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The National tribune., 1891-01-08
CALLING or NEW YEARS DAY.

The good old fashion Of receiving calls from
ones friends was followed out on the FIRST day
Of the year here. The Presidents reception
was Of course the feature Of the day, and. the
fact that the Chief Magistrate gives the an-
niyersary his official sanction explains 20 a
great extent the reason why the custom still
continues here when il has died out in o.hcr
cities.
The day was bad, but the enthusiasm for
calling seemed 10 be but little dampened by
the weather. The White House was most
beautifully and tastefully decorated aud the
Government conseTyat0ries and lighthouses were
taxed 10 their utmost capacity to furnish
flowers and plants for the occasion.
The reception began at IL O'Clock in the Blue
ParlOr, and the receiving party consisted Of the
President Mrs. Harrison, Mrs Morton, Mrs
Window, Mrs. Proctor Mrs. Miller, Mrs. Noble
and Mrs Rusk, assisted by host Of ladies
prominent IN the social life Of the Capital The
members Of the Diplomatic Corps were 1rst
received, then the Chief Justice and the Asso-
ciate Justices Of the Supreme Court Of the
United States, the Judges Of the Court Of
Claims and the Judiciary " the District. These
were followed shortly by the Regents and the
Secretary Of the Smithsonian Institution the
Civil Service Commissioners, The Inter State
Commerce Commission, the Assistant Secreta-
Ties u the Departments. the Assistant Post
masters General, tie S0licit0T-Gcncral, the As
sistant Attorney Generals, the Commissioner
Of Labor, the beads o. the Bureaus Of the sew.
eral Departments, the President aud officers u
! the Columbian Institute for the Deaf aud
\ Dumb, the Associated Veterans OF the War 81
+ 1886, the Grand Army Of the Republic the
Loyal Legion and the members Of the Oldest
/ Inhabitants League Of the District Of Colum.
bia.
The doors were thrown open 10 the publ Il
at ~ 80, a quarter Of an hour earlier than wal
expected This was due 10 the fact that The
I bodies and organizations previously received
were less numerous Than usual. aud did mo-
occupy all the time allotted 10 them. Mr. auC
4 MRS. Harrison were the only ones 20 receive b.,
F. this time, the other members Of the paTty
having retired 20 their respective homes &
| participate in future ceremonies there Col
Ernst made the presentations % the Prcsi
dent. The general attendance was largo, anS
the reception lasted until nearly 2 o clock
When the last person had passed through tn
President aud Mrs. Harrison aud about 20 in
sited guests went 10 the second floor and par
took of luncheon.
The city WAS lively after that, and in th
evening many balls and hops were give
by different persons, and the day closed in th
usual manner Of Washington New Years.
The National tribune., 1891-01-08
MAGNIFICENT SWORD.

One Of the finest swords in this city, scarcely
IL at all inferior TO the historical Gen. Grants
sword in the National Museum, is the magnifi-
cent weapon presented TO Gen. Busscy, now As
sistant Secretary Of the Interior by the men Of
his command, as testimonial 10 his gallant
conduct az the battle Of Pea Ridge. This was
the FIRST fight Of the Sd Iowa Cav, which Gen.
(then Colonel) Bnssey had raised, equipped and
marched into the field. IL had a desperate en-
counter with the rebels, hut won many laurcls
and il was felt that much Of the credit was duo
10 Col. Bussoy's grand leadership. The move.
ment 10 present him with the sword took shape
The National tribune., 1891-01-08
Real ParIsian Art.
blenders Circular.I

Mrs. Bullion-I bought to-day q genuine
Partisan work Of art.
Mrs. Billsdoo-One Of Detailles paintings?"
Mrs. Bullou-No. A bust Of some young
woman named iIebe. The dealer assured mo
it is real plaster Of Paris.
The National tribune., 1891-01-08
TIE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMER
ICk

THE GEOLOGICAL SOCIETY OF AMER
ICh
hiss been In session ia Washington during The
past week, and d number Of interesting papers
were read The following officers were elected
President Alexander Winchcll. Of Ann Atb0r
Mich; N.-Ps, d. X. Gilbert, Of Washington
j.. g., and +. g. Chambcrlin, OF Madison Wis:
secy III. j.. Fairchild. Of Rochester; Treas,
y. ;. Williams, Cornell College; Members OF
the Council, q. nj Dawson, Ottawa. Canada
}. G. Banner Little Rock, Ark; A. w. Clapole
Akron, o. g. u Hitchcock, Hanwa, n. III: Il
q. White, MorgautOwn, w. Va J. J. Steven.
son, New York, aud Editor w. j. MCGEE, Wash.
inptou, ID. G.
The society banqneted az Wizards Hotel
and bad what was considered an old-fashioned
"loVefeast"
The National tribune., 1891-01-08
Re,erIy fuckers Fplcrnm.
M FIlLFs HasLIlplon.l

IHut " IIaFtf''VIVIt-I
al never inherited anything" once said that
brilliant talkcr, Beverly Tucker. I've had to
work for eycrything-cVen the govt" This
great diner-Out died Of It.
The National tribune., 1891-01-08
VETERANS IN THR City.

