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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-02
Notice of Sale Of School Land.

NOTICE is hereby given that on the 5th day
N ofDecember. 1881, at theCountyT reasurer' &
office, in the court house, in the city of Medf-
cine Lodge, between the hours of ten o. clock
q. m. and three o clock p. IN, viii Offer for
The northeast one-fOurth mel of the SOUTH
east One-fourth se14).
The northwest one-fourth INV 4 )of the SOUTH
east onc-fourth (selzl.
The southeast on'-fourth Use \ of the north
east one-fOurth meal
The southwest one-fourth (swI4) fthe north
east one-fourth (nei4B
All In section sixteen C16l. township thirty
three (53l. south, of range eleven I'D, west of
the 9Th y. NJ. Above land appraised at three
CD dollars per acre.
Also the southeast oDe-fourth fsel4l Of the
southeast onefourth (se14) appraised at three
and 25-l0O ($3 25 dollars per acre, with improve
ments thereon appraised at five 80 dollars.
The southwest one-fourth tswl4 of the south
east one-fourth sex, appraised ut three (SD
dollars per acre, and improvements thereon
appraised at ten $50 dollars.
The northeast one fourth (neI4 of the north
east Oue-fourth (nek), appraised at three
go dollars per acre and improvements there
on appraised at twenty ($20 dollars.
The northwest one-fourth lnw45 of the north
east one-fourth mex. appraised at three le3)
dollars per acre and improvements thereon ap-
praised at twenty t&20J dollars.
All of the above described land in section
sixteen (15l. township thirty-three C33D, south,
of range eleven N1J, west Of the 9th r NJ.
e. Is. PECK.
Z5t4 County Treasurer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-02
AN ELEcTRoPLATEp CAT.
Queer Freak Of . Lightning Flash in the
Green Mountain state.

Queer Freak of . Lightning Flash in the
Green Mountain State.
A freak of lightning, probably moro
remarkable than any hitherto record
ed, occurred recently near the small
village of New Salem, VT, at the foot
OF the Heidelberg mountains, writes q
Boston correspondent. A. S. Vandyck
occupies an old mansion, in the parlor
of which hung a collection of revolu-
tionary swords, one of which was
heavily plated with silver. A terrific
thunderstorm came one night, and one
terrible crash aroused the household
All were stunned for a moment, but
recovering they fastened to discover
what damage was done.
Suddenly the younger Vandyke point
ed to an old-fashioned sofa. Upon il
lay what was apparently the silver
image of a cat curled up in an exceed.
ingly comfortable position. AS far as
the shape and posture of the animal
were concerned it might have been
live cat. Each glittering hair was sep
arate and distinct. and each silvery
bristle of the whiskers described
graceful curve as In life. Father an6
son turned toward the swords which
hung upon the wallojust above the sofs
and there saw that the sword had been
stripped of all its silver. The hilt was
gone and the scabbard was but strip
of blackened steel. The family cat had
been electroplated by lightning.
In one of the panes of glass in the
window was found round hole about
the size of half dollar, where the
lightning had evidently entered. There
was charred streak across the sash,
where the electrical fluid had made its
way to the sword, down which it
passed to the cat, carrying with it the
silver which it deposited upon the ami
NAL. OF course the cat was instantly
killed, and therefore remained in the
position in which it was quietly sleep
ing when the fash came. It was
thought the plating of the cats body
would prevent decay, and that proba-
bly, it could be retained among the coll
lection of curiosities, which is more re-
markale than all. Local scientists
were puzzled by the occurrence, and
one of the members of the Albany in.
stitute intended to investigate the
case-Chicago Herald
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-02
About Paints!

