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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-25

I've time 70 hurry 70 the ofice and get
through little business"
II his wife could see these mysterious
! preparationsi II she could see this accusing
table! And she shall see it. Destiny has
SO ordered.
The hall door has scarce closed on him
halt an hour before it opens again. His
wife enters; she has carried out her plan
and come to the city to surprise him. She
couldn't have chosen a better day.
just little frightened at entering the
familiar but deserted house, she runs nerv-
ously through the hall, peeps into the
library. and then throws open the dining
room door. The scent OF the fowers-heavy
perfume OF expectancy-rushes to greet
her. She staggers, turning dizzy for min
ute, and then her nervousness disappears
in the greater blow to her heart. 1t was
true, then! Her presentim had not de-
ceived her. This luncheon-fruit, bonbons,
ftowers-rapidly her eye adds up the sum
Of the omlnous details. What can she do!
The desire comes to her to break these
porcelain dishes, these crystal goblets; to
hurl into the street this bouquet-tea-roses,
he knew they were her favorites Ito tear
1t, to trample it under foot.
But she replaces it, saying, in a strange
voice: thine enough for that, can wait
wait till they come. Twill surprise him and
and herp
The street door opens. With her nerve
less limbs she has scarcely power to fling
herself into recess near the buffet and
draw curtain before her.
The broker enters, but alone. He wipes
his brow, heated with fast walking, and
says aloud, but in a low voice:
81 feared was late, but she is not here
yet"
Like a man who knows no shame, he draws
aletter out of his pocket-a love-letter. He
places it under the bouquet.
How she hates him at this moment and
vows that she will always hate himl
Standing at the window he watches for
the coming of his accomplice.
''She ought to be here by now, that is, il
she is going to come Syddie said it was to-
day."
Could she have heard arightl Syd-their
boy-her little Sydney The name threw a
CLEAN across her troubled spirit. But he
continued, in tone of disappointment:
81 wish she had comet Wouldn't she
have been surprised in trying to surprise
mel I'd have given round sum just to
see her face when she looked in here i
The wife behind the curtain could doubt
nolonger. The expected one was herself
the roses-the note-were for her. Still
trembling with the shock Of that bad FIVE
minutes she pushed aside the drapery.
A burst of hysterical laughter startled
the gentleman at the window; he turned
and saw his wife laughing and sobbing at
the same time. Hanging to his neck, her
head on his shoulder, she babbled, between
smiles and tears:
'Oh, dearl dearl How frightened was
believed"
Smiling he folded her in his arms. "Con-
fess, dearest-you have been jealousp'
''Oh, nol-no, Sydney. What an ideal
How-how absurd l was nervous, all
alone in this big house-and then didn't
heOr you come in. When l looked up and
saw a man by the window nearly died Of
fright I'm all right now, and so hungry
So Syddie told you 1 was comingl Little
rogue l wanted to surprise you r'-Willis
Steel, in Demorest Magazine.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-25
A COUNTING cHIMPANzEK.
Remarkable Exploits OF an Inmate OF Lon
GOn's Geological Garden.

Remarkable Exploits OF an Inmate OF Lon
GOn's Geological Garden.
Nature prints an interesting paper read
before the Geological Society of London by
Prof, George Ronanes, F. K. s., aud from
~ the following extracts are made:
1.-THE female chimpanSee which has now
been in the society's menagerie for six
years has attracted general notice, not only
on account of her peculiar geological charac-
ters, but perhaps still more on account of
her high Intelligence. This Is Conspicuous
ly displayed by the remarkable degres
in which she is able to understand the
meaning of spoken language-a degree
which Is fully equal to that presented by an
infant few months before emerging from
infancy, and therefore higher than that
presented by another brute, 50 far, at least,
as have met with any evidence to show
Nevertheless, the only attempts that she
makes by way o. vocal responses are three
peculiar grunting noises-one indicative Of
assent or affirmation, anectther very closely
resembling the firstl OF dissent or negation.
and me tLiFd quite different from the other
twol OF thanks or recognition Of fayors. In
disposition she is somewhat capricious
though on the whole good-humored. fond of
her keepers, and apparently never tired of
knd OF bantering play which, off and on,
10y ASNP Mp Win ner continually.
"A year or two ago it occurred to me that
might try some psychological experiments
on the Intelligence Of this animal. The
circumstances in which she is placed, how
ever, did not prove favorable for any thing
like systematic instruction Being constant
ly exposed to the gaze of number of PEG
pie coming and going and having her atten-
ton easily distracted by them, the ape was
practically available for purposes of tuition
emily during the early hours of the morning.
before the menagerie is opened to the pub
lie, and, as a rule, did not find il con-
venient to attend at that time. Therefore
the results which am about to describe do
not, in my opinion, represent what might
fairly have been expected un1er more
favorable conditions; il the chimpanzee
could have been kept as domestis pet for
few months las kept the Cebus kindly
lent me for the purposes of psychological
observation by this society there can be
no doubt that many much more interesting
results might have been obtained. Never
theless, it appears to me that even those
which have thus far been obtained are
worthy of being placed on record
'sRaving enlisted the intelligent co-operar
ton of the keepers, requested them to ask
the ape repeatedly for one straw. two
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-25
IMAGINARY HEMoRRHAcE.
The Peculiar Experience OF . GentIema
Afflicted with Weak Lungs.

