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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
First Published April q, 1882.
Road NOTICE.
No. 202.

State of Kansas, Barber county: Office Of
County Clerk, April %, 1892.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on the 18th day
IN April, 1872, petition signed by Henry
burst and eleven others, was presented to the
Board of County Commissioners. Of the county
and State aforesaid, praying for the location OF
ii certain road, described H. follows, viz:
Commencing at the south east corner of the
west half of the southeast quarter OF section
-, township -, south OF range IL west. thence
east on the section line between sections p and
q, y and 20, "a and %, one and one-half miles,
TO the southeast corner of the southwest
quarter of the southwest quarter of section "A,
township 81, south of range II west. terminal
ing in the kiOwa road at said corner.
WhereupOn, said Board of County Commits
eiOners appointed the following named per.
SONS viz: X. B. Craig, Martin Thompson and
John ID. Fleming viewers, with instructions
to meet. in conjunction with the County Sur
veyor, at the beginning of said road, in Medi-
cine Lodge township on Monday, tho 23rd day
of May, A. ID. lSS2, and proceed TO view said
road and give to all parties hearing.
BY order of the Board of County Commits
eiOners.
1917 r. A. LEWIS, County Clerk
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FISH CHARMED BY A SNAKE.
Fascination of Denizens OF = Pool for q
Water Reptile.

Fascination of Denizens OF Pool for q
Water Reptile.
Approaching a pool as large as big
dining-room, we found millions in it,
and the fright that our moving bodies
gave them sent them scurrying in every
direction with such energy that the
nero contact of one with another killed
them by dozens. Then we laid our
selves quietly down upon the ground
by the pool, one on each side, and re-
NAMED motionless for a few minutes,
and we were rewarded by sight en-
tirely new to us.
The water was perfectly clear and
not above two feet deep, the day calm
and bright and the proceedings below
the surface easily observed. n the
deepest part of the pool school of lit
tie fish was swimming around and
around in ring of about two feet In
diameter, the school being about six
inches wide and apparently two or three
layers deep.
Around and around they went, at the
least motion on our part breaking
ranks, to resume their circus at once
when we were quiet again. We were
interested, of course, and puzzled, and
we tried for half an hour or more to
learn the cause of such unusual move
mentS.
Our talk, for we did talk. did not dis
turb them, from which we inferred
that they could not hear us; our slight
est movement did, from which we in
they could see us.
Carefully crawling little nearer, we
discovered the center of the moving cir
Gle was a large watersnake, coiled,
quiet and Yatchful Ornithologists
have told us, in unreliable school books,
that snakes can, and often do, charm
birds, and some have, in their more
elaborate works, tried to substantiate
that theory. never believed it, says a
writer in the American Angler, and
certainly never heard of snakes charm
ing fish, bat what were these shad do
5ng2 We're they charmed?
Ii they were afraid of his snaSeship
why didn't they swim away, as they did
when we stirred? Why, when our dis
turbance ceased, did they persistently
return and take up their ceaseless round
in so dangerous a neighborhood? These
are conundrums that can't answer.
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=-=snsrn g7rI or grace ana beauty. The
New England Magazine recalls the fol-
lowing incident concerning the two,
which serves to show that even poets
may sometimes present themselves in
prosaic phases.
One morning, while Payne was stay
ing in the town where the young lady
lived, he entered her house with a pale
and dismal face.
Miss Mary" he asked. pathetically,
''do you know what Cruel is?''
Indeed do" she answered. "Why,
what Is the natter"
''Oh! those horrid biscuits at the tav-
ern seem to be made of saleratus, lard
and half-baked hourl Could you have
a dish of Cruel prepared for me?"
Certainly" she answered, and hast
ened from parlor to kitchen to lay the
case before Aunt Minda
''Oh, Miss Mary" exclaimed that
ebony priestess of pots and pans, Eyer
know yer ma not gwine ter like that /
never knowed Cruel carried inter her
parlor to company. Yer got no pride,
chile. GO in Their house an give Their
BSuIISuldH run CAKE anu pineapple
cheese"
But, Aunt Minda, Mr.. Payne has
dyspepsia and wants only Cruel"
So the Cruel was prepared and Rob
Roy, the house boy, was summoned to
serve it. He, however, proved to be as
greatly frustrated as Aunt Minda by
such compromise of family dignity.
He would have presented syllabub and
cake proudly, but Cruel would smirch
the family escutcheon forever. Still,
his wounded feelings were Modified
when he saw the steaming beverage
quaffed like nectar.
Rob" said Mr.. Payne, lis there any
more Cruel where this came from?''
BLESS you, SIR" replied Rob, there's
bushelsl'
Then bring me another bowl."
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NOBILITY IN ITALY.
Reasons Why 1t Is Numerous an OF Com
paratlvsly Little Account.

