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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-19
AMERICAN "PusH."
Good and Had Sides of q Characterist
Quality of Our People.

Good and Had Sides of q Characteristic
Quality of Our People.
An American visiting Europe for the
first time last summer was compli-
mented by the English captain of the
outgoing steamer upon the energy of
his country-people.
'They are bringing the best of every
thing in Europe back to the states he
said ''They have the will and the
money to do it. They are a live, push
ing people"
In London when he visited West
minister abbey he was told by canon,
mo people, not even the English,
show as much appreciation and rever-
ence for the mighty dead buried here
as do the Americans. Thousands of
educated Londoners have never entered
the abbey gates, but no American
passes them by
In the cities of the continent he heard
the same refrain of praise
Your people care more for historical
relics than any other" Americans
have such respect for all that is old. :"
Americans are the most liberal patrons
of art in Europe"
The traveller listened complacently.
But presently the other side of the
shield was turned to him. Some of his
wealthy countrymen bought pictures to
fill the galleries of their new houses
through agents, without themselves be-
ing able to tell a Corot from Meis-
sonier.
Warehouses in old Paris and London
were filed with high-priced, worthless
limitations of old furniture and china,
which were 'for the American mar
ket."
The great modistes of Paris and Lon
don tailors boosted that they had ''just
furnished forty gowns to Mrs. Dash, of
New York, or sixty to Miss Blank, of
Chicago"
Other rich and energetic Americans
bought the crown jewels of France, or
the laces of retired expresses. Still
others were pushing their way into
fashionable circles in London by dint
of ruinous outlay in entertaining peo-
pie who ridiculed them, or by bribing
court officials. American girls were
striving for notoriety by driving coaches
down the Strand.
The traveller came home with wiser
and sadder views of the pushing quail
tiles" of his country people; convinced
that while the energy that leads man
to climb to the mountain top is a good
trait, the energy which lands him
groveling in the slough is neither use
full nor admira bile. Youths Compan-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-19
First published July :, 1881.
FERTILIZATION N0TTcr

Summons for Service on NONRESIDENT De.
PENDANTS.
The State of Kansas to Clara l.. Newman aud
l.. X. Newman, her husband, greeting:
You are hereby notified that you have been
sued withG. W .E.Grlffth trustee. as co-defend.
ant by the Atlantic Trust TO-. trustee, plaintiff
Th1s summons is to require you to answer
the petition filed by the said plaintiff in the
clerks Office of the Barber district court, in
the state u Kansas, on or before the 10th day
of August, ls.e2. or said petition will be taken
as true, and Judgment rendered for the fore
closure OF d certain mortgage, executed the LIST
day of June, 1881, by the said. Clara l..
lands and tencmen g situated In the county of
Barber and described as follows: The south
west quarter of the northeast quarter; the
southeast quarter of the northwest quarter;
the east half of the southwest quarter; the
west half of the southeast quarter of section
twenty-four "A. The west half of the north
east quarter; the east half of the northwest
quarter and the north half of the southwest
quarter of section twenty-five %, township
th!rty ~. south OF range twelve II, west 9th
n NJ, cilntRiHing four hundred ani eighty
of 3, OG0, with interest at the rate of IL per
cent per annCm and recorded in the Office of
the register OF deeds of said county, in vol. /,
at page A. and the prayer of said petition is
that the defendants Clara l.. Newman and
L.. X. Newman and each of them. and all
persons claiming under them. be forever barr
ed and foreeIosed of all interest, right, title,
lien and equity of redemption, in, to or on
said land. and that the said land may be sold
according to law without appraisemenf, and
the proceeds brought into court and applied to
the payment of: LIST, the taxes due and paya-
bic on said premises 2nd. the coEts ald accril-
ing costa ST stls aetihf; ard, che Claim of the
plaintiff. with tie aecruing Interest thereon;
and 4th. The claim of the defendants as their
interests may appear; and for such other and
further relief as may be just and equitable.
Witness my hand and the seal of said court
at my Office in the city of Medicine Lodge in
said county this lst day OF July. A. ID.
ISIS. AUG. SCHMIDT,
Seal; Clerk.
GEO. ]. BARKER& R.A. fREECH.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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of several inches with chilled sawausr,
upon which the boxes are loaded, leav.
ing space of some inches between the
sides, ends and top of the car, which
space is filed with cold sawdust. Then
the car is closed andsthe door sealed.
No ice is placed in the tanks of the re-
frigerator car, as it has been found un-
necessary, if the packing is thorough.
A saving is made in the first cost of the
ice dispensed with, in the freight on
such ice and also in the amount of fish
taking the space of such ice.
During the fishing season of 1892
the United States fish commission, which
busies itself solely with the propagation
of edible fish in the waters all over the
country, stocking rivers with species
new to the region, distributing eggs
and young fish to the lakes and sea-
coasts, and working in vast number
of ways to the one end, distributed a
total of SOC, $50, 432 eggs, fry and year
ings of all kinds of fish. The largest
operations were in shad OF this fish
90, 600, 900 fry. 1000, 600 yearlings, and
100000 eggs were distributed. Cod is
the fish most distributed next to shad,
and of white fish, lake trout pike, perch,
salmon, fiatfish, and lobster the distri-
button of eggs, fry, and yearlings was
away up in the millions of each, every
state and territory getting share.
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"a LITTLE NONSENSE"

