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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-02-10
A Glasgow Justice's Justice.

A bailie Of Glasgow was noted for the
simplicity Of his manners on the bench.
A youth was charged before him with
abstracting a handkerchief from q
gentleman's pocket. The indictment
being read the bailie, addressing the
prisoner, remarked: 81 haze nae doot We
did the deed, for had a handkerchief
ta'en DOT o. my ain pouch this vera
week" The same magisterial logician
was ON another occasion seated on the
bench, when a case OF serious as
sault was brought forward by
the public prosecutor. Struck by
powerful phraseology Of the in
dictment, the bailie proceeded to
say: For this malicious crime We are
fined Acknowledgements" The as
SCISSOR remarked that the case had not
yet been proven Then said the
magistrate, well just MAX the fine
i've shiili6gs It'd Bits
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-02-10
Sleeping with Head Elevated.

Persons who are troubled with undue
flow of blood to the head, or with any
form of cerebral congestion, should
sleep with their head and trunk raised
on an incline rather than raising the
head alone. The effect of merely rails
ing the head by use of a pillow or Dol
ster is to compress the superficial veins
of the neck by the forward hexure of
the head, in which case the blood can
not return so readily. When the head
Is elevated the blood naturally recedes
from it and the heart has to pump
the blood which it sends to the
brain against gravity. In consequence
pendant parts have the advantage of
others. As a familiar illustration of
this, the veins of the hands, when
hanging down, are very prominent and
full of blood, but if the hands are held
above the head for a few moments, the
veins cease to stand out and the hands
becomes relatively blanched.
On the other hand, persons who are
in bloodless, an@mic condition would
better sleep with the head level with
their body or perhaps slightly lower.
for In this way the brain win be better
nouriahed Thus during hours of sleep
the blood will have better chance to
carry OF the WORKOUT particles and re-
build from the material brought in the
fresh blood supply.-From Lecture by
Dr.. J. q. Kellogg.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-02-10

The alliance senators and represen-
tatives have been introducing bills
which differ very materially from the
usual character that have filled the
calandar Of late. The greater portion
of these bills strike square at the root
of the difficulty. discussion of which
will open the eyes of the people.
National Economist
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-02-10
First Publication January n. / ST.
HOTiCE TO CONTRACTORS.
OFFICE OF TRUSTEE, MOORE Towr Zip.
Barber County Ka.igas.

Barber County, Ka1sas.
Scaled proposals will be received at the Office
of Township Trustee. in Moore township, for
the construction Of Pile briGRe across Mule
creek. sixty feet in length. he plans and
specifications may be seen al ny Office. Bids
will oe received until noon on
MONDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH. A ID. 1892.
Each bidder will he required TO deposit SIS
with the trustee, 10 tne creolt OF Barber cpun-
ty, as guarantee that he viii enter into con-
tract, If awarded TO him. according to. the
terms or the DID, Wis MN Ten day5 after cestifi-
cation of award. The right 90 reject any and
all hi Is that may not be deemed advantageous
tn the county, is reServei.
The blank forms for making bids can he
had on application ). K. JORDAN,
Trustee Moore TownshIDl
Postoffice, Kiowa- J:I
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-02-10
MosDAY, FEBRUARY 18TH. A. d. Is
Isvs y@ wrss,s

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ne yer II yos
hsSsu't, wisfom
and intslIigeat
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write to-day. L
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beach any hiriS
Fntslligent peEsop
|0f elmer sex, whS
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write, snd Wha.
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will work indus.
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earn Three Thoo<
sand DolIaFa
year IN their own
I'oeaIifisa. where
s,ver they live. Il
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fhe atsatioa or
employ Essnl, ae
which you can
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and rscuive aofh-
Tag . Mess sac-
cessfdi, - ebovs
Ss&sing iiHeuif
20 Nm, OF list
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county. ] havsal-I
Tz.ady taught and
divided with em-j
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annsbcr who are
each All Il new.
= know al. 10 goq
o1r. Address,
alta, An1U0s
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-02-10
Not of THAT Set.

