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THE YELLOW GARTER.
Why All the Girls Wear One just Alb,
the Left Knee,

Why All the Girls Wear One just Above
the Left Knee,
The very latest and funniest within Is the
wearing Of the yellow garter, says the New
York Sun. Just one garter, not two, YOU
understand, and it must be worn Just above
the left knee. The other stocking may be
wrinkled disconsolately over the shoe or be
fastened In place by any one or all of the
mysterious devices known only to the initi-
ated, but the left one is held firmly by a
band Of yellow silk elastic, with ri bbon
rosette Of the same shade, and the correct
and proper thing is to wear it night and day
for six months
The yellow garter's origin is shrouded In
murky uncertainty, but its Specification is
known to every girl who possesses it, and
this is its charm: Any girl who wears
yellow garter above her left knee is sure to
be engaged in less than six months. The
garter must be given to her by friend, she
must not make or buy it, and it has never
been known to fail of its purpose but once.
and then the owner was wearing it on the
wrong extremity, or rather the right one
instead Of the left.
Just wherein lies its potency belongs to
the ethics Of the esoterics Of girlhood, but
the girls all wear them. The slim slips of
girls who want to be engaged just for fun,
RED; the bright, clever girls, as sweet and
spicy and wholesome as carnations, who
have career before them, and say they
wouldn't marry the best man In the world;
the hopeless girls that have tried every
thing else, you know, and are accustomed
to failures; the sweet hearted, womanly
girls, who are waiting like Mariana ia the
moated grange, and signing because HE
cometh not" and the naughty, witching
girls, who could marry every fellow in the
market If they were not so sort of be-
wildering that no one quite dares ask them,
and the shy girls, who hide the yellow
band from their very best friends, and
think Of it when they say their prayers, all
waiting for some brave knight of the
garter to help them solve the problem con-
corning the success or failure of the time
honored institution which is causing 40
much controversy at present-all wear the
yellow garter
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NO GREAT MEN WANTED.
A Partisan Barber who Does Not Desi1
THAR Na,afo,,,

A Partisan Barber Who Does Not Desire
Their Custom.
"Victor Hugo was once one of your pa
irons, believe" said French writer, n.
Planche, to Brassier, a barber of Paris.
"Alasl yes" answered the barber The
word and the accent surprised the inquirer.
was 1t not agreeable, then, to have the
greatest man in France-the greatest poet
OF his century, perhaps-for a customerl''
The barber shrugged his shoulders. "Ah,
monsieur, it is one of the worst things that
can happen to you, to have great man for
customer. You see, they are not like
other men" Then, in order to justify his
paradox, he related a chapter of personal
experience.
Zone day great lady, Nine. de x,
whose hair l had dressed, and who was
much pleased with my work, said she
would recommend me to thirty or more of
her friends; and in day or two she sent
me paper containing all the names and
addresses of these people, with her recon-
mendation of me at the bottom"
1.-THE recommendation of Nine. de X-l
why, that was as good as fortune to you,
my good man. said M blanche.
cit might have been, sir, but for NJ. Vic
tor Hugo. He was here the day received
it; he had sat down in the very chair YOU
are sitting in now. L had Just put a towel
round his neck, when he seemed to be
seized with some great thought and beck
oned me to let him alone. He drew pencil
from his pocket, took a sheet of paper from
this table here and began writing.
HE had been writing about five minutes
when another customer came in, Ny men
were ali busy, so, seeing that NJ. Hugo had
stopped writing to sharpen his pencil,
stepped up to him and said:
"'M. Hugo, if you will permit me to be-
gin with you'll am in hurry
"'Uml I'm in a hurry, too said he.
"Then he got up all at once, paper and
pencil in hand, and started out of the shop
/ called after. him that he had the towel
round his neck, and he took it of. But
didn't mind the paper, because / didn't
know what it was.
"But in the afternoon l wanted the paper
which Nine. de x had given me, and
couldn't find it. One of my men said it had
been lying there on the table. That was
the paper that M. Victor Hugo had taken
Tor his notes
ut was so. rushed away to NJ. Hugois
house to recover the precious paper.
'Ah, yes he said, Il remember; l had
no sooner got into the house than had an.
other and much better idea, and as had,
therefore, no further need of your paper,
l.
1" Threw it into the freq
" I am sorry to say 1 didr"
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RELIEVED OF A SNAKE,
A Reptile Taken from the Stomach OF
Portsmouth IN. HI Woman.

