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Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-31
a propOsnl,

IIo (who has been hanging iirc all the
seasonl-"Are you fond of puppies, Miss
SmithF
She (promptly)-"What q singular
way you have of proposing, Edgardo.
Yes. darling"
And now tho cards are out. To 5-Lay.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-31
Medical Evidence.

Doctor lin the witness box)-"0n ex.
amining the plaintiff, found a severe
confusion OF the left optical nerve, to-
gether with extravasation of the blood
under the epidermis, which was slightly
abraided-"
Judge-"You simply mean black
eye2"
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-31
Exnot Informntion.

Stranger-"Will you tell mo, sir, if
am half way to Badgertown2"
lrishman "Faith an will II you toll
mo where you started from. u Ein's
Smiles.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1889-05-31
THE MERRY SIDE OF LIFE.
STORIES THAT ARE TOLD BY THE
FUNNY MEN OF THE PRESS.

Trying to Look Prospcrous-Exaot
MISUNDERSTANDING Ambiguous
-Roason for Marrying, Etc.
Foggs-"I soc old Busgings is having
his house paintod."
Boggs-"fcs, guess ho wants to
borrow another thousand without secur-
ity. "-NetO York Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12
A New York Friend of Barber

New YORK, May 81, 1889.
EDITORS INDEX: Some time ago, |
wrote to Prof. Wiley, chemist of the de-
partment of agriculture. at Washing
ton, in regard to sugar factory, sending
him some Medicine Lodge papers with
articles about the factory there, and ad-
vised him to visit Medicine Lodge and
use that as one of his stations for his
experiments on the manufacture of
sugar out of sorghum. Before getting
my letter it seems that Prof. Wiley WIS.,
tied Medicine Lodge, and this morning
received the following letter from him
which think contains an item of inter
est to the citizens of Medicine Lodge,
hence | send it to you for publication:
WASHINGTON. d. C., May ~, 1859.
DR.. E. p. MILLER, New York
DEAR SIR: On my turn from the West. /
found your letter of the 9Th in regard to the
experiments in the manufacture of sugar from
sorguIn at Medicine Lodge, Kansas. During
my absence, visited this place and was much
pleased with the prospects foaad there for
the successful manufacture of sugar. We will
do all in our power to promote the success of
the company in that locality
Respectfully, H. w. WILEY,
chemist Dept Of Agriculture.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12
The Sugar Works.

Work on the sorghum sugar factory
is progressing in the most satisfactory
manner. The frame for the main bull
ding is up, and the tower, 20 feet high,
is being constructed. The brick work
of the smoke stack is nearly completed.
The syrup cistern, 4Ox6O feet and 10 feet
deep, is heing excayated. Over this
Will be built the company's offices and
the laboratory tor the use of the govern
ment chemists. The tail-gate for the
water power at the works is being put
in. The engines, fifteen in number,
and the boilers, six in number, will be
here in few days. There appears to
be no doubt of the works being ready
when the first cane natures, the LIST of
August, probably.
The experimental sugar beets being
grown by the sugar works company, are
growing nicely, and Mr.. Hinze thinks
that the soil here will produce better
beats than that in Germany.
All Experimental cane planted is doing
well, making satisfactory growth.
The timely rains of the past month have
given the cane a good start.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12
Sharon Items,

