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The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-03-08
A Homer ssindsxs Howl.

Capt Townsend thus winds up =
weather item in the Homer Index
"Although it seems that we are not
so badly off AS we might be: yet we
are constrained to belive that If there
is such place as hell Il snowy and
windy one), we have been right in the
heart of that settlement for four
month";
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-03-08

A Washington dispatch of February
cath says that Congressman Bartine Of
Nevada will shortly introduce bills
appropriating $4,000 for a public
building at Winnemucca, and SIC, 900
for q building ct Elko.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1890-03-08

Senator Foley is represented in an
interview with the San Francisco
Chronicle as opposing the lottery on
moral grounds. Come off the perch.
Carson Appeal
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21
BARBER COUNTY INDEX.
WEDNESDAY. MAY 21, 1890.
WEEDS.

Have you seen the city folk riding by,
With hungry glances at field and sky,
And EXPLANATIONS Of quick delight
At the sight of meadow with daisies whItel
They do not know
That field OF daisies should never grow;
And envy them sol
Have you ever at eve OF a mIdsummer's day,
When the air was sweet with scent of hay,
Felt sweet perfume upon you steal,
And strangely that perfume makes you feel
So sad, for you know
A field of thistles should never grow2-
am sorry tits so.
Have you heard Of the distant desert land,
Whore the cactus blooms in arid sand
So thick il blocks the travellers way,
And no green on the lonely plain but they
Can live and grow7
So the cactus is only a weed, you know,
Though we pr.ze IL sol
Have you ever noted a field Of wheat
AS II waves in the summer breeze and heat,
With here and there in the yellow rows
A pretty pink blossom as red as a rose2
II will please you sol
But the weed ought not in the wheat to
grow.
Still they never can weed 1t out. you know
And I'm glad It's 80.
But wheat would not be allowed to head
II II set its roots in an onion bed
You'll find II so;
II a stalk Of wheat In the garden grow,
It's weed, you know
From the daisied hay
And the thistly grain
The moral we draw
Is simple and plain
And cogent and brilliant
And lucid and clear
4 freed is fO1cer
Dropped out OF It's sphere
Julia A. l.. Wolcott, in Country Gentleman.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21

1T fell, and one OF my crew got
left us short-handed and as we
could not supply his place / had to act
for him. We were back in the mount
aims, running strong to make time, when
the engineer whistled brakes for grade.
l climbed out of the caboose with the
brakesmen, and had set two brakes and
was after the third, when a lurch of the
cars threw me down and l fell between
two of them. / had just one glimpse of
the red-cheeked bride at home, lust one
swift thought of her in widows weeds
and her heart breaking, when hand
grabbed me. l was going down head
hrst but the strong clutch turned me
over and my feet struck the bumpers.
I'd have gone then, only some one put
my hands on the ladder, flung his arms
around me from behind to hold me there,
and said:
"'You are all right, old man. Your
nerve will come back pretty SOON"
'And it was tramp, eh?"
SIT was, and he held me there until
the train reached its stop, and then
helped me down. for the sudden fright
had taken all my strength and nerve
away. But for him l should have been
ground up under the wheels. This is
the reason l keep soft spot in my
heart for the genus tramp, and why,
when l sometimes walk the length of
every train and find every bumper occu-
pied, look skyward and pretend not to
see as much as an old fur cap"-N. Y.
Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21
SAVED BY A TRAMP.
! Railroad Man Snatched From Certain
Death BY n Truck Passenger,

Railroad Man Snatched From Certain
Death BY a Truck Passenger.
me, we don't bounce the tramps who
eide on the bumpers of our freipbt
train, !" said freight conductor who has
z run to the West II presume that we
garry an average dozen each trip, but If
they remain between the cars we pre-
tend not to see them"
s'Rut II is against ORDERS" was urged.
''oh. yes, but there is higher power
than general orders, even for railroad
men, Five or six years ago used to be
hard on the railroad tramps. I'd have
the train locked over at every stop, and
II We caught chap hs got handled
pretty lively. Nowadays / throw out a
hint to the h-akemen to shut both eyes.
and, if the tramp don't presume too
nSach on my good nature, no one will
disturb him"
What happened to change your
mind2"
..Oh, . little Incident of no interest to
the public, but great deal to me. I
was married in December three years
ago. On the third night got orders
to run out nfth an extra. There
was a cold rain. which froze as
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21
Not for TvoDence.