A Reptile Taken from the Stomach OF q
Portsmouth IN. HI Woman.
A Biddeford (Me.) correspondent write:
that for the past two years and a half Mrs
Frank Kenney, Of Portsmouth, N. H., has
been terrible sufferer from some disorder
of the stomach. The trouble, whatever II
was, had grown worse, and notwithstand
ing that the patient has been under the
treatment OF some of the most eminent ply
sicians Of New England, no relief was af
forded her
Mrs. Kenney has insisted from the frs,
that some living creature was in her stom.
ach, and her sutferngs dated from August
1886, when, while at "a camp-meeting at Al
stou Bay, she drank from a brook and re.
allied that she had swallowed soma reptile
Her horrible sufferings converted her rela.
tives and friends to her own belief as e
their source, but none Of the physicians
who treated her would allow that il was
possible for the human stomach to contain
a living thing, and their treatment was fot
cancer and other ordinary stomach troubles
and the patients sufferings grew worse al
the time.
! She insisted that the thing moved within
her; that 1t bit and Kissed, and even the
physicians allowed that there was an unac
3 countable disturbance in her stomach, un.
like any thing which had ever before come
to their attention.
She was finally induced to come to this
city and place herself under the treatment
Of Saco doctor Finding that she was
getting no benefit from his treatment, she
consulted physician of Biddeford, and he
unlike the others, after an examination. de.
cided that the patients idea was correct
and that there was reptile in her stomach.
A few days ago he determined to make
final efforts for relief Of his patient, and
from one Monday evening until FRIDAY
morning not a particle of food nor even a
swallow of water had passed her Inns.
Thursday night he administered some kind
OF dose Che declines TO say what and Fri
day morning he took from the patient a
small light-colored snake 1875 inches long.
Shortly after taking this final dose, Mrs
Kenney went almost into commissions, and
for about an hour IL was thought the DRUG
administered would prove fatal TO her
rather than to any thing that might be in her
stomach.
Several reputable witnesses were present
and the reptile mas since been seen by hun
dreds.
Leading 1ctors scoff at the story,
Mrs. kenney told the correspondent that
however strange the case may seem to the
public or the medical profession, there
could not be the least doubt that the snake
had been in her stomach Since the opera
ton she has rapidly recovered.
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Picture of n Poatas.

From the Milwaukee News we learn that
an ambitious young woman of the name of
Thomas is regularly employed at writing
and circulating puffs of Mrs. Ella Wheeler
Wilcox. A Chicago lady recently told Mr..
Eugene Field. the Chicago News poet, that
when Mrs. Wilcox was in Chicago not very
long ago there was reception given In
her honor on the south side of town. ST
went to the reception says the lady, SHUT
did not meet Mrs. Wilcox. happened to
be standing near her soon after / arrived
and overheard her say to one of our Chica-
go ladies: oh, you ought to meet my hus-
baadi he's regular masheri' That was
all l cared to hear. SAID to my husband
that I'd got all WANTED and thought we'd
better go home. So home we went" The
discriminating editor of the Century Mags-
zine calls Mrs. Wilcox the poetess Of board
ing-house passion.
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ROCKY MOUNTAIN BAIT.
The Interesting Story of the EvoIutio
of the Corlaff

The Interesting Story of the Evolution
Of the Corbait.
In the streams of the Rocky mountains
the fishermen use bait that is not pener
ally known in the United States, saws the
Denver Republican. 1t is called corbait. II
IS kind of water grub, and in natural his.
tory 1t furnishes, like the butterfly, some
interesting evidence in favor of the doctrine
of evolution, while the close of its existence
might point moral for preachers and phil.
osophers ofopposite turns of mind
AT the sandy bottom of a clear and slug.
gish stream it first appears as a little mag.
got rolling along with the current As it
rolls, portions of the finest sand and atoms
Of wood stick to it, until it acquires a com.
plete evercoat. With the gluey substance
which it has acquired in natures store, it
cements the sand aud little patches of wood
around its body with marvellous skill Its
head and front parts are somewhat like q
fly or little beetle, and it has strong claws.
When its overcoat or house is finished, with
all tho modern improvements, it stops roll
ing and begins to crawl on the bottom
against the current until it reaches rock,
under which it takes refuge from trout and
other enemies. There it remains la peace
and security all through the summer.
In winter it closes up the front and only
door OF us caoln and doubtless sleeps the
sleep Of the just When spring returns and
the water begins to get warm, it manages
TO thin down the walls of its habitation,
from which, OF course, the water is already
expelled, until It becomes scfeeicnt II
beoyAnt TO bear the tenant TO the surface.
Then stneats along, looking ike On insiy-
nl6oaut fragments Of q rotten twig Sud
denlg pdsr the rays Of tie sun tho upper
portion o lis affair bursts open II IS a
baas now, with one little passenger aboard
beautiful green ~, known by trout
fshers as the green drake Perfectsy
safe d bis little vessel, this green drake
enjoys the sunshine. he scratches his
wings with his toes, combs his hair with his
fingers, and takes some long and lazy
Stretches Then, as II struck with 1 new
IDEA, he raises his wings. hesitates no.
mcnt 70 consider his future career. aud a
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A CURIOUS FREAK.
A Kentucky Dwarf who Hears Perfectly,
But Can Not Talk.


