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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-13
PRESERVE OLD LANDMARKS.
An Item Suggestive to Every Community
In the Land.


An Item Suggestive to Every Community
I'm the Land.
The news that Mr.. George M. Pull
man has offered to erect a monument to
commemorate the massacre of 1912 at
the point in Chicago where it has been
definitely ascertained that Fort Dear
born stood, should be a suggestive item
20 every community in the land There
are few sections of the country which
have not been the scene of stirring, or
at least interesting historical events
The Central West is full of locations
where Indian fighting, renowned in his
tory, occurred. These points can now
be readily ascertained and permanently
marked at slight expense. Another
generation will find it difficult to do
this. There were many sites of forts
which figured in the civilization of
the West as prominently as Fort Dear
born. All Western cities of Importance
have grown up around such Notifications
as this. At the East there are points
that can yet be identified upon the bat
tlefields of the revolution, and houses
which are still standing and known to
have been the headquarters of notable
commanders. There are ruins of forti-
1cations, both of 1916 and 1912, which
can be plainly traced at various points
along the Eastern coast. But, in ad-
dition to those which are still visible,
there are countless spots of most inter-
esting and important history which
can readily be found and thoroughly
identified. The mysteries of the
Indian mounds should incite the pres
ent generation to preserve American
history. Until recently these matters
have not attracted much gen.
eral attention. They richly deserve
National consideration. The exact To-
calities of great events in which either
the armies of civilization or the armies
which fought our wars took part are
rapidly becoming lost both to sight and
to memory. A very little public spirit
and small amount of research by local
historical societies would at once rescue
exact position of thousands of spots
which, in all coming years, would in
terest and instruct our millions Those
who have driven over the road from
Boston through Lexington to Concord
Will appreciate what can easily be done
to preserve the history of important
localities and make it familiar to all
passers. The granite tablets by the
roadside, which tell of all phases
of those days which show on the birth
places of our independence, add an in
terest to the drive WHICH nothing elae
could give it. The brief inscriptions
make it possible to repeople these his
toric spots with the actors of those
patriotic days and scenes which sur
rounded them. 1t would be a work
worthy of any community to thus mark
and permanently preserve the points of
its local history. There will never
come a time when such monuments will
lose their value. In fact, as the years
pass and the Nation grows in extent and
population and power, SUCH monuments
will grow proportionately in interest
and in worth. Commercial.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-13
ROBBING THE NAILS.
How Clerks Guilty of the Heinous
Crime Are Caught.
An Interesting Talk with Post Once In
SPectorzJames StewArt-HOw q Hard
ened Thief Was Set to Catch Him
self-CIeVer Detective Work.

"Robbing the mails is not usually
productive or highly successful way of
filling ones pockets with other peoples
money" said Post-Oface Inspector
James Stewart to a Chicago Inter
Ocean reporter. "You see. every posi-
bic safeguard is thrown around all valu-
able mail, and 1t is usually rather easy
to locate the thief before any serious
damage is done. The delay or deviation
of registered letter is almost immedi-
ately noted. Every man who handles
the registered letters is cautions to see
that they are all right as to condition
and number, and SO each man has q
check before and behind him. Howev-
or, occasionally the registered letter
thief succeeds in giving US q good deal
of trouble.
some case that remember, and with
some pardonabie pride, .! will tell You
about. There was . long star route
clear to the Pacific coast. Every now
and then registered letters would be
received at both ends, the contents of
which had been distracted and the let
ter gummed together again. ALI the
ordinary checks failed to locate, even
remotely, the culprit, so l sent out 9
special TO go over the route from end to
end He went and he returned without
having discovered any thing. | sent
cut another and ANOTHER, with the same
lack of result. 1t was costing Ehe Coy
eminent many hundreds of dollars and
the stealing still continued. What was
most annoying was that the thefts con-
tinued Just the same while the specials
we're out trying to discoverowho was
doing It The thief was expert. He
knew how to steam or 9tleFEts6 open
the envelopes. He'conld then abstract
any cash or convertible securities, and
regun tho envelopes, and there was
nothing about their outward appear
ance to indicate that they bad been
tempered with. The fellow annoyed
me, and made up my mind to find him
out.
$50 started out oyer the line myself.
gave It out that It was just q friendly
sort of visit wished to make in order
to become familiar with the various of
foes and their needs, and have q sort
of little pleasure trip. / visited every
Office in casual sort of way, would not
examine any thing, and said didn't
want to be bothered with business on .
pleasure trip. ! chatted with the men,
smoked, and had good time, and went
on. Thus ] went over the whole line,
and game back here satisfied. / said:
The very nrst letter that fellow robs
bring it to me and viii nab him.
Who is hep was asked. i don't know,
but he will tell me, just as sure as he
robs another letter. replied. I guess
it was all of two weeks before word
came to me that he had robbed several
letters. .lE;lg them here said /.
They we're brought, lifted the Zap of
the envelope and touched the gum 70
my tongue. had him sent officers
at once Is certain station and caught
the thief.
"How did the gum help me? / VII
tell you. The open letters were just
like the untouched letters except in one
particular-they were regummed with
mucilaze. Now when stoned at each
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-13
MUSIC THAT CHARMED.
How . Little Colored Boy Captured &
Carload OF Passengers.

