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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-05-15
RATS CARRYING EGGS.
An Omaha Man Watches the Perform
ance and Describes It

An Omaha Man Watches the Perform.
ance and Describes 1t.
l.. L. Cloud, of Omaha, in Chicago paper
says: Last summer the girl kept complain.
ing that she could never find any eggs in
the barn. did not think much of it at first.
out finally when the complaint was repeat
ed almost every dayI began to think 1t was
rather strange that we should not get more
than three or four eggs when we had at
least five dozen hens, and SO determined tn
look into the matter. 1t was more than a
week, though, before solved the mystery.
and then 1t was merely by accident. was
standing IN the barn one Sunday morning
when hen came cackling from her nest In
the manger, and few minutes after a hip
rat came from his hole, ran across the barn
and climbed into the manger. I could hear
him, and was idly watching to sec what he
was doing, when you can imagine nv sur.
prise to see him rolling the egg In front of
MIN toward the edge Of the manger. After
good many efforts he finally succeeded.
ae paused there, gathering the egg up uu.
der his "chin;" he rolled himself complete.
around 1t, resembling the form of q
neogenog when alarmed, then he deliber-
ately rolled over the edge Of the man1er.
and dropped squarely on his back on the
noor, two feet below, thus saving the egg
whole Immediately he began to squeal
with all his strength. :and just as was
starting to put him out Of his misery, think
ing he had broken his back in the fall. two
other rats appeared on the scene. They ran
up TO the first ono, a. he lay on the door.
and each seizing hold Of hind leg began to
drag him, egg and all, across tho barn Just
as they reached the hole, and the first old
grizzled follow disappeared, pushing the
egg in front Of him, it dawned on me that I
had at last found out where our eggs had
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IN SHARP CONTRAST.
The Model as Painted by an Artist and ~
Seen in Real Life.

1AO MooO1 aS PAINTED Dy an Artist ana ~
Seen in Real Life.
"Womanhood"-a background Of misty
gray, shadows soft and dreamy, woman
floating through the shadows, with white
arnA raised high absve her head, clothed
only in thin, gray draperies, trailing and
fading into the clouds In which she ioated.
Every curve Of the cleaning white limbs,
every line Of the slender body was revealed
by the clinging, transparent folds, which
only heightened the loveliness they could
not conceal, and fell away softly from the
full, white throat and snowy breast. The
face was uplIfted and turned slightly away,
in an exquisite pose, but something in the
chasts lines of the beautiful figure revealed
all the purity, sacredness and ideality OF
womanhood. Men, says the New York Sun;;
looked at the picture with earnest faces,
women's chatter hushed as they approached
it. SIT almost makes me cry, it is 30 pure
and beautiful said q pretty, impulsiye
girl. II could be always good If 1t hung in
my room-n The artist stood in the angle Of
the railing as the people crowded up to see
his work, and some one said: tsTs il an
ideal ngureF TO which he answered: 81
painted it from life, except the face, which
Is idealized lirtle''
High up In an old tenement-house with
dark passages, and up tumble-down stairs,
IN tiny room woman sat crouching oyes
efsmoking nre, endeayorinR 70 coax it,
Goals into LIE and warmth Her dress was
ole and faded and soiled, tesy o. tie
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CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.
Woman's Pom Picture OF the WeaItbiest
OF American NduIIonalres

Woman's Pen Picture OF the WeaItbiest
OF American MinIonaIres.
here Is woTan's idea of Mr.. Cornelius
Vanderbilt; The is,n she declared To a
New ferR reporter, 'sby far the best-Iook
ine and bestdressed Of our milIionaires.
tbB young man 10 decidedly attractive to
the eye. He Ii Of excellent height ana
ngure, and his clothes, while never foppish,
are immaculate, and exhibit plainly the
work OF As good tailor as can be found in
New York. At the theater Mr. Vanderbilt
is invariably in perfect evening dress. and
the enect OF cleanness that he always pro-
duces is truly noticeable. i don't suppose
there Is better groomed man in the city.
bis firm, solid chin and mouth always have
the newly shaved look of a gentleman OF
leisure, his tiny whiskers Just in frout of
his ears are trimmed with exquisite exact
ness, his linen Is like snow, and his patent
leather shoes hook as though they had never
been worn before. Mr.. Vanderbilt has the
lace OF thoroughly trustworthy and
shrewd man Of C4siness. The forehead is
broad and smooth, the eyes kindle with
pronounced intelligence OF expression. The
mouth Is set with the gentle strength of :.
man accustomed to rule and 10 succeed
ne innerits all that shrewd and Courageous
Drigntness OF visage that you can find in a
portray OF the old Coumodore. never see
Cornelius Vanderbilt but what appreciate
his capacity for being very rich. 1t does
not oewilder him or dazzle him. ANY man
with his personal appearance must per-
iorce De Al least sensible and decent 1 have
seen such faces IN serious and industrious
physicians, lawyers and ministers. never
saw man with such face who was not to
2 great degree successful In worldly way.
Serious, courtly, uell-dressed, clean and
sohdly handsome, this Is Cornelius Wander
oilt stu young, but with weIl-grown fam
" and milliona Of dollaxs.n
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transforming DAYS.
4 Story OF Edwin Booth That II Good
Enough to Be True

