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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-01-22
Vnriety In Domestic Life.

The evenings of great numbers of fam
lilies are monotonous humdrums. They
involve the assemblage of the same peo-
pie, the same surroundings, the same
paterfamilias yawning over his paper,
and the same querulous mamma over
laden with family cares. Fresh people
with fresh thoughts, fresh atmosphere,
any thing to stirsup.and agitate the pool
of domestic stagnation, are sadly needed
and sadly scarce. There needs to be also
constant succession of such fresh peo-
pie to bring about these results. The
world is full of men and women, and in
better regulated life it would be the
business after the days work was done.
to entertain each other, and give each
other fresh life. As it is now. hundreds
if not thousands of our households are
little better than cells for the incarcer-
alton of each family. Thousands are
thus worn out prematurely from utter
lack Of domestic recreation. There might
be written over tho graves Of hundreds
Of thousands, ssBored to death By the
Sfa1notlou az 6cmeet1c He. z,r-~'
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-01-22

An enthusiastic young horse-owner IN
Maine has several crack colts, also a
fine family of boys, of whom he is
justly proud, but, like many other
fathers, he is bothered to remember
their ages. The other day he surprised
his wife by giving the exact age of ono
of the babies to day. 'sWhy. how
came you to remember that?r she
asked. Don't ycu remember7 re-
piled the fond father, s:he was born on
She sams day Is ON tWo-year-ole colt :
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-01-22

"A not very uncommon species of in
attention to business is the allowing of
. customer to stand waiting in tho store
until tho merchant or clerk has finished
the paragraph or article in the newspa-
per wlilrh be may be reading
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-01-22

The fact that the Empress of Japan
has just moved into her new 81, ,000, 900
palace, might make some women en-
vious were it not for the thought, which
can not but come in this connection.
that house cleaning in a $4,000, 900
palace must be soul-harrowing task.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-01-22
OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

p,ss,rv~r BEKJAMIN HARRISON
United states senators, .....-.'.''f D. fIuInD n
Kansas, ~. ''''' q - .ess--S ues.
I,,dsre ~ 2Ath Judicial Dist......... g. W Elhs.
state SENATOR. 3sth District. Franklin T. Price.
Ucnresentative, aOth District. IL H. carter.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-01-22

DELPHIA LODGE, No. 40, X. of p, meets ON
Monday evening OF On ch wSek. ut the X. OF L.
hall. Visiting Knights IN good standng inVi-
ted TO attend. SCOTr HUBERr, Z. Z.
II. A. nRoWN. X. of X. & $.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-01-22
state omcers
Barber County omcers.
SOCIETIES,

a A. r. 4 A. NJ, Delta Lodge No. T.
"a Regular communications, first and
" ~ third Saturday evenings in each
w month FRANK BEERS, w. NJ.
u. NJ. GSGRAHAM, Secretary.
CYPRUS CHAPTER No. 63, r. A. NJ, meets
in Masonic Hall every I'd and 4th Thursday.
Visiting brethren cordially invited.
CHESTER |. LONG, Fl. p.
T.. B. PECK. sec'V.
n n q LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. 80.
vs. Lis NS Regular Communications, first
and third Monday evenings in each month.
Mrs. EVA T.. MERRELL, W. NJ.
NANHIE V. o BRYAN, Sec.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-01-22

~ T. o. o. F., Pioneer Lod 4
EHESS@ No. 1T9.-Regular meetings
kE4H 7AtVe Iz&sA.1 every Tuesday evcn.ng.V
WN/~ itingbrcthren in good stand
ing cordially invited.
II l. LINDLEY, n. G..
Il. NJ. BYERLEY, Sec.
ENSIGN ENCAMPMENT No. 62, l. o. o.
Meets first and third Friday of each month
Visiting PatriArchs cordially invited 10 httend Q
w. T. ROUSE, 5. w. }. C. wALsTAD. $.
NAOMI No 81. REBECCA DEGREE. 1. O. O. +.
Meets the I'd aud 4th We'd. nights, each month
MRS. Il NJ. ALLEN, N. G,
MRS. AUG. SCMtDT, Secy.
O. A r EdpRER dsE p0S mo each t m%Hb
OF the court house in Medicine Lodge, at p. NJ.
All comrades cordially invited.
LOREN EDWARDS, Post Commander
JOHN w. UPPERMAN, Adjutant.
A. o. u W. S$SS Hssss "a ara, %%5 81 SJ F'$ay %
EE NJ. BYERLEY. Recorder.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-01-22