Reasons Why 1t Is Numerous and OF Com
paratlvsly Little Account.
The opinion is somewhat current in
the United States that the manageable
daughters of rich Americans, as we'll as
their fathers and mothers, are frequent
ly attracted by Italian titles of nobility.
Whether this opinion is correct or not,
the status of this nobility is one Of the
subjects that attracts the attention Of
the students of the social condition of
Italy. Ten years ago there were in the
peninsula, according to a distinguished
authority, 400 princes, ass dukes, 9s5
marquises, 1859 counts, 325 barons,
and vicounts, as we'll as 1924 persons
of patrician rank, 2,273 with right to
the designation of NOBLE" 31S distinct
lively signori, and 40 hereditary
knights. In the Golden Book of the
Capital were inscribed gel patrician
families, of which % had the title of
prince and that of duke, while the
others were marquises, counts, or sim
ply patricians. Five orders of nobility
were recognized. The causes of this
extraordinary profusion of titles are
two in number. Under the old regime
sovereignties, and an equal number of
fountains of honor" all of them inf1u-
enced by the usual motives in the dis
tribution of titles of nobility. Every
king or grand duke must have
his court and noblesse. Indeed,
the heads of small states and
principalities are very apt to
distribute titles with more liberality
than great kings and emperors. Then
by custom an Italian nobleman be-
queaths his title to all his sons, no mat
ter how numerous they may be, al
though the eldest is the head of the
house and the proper successor to the
title; a custom that results in numerous
pseudo nobility. AS all the fountains
of honor" but one dried up with the
unifcation of Italy, it is fair to suppose
that fewer persons are ennobled now
than formerly, but, as the old nobility
or nobilities are very numerous, and as
the other cause continues to act, there
is no reason to fear an immediate
scarcity of titled personages. 1t should
also be observed that the Italian princes
are by no means the equals in rank of
the English princes. In England the
title is reserved for the princes of the
blood; not so in Italy and in other con-
| tinental countries.
Perhaps it is needless to say that the
power of the Italian nobility is but a
| Pigment of what it once was. The
march of democratic ideas, the spread
of the commercial spirit and the in
crease of wealth have played havoc
with the old aristocracies. No doubt
the italian mobiles still possess very con-
I siderable influence, but much of what
they once had has passed to the pro-
fessions and to the representatives of
industrial and commercial life. They
are not conspicuous in politics, or in
the army or navy. NJ. Rudini, the
present prime minister, is indeed mar
quis, and is reputed to be very wealthy,
but he was in no way prominent until
he became the head of the coalition
cabinet on the downfall of Crispi.
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i. 1872. First Published April q, 1872.
ROAD NOTICE.
No. 1872.