Once during the days of his early strug-
giles, says the Baltimore American, Booth
was Transforming down in Virginia at a
place called Lees Landing. The imprnvised
theater was tobacco warehouse, ana it was
crowded by the planters from miles around.
Booth and his companions had arranged to
take the weekly steamer expected to call
late at night, and between the acts were
busy packing up. The play was "The Mer-
chant Of Venice" and they were just going
on for the trial scene when they heard a
whistle and the manager came running In
TO say the steamer had arrived and would
leave again In ten minutes. As that was
thsir only chance Tor q week Of getting
away, tthey were in terrible quandary.
The narrative proceeds:
: III We explain matters" said the man.
a9sr, tthey win think they are being cheat
ed and We shall have free fight The only
thing is for you fellows to get up some sort
OF natural-like impromptu ending Of the
piece, and ring down the curtain Go right
ahead, ladies and gentlemen, and take
your cue from Ned here" and he
hurried away to get the luggage
aboard. Ned, Of course, was Bas-
sania and he resolved to rely on
the ignorance Of the Virginians of those
days 70 pull him through all right. So.
6hyloek, began 70 sharpen his knife on his
boot, Booth walked straight up to him and
solemnly said: "You are bound to have
your pound Of flesh, are youi"
"You bet your lifei" said Ruggles.
snow, I'll make you one more Offer, ncon-
tinued Booth "In addition 10 this big bag of
ducats, IN throw In two kegs Of Niger
head terback, shotgun and two OF the
best coon dogs in the State"
trm blarmed IL / don't do itl' responded
Shylock, much 70 the appreciation OF the
audience, who were tobaeco-raisers and
TO q man.
Sand to show that there's no ILL., feeling"
put In Portia, "we'n wind up with Vir-
ginny reel"
When they got on board of the steamer.
the captain, who had witnessed the conclu-
sion OF the play, remarked:
"Pd like to see the whole of that play
some time, gentlemen. Pm blarmed il +
thought that fellow Shakespeare had so
much snap in him"
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MUCH ADO.

When you think of it, friend, the worries,
The troubles that wear you out
Are often the veriest trifies,
That common sense would dout;
They write the forehead with wrinkles,
They bow the shoulder with care,
Yet alittle patience would show you, friend,
Just how their weight to bear.
IT'S somebody late to breakfast
And the coffee growing cold;
IT'S button that isn't fastened
Or string too slight to:hold;
ana time ana temper are wasted
And fun IL driven away,
And al for tho want of gentlenesa
The homo isspciled for day.
And the children make Q litter
OF toys upon the noor,
And Johnny forgets 70 wipe his feet,
And Susie 70 shut the door;
And who that hears you sooldinR,
Which after awhile you'll rue,
Would deem those needless little ones
Just all the world to your
'Tis well that God and the angels
Know better far than we,
That our conscience and our conduct
fFiendS
so seldom quite agree.
'Tis we'll that the Lord is patient
And sees, not what We are,
But what, At our best We are fam to ba
Unmoved By strife and jar.
All mel for the little trifies,
OF which our bitter grew,
OF SORROW and trouble Is often mixed
As weakly, with much ado,
We meet the smaller worrieA
That arc quickly out of sight
When the sweep OF a dark-wlnged angel
ObScureS our lives with night
Margaret e. Sangster, in Ladies' Home
Journal.
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A HEAoLEss GHOST,
Az EnGlish Farmers Cruel Revenge o,
His False Lady Love.