Now, he's what | call an all-rounC
athlete" said Crimsonbeak when he
discovered young Splinter with his
arms about his -Yonkers
Statesman.
-Editor-''I want an article about q
column. Do you think you can do it?'
Anxious COntributor-''I know littl,
about Nelson's column. Will that do?'
ick-MeUp.
How is it she always looks sc
nice?' Her husband is always com
plimenting her on her appearance. lie
holds her high and she keeps herself
there.-N. Y. Press
You've applied for pension? On
what ground I'd like to know?" Lost
my health fightin' fer that office.
Didn't get Their office. Gotter have
somethin'. buffalo Courier.
old Jones made rise in the
world at last" you don't say sou
Il do: they're a-swingin' him to that
hickory limb yonder. an he'll get there
if the rope don't break. Atlanta Con
stitution.
My good man." inquired the ten.
der-hearted old lady, ARE you in
trouble? Why do you stand there
wringing your hands," Cause re-
piled the tramp, Il jest washed EN-. -
n. Y. Sun.
THAT was an awful crash in my
room this morning about -" Land
lord-'1 bet it was that most expensive
piece of furniture. Not much unless
you are speaking of the towel, as ]
am. Inter Ocean.
Sunday School Teacher-''Now.
what little boy can repeat the short
est commandment? 1t has only four
words" Pupil-''I can, miss Teacher
well, what is it?" Pupil-'"Keep off
the grass. The Club.
How is it with you?" asked the
editor of a subscriber who was diving
in arrears ''All looks bright before
me, gasped the subscriber. Il thought
so" said the editor, lin about ten
minutes you'll see the blaze Oil CITY
Derrick
Grounds For His Belief -Fosdick-
"Do you believe that time is money!
Spiggit-'I do. I'm a clerk in a mag
istrate's office" Fosdiclz-s'Wh diff
lCI CllSC uOCS JlldJ SDlgplJ-
well, I've often heard him say, Ten
dollars or ten days. Truth.
-''What right have you in memoir
ial day procession? You were never in
battle? said man on the sidewalk
to one of the marchers Wasn't 1?
Well, I've been in three engagements
and two of them resulted in marriage. -
was the ly.-Pittsburgh Chronicle
Tommy" said the visitor, have
you read the books in your Sunday
school library?' ''Some of them" he
replied, doubtfully. Can you tell me
what happened to the boy who went
fishing on SundayP" "Yes He caught
three catfish and an eel" How do
you know Zoos l was him -
Washington Star.
"A lady, riding in a Brooklyn street
car, was so distracted that she paid no
attention to the conductor when he
stood before her to collect her fare AS
n gentle reminder of what he wanted,
he prodded her in the ribs with his I'm
ger The thrust was so violent that
the woman tainted.
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OF GENERAL INTEREST.