It is the best econo-
my to use the very
best paint, especially
for outside work. for
the reason as every
one very well knows
that this climate is
very severe on all
paints used for exter-
ior work, causing the
common cheap kinds
to chalk and fade, CIV
ing, after a very short
time, no protection to
buildings, and being
unsatisfactory in eY-
cry way. Believing
the best is the cheap
est always. we are
again offering for the
spring trade The Old
Reliable Mound City,
strictly Pure Mixed
Paints in all the new
and desirable shades.
We have sold this
paint for three sea-
sons, and it has never
failed to give perfect
satisfaction, from the
fact that it is not a
mush filed with Span
ish whiting, Barytes
or common clay, but
is strictly pure French
Zinc and Lead mllled
with finest colors. If
you are thinking of
painting anything this
season, call and see us,
as we are prepared to
do you good. Our line
Of Fine Varnishes,
Oils, Buggy Paints,
White Lead, Colors.
Artists Tubes, Brush
es, in fact everything
pertaining to the paint
business is full and
Complete.
Respectfully,
Day &Records.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-02
LEARNED HAcKMEN.
Some of the Arts Practiced by "Cabby"
Catch Fares.


Some Of the Arts Practiced by "Cabby" ia
Catch Fares.
The race of drivers of public car.
riages has always been famous for its
sharpness of wit. "Hackmen' are en-
phatically men of the world; they come
in contact with all sorts of people. and
become wonderfully acute in guessing
the occupations and estimating the
weaknesses of possible passengers
They are sober and dignified with
clergymen, and lively and slangy with
gay men of the world. They make
complete and very worldly application
to their business of the saying of Paul
about being made all things to all
men"
Two young men who had somewhat
the appearance of college professors ar
rived in Boston, one night, on late
train, and were asked to ride by sever
al hackmen standing in row. They
were in doubt which one to choose,
when one of the drivers called out:
Learned men, it is proper that you
should ride with of erudition. l am he.
This way, please"
The two passengers, who were really
instructors in college, were so much
astonished at this salutation that they
gave themselves into the mans charge.
'Have you the mental disks which
represent your impedimenta?" asked
the driver.
They gave him their baggage-checka.
He loaded the trunks upon the carriage,
and they drove to hotel Before
leaving him they engaged the man in
conversation.
YES" said he, 81 have driven many
learned men. 1 have often had Edward
Everett and Horace Mann in my car
riage together. Alas! they are both
gone now; pulvis ct umbra sumus."
"YOu were acquainted with Horace,
too, 1 see," said one of the passengers.
Very WE'LL" said the man, with a
said smile; 81 have frequently had him
IN my carriage, too, but not in perisha-
BILE flesh. l am familiar with him in
the immortal guise of ink and paper"
This learned hackman sustained his
character much better than did driver
the great meetings of Friends which
take place regularly in that city.
In order to attract the patronage Of
the VlSltlnB FRIENDS, this man dressed
himself in broad brimmed hat and an
old drab coat, and waited for passen-
gers at the station or the steamboat
wharf. Whenever delegation of
Friends arrived he called out:
Twill thee have a carriage? Will
thee have a carriage?"
He had beguiled one Quaker into his
conveyance, but presently, having gone
away for a moment with the passen-
gers check, he returned with a stormy
look on his face and called out to the
quaker inside the carriage:
Where in all git-out is thee's lug
gage2"
This unquakerly expression betrayed
him as an impostor to the entire COM
munity of Friends, and he was favored
with no more of their custom. Youths
Companion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-02
THE SPIRIT OF WORK.
1t Must Partake of Truth in Order t
Bring Success.

