Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-25
PERSONAL AND iMPERsoNAL.

There are said to be two hundred
women in New York who go to Europe
twice year to buy their dresses. The
number of men who cross the water
for their new wardrobe is much greater,
as rnany men take the opportunity of
running over to the other side for rest.
recreation and business all com bined.
Mr.. Gladstone has a small black
Pomeranian dog, presented to him in
Germany four years ago, to which he
is much attached. His affection is
heartily reeiprocated by 'sPetz." The
little fellow accompanies his master on
all his walks, and especially delights
in chasing sticks that are thrown for
him.
-Spurgeon, like Grant, loved a good
cigar, and he smoked almost as MANY
as the general did. The great pre aeher
was man of curious physique. He
was short and fat or of ''portly habit, -
as the doctors say euphemistically. In
attire he looked more like a country
squire than famous METROPOLITAN
minister.
Princess Helene Sangonsko, an
aristocratic Po.isl lady, who once re.
fused the hand of Nap oleon Ill and of
other equally distinguished suitors.
has recently died at the age of fifty
five. Possibly the triumph of having
refused a third-class Napoleon may
have given her more pleasure than an
actual alliance would have done.
"A Montana man has invented a
ranch snow pillow, to be used in scrap
ing the snow off the ranges so that the
cattle can get at the grass. 1t is re-
ported that the machine works verv
satisfactorily. Thousands of cattle
perish every year, and the mum Der this
year has been more than usually large
from starvation, on account of the deep
SHOWS cutting off the food supply.
Stanley is quoted by an Australian
interviewer as di5paraging Enin Pasha
IN these terms: ''Emin is an utterly in
decisive mana man with no mind of
his own-very well learned, of course,
in bugs and beetles and most inter-
esting tall1er on all matters of natural
history. Yes, a charmingly interest
ing man, a good conversationalist-a
man just suited, fer instance, for a
lady's afternoon tea-party."
1t is said that the late Sir Moreu
Mackenzie, although his professional
enemies were numerous and bitter.
had more personal friends than any
other physician in London, and that
his faculty for winning the confidence
OF his patients was something wonder
full Notwithstanding his overwhelm-
ing calls to treat wealthy and titled
people, he never refused to give
all the assistance possible to the poor
est sufferer who applied to him, and
from his poor patients he would accept
no pay.
-Circumstantial evidence temporari-
ly paralyzed darby in Ashborough,
N. c. Near his cabin is a cabbage
garden belonging to an acquaintance,
another colored man. The first was
complaining that somebody had
stolen his poc<et-knife, and stated
that he would like to thrash
the fellow who did the deed.
"Now, Sambo, loolIah here" said the
owner of the garden, as he took knife
from his pocket That's your knife,
amt it?' YES" 'Whar do We s'pose
found it?" Dunno, for suah."
''Well, dat yere knife l done picked up
among my cabbages, and I've missed
some of dem lately Wonder who
dropped it dar?" The other darby was
SpeechleSS, and did not renlv