An incident OF peculiarly touching
character occurred yesterday in one of
the elevated railroad trains that brought
tears to the eyes Of the passengers. says
the New York Times. The train had
just left One Hundred and Twenty-fifth
street when the passengers saw entering
the car little BOY about six years old,
being half pushed and half carried by
an older boy, evidently his brother. At
the first glance it was seen that the lit
tie fellow was blind and his eyelids had
almost grown Fogetner. He had pale,
wan face, but was smiling. A quick
look Of sympathy passed over the faces
of the passengers, and an old gray
haired gentleman got up and gave his
seat to the two. The "big brother"
who was about eleven years old, tender
IL lifted pp the little blind boy and
placed him on his knee.
flows that?" be asked.
"Nice," said the little chap. "Where's
my 'menioaq"
This puzzled some of the passengers,
and several turned to see what the child
meant. But the "big brother" kne W,
and Immediately drew out a small
mouth harmonicon and placed it in the
little fellows hands. Both boys were
we'll dressed. The little fellow took the
instrument into his thin hands, ran It
across his lips, and began to play softly.
Nearer, by God, to Thee" Tears came
into the eyes of the old gentleman who
had given up his seat, and as the little
fellow played on, running into Rock of
Ages" and abide with Me-" there were
many moist eyes in the car. The little
player seemed to haye remarkably
trne ear and occasionally, when the In
strument would rasp, he would turn sad
~ to his ':big brother" and say: Don't
whistle
The train rushed along, the passen-
gers listened, and the little fellow
played on tirelessly, never missing a
note from "Afna laurie" or Home,
Sweet Home" Finally the big BROTH
or" leaned down and told the little one
to get ready TO leaEe, IS tho train was
approaching their station. Then, as il
he knew he had won q whole carload Of
friends, the blind boy quickly changed
The Suwanee River" into 'Auld Lang
Syne," and With one accord the passen-
gers burst into round of applause,
while the ssbig brother carried the lit
tie one out Of the car.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-13
NO PLACE FOR HIM.
Why . Kentucky Darky Did Not Make His
Homo in Chicago.

! why q kentucky Darky DID NOT Make HiN
Homo in Chicago.
An old negro called upon prominent
Chicago lawyer. 'Ihas come" said he.
ter ak you er few p'ints, Gaze has jest
mnbed Eum de Souf ter dis place Gaze
Mr.. Vim he say dat eff / come up yere
+ he would see dat got suthin' ter do,
fur ulster be er boy wild him er laung
time ergo down in Kaintuck wen he
wants er big man er tall. but er slim
TELLER dat ever body called Tom, so
thought I'd come an has come, fur
got tired o. dat place down dar Gaze dar
amt nuthin' fur er po' man in dat coun-
try lessen he's got plenty o. money, an
dat's whut didn't hab plenty o. nohow,
fur l wuz allus er mighty ham ter spen'
money wen had it, an wen l didn't
hab it / allus hankered after goin' in
debt
Well what do you want with me?"
the lawyer asked, looking in astonish-
ment at the negro.
"Yas, sab, rs comm ter dat. Now,
as says, 1 doan know nuthin' bout de
rules an regerlations O. dis country,
Gaze has jest come yere, an has foun'
1t necessary ter ak er few p'ints erbout
'vorce. Do de law yere say dat er pusson
halter take out papers wen he wanter
quit his wife?'
SWELL, man can simply quit his wife
any time he pleases, but if he hopes to
marry again he must get divorce"
Eyes, know dat, but 1 didn't know
how 1T wuz wild er mans step-wife.'
"His what?' exclaimed the lawyer.
''Step-wife, sah."
What do you mean by a step-wife?"
/ Is my step-wife.'
How do you make that out?"
Wy, it wuz diser way: Good while
ergo maird down in Kaintuck Libed
wid my wife bout fifteen year an she
! tuck an died, she did, Wall, bout four
year ergo l maird de presen' lady l
has one boy. de chile O. my fust wife,
an my presen' lady is his step-mudder,
amt she?"
''Of course"
Wall, den, why amt she my STEP
wife2 She's de boys secon' mudder an
is my secon' wife"
'She is just as much your wife as the
first one was"
Den l would halter git CIR 'vorce
frum her jest like she wuz do fust lady
I eber did mair?"
Certainly"
wall, gimme de paper"
What paper?"
wy, de 'vorce paper
Il can't give it to you. 1 can bring
| suit for divorce, however"
"All right, fetch it,
Upon what grounds?"
81 doan know whut groun's. Didn't
know l halter say nothin' erbout
grOun's. ] doan want de lady no longer,
an dat settle it wild me-
THAT may be, but it won't settle it
with the law"
"Whut's dis law way up here kers
erbout me wen l has been libin' all my
life way down in Kaintuck?"
Got so much to do with you that it
will send you to the penitentiary if
you marry again without getting a d.
vorce."
Look yere, is da got penytenchy up
yere, too ?'
Eyes, two of them.''
Huh, eff OATS de case it amt ez good
fur me up yere ez it wus way down
yander, Gaze dar amt but one down dar,
Wait or mint Does da put niggers in
de penYtenchy up yere ?"
They do that very thing"
''Den rs gwine back, cage l come
yere Gaze gittin' sorter tired O. de PEN
ytenchy down dar, but if da's got two UP
yere, wy dis amt de place fur me-. -
Arkansaw Traveller.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-13
THREE DAYS OLD.