- am sorry to say that at this nv
tather swore.
What do you want to 60 back for3'
be said.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-16

'You can all see the hat hold in my
hand, and you can all tell how high you
think it is. Now look down at the base
board Of this room, near the table. !
wish each OF you to make mark Tor
stick q pin) on the wall of the room
where you think the brim of the hat will
come when place it on the floor"
To avoid injury to the wall, piece OF
smooth board from three to six inches
wide and three or four feet long may be
set up against the wall. One at a time
tho players, looking very wise and con.
fident, make their marks. When all
have done so, the hat is placed under the
marks, and there will be roar of
laughter when it is found that most Of
them have marked foot or more. l
have often tried this experiment and it
never failed to produce a great deal OF
establishment as we'll as laughter among
young people.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-16

shillings; but ,you may have it FOR
eighteen" Charlie taid for it, and told
her to send it to his house in just halt
an hour. He then started home rs fast
as he could 60 He went in the bacl,
way, and got behind an old piece of car
pet that hung over the Fireplace that
had not been used for long time. And
he heard his wife say; Now children,
your clothes are all mended and clean,
and you can 60 to the Sunday-school
tomorrow. They are not very good,
but you shall have better when your
father is reformed man." When
Charlie heard this the tears rolled down
his cheeks. just then there came
loud knock on the door. The vegetable
man now came in. "Where will you
have these things?" They do not be.
long here" she said. "Yes they do"
And he turned them out in one corner of
the floor, and went out as the butcher
came in. Where will you have this
mutton% II guess you have made
mistake; it does not belong here" mo,
! have not, it is for Drunken Charlie"
for that is the name he always went
by-and he laid it on the clean, wi ito
table. As he went out the baker CT nc
in. "Where will you have this?" "oh,
it don't belong here" YAH" said 'he
Dutchman. Ibis vos Drunken Charlie
dat paid for dis bread, If don't be mis-
TAKEN" and he turned the contents oil
his basket on the table. Then the coal
cart stopped in front of the door,
and the coal man asked: where
will you have this coal, madam"
ut don't belong here" said
Charles wife; ''there must be
some very great mistake" mo, there
is no mistake about it. for was toll to
leave it at Drunken Charlie's." And he
turned the cart up and dumped the coal
in front of the door. The poor woman
did not know what to think of it all,
and she said aloud: "HoW would like
to cook some Of that mutton and some
of those potatoes for my dear husbands
supper, and have some of that bread and
sweet crackers for the children" Just
then the milliner's girl caine to the door
and asked: "Will you try on this bon
metz" But it don't belong here; I
haven't had bonnet for fifteen years"
But your husband has bought it and
paid for it half an hour ago." She man
aged to get it on her head and went out
AS Mrs. Charlie went to put it away her
husband crept out Of his hiding-place
and threw his arms around her and told
her they were all hers, and that she
would never want again. They wept to-
gether and rejoiced together, and soon
they prayed together and read the Word
of God, and with His grace Charlie kept
the pledge, and his home became the
abode of sunshine and happiness. Rev.
E. Payson Hammond in N. Y. Witness.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-16