The Peculiar Experience OF q Gentleman
Afflicted with Weak Lungs.
A man who had suffered several hemor-
rhages from his lungs describes how the
fear Of return of the trouble forever
haunts and hangs over victims to any pull
monary trouble. This gentleman, says the
Chicago Journal, was lodging few nights
ago at the home of friend. On his bed
was rose blanket, across the end of which
was the usual stripe, and in this case it
was brilliant red. The day had been a
tiresome one for the guest, and in conse-
quence on going to his room he was unusu-
ally depressed. In his chest was the old,
familiar, foreboding sensation, though for
more than year he had escaped hemor-
rhage. The last he could remember as he
sank into ftful slumber was the well-de-
fined hope that he might escape the return
Of his malady, at least until tomorrow.
He didn't know how long he slept before
awakening, but when he did awake the light
from lamp-post, burning in the street,
streamed through the window and on his
bed. The rays fell directly on the red
streak which crossed the rose blanket.
This was the first thing his eyes opened
upon, and the evidence was clear that the
tissues of his lungs had again broken down :
again he was bleeding, this time possibly to
death. His hand went to his lips, where
there was little warm saliva. In addition
to the ocular evidence of hemorrhage
before him was the evidence the sense of
touch gave him. The depression of his
chest was terribly increased. A load like q
ton rested upon it. In this semi-conscious
condition, this nightmare with eyes open,
he thought to call for help, but he could not
speak. The crimson fluid had clogged up
his throat He staggered from the bed,
and, holding his hand over his mouth to
stop the flow, reeled across the room for the
door. He would take his shoe and drop it
down the stairway, and the noise it would
make would arouse the family, and in that
way he would get some medical aid. He
seized his shoe, and, as he did 80, stumbled
against the dresser on which were
matches, and by the side Of which pro-
truded gas jet. He wanted light, light,
and so scratched match, turned on the
gas, when, 10! there was no blood on his
hands. He hurried back to the rose blanket,
and by the aid of a brilliant light discov-
cred the deception for which the pale rays
OF the street lamp were responsible. The
joy at the discovery awoke him to full con-
sciousness, and then, painting like hound
ed fawn, he again sank upon his bed, and,
exhausted slept till morning
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JUSTIFlAsLE WRATH.
a Pretty Girl Reporters Experience VI
. Blundering ProOf-Reader.

Pretty Girl Reporters Experience with
= Blundering Proof-Reader.
..I've seen lots of male editors whose
yearning dream was TO shed some proof
readers rich, red gore,n said newspaper
friend TO q Chicago Mail reporter, "but
never saw woman on the rampage but
once. She was the society reporter on q
paper ! worked On out West. ] must con-
Tess that the proof-reader was one of the
worst of his class-dire bad isn't half strong
enough. There wasn't day but somebody 8
story wasn't made as silly as an end-man's
joke by the proof-reader's plumbers, and
there was always somebody, from the city
editor 70 the pightpoliceman, who was look
ing for his scalp. reckon he had a cave
somewhere and that he hustled himself into
it and locked himself in when the paper
vent 70 press and staid there till nightfall
Anyway, nobody could ever find him. But
one night he got hold of an account of q
swell reception-the biggest social blowout
the town had known for seasons Every
body was there in war-paint, and the women
who held family purse strings we've in
their glory. OF course the PAPER did It Up in
great shape, and of course it fell to the fash
ion writer to describe the costumes. She
threw herself, because II was u great
chance, and was mighty proud of the
column and a half description of the toilets
she turned in. But, holy smoke! You
should have seen her when she appeared at
the Office the next afternoon and asked
where she could find the proof-reader, She
was white and red by turns, and spiuttered
so she could hardly talk straight. Every
body gathered around her to learn what
had happened, and she said:
Miss So-aud-So was the belle of that
affair lash night, and for several reasons,
some of which are entirely personal. took
great care to describe her toilet accurately
Iwrote, among other things. that she wore
a wide antique collar and band cuffs and
here's the way that brute of proof-reader
fixed It:
I'VE looked at the lire she pointed out
and saw that it credited the daughter of the
richest man in that section of the country.
with wearing "a snide antique collar aud
handouts
Zone by one we silently shook hands
sympathzingly with the fashion reporter.
and she took a hat-skewer from her pocket
and braced out into the cofnposing-room
looking for the proof-reader She didn't
find him. don't reckon she ever squared ii
with the girl y
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-25
No. 1907.
First Published Sept. IL, 1889.
sHERIFFs SALE.

