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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-04
LUCK IN COPPER BOLTS.
4 Chance Discovery Lays the Foundatio
OF . .Stevedore'a Fortune.

4 Chance Discovery Lays the Foundation
OF = Stevedore's Fortune.
The fortunes Of some men have their
foundation in very queer incidents. Elmer
A. Barton, of Duluth, Mimi, says the Chi
cago Herald, is comparatively q wealthy
man, while fifteen years ago he was day
laborer getting job whenever he could
unloading vessels. or any thing, in fact, he
could find, but work around the docks was
what he most looked after, and this fact
was indirectly the cause of his streak of
luck Lying outside the harbor Of Duluth
was the nearly submerged hull of q vessel.
No one appeared to know how long :t had
been there, but "the wreck" as it was
called, was considered one Of the features
Of the place. The boys used it as a SWIM
ming station, and II was proud day for
many Duluth boy when he could say he
had been able to reach ssthe wreck This
was another link In the chain Of Barton's
luck. He had q son who, with the other
boys, made daily excursions through the
summer out to the old hulk, and one day
this son brought back with HIM one of the
bolts and piece of wood that had become
looscned. By chance the father saw the
bolt, and he asked the boy some questions,
the result being that he himself
made q trip out to the wreck in
small boat, taking an axe with
him. After this excursion, Mr.. Barton be-
gan making inquiries about the old boat, but
could get no information as to when she ar.
rived there, or when she was sunk, or
where she came from. He also managed to
get permission from the authorities to re-
move 1t, the permission being the more
readily given as it was in the way of some
proposed harbor improvements. Mr.. Bar
ton began his work quietly-making no stir
about it. He managed, by the aid Of long
saws, loDR-handled axes and hooks, to de-
tach piece after piece and get it ashore,
paling it up in tho yard that surrounded his
cabin. It took him nearly the entire year
Of 1874 to do this work, but 1t proved profit.
able job. That bolt the boy had brought
home was solid copper, and it opened the
fathers eyes to the possibilities. His in
vestigation showed him that all the bolts in
sight were of the same metal, and when he
had completed his labor he had secured
many hundreds of pounds in weight Of
valuable copper. Besides this, he had in
the cords Of wood piled up on his lot a value
that proved great surprise to him. The
vessel had evidently been of foreign build.
for she was composed of number of differ.
ent and valuable woods, the bulk of 1t being
teak, specie Of oak, but there were large
quantities of mahogany, some rosewood and
little ebony. Altogether it was a good
years work. He found ready market for
his copper bolts, and the wood going on
piece by piece brought him nice littls sum.
It was this money that gave him his start in
life, and he was shrewd enough to make
each dollar multiply and increase.
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THEATRICAL KISSING.
A Well Known Actress Tells What She
Knows About It.

A Well Known Actress Tells What She
Knows About It.
THE first play ever appeared In, )" said
Miss Kidder, to a Toledo Blade man, twas
Under the Gaslight,' but my part did not
call for kissing of any description. In
'Nordeck' was supposed to be kissed, but
it all ended in supposition. forget whether
was kissed in 'Davy Crockett or whether
we again deceived confiding audiences. My
first real kissing experience on the stage
was in England during q tour Of the
provinces. This experience became vividly
impressed on my memory on account of the
attendant circumstances during the first
night Of the play.
AT the first rehearsal was very much
surprised by the leading man saying to
me:
"'The scene calls for US to kiss here. Do
you object to my actually kissing your
II was very much surprised at being
asked such question, and told him that /
had not the slightest objection; that I
regarded kiss as a piece of stage
business which called for as faithful re-
production as any other piece of stage busi-
ness. l forget the name of tho town we
opened in, but can never forget my expe-
rience that night, as it gave me my first ac-
quaintance with the peculiar methods of an
81 had a love scene in the first act. was
seated on sofa, with my face toward the
audience, and my lover stood at the back of
the sofa. At the point in the scene where
he declared his love, and had accepted
him, he leaned over and kissed me. There
Immediately rose from the audience such a
confused medley of sounds as l had never
heard before in my life. From all over the
house came sounds strikingly suggestive of
smacking the lips, and a long-drawn out
m-m-m-m. / was so indignant and
ashamed could hardly speak my lines, and
when came on the stage / repaired at
once to the stage manager and demanded
to know what he meant by allowing me to 60
through piece of business which he knew
would be guyed. His anwer was to me, as
an American, genuine surprise
"'Why, Lord bless mel They weren't
guying. That's the way they show their
approval of the scene.'
81 made up my mind they wouldn't have
another opportunity of manifesting their
approval in the same way, and the next
night had the kiss cut out
II do not feel the slightest delicacy about
kissing on the stage, nor do have the
slightest objection to being kissed think
you will find very few actresses who have
1t is regarded purely as an act of business
by both men and women;
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E.timn,inr Trnin.. sn..a.