Two Harvard youths making pedes-
trian tour in the Scottish Highlands
were in the habit of stopping at small
farm-houses and asking for milk, the
charge for which was invariably penny
q glass Calling one Sunday at ro-
montic-looking cottage in beautiful Glen
Nevis they were sourly received by the
cotter's wife, and, though the milk was
supplied, the proffered twopence was
refused, with solemn admonition as to
the improperly of such doings on such
a day. The eollegians were turning
away with courteous word OF thanks
when the woman. made her meaning
clear Ma, nal she cried: "I'llno' tax
less than saxpence for br'akin' the
6awbathF'
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21
BILLY, THE FCX-TERRIER.
Dog That Was Certainly Intelligent If
Not Conscientious.

Dog That Was Certainly Intelligent If
Not Conscientious.
A small fox-terrier, white as milk.
with the proper golden-brown spots on
his head, having pedigree longer than
Queen Victoria's and a temper sweeter
than Griselda's, full of fun and adoring
babies, made his debut when he was
only week old in ''lttery" family.
He was christened with great pomp
Charles Chum," but later on these
short syliables were not considered sufti-
cient for his dignity and he was re-
christened civilian Billvkins." known
to his intimates as Billy" After he
was taught that it was not polite to
snatch at things; that his mistress was
perfectly well satisfied with being
kissed once day, and that fruit-cake
was not suitable diet for small pun
pies, he was educated, by means of a
whip trimmed with yellow ribbons, not
to tear up bit of paper. The chief and
original sin in a fox-terrier is the liking
for tearing up any thing, but especially
paper, so that this young gentleman was
taken through what the darkies call a
course of sprouts before he realized
fully that any thing in the shape of an
envelope or a bit of paper of any kind
must be let alone.
One night his mistress counted out a
roll of bills and put them in her purse.
Then she undressed and went to bed.
Billy stood by during the performance,
but was not noticed. The next m Forming
some money was wanted, the purse was
gotten, the bills unfolded and a five
dollar note was missing. The owner of
it had never been out of the room since
the night before. The maid had seen
her put the money away and then left
the room. Where had it gone? 1t was
talked over, it was looked for, still no
five dollars During the discussion Billy
stood by staring his mistress in the face.
as if he were trying hard to understand
what it was all about Suddenly he
made rush, diVed under the desk
where he kept his favorite homes and
came out with a five dollar note in his
mouth. He had picked it up where il
had dropped on the floor, knew he must
not tear it and yet hid it away among
his own belonging / ask no ore t.
believe this; l only know It is true nv
self, and that William BilIyktns to-day
is Aonored with collar on which bano
two silver bells as a reward of merit for
being good dog. -Philadelphia Times
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21

bor." But such re1oinder would be
utterly untrue. The march of progress
is quite the reverse, because in a hun
dred cases against one the mechanical
inven ton comes before the discovery of
the scientific law 1t was not the dv-
namical theory of heat which came be-
fore the steam engine-it followed it
When thousands of engines already
were Transforming heat into motion un-
der the eyes of thousands of scientists.
and when they had done so for half a
century, or more; when thousands of
trains, stopped by powerful brakes,
were disengaging heat and spreading
thousands of sparks on the rails at their
approach to the stations; when all over
the civilized world heavy hammers and
perforators were rendering burning hot
the masses of iron they were hammer
ing and perforating-then, and then
only, doctor, Mayer, ventured to bring
out the mechanical theory of heat with
all its consequences; and yet the
scientists almost drove him to
madness by obstinately clinging
to their mysterious caloric fluid.
When every engine was illustrating the
impossibility of utilizing all the heat
d1sengaged by given amount of burnt
fuel, then came the law of Clausius
When all over the world industry al
ready was Transforming motion into
heat, sound, light and electricity, and
each one into each other, then only came
Groves theory of the correlation of phys
ical forces" twas not the theory of cleo
tricity which gave US the telegraph.
When the telegraph was invented all we
knew about electricity was but few
facts more or less badly arranged in our
books; the theory of electricity is not
ready yet, it still waits for its Newton.
notwithstanding the brilliant attempts
OF late years. Even the empirical
knowledge of the laws of electrical cur
rents was in its infancy when a few bold
men laid cable at the bottom of the
Atlantic ocean, despite the warnings of
the authorized men of science The
name of applied science is quite mis-
leading, because, in the majority of
cases, invention, far from being an
application of science, on the contrary
creates new branch of science. The
American bridges were no application of
the theory of elasticity; they came be-
fore the theory, and all we can saw in
favor OF science is, that in this special
branch theory and practice DEVELOPED in
parallel way, helping one another
Prince Krapotkin, in Nineteenth Cen
fury.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21
,,nIs.I OF EnvY.