STATE OF KANSAS, COUNTY OF RARBER. as
william Stearns
versus
Albert Ii. Albee and Anna ATbee, his
VIE. GtOrge William Vickers and
- Nickers, his wife, whose first
name is to plaintiff unknown.
P1 virtue of an order OF sr,a fss,.ad nm, 90
- the Barber district cGdrt String IN snd
Tor said Barber county, I'm the aIs,ye entttIsd
action. and to me directed, will. ON
SATURDAY, TgR larH DAY OF OCTOBER
A d., 1889, at two O'Clock i'm the Afternoon, ~
said day, at the front door Of the courfhoise
In SAID county, offer for sale, at public aucti0n
ana sell, without superintendent, to the hiTheef
and Dest bidder, for cash I'm hand 10 Eatfsfv
said order of sale, all the right title and inter
est whatsoever of the above named defend
ants, ana each OF them, and of all persons
claiming under them. in end to the following
described tract. piece and parcel OF land IyiUT
and situate In said county OF Barber, to-wft.
The south half of the southeast quarter Snfb
southeast quarter OF the southwest auartex of
section seventeen. IL: the northea 81 anarter>
OF tne northwest quarter. the southeast utlar-
Ter OF the northwest quarteE, the south half
vi tne nortneast quarter, and the ROrtheaa
quarter OF the northeast quarter of seCttov,
twenty, 20 allin township thirty-one 81 So1th-
Oh range eleven, III. west Of the sixth d m
containing three hundred and twenty tasIl
acres, more or less, together with all and sim
guar the teneInents Entertainments and an.
purtenances tbercunto kenngjng or IN any,
wise appertaning, ~
Glyen under Law hand, at my once, in the
city OF MeahtEe Lodge, in said county this
ath DAY OF September. Isssl.
GEO. w. STEVENS. sheriff.
Geo. j. Barker. Atty for PltG. 1870
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STATE OF KANSAS, COUNTY OF BARRIER ss
The Western Farm Mortgage Com
pany,
Lazer Woltberg, Sarah Wolfberz his
wife, MAKO. Altschul, - AItschul
his wife, whose first name is 10
plaintin unknown, and J. b. Winter.
QY virtue of an order of sale issued out of tha
said Barber county, In the above entitled o.
ton, and to me directed, will on W
SATU RDAY THE 18th DAY OF OCTORFR
A ID. 1889, at O'Clock in the afternoon of satd
day, at the front door OF the courthouse n, said
county, offer for sale at public auction and sell
WITHOUT appraisemcnt to the highest and hest
bidder Tor cash in hand, to satisfy said Orierof
sale all the right, title and interest whatsOeyer
Oh the above named defendants, and each of
them, and OF ali persons claiming under them
In and to the following described tract pieces
ana parcel of land lying and situate I'M eaid
county OF Barber. to-wit: o''O
Inc south half of the southwest quarter and
ter of section five, (5); and the NORTHWEST
quarter of the northeast Quarter of 80
ton six, 49,, all in township thirty-three1
(J5), south. of range fourteen (l4i west
OF the 9th Il. NJ, and containing One HUNDRED
and Sixty (16U acres more or less together
with all and singular the tenements hereiita-
ments and uppurtenances theruntO belonging
or n any wise appertainng.
GlEen under my hand at my ONCE In the citv
OF Medicine Lodre. in said county, this 9Th day
l6-20 GEO. w. STEVENS. Sheriff.
Geo. j. Barker, Attorney for Plaintiff
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AYaIuabIe Cats Eve.