1t Must Partake of Truth in Order to
Bring Success.
On the part of faithful workers the
spirit of work must ever consist of a
constantly careful adherence to the
truth. This is not the hghtest way to
work. 1t is always easier to copy the
work of others than to work from ma
ture, whether the creation belong to the
highest art or the lowest kind of man.
Ial labor.
The usual aim of worker is to fol-
ow the best accepted models, and to
secure a perfect imitation is his highest
ambition. He has no belief in his own
thought simply expressed He takes
his idea from this authority, and his
method of transferring it to the minds
of others from that He tries to please
the eye, and creates forms striking,
snowy, even beautiful-with the beauty
of skillful imitation. He tries to
charm the ear, and utters fine fan
clful phrases, sonorous sentences,
words which appeal to the magma
ton and show wide knowledge of the
productions Of other people. But this
is never the way to reach the heart. For
and if the expression is not true to the
thought, then it is falsehood, and the
nobler the thought the worse the guilt
of the caricature.
Such work answers for passing human
needs. It has often fair body But
if it has no soul of it's own it can not
live, and though used in lieu of that
which is better, when the need that
used it dies, it dies too
The other sort of work is slow and
painful. Once begun, there is no more
rest for the worker. Though he labor
with unceasing effort, he sees more and
more clearly how feeble is his express
sion of the truth he would have it de-
clare. He works with a heart that
falters, and with hands which tremble
as they move. All! very weak and poor
must be our best attempts, yet to work
nearer to the truth in each moment Of
our working lives is the divinest bless.
ing we can ask. To reach it is of the
things hoped for-not seen. But it is
the things not seen which are eternal.
The work is slow. It is a life work.
What better life work can there be-?
The work is painful. 1t is through
much tribulation we enter the king
dom. For moment, is the struggle to
be compared to the victory? The work
is difficult. Again are we thrown back,
bruised and faint, to cry: "Who can en-
dure to the end?"
But hard, and toilsome, and slow
though it be, we must labor. Steep and
stony though the path, we must climb
it. By and by, when no longer through
a glass darkly, but face to face, we read
the meaning of all the hardship, the
slow growth and the bitter suffering,
then out of the temple our human hands
have built shall shine out the spirit of
truth, which we waited for with an in
expressible longing. For we must sow
with painstaking zeal and patient abid-
ing. We must water often with tears.
1t is only God who giveth the increase.
-Harper's Bazaar.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-02
NEEDLESS ALARM.


A Hospital Case That was Not Very Seri-
knocked down and run over -
"Just brought in ~ LEG must be am
putated ~ and 'only working man |"
are the phrases which float about the
great bare surgical ward of the hos
pital.
A hush and waiting.
A dim far-reaching odor of disinfect-
ants and anesthetics. Women's faces
some feebly pretty-some quantity
ugly-framed in crisp muslin. Capa-
BILE hands lying Imply clasped upon
snowy apron fronts. A row of stu
dents, hushed, intent, with knitted
brows. Surgeons, brusque in manner,
low voiced, and rapid in the touch of
their firm yet delicately feminine I'm
gers.
A heartless, mirthful, glimmering
play Of light about a long row of icily
cleaning bits of steel.
A shutting of feet. A gasping groan.
A stain on brow, of hideous red.
''Only a working mani"
''Slowlyl Lift him carefully! Sol" A
surgeon bends over the inert, pitifully
PROSTATE form.
"Hum! Head injuries! And crushed
limbr' he mutters, hastily. 1t is his
brief diagnosis.
"In drink" he adds moment later.
''That is bad. Stupor!' A skilled finger
on the pulse. But he will stand it.
And now the anRstheticl' And a mask
of linen is fitted to the purple face.
A nun-faced nurse is at his elbow
Her every gesture is in response to g
suggestive glance. Quietly, with un
moved face she assists. Suddenly there
s a stir. A young nurse has tainted
1t is her first surgical case. Carry her
outI
There is low cry-a feeble fighting
for BREATH
The surgeon lifts his head. A smile
as cold as his steel wildly distorts hi
lips.
There will be no amputationp' h,
CURLY announces.
Dead?
''Gentlemen! Ahem! 1t is-in poin
of fact-merely a case of nose bleed, anC
"a wooden leg"
"Next"-Jury.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-02
LUCK IN OLD SHOES.
Queer superstItiOns Regarding CASTOR
Footwear.

Queer SuperstltIons Regarding CASTOR
Footwear.
The Chinese value a pair of boots
which have been worn by an upright
magistrate, and the custom of wishing
a friend a happy foot" Is still OBJ
served all through Europe. The casual
putting on the left shoe on the right
foot, pulling it on uneven or crosswise,
bursting the shoe latch or tie, lacing it
wrong, and losing button, are all bad
signs. A Yorkshireman will spit in his
right shoe before putting it on, when
going out on important business, to
bring luck and many an English girl
has been known to hang her boots out
OF the window on St Valentines night
for love-luck.
Prof. Black tells of singular super
stition existing in England which in
sists that If the youngest daughter of a
family marries first, her sisters must
dance at her wedding without shoes, SO
as to insure husbands for themselves.
Old-shoe throwing Is done for many
purposes. In Ireland the election of a
person to almost any Office is concluded
by throwing an old shoe over his head
The gypsies say:
Hurle after an old shoe,
I'll be merry what here 1 doe,
In the Isle of Man an old shoe Is al
ways thrown after the bride, as well
as the groom, when leaving their
homes. and in the south the Oldest per-
son on the plantation, white or black,
always throws an old shoe after anyone
starting on a long journey.
It is said that Nine. Patti and other
women of high standing on the stage,
preserve most carefully the boots they
wore at their debut, which they eonsid
or lucky TO wear on the hrst night Of
engagements forever sfter.-Detroit
Free Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-02
TAKING THINGS EASY.
An Infallible Indication of Laziness al
SelfshneRs.