AT the outbreak Of the revolution
airy contest the fishing towns were rich
and populous. In 1775, in the hope of
starving New England into submission,
the British parliament PASSED the act
to depriN the colonies of the right of
fishing on the banks Of Newfoundland
The breal1ing-out of hostilities, which
soon followed, nearly destroyed the
fisheries for a time.
"A curiosity of this years peach crop
on the Delaware peninsula is the fruit
of tree in the garden of Colin Siam,
at Chestertown. Kent county, Md All
the peaches On this tree aHe ia twins or
triplets. A twig one foot long was
found to have sixteen twin peaches
An occasional double peach is not un-
usual, but such fruit seldom reaches
healthy maturity.
-Sterilized milk is very modern de-
vice for infants and invalids 1t sells
as high as hfty cents quart, and is
bought )metimes in quantities to last
the individual consumer year. 1t is
even sent to customers in Europe. 1t
is shipped in Theoretically sealed YES
sells, and may be kept like any other
preserve. Specimens have been found
sweet and wholesome two years after
leaving the cow.
1t was q Chinaman who, nearly FIVE
thousand years ago, discovered the prin-
ciple of water clock. Remarkable to
state, the inventors name, Hwang I'll
has been preserved. The rude original
consisted of two copper vessels, one
above and one below, the former having
hole in the bottom through which the
water percolated into the latter, where
there was float, the gradual rise of
which indicated periods of time.-In-
Fentipe Age.
What did the poet mean when he
sang of 1.-The stag of temp When a
deer is five years old, he should have
what is called his rights" that is,
says the countess of Malmesbury, the
brow antler. which is nearest the base
! of the horn or burr; the bez or bay, an
inch or two higher MP; the beam or up
right (main shaft of the hornl; the tray
or tres above that and finally, two on
top, or two points on one of his antlers.
This constitutes a sag Of eight p0inte,
| that will, in another year, have two On
| top on both sides and so become "a stag
of ten points Most of these terms
are derived from old French hunting
| terms.
The southerner at home is prone to
peglrct his head gear for the sake of
J having his feet well sflod, and ne viii
go about in public places wearing bat.
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FIrst FuDIlshed July 3, IS!!3
PUBLICATION NOTICE.