The most valuable cats eye in the world
was brought to London recently from Cey-
ion, the only regioa besides Madras where
cats eyes are found. 1t was found by an
Indian working man while he was grading
bank of earth, prepar atory to opening a
street. He sold it for thirty rupees. After
passing through several hands, the big cats
eye was bought by an Indian merchant for
1900 rupees. Cutting and polishing re-
duced its weight from AIS carats to ITO car
ats. 1t is now insured for 80, 600 rupees,
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BARBER COUNTY INDEX.
WEDNESDAY. SEPT. 25, 1889.
cHLoRls AND coRYDoN.
a Pastoral.)

"a PSstoral.)
Chloris, a maid OF nimple feet,
Whose tongue was nimble, too,
hepherd-Corydon, Weet-
Come bashfully to WOO.
He spske with awkward turn of head.
A-leaning on his crook:
" Now get thee hence" the maiden said,
Thou hast q Sheepish looki"
AT this in lower tone he sighed,
"In love with thee ann
And she with merry laughter cried:
" 1t Is pretty lambr'
Then roared he out a lion bold,
His love of many q day,
Until sweet ChloriS, IL Is told,
Was glad to say HIM "Yea."
Thus maids in pastoral days were won,
Are still-my tale is true;
For was shepherd Corydon,
And Chlors-that was vouI
Clinton Schollard, in Century Magazine.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-25

Mest, winch meant Montgomery County,
KY. There my father was born, and there
my grandfather spent many years as q
local preacher. rejoining the conference in
1919, moving later to Indiana, where he
died near Greencastle in 1881 He never
resumed his pipe. His plucky anti-pipe
wife survived him several years.,
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ERRa Are Eggs.

Paddy Doolan went into q shop one day to
buy eggs. what are eggs to-dayI" Eggs
are eggs to day, Paddy" replied the shop
man, looking quite triumphantly at two or
three young lady customers who happened
TO be in the shop. Faith, I'm glad to hear
yez say So" replied Paddy; "for the last
ones got here were chickenSU
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- . S--
CARRIED THE BASKET,
How . Nice-LOOkIng Tacoma Widow It'll
izod a Dude.

How Nice-LoOklng Tacoma Widow UtiI-
ixod Dude.
lady who lives in the suburbs was down
in the city one evening marketing, says the
Tacoma Globe. She had large basket full
and was going to the corner of Ninth street
and st. Helen's avenue for the purpose of
taking the motor line for her home. She
has APPETITE and rather youthful figure, but
is about fifty years of age and has been
widow for decade. A dapper young man,
who was also a "masher" saw her and an
preaching asked her il he might not help
her home with her basket. Now this widow
hates dapper young men, and especially
Washers; therefore she told the young man
he might see her home and carry her basket.
He thought he had made an immense hit.
and he also thought in the dim light that the
widow was beautiful young lady. The
widow transferred her basket to the dap
per young mans arm, and relinqulshing
her idea of riding home in the horse
cars in order that she might have a large
bushel basketful of fun she started with
her escort for walk of about fifteen life
size, full-length squares. The basket got
frightfully heavy in about five blocks; in
ten it was a huge white elephant, and by
the time the two reached the lady's resi-
dence it was one of tho pyramids of
Egypt, and the dapper 'ung man was
badly blown and altogether broken up.
The widow rang the bell at Ler door and a
grown young lady came asking: "Why,
ma, what did you ring the bell for! The
door was not locked" The dapper young
man almost tainted, and when the widow
saidi won't you come in, sir. Ny hus-
band would be glad to see you," he was
paralyzed. But he recovered quickly and
went away from there, and the widow has
been having conclusive fits of laughter
ever since, in which she is ably seconded
by her daughter and the remainder of her
family. The masher has been taking iron
and quinine ever since to build up his
strength.
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me- ycnezueIan snakes.

There are many serpents, both veno-
nous and harmless, but the former pre-
dominate. The boa-ceAstrictor, called here
araga venado, or deer-swailowsF, is very
common and grows to an enormous siks.
The anaconda is Of the same species as the
boa, but Is q water snake. The flesh Of the
anaconda is very white and tender, and il
many parts of the country is much esteemed
as food. Consul Plumacher says that
many foreigners who have eaten It in
form him that anaconda meat Is very palat-
able,
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No. llS5.
First Published Sept. II, lsSg.
sHERIFFS SALE,


