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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18
CHINESE STORE CLOTHES
A Visit to the Establishment OF New
YOrk,s Pig-Tailad PonIa.

A Visit to the Establishment Of New
YOrk's Pig-Tailed Poole.
There are many Chinese tailor shops in
New York. Mott street is filed with them.
They are in cellars, where pig-tailed Mon
gollanS sit and watch on three-legged
stools, and password or a detective is
needed to pass stranger from the street.
They are in the rear of first-foor shops and
some are in upper stories, through long,
winding halls that smell of dried fish, boil
ing birds'snests and frying pigs tails. The
clothes are kept on dingy shelves and in
boxes under dark counters, and only form
part of the general stock, like nails In
hardware shop. But there Is only one Poole
in New York, and he has no imitators, says
the New York Mail and Express. To imi-
tate our Celestial Poole requires more cap
ital than the average Chiraman possesses.
Mr.. Poole is known to the business public
! as Mel Lee Wa & Co., and is Familiarity
called Mr.. Mel by those who have the honor
of his personal acquaintance. His place of
business is In the Bowery, where he occu-
pies the first floor and the basement of
one of the largest buildings under the
shadow of the elevated road
The tailor shop looks as little like the Gus
tomary clothing store as a Chinese laundry
4 does like Murray Hill drawing room. 1t
! with goods, and clothing seems to be about
The only thing that is not offered for sale.
A casual caller might fancy at the door
that Mr.. Mel kept tea store. Before he
had gone twenty feet he would credit him
I with keeping crockery store. Another
half-dozen PAGES would change his opinion
again, with another change in the appear
ance OF the store. On the first row of Ia
bles are kept Chinese wares Of all styles
and at all prices, from common crockerY
sets worth IS each to a superb red vase
valued at $1,000 On the next row are
glassware and square boxes holding teas
and spiced herbs. Behind glass cases,
against the wall, are knick- knacks in ivory
and gilt, worth weeks wages for every
square inch of surface Farther back in
the store are laundry goods and the vari-
Gus utensils used by the frugal Mongolians
for their housekeeping.
The Chinese Poole is a Macy and a Rid
ley combined. Against the rear wall,
which conceals from the barbarian world
the living apartments of Mr. Mei and pretty
Hrs. Mel, IS kept the clothing. Tits ali made
in China and imported in bulk Here are
clothes enough TO deck out the 5000 China
+ men OF New York in holiday attire and keep
them in their Sunday clothes for year.
/ A Chlnaman's everyday outfit is beauti-
full in its simplicity. It consists of pair of
loose trousers almost as short as panta-
lettes and entirely wanting in friIls, an
undershirt, a short coat that is called Chan
Sa Ten, or something that sounds like
that, and an overcoat known to the
initiated Is q Foo Sol Sam. The boots.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18
The LAWS INTRIcAclEs.

Why q COlOred Man Concluded to Get Up
Code of His Own.
II amt gwine stay here no longer" The
country judge, to whom the remark was ad-
dressed, looked up and saw bench-legged
old negro standing near, says the Arkansaw
Traveller.
whats the matter!"
"Wall, sab, jest KANT erford ter stay in
er place whar de folks beat me like da do
yere."
"But what have l got to do with its''
"You's de jedge o. de county, amt you?"
"Pm the county judge"
"Yas, sab, vas; an has come to see you
on bizness Some time ergo bought er piece
o. lam down on de bayou. Built me er
house on it, did, an gunter lib dar in good
shape, too, but one day sorter stumbled
an fell in debt, an den, ter keep my house
frum bein' tuck erway frum me, had it
made ober ter my wife. Dat wuz feckshun
and love on my part, an 1 thought dat my
wife oughter be mighty thankful ter me,
but whut did she do?'
II don't KNOW the Judge answered.
MAY be you don't. but 1 does. She
willed dat lam ter er Teller dat doan kere
uothin' erbout, OATS whut she DONE"
CIVILIZED it to him!"
"Dat's whit said"
when did she die!"
"She amt dead"
'How, then, did she will it to him?"
Had de papers drawed u, and turned me
outen de house. OATS hos. Err waller
preacher come 'roun' an 'suided her; scoun-
null tole her dat wa n t gwine ter lib long
said dat de Lawd had tole HIM so in err
dream. Tole my wife, de yaller scounnul
did, dat when / died he'd marry her an
make her er powerful lady in de congerga-
ton. De scounnul sold de lam an has dun
lef' de country. Now, whut's gwine doa"
81 don't know
''Will de law hurt mo if follers dat man
an kills him!''
"Hang you"
"Wall, but what de law gwine to do wild
| dat man fur beatin' me outen nv house?,
Il don't know that it can do any thing.'
! but it will break my neck if kills him 90
eyes"
claw is made fur yaller men, it pears
like"
Don't know that it is, but this yellow
man surely has the advantage of YOUR
! "Yas, sab; vas. But de law KANT make
me lib wild dat trifin' an no count lady,
ken it,"
| "No.n
"Thank de Lawd fur dat much, anyhow.
An ii goes and marries ernoder lady it
! will be all right wild de law, won't ita''
| mot unless you get a divorce"
Halter spend my money fur err 'vorce
after she dun turned me outen de house9"
! "Yes"
! wall, dis is de cuts country eber seed
In my life. Laws made in faber o. no count
ladies an yaller men. I'm gwine make
some law fur myself, an eff you yere army
! gun go OF an den yere er yaller man boiler,
you may know dat de law hab dun gone in
far ATTACH Q -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18
BARBER COUNTY INDEX
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. IS, 1889.
MY NEIeHeoRs. CATS.