Summons for Service on NONRESIDENT De-
PENDANTS.
and Lutheria Seward. HIS wife greeting:
You are hereby notified that you have been
sued with the MissOuriN alley IandCOmpanya as
co-defer dants by GarwOod n. Atwood. plain
tiff.
This summons is to require you to answer
the petition flled by the said plaintiff in the
clerks ofhce of the Barber district court, in
the state Of Kansas on or before 10th day of
August, 1893, or aid petition will he taken as
true and Judgment rendered for the foreclos
ure or a certain mortgage executed the LIST day
OF March, 1887, by the said Sylvester II. Seward
and Lutheria Seward on the following lands
and tenements situated in said county of Bar
half OF the southeast quarter; the southeast
quarter of the southwest quarter of section
thirty-two -, township thirty-three 49, and
lot three in section five 5. township thirty
four "a, all in range fourteen IA, west of
the 9th p. NJ, containing hundred ana
sixty 100 acres, more or less, to secure the pay
ment OF the sum of six hundred dollars
with interest at the rate of II per cent per an
num- and recorded in the office of the register
or deeds or snid county, IN y''l. s, ut page 132
and the prayer of said petition is that the de-
PENDANTS Sylvester IL. Seward and Lutheria
Seward and each of them, and all persons
claiming under them, be forever barred and
fOreclosed of all interest, right, title lien ami
equity of redemption, in. to or oil said land,
and that the sad land may be sold according
TO law without apDraisement, and tho proceeds
brought into court and applied to the payment
of: LIST, the taxes due and payable on said
premises; md, the costs and accruing costs of
his action; Bird, the claim of the plaintiff with
the accruing interest thereon; and 4th; the
claim of the defendants US their interests may
appear. and for such other and further relief
as may be Just and equitable.
Witness my hand and the seal of said court
at my Office in the city of Medicine Lodge, in
said county of Barber, this LIST day of July,
a. D. 1898. AUG SCHMIDT
Seal. Clerk
Attest: W. VI. SPARKS, Deputy.
BARKER * FRENCH +. W. LONG,
Attorneys for Plaintiff.
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mind with other things entirely, one
would probably succeed in starving out
the impulse to gossip before it should
attain unwholesome proportions 1t
is sometimes difficult to draw
the line justly between right
eous interest and the enjoyment
of gossip; but a great help here
is found in refusing to repeat a word
of it, and in demanding authority for
every statement heard, the mere
trouble of which is a deterrent infiu-
ence; the acceptance of nothing except
at first hand; the denial of any infer
ence whatever, of anything beyond the
first particular facts, that is. such as
that the minister has the Group, or that
Mary Grey is to be married on Thurs
day, things not to be contradicted and
not allowing conjecture or deduction.
Such bald statement does not lend
countenance to any suggestions re-
garding the Group or how it came
about, or to any remark regarding
the length of Mary Grey's engagement
and the reasons why. To say that Mrs
Brown has new dress as the mention
of patent fact may be all right, but
to wonder how she afforded it and to
express the wonder are certainly all
wrong. If you follow this plan, Cos
sips will not bring you gossip long
you are not a hot-bed where it flour
ishes-and you are better and happier
if they do not.
We are in the habit of thinking
sword-thrust, blow in the face, a bar
barous thing. But is it, after all, so
barbarous as a stab in the back in the
dark? And was there ever SANDER ut
tered that was not stab in the back?
For SANDER always deals blow, and
never deals it in the face; if it
did, it would be open assault,
sometimes possibly fair fight; since
when any statement is uttered to the
face it becomes accusation, and ceases
to throw responsibility upon the mon
strous ''they say" shouldering blame
on the rest of the world. breaking the
hearts of individuals. running families
and upsetting the peace of communi-
ties.
1t is base and low bred nature that
condescends to gossip in either its
scandalizing or its slandering form,
for, aside from its cruelty and vulgar
ity, it is cowardly and mean.
"Who steals nv purse steals trash; it's some
thing, nothing:
Twas mine, tbs his, and has been slave to
thousands;
But he that flches from me my good name,
Robs me of that which not enriches him.
And makes me poor indeed.'
And it goes without saying that it is a
contemplate spirit which is willing to
put itself on par with a thief the
thing in all humanity which most re-
sembles vermin. The meanness of such
spirit, too is equaled only by its cru
city. The shrike that tears its little
bird to pieces is gentle in comparison,
for the shrilke only obeys his nature. If
you say the human being also but
Obeys his nature, it is to be remembered
that such is not his real nature, that
he made it by nourishing and develop
ing it, that there was time when he
could have hindered acquiring it
Harper's Bazaar.
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Penetrating Power of Light.

Thorough and scientific experiments
with light have given some astonishing
results. The latest in this line has
been to prove that cut or slit in q
piece of paper, even though the OPEN
ing be not more than one forty
thousandth of an inch in width, is SUI
ficient to transmit light to the human
retina. Here is the experimenter's ac-
coIlt Of his wonderful doings. 1 have
determined an extraordinary fact,
namely: That light will show through
a keen cut opening, even though the
crack be of exceeding minuteness
This interesting fact was proved by
taking two thoroughly clean, straight
edges, placing piece of paper between
the surface at one end, the other end
being allowed to come together. The
straight edges being placed between
the eye and strong light in dark
room, a wedge of light was perceived
from the ends between which the paper
Eas placed and the opposite ends,
which were bought together. The
thickness of the paper being known,
the distance apart at the two edges Of
the small end of the wedge of light
was easily calculated, giving us as an
astounding result that the bar of light
was not more than one forty-thou-
sandth of an inch in thickness.-St.
Louis Republic.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-19
Must Train for IT.