STATE OF KANSAS, COUNTY OF BARBER. se
G. j. Robertson
versus
Abram j. MarkowiLZ and - Mark
owitZ, his wife, whose first name fs
10 plalntin unknown, and Charles
Cohen.
by virtue of an order OF SALE issued out ~.
- the barber district court, sitting in and fory
said Barber county, in the above entitled 40
lon, and to me directed, / WILL ON
SATURDAY, THE 18TH DAY OF OCTOBER
A. D.. 1889, at two O'Clock i'm the afternoo, ~
said day, at the front door of the cOlIrfhS,,,.Da
I'm SAID county. offer for sale, at public n,setton
and sell, without appraisement To tbs hichesf
and best bidder, for cash I'm hand. to ssfIsfy
said order OF sale, all the right IitIe and infer
est whatsoever of the above na ms d de rendsnts
and each of them and OF all persona claim.
ing under them. in aud 80 the following dc scri
bed tract, piece and parcel of land, living and
situate IN said county of Barber tO-wit:
Inc southeast quarter of section eleven n
IN township thirty-three, 81 south of ranrS
nfteen, 10, west of the sixth D. M containino
one hundred and sixty (I60l acres, more or less
together with all aud singular the tenements
nefe1talnents and appurtenances thertlInto
Dclongins or In any wise appertaininR
GlY.n under my hand, at my Office in the
city of Medicine Lodge i'm said county thiS
9Th day of September 1889 '-'''
GEO. W. STEVENS, Sber1f,
Geo. }. Barker. Atty for Pitt. 1870
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Thoughts OF tic nrinu.


1t Is affirmed that dying person in his
last moments thinks of the chief events Of
his life. Persons resuscitated from drown
ing, epileptics with grave attacks, persons
dying and already unconscious, but momen-
tarlly brought back to consciousness by
ether injections to utter their last
thoughts, all acknowledge that their last
thoughts revert to momentous events Of
tAeiriife. Such an ether Injection Eeyives
once more the normal disposition Of cerebral
activity. already nearly extinguished, and 1t
might be possible al this moment to learn
of certain important events Of the past life.
Brown-SeQuard mentions the remarkable
fact that persons who, in consequence Of
grave cerebral affections, have been par
alyzed for years, get back at once when
dying their sensibility, mobility and intel
Ggence. An such facts clearly show that
ct the moment Of dissolution important
changes take place, reacting upon the COM
position of the blood and the functions Of
he
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rho EngIIsh sparrow.

There seems to be no end to the mischief
the English sparrow Is capabte of. One Of
the little feathered fiends recehfly took I'M
his residence IN 5 pine Of the organ in the
Catholic cathedral at Louisville, and the or
ganist went nearly crazy before it was dis
covered what kept his instrument out OF
tune.
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Avn Eno1nv Of che surn,u..

Cohen-"Vy vas you standing up by dot
letter-box so long, JacobP' Loewenstein-
"Iyas got CLAIM against the Government,
Abraham. My clerk put two stamps ON q
letter by mistake, und wait foH dot car
rier to fix it.''
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The Voice OF Envy.

Envy can not be hid, II ACCUSES and
Judges without proofs; it exaggeratss de-
fects; its conversation Is filed with gall,
exaggeration and injury. 1t stands out
with obstinacy and with fury against
striking merit. 1t is hasty, insensible and
al
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No. liza. First published Sept. IL, 1889.
sHERIFrS SALE,


STATE OF KANSAS, COUNTY or BARBER a.
T.. w. Lewis
versus
Edward A. Clark and Mary E. Clark.
his wife, and the Wichita Kansas
Mining Company.
Qf virtue of au order OF sale issued ont ~
~ the Barber District Court sitting In ana
Tor said Barber county, in the above cntitisd
action. and to me directed. / viii, ON
SATURDAY, THE ETH DAY OF OCTOBER
A. ID. 1889. at O'Clock in the afternoon of s,,d
day, at the front door OF the courthouse n
said county, offer for sale at public auctior
ana sell without appraiscmcnt, to the hirrcst
ana best bidder, for cash In hand TO saffsfv
said order of sale. all the right title and inter
est whatsoever of the above named defend-
ants, and each Of them and of all persona
claiming undor them. in and to the foIIoWfn1
described tract. piece and parcel OF land lvin,,
and situate in said county of Barber to-wit.
The east half of the northeast Quarter a.,
north half OF the southeast Quarter of nactic,e
twenty, 70, at in township thirty 30 so,,fh o.
range nfteen, IL. west of the nth m N, go,
talnlng one hundred and sixty lG0) acres' more
or less, together with ali and singular the ts,,
ements, Entertainments and appurtenance.
ing.
Given under my hand, at my Office i'm tbe
CITY OF medicine Lodge, In said county thia
9TH day of September, 1879.
GEO. w. STEVENS, Sheriff.
Geo. >. Barker, Atty for Pitt. 1890