decoration Day was appropriately observed
mere. A large number of citizens including
women ana children met at the Christian
cnuren and listened 60 addresses by Ed. Smith.
capt. Garrison and Rev. McMurtry. Mr.. q.
exnlDlted an Old tag which he had carried in
the Union army, and which showed the "vear
ana tear OF war. In the procession to the
cemetery south of town were displayed two
large nags, numerous smaller ones and e1rIs
dressed in white carried baskets of flowers and
evergreens which were strewn On the graves of
the sleeping soldiers. The poem Cover Them
over With Flowers was read by Miss Meta
warren at the cemetery. The exercises we're
conducted by the 6. A. L. post, OF this place.
The term "drouthy Kansas is now obsolete.
Rainy Kansas is the proper form at present.
Tue noise of the binder is now heard in the
lana.
Farmers are very busy with their corn and
other crops, and the prospect for a large Weld
of everything is very fiattering. Wheat that is
now being cut is generally good. Mr.. Kemp
says his wheat is the best he ever harvested
snywhere,
Sam Stewart shipped a car OF hogs from here
Saturday night. The price paid was 50 40-IO
cents lower than the week before. Many in
this community are raising hogs quite extern
sively, and Sharon sends OF car load almost
every week.
Capt. J. d. Fairs dog shovel decided symp-
toms of hydrophobia one day last week and
Was killed Ia short order.
Our genial friend, John Wallace, who has
been absent several months, was renewing old
acquaintance Saturday evening and Sunday
Elder Smith has changed his boarding place
to Mr.. Steele's, in the rural districts. Probably
he wishes TO avoid the crowd and dust of the
city during the warm, summer months.
Chiidrens bay vas observed Sunday by the
sharon Union Sunday school. The Christian
church was very prettiIy decorated with How
ers. wreaths. evergreens, birds. notices, etc,
and at ten o'clock large and interested audi
ence assembled to listen TO determinations and
songs by the little folks. short talks by the old
er ones and Dleaty of music ~ the sehoci. The
exercises we're resumed In the evening, but the
threatening aspect OF the weather prevented
large attendance.
Day and ortee Kari returned from school at
.5nIta Sunday
]. o. Hahn keeps bach on the farm white
his wife Is teaching He saye that last week in
addition 10 ms cooking ana other housework,
be plowed about twenty acres of corn, repaired
eighty rods Of wire fence, painted one room in
mis- house. MIXED two COWS regularly and fed
the calves. ehurncd once, made boct-jack and
broke on eight hens that wanted TO set.
BpeKKYE.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12
The County Normal.

The Barber County Normal Institute
will open July 22d, at the courthouse.
for term of six weeks. Prof. Cook. of
Oskaloosa. who has worked in Supt.
Lands normal for the past two years,
Will instruct again, as will also Prof.
Beeson. These, with Supt. Lands,
will assume sole charge of the teachers
classes. Many young men and women
who do not expect to teach, and who
are simply in training for future work
in the profession, are expected, and
will be formed into classes adapted to
their advancement.
With last years successful and en-
JOyable term in mind, the coming nor
NAL may be looked forward to with a
degree of interest on the part of the
people.
The normal will have several distinc-
tive features, among which will be full
consideration of grading and classify
ing district schools, introducing oral
work in geography, history and physi-
ology, and the teaching of mental arith-
metic in all of our schools. Club board
ing will again be advised.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12

of July celebration. win Hazelton celebrate
this year, or will we have to go to some neigh
boring town in order to show our patriotism
f. d. Taylor shipped car of hogs to Kansas
City, Wednesday. over the Fl. Scott railroad.
HaZelton is to have a new postmaster as soon
as the papers get around that is necessary in
the change. W. L. Peck. the newly appointed,
is well qualified for the position, and so long as
the republican party control the business. we
see no good reason to find fault with the party
choice at this Office, and the only disappoint-
ment we have experienced is in not being re-
moved sooner.
J. W. Harrington was up from Canadian. Tex
as, Thursday. He reports trade rather dull
there at the present time.
Arthur SHILLING got home from New Mexico
Thursday. He has been absent some eight or
nine months.
w. R. Brown win start to Oklahoma in a few
days, to locate.
Rev. J. L. Roberts left here Friday for his
future field of labor, at Reno, in Oklahoma
short time.
The church was beautifully decorated Sum
day, and children's day was observed in a way
that was entertaining and instructive to both
old and young. But Hazelton never does any
thing by halves.
J. R. Crandail, commission man from ST.
Louis, was here on Saturday examining the
wheat crop. He expressed himself as being
well pleased with the prospects. VIC. A.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12
Hazelton Happenings.

Scott Mansfield. living east of here, had the
misfortune to lose valuable mare one day
this week.
The steam thresher that was I'm this vicinity
last season, don't propose to let our Hazaiton
men TO do all thg threshing. AS we learn that
the company ls fully able to thresh anything
they come 10 and do it right, let them come:
the more the merrfer.
Miss Ada Shilling went to Winfield Weines-
day. to attend the chautauqua assembly being
held at that place,
= letter reserved from old Father gurie,0h
informs US that they made the trip 20 Des
Moines- Iowa, al right, and are stopping there
at present.
l. ). FOX don't care whether he saves his
.eat crop or not; all on account of 9 small
girl that cameto his house last Wednesday
J. 3. Keller was appointed city marshal
Wednesday evening. to fiji vacancy caused by
the resignation of Mr. Seaman.
Miss Lizzie King and Miss Mamie Heatty
went TO kmporia, Wednesday. where their sis
tiers are attending school.
joe Waits wife is visiting friends ana reIa-
tEes IN Norris county, Kansas
The time is near at hand TO talk Of q Fourth
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12

lose their subsidy. The head men ex-
pect to be in Kingman on Tuesday or
Wednesday, and submit propositions.
The road is going to KIngman, sure.
Anthony and Harper both have had
representatives here looking after their
interests, and it is generally believed to
be going from Kingman to those points.
But | have found out enough to con-
vince me that it is the persimmon they
want, and the long pole is what knocks
1t. Now, if old Barber Will wake up to
the occasion, she can get railroad that
will be of more benefit to her than any
other road now in contemplation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12
Here's Our Chance