Inquiry u frequently made as to how the
speed of train may be estimated. The
traveller especially is curious about the
speed his train Is making, and we suggest
three methods by which the speed may be
guessed with remarkable accuracy, as fol-
lows:
l. Watch for the passage Of the train by
the large white mile posts with black hg-
ures upon them, and divide 5000 by the time
In seconds between posts; the result is the
speed in miles per hour.
Q. Listen attentively until the ear distin-
guishes the click, click, click of the wheel
as it passes q rall joint. The number Of
clicks upon one side Of the car in twenty
seconds II the speed in miles per hour,
where the rails are thirty feet in length,
and this is the case generally,
8 Count the number Of telegraph poles
passed In two minutes, IL there are four
or ave wires 50 . pole, and in two minutes
and twenty seconds Il there are only one
or two lines per pole: the number Of poles
passed u the number Of miles per hour af
which the train is travelling Household
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-04

Dut IN their excitement ana hurry potn
missed their aim. AS the first bear was in
reach Of me. continues tie writer in the ST.
Louis Globe Democrat, dealt him stun
ming blow with the butt of my rife, break
ing it and causing him 70 stagger about in
bewilderment Before l had time to draw
my hunting knife the second bear gave me
. powerful blow on the breast, knocking me
senseless to the ground. James and Sye
now had the fight to themselves. They
were prepared, however, and as bruin came
at them James struck HIM across the nose
with his hunting knife, causing him great
pain.
Almost at the same instant the brute
struck with his right paw, knocking him to
the ground. Sye, who was not q coward,
sprung to the left Of the brute and sunk his
knife into bruins heart James was now
upon his feet, while the other bear was eye
ing them with savage growls. slim, for
heavens sake load your rife as quick as
possible while l watch the angry brute"
exclaimed SSe. As James had his rifle al
most loaded the bear sprung at Sye unex-
pectedly and knocked him down. But the
load from Jim's rife put an end to the
struggle. How we got home / do not know,
nor do think that any Of US knew great
deal about it. As soon as we were able to
leave our cabin we went to Bismarck and
purchased three Winchester repeating
rifles, and made the boast that we were not
then afraid of attacking any five bears.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-04
ARYsslNIAN SLAVE GIRLS.

Dusky Beauties That Fetch Fancy Rricaa
In the GAlabAt MAFkst,
On the route to Khartoum is Galabat.
famous as the great slave market Of the
Eastern Soudan. It Is here says the Phila-
delphia Tines, that tho Soudanese, In their
slave-catching expeditions against the hated
Ehrlstiaps Of the highlands, bring their
trains of beautiful Abyssinian girls and
sell them to odeSlers, who make business
Of supplying the harems of Khartoum, Kas1
Sala and Mecca. Only two or three traV-
e4ers hAye been able to describe The busy
end Piteoqs spectacle in ths slave booths Of
0alahst, which is all the more interesting
and deplorable because the victims are
girls, torn from their mountains 70 live
like Gagged birds behind the lattices Of haF.
ems from the Nile to Mecca. They are e
highly priced by the lords Of the harem as
the famous beauties of Circa:sia. DR. Jun
EeF, in tLe book OF travels he is now pub-
fishing, tells OF the beauty ef many of these
maidens and adorns his volume with well
executed engIavings of some of them.
Even while the Soudan was under
EgSptieu control the harem traffic at Gal
abat thrivea, and we can easily imagine
that since this last disastrous war the town
has been in the heydey of its prosperity.
Mr.. ID. CosSon, who visited Galabat some
gears ago, said that the merchants sat
smoking BESIDE the booths that concealed
their slaves from pnblic yiew. When cns-
toners appeared piece of cotton cloth MAS
thrown over the head Of each girl. which
concealed her features until it was her turn
20 be inspected. "Many Of these young
girls,1 he wrote, ''are beautiful Their
@nlor is often Ha darker than that of a
Ss0a,;sh -~nsv their feats,xs.s n "a email av,h
SaS,a Spsnlsn ;Ss;r % ior vr nropor.9Ded ~I Is ana
Greek statue, and their eyes large and lus-
trous," A few years ago one of these fair
prisoners ~ Jeddah threw herself from a
window to the pavement below, pFefeFFing
death 70 captivity. Ho doubt when they
gaze from their prisons upon the hot sands
Of Arabia the thought Of their own green
mountains only aggravates their unhappy
lot.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-04