T. y. Taught, Co. @. sth III. Cav, Dead.
wood, Oak Comrade Taught is in the city for
a short time on business
COmrade h. G.. Walker l4ist Pa, Pals
Church, Va. C0mrade Walker Is about 20
leave Tor Louisiana. where be will engage ia
raj r0ad building.
The National tribune., 1891-01-08
1.-THE EKkLoSTEE MkGkZINE.n

A want long felt" ia the Capital Of the
Nation is for magazine, aud this Mr.. Willis
Is. Hawkins, the genial humorst, who made
a National reputation on the Chicago Neles, has
undertaken 10 iil If there is really such a
want the AHalosfga Magasiae will satisfy the
entire length aud breadth Of It's dimensions.
The FIRST number has appeared. and il Is a
credit TO the City and 10 It's editor. To begin
with, the name Is original, musical aud tax ing.
Then ID gives a wide variety Of contents, rang
ing from discussion Of the Interstate Com
mercc Law, by Senator Cullom. 20 a number Of
bright short stories aud lifting poems. The
price Of all this Is but 10 cents
The National tribune., 1891-01-08

from US in one year, and
o
from England.
The National tribune., 1891-01-08
CHAT OF TIE CORRIDORS.

am delighted at the success which has been
achieved by my sprightly contemporary, Kate
Field, with her Washington trim little weekly.
She is woman with ideas OF her own-an in
exhaustible quantity Of them-and She has not
the slightest hesitation about expressing any
OF them In lively, tronchant English. Every
article she writes makes hit and consequently
her paper has made a popular hit She has
reduced the price TO cents a week, to bring
Il within the range Of larger number OF
readers
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-02
A MocklNe.RIRp STORY.
How the Owner of the Bird Proved HI


How the Owner of the Bird Proved His
Property.
A gentleman owned q very valuable
hooking bird, Of which he thought a
good deal. The bird was stolen. The
gentleman was very much put out
over It, and hunted every where to re-
cover 1t. He heard of visitor from
the north who had purchased a hooking
bird. and was about to leave the port
on = sailing vessel. The gentleman
concluded that he would go down to
the vessel to see If the bird
was not his Upon reaching the
vessel sure enough he found q man
with . mocking- bird which he at
once recognized a. the one which he
had lost. He told the visitor that the
bird belonged TO him, and the visitor
asked how he could recognize the bird
from any other, and was unwilling to
give Il up until some evidence had been
given of ownership.
The Savannahian finally said that he
would make complaint before q magis-
trate, and II he did not prove 1t by the
bird itself, he would not make any fur
ther claim So together they went be-
fore q magistrate. The complaint was
made, and the claimant of the bird said
that he would prove that the hooking
bird was his, by the bird itself The
magistrate was somewhat surprised,
and asked: How are you going
TO do thatP" The gentleman replied
that he would whistle an air, and If
the bird took It up and followed him,
1t ought to be sufficient evidence of
ownership. II the bird did not follow
him then he would make no further
claim TO It He whistled the tune ''St.
Patrick's Day in the Morning" and
the bird Joined in and whistled it
through without interruption. The
magistrate said: 81 am satisfied the
bird is yours. don't wish any further
evidence of the fact of ownership
The visitor was charmed, and wanted
the bird badly, and offered one hun
dred dollars for it, but the owner re-
fused to part with it for that amount
Savannah News.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-02
A JOKE EoR TWO.
How a Celebrated wit Paid For the Use o
IIInhrAlla-