Ihave cat-a Thomas cat
Likewise has Neighbor Briggs,
And next 70 him IS Deacon Crump,
He's one, and so has Triggs;
Nocsurnes innumerable has
This feline corps begat
And do imprecate them all
Except my Thomas cat.
The midnight pregnant is of yaowls
That ioggle my repose,
Vituperative epithets
My verbal port o'erfiows.
conture schemes TO torture 'twixt
My fierce ly-uttered seats,
And VOW there is no nuisance like
Ny neighbors' Thomas cats.
And when come down each day TO taks
My matutinal meal
Ihear my Tommy's tuneful purr
And stroke his back OF seal
He opes his eyes, rears up his spine
To meet my tender pats,
And quite assures me he's unlike
All other Thomas cats.
Last night the caterwaulinR smotO
My ear till 1 was crazed,
shed the quilts and savagely
The window-saSh 1 raised.
Down on the porch below hurled
A giant baseball bat,
And near IL in the morning found
Ny slaughtered ThomAs-cat.
II we'd reform the neighborhood
At home we should begin;
A blindness to our own ononse
Cures not anothers sin.
Our dogs, our Pigs, our feline pets,
Our bairns that some call "brats,"
Are very like our neighbors' dogs
And pigs and kids and cats.
Wade Whipple, in Richmond Dispatch.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18
HuMBLING A MOGuL.

Forty Determined neutrality-suspicious.
Soupists Win n Great victory.
The autocrat Of the seaside resort is not
the man with his millions, but the hotel
cook. The clerk in the office may imagine
that he owns most of the earth, and the
head waiter may feel that he has a war
ranty deed of the remainder, but when you
come right down to facts the boss of the
kitchen is the boss of the ranch. He is the
unseen power behind the throne to which all
bow.
At our hotel the soup had invariably been
seasoned SO high with cayenne pepper that
not one out Of ten could more than taste it,
says writer in the Detroit Free Press.
The same was true of the deviled clans.
One day made kick, and in five minutes
had half dozen guests with me- We
interviewed the landlord and his reply was /;
'Ihave nothing to say about IT. You
must go to the chief cook''
We sought an interview with that mag
nate. He was a colored man with the
dignity of Roman Senator. We made our
complain, and he replied:
81 season dat soup an dem clans to suit
my taste.n
"But it doesn't suit ours"
"Can't help dat, sah."
1--WE want less pepper"
"Can't help dat"
t.Do you refuse to make Changer
81 sartinly do, sah,. lows nobody to ten
me what to do"
We returned to the verandah and went
into convention. Every minute added to
our numerical strength, and in quarter of
an hour we numbered forty men. Then it
was unanimously
! "ResoIred, That il the cook refuses to use
less pepper we seek some other hotel.''
Delegates were appointed to wait on the
landlord, and he replied:
''Gentlemen, / am sorry, but dare not
Interfere
Forty rooms were vacated, forty trunks
packed and then mine host .wiited. He
called in the cook, and. though that indiyid-
usl attempted TO stand on his dignity, he
had to wilt. By this time the excitement
was intense, and had the forty gone they
would have been followed by hundred
more. LESS pepper was the watch
word all over the house, and it meant a
great deal TO the landlord. We kicked, we
saw, we conquered, and the next soup and
clans exactly suited the popular taste. The
cook Is still the unseen power behind the
throne, but he has Skipped a cog and no one
Is afraid OF him any longer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18
superintendent of weddings.