sTt Is easy for married couples to quarrel
and bring themselves 20 the point of di-
vorce,n said well-known New Yorker re-
Gently ta New York Sun reporter. HAfter
Ihad been married three months came
sadly home one night to tell my wife that
business would keep me away from her the
next twenty -four hours. She was girlish,
and by way Of reply she gays herself q
little hug, with little vriggle OF her body
thrown IN, and expressed her feelings in
an exclamation Of unmistakable JOY. Deep
II Psined, l said . hpr that ] neFer sap-
posed she desired my absence enough to
gurgle with JOY at the mere proposal Of it
Many man would have gone on angry or
aarMI suspiciogs. instead / questioned
her. why, Jon goose said she, when
yeH said you were going away one thing
poPpad into my head 70 he expipsiea q
every thing else. That was, now he's going
away, and can cat some raw onions with
salt and vinegar. That was all have been
dying Tor rsW enions eges sfnce oar we'd
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-04
CHAMPAGNE PusHERs.
Their Work by No Means as Pleasant q
Some Might Think.

Their Work by No Means as Pleasant as
Some Might Think.
II there is any harder work than the
champagne pushers have had to do in this
city during the last fortnight, can not com.
prehend what it can be, writes the New
York correspondent of the Providence (R
IL Journal 1t is bestial work as well as
difficult As one great champagne importer
put 1t in talking on the subject, the very
charm and merit of champagne is supposed
to lie in the fact that the fluid has not much
"drunk" in 1t, the proportion of alcohol
being only slightly greater than that In
lager beer; yet these pushers advertise il
by getting drunk on it every night. 1t is
said for this wine that the worst effects are
felt by men who drink spirits; that those
who drink nothing but champagne are sell
dom intoxicated by 1t. The pushers have
to drink spirits because their systems need
bracing after each of their professional
bouts in the bar-rooms. How long it takes
for their work to kill them I never have
heard.
The principal pusher in this city, a very
TAT, sleek Frenchman, tells me that he be.
heves he can overcome all injurious effects
by sleeping all the time that he is not al
work. He bribes the hall boys and cham.
bermaids not to make any noise at his door
or near his room, and not on any account
to knock at his door under the impression
that he may be dead or that they must
get him out and "make up" his room But
although he looks fresh and shows no signs
Of nervous wear and tear, the others in the
business are rather sad-looking, hloated
and coarse wretches, The young society
gentleman who took up this boozy calling
for pocket money Is no longer an exemplar
Of manly beauty. No amount Of fne clothes
can overcome tho effect of his deadened,
fish-like eyes, his bloated cheeks, his van.
ished color and his general worn-out, dead.
and-alive appearance. No money would
pay him tor what has happened to him NOR.
ally, physically or socially.
But the queerest thing about the whele
subject is that the pushing does not push,
The wines that are advertised In this way
do not have the vogue after all, and TO-DAY
the most popular and best paying importa-
tion Is brand that has never been pushed
at all 1t looks as though the good fame of a
brand was hurt by making it notorious.
Wine pushing is not carried On In any
other country, and seems likely to die out
here. 1t was originated by 'sgood fellow,
about town who had Tremendous aa.
quaiutance with the POLITICIANS of the eity
in Tweed's time. He ran the sale of oue
wine up to figure higher than any one In
the business had ever dreamed of its reach
ing, and he got $4,000 a year for his work.
1t left two legacies to humanity, a taste
Tor champagne in every politicians mouth
and general recourse to pushing, none
OF which has done any good to any brand
since.
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A Man 113 Years Old Journeyine Alone
from Arkansas to Kontuckv

