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Richmond dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1884-1903, 1889-11-24
AN nsronIcAL MUsrAnD-rLAsfER.

Or. MayOs first case was treated ~ nun
IN remarkable manner. ne was lnsn
young physician commencing 10 practice Ia
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01
MEN VERSUS WOMEN.
Interesting Investigations Recently Mad
by . Religious journal.

Interesting Inve estgatiOns Recently Made
by Religious journal.
The Northwestern Congregationalist, of
Minneapolis, prints the result of q recent
investigation into the relative proportion Of
men and women in the membership of
churches Of that order. In the following
cities, which are denominational centers,
the ratio is as follows: Boston, l man to
2.11 women: Brooklyn, l man to ]. 1.90women;
Cleveland, man to Q 20 women; Chicago,
man to 1.63 women; Omaha, man to LEO
women st. Paul, 1 man to 1.47 women;
Minneapolis, l man to 1.70 women; st.
Louis, man to 1 75 women; Denver, man
to l. 81 women; San Francisco, 1 man to LII
women. In these cities the average is 1
man to 1.82 women, tue extremes being st.
Paul with man to 147 women and Cleve-
land with man to 2.20 women. In the de-
nomination the average ratio for the last
twenty-five years has been / man to 2.01
women. In the foregoing exhibit there is
not the difference which might be expected
between the East aud the West; neither
climate, superaoundance of men or women,
according to the census, nor the prevailing
tone of theological opinion seems to make
snY wide variations. The Congregational
ist finds tZo general reasons for this dis
proportion between the sexes. First, that
the average woman responds more readily
than the man TO the Gospel and, secondly,
that the believing woman does not meet the
same obstacles to union with the church as
the believing man. The Congregatlonalist
observes:
"About an equal number are born Of male
and female children. We gather them in
about equal numbers into the primary de-
partment of the Sunday-school. Why is
it that we lose our grip on the coming
MEN q,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01
ANTS FOR EATING,

According 70 = Maine Lumberman They
Arc Excellent as Pickles.
Should a Maine lumberman find a stump
or rotten log with thousands of big black
ants In it. says the Pittsburgh Dispatch, he
scoops the torpid insects from their winter
domicile and fills his dinner pail with them
when ne gets back to his camp at night he
sets the pail in cool place until his supper
Is ready, then brings il forth and, while
helping himself to pork and beans, helps
himself also to ants. There is no account
ing Tor tastes, and he esteems a handful of
ants very choice morsel.
Ants are said by those who have tasted
them to have apeculiarly agreeable, strong
ly acid flavor. The woodsmen, whose food
consists largely Of salted meat, baked beans
and similar hearty victuals naturally have a
craving for something sour. "Ants are the
very best Of pickles." said an old slogger,"
who confessed to having devoured thou,
sands Of them. "They are cleanly insects.
and there is no reason why they should NOT
be eaten, If one can get over a little
squeamishness caused by the thought of
taking such crawling things into his stoh,-
acn. There Is nothing repulsive about
them, and when man has once learned to
eat the creatures as pickles he prefers them
to any other kind.''
Ants have at various times and in differ
ent countries oeen quite extensively used
In medicine, and formic acid, which was
first obtained by distilling the bodies of
these insects, but is now artiicialIy pre-
pared, is we'll known chemical product.
Herodotus tells Of ants that live in the
deserts OF India which are in size sssome-
what less than dogs, but larger than
foxes" These creatures, in heaping up the
earth after the manner of common ants.
were very efficient aid to the Indian gold
hunters The sand which they threw up
being largely mixed with gold, the Indians
were accustomed to 60 to the desert in the
heat OF the day, when the ants were under
ground, load the sand into sacks, pile the
sacks upon their camels and hasten from the
spot as rapidly as possible. The ants, ac-
cording to the historian, were not only the
swiftest OF animals, but were gifted with
such sense of smell that they Immediately
became aware OF the presence of men in
their territory, and unless the Indians got
away while the ants were assembling to at
tack them not man could escape.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01
THE UPBUILDING OF THE CITY AND COUNTY.
MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS WEDNESDAY. NAY / 1899