focks Of ducks and chickens were cack'
ling about the kitchen door, now wait.
ing for her. Itwas she who always fed
them, and the robins and sparrows, too,
in winter. She loved every living
thing, no matter how small or ugly,
which God had made.
|. But though these dumb creatures
have watched with their bright, anx-
ious eyes for days, they can not find
her. Her chamber windows are closed
so that there is only dull twilight in
side, and on the bed she lies dumb and
mOtionless.
She was always at work from early
dawn until late at night, and now IT is
the busiest hour of the day. The house
is crowded with strangers, her children
are in grief and trouble, but she lies
there sleeping and takes no notice.
Her husband, a hard-featured old man,
bends over her with an unaccustomed
moisture in his keen eyes.
''She was good wife," he says to his
daughter. ''She worked hard for me
for forty years May be too hard. She
looks tired out"
''She shaved for US allr' cries the girl,
sobbing, on her knees. 81 might have
lightened the load for her. How patient
she was! Nobody ever saw her angry
or fretful, no matter how hard the days
work had been. l went to her with all
my worries and troubles. She was so
wise! Whom can 60 to now? There
is nobody that can fill her place to me!
Nobody! nobody
One of her sons, haggard, middle
aged man, whose face bore the traces Of
dissipation, had sat alone during this
time in the corner of the darkened room
unnoticed, for he had long been an out
cast, and father and sisters had lost
affection for him and even their inter-
est in him.
When they had gone out now he came
up and kneeled beside the bed and laid
his head on the breast on which he had
slept when he was baby. But for the
first time, there was no warm beat In It
for her son.
Mother" he whispered, "yOu never
failed me! Every mans hand is against
me, but you-you loved mev'
All he had known Of good or of Christ
in the world was through her. She was
an illiterate, humble woman; her voice
was never heard in public, even in the
little church prayer-meetings; but all
through his life she had prayed with
her boy, she had talked to him Of God
and Heaven as Of things as real to her
as the house in which she lived and
worked.
Now she had gone to them and he was
alone.
He kneeled beside her, silent, for q
long time and then rose, and taking her
cold hand in his, promised before God
to lead different life. A ray Of sun
light struggled into the room and fell
upon him as he stopped and kissed her.
"Mother, you have saved me at last!"
he said and went out, his coarse face
full of exaltation.
But to all these words of approval, of
remorse, of love, from the lips that were
dear to her she made no answer, but lay,
sleeping-taking no notice.
Did she hear them? Who can say?
If they had been spoken yesterday
they would have filled her soul with
happiness. -Youth's Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-16
Can't and I'll Try.

There it goes again: II can't" and
Freddie sits down with such look Of
distress on his countenance that mother,
always ready to soothe and aid her little
son, asks: "What is the matter now?'
Freddie answers: ''These lessons!
know shall never learn themv'
Mother, so patient endeavors to en-
courage in various ways, and finally Of
fers reward to Freddie II he will stop
fretting and finish the task given him.
For few moments he is calm, and
the anxious parent hopes he has con.
quered self and resolved to study. when
suddenly the cry comes again: II can't!
l can't!
Watch that boy up to manhood and
you will find him at every opportunity
offered him which promises advance
ment using those same ruinous words:
II can't"
He sees his old schoolmates going on
higher and higher and wonders within
himself why they advance and he re.
mains stationary. He consoles himself,
however, with the thought: "They al.
ways were lucky, and presume always
will be-" He seems to think they sail
on smooth water at all times. But Is hs
not mistaken? Their .''luck," as he
calls it, is pluck and hard work.
III try" and II will" are the neces.
sary aids for boy or girl. man or woman.
With them you win surmount obstacles
which will lead you on to success.-H
E. Leach, in Christian at Work.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-16
CHOICE SELECTIONS.

The best preparation for the future
is the present we'll seen to. Macdonald.
Let US be content in work to do the
thing we can, and not presume to fret
because it's little. Elizabeth Browning.
-Christ's discipleship is always prac.
tical; it is of the heart and Of the hand
as we'll as Of the head.-C. II. Spurgeon.
-"Only the Christian" says Nc.
Cheyne, ''can die happy DEATH" And
no less true is it only Christian can
live truly happy life. What Christian
ever found unhappiness in his Christian
ity? What atheist happiness in his
atheism?-Christian at Work.
Christian people have work to do
in promoting the welfare of the commu-
nifty in which they live. To do this eff
fectively combination is necessary, and
where churches are of different names
this should be of community sort, and
apart from all relation to sectarian or
other selfish influence. United Presby-
terrain. Ert
1t is almost as presumptuQus to
think you can do nothing as to think
you can do every thing. The latter
folly supposes that God exhausted Him
self when He made you, but the former
supposes that He made hopeless
blunder when He made you; which is
quite as impious for you to think.
Christian Union.
1T is the gracious privilege of the
Christian to think of Heaven as his
future and eternal home. He should
carry this thought with him through
life and lie down in death with it. God
in His Word authorizes him thus to
think, Death to him is no extinction
of his conscious being but simply a
change in the place of his residence
greatly to his advantage.-N. Y. lnde-
pendent.
The past is gone from us; the future
is in the hand of God; the present alone
is ours. But the memories Of the past
and the anticipations Of the future are
help in discharging the duties of the
present. In both these ways, God as
sists His people. He has given them .
record of the trials and triumphs o.
many men of like passions with them
selves and a memory by which they car
at will recall past experiences. He ha.
also filled the Bible with prophesie.
which must inspire them to live ant
labor in hope.-United Presbyterian.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-16