Al English Farmers Cruel Revenge On
His False Lady Love.
About thirty miles south of London, In
one OF the prettiest parts Of England. II q
village called Shalford. Adjoining Il is q
large common, or public pasture. There
are few houses fronting on it, prominent
among which there was, about twenty years
ago, . rather singular looking edince,
known to the village folk a. the "Blaok
House" The name was apparently Ill
chosen, for the bricks were white and the
tiles bright red. But there was a good
reason for the name, as any local gossiper
was pleased to explain, The house had
been built by farmer named Somers
for the reception Of a young lady Of good
position who was shortly TO become his
bride. The wedding day had been fixed.
But few days before the one fixed for
the wedding day the bride disappeared, and
few hours after her departure q farm
hand in the employ Of Somers was also
sought for and found not
Rumor coupled the two nanes. and the
disappointed bridegroom started OF in hot
haste In pursuit. For several months the
house remained untsnantsd, but one night
lights were observed In the windows. The
next day there was much speculation as to
whether Somers had returned or whether
80 W6E0 SlRnA
life during the next nor the succeedins day,
and nnaiiy 1t was thought Advisable TO fof6e
an entry. Accordingly the local black
smith and aomers' farm bailin broke open
the 1ront door. The house was found ex-
actiy as left by Somers when be started out
on his tour OF revenge, nor was there auy
explanation to be detected Of the lights seen
ct night
That evening the windows were again
bright, and for several successive nights
the phenomenon was repeated. Finally
committee Of three was appointed 70 investi-
gate. The members of the committee were
the blacksmith. the parish clerk, and IN old
skeptio who believed Ia no one but himself.
After eating hearty supper at the village
Inn the trio set out on their task. The clerk
was very nervous, the blacksmith defiant
and the skeptic sarcastic The door was
forced open and the men proceeded to In
yestigate. They made q tour Of all the
rooms, but discovered nothing The clerk |
became reassured, the blacksmith sighed
for someone or something TO fight, and the
skeptic threw IN an ~ told you there was
nothing" every two or three minutes.
But shortly before midnight the light Of
the lanterns carried by the Intrepid inyes-
tgators was supplemented by bright illu-
minatinE which seemed 70 have no natural
source. The clerk looked at the black-
smith, and even the skeptic felt himself n
fault Suddenly the first named spran0
to his feet and rushed headlong out into the
passage, along II to the front door, and
through IL on to the open pasture. The
blacksmith ed the akeQtis turned end
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MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS WEDNESDAY, MAY IS. 1899

shoulder revealing the WHINE nesn; ner
shoes were ragged midtown at the heel,
fastened by one or two buttons; her hands
were smirched with coal dust. A frowsy
boy came banging into the room with bun
In one hand and q greasy newspaper in the
other. "Here's the paper the boss sent up
to your man, and is he any better, he says"
HE 10 worse" answered the woman.
alphabetically, as she took up the paper and
went into another tiny room where, on q
ragged couch, Q man with consumption was
watching her with burning eyes. She
turned the paper to the art notes, and, after
little search. said: ''The picture has sold
for 81 900, and ] only had so for the pose,
and It was % hard and made my arms ache
% couldn't 64 'em in the night 80 could
70 70 sleep. Tho coars nearly out and the
rent isn't paid, and your medicine IL all
gone"
"What was the pose, Annief'
This. 6ee!" She raised slowly on one
toe and threw her hands above her head
The clinRing, limp, faded dress outlined
curves Of gracious beauty, the soiled sleeves
fell back from dimpled white arms; the
hands. save where the coal smirches black.
ened them, were white as snow, and they
were faultless In shape. Through the rent
In her dress the bare shoulder cleaned like
marble, and tho loosely fastened collar
slipped back from full, beautiful throat.
the gray dusk Of the twilight shrouded her
with dreamy shadows and the upli tted face
was turned AWAY
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A FEMALE LoeeYisr.