UruuoY worK. Un the contrary. ne rs ra.ue,
retiring In his disposition and only when
he has been drinking boasts Of his deeds.
When desperate work is to be done or q bad
desperate is to be taken Stillwen is always
tho man who is detailed to accomplish il.
The Territory desperadoes and cut-throats
all know and fear the intrepid officer, and
are aware Of the fact that if he goes after
them he will get them, dead or alive. Many
are the traps that have been laid to kin
him, but he is as cunning as he is brave,
and has always managed to evade the suares
that would have caused the death Of less
accomplished plainsman.
Brought up as he was among the Co
manche Indians, Jack has never exercised
the right OF franchise, and at the age of
fifty has never cast vote. He speaks the
Comanche and several other Indian Ian
guages as well as the Indians do them
selves, and during the sitting of the United
States Court in this city it is always an
amusing sight to see the Indians dressed in
their primitive way, following the great
white Chief" as they call Jack, about the
streets. He. calls them his t'menagerie" and
says they are lot Of dirty, thieviDg wretch
es for the most part, as well as the most ac-
complished liars in the world.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01
The NEWSPAPER CRITIC.
A Mistake He Commits Whenever =,
Wrifaa tn the Edifnr

A Mistake He Commits Whenever He
Writes to the Editor.
IL mas long been remarked, says the New
York Tribune, that when a man writes tn
newspaper making an explanation or
denial Of some thing that has appeared in
the paper that he invariably begins by de-
claring that his attention has been calIedA
70 the article in question. This is the form :
Editor Of The Jimcrack-Dear Sir: Nv
attention having been called to your unjust
crlticiSm OF my action in shooting Jim
Spoopendyke's dog, have to say in reply
that you are an unmitigated liar. and that
the dog killed one Of my hens and barked
at me through the picket fence" And so
forth. But he never sees it himself, never
his attention has to be called.
Now, the fact of the matter is, as every
BODY knows, that this man sat up all night.
waiting for the paper, knowing that it
would probably criticise him, and that he
would have the double pleasure of seeing
his name in print and writing a letter "a
the editor. When the boy brought the pa
per In the early morning as the night-stars
began to dim, this man was lurking Just in
side the gate waiting for MIN. And there.
amid the morning dews, and by the uncer-
tain light OF the last lingering freely, or
among the winter SHOWS and by the cold
beams OF the waning, horned moon, he read
the onending article. This is how his atteu
ton Is usually called
VI course, we could not ask the letter.
writer to tell the whole truth in the matter.
IL would not be necessary for him To he
gln ms epistle like this: Editor TUNING
fork-Dear Sir: Meeting your delivery bow
OUTSIDE the gate this morning, / seized the
paper feyerishly. Hastily SCRATCHING a
matcn on the pavement eagerly read your
lying and scoundrely article about INV vote
on the new sewer" This is not necessarv
Lei nim say simply and with dignity that
ne read the article, and considers the editor
an unnung villain. All details concern
ing now ne made its acquaintance are un-
necessary,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01
Monsters in the Air.

The Washington Star, in report of a
lecture by DR.. ]. H. Kidder, says:
"a number Of micro photographs were
thrown on screen by means of powerful
lantern, to illustrate DR.. Kidder's expert
ments to determine the foreign elements in
the atr. They were made, he explained, by
allowing moisture in air to dry on exposed
plates Of glass and afterward photograph
iBg the slides. They looked on the screen
like pictures of the moons surface, being
covered with spots and marks and lines,
which, DR.. Kidder said, were the crystals of
various chemical elements. He had recog-
nized them all through certain ear marks
they possessed, and gave their names with
a wonderful familiarity. One, he declared,
showed cholera traces; another hay-feyer
germs (which looked like great mock
oranges); several bacilli, and one held q
picture Of the she'll Of sugar mite impris-
oned Ia wee drop Of moisture One form
greatly resembled cuttie-fsh, but was
merely spore from red-oak tree. A num-
Der OF the sIldes showed weird forms OF
immense size, which the lecturer said were
fungus growths that had developed from
spores caught in the moisture The lantern
suddenly gave q sharp pop, caused by the
breaking Of one Of the Jets, and the lecture
came 70 en- end. n
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01
coMANcHE JACKS RECORD.
4 Man Who Has Shot Thir1y-One Other
and Helped Harg EeRenfaan