An 1nfallible Indication of Laziness and
Selfishness.
When man tells you that he al
ways takes things easy and never
puts himself out of the way for any
body" put him down in your mental
memorandum book as a case of chronic
laziness and selfishness. Such easy-go-
ing individuals never win either for
tune or fame. They may call their in
difference independence; but, if SO,
they make a miserable mistake.
Real independence is the offspring
OF well-directed energy, and the
philosophy of Incidence" is nothing
better than mean and contemplate
sophistry. God Himself has vetoed in
dolence: Whatever thy hand findeth to
do, do it with thy might" is the viqor-
Gus language of Inspiration; and David
Crockett's BE sure you are right, then
go ahead" is simply the Divine com.
mand translated into rough Anglo
Saxon.
Latent talent is of no more use than
latent heat Both must be developed
and applied IN order to be of any prac-
teal value. Noman can even be true
Christian without energy; and if we
were required to put the whole duty OF
man into the shortest possible form of
words we would say to him: ssWork and
pray."-N. Y. Ledger.
-Urganize. educate, agitate and pre-.
pare for action.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-02
11r Tor Hat.


Our debts stand for our investments
and not for our losses They represent
our enterprise and not our misfortune,
our property and not our poverty
Kansas Republican League.
II the above is true. why do these
same republicans howl 80 when PETER
and Simpson tell the facts about our
indebtedness? They are only advertis-
ing our property and enterprise and
not our poverty. Is it possible our re-
publican friends don't want the outside
world TO know how enterprising we
are and how much property we possess?
I object to all this abuse that is heaped
upon PETER and Simpson simply be-
cause they are advertising our vast
wealth and wonderful enterprises If
''debt represents property and enter
prise" then the greater our dsbts the
better OF we are Surely 1t Il no dis
credit TO as TO be enterprising or to
possess . vast amount Of property. =
". d. Vincent
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-02
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

NOTICE IL hereby given that the undersign-
IN cd settler has made settlement upon the
northeast 4 OF section 81 township g. range
Is, aud that D, Oof OF said settlement will be-
county. Kansas, on Saturday, December 5,
1891. This tract of school land having been
legally appraised, said settler asks that he be
allowed to purchase the same at its appraised
value, as the law provides. He names the fol.
lowing witnesses to prove his continuous resi-
dence upon and cultivation of said tract, viz.
d. 3. Lacy, Samuel South and Clay McGrath,
all Of Deerhead township. Barber county. Kan
sas 25t2 sly CAM
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-02
THE KANSAS CITY STAR.
DAILY AND WEEKLY.
THE LEADING NEWSPAPER OF THE WEST.
DAILY CIRCULATION, OVER e.. 0OO.
WEEKLY CIRCULATION OVER go nnl