A former citizen of this city, DR.. Gil
lette. who was at Hutchinson Monday
writes the INDEX.
II find, on arriving here, that the
Hutchinson, Oklahoma s. Gulf railroad
IS an assured fact, and that they began
work Friday: Il is generally supposed
here to be backed by the Rock island.
Mr.. E. E. Wise is at the head OF it.
They expect, SO am told, both here
and at Kingman. to be at the latter
point by September. They have to be
through this county by August lst. or
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12
The Mails:

From Attica and all Eastern points. arrives
daily at l2:45 p NJ; leaves daily at 2;3UPM.
From Ashland, Coldwater, NescatunRa, sun
City, Lake City and Mingona, arrives daily.
From KiOwa, II di, Canema, Sexton, Rldred,
HazcltOn, Hardtner and Ktna, arrives daily,
at y. IN. Leaves at 10 IA. IN.
From Kingman, Bross, Bates, Nashville, ar
rtvcs at 5:3O, pm. Leaves at a. IN.
From Sawyer. Elm Mills and Amber, arrives
on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridt SO at 2:45
=. NJ. Departs Tuesdays, Thursdays and Satur-
DAYS at ~ ". Arrives at SAWYER at l:l5 d. IN.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12
Ottawa Assembly.

To those desiring to attend the Cha
tauQua Assembly at Ottawa, tickets
will be on sale at this station June II,
Is, 20, 26 and % only limited for re-
turn to the 18th, at one fare, $7.25 for
the round trip. III. III. CASE, Agent.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12
N0fiee.

There viii be important business to
attend to at the next regular meeting of
the Masonic lodge. The brethren are
earnestly requested to be- present.
wv. STOUT, Sec'y.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12

southern Kansas Railroad Time Card.
GOING EAST.
Passenger and Express leaves :25 p. IN.
Freight, leaves ...................... 9:45 u. III.
COMING WEST.
Passenger and Express. arrives. Co.. l2:25 y. IN.
Freight, arrives ..............-.......O: OLD p IN
II. II. CASE, Local Agent.
POSTAL.
POstofiice at Medicine Lodge open from A
To Pm. Sundays one hour on arrival Of mail.
Money order office. II A. MCCLEARY, =. NJ.
CORA MCCLEARY, Assistant.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12
PO-Merrow Night.

The following programme will be rem
dered at the court house on Thursday
evening at $3.50 o'clock, under the aus
picss of the Ladies' Aid Society of the
Baptist church:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12
A Great Club o1sr.

The Weekly ELECTROMAGNETIC
and the Barber County INDEX for Two
Dollars. This offer is for cash and en-
ables you to have all the latest news
from the capital of the state and your
own local paper at the price of enc.
The Capital Commonwealth will son-
tain the most complete report of legisla-
tive proceedings published anywhere.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12

TIRSTCLAsS BAKERY-under management
of an expert-fOur kinds Of bread, Cream,
Vienna, White and Graham always on hand at
Bristows s, next to Day 4 Records. ~
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-06-12
Democratic Central Committee.
southeYu Kansas RAILROAD Time Card.

r. G. MOLLOY. CHAIRMAN.
AUG. SCHMIDT SECRETARY.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-06
QUEER BIRD-NESTS.
The Strange Places Sometimes Sc
lected by the Builders.