a Man Who Has Shot Thirty One Others
and Helped Harg Seventeen,
In this West m city on the streets and IN
the hotel lobbles every day one meets with
many of the most noted Western characters
OF the day, writes the Wichita (Kan) COR
respondent of the st. Louis Post-Dispatch.
Bret Harte would here find many subjects
for wild Western history that would throw
some of his previous creations of fiction
into the shade. Tho Indian Territory is
near by, where there is employed large
number of brave and hardy men as Deputy
United States Marshais who appear period
icaIly in the largest city most convenient to
their working place, so that Wichita is
often called upon to entertain visitors of al
most as much notorietyas " Billy, the Kid"
or Jesse James. Chief among this number
Is Deputy United States Marshal Jack
Stlllwell, now stationed at Fort Reno. Ind.
I. Jack, or rather "Comanche Jack" as
ne is Familiarity known, is handsome-look-
ing chap, with laughing blue eye, curly
hair slightly tinged with gray, for this
noted borderman Is just fifty years of age,
about five feet ten or eleven inches in
height, and of massive build. He is also
the acknowledged crack pistol shot of the
West, and even in the days Of that Kansas
cyclone known as "Wild Bill who never
missed shot, Jack Stillwen ranked high.
The number of men killed by Jack is vari-
ously estimated at from twenty-five to thir-
ty-one, and it is known that in addition he
has aided in sending seventeen other men
over the valley Of death by means Of the
hangman's moose. Only few months ago,
In fact on November 81, Jack sprung the
trap in this city which sent to their death
the two noted Greek Indian murderers,
Jack and Joe Tobler. Even in this country,
where .skiilers" are to be met with every
day, s.Comanche Jackn EtiIlweIl is curi0s.
ity, and is pointed out to strangers with .
strange mixture of awe and pride
BY this it must not be understood that this
gallant Deputy United States Marshal Is .
asspsradO who goes about gi0rying n his
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01
Won't Fool His Wife Again.

A Clrcleviile (O) dispatch says: How-
ard Chaf1n. Of New Holland, whose domes-
tic relations are not tue pleasantest, at
tempted to frighten his wife by sending her
the following note: "When you get this
you will be widow. You will find nv
bo1y in the stable" Mrs Chafin received
this startling news with considerable nom
chalance, and, it is alleged, got out her hus-
bands best clothes and began to brush them
for the funeral. She sent her daughter to
the stable, who returned, saying he was
not dead, but looked lawful bad" Hasten
ing to the stable, Mrs. Chaf1n found
her husband suspended from a rafter
In her efforts to release him she dis
covered that he had passed the cord un-
der his arm, and that there was not the
slightest prospect of death ensuing from
strangulation. Securing a good, stout
stick, she belabored him until he cried for
mercy and begged to be released from his
awful positlOn
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01
HARD ON EYEBROWS.
Why q Chicago Girl Has Concluded to
Quit the Chewing Habit.

Quit the Chewing Habit.
/ am given to understand, on excellent
authority, says the Chicago Journal side
walk stroller, that there is at least one
young lady on the South Side who will
either discontinue the habit of gum-chewing
or else select the time for the indulgence
with more discrimination. She was until
few days ago q most lnveterate gum
chewer, her fair jaws keeping up their mo-
tion at all times and under all circumstan-
ces. Her favorite practice has been an
hours reading in bed, just before going to
sleep, and Of course with t'cud' of gum in
her mouth; such cud being placed upon a
chair or other convenient utensil when she
felt herself growing drowsy. A night or
two ago, however, she kept up her chewing
until almost asleep and the cud fell from
her fingers before she could reach over to
put it in safe place for the attack on the
morrow. Too sleepy to search for it she
blew out her reading-lamp and sank into
restful slumber. Nor could she find the cud
in the morning-until she approached the
mirror. Then it was that she discovered it
tightly glued to one Of her delicately arched
eyebrows, where it had fallen from her
tired hand the night before. Any one who
has chewed gum knows the adhesive quail
ties Of the stuff and will understand why
the young lady, in order to remove it, was
forced to lose q section Of one Of her most
attractive features. lido not really believe
she will recommence chewing until her eve
brow grows again.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01
TALE OF a CLOCK.
II Brings to Light the Story OF = DauRh
ter's Love for Her Father

