprising. He
is stated to have triumphe after twenty
years labor and sorrow, study and expert
ment, and has now applied for patent 1t
is described as something in the nature of
footgear, made OF iron, paper, gum-elastic
and wood, eiliptical in shape, having gutta-
percha tubes and a life-belt attached 1t is
not announced how locomotion Is To be
achieved, but 1t is said that three miles an
hour will be the pace. The apparatus weighs
two and one-half pounds only, AMI the
wearer will be able TO carry load of twen-
tr-five pounds"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-27
Tho Power OF Nian.-.

Inc amount OF water falIingov Niagara
fails Is equal to about 10o,OO0,OO tons an
hour falling 10000 feet. The amount of
coal required to raise such a weight TO the
point from which 1t fell, which is a measurei
OF the amount Of the power yielded by tho.
water IN falling, would require the con-
sumption of 100000 600 tons of coal, which is
the amount Of coal now consumed by the
entire world Now, If fifty per cent of the
power used to drive the first dynamo ma
chime could be recovered from the second, !
ana hence, If the whole power OF NiagaraI
could De utilized, it might DO distributed
over tne United States so as TO give from
1haU water fall alone power equal to thei
present mechanical force of the world,
estimating that one-half of the coal used
Is solely for mechanical purnoses.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-27
HE PAID THE BILLS.
One of the Serious Drawbacks to a Merry
Christmas.

Ohe OF inc serious Drawbacks TO q Merry
Christmas.
Old Mr. Lot o. Rocks on Christmas MORN
ing was the happiest man in three coun-
ues, says the Chicago News. richly
upholstered, hand-emhroidered, silver
tasseled dressing gown hung over his
easy chair, with an affectionate note from
mamma dazzling diamond stud twisted
the SUMS rays out of shape on the dresser
and threw light blue CLEAN on card ::
TO dearest papa, from his loyingest
daughter" gold repeater on the lnantel
tucked so hard 1t almost knocked a hole in
the wall, and a pretty card told him it was
from another Miss Rocks. Slippers and
neckties, suspenders and handkerchiefs.
smoking-caps and cigar-holders were also
stacked up in one corner of the room.
Old Rocks smothered himself in his
new gown and an excess of sentiment for
two days. He smoked himself blind and
employed night watchman to protect his
JeWelry he was q very proud man
proud OF himself, proud of an affectionate
family that was proud of him. Helavished
presents on his LOVING wife and tender
hearted daughters. Such an unbounded
display OF affection must be rewarded an
hundred fold, thought old Rocks He did
not leave wish or want of his dutifuI fam
lily go unheeded. Old Mr.. Rocks was made
thrice happy.
Early yesterday district messenger bow
called with small bill for a pair of slim
pers. Old Mr.. Rocks smiled in a feyerish
sort OF way. An hour later the haberdasher
sent IN bill for ties, suspenders and other.
Drlc-arbrao. AT noon the tailor's messenger
carried up an account for dressing gown
and cap. But old Rocks paid and paid until
the jewelers. diamond and watch statement
reached his Office, then the old man flew
into passion. 913.26 was more than he
would stand. He could have bought every
thing for half his affeotionate family had
paid for it, he declared, and threatened to
pitch the messenger into the street. But
the Jeweler notified Mr.. Rocks that the bad
DEBT wagon would call at his residence next
morning u he did not pay his honest debts,
and the old man settled :
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-27

Work on the new steel plate factory mas
begun at Joliet. 1t viii make passenger and
freignt-ear trucks under the Fox patents
and employ 1900 men.
THE new cotton mill at Des Moines. Ia Is
pronounced succsss, with the entire prod
act sold Under contract aud an additional
force of weayers wanted.
A RECENT strike of the plumbers and gas
htters OF St. Joseph, No. for nine hours,
resulted IN their favor. though they agreed
to slight reduction in wages until April 1.
IHE first furnace Of the Cameron Iron
and Coal Company, st Emporia, Kan. has
gone into blast Three Others are TO be butt.
This inaugurates new era In the industries
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-27
THE RULE OF CONTRARY.

Hoy things do go by contraries,
In this sublunary sphere!
And mems names, OF Fato's vagarieA
Are the queerest OF the queer.
Mr.. Goodman is bad man,
Mr.. Wellman's always i'll;
Mr.. Joy he is a sad man,
Mr.. Wiseman's wisdom's nil
Mr.. Blackman is a white man,
Mr.. White he is a black;
Mr.. Stout he is a slight man,
Mr.. Neat is mighty slack.
Mr.. Winters full of ardor,
Mr.. Summers always cold;
Mr.. Gamble ne'r card or
''Chip" was ever known to hold.
Mr.. Long he is short man,
Mr.. Widman he is meek;
Mr.. Learneds an untaught man,
Mr.. Meek has got the ''cheek-"
Mr.. Tailor ne'er made breecheS.
Nor did Nailor drive nal;
Mr.. Pitcher never pitches,
Nor does Sailor reef sail.
Mr.. Wait IS always early,
Mr.. Early's always late;
Mr.. Sweet is always surly,
Mr.. Crook is always straight"
And, SO, thro' the categoriesI
o! what is there that can lie
Lie mems names-except the stories
Told by tombstones when men diet
Boston Globe.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-27
Eril FTscts of Tnhacnn.

Says the New York Medical Journal: 'sIn
an experimental observation of thirty eight
boys OF ali classes Of society and of aver
age health who had been using tobacco for
periods ranging from two months to two
years, twenty seven showed severe injury
10 the constitution and insufficient growth
sliirtytwo showed the existence OF irregu-
sarity Of tie hearts action, dlsordered
ssomachs, coughs and craving for alcohol
thirteen had intermlttency of the pulse and
one had consumption. After they hao
abandoned the use of tobacco within six
months one-half were free from ali their
former symptoms and the remainder had
recovered ~ TIE end q the year, =
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-03-27
The Eliminated !. Obey. >,

Lille Devereux Blake says that the word
''obey'' should be omitted from the mar
riage service. Fashionable society is be-
ginning to agree with her, for many of the
brides of the last few months failed to
promise obedience TO their husbands as they
stood at the altar. Perhaps the time is not
far distant when it will be the custom for
the bridegroom to repeat the word which
so many brides at present find obnoxious
Domestic democracy may not prove practi-
cable. A family must have a court of last
resort