The Kansas City Star is an eight-page, even
ing paper, and is the cOmpletest and most
comprehensive, interesting and instructive
newspaper published in the west.
The Star contains all the important news of
the world up to five O'Clock, p. m, of the day
published, giving its patrons the news from
twelve to twenty hours in advance of morning
contemporaries.
Particular attention is directed to the Stars
Market Reports, including those of Grain,
etc. These reports are gathered from the
largest markets in the country, and every
change and variation in the price or condition
OF the markets are faithfully and accurately
given.
The Star controls and publishes exclusively
the full day Associated Press Report, and
large line of special kilograms.
The Star is not controlled by any set of poll
tici6ns, but is DEVOTED TO giving the news with
promptness accuracy, and impartiality.
1t will enjoy your confidence IL you apprc-
ciate an honest fearless and bold newspaper
The Star has the largest circulation of any
newspaper published between Chicago and
San Francisco.
Never before in the history of journalism
has so much trst-class newspaper matter been
given for so little money as is given in the coli
umns of the weekly edition of the Star.
Terms for the Star by mail, postage prepaid:
DAILY-One month .....................$ so
Three months. 49,. loo
One Year. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 400
WEEKLY-One Year. 20 cents.
Write for sample copy. Address
THE STAR,
1 KANSAS CITY, MO.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-02

I'm q recent issue Of one Of our Kan
sas exchanges. the result of '91's cam
paign was given in one column and in
the next was . call for ameeting Of the
county COMMITTEES to lay plans for the
campaign Of ga Iowa Tribune
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-12-02
ARIZONA'S NATURAL BRIDGE.
One OF the Greatest CurIosItIes In the
United States.

One OF the Greatest CurIositIes In the
United States.
Natural bridge on Pine creek, in the
northern part of ella county, is one of
the greatest curiosities in the United
States, equaling if not surprising, the
natural bridge of Virginia. 1t spans
the creek at a height of two hundred
feet, and the walls of the canyon rise
above it on either side seven hundred
or eight hundred feet, and on one side
form perpendicular precipice.
The bridge is of lime formation, and
the inside of the great arch, which is
some two hundred and fifty feet across,
IL worn by the water as smooth as
though chiseled by the sknlful hand of
stone mason. The arch on top is
nearly, if not quite, four hundred feet
in width, one thousand feet in length
across the canyon, and at the thinest
part only six feet through. About the
center Of the arch is a hole large
enough to admit the body of man,
and through which one can look down
into the crystal pool of water two hun
dred feet below.
The dixie which forms the bridge ex-
side of the stream, and, together with
the bridge proper, affords surface area
Of about one hundred acres of fertile
land, which has been converted into a
fine farm. A spring issues from the
right side of the canyon at a height to
admit of the water being easily con-
Quoted to any portion of the arm, and
the volume is great enough to I'LL
ditch four feet wide and two feet deep,
and to irrigate much more land than is
available for cultivation.
The climate at the bridge is exceed
ingly equable, being warmer in thu
summer and much mlider in the winter
than that of the surrounding country,
and to this fact is ascribed the wonder
full variety of vegetable growth, num-
heTtng some two hundred and
nifty species of trees. shrubs,
vines and plants The vicinity abounds
in numerous fossils and shells, and
wherever moisture percolates through
the cAlcareous rock beautiful stalactites
| are formed. Underneath the bridge are
numerous caves, some of which have
never been explored, and which are
lined with these Opaque cones resem-
bling huge icicleA-Bostou Transcript
Exercise Necessary.
| Man and woman need exercise. and
Il proper amount OF exercise is not
taken not only do the muscles become
weak and aabby, but the functions of
every organ and the soundness of every
tissue must suffer. There is imperfect
elimination Of waste matters, the mus
cles and internal organs become in
numbered with superfiuous fat, the
heart becomes weak, the lungs are
never thoroughly emptied, and Rradu-
ally lose their elasticity, appetite dwin-
dies to vanishing point, digestion be-
comes imperfect, often causing dyspep-
STA, and the joy and brightness of
health give place to incapacity for
either work or pleasure, irritability,
and "leaden-eyed despair" In the
young particularly exercise is neces-
sary for moral as well as for physical
health. In violent movement in the
open air their superintendent energy
finds free vent; if pent up it is too like
ly TO force a way out in wrong direc-
tions.-N. Y. Weekly.
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Medicine LODGE and Sawyer
STATUE LIN E.
. w. COULTER, PROPRIETOR.

WILL carry passengers, baggage and express
w between Medicine Lodge and Sawyer.
viii leave Medicine lodge on Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday, at 1919 a. m. and arrive at
Sawyer at IL 80; leave Sawyer at As p. m; ar
rive at Medicine Lodge at 500 p. IN. 30