Birds have some queer fancies in Sc
lecting spots for building their nests.
Some time ago, near Seaville, n. j..
noticed in grove of oaks, that nearly
every tree had an old tin can nailed up
in it. l found, on examination, that the
cans were all occupied by wrens and
blueblrds. But what attracted my at
tentiOn most was an old boot fastened in
one of the trees. AS | approached it, a
bluebird flew out and, although it was
twenty-five feet from the ground, I
climbed up and saw inside five Young
birds comfortably sitting in the nest.
| once found veritable tower nest.
built by a pair of robins. They had
built nest in cedar tree, and it had
been found unsuitable, for some reason
that they alone knew. Immediately
afterwards they built a second one on
top of it, and, still being unSatisfed,
they built third one. But they were
very hard to please, for still another
nest was constructed on top of the third
one. and fifth one on top of the fourth.
before they were contented to begin
housekeeping. Not long after that,
four little heads were peeping over the
edge of their lofty home.
An old gentleman once told me that
hlo WilCs Oii t CCl Ittlll MdSH-uuE, UllSScu
lace cap that she had hung out on the
line and fastened with a clothes-pin.
Several days afterwards, when walking
in his garden, he noticed something
white fluttering i'll the branches of a
cherry tree, and an examination showed
that pair of robbins had taken the cap
from the line and fastened it among the
twigs and grass of their nest. The
! birds had undoubtedly pulled the cap
! from between the prongs of the clothes
pin, for they could not otherwise have
| obtained it. They were left in undis-
turbed possession of their prize.
A pair of sparroWs in Central Park,
New York, have regularly, for several
years, built their nest and reared their
young ones in the right hand of Daniel
Webster's statue. But a stranger place
than that has been used by pair in
Charing Cross, London, for six years
past. These brave little fellows have
! made their home right in the mouth of
| lion-but the lion is made of stone.
In st. Thomas, Ont, Canada, several
nests of wrens were found inside street
gas-lamps, where, during the night, a
! bright light was always burning, but
they seemed in no wise disturbed by it.
CHARLES = SuICE
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-06
BY FREDERICK EUSTIS,

probably these were not exactly the
relative proportions of the type in the
several lines; but so they appeared to
Fred. His own name looked bigger to
him than the heading of the Golden
Gooseberry itself.)
Staggering like drunken man under
the pressure of the excitement and
burst upon him. Fred started back in
the direction of his home. 1t was two
or three miles distant, on the other side
of the city; but he did not think of TAX
ing car. He could not even walk in a
steady. everyday fashion. but OCCASION
ally broke into kind of nervous trot,
eXultingly waving the Golden Goose
berry that he carried in his hand.
After while he met one of his school
friends, to whom he announced the
news OF his success, with rather an un-
successful attempt at feigned indiffer-
ence, as if his winning the prize had
been an, inevitable and foregone con-
clusion.
Have you got your $40 yet?" asked
Fred's friend, who was practical, mat
ter-of-fact sort of boy.
mo" replied the poet with touch
of scOrn: Il didn't stop to take it,
though I've just come from the Goose
berry building"
"You know what you were saying
about little treat for the boys if you
struck that prize"
"That's so.'' mused Fred. "And to-
days Saturday-just the time. It's now
about noon.''
81 could get the fellows together in
less than an hours time, if you say So"
'That's the idea! Well have them
out, then I'll stop and collect my cash
and stand treat for the lunch, so we can
put in the whole afternoon in the park
and have a row on the river.''
The 1act was, Fred rather liked the
idea of taking his friends along to see
him collect his priZe-mOney at the
Golden GOOseberry Office.
Accordingly, little before 1 O'Clock
five boys, headed by the redoubtable
poet in person, stormed the editorial
citadel and asked for the editor.
That parsonage bad gone out to
lunch; but clerk received the visitors
politely.
II am Frederick Eustis." announced
our hero; but, as this did not seem to
make quite the impression expected, he
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-06
HAMMERING BRASS.
Some Practical Hints for Ingen-
ious Boys and Girls.


A plain and unattractive piece of
brass can be made into a beautiful. as
we'll AS useful, article with light ham
mer and four simple tools.
The tools can be purchased from a
hardware store for 25 cents upward.
One is piece of steel called a tracer,
six inches long, and sloped towards the
edge until q fiat strip One-eighth of an
inch wide is produced. The edge
should be about aS sharp as screw
driver.
Another tool is made by roughening
the end of a piece of steel by filing
diagonally and across it. Still another
tool is shaped like a gouge with screw
driver edge. and one like shoemaker's
awl with blunt end. These tools are
necessary, but others will be found use
ful as your work progresses.
Procure piece of brass the thickness
of a Bristol board and screw it down on
table or board. Now for design; :;
take clover leaf: draw it on the brass
with sharp lead pencil. Take the tool
that resembles screwdriver in one
hand, holding it with the thumb and
first finger, and placing it on the stem
OF the leaf. with constant tapping of
the hammer move the tool around the
edge.
After you have sufficiently beaten the
edge of the clover down, with the tool
that has the cross-tiled end beat the
background down, when your work
should stand out in relief. Once more
go around the clover with the tracer to
make clean edge.
After two or three successful leaves.
try several leaves arranged on a round
piece of brass, with one and half inch
margin. When it is done take it to a
tinsmith ahd have candlestick made
out of it. Other pretty as we'll as use
full things that can be made out of brass
are match boxes, picture frames, smokz
ing sets, etc.
THYRZA c. WILLIAMS.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-06
THE POPE'S HABITS.
How the Venerable Old Man
SDendS the Day