How Celebrated Wit Paid For the Use Of
an Umbrella.
Romieu, the famous Partisan wit, wa,
one day caught in shower and forced
to seek refuge in n doorway of the
opera house. 1t was six o'clock al
ready, and he had an engagement al
the Cafe de Paris for that very hour.
The rain fell in torrents There was
no carriage to be had. He had no UNI
brella- What was to be done? While
he was lamenting his bad luck a gen.
tleman with large umbrella passed
by. Romieu was seized with a sudden
inspiration He rushed out and grasped
the stranger by the arm and gravely in
stalled himself under the protecting
umbrella
81 am oyerjoyed to see you" he Inn
mediately began 81 have been look
ing for you for two weeks wanted
to tell you about C1ementine.
Without giving the stranger time to
express his surprise, Romieu ratified
away with gossip and anecdote until
he had led the unknown compassion to
the door of the Cafe dc Paris. Then he
glanced at him. with face of we'll
feigned astonishment
Pardon, monsieur" he cried. ssIt
seems am mistaken"
81 believe So" said the stranger.
.sGood graciousl" added Romieu. BE
discreet; don't repeat what have told
you."
Il promise you-"
80 ssauAan3 nesS>sen'
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-02
SHERMAN WAS POETIC.
He Went Into Eostacies Over the Capt.
NJ

He Went Into Eostacies Over the CAPITOL
at Washington.
A we1l-known newspaper man who
was stationed at Washington while
President Garfield was suffering from
his wound in the White House had oc-
casion one night to go beyond the CAPT.
toll on business. It was a beautiful
moonlight night, and on his return he
sat down on the rim of basin facing its
east front. While he was silently ad-
miring the great pile and its majestic
dome, = tall, spare man sat down about
ten feet from him and said: young
man, you are looking at one of the
grandest sights that civilization affords
have been all over the world, pretty
nearly. have seen st. Pauls and
st. Peters, but for grandeur and dig
nifty Of architecture this structure ex-
cells them. To appreciate 1t fully it
must be seen from this point on night
like this. Then all its beauties are
glorihed, and its few trifings faults are
Swallowed into obscurity. The Italian
says: See Naples and die For my
part can not see how any American
can view this capitol without feeling
prouder of his country than he was be-
fore"
The newspaper man interrupted him
with: why, Gen. Sherman, 1 never
suspected you of having such poetic
strain in your nature.''n
Gen. Sherman, recognizing his listen
mar by his voice, came down from the
clouds at once and explained:
81 have always admired the capitol,
and it looks particularly well tonight
Washington Post
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-02

Inc paper manufacturers would not
purchase It In that shape, because
the freight would be too much for so
great weight Those who invest In
the pulp for the purpose of making It
into busts of Abraham Lincoln and rep
reservations of the Warrington monu-
ment employ their own molds and make
their own estimates of the value of the
original money material composing
their wares. The guess on a replica Of
the monument Is usually one million
dollars, but the only certainty Il Il
based upon is the verdancy Of the casual
visitor.
National bank notes arc not DESTROYED
at the bureau of engraving and printing.
For them special macerator Of q diff
ferent pattern IL employed by the comp
troler of the currency, under whose
special superintendence they are count
ed separately for redemption. Be-
meath his Office Is sort Of tub with re-
Volving knives. into which all Of this
sort of paper money is cast when worn
out. The keen blades chew Il up to
minute fraRments, under the eyes of
persons appointed by the national
banks to superintend the operation, 30
that 1t is Of no use any more for any
purpose whatsoever save for paper
stock. For this purpose Uncle Sans
disuSed cash serves admirably, mas
much a. It il mostly linen hber-Wash-
inRton Star.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-02
,Ore numsrou. branch Of the leglsla-