How She Manages 20 Gather Honey from
Every Honey-Beartng Flower.
"a Ane figure Of . woman" a. Joe Gar.
gerry observes In eGreat Expectations, y
passes by into the Capitol, sweeping under.
gsrniture Of silk and genuine seal fur with
as broad spread OF canvas as the yachts
Puritan or Volunteer. Her age ranges prob.
ably between forty and forty five, her fig.
ure Is practically embonpoint, but her face
Is rosy with health and her features still
preserve the stamp of beauty. Her eyes
are big and gray, scintillating under the
flashes OF dark eyelashes and brows, and
were her attire less pronounced she would
be styled elegant. This lady enters the re.
ception room, and sends her card to several
members, who at once respond, and soon
she is surrounded by coterie Of conscript
fathers. vieing with each other In playing
the gallant. She jests and Jokes with them
all, inviting them to call at her residence.
and, having played her cards adroitly.
leaves the Capitol in awell-appointed coupe.
with the driver in livery. Sometimes She
Is accompanied by her daughter, a pretty
girl OF eighteen, and a splendid type of the
blonde.
This lady is a professional lobbyist, and
plies her vocation with marked success
Whispers in the air are heard occasionally
in criticism Of her private character from
those OF her own sex, but, says the gallant
correspondent Of the Kansas City Times.
neither man nor woman has ever brought
forward an accusation direct and positive
30 far as it is generally known. She ha.
had her fingers, however, in many a Con.
gressional pie, whereof she received slice
OF greater or lesser proportions, and no one
Is more thoroughly posted in the avenues
and channels Of legislation. She obtains
copy OF every bill introduced and OF the re.
ports thereon, and II the game be worth the
candle, hunts up its history and parentage.
Inen when the case is thoroughly digested
she offers to make or mar, as the case NAV
be, wherever the best financial opportunity
Is presented, and her efforts are usually at
tended with success. She is shrevd, and
gathers honey from every honey y-bearine
flower.
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Bum Your old I.ettar..

80 much mischief has been done bv the
foolish habit Of Keeping old letters, that It ia
wise TO adopt the rule Of destroying them az
once. Their mission 10 ended, what are thew
good fori II may like TO read them while
recovering from an Illness" says some one
Pshawi As II these would be the tonic YOU
needed at such time Better far q breath
OF pure air. We are all prone to brood too
much as such times, and need no suoh helm
In that direction. Let this plea for the
burning OF letters be a strong one. Bust
nets letters should be filed and labeled.
Have blank book into which to COPY such
dates o. extracts as may be of value in
the future for references. This can be
done when letters are answered. Then
burn them and see the ashes. 1t is the sor-
rows instead Of the joys that most letters
contain. They are the safety-valve for deem
feeling from friend to friend, good In their
time, but sometimes worse than useless In
the future. Every day brings new expe-
riences. We are constantly changing, and
In many cases would be ashamed of our own
letters written ten years ago.
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UNFAMILIAR GEMS.

Green Garnets, BeFyl, sun.gtones, ehrys.
OHtes and Other Precious Stones.
The list Of precious stones with which we
are familiar is after all o very small one,
says writer In the San Francisco Chronicle,
embracing simply the diamond, emerald,
sapphire, ruby, opal, topaz, carbuncle,
amethyst and pearl. This, however, Is Q
very small part Of the actual list Readers
OF the Bible will, of course, remember that
two lists Of precious stones are given in
that book. The first Is given IN the descrip.
ton Of the Jewish high priests breastplats,
and is as follows:
"And thou shalt set It (the breastplate)
IN setting Of stones, four rows of stones; Q
row Of sardius, topaz and carbuncle shall
be the first row; and the second row an
emerald, sapphire and q diamond; and
the third row q jacinth, an agate and an
amethyst; and the fourth row beryl and
an onyx and jasper.n
The second list Is given In the description
Of the New Jerusalem:
''The foundations Of the walls of the CITY
were aaerned with all manner of precious
stones The first foundation was Jasper.
the second sapphire, the third chalcedonv.
the fourth emerald, the fifth sardonyx. the
sixth sardius, the seventh chrysolite. the
eighth beryl, the ninth topaz, the tenth
chrysoprase, the eleventh iactnth. the
twaiftA amethyst, and the twelve gates
were twelve pearls
In these two lists there are six stones. the
3ardius, chalcedony, chrysolite, beryl.
chrysoprase and iacinth, that may be called
unknowni and two, the jasper and sar.
donyx, which we are not accustomed to put
in lists OF gems.
Before going any further It win be inter-
esting to hnd out something about the un-
used nalf dozen, and this, It will be found,
caa be comparatively done by first consid-
erlng the chalcedony, which is the mother
stone OF large family. Chalcedony
is semitransparent kind of quarts. ap-
parently produced by the inaitration Of
water holding silicious matters in solution.
The name Is that Of the locality, Chalcedon,
In Asia Minor, where it Is said to have been
originally found. ChaIcedony, in some Of
De many variaties. = found n Tuscany.
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decided TO follow nls leRo a. pess tuCr
could. For, standing In the far corner was
. figure 90 weird that not even the skeptic
could control his fears. It was the figure
Of young woman, absolutely headless, ana
enveloped In . shroud Of surprising brill
iancy. From this unnatural clothing the
mysterious light seemed to emerge The
two men got away safely and corroborated
the parish clsrk's description Of the soeue.
The story was not generally credited, but
again and again was the house rented, only
10 be vacated by each succeeding tenant
after one days occupation. Neither
Somers nor his false lady love ever reap
peared &C Shalford, and when your corrs-
spondent last saw It the black house Was
still unoccupied and was gradually falling
into ruinR
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IT WAS A MOUSE.