Pope Leo XIII. rises at o'clock, alike
in summer and winter, and Immediately
says mass in his private chapel. Then
he assists" at another mass celebrated
by prelate of the household, and at Z
he breakfasts.
The papal breakfast consists of coffee
and two boiled eggs. The midday din
ner is as simple as the breakfast-soup,
beefSteak, dessert and one glass of Bor-
deaux. After dinner the pope takes an
hours nap. The early supper is COM
posed of salad and eggs, and very adj
mirable supper in hot climate, 1t is
said to be etiquette for the pope to take
all his meals alone-a custom which
would seem to be very bad for the di-
gestion.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-06
THE MELODIOUS TUT.
Something About the Sweetest
Singer of All the Birds.

Birds of which we know nothing here.
and which, strange to say, were not
even found in that bird puzzle of ours,
are seen in Australia and New Zealand.
A traveller in those far-away lands tells
us something about the Tui: While we
stood watching the stream an exquisite
sound broke upon our ears. 1t was like
the piping of those reeds that the derv-
ishes in the East play upon while their
brethren perform their strange devo-
tions. This piping was constantly being
varied, sometimes by even softer, but
sometimes by more metallic sounds.
AT one moment the song grew so loud
that it seemed to be quite close, the
next 1t appeared to melt away in the
distance.
Suddenly it ceased. 1t was Tui-
the most beautiful Songster in the world.
We saw one Oh a branch few minutes
later. 1t was about the size of black
bird, the plumage of a blue-black with
metallic hues, and in places almost like
velvet. The beak was yellow, as were
also the legs. At the throat it had two
little tufts of white feathers, which
gave the bird a rather quaint appear
aDce. In New Zealand some of the
birds are protected by government, but
many have died out.
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-06
A HOMEMADE SCARE,

Carl was jolly little fellow,
With eyes of blue and curls of yellow,
And rosy cheeks and just the chin
TO hold a pretty dimple in.
He found himself alone one day,
And wondered what twas best to play
While his mamma remained away
Pencil and paper soon he saw
And seized them both Said he, sI'u draw
An ogre like the one so grum
Poor Jack heard growing Fee -fo-fum.'
First. here's his forehead full of bumps
And then his nose with three big huml s,
And then two ears of 'normous size,
And then two dreadful staring ewes
And then mouth from ear 20 ear;
With long sharp teeth-Iike tusks" But here
The artist, with eyes opened wide
In fright, gazed on his work and cried.
.Mamma; mamma.come, come, please do,
I'm very lonely without you;
And oh mamma, I'm SO afraid
OF this old ogre that I've made"
Margaret Eytinge, in st. Nicholas for Apri
St. Paul daily globe., 1889-04-06
HE SETTLED 1T.
How a Big st. Bernard Punished
Cur of Low Degree.

How a Big st. Bernard Punished
Cur of Low Degree.
Forest and Stream.
During the year 1884 l was located in
st. Louis, and on several occasions had
observed fine st. Bernard dog stalking
with dignity up Chestnut street. He
was owned by a lawyer named Jacko,
on Third street, who regularly sent him
on errands to his home. On one occa-
sion | saw him coming up the street
with basket full of something, prob
ably meat, and at his heels was a ''cur
of low degree, which was persistently
swapping at him, as if endeavoring to
get him to drop his charge, when the
little dog could sail in for division of
the contents. The large dog stopped
twice on the block. turned round and
looked at his tormentor and resumed
his pace until he reached me, when,
looking up into my face with an express
sion that almost said please mind this
for a moment" he laid the basket at
my feet, turned and with one bound
had the cur by the neck, shook him
most unmercifully, rolled him in the
gutter and dropped him. The cur took
very little time in getting out of sight.
not even stopping to shake himself.
The ST. Bernard then picked up his
basket and with a satisfied air went on
his WaV.