Proud Beauty-oh. we go to Europe
every summer. You have been there.
presume.
Mr. Workhardde (meekly)-only
once was there for few months last
year.
Indeed Did you-um-meet the
prince of Wales?'
81 saw him"
Bat did you meet him sociaIly9n
"oh, no. never gamble."-N. Y.
Weekly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-02-10

Burst of Confidence. Ethel TO
Algy, who is enjoying cigar on the
neutrality-suspicious. Gilly. can you
blow rings?" Algy-"Certainly, my
little dawling." Ethel-"Well. I wish
you'd blow an engagement ring for
thithter Papa told mamma the other
day she'd ath well look to the wind for
one ath to you "-Jeweler's Weekly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-02-10

Lena purchased the new dress and
had it made up without regard to ex-
pense, and il was exquisite when done
and extremely becoming to the young
lady, who had been congratulating her
self on the success she was determined
to achieve.
Bertha's dress came from the mantua-
makers hands as beautiful as it could
be. and none would ever have sus-
pected 1t had already been thrice worn
unless she had been seen with it on.
1t harmonized admirably with her
fair blonde complexion, forming a
: vivid contrast to Lena's more brilliant
style of personal attractiveness and
bright, orange colored robe.
Or the day previous to the ball Clara
Ainsley called sister of Hugh Aims
ley, who was the fixed central star
around which the feminine luminaries
had ambitiously beamed for the last
two seasons, each fondly hoping to be
the finally favored one.
But to the secret chagrin of each he
still maintained the same quiet court
illness of manner toward them all He
seemed quite as indifferent to their
heart affairs as he would have been to
the pyramids of Egypt
This was the gentleman Lena was
bending all her energies to ensnare
and bring to her feet before the pres
emit season closed.
Clara was an intimate friend of both
the girls and she was invited upstairs
TO see the dresses, which had just been
sent home. Their beauty she warmly
expatiated on, but Lena would not al
low her to leave until she had told her
of Bertha's wonderful at of economy.
The combined entreaties of all the
trio could not induce Mr. Gregory to
accompany them to Mrs Langdon's-
BE pleaded a headache and fatigue.
This was a cover to the real reason.
His business affairs were daily becom-
ing more entangled by means of sew
eral heavy failures of parties owing
him to great extent, and all he
could see before him was ruin and dis
grace.
But he could keep his forebodings to
himself until after the fete was over,
when, if he found no means of extri-
eating himself, he would make clean
breast of the whole thing to them.
Hugh Ainsley was quite attentive to
Miss Lena that night, who looked very
Queenly in the gay throDg, and his at
tentions Were received with deep sat
isfaction to herself. Nor was the less
interested Bertha. who had laid no siege
to him, overlooked.
He inquired at once where her father
was, as he had not seen him there.
To her reply that he had resisted all
antreaty to come. from great fati9ue.
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ne uttered pESiS-ss1 .. 90. 80 -
into q reverie.
Hugh was thinking Of the vague re-
port he had heard on Wall street that
morning that the commercial house Of
Gregory Co. was fast lettering to-
ward bankruptcy.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-08-04
PARAGRAPHIc POINTERS.

Through the republicans OF this
country there runs ripple of applause
for b. Harrison, but the strong under
current is regular -boom-der-
ay for Jim Blaine.-St. Paul Globe.
The number of business failures
under the Harrison administration will
average higher than in any other four
years since the war. This is only one
feature of the general Harrison admin
istration average as calamity.--St.
Louis Republic.
- Your Uncle BENJAMIN has soft,
fat, acknowledgements sinecurc for
the man who can insure him that he
will be the proper person to push the
button when tho vast machinery at the
worlds fair is TO be set going next year
Detroit Free Press.
---Becausc tho connttE has not been
brought to the verge Of starvation re-
publican organs insist that the McKin-
ley bill is great blessing TO us. Be
cause the tax collector leaves carpet
on the floor he's an angel of mercy. On
such rot the voting material of the re-
publican party is now feeding st.
Paul Globe.
MIR. Reed has been trying to in
struct the voters of Rhode Island as to
what system of government is the
best to get living in" His idea Is
that the best system Is the one under
which the many are taxed for the bcne-
fit Of the few. The shopping wvircsl'
failed to appreciate this system, and the
people condemned 1t in 1890 by moro
than 10000 majority. IN. Y. World.
Binding twine has been added tc
the free list Step by step the demo.
cratic house, in pursuance of Schairman
Springer's policy, Is cutting into the
Mckinley schedule Of tariff duties. But
the republican senate stands in the way
Of the people receiving relief. 1t will
not be long, however, until the people
reverse the majority in the senate, and
then with d democratic president the
good time longed for viii have como. =
Springfield Register.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-08-04
ON ROYAL SERVICE.
Messengers For the Queen of Englan
Have Odd Experiences.