more numerous branch Of the Iegisia-
tura.
The constitutions of the states that
are based upon the county are very
much more voluminous, and contain
subjects that in New England are left
to the legislature. The people, having
been taught by experience,forbidt their
representatives doing certain things.
They have discovered that it Is a good
deal better that they should go undone
than that the legislature should have
license to do them whenever it sees fit.
It Is . significant fact that not single
New England state has adopted more
than one complete constitution since the
formation of the federal government.
Indeed, the present constitution Of Mas
sachusetts antedates the constitution of
the United States, having been adopted
in 1850. Since then it has been amend
ed in several respects, the new sections
being necessitated by increase of pop
ulation, the great European immigra-
ton of the middle of the century, and
the war for the Union.
Connecticuts constitution was adopt
ed in 1918. Before that the state was
governed under the charter Of 1922,
which was continued by the constitu-
ton of 1916. The amendments have
been more numerous than those added
to the Massachusetts constitution, but
they have not differed much in charac-
ter.
The constitution of New Hampshire
was adopted in 1892, and has been
amended twice. Vermont's constitu-
20 H..
amended four times. Rhode Island
lived under it's royal charter until 1912.
The constitution of Maine was adopt
ed in 1920. 1t prohibits the loaning of
the state credit, and limits the debt
contracting power of the Legislature. 1t
also forbids the legislature to charter
corporations by special acts.
The constitutional history of New
York is very different from that of New
England. The first instrument was
adopted in 1777, the second in 1921. Sew
eral amendments were added to this
constitution from time to time, and a
complete new constitution was adopted
in 1846 This has since been radically
changed in some of it's most important
provisions, especially in the judiciary
al GAOACS WHICH ID, db UIllS WTlG1QR, again
under consideration by a constitutional
commission. The numerous and impor-
tant amendments of 1874 were demand
ed by the growth of evils incident to
the states system of local government.
Pennsylvania has had three constitu-
tions; Ohio, two; Illinois three since
1918. The southern states are excep-
tional, because their existing constitu-
tons were made necessary by their at
tempted secession from the Union.
California's first constitution was
adopted in 1s49, and the state has had a
new constitution since then. It was
adopted in 1875, and furnishes an -ad.
mirable illustration of the manner in
which people who do not enjoy the
benefits of the town meeting provide for
the most minute and intimate subjects
in the fundamental law of the state
Henry LOOMS Nelson, in Harper's
Magazine.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-02
GOT HIS DOLLAR.
He Had His Man Marked and was Bount
so Make Trouhla.

He Had His Man Marked and was Bound
50 Make Trouble.
A strapping young man sat in the
Erie depot, across the hudson, the other
day, waiting for his train. He had
twelve Scythe-stones in bundle on his
right hand and a cuckoo clock in a box
on his left AS he was looking around
the wsiting-room he gave a sudden
start. Then he startedsome more. Then
he rose up and walked over to flashily-
dressed man about forty years old,
whom anyone would have spotted as q
fskir, and asked:
"Don'tyou travel around with tooth
pOwder?"
mo, sir, was the sharp reply.
Wasn't you up in Elizabeth last
fallp"
mo, sirr'
Eyes you was, and I'll bet on it! You
are the same burned Teller, and 1 know
itr'
'Sipi What does this meanw de-
manded the other.
''It means that 1 was In Elizabeth
last fall and bought a box of your
tooth powder. You changed a five-dol-
lar bill, and darn my hide if you didn't
hOrnswaggle me out of a dollar!"
''Sirr'
mo use, old fellow! 1 knowed We
the mint got eyes on We. Same big
diamond pin-same red neck-tie-same
nose, bumped up in the middle like a
circus camOll want that dollar!"
This is outrageousl I'll call a DO
NcemauW shouted the fakir.
Call and be burned to We, but I'll
lick ye ArsN You either come down
with that dollar or I'll wallop We till We
can't hollerp'
Look here!" replied the other in
much milder tones, you are mistaken.
It was my cousin who was in Elizabeth.
BE IL dead now
Then I'll take il out of your
He Is dead, as remarked, and
rather than have any blot resting on
ais fair 'escutcheon l will pay you the
dollar"
That's all right! don't know any,
thing about 'scutcheons, but I've got to
have that dollar or pull hair! I've bin
lookin' for your hump backed nose all
over the face of the earth And I've
la1o awake nights thinkin' how I'd make
We heller like an Injun If 1 ever got nv
paws on YER
He was given dollar, and the fakir
disappeared at once, and the young man
explained to those about him:
I'm almost sorry he give up SO soon.
l was just achin' clean down to INV toes
TO lick him all over forty-acre lotn-
u. Quad, in n. Y. World.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-02
FAMILY PLEASURES.

The Usual Thing When Johnnie Il Around.
IL don't altogether like this young
man, jenkins, who comes to see you 80
often. l hear he Is nothing but a poor
bank clerk" Is what the head Of q fam
lily said to his daughter one morning at
the breakfast-table.
HE 10 a very nice young man." re-
plies the daughter; besides he IL some
thing more than q poor bank clerk. He
gets large salary, and IL likely some
day to have an interest In the bank"
/ hope he may" responded the old
man; but he strikes me a. q very fiip-
pant, impairment sort Of fellow, who.
IN my opinion, should be sat down up.
on"
well, have invited him 70 take din.
ner with uS this evening"" said the
daughter, land hope you will treat
him politely at least. You will find
him . very different person from what
you suppose him TO be-"
'oh, I'll treat him politely enough, >
said he.
That evening Mr.. Jenkins appeared
at dinner, and made . most favorable
impression on the old gentleman.
HE Is = clever young fellow, after
Ill" he thought. ~ have done him an
injustice"
1t was just here that Johnnie spoke
out Johnnie was . well-meaninQ little
boy, but too talkative.
Pa" he began, you know what YOU
said to-day at breakfast about Mr.. Jep-
k1ns, that he was an impertinent young
man, and ought TO be sat upon"
silence, sirl'' shouted the father.
swallowing a mouthful of hot potato.
But the little boy wouldn't be ouiet.
Its all right" he continued, conf
dentially, but In whisper loud enough
20 be heard In the street, ''he has been
sat upon. Sister sat on him the parlor
before dinner."-Ernest P. Neville, in
jury.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-02
FAT OR LEAN.