II Brings to Light the Story OF . Dau9h-
ter's love for Her Father.
The most unique and one of the most val
liable clocks probably IN this city, says tha
Philadelphia Record, is owned by DR.. j.
Newton Walker. The tlme-piece originally
cost 8, 900 and was purchased in France by
the grandfather of the present owner over
100 years ago. 1t is q production Of the lat
ter part of the Louis XVI. period. The Pc
culiarity Of the style Of its finish, together
with the subject portrayed in its decoration,
forms representative typeof the artof that
age when every thing that contained the
slightest semblance to classicism was fash
ionable. As work OF art it is invaluable as
showing the growth Of rich design during
the age following the palmer and sterner
handicraft Of the ages Of Louis XIV. and
Louis XIV.
The clock weighs nearly $50 pounds, and
is Is inches in height and Is inches in
breadth. It Is made of Parian marble and
bronze, with several brass figures and gilt
mounting. This work of art stands on four
lions paws Of brass. The clock proper rests
beneath q marble pediment having dial of
scarce 8 inches in diameter, on which two
gilt-mounted brass hands rotate. Near the
base Of the dial are two smaller dials to mark
the days Of the week and month, and also
the time Of tides according to full, half and
quarter moons. The clock-work is partially
imbedded In the marble pediment above
The latter Ii an ingenious piece of artistic
workmanship. It Is q frieze-like affair, with
representations Of the principal deities OF
Grecian mythology.
Most interesting however, is the super
structure of bronze, copper and brass,
which contains an historical scene from tho
last stage of the French revolution during
the reign Of terror. The scene is q sub
terranean prison, beautifully worked In
bronze and copper. A Girundist Of bronze
has been imprisoned to die Of starvation.
His feet are chained to two huge stones
represented In brass, while on each of his
wrists are attached light chains fastened to
several weights. Seated near him is q
bronze figure Of q beautiful girl, his
daughter, who IL allowed to see him once O
day during his Imprisonment
Her position is such as to infer that he
had just receive nourishment from her,
Lizards and serpents-in brass-are repre-
sented as creeping and crawling among
the crevices of the rocks out of which the
prison is cut At the far end OF the prison
beyond the bars Of Q small window is the
face Of the spy appointed by the prison.
keepers 20 ascertain how IL was the prison.
or was able to prolong his life so long be-
yond the time usually allowed for death by
starvation. As the story thus illustrated
relates, the daughter gave sustenance to
her father, to which was added the nourish-
ment obtained from reptiles and lizards
that he killed from time to time. Death by
the Ruillotine followed the revelation
portrayed in this scene
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01

An otoCE1CGs =----s--ss.--~s- s--. -
vised which may be applied 70 an ordinary
clock for awaking sleeper at any given
time, the contriyanee thus taking the place
OF the ordinary alarm clock that needs to be
specially provided for the purpose, and
which needs to be wound up the night be-
fore it IL TO give forth its sound. The cleo
trlcal clock is so constructed that 1t can be
set to any given five minutes Of each hour,
the bell beginning to ring at that time, and
continuing to ring until the switch is turned
TO cut on the electric current There Is, Of
course, no call for winding an alarm where
this device is employed, it being only Deces-
sary on going to bed to turn the switch,
thus allowing the circuit to be completed at
the time the bell is TO ring. In this arrange
ment the clock and battery are made Ia q
compact form, the cell of the battery being
enclosed IN the clock case.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01
From, Bad to worse.

A lawyer of st. Paul, Mimi, was looking
over some papers his German client had
brought, and every signature had menace
in it as it stood: A. Schwindler.,' eMr.
Schwindler, why don't you write your name
some other way; write out your first name,
or something's IL don't want people to
think you are swindler.' 'sVell, my Got,
sir, how much better you dink that looksgn
and he wrote: Adam ScAwlndler.n
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Look Out for Teen.

A physician warns people against exam
ining the naked arc Of the electric light
with the naked eye lest they be attacked
by blepharospasm, central scotomata or
chromatopsia. When man wants to ex-
anime the naked arc of the electric light
with the naked eye he should first ascertain
that there are none of these ferocious
animals above named prowling about.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01
Some New Enterprises.

Iner6 IS on loot
A scheme to furnish dudes with brains;
A scheme to refine sugar by kerosene;
A scheme to manufacture suit TO enable
suicides to jump into the water without get
ting wet;
A scheme to make bad novels go by steam;
< A scheme to enable a fat man to drop a
nickel in the slot and lose ten pounds;
A scheme to bottle the expansive force Of
the Brooklyn bridge to be used as motive
power.
The attention of English capitalists is
called to this list in the hope that they will
invest
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01
Long-Liyed In,lIans.

1t is sometimes claimed that civilization
has 2 bad effect on the health of the In
dian, but this is not the case in the Passa-
maquoddy tribe, judging from the last al
nual report Among the twenty deaths last
year were the following: Toma Which, aged
l1 years; Widow Ios. levy, los years !:
Widow Peol Lacoot, 103 years.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01

Brown-aAhl I understand you are going
10 incinerate the remains of old M Jen-
kins. . Manager Of the Crematory with
an old, unsatisfied grudge against the de-
ceased -" Yes. and you can bet I'll make il
hot for himrs
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01

Our highest society circles, says the Chi
cago News, have become SO deeply euam-
ored OF the French language that it is fash
ionabte now to superscribe all notes Of invi.
tation ''R- .. v. .. D. d. O.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01
rhe First Amar,can a.anr.