State of Kansas Barber County: Once of
County Clerk, April -, 1892
NOTICE is hereby given. that on the 18th day
In of April, lS.2, n petition signed by Chas.
Staubus and III Others. was presented to the
board OF county commissioners of the county
ana state aforesaid, praying for the location
OF certain road described as follows, viz:
Commencing at the southeast corner of the
north half of the northwest quarter of sectioa
Is, twp ~, south. range IL, west; thence north
on the half section line in sections 10 and IL,
one mile TO the southeast corner of the north
half OF the northwest quarter of section IL;
thence east ON the quarter quarter line in sec.
ton II. y mile To the southeast corner of the
north half of the northeast quarter; thence
north on range line quarter mile to the north
east corner of section II, township 81, south,
range l3. west.
WheIeupon, said board of county commits
sioners appointed the following named per-
So :, viz: Jared Hong. q. A. Graves and Ham
Hays as viewers, with instructions to meet In
conjunction with the county surveyor. at the
beginning of said road in MiDg0na township,
on Tuesday, the 18th day of May, A. D. 1892,
and proceed To view SAID road and give to all
parties hearing.
BY order of the Board of County Commits
siouers. F. A. LEWIS.
49t2 County Clerk.
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A Queer Bird.

The elster is bird that is respected
and feared throughout South Germany.
1t belongs to the raven tribe, and is
about the size of dove, with black
and white feathers and long pointed
tail. 1t builds its nest in orchards and
it's life is sacred If it is seen three
times in succession on the same house.
top in a place remote from it's home it
is believed to be a sure sign of death in
that house. If it flies over a house
where anyone is i'll and gives its pecul-
lar cry the sick person is sure to die,
but II it does not scream the patient
NAV recover
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
PICKING AND CHOOSING.
A FavOrite Occup ttion of tho Stree,
Urchin.

A Favorite Occur 1tion of tho Street
Urchin.
An anonymous contributor to the At
lantic Monthly has been amusing her
self by observing the amusements Of
poor children in city streets. One raw,
gray March Sunday she saw half q
dozen little girls-very small, but not
babies, the oldest perhaps eight-sit-
ting on the inhospitable steps Of q
gloomy closed business building down
town.
1t was cross street; there were very
few people going by. 1t must have been
a dreary tenement house indeed from
which, on such day. this bare place
offered refuge. suppose few peo-
pie, going to and from a ferry, were
their entertainers; for, as you will see,
it was to feast on the passers-by that
they were there.
AS approached, they were Cabling.
but softly, with their heads all togeth-
er, and turned from me toward some
retreating feminine figure; but when
one looked my way she set up mys-
ferrous little wild cacl<le, whereupon all
attention was centered upon my modest
POA@CAAf
ightfully now with the recollection
from the first observer l caught, in the
loudest and most gleeful of under
tones, the words: That's me! That's
me!'
Then lowering her voice, with note
of awe, she added: "Oh, see, seei Sikh
silk?' and the small, blue, grimy hands
smoothed automatically her own rag.
ged frock, while il a trance of rapture
she gazed at mine, where, after all,
remember with stin poignant regret,
only very humble portion of silk was
visible.
They were choosing" you see, as
used to from fashion plates, and were
utterly oblivious Of my existence other
than as lovely vision sent for their de-
light. And what thing it is for me to
know that once presented such an as
moot RI fa1loxU-hai,,~rsf
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
Vary Different.

An American lady, visiting Paris, was
continually interested in the smart lit
tie boys, in white caps and aprons, who
deliver the wares of the pastry cooks.
One day she said to one of these boys,
who had brought her some cakes: ''Ah,
/ suppose you get the benefit of one of
these cakes yourself sometimes y
What do mean, madame?" "You eat
a cake now and then?" Eat them?
Oh, no, madame, that wouldn't do.
only lick 'em as come alongi''
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
4 strange Funeral Custom.

In Italy, France and Spain it is COM
mon to ring handbeu short distance
IN advance of a funeral procession The
object of this custom is said to be to
clear the way for the procession, to re-
mind passengers and ioiterers to take
off their hats, and to call the pious TO
their doors and windows to gaze upon
the emblems of mortality and to say a
prayer for the repose of the soul of the
departed one.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
First Published al.r:lxs. l.sa.
ROAD NOTCH
No. 100.