Now to Reduce Obesity OF 70 Acquire
Flesh.
Some persons are born with q normal
tendency to become fat, others with .
tendency to leanneSs. II Il tho same
among the lower animalA- The hog IL
= sort of machine for transforming the
odds and ends Of food into fat; bat the
farmer knows beforehand that . little
pig with long legs and snout will work
of the fat as fast as it can be made. So
long-legged person seldom inclines to
obesity.
Temperament has much TO do with
the bodily condition in this respect In
Emphatic people the life processes are
slow, and the fat is largely deposited
rather than burned. This temperament
furnishes some Of the best types of sur
face beauty. The person of nervous tenn
permanent, on the other hand, by exces-
sive activity Of body and mind, and by
predisposition to haste, worry, fret and
impatience, naturally remains lean;
but while the features of such person
will probably lack Softness and round
ness of outline, they may exhibit N a
marked degree the higher beauties Of
mind and soul.
People who incline to obesity may
hold the tendency In check by appro-
pirate food and stirring exercise In the
open air, thus both lesseninR the
amount Of fat-forming food taken into
the system, and causing q more rapid
consumption Of such fat rs is produced;
and those who incline to undue Loan
ness, by pursuing the opposite course,
may largely increase the amount Of fat
deposited.
If the leanness Is the result Of d.
gestive weakness, or Of faulty assimi-
lation, little, of course, can be done un-
til . condition of general health has
been secured. But assuming that the
abnormal leanness is connected with
high health, what advice must be given2
First, let the carbonaceous, or fat
forming, food greatly preponderate over
the nitrogenous-such a. beef, lamb and
Goldfish Calling the fat-forming Gle
ments Of beef twenty, lamb thirty-f1ve,
and goldfish five, those of pork will be
fifty; beans, ffty-seven; peas, sixty;
oats, sixty-six; wheat, sixty-nine; corn
and rye, each seventy-two; rice, eighty,
and butter, one hundred.
OF course 1t would not do to take q
single carbonaceous article and live on
II, for the entire body y 70 be kept in
high health by tho proper nourishment
OF all the tissues. However, the system
can be we'll supported ia full vigor by =
vegetable diet, with the addition Of
milk, eggs and butter.
In the second place, cultivate calm.
ness and quietuess in feeling and man
ner. Avoid impotence and fret. Do
not overwork with mind and body. We
may add that tea-drinking tends to lean
ness. If possible, milk $hould be sub
Stituted. Youths Companion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-09-02
No. 2O46
First Published Aug. IL, 1891.
SHRRIFF'S eALE.

STATE OF KANSAS, COUNTY OF BARBER S.
Dillwyn Parish ct al, plaintiffs.
Marian Rowe ct al. defendants
ID ~ virtue of an alias order of sale issued ont
- OF the district court, sitting I'm and for said
Barber county, in the above entitled action,
and to me directed, l will, ON
MONDAY, THE l4TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER.
1891, at two o'clock I'm the afternoon of
said day, at the front door of the courthouse
In said county, offer for sale, at public auction,
and sell. without appraisement, to the highest
ana best bidder, for cash in hand, to satisfy
said order of sale, all the right title and inter.
est whatsoever of the above named defend
ants, aud each OF them, and of all persons
claiming under them, in and to the following
described tract, piece and parcel of land, lying
and situate in said county of Barber to-wtts
The east half of the northeast quarter of sec
ton twenty-five 22, in township thirty-tWo ~.
range ten 10, west of the 9Th principal merid-
ian, together with all and singular the
tenements, Entertainments and appurtenancee
thereunto belonging or in anywise appertain-
ing.
Given under my hand. at my Office, In the
city OF Medicine Lodge, In said county this,
9Th day Of August, 1891.
12-t5 j. W. DOBSON Sheriff
OvERsTREET DENTON, Cook GOSsETr,
Atty for Plaintiffs.