Messengers For the Queen of England
Have Odd Experiences.
When messenger returns to London
from foreign service, he is placed at the
bottom of the list of those at home
available for duty, and may thus reckon
on perhaps fortnight-eleaH at his own
disposal 1t is not well, however, to
count on any precise period of leisure
with too much certainty. as is shown
by the following veracious tale, which
has been repeated many time and oft
in Downing street:
Capt A., having just returned from
st. Petersburg, saw his name well
placed at the bottom Of a goodly list of
names ready for duty, and judged it ex-
pedient to spend his anticipated fort
night in the sunny south of France.
About week after his arrival at Monte
Carlo he was startled and annoyed by
the receipt of the following strange
and apparently impairment telegram:
''Chief Clerk, Foreign Office, to Capt.
A.: You are fast and dirty. Return at
once"
Having puzzled awhile over this eng
ma, it occurred to him that, whatever
might be the explanation of the first
sentence, the last was an order which
his sense of duty compelled him TO
obey. He accordingly packed up his
traps and returned forthwith, to find
on his arrival at Downing street that
the telegram, as originally dispatched,
ran as follows:
"You are first on duty. Return at
once"
Thirty or forty years ago, perhaps
even more than now, the queens mes
senger was a parsonage of the first i'm.
portance on the road, claiming the earli.
est attention from guards and porters,
ciyility and expedition at every custom
frontier, and the best places in train
and steamboat. In the present day,
travelling always by train among the
ever-increasing crowd of tourists, the
comfort and prestige of journey with
dispatches is somewhat on the wane;
and except in times of war, the adven-
lures Of the queens messenger are re-
duced to the possible chance of a rail-
way smash. Only a few years have
passed, however, since most of the
habitues of the mail route between
London and Paris must have been ia
miliarwith the bluff and burly presence
of Maj. X, the Ajax of the corps OF
queens messengers, and hero of hum
dred tales. We can see him now, strid-
ing from the train to the boat at Dover,
followed by two porters bearing the
dispatch bags. Passengers scatter right
and left as he calls in loud, command
ing tones: 'R-room for her majesty's
dispatches!r and the little procession,
headed by the major, steps across the
gangway and finds its way to the proper
reserved cabin. Quarterly Review.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-08-04
sPtDER-WEB DRESSES.
silk Spun BY the Big Insects of tho FL.
ali

silk Spun by the Big Insects of tho Fit
.tT Islands.
Mrs. White mentions as great Curl
osity the dress made from spiders webs
presented to the queen by the empress
of Brazil in 1887, says Fiji correspond.
ent. Most certainly it is, and to most
British minds such thing might seem
incredible, but if your correspondent
were to visit Fiji-which is famous for
its magnificent spiders-he might, per-
haps, have less cause for wonder The
web made by the big yellow spider here
is very large and strong; but in addition
to the web proper, in which flies, mos
quitoes, etc, are caught, it spins CO.
coon of orange-colored, silky, gossamer-
like stuff, which, If taken Zip in the
fingers, requires quite an effort to break.
This stuff, | can conceive, might DO
woven into material for a Dress Might
not the dress in question have been
composed of similar material made br
the Brazilian spiders? ! can hardly
even now believe that it could have beer
composed of what we understand to be
ordinary spider'sweb. can quite imag.
inc, however, that such a material might
be of some commercial value, as one
frequently hears complaints at the pres
ent day of want of fineness in fibers
or materials used for scientific purposes.
may add that our cockroaches are
huge, too, but by merciful aispensa-
ton of providence our spiders are in
proportion. The particular enemy Of
the cockroach here is not the big yellow
spider above mentioned, but long
legged, formidable-looking brown spider
called the ''hnnting spider / cannot
find out that this species spins any web,
but apparently depends upon its great
activity for securing its prey. Iknow,
however, that 1t can bite pretty sharply,
as once saw one draw blood from the
finger of doctor friend OF mine, who
was capturing 1t for me- 1t is often to
be seen hugging large, fattened, cir
cular, cream-colered bag, which, take
it, contains its eggs We never kill
spiders in Fiji.-Notcs and Queries.
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-08-04