But for Moment He Thought Il Was the
Lon1-Expectsd Burglar.
OF course you have been aroused sudden
ly In the night by some mysterious sound
In your chamber, jumped hastily from your
warm and comfortable couch and then sud
denly ewoke with bswildsring sense Of
not moving where you were. This same
thing happened 10 . West side young man
the other night. says the Chicago Herald.
When fully awakened he sat quietly on the
edge Of the bed and listened acutely for the
sound that at fret had alarmed him. Soon il
came again. It was q though some one
was tptoetng softly across the carpet The
young maA remembered that In tha
further corner Of tbs room steod loaded.
shotgun. u had not been DISCHARGED since
the WAT, but he realised that the charges In
war times were much higher than
thsy are now, and he argued that
there must b enough left 20
hill Q burglar. So he cautiouslv.
felt his way 4cross the room until he had
secured the gun. Carefully cooking Il he
suddenly ut the gas and turned to meet the
burglar. But there was no one in sisht
Laying the nlusion 70 his Imagination he
replaced the loaded gun and crawled back
between the warm sheets. Just a. he WAS
dozing on be again heard the sounds of
footballs, and again no seized the gun and
turned up the gas. There was no one else
In the room. Thoroughly my stined, he re-
solved TO investigate. He sat on the edge
OF the bed, allowing the gas 70 burn at fun
head, and hstened. Soon he heard the
sound again. It came from beneath the
carpet Seeing wriggling lump in the
middle OF big pattern he brought his gun
down on IL heavily. There was q Wild
squeak and ell was Still The mvskarv ,va.
solved. Beneath the carpet was q padding
Of straw, and Q venturesoms mouse had
been pulling out single straws for his neat
In his hole near by. Each jerk he gave a
straw produced the sound of q light foot
fall on the carpet, Iand as he jerked reeu-
larry the Illusion OF cautious burglar was
produced
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The Profit ON NickeIs.

A recent circular issued by the Treasury
Department proposing to ship free of charge
to persons desiring them nickels and pen
nies in certain quantities on receipt of the
face value has suggested some inquiries in
regard to the cost of these coins to the
United States, and how it is that they can
afford to ship them at par value, paying ex-
press charges upon them. The result of
these inquiries has been the discovery that
the nickel costs at the mint less than three
quarters OF cent, while it is put in circula-
Ni0Y, a a lilr nf R,-l,
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Journalisun I'm lrissouri.

a Missouri weekly asks its readers to ex-
cuse lack OF editorial matter by explaining
that the editor is ''now lying in bed. with
one foot In the grave, while four Of the
best physicians Of the town surround our
couch and sew up the gaping wounds which
olshgure u.s." He fell over a COW which
was lying on the sidewalk.
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CHURCHES.

DAPrIST.-Preachlng each Sunday at ii a.
DIN. and at 1880 y. m, at the courthouse. Sun
day school at 10 O'Clock, n IN. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening of each week. Rev. w. A.
CAIN Pastor. Residence on North Walnut st.
HHItISTIAN.-Preach every Sunday at
- IL o'clock, Il. m, and 1880 y. m, by Elder
David Nation. Prayer meeting every We'd
nesday night. Sunday school at 10 o o'clock II. M.
every Sunday.
METHODIST Observation-Disclosures every
4NA Sunday at II 100 n. III. and Z 80 p. III. Sun
day school every Sunday at 10 Il. m. Prayer
mectins every Wednesday evening at 1880.
Strangers invited. II. SANDERsON, Pastor. =.
DRESBYTERIAN.-Se every Sunday at
Il ii II. IN. aud 80 p. m. Sunday School at
10 a. III. j B. NORTH, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Services on End
Sunday of every month at Sherlock's hall, at
1000 a. IN. 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 Shambcrger, Smith and Neher.