State OF Kansas. Barber COUNT: GfIce OF
County Clerk, April q 1899.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on the 18th day
1N of April. 1Sg2, q petition signed by Balaer
Leouhart and IL Others was presented to the
board of county commissioners of the county
and state aforesaid, praying for the location Of
q certain road, described rs follows viz:
Beginning at the right OF way of the Harper
Western railroad on the line between out
iots 5s and 81 thence east between out-iots IS
and 81. % and g. to the southeast corner Of
outiot o.. Also beginning at the southeast
corner OF out-lot &c; thence north between out
.ots q IS, 81 and Sc, 120 rods. All of said road
70 oe taken on of out-lOts So and IS. All OF
above out-lots described on the recorded plat
ty, Kansas. ' 'A W. So-.-
Mhereupon, said Board Of County Commits.
sloners appointed the following named Der.
sons, viz: j. Brough. Ben Keys and r. n.
Lane as viewers. with instructions to meet In
conjunction with the county surveyor at the
commencing of said road in Kiowa townshiu
on Tuesday, the 3lst day of May, A ID. Iso2.
and proceed to view SAID road and give to ali
parties a hearing.
By order of the Board of County Commits
sioners. +. A. LEWIS,
49t2 County Clerk.
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PUBLICATION NOTICE.

NOTICE is hereby given that the under
IN signed settler has made settlement on the
northwest quarter of section 16. township a.
range IA. west and that proof of said settle
meat will be made before the probate iudpe
of Barrier county, Kansas. ON Wednessi
June /. 1oz2. This tract OF school land having
been legally appraised. eaid settler asks that
b. be allowed to purchase the same nj lis ar
praised value, as the law provides. He names
the following Witnesses to prove his CON
bnuous residence upon aud cuIfivationOf said
tract. viz: A. Shklar. of Lodi. Kansas W. b.
Fuller. OF Aetna, Kansas, Jefferson Long, of
sexton, Kansas. George Eckert, OF Sexton,
Barber county, Kansas.
49t2 ORLANDO FRxTz.
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Minute Trees.

The Japanese art of making minia-
ture landscapes aud gardens consists
chiefly in starving the plants SO as to
retard the circulation of the sap of life
giving juices. Furguson, who was one
among the first of English adventures
to visit China and Japan, mentions the
fact that he saw at Canton, "a boxe about
the bigniss Of ladyes snuffe- boxe, which
did contain littyl dirt and sixteen
tiny littyl trees, foure of which were in
full blow, the whole boxe, trees and all,
80 small that man could put them in
hys mouth together"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
First Published April q, 1892.
ROAD NOTICE.
No. 1876.

State of Kansas, Barber county: Office Of
County Clerk April - 1892
NOTICES hereby given. that on the 18th day
1N of April, 1892, petition signed by Sam Ish-
mael and IL others, was presented to the board
of county commissioners of the county and
state aforesaid, praying for the location of q
certain road, described as follows, viz:
Commencing at point at the intersection of
sections 81 and 81, in township "a, range IL,
west, and sections and 5, in township 80,
range ii. west; thence south mile on the Sec
ton line between said sections and 5. in town
ship 80, range H. west, to the Aetna road.
Whereupon, said Board of County Commits
sfoners appointed the following named per-
sons, viz: j. p. Brough, Ben. Keys and F. n.
Lane as viewers, with instructions to meet In
conjunction with the county surveyor, at the
commencing of said road in Kiowa township,
on Tuesday the 3lst day of May. A. ID. 1850,
and proceed to view said road and give to AL
parties hearing.
BY order of the Board of County Commits
sioners. F. A. LEWIS.
49t2 County Clerk.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
First Publication April q, 1S02.
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at the ONCE
of township trustee, in NippewalIa township for
the construction of wooden truss bridge across
Brush Greek, Gu feet I'm length. The plans and
specifications may be seen at my ONCE. Bids
will be received until noon on
MAY 18TH, 1899.
Each bidder will be required to deposit G25
with the trustee, TO the credit of Barber coun-
ty. as guarantee thar he will enter into con-
tract, If awarded TO him, according to the
terms of the bid, within I'VE days after certifi-
cation of award. The right TO reject any and
all bids that may not be deemed advanta9eous
to the county. 10 reserved.
The blank forms for making bids can be had
on application. J. b. HARBAUGH,
49t2 Bridge Commissloner
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
IN HAaD LUCK.