was all she wanted for moment, ana
gave splendid exhibition with the hat
Of what / might expect myself when
she had finished.
Meantime had managed to gather
another and stronger alder, and swung
myself up until my feet were just out
of her clutch and eight feet from the
ground. But if she shook the tree ]
knew it was all up with my hanging on,
and in a fash | determined to throw
myself in that case fiat on the ground,
face down, and trust to luck that she
would take me for corpse and leave
me alone. Meantime two cubs poked
themselves under her nose, and wanted
to assist her with the hat. She cuffed
them on both sides, but they were just
full of fun, and finally she left the foot
of the clump, and went off for hum
dred yards, towing them.
Il made my position little easier
and waited developments. My pistols
were on my saddle with the horses. half
a mile below. There-f@was fufffy=txe
miles from any person and no weapon.
About the time / had made up my mind
there was little chance for me the bear
was under my feet again clawing the
air and growing like bass drum. /
wore big gauntlets, and for greater
convenience pulled off one and threw
1T square at the bears muzzle. The
gauntlet was as good as the hat, and
while waited my turn, when, after all
my loose articles of apparel had furn-
ished her with amusement and she
should settle down. tic. solid work, tho
cubs pushed under her nose again.
They would insist on staying there I'M
til all the fun was over, and finally off
She trotted again with them. When
she had not returned in reasonable
time l waited no longer. but made
tracks for the horse, keeping convent
emily near some tree that might afford
better protection than the alders-had- in
case the bear appered again, but
reached my horse and men in safety.
But it was a mighty lucky day for me- "
Washington Post
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-08-04

REPUBLICAN, HYPOCRISY.
The Party That Poses as an Aggregation
of Sninfs.

1.-THE democrats never keep the
pledges in their platforms, except those
which they make in favor of the liquor
traffic. Thus speaks an organ which
stands for rcpublicanism whether it de-
clare in favor of tariff for revenue
only or forSthc maintenance of war
tariff even al the expense of free whis-
ky. The sentence is an indication of
the too general tendency to hypocrisy
and cant. The organ thus offending
quotes the passage of a canal bill by
the legislature OF New York land its
veto by Gov. Flower. OF the merits of
other matters of daily occurrence. But
it seeks Opportunity to deceive a class
Of voters against whom it has raised
the most impudent cutlery and asks
that those who have been denounced
by it as enemies of free schools should
turn to the support of its hypocrisy be-
cause defeat has made change of posi-.
ton imperative.
Let this organ of cant turn to the
history of its party and discover a
single pledge made in the interest of
the plain people that has been re-
deemed. 1t may commence at the
earliest date and examine the frauds
by which the many were cheated that
the few might be enriched during the
rebellion. And it may follow through
the promises of honest treatment of the
war Indebtedness down to the latest
pronunciamcnto fayoring the policy of
mo fair fhn .f sxr>ll ..,1
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-08-04
A REMARKABLE STATEMENT.
An Instance of tho Ridiculous Claims o,
Republicans.