The newest occupation for women is said
to be that of superintendent of weddings.
The superintendent, who is usually young
ism woman, is installed in the house of the
bride to be some little time before the cere-
mony. She selects the trousseau, advises
what is latest and finest in underwear,
buys the material and designs, and makes
or superintends the making of the gowns,
knows all about stockings, boots, gloves,
laces and handkerchiefs, sees to the MILL
merry and jackets and wraps, tells the brides
mother and sisters what to wear, dictates to
the bridesmaids, thinks Of every thing, and
let's the engaged couple enjoy themselves
with unanxious minds.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18
THE sTuB-TAILED COW.
One of President Lincoln's Inimitable HUI
morOus Stories.

One of President LincOln's Inimitable HUI
morous Stories.
Stories of President Lincoln's keen
humor are seemingly inexhaustible. One
which has never appeared in print the
| Washington correspondent of the New York
Tribune has from maa who held prom
inent office under Lincoln, and who knew
the great statesman well. At an official
ball some thieves made of with the hats
and overcoats of the guests, so that when
! the Presidential party was ready to take
leave Vice President Hamlin's head cover
ing was not to be found.
''Ill tell you what, Hamlin," said friend |;
'early in the evening saw man, pos
sessed of keen foresight hide his hat up
stairs. am sure he would be willing to do
nate it to the Administration, and will go
and get it for YOU"
When the hat was produced it was dis
covered TO be very much after the shape at
fected by Hamlin, but it bore q badge of
mourning, which emblem the Vice-President
ripped on with his pen-knife The party
stood chatting merrily as they waited for
the carriages to be driven up, when a man
stopped directly in front of Mr.. Hamlin and
stood staring at the "tilen with which his
head was covered.
"What are you looking at, sirl" asked
Hamiin, sharply.
4 4OuI duSWCECu JuO uldue
"Ifit had weed on it should say it was
mine"
'FWell, it hasn't got weed on it, has .tls
asked the Vice-President
mo, sir" said the hatless man, "i
HASN'T
''Then it isn't your hat, is iti' said tn.
proud possesscr of it.
s'No, guess not" said the man as h
turned to walk away. When this it'll
scene was explained 10 President LincolI
he laughed heartily and said:
ssThat reminds me, Hamlin. Of lont
time ago when l was pioneering and sol
diering in Illinois and we put up a joke Of
some oficers of the United States army
Ny party and were long way on from
the comforts of civilized life, and our onl
ueighboPs were the garrison OF Unite'
States fort We did pretty well for raticna
had plenty of salt meat and dour, but mil
was not to be had for love or money, and q
we all longed for the delicacy we thought
pretty mean that the officers Of the fort
who had two cows-a stubbed-tailed on
and 9 black and white one offered us n
milk. though we threw out many and stronl
hints that 1t would Dc acceptable, At las
after much consultation we decided TO teacl
them lesson and borrow or steal one Q
those cows, Just as you choose TO put it. Blu
how Il could be done without the COZ
being at once identified and recovered va
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18

One London firm which deals in temper
ance drinks Is making fortune by selling
pure water distilled and Rrated. The price
asked Is so small that the article comes
within the reach OF the masses, and thou
sands Of temperance households purchase
it. The same firm brews and sells one
thousand gallons OF ginger beer daily.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18
Edible Menu cards

The latest thing in hotel bills of fare is an
edible menu card. You select the dishes
you want and then while waiting for them
you amuse yourself by leisurely eating up
the bill of fare, it acting as an appetizer. 1t
is the scheme of a London confectioner He
makes q thin sheet of sweetened dough
and after it has been baked he prints the
menu upon 1t in ink made of chocolate It
hasn't got here vet but it will bv and bv.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18
HERE'S A LITTLE LIST.
Things That Every Honest Man Desires
to Escape From.