Upon no fairer. sweeter spot
The sun to-day has shone
Than on the old farm burial lot
With roses overgrown.
Those roses on the graves, at first
By lOng-past sorrows tear-drops nursed
Now all about the place have spread,
Trail on the ground, wave overhead
Lay round each stone o scented wreath,
And garland all the mounds beneath
Yet nowhere to my loving eyes
Such perfect flowers unfold
AS where the unnamed baby lies
Who died when three days old.
I still can see his wee white face,
His dainty shroud trimmed round with lAco,
The tiny cof1n where he slept,
When ], a child, above him wept,
And said, for then knew not griefi
y How sad his life to be so briefI"
o little soul, flown long ago,
Bright DER thy grave the roses blow;
With every breeze their red leaves fall
While sweet above the robins call;
And /, a careless child no more,
The little flowery mound bend DER,
And say, for now well know grief:
" How blest thy life to be so brief!"
Marian Douglas, in Harper's Ba4aR.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-13

The State of Georgia, which has, per.
haps. more wonders, animate and mani
mate, TO the square mile than any Of her
sisters in the Union, is still in the front
rank in the matter Of natural euriosities,
the latest reported being the famous
sinking Mountain" on the Chatta-
nooga river. Sinking mountain makes
a flrst-class earthquake barometer. Al
though gradually sinking all the time,
its periods of GREATEST disquiet are when
earthquakes are rackiEg some remote
part of the globe. When the great
earthquake occurred in Java q few years
ago, Sinking mountain was instantly
lowered ten feet $500
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-13
The Fir.t soulnr MachIna.

1t Is strange how badly we get impor
tant matters of history mixed. Ask any
well-informed person who invented tho
sewing machine and the reply will be
Elias Howe, which is far from the truth
in the case. The first sewing machine
was patented in England by Thomas
Saint in 1850, sixty years before Howe
was born. Ono Of Saints old machines
IS now on exhibition in the Royal Agri-
cultural Hall, Islington, Eng.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-13
A Cow with No PadIrraa.

A Vermont editor boasts that he has
stub-tailed, one horned COW, with no
pedigree, which not only furnished the
Ailk for his family of ten persons last
year, but 500 worth which he sold to
his neighborS
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-13
They Wero Pcrrectlv Satisfied.

Old Gentleman (from head of the stairs
at late hour)-'Clara, think you and
that young man have talked enough for
one evening" Clara-"All right. papa.
We won't say another word"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-13
Row-LeSred Criminals.
,;eorria's sInkinr nIonntnJ,,,

The Louisville Times is authority for
the statement that nine out OF ten Grim
inals are bow-legged-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-13
AN OI.n mAIn,s sOIHI.an1N

To Iaie or not to take Il, 10 the question
Whether It lie better to end this earthly career
A spinsteI-braving the smiles Of those who would
insist
That lack of lovers caused my lonely state
Or take the remedies my sisters take,
And see my eyes grow bright as tho bathed
In the immortal fount De Leon sought
In vain in Floridas peaceful shades.
l OF have heard my married sisters say
That good old DR. Perce's Favorite Prescription
Would bring back color to faded cheek
Restore the health Of one who fain would die
To rid herself OF all the pain she feelan
The aforesaid spinster took the remedy
and forthwith took 2 husband also, having
regained her health and blooming beauty
Thousands OF women owe their fresh, bloom
ing countenances to the restorative effects Of
Dr. Pierce's Favorite Prescription. It is q
positive cure for the most complicated and
obstinate cases of leucorrbea. excessive flow
ing, painful menstruation, unnatural suppress
sions. prolapsus, or falling of the womb weak
back, female weakness" a1te versien; retros
version, taFiats=asgA sehsati6ns chronic con-
gestion, inflammation and liberation of the
womb,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-08-13
Registered HOistein-t'riesian
Bulls, Grade Heifers and
Cows Eor SnIn