The republicans of Illinois pledge
their unfaItering support TO such
further restrictive tariff legislation as
shall guarantee to American working.
men immunity to the utmost from the
cheapening and degrading influence OF
free tradedorcign competition.
The men who so pledge themselves
are continually assuring the people in
their speeches and through their press
organs that this very tariff legislation
chcapens the fairfield articles. They
tell the workingman that their legisla-
ton protects him against the cheaper
ing influence of free competition, and
at the same time that it cheapens the
products of his labor, out of the price
of which his wages must come.
The wages of the operative in u
wooden mill, for example, must come
out of the prices obtained for the goods
produced. But the Mckinley organs
tell him daily that the tariff taxes on
imported wooden goods reduce the
prices of the goods he helps to produce.
How, then, can those taxes guarantee
him against the cheapening influence
OF free competition?
Tariff taxes cannot give him higher
wages than he would get without them
II they reduce the prices Of his products.
The tariffite states an untruth at one
end or the other of his argument.
Either tariff tax raises the price of
the product on which it is laid-the
home as well ms the foreign product
or it cannot raise the wages of the
workman who makes the product. II
it raises the price the tarif1ite states an
untruth when he asserts that it lowers
the price; IL it lowers the price he
states an untruth when he asserts that
it gives the workman higher wages
and protects him against 'the cheaper
ing and degrading influence of free
trade foreign competition.
At one end or the other of the line
the advocate of trade restriction states
what is not true. And IL is immaterial
at which end. Let him abandon either
statement as false and the people will
condemn his policy. On the one
hand, they have no love for policy
which will compel them to pay ex-
orbitant prices forever, and, on the
other hand, they would reject policy
which they believed would unnaturally
depress wages by depressing prices. =
Chicago Herald
The Logan County banner. [volume] (Logan, W. Va.) 1889-1903, 1892-08-04
SHOUP AND THE BEAR.


An Idaho SENATOR Tells OF His Thrilling
Experience In Colorado.
"a story of adventure is it you want?
I'm afraid don't know any that would
interest you," and Senator Shoup, of
Idaho, smiled in modest way, just as
if everyone didn't know that there is no
more accomplished old Indian fighter
than he is in the senate.
."Yes, but you do. What was the
narrowest escape you ever had?n
The senator just said: "Can |
smoke?" went refiectively toward
closet, selected big, fat cigar, ar
ranged it with deliberation, lit match
with care, and when the end of the
weed was glowing spark, smiled as he
said
II reckon it was from bear. You
know I'm trader and was in the bust
ness in Colorado before went to Idaho.
For the convenience of patrons / ar
ranged to receive cattle in payment for
goods instead of money, and had estab-
lished stock farm, where had gradu-
ally gathered large stock. 1t was in
August, 1868, that | arranged for the
delivery at Salmon City of about one
thousand head of cattle in this way, and
went up the river to small valley just
above harrow canon to look over the
cattle myself. They were counted as
they came through into the valley, and
when they moved on went ahead to
look them over again AS they came
through aegorge single file there were
many cattle that / knew, as they be-.
longed in the vicinity, but some that l
expected to see were not there, when l
had finished counting found a number
missing.
"The overseer couldn't believe it, but
l mentioned the marks to him and we
counted again at another canon The
creatures were not there, and he finally
admitted it, but for the life of him
couldn't see where they could have
made their disappearance. Neither did
/, but after we had gone about mile
decided they must have got into mar
row gorge that was SO choked with fall
ing rocks that after half mile it was
impossible, and I had to leave my
horse and scramble over the shale for
another three-quarters of a mile before
/ struck an open space and discovered
tracks, and little further on found
muddy tracks at the edge of creek.
Thinking to bring the cattle out of the
brush stepped out into the open and
gave several shouts such as cattlemen
use for that purpose. / heard the
scrambling of hoofs and expected to see
the lost cattle the next instant. In
stead the only creature that put in an
appearance was an immense bear that,
when it saw me, reared and sawed the
air, while she came for me at lively
rate.
mot tree was within reach, and
the bear was too near to think of max
ing much of race. There was clump
of black alder that looked the safest OF
anything, and although it was three
quarters in her direction, made the
run with the bear close at my heels. 1
made one bound, clutched the alders
well up, and swung up, only to find
they bent till, instead of being any pro-
lection, they held me pretty near to
that roaring bear, and to my horror
found she could make meal off one-of
my feet without an effort. gave an
other reach, and one spur caught in
branch, while my hat fell down ON the
bears nose. She seemed to think that