from Ark1nsaS to k0BtuckY.
James McMillin, of BardwelI, Ky, says a
CAIRO Qll.) letter - the 81. Louis Globe
democrat, spent few hours in this city re-
pentX en- route home alone from Arkansas,
where he has been visiting relatives. Mr..
McMiilin enjoys the distinction of being the
Oldest man known in this section of the
country and probably in the United States
he was born in Botetourt County, Va, Of
which Fincastle Is the county seat, in the
historic year of 1776, and succeeded to his
fathers name without the change of an in.
ltlal letter or alteration Of orthography.
His mothers maiden name was Diana Chit
wood. His father died at 97 and his mother
at 100 from natural causes.
When seventeen years OF aga &Hncle
Jimmie" as he y known 70 his friends, be-
cams one ~ q colony who, under those two
poted Eirginians. Peyton Randolph and
stephen Randall, started west ito grow up
with the couptryp They settled in what is
DOW East Tennessee. Subsequently he,
with bis faithful wife, emigrated to Nash
vile, Tenn, and engaged in merchandising,
serving two terms as sheriff. Later he 10
Gated at the delta Of Yazoo Pass, on the
Mississippi, where be became an extensive
planter, residing there fifty.threa years. 10
1881 ne came 70 RasdweLL Ky., where he
De pas been twice married and Is . Wild
over now, Is the father Of twenty-three
children, two Of whom are living. and they
are accounted quite aged. He is fond of to-
6aceo, which he chews, but Is opposed TO
liquor in any shape, and claims not TO have
drank dropin eighty-fiye yeaEa. As q
souvenir he exhlhits Z copper coin of the
gate of Its6 Which he has carried since he
was twelve years old Hei is in possession
OF documentary evidences with reference to
ms birth that places beyond doubt his claim
to be il5 years OF age. His fund of anec-,
dotes Is large. and his tales of eighty and
ninety years ago are interesting and anus
ing. he Is quite strong Of limb, mental
faculties clear, and travels alone
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AN iiei y E.SSS;jNTER.
Two Largo Bears About as Much ~ Three
Men Care 20 Handle.


Men Carr 20 Handle.
The writer, while staying in Che mount
aims near Bismarck, Sagauche County,
Col, in the winters Of 1889, 1893 and 1884,
enjoyed 20 better sport, with his tive
tFdsty companions, James Mathews and
Sye Richards, than hunting the bear and
deer and having an occasional adventure
with wolves. OF our many adventures I
win state one In particular. As our rude
cabin was situated almost in the center of
our hunting grounds we needed NO more
lssistance than our own Muscular strength
Gould afiord in carrying our game from the
place OF slaughter to the cabin. One fine
morning in February as we were starting
out fora hunt with pnr rifles Snouldered
end our hunting knives IN our belts We
spied very large bears tracks, and there
fore began the trail at once. We had not
gone far until We sav BY the tracks in the
knew that the bear had been Joined by an
other one equally as large. I cautioned
the boys TO be on the lookout, We
had pot gone aaere than twenty rods
When, to orr great surprise, both hears
sprung from behind great mound not
more than twenty fest IN advance Of
Hs. !, being the head one, quickly
discharged my rife, the ball Just
grazing the shoulder Of one Of the bears,
which only added to the fury 81
bEuin. Both bears Were now esmine et uf
NlEe IeEoe..x 7sNe5 ssd E3s hptA ezsa.
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Banker Rosenthal directed his book
keeper to address q sharp letter to Baron
T., who had promised several times TO pay
what he owed and had as eften neglected "a
DC 81. When the letter was written it did
not please Banker Rosenthal, who Is very
excitable, and he angrily penned the follow
ing: "Dear Baron Y.-Who was it that
promised to pay up on the first of Januaryi
You, my dear baron, you are the man. Who
was it that promised then to settle on the
nrst Of March' You, my dear haren, Whpo
Marcni You, NY dear baron. Who 4
it then, who has broken bis werd twaoe
and II aa anmitigated seoundrell Your
ahedient aerYant Mnsea Rosenthal
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-04
CHURCHES.