The first bank in the United States was
the Bank Of North America, chartered by
Congress at the instance of Robert Morris in
1880 and by the State of fPennsylvaniain1 in 17S1,
with q capital of 100000. It is still In exist
ence ip Philadelphia.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01
CHURCHES.

DAPTIST.-Preachlng each sunday at III a.
DIN. and at 1880 y. m, at the courthouse. sun
day school at IL O'Clock, IN. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening of each week. Rev. w. A.
Cain, Pastor. Residence on North Walnut st.
OHRISTIAN.-Pr every Sunday at
- IL O'Clock, n. m, and 1880 p. m, by Elder
David Nation. Prayer meeting every We'd
ncsday night. Sunday school at 10 o'clock n m.
every Sunday
METHODIST Observation-Disclosures every
4N1 Sunday at Il 100 n. IN. and Z 80 p. IN. Sun
day school every Sunday at 10 a.. IN. Prayer
meeting every Wednesday evening at I:3O.
Strangers invited. X. SANDERSON, Pastor.
DRESBYTERIAN.-Se every Sunday at
4 II IA. IN. and Z 80 p. III. Sunday School at
10 n. m. j. B. NORTH, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Services on End
Sunday of every month at Sherlocks hall, at
1000 a. m. REV. BITTER Pastor.
N ERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN-Hold reg
" ular services at Mingona, Barber county,
the second and fourth Sundays in each month.
At Forrest school house on the second Sunday !;
Cedar Creek school house on the third Sunday.
BY Elders ShRmberger. Smith aud Neher.
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Medicine Lodge officers.
SOCIETIES.


a Az & A. NJ, Delta Lodge No. II
~ Regular communications, first and
~ third Saturday - eyenlnRs IN eacn "a
!" month. CT. FREEMAN WIN
Lw. STOUT, Secretary.
CYPRUS CHAPTER No. 50, II. A. NJ, meets
in Masonic Hall every 2d and 4th thursday
Visiting brethren cordially invited
p. a. SIMMONS, IL. +.
r.. sANDERsoN. sec'y.
n n q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No; 80.
u. e. IS. Regular Communications, first
and third Monday evenings in each monIn.
Mrs. EVA l.. MERRELL, W. M
DIR. II. YANT, Sec.
DEIPHIA LODGE, No. l4C, K. of 7; meets on
Monday evening of each week, at ODD FclloW
hall. Visiting Knights in good standing lnVi-
ted to attend l.. NJ. AXLINE. G. q.
II. A. BTOwN X. of II. s. S.
10. o. F., Pioneer Lod. g
No. I79.-Regular meetings
krNA ~ G3fh~, every Tuesday even.ngV 3
itingbrethreni in gOod stand
ing cordially invited;
X. NJ. WOODWARD, N. u.
J. N DEAL. Sec.
ENSIGN ENCAMPMENT No. 62, l. o. o. F
Meets first and third Friday OF eacn ttl'i 1nonIin
S L. ALLEN s W. W. T. ROUSE, s
NAOMINo 81, REBECCA DEGREE, 1. o. o. f.
Meets the I'd and 4th Friday nights eacn 3oath' 81
EN-. BYERLEY, secy.
G. A. EPEFP Ihc ast BaS9Gay P1S mo 1 %sSi
OF the court house in Medicine Lodge, at p. NJ.
All comrades cordially invited.
LOREN EDWARDS, Post COmmander'
JOHN MCCOY, Adjutant.
4 o. u W. SlS;,;', HS$s5 fS$y' f$$r;$ay NJ ;$
J. W. SINGER, Recorder.
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Farm Loans.

IIARMERS should patronize home insthu
i tons, and gel their Farm Loans from the
1fcNE.AL MORTGAGE co. Money AWAY
ready. Principal and Interest payable at theii
s0fice, At Citizeps National Bank 5lm3
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-01

a 4. T. g. A. NJ, Delta Lodge No. ~.
~ Regular COMMUNICATIONS, first ana
" ~ third Saturday evenings in eacn
NJ month. G. T. FREEMAN, W. NJ