There are plenty of women in this
county whs can truly say that they
never envied Queen Victoria until they
learned that she travelled with seventy
two trunks. nine maids and eleven dogs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21
where is the money, then2.

ROXY.
Where is the money, then?'
That isis gone, too, sab"
"WhatT yelled Stillwell, Ieaping out
OF bed. The colored boy darted down
the stairs.
Where is that liquor?" yelled the
deputy after him, leaning over the ban
lister.
That's AL right. Jack; I've sthored it
away" came up from the hotel LOBBY in
uncertain accents.
Jack recognized Clar k's voice and saw
how he had been duped The reply that
went down over the banfsters was heated
enough to have raised the insurance on
the hotel Jack, although inclined to
forgiveness. could never pardon Clark
for that Offense. The breach has never
been bridged
The hanging of a prisoner is an
other important affair to Jack. Many
OF the condemned men are arrests that
he has made. and so his sensitive nature
must be we1f fortified with rum to
Withstand the ordeal He claims that
he never wants to assist In hanging,
but that he is always urged into spring
ing the trap
Lee Mosier, = boy who had been SEN
fenced to be hanged by Judge Foster for
the murder Of an old man in the Indian
Territory, about sixteen miles south of
Anthony, Kan. in May, 1885, was led
out Of the Sedewick County, Kan, Jail
to board Enclosure for the execution of
the sentence of death, one February
morning In 1887. Without the least
show OF fear he marched up the steps
and stood upon the trap. Jack, nervous
and fussy, with one hand on the lever
and the other touching the youth back.
was uttertng in his most tender tones
his famous remarks; Now be good
boy, be good boy" -
Toward the immense crowd that sur
rounded the death pen messenger APP
peared, running at full speed and wav-
ing over his head 4 large envelope.
"A letter from the President" cried
some one In the crowd.
His reprteye," yelled another.
The messenger fell exhausted against
the door and threw into the Enclosure
large Official envelope. Just then Jack,
having gotten the condemned man in
favorable position and fearing, nodoubt.
that the mob was about to rescue him.
tutoring again his soothing words, BE
q good boy" pulled the lever. A life
less body swung from the end of the
rope. f,trs1li3 & Il s.Fl
One Of the few men within the inclos-
ure with . trembling hand picked up
the letter, and seeing thereon the i'm
print, whispered between his white lips:
IBIS reprievei Jack has sprung the
trap too SOON" -----
Within the pen every face was pale as
death, and without a bowling mob was
crying for vengeance upon the execu-
TONERS Of a reprieved man Nobody
had apparently the nerve to open the
letter until Jack coolly walked down
from the platform. took the dreadful
missive in his hand, tore open the en-
velOpe and took out. not a reprieve, but
an order to proceed with the hanging
Philadelphia Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21

Our young people-not to criticise
their elderssometimes show them
selves sadly At sea when called upon to
locate Biblical reference. One stated
recently, after . despairing search for
the prophecy OF Nahum, that Nahum
was not IN her Bible. And another,
hearing the superb rendering of the
cantatas Of ESTHER, inquired: "Where
do you get that book Of Esther? must
read it ~ Another was telling an anus
ing story, the point Of which turned
upon a passage OF Scripture. His
listener tnnocently inquired where the
text referred to was to be found, and
the ranconteur stated that it was in
the book of Jericho. Boston Common
WeAlt fET|z -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21