to Escape From.
From the man who knows it all.
From the slattern and severely clean.
From tailor-made gentlemen everywhere.
From all whom dogs and children dislike.
From ''clams'' that like muddy water best
From the bar-room actor who supported
Forrest"
From all who ''say" their prayers, but
never "pray."
From press agents, society actresses and
would-be stars.
From the creatures that write nasty books
or read them.
From dealers in the ''antique" who make
their own wares.
From dealers of all kinds who call dishon-
esty business"
From public libraries that never buy a
book worth preserving.
From the three P's-plumbers, politicians
and neighbors' pianos.
From policemen who can not see because
they are paid for not seeing.
From the man who speaks of another's
alleged vices with tears in his eyes.
From prima donnas who can not sing and
servant-girls who think they can.
From people who rush to the seaside in
summer, but never take a bath t home.
From mothers who turn their children
into the street to ''keep the house tidy"
From cashiers who affect the style of
millionalres and go to Canada or to jail.
From wives who think that husbands
were only made to work that they may
spend.
From the "dudesn who hang around
stage doors and from ballet girls on the
stage.
From shop girls who judge lady custom
ers by their clothes and treat them accord
ingly.
From 'blemishes" upon manhood who
give "swell" dinners to "blots" upon
womanhood.
From authors who pay for the publica-
ton of their books and give the publishers
the profits.
From Americans who have never seen
their own country, but go every summer to
tGYurODa
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18
Witness my hand and official seal.


Notice is hereby given that the folio ding
named settler las fled notice Of his i.frutior,
To make final proof in support of his S:lsiln.
AMI that said proof will be made before the.
clerk OF the district court Of Rarber tsDIinft
Kansas. at Medicine Lodge. Kansas on OctS,-
Der 18th. 1859, viz: William 4. Hudson o. d. s.
I't1e3 for the lot 2, and sc u NV a sec z twp
~. south, of range II. west: ard Sc J. ne u
ne 4 sc 4 sec IL, twp %, south, of range ~,
west.
He namcs the following witnesses to prove
bis continuous residence upon and cultivation
of, said land. viz:
w. 5. Denton. of Medicine Lodge, Kansas:
Phillip Butcher. Ell. Williams E. Means. OF
Elm Mills postoilice, Kansas
IG2I HENRY w. SCOTT. Rerfsfer
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18

Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has flied notice Of her Intention
and thai said proof will he made before tht,
clerk of the district court of Barber county,
Kansas, at Medicine Lodge, Kansas. ON Sept.
20. Ise9. VIZ: Miss Emma Hookstra. % ID $ go.
for the c OF Ell 0, and W of WI 10, twp
20, range "A west.
She names the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land. viz:
John G. Johnston. Isaac o. Bailey, Eugene
Bannister. Milton II Clements. all of sun City,
Is-E dc. HExmY W. scorT. Register.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18

1917 Sheriff of Barber County, Kansas
Overstreet s Denton. Attorneys.
No. 160S. First Published Sept, 4, 1889.
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

The State of Kansas to X. l.. Mcdonald, md
another, whose name is To plaintiff Unknown
partners as X. q. McDonald & Co., r. g.
Becker and - Kennard and - Miller
partners as kennard g. Miller, whose first
names are to plaintiff unknown.
You will take notice that you have been sued.
together with Barzillia G. TuIl, Lucinda TuIf
and A +. Yant, In the district court i'm and for
Barber county, Kansas, by Charles Lund and
8 Mitchell, partners Lund & Mitchell. and
that unless you answer TO the petition filed in
said suit on or before the 18th day of October,
1889. said petition will be taken as true and.
Judgment rendered against you accordingly
fore9iosing n mortgage executed and delivered
by Bafzillia Z. Tuli and LUCINDA j. Tull, his
wife. to The Jarvis-ConklIn Mortgage Trust
Company. dated LIST day of January, 1897, ON
the following described real estate, i'm Barber
county. Kansas, to-wit: The west half of the
northeast quar- ter and tho southeast or t, OF the
northeast quarter of section ten, 10, and the
southwest quarter of southeast quarter of sec
ton three, 3, township thirty, -. Tan9e eleven.
VI, west. and for the sale of said real estate,
without appraiscrpent, to pay the debt secured
by said mortgage.
Witness my hand and official seal.
FRANK HOLMES,
IT,. s. Clerk District Court.
BEARDSEEY < GREGORY.
15-11 ATTORNEYS for Plaintiff
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18