for an auctioneer of small wares is ex-
pected to be funny. The articles put
up for sale were inexpensive, and were
carefully and laboriously packed in
large boxes, literally stuffed with pa
per, and the bidders were not permitted
to know the contents of the package upon
which they were invited to bid. The
auctioneer refused to guarantee any
thing, and all who proposed to invest
their money were compelled to do so in
the dark. Notwithstanding this disad-
vantage the bidding was very spirited,
and the city attorney rang out all the
changes to be found in the vocabulary
of the auctioneer.
The first article was knocked off to a
dignified Judge. Great curiosity was
manifested to ascertain the nature of
his purchase. In fact, the excitement
became intense, though the gentleman
of the ermine preserved his dignity and
his self-control. From the outer in
closure he took out cigar box, and it
was supposed that he had obtained a
hundred cigars; but upon opening the
interior box he found fve-cent rubber
doll. The laugh was upon him, and he
enjoyed it quite as much as others.
The superintendent OF schools, after
vigorous search into the contents of a
large box, produced spider on his web.
Many ludicrous purchases were made,
for there was abundant opportunity for
the maiden lady to procure q man, the
confirmed old bachelor cradle, and
both Of them toys and rattles for babies.
The articles purchased called forth
many jokes and much badinage.
When the stock Of goods to be sold
was exhausted the prizes were given
out. l had the honor to win the "booby
prize" by giving q dollar for a tin
match-holder covered with gilt. The
gift was as thoroughly enveloped in
wrappers as an Egyptian mummy, and
1t proved to be miniature skeleton
with q fan in its hand, as though it had
just come out Of q high temperature
The other prize was equally appropri
ate. As the company went to the col
lation they all voted that Auction wa,
Q decided success.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-16
FOR LITTLE PEOPLE.
A LOST STITCH.

Grandma sat busily knitting away
A trim little stocking, all scarlet and gray;
Katy stood leaning on grandma's knee,
Anxiousiy waiting and watching to see
How quickly the pretty stripes could grow,
With grandma's fingers a-fying so.
All at once, in q round Of gray,
The busy needles ceased their play.
" Dear mer said grandma. II can't tell
which,
But somewhere here have dropped stitch
And can not see, 1t has grown SO late,
To pick 1t up; so we must wait
Till the lamps come in" Down Katy went
Moved by sudden kind intent;
Down In the freight on the floor.
Searching the hearth-rug DER and DER.
" What are you looking for, my childg'
Mamma questioned aad slyly smiled.
Soberly answered the little witch
" I'm trying to find my grandmas stitch"
Youths Companion.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-16

host, the city attorney, and those who
played it were judges, lawyers, school
officials, merchants and their ladies.
Men and women Of sixty and under
became boys and girls for the time,
and were quite as hilarious as they
were in their teens. The game is
quite as appropriate for young people
as for their seniors. 1t requires some
study, some labor and some trifing
expense in advance to prepare for it,
as we'll as some skill and wit in man
aging the details.
After the more stately formalities of
the occasion had been disposed of and
every body had said pleasant word to
every body else, the city attorney an
nounced that an auction would be held
at once. Then lady appeared bearing
tray upon which were little piles of
round white papers, about three-quar-
ters Of an inch in diameter. On each of
these discs was number, l, s, 10, Is, so,
representing it's assumed value as
money. Enough Of these to make to-
tai value of one dollar were given to
each person in the room. Sugar lozen-
ges would answer very we'll for money,
with the number marked on them, and
the children might eat them after they
had lost their currency value.
No one was allowed to bid more than
one dollar for any thing; and after he
had exhausted his exchequer of course
he could not bid at all. To add more
excitement to the game two prizes were
offered, one for the person who pur-
chased the greatest value for the least
money, and the other ''booby prize, y
for the one who purchased the. least
value for the most money.
The city attorney was the auctioneer;
and Of course no little of the success of
the game depended upon the skill and
wit with which he discharged his duty,
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-16
Blowing Out the Candle

nave seen about as much amusement
in the game Of Blowing Out the
Candle" as in any other. A lighted
candle is placed on stand, and the
victims are blindfolded with thegreatest
care, for even the least sight spoils the
game.
Each of them is then placed about six
feet from the table and required to walk
up to it and blow out the candle. AL
most every one thinks he can certainly
do it the first time trying; built proves
to be much more difficult matter than
was supposed. Each one is allowed to
try three times, and the putting at the
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-16
TEMPERANCE NOTES.
THE BOY AND THE LANDLORD.