But Can Not Talk.
A curious freak of nature-whether
caused by disease or rights causing
much attention, and it is wonder that it
has not attracted attention long ago The
Corydon Ky.) correspondent of the st.
Louis Republic had II called to his notice by
an itinerant peddler, and / investigated 1t
as well as l could before wrote. Upon
learning that "a person twenty-seven years
old and only thirty inches high" was to be
seen at the poor-house, procured a buggy
and went thither accompanied by another.
There we found the object, with his knees
drawn up to his chin and his heels drawn up
to his hips, sitting in a rocking chair, while
behind him stood a small cradle in which he
slept at night 1t was easily seen by his
eyes that he was as old as asserted, though
judging by his face and head Que would not
suppose him to be beyond eleven or twelve
years Examination proved that he had
fun set of teeth, and that his hearing was
perfect, though he could not talk or be at
tracted by words, but a childish musical
instrument or rattle would call his atten-
ton Immediately. His limbs are wasted
away TO the dimensions Of skeleton, and
can be wound about each other, or about
his shoulders ~ pleasure, but are so plant
and sensitive that be must be swathed IN
nannel al all times, ana nc - 80 heipleSb
that he must be washed and dressed twice
day and attended like child. Judging By
his head, his face and his ringing laugh, ems
would expect more Intelligence, but his gi6-
berish, which resembles the Chattering "a
locke, dispels ali such idea
The supervisor Of the poor was not well
enough acquainted with the history of the
case to give any explanation Of the freak
~, a. ~ aieease or Of friwhf-hnk sqruises,
and very probably, that il may have been
the result. Of fright so common during
she scenes enacted between 1851 and 1850
che child having been born il 1862.
Judge John I.ocKett, Of Henderson, Is Mr..
Gibso1's (poor.hoase supervisor nuthority
feE tae tietensnt hat the cfeqsere'a nasne
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The Maharajah Dhuleep Singh sends q
London paper letter, addressed to the
Queen in which, after enumeratfng many
alleged wrongs, he insists on the restora-
tion 70 him of the Koh-inoor. He says
Il VIII be useless for me To demand the
restoration Of my kingdom, swindled from
me by your Christian Government, but
which hope shortly, by the aid of Proyi-
deace, 70 reeake from my robbers. But my
Diamond the Kohl moor, understand IS
entirely az your own personal disposal.
Therefore, believing that your Majesty to
be tho most reIig ious Lady that your sub
ieets pray fer every Sunday, do not hesi-
tate to ask that this gem be restored to me,
or else thai fair price be paid for It to me-
out Of your priYy pnEse.n
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Land QaBee at Larned. Kan.. May no. lssp.

Notice i hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice Of bis intention
TO make final proof in support Of his claim
and that said proof will be made before Frank
Holmes, clerk OF the district court OF Barber
county. Kansas, at Medicine Lodge. Kansas on
June -, So. viz: samuel +. Ciinkscales o. d.
>. No 1879. for the = 4 and SO a s-w 4
see D township y south, range - west
He names the following witnesses TO prove
of said land viz; :,
Charles G. Zimmerman. Stephen Y. Car. Pat
l,arkin, Lyman W. DeGeer, all of Deeri,eai
Kansas.
5l4 HENRY ". ScoT.., Register.
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last flies OF to make new acquaintance in
another sphere of life.
Unfortunately his want Of experience on
wings is too often fatal to him. His ability
and propensity to walk upon the water
seem to be Of questionable utility; but he
gets there as If to look down upon the mis-
cradle world from which he came. Lost in
reverie and serene happiness, he floats
along carelessly and then disappears in the
jaws Of hungry trout, where his varie-
gated career ends.
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Land Office at Larned. Kans.. May 10, 1870.

Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of his intention
To make final proOf in support of his claIIn
ana that said proof viii lie made before tie
probate judge of Barber COUNTY, Kansas, at
Medicine Lodge, Kansas, on June 2sth. 1853.
the ne s-g + " = sc sec g. twp 81 south,
range II west; and lot 2, sec 1, twp q, south
range IL west.
He names the following Witnesses &, prove.
his continuous residence upon and os.ltivaiioIs
of sa.d land. viz;
III. II. Hardy, VIM Howard; a. Newkirt. II
knight, ali of Medicine I.assee Kansas.
Did HENRY W. SCOTT, Register
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PUBLICATION NOTICES.
Land Oaice atIarpc

Land Office at Larned, Kans, May IL, 1853.
Notice is hereby given that tho following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim,
and that said proof will be made before Frank
Holmes, clerk of the district court of Barber
county, at Medicine Lodge. kas.. on June 18th
1889. viz: john ID. Decker, o ID $ No. 45s7 FOR.
the n W of sec Y, twp. 81, south, of range IA
west
He names the following witnesses to prove
bis continuous residence upon and cultivation
OF said land. viz:
James Carl Edward Carr. Riley Lake. S. G.
Stewart, all ofI4ake City, Kansas.
Ola HENRY W. SCOTT. Register
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No. l470. First Publication May -, 1859.
puPI II a TInN nrnrrn1

Albert G. Bostick and Amanda j. Bostick. his
wife:
VOU will take notice that you have been
sued, together with Francis H. Myers
Fannie +. Myers, his wife, L. Il. Rostick and
Mat Bostick, his wife, in the district court in
and for Barber county, Kansas, by Coddington
Savings Bank, and that unless you answer to
the petition filed in said suit. ON or before the
18th day of July, 1889, said petition will be ia
ken as true. and Judgment rendered against
you accordingly. foreclosing a mortgage exc
cuted and delivered by Francis III. Myers and
Fannie Il. Myers, to Jarvis, Conklin 4 Co. da-
ted Jaiy LIST, 1886. on the following described
real estate, in Barber county, Kansas, to-wit:
The southwest quarter of section twenty
eight (2Sl. in township thirty four (34) range
thirteen qg west, and for the sale of said real
estate, without appraisement TO pay the debt
secured By said mortgage
BEARDSLEY & GREGORY
Seal. Attorneys for Plaintiff
Approved: FRANK HOLMES, CPk Dis. Court.
by s. l.. ALLEN, Deputy Is
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First Published May ~, 1889.
sHERJFF'S SALE

FHs' T pisned MAY ~, 1889.
sHERJFF'S SALE
STATE OF KANSAS,
BARRIER COUNTY, IS
In the District Court of the 9th Judicial nj
trlct within and for Barber Coupsv
Kansas.
H. a. Noah plaintiff,
versus
John Sunafrank, defendant
R1 virtue of an alias execution fss,,c,, ON, 90
II the district court of Barber county sta,
OF Kansas. to me directed, in favor ~. n
Noah' ana against John Sunafrank will ON
SATURDAY, JUNE 29fl. lsse
at the hour of two o'clock in the afto,,,,o, -.
tnat day, at the front door of the courthn,,s.,
III the city of Medicine Lodge Barber co,,nty'
Kansas, sell at public auction for cash in no
niShest bidder, to satisfy said execution fhe
Ioilo"lng described real estate, situated i'm
Barper county, state of Kansas, ana nil Tho
right ute, interest and estate of the said do
Iemdant, John Sunafrank, therein tO-syit:
80. l ne ne souihcas quarter of the southeast quar-
Ter OF section fifteen, and the east half OF tho.
northeast quarter of section -, and the norfh-
west quarter OF the northwest Quarter of sac-
tlon twenty-three all in township thirty south
OF range fourteen, west of the 9th D. m con-
talnlIg lhO acres more less, to satisfy
a Judgment rendered against said defendant
ana IN FAVOR of said plaintiff for the sum of
Two Cents ISLE OF; and the further SIM 9f
Iwenty-SX Dollars and Forty-FTve Cents
lS2o 45l, as costs of suit; together with accrued
costs and interest ana the costs of this sale
Dated at my Office i'm Medicine Lodge Kan.
sils, this 18th day of May, 1889
GEO. w. STEVENS.
10 Sheriff Barber county, Kansas
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A Georgia Fish Story.