"A Kansas City German got angry
with banker of that place for demand
ing heavy discount, and when the
banker asserted that it was business,
replied: "Pishness! Pishness! You sit
here all day and rob man barefaced
pefore his back and calls dat pishness?"
Texas SiftinpS
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21
A BORDER HERO.
Sketch Of John Stillwen, the Fa-
nous "Comanche Jack"

His Capture of mexican JOe"-He Has
Hanged Seventeen Men and Killed, 1t
Is Said, MISUNDERSTANDING Up
tho Wade Gang.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21

--Abrahan Lincoln used to tell story
OF hack driver who. on learning that
the President did not smoke, observed
in tone thst-was meant to be reassur-
ing: We'll, man that has no small
vices is hkely to have some big ones"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21
STEAM ENGINE FOR SALE.

A SIx-HORSE-POwER STEAM ENGINE
"a with extra large Boiler, fsepIrss el s.issI an
the best of ordvs ana Cheap for Cash. This is
q pefieet outfIi 70 a corn-sheller, corn and
cob crusher, al steamer for chopped feed.
Call at once. IL AUST be sold.
THE INDEX,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21
MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS.

IL list for All
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21
SUGAR PLANTATIONS


~ sorghum sugar Works operation Lodge
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-05-21

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Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05
Crushed Stone the Best.

The demand for better roads in our
country towns is opening up a new in
dustYy to those who see in the future a
constantly increasing call for the ma
terial required in their construction, and
the practical experience Of hundreds Of
years, both in Europe and America, has
led to but one conclusion, viz: That, for
road building or repairing, crushed stone
is pre-eininently the best material for
those purposes yet produced.
Money otherwise expended on road
ways is often worse than thrown away,
each year finding them in the same. and,
in many instances, worse condition than
the preceding year, while the constant
repairs required render them for a large
part of the season positively unsafe for
travel. In former years, when the stone
must be crushed or broken by the slow
and tedious process of the hand ham
mer, it is not surprising that material
far more accessible, viz, gravel, was
used; but with the many stone crushers
now in use that town which negleets to
avail itself of its opportunity to procure
this far more valuable material for its
roadways is indeed lacking in enterprise.
The public demand has become impera-
tive for good and durable roads, and
will be satisfied with nothing else.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05
Connecticut Roads.

The total expenditure for roads in
Connecticut last year amounted TO ST.
loo. 09674 The largest amount was
spent in New Haven county, being $780,
TAG. Fairfield county was second, with a
total expenditure of Sl44,3 In Hart
ford county the years expenditure ag-
gregated $l1s,01s. The total sum ex-
pended by the towns in the state for
roads during the year was $12l, 467. In
the ten cities then reporting. the road
maintenance amounted TO 1886. 733. and
the boroughs expended SCI ,S95.
Notwithstanding these large expendi-
lures, the public thoroughfares in Con-
necticut are in no way as good as they
ought TO be. The present winter has
been the severest in years on the country
roads. and from every part of the state
there is complaint of ruined roadbeds,
the wheels of vehicles in the country
cutting through the best material used
for hardening.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05

The new organ for Talmage's Tabernacle
is rapidly approaching completion. The
first organ for the Tabernacle was built in
1873, and at the time was one of the largest
and most complete in the country IL was
DESTROYED with the Tabernacle in 1889.
The new organ is much larger and more
complete in all its details, aud one Of the
most powerful ia the world, and veritable
"king of instruments Il viii contain
four manuals Of five octaves each, pedal
OF two and "A half octavcs the largest OF
which will be the deep G, G, G, G, 32 foot
cathedral tone, the same as in the large
organ IN Westminster Abbey. Il contain:
more large stops than any other organ in
the country, II not the world there being Il
stops OF Is feet and 81 of s feet. The entirG
number Of stops is 10, Of which 66 are pipt
stops running through the entire scale; the
rest are couplers, pneumatic combinations
tremulants and pedal movements. Tn,
total number Of pipes is 4,44s and the cost
over $4,000
The case is the open style, showing :
facade Of 30 feet wide and 80 feet high OF
richly ornamented pipes. The console will
be brought out 10 feet in front ofthe organ
and the wind supplied by three immense
bellows, driven 10y powerful electric
motor on an Edison circuit.
Among the novelties of this organ viii
be "Chinese gong chime OF bells anC
three drum effects as follows: Long roll
bass drum and drum check. Many of the
stops are entirely new in this country ant
some are original with the builders. A
new feature is the inclosing Of the choi
organ in a seperate swell box. which. will
the swell organ, will enable the organist 4
give very powerful and effective swell &C
compartments. 1t is TO be completed b.
September next, when the Tabernacle is q
be ready for its reception.-New Horl
World.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05
Transportation over Bad Roads