The Unfortunate Condition of a Scion Of
Regalty.
A shivering wretch, with barely
clothes enough to dust fiddle with, en-
tered the Chestnut street police station
with the wintry hast one night, says
the st. Louis Chronicle, and applied for
shelter. There was good-natured ex-
preston that dirt could not hide on the
poor fellows face. The sergeant looked
at him moment. and then reflected:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
First Publication April q. 1892.
Notice to Contractors.

Sealed proposals will be received at the Office
of township trustee. in Kiowa township, for
the constructions OF a wooden truss bridge across
Mule creek 81 feet in length. The plans and
specifications may be seen at my Office. First
State bank, Kiowa. Bids will be received unit:
noon On
MAY 18TH. 1892,
Each bidder will be required TO deposit S25
with the trustee, to the credit of Barber coun-
ty. as a guarantee that he will enter into con-
tract, If awarded to him. according to the
terms of the bid, within five days after certif-
cation OF award. The right to reject any and
all bids that may not be deemed advantageous
to the county. is reserved
The blank forms for making bids can be had
on applicatiou e. Il. Muller,
1913 Bridge Commissioner.
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AGENTS WANTED
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I
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particulars. Send at once 80 cents for outfit.
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J. II. FLEMING,
General Agent for Barber county.
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JOHN HOWARD pAYNE's CRUEL.

The Author of "Home. Sweet Home"
wanted 1t Above All Things.
John Howard Payne, the author of
Sweet Home was when young man
deeply in love With Mary Harden. q
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04

One cor br nded On bip: one $780,
co hran.isd } land : iI-Pia-II cor Efix<3
on ZIP. Strayed from ange on Cs.- --k4..z--
= creek. iasf seasosi- / will pa, 81 Der head
for inIormati0n leading u the recovery OF said
t1inais. S5d FRED HARDY.
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The Coming
Climax in the
Destinies Of America

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Medicine Il dge. Kansas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04

As good as neao
that's the condition of liver, stom-
ach and bowels, when DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets have done their
work. It's a work that isn't fin
ished when you've stopped taking
them, either. It's lasting. They
care, as well as relieve. And it's
all done SO mildly and gently |!
There's none of the violence that
went with the old-time pill. One
tiny, sugar-coated Pellets a gentle
laxative three to four act as a
cathartic. Sick Headache, Bilious
Headache, Constipation, Indiges-
ton, Bilious Attacks, and all de-
rangements of the stomach and
bowels, are prevented, relieved and
cured. AS Liver Pill, they're I'M
equaled. They're purely vegetable,
perfectly harmless = the smallest,
cheapest, and easiest to take.
They're the cheapest pill you can
buy, because they're guaranteed to
give satisfaction, or your money is
eturned.
You only pay for the good you
get. Can you ask more ?
That's the peculiar plan all DR..
PIerce's medicines are sold on.
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Medicine LODGE and Sawyer
STAGE LlNE,-
G. W. COULTER, PROPRIETOR

WILL carry passengers. baggage and express
w between Medicine Lodge and Sawyer.
Will leave Medicine Lodge on Tuesday, Thurs
day and Saturday, at 30 n. m. and arrive at
Sawyer at ii 80; leave caWN or at 40 p. M;
rive al Medicine Lodge al go y. IN. 30