DAPTIST.-Preacnlng each sunday ut II a.
DIN. aud at Z 30 y. IN, at the courthouse. sun
day school at 10 O'clock III. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening Of each week. Rev. w. A.
Cain. Pastor. Residence on North Walnut st.
OIHRISTIAN.-Preach every Sunday at
~ II o'clock, a. m. and 1880 p. IN, by Elder
David Nation. Prayer meeting every We'd
nesdRy night. Sunday school AT ~ o clock a. IN.
every Sunday.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL.-Services every
AVA Sunday at II :0O a. III. and 30 y. IN. sun
day school every Sunday mt 10 a. IN. Prayer
meetine every Wednesday evening at 1880.
Strangers invited. X. SANDERsON, Pastor.
DRESBYTERIAN.-Se every Sunday al
= II "a. IN. and 80 p. IN. Sunday School at
10 n. IN. j. ID. NORTH, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Services on End
Sunday of every month at Shcrlock's hall, at
1900 a. m. REV. BITTER Pastor.
GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN-Hold reg
" ular services at MinRonH, Barber county,
the second and fourth Sundays in each month.
At Forrest school house on the second Sunday
Cedar Greek school house ON the third Sunday.
ny Elders Shamberger. Smith and Neher.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-04
The Longest HUMAN ran.

Setting aside the reports of travellers
concerning race of tailed men among the
Nyams Nyams tribe of Central Africa, it
appears that more or less credible his
torians have cited from one hundred and
fty to two hundred cases Of persons with
tails. Max BarteIs, a German who has
written monograph on the subject, de-
scrihes twenty one well-authenticated
cases, including those of tails connected
with the body, tails with free movement,
and cntaneous Prolongations, The tails
are usually eontcal or spherical in shape,
and from two or three up to five inches in
length. An extraordinary specimen, how
ever, has just been examined and pho
tographed at Saigon, by Etienne Rabaud,
the length beng ten inches and the shape
cylindrical It belongs to MOI boy twelve
years old, and IA soft and smooth, with no
boAy frame,
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GraurmuWood-U0ft.,.

Grant used to chop cord wood In q pe-
culiar way, says Judge Lanham, in the ST.
Louis Republic, cutting the tree ali round
instead Of half down one side and then on
the other; like the ordinary axeman. While
President he visited ST. LOUIS, and went
with HIM to his farm, and, passing the spot
where he once chopped wood. / said: Sen
eral, the fellow who cut those stumps was
q PooF ve4d-choppeF, don't yop think son
Tha President replied with q sigh. sgEhas
might be true, Judge. but, to tell the truth.
l was happier then than now. cut nv
wood, hauled it to the city, got my price
for it, returned to my family, and was
happy; but now the burden of q Nation Il
Upon me, and l know no rest Those were
happy days, Jadee.'n
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-04

An ingenious young girl of Louisville,
with an eye to information and an auto
graph, recently wrote to DIR. Oliver Wendell
Holmes and asked him to tell her his favor
ite verse Of all his poetical writings. Afew
days ago she received card, on which was
written, over the poets signature, the fol-
lowing lines, which his admirers viii read
ny recall:
few can touch the magic string
And noisy Fame Is proud % win them=
Ainsl for those who never sfnR.
EEt dIe WITH ~ tbofE mrsic "a thaul.
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Fonr Gaarranl,ie., Poln,..

Ths most eastern point OF the United
States Is Quoddy Head, Me-, the most
northern point Is Point Barrows, Alaska !.
the most western is Alton Island, ana the
most southern Key Wezt Workine from
these four points, many win be surprised
Ehea they bcate the geographical cenier
q ~ Eni5e1 states,
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NobotIYss Mule.

NOOOuy'B Mul0s
Tho mulo seemed pensive, even sad,
AS II by conscience pricked;
But whom they came TO share his Woes
He raised objeCtions-kickcd.
The cat came up 70 sympathize.
With NEW and gentle pufr.
Alas she got within his reach,
notwithstanding and fur.
The dog, in pity, neared him, too.
To alleviate his care.
Hc tried TO pass around him onoe,
But-sausagemeat and hair.
And John, the honest farmer boy,
Who had the beast in charge,
Tried recklessly to harness him
His funeral was large.
oh, trifiing were the causes which
His fiexile legs unfurlod,
And many were the Quadrupeds
That sought another world.
He never did decent thing,
He wasn't worth ducat;
He kicked and kicked until he died,
And then he kicked the bucket.
American Standard
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-04

BE heads OF the Danish police have intro
duced . way Of surpressing intemperance
which Is both simple and original haman
IS found drunk In the streets or ct publIc
places a CAB Is hired and he is taken home.
IT ne is too intoxicated to be communicated
with he is taken TO the police station and
kept till he Is able ogive his address, when
ne Is taken home by cab The best part of
the performance is the fact that the pub
lican VINO has given the last glass of drink
to the victim is made responsible for the
cab fares, which sometimes amount to .
considerable sum