when one thinks of the hundreds of
millions of bushels of wheat grown in
this country, practically all of which,
except that saved for seed, has to be
transported over country roads distance
of several miles ON the average, and then
when one adds to that the more than
1900, 100000 bushels of other grains pro-
duced annually, a large proportion of
which is transported over these same
bad roads, the importance of good high
ways, and the gain arising from build
ing them, become manifest. The farmer
should reflect that the gain would come
largely to him. Henry W. Kratz.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05
The Randolph National Bank,
West Randolph, VT.

Organized 1878. Assets, almost s2oo,ooo
A General banking and exchange business
done and COLLECTIONS promptly made
Sight drafts ON England, Ireland ana scot
land and Letters of Credit furnished.
The deposits and general business OF this
bank are constantly and rapidly increasing.
The location at such a central point for bust
ness convenience enables our customers IN
telegraph, telephone, mail or express, and get
returns the same day.
The accounts Of business men solicited 10
which prompt attention viii be given.
To individuals having money ON hand wait
ing favorable chance for investment, we Oh
fer a perfectly secure place for their money
for which certificates Of deposits, payable on
demand will be issued
Assistance will be given in obtaining safe
Investments for our patrons
VIM. II. DUBOIS, President,
JOHN w. HOWELL, Viee-President,
r. 4. DUBOIS, Cashier.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05

The original term of copyright runs foi
twenty-eight years. Within six months
before the end OF that time, tie author Of
designer, or his widow or children, may Sc
cure renewal for the further term OF four
teen years, making forty-two years in all
Applications for renewal must be accom-
panied by explicit statement of ownership
in the case Of the author, or OF relation
ship, in the case of his heirs, and must
state definitely the date and place of entry
of the Original copyright Advertisement
of renewal is to be made within two month";
of date of renewal certificate. in SOM
newspaper, for four weeks.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05

A cure for squirting. which is not so un.
slightly as the method at present generally
adopted-black goggles with hole in tho
center-is highly recommended. Let the
person afflicted take any pair of spectaoles
that suits his sight, or even plain glass, anC
in the center of one lens let him gum s
small blue or black wafer, about the siz,
of ten cent piece. The result is that the
double image vanishes, and the eye, with
out fatigue or heat, is forced to lool
straight, and with time and patience il
cured
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1890-06-05
VERMONT RAILROAD
Commencing Sunday, October 9th, 1888
GOING SOUTH


Trains leave RANDOLPH as follows
I. 90 M. Night Express from Ogdensburg, Mon,
treal and the west, for Boston, Lowell and AL
New England points. Sleeping carsfc- bos-
Ton via Lowell. also for springneia runs uily
SUNDAYS included Montreal TO Boston VIA
,a.Iz an. Mall from st. Adams and burlington FOL
Eoston. via Lowell and Fitchburg, for AL
points in New England.
4 A a n M Limited Express. from Ogdenspurg MON
real and the west. for Concord, Manchester
Nashua. Lowell, Boston; and New YORK, via
Springfield ,......,..,, a,a
GOING NORTH:
q 90 M Night Express, from Boston ana Nen
York for Montreal, Ogdensburg and the west
Sleeping ear 20 Montreal runs daily SUNDAYS
Included Boston TO Montreal Via Lowell
gA6 a. ~ Passenger for FINLAND. burlington 81
Adams RiciIford and Ronses Point:
500 pm, Mall Train from bosI S vrs 81,
Springfield, New London. and New ork, iof
Burlington, st. Adams, OgdensburK Montreal
and the west. Drawing room car 70 montreal
2a nm Fast Express, from Boston tof
o' Montreal and West. Pullman Palace Sleep
ing car attached running through 10 Cihaago
without change.
tall the principal stations. IN. rYnp.pr
g. W. CUMMINGS, y. ". hObAA
Gen. Passenger Agent "eh. wang