THE HOLsTEIN-FRIEsIAN are the best
breed of dairy cattle in the world When
ever they have been brought in competition
with Jerseys, 6uernseys Ayreshires aud other
dairy breeds they have taken the first and the
sweepstakes prizes Tor both milk and butter
At the New York dairy show in 1887. at all of
the state fairs during the past five years. Ht
the fat stock shows, at the Chicago. Kansas
Nebraska, Minnesota. Wisconsin. Ohio, New
England and other state fairs at their exhibit
In lSe9, the Holsteins won the prizes for both
milk and butter.
The PlETERJE and NETHERLAND are two
OF the best families of this breed of cattle
seven head OF the Pictcrje family have recent
~ been sold for S20gDU. an average of 81 S5Cs
each We have in our herd two graagleons OF
PIeterJe Sd, the best cow or the P.eterje fami-
~ We have also grandson of Netherland
Prince, one Of the most ;;utcd breeders of but
of Jewel who has butter record of 81 pounds
III seven days and who has won more first priz-
es as mich COW than any cow in the world.
Hendrix : and other noteti families.
grade Holstein Is worth rs much to the
dairy man as two common cows; a full-blOOd
Is worth ~ much as two grades. We have
yonng bulls and heifers of the best breeding
for sale.
Prices range from S5Gu up. VIII sell for cash
or for anapproved Endorsed note on one years
Time or viii { xCllangc for steer calves, marc
colts or hrrsJl mares. Address
MEDICINE VALLEY STOCK FARM.
- MEDICINE LODGE. KANs-
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SUGAR PLANTATIONS.

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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1890-10-10

bill in December would be a logi-
cal sequel to the legislation of this
session. That bill is nothing but
an extraordinary measure to per-
petuate the power Of the Republi-
can party. 1t contemplated the IN
PRODUCTION Of an absolutism which
has no place in American tradi-
tions or parliamentary history.n
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1890-10-10

THE days Of protection are num-
bered. The advocacy Of reciproc-
ity with the Central and South
American Republics, Mexico, and
Cuba, by Secretary of State Blaine,
and the ardent and earnest espous-
al of the question of reciprocity
with Canada by SO bigoted and ex-
treme a proteetionist as Senator
sherman, can only be constructed
as two very valuable admissions OF
the greater and positive benefits OF
free trade, and the enormity OF the
offense that protection IS an OBJ
stroction to the greater and quicker
prosperity Of the people, Mem
nhis Commercial
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1890-10-10
Newspaper Subscription Laws.

Ii newspaper subscribers would
carefully observe the following ex-
plicit subscription laws they would
probably save themselves trouble:
l. Subscribers who do not give
express notice to the contrary are
considered as wishing to renew
their subscription.
2. If subscribers order the dis
continuance of their periodicals,
the publisher may continue to send
them until arrearages are paid.
3. If subscribers neglect or re-
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the post-office to which they are
directed, they are responsible until
they have settled their bills and
ordered them discontinued.
4. If subscribers move to other
places without informing the pub
Usher, and the papers are sent to
the former address, they are held
responsible.
| 5. The courts have decided that
refusing to take periodicals from
the post-ofice or removing and
leaving them uncalled for, is prima
facie evidence of intentional fraud.
6. If subscribers pay in advance
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the end of the time, if they do not
wish to continue it; otherwise, the
publisher is authorized to send it,
and the subscriber will be respon-
sible until an express notice with
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Usher.
The latest postal laws are such
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takes paper and refuses to pay
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who allows his subscription to run
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it discontinued, or orders the post
master to mark it refused" and
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theft.
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The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1890-10-10

Boss HoUK made a speech yes
terday in which he boasted of his
vote for the Lodge bill, predicting
that it would pass at the coming
session and that the result would
be the substitution of thirty-eight
negroes for that number of South
ern Democratic Congressman. No
doubt Houk would then be in much
more congenial company. Mem
phis Avalanche.
The Camden chronicle. (Camden, Tenn.) 1890-current, 1890-10-10

The Senate voted a resolution of
thanks to Vice President Morton
for his courteous, fair and dignifed
career as presiding officer. Phe
House, for the second time in its
history, declined to vote thanks to
its speaker. The reason was plain.
Mr.. Reed has not been either
courteous, fair or dignifed, and
such a resolution could never have
prevailed. Keifer, of Ohio, was the
only other speaker who was thus
ignored Nashville American.