Said Tom to Dick and Harry:
THE wind is sharp, to-day;
suppose we have whisky straight
To keep the cold away?n
"All right''-the cheerful answer
That's Just the talk for mem
And the smiling landlord mixed the drinks
And pocketed his fee.
Another day the comrades
Met at his door again;
And now twas heat, instead OF cold,
That made them all complain.
Thermometer at ninety,
And such blazing sun
Let's have drink to cool US or
No sooner said than done.
There stood the smiling landlord
In his buttonhole flower:
He mixed for Tom "whisky.straight,"
For Dick whisky
And when he found that Harry
Preferred brandy smash.
He mixed 1t with as good grace
And pocketed the cash.
A boy looked on and wondered
"a boy that was no fool
How drink could warm men up one day,
And one day make them COOL
at doesn't stand to reason,
The thing can work both ways"
The smiling landlord answered him:
mo matter, If it pays.
''T:e whole things in nutshell
When people want to drink,
1t warns them up or cools them of,
Just as they choose to think.
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-16
RELIGIOUS MATTERS.
IN THE NIGHTTIME.


Swiftly the shadows Of the night around -
fall,
Come let rs kHeel before our God and pray,
And while on Him FOR mercies new we CALL
Praise Him whose love has kept us through
the day
Not more Of evil turks in meningitis hour
Than stalks abroad at golden tide Of noon
In both alike We need His keeping power,
Could He forget, then Ill would come how
soonl
But He doth not forget, nor doth He sleep;
And We are safe in His all watchful care,
Dy day, by night He condescends to keep
Those who commit themselves to Him In
prayer.
There is a home where shadows never fall,
Nor sin nor danger ever enter there,
Where WEAKNESS doth ne 'er to slumber call;
A land OF praise that hath no need Of prayer
Unto that home, o Father, lead our way,
And while we linger in this alien land,
In mercy hear US while to Thee we pray,
Still guard and guide us by Thy loving hand
r. M. Oxford, H. N Y Observer
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-16

A kind word costs but little, but 1t
may bless the one to whom it is spoken
all day. Nay, have not kind words been
spoken to you which have lived in your
heart through years, and borne fruit Of
joy and hope? Let us speak kindly to
one another. We have burdens and
worries, but let us not, therefore, rasp
and irritate those near US, those we
love, those Christ would have us to
save Speak kindly in the morning; it
lightens the cares Of the day, and makes
the household and all its affairs move
along smoothly. Speak kindly at night,
for it may be before dawn some loved
one may finish his or her space of life
for this world, and 1t will be too lste 20
ask forgiveness-Sunlight
The Maryville times. (Maryville, Tenn.) 1884-1944, 1890-04-16
A wooden-Indian Joke.

On the old Province House, in Bos-
ton, some sixty years ago there was a
figure Of an Indian which did duty as Q
vane. He was represented in the act Of
discharging an arrow from his bow. The
boys in our school had a ''sell" which
was regularly played off on every new
boy that entered. He was told that
the Indian fred off twelve arrows every
time he heard the clock strike twelve.
The new boy could not exactly tell
how wooden Indian could fire of even
one arrow, to say nothing Of dozen Of
them, and he watched to see the won
derful sight. He did not see it. He
was indignant at the trick played upon
him when all the fellows laughed at
him.
HE did not fire of any twelve ar
rows!" protested the victim.
'What did l tell you?" asked the
salesman of the joke.
"You said he fred of twelve arrows
when he heard the clock strike twelve.
$50 he does, when he hears it; but
he is deaf, and he never hears the
clock" -. s
This pleasantly may be transferred
TO the parlor. Procure the figure of a
man, dog, rooster or any other ami
NAL.
"You see this rooster and l assure you
that he is very wonderful bird, for he
not only crows early in the morning,
but also when he hears the clock strike,
1t is ten o'clock now, we will suppose
and I am going to strike the hour on
this tumbler with my pencil. When he
hears it he will crow ten times. DOM
you believe it?r
"No, lido not"
Don't you?"
81 am sure don't"
You strike the hour and your victims
are sold. Played with or without for
feits.-Oliver Optic.