J. d. Stafford, of Granville, Ga, turned
on" his fish pond recently and large gourd
was found in the bottom of the pond. This
gourd had an aperture about the size of a
silver quarter in it, and inside the Rourd
were two mud catfish which would weigh
pound each. The fish went in while small
and remained there until too large to make
hot
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Land once at Larned, Kan.. Nav ! ~.

Notice Is hereby givoG that the following
named settler has filed notice ~ his fI,fenfios,
20 make nnal prc1T IN support of his claim
and that said proof viii bss made before Tho,
clerk OF the district court o HARDER county
Kansas. ~ Medieif.e Lodge. Kansas. on the l;.ilr
DAY OF June. isss. VT: james p. Harris, %. ID.
,. NO. Es1.. for the 4 OF Sc "a of section 15
twp II south. Of Fg3ge II west.
He names thu following Witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of ssii6 land. viz:
X. Lake. Il. II. FIowepa s. II Buck q r.
stewart. AZ OF Lake CitT. Kansas
Sl-3 HESRx W. SCOTT, Regis.s.r.
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ATTACHMENT NOTICE

JOIH NIhffOn, pIilnt1I,
versus
Dan Cornuc and Thos. II. Callison,
defendants
Before Q. w Owens, a Justice Of the Peace of
sun City Township, in Rarber county, Kans
NAlD defendant, Dan. Cornue. is hereby no
~ titled that on the 10th day of May, 1859. an
order of attachment for the sum OF Ninety
Eve Dollars and EightyNine Cents ISq5 g9l,
was issued by the above named Justice of the
Peace. against his goods, in the above entitled
acton and that said cause will be heard on
the I'd day or July, 1889. at one o'clock, D. m.
1-3 JOHN MARION plaintiff
Attest G. w. OWENS. Justice of the Peace.
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Notice j. hereby 2.gcn that fha suIsowlnY-
named settler hIis Eel notice Of ~ Intentions
~ make i5iat prOof IN support 81 his claim
ana fnst slid proof viii Do a<te before the
PROBATE gitdse of Barber county, Kansas, at
menielns Lo1ge, h agsss. the 18th day OF
June. icssl VIZ Luke w Chaplin. o. %. s. No
I'll wess.
ne names the following witnesses to prove
Of said land. VIZ:
g. d. Ewaft. Frank Strong. s. X W. Field.
Stephen Hitchcock. all Of Medicine lodge.
COS uExnx ". seozz. Resistsr.
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SATURDAY. JUNE %. 1889.

SATURDAY, JUNE - 1889
at the hour OF : O'Clock p M, at the front door
of the building now used as n oourt.bouse r.,
the city of Medicine Lodge. county of Rar
her, and state of Kansas, offer for sale at Dub-
hand, all the right, title and interest of the
above named defendants in and to the follow
ing described real property, situated in the
county OF Barber, and state of Kansas to-Wit.
The northwest quarter of the southeast quar-
ter, ana the southeast quarter of the northwest
quarter. and the east half of the southwest
quarter of section thirteen tI3l in towpsbir,
th1rty-four GA, of range fifteen DO
Said property is levied upon az tho Drtnertv
OF the above named defendants. and will be
der of sale. -
Sherins office, Medicine Lodge, BarF-a,-
county, Kansas, May 81. 1899
GEORGE W. STEVENS
"a Sheriff Barber Couny, Kaneas
w. J. Patterson and NJ. Symmetrical, Attor-
neys for plaintiff.
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matter of special and protracted study by
NJ Adolphe d'Assier. According to his re-
Gently published calculations, based on the
assumption that the coincidence Of the
earth's perihelion passage with the summer
solstiee every II 900 years marks the regu-
lar recurrence Of a northern glacial period,
the last glacial period eliminated In 1910
B. c., the alternating period OF greatest
northern warmth occurred A. D. 1850, and
the Ice period that IS now approaching viii
reach its greatest height A d. 1880. Eyi.
dence Of the slow cooling during the last
600 years is regarded as being manifested
N the changes recorded IN the northern
limits Of the growth and ip>ning Of certain
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An Extraordinarr STORY.

The police of Budapest, Hungary, are in
vestigqting truly marvellous case. A boy
ut the public grammar school has confessed
70 his father that he has for some time past
taken money from the till in his shop, being
ordered to do so by man who had made
him q subject of experiments in hypnotism.
The father went 70 the school authorities,
and 1t was discovered that whole class Of
boys was in similar plight. They acted as
mediums and by process known as
suggestion" were made to steal money
from their parents and bring it to the ar
dent scientist in question. The affair Is
stiil wrapped IN mystery and Is the one
topic of conversation.