Notice Il hereby gwen that the following
named settler has flied notice of bis intention to-
inai1efinRi proof n support of his claim and that
said proof will he mate before the probate
Judge OF BARRIER county. Kansas. at Medicine
Lodge. Kansas. on October .. ISse. viz: james,
and : \ ne Il sec 1. and s-w 4 NV 4 section b.
twp 3; south, range "a west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon ard cultivati0rz
Of said land. viz:
H. C. McSrath. L. s. MeElwain. of Deerheads
I'll HEsRy w. sco1T, Register.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18

oJ oS yOu 20.
Never "fool" in business matters.
Do not kick every one in your path.
Learn to think and act for yourself.
Keep ahead rather than behind the times.
Don't stop to tell stories in business
hours.
Have order, system, regularity and
promptness.
Use your own brains rather than those OF
others.
Do not NEEDLE with business you know
nothing of.
A man Of honor respects his word as he
does his bond.
No man can get rich by sitting around
stores and saloons.
If you have place of business, be found
there when wanted.
Learn to say no., No necessity of snap
ping it out dog-fashion, but say it firmly and
respectfully.
Help others when you can, but never Civ E
what you can not afford to, simply because
it is fashionable
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18
First Published Aug. .
SHERIFF'S SALE.

SHERIFF'S SALE.
by virtue of an order of sale, issued out of
II the district court of Barber county, Kan
sas, to me directed. i'm favor of Gabriel NJ.
Overstreet and against james Huffaker and
Mary a. Huffaker, will on
SATURDAY. SEPTEMBER 81, 1889,
at the hour of nine o clock in the forenoon of
that day, at the front door of the courthouse,
i'm the city of Medicine Lodge, Barber county,
Kansas, sell at public auction, for cash TO the
highest bidder, TO satisfy said order OF sale, the
following described real estate. situated I'm Bar
Der county, state of Kansas, and all the right.
title and estate of the said James and Mary A.
Huffaker therein to-wit: The west half of the
west half of the northeast quarter of section
twenty, in township thirty-two, south, OF range
ten, west of the 9Th p NJ.
GEORGE w. STEVENS.
1917 Sheriff of Barber County, Kansas
0verstreet s Denton. Attorneys.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-18
First Published August q, 1883.
sHERIFFs SALE.

pY virtue of an order of sale. to me directed,
~ and issued out of the district court of BAR
Der county, state of Kansas, i'm favor of the
Kansas National Loan Co., a corporation, and
against A. M Horner, Nancy G. Horner, and
A. Z. Fonda, j Will, on
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-08-01
Real Estate Transfers.

Real estate has been active during
the past week. Several large tracts oil
land in the suburbs have been sold at
fair figures. Prices, generally, are
good, and the market is firm. Fol.
lowing are some of the transfers:
S. H. Pouder to ]. F. Gillian, 200
acres, $l1, 900,
Barnes, widow and heirs to ]. F,
Gillian, 400 acres, $4,000.
]. w. Boring to ]. F. Gillian, 16
lots.
Jesse Beam to Gillian, 2 lots, $500
r. s. Boyd to Gillian, IS lots on
Watauga avenue. $500.
johnson City Real Estate Co. to ],
F. Gillian, 2 lots.
]. A. Martin to Jesse Beam, 10 lots
on Poplar street.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-08-01

This is progressive age and John
son City keeps up with the procession
in fact, it is driving the front wagon.
The old must give way to the new,
and the work OF destruction goes
bravely on. Only "a few weeks ago w,
w. Faw, Esq, widened Market street
from Public Square to Roane by set
ting his fence back six feet. The
street will be widened all the way
through. Not satisfied with this i'm
provement, Mr.. Faw has contracted
for the building OF storehouse 100x2E
feet, two stories high, and last Monday
workmen began tearing away an old
barn to make room for the build
ing. ]. T. Hoss & Co. have the con
tract for the brick work and are plac
ing their material rapidly. Marke
has the width and is rapidly develop
ing into a business street.
The comet. (Johnson City, Tenn.) 1884-1916, 1889-08-01
Died.

Richard Charles, third son of w. S.
Campbell and Fannie Toby, died at
his home on Watauga avenue last
Monday afternoon at 2 80 o'clock, in
the thirteenth year Of his age, Of peri
tonitis. The death OF this beloved
child is peculiarly sad on account of
its suddenness. He was taken sick
only the Thursday night previous
while at church, and never rallied. All
the medical aid possible was of no
avail, and the little fellow sank grad
ually until Monday afternoon, when
he breathed his last. Rev. j. G. Cowan
read the Episcopal funeral service at
the house and grave, and the remains
were laid to rest at 10 80 Tuesday
morning. Mr.. Campbell has just re.
Gently moved his family to Johnson
City from New Orleans, bat they have
made many friends here already, as
the procession to the cemetery evil
denced. THE COMET and the whole
community sympathize with the be.
reaved family in their sore affection