"What is born and bred in man sticks
to him. is a saying more wise than
elegant. We have all met the woman
luXuriously attired, entertaining of
speech, genial of manners, yet lacking
the essential charm of a refined and re-
filming influence. 1t is charm that
can no more be analysed than can the
scent of a rose. 1t is an influence that
goes with the very presence of it's
owner whether she be silent or talka-
tive, grave or gay. 1t is born and bred
in her. 1t is not put away with her So
ciety gown and appropriated with it. 1t
is the manly tenderness of her father
and the womanly grace of her mother
combined in the daughters nature
And this nature has been polished and
attuned until its influence is irresisti-
bic. Home training added the perma-
nent luster.-Chicago Mail
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-19
Have You a Cancer!

III you have, we invite your attention
to the work of Mrs. Mary Z. Straw, of
Medicine Lodge, Kansas. She COM
pounds her own medicine, and can
guarantee cure if cure is possible. She
can produce abundant proofs of her
work upon application. Among others
she would mention recent case of Mrs.
Christian Donaldson, of this city, who
had started on her finger one of the
worst kind OF rose cancers. The can
Ger was removed, but completely I'M
covered the joint requiring amputation.
She also makes medicines for all
kinds of telons and chronic sores.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-19
AN ANIMATED SATCHEL
The Shock That it Gave an Impecuniou
Person.

The Shock That it Gave an Impecunious
Person.
"a rather funny thing happened to
lady who lives on Piety Hill, " remarked
a lawyer the other day. This lady
has dog of which she is particularly
fond, lavishing upon it all the tender
affections of devoted womans heart.
The dogs name was Fuzz and he looked
it. Whenever my lady and her dog
went travelling the latter had to go
right in the car with her, for she would
never consent to send him by express or
as baggage. So neat satchel was made,
full of holes, and in this the dog would
be placed and would lie there content
eddy at his mistress side until their
destination was reached, when he would
be released from confinement, given a
nice well cooked lamb chop and petted
for his patience. One day the lady
was going to the sea shore, and Fuzz
was there by her side. He did not even
whimper.
ut CHANGED that the train stopped at
a station and that the lady went to the
door to look out. An impecunious per-
son, relying on the confusion that fol-
AO"SN VIC SIOPPihS, OOOh ncT SdCcnel
and started off with it, doubtlessly
thinking that it contained many valu-
able articles. He got as far as the sta
ton door when Fuzz, no doubt with
animal intuition knowing that some
thing was wrong, set up an awful howl.
The man with the satchel looked as
though he would faint.
THAT'S my Fuzzr exclaimed the
lady, rushing toward the thief
''The latter started to run, but Fuzz
made such horrible racket that he
finally dropped the satchel. Then the
lady came up and released the dog.
Did they want to steal nay darling
little Fuzz? Did the bad man want to
take my precious etc, moaned the
lady.
But by the time she had finished
kissing the animal, the thief was out
of sight. His feelings had probably
received a severe shock when he dis
covered that he was carrying an ami
mated satcheL Detroit Free Press.
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On your teeth will cause their decay
and will make your breath disagreed
BILE. SeXafroC will remove the cause of
trouble. This favorlte tooth wash is
sold by }. II. Young and j. ID. Kari.
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SILVER THREADS AMONG THE GOLD"

Are sign that your hair needs invig-
Grating. Beggs' Hair Renewer pro-
notes healthy growth of hair, pre-
vents its falling out or turning gray
Sold and guaranteed by j. r. Young
and j. d. Karr.
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A PHZZJ.E

To many ladies is how to keep their
hair in curl on rainy DAYS. The solu-
ton is easy. Ask }. r. Young or j. ID.
Karr for NOnpareil Hair Curler and
the puzzle will be solved.
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First Published July 5, 1893.

Summons for Service on Non-Resident De
PENDANTS.
State of Kansas to NJ. S. Morris and IT, L.
Shannon greeting:
You are hereby notified that you have been
sued with Alice M. Keenan, keenan,, her hus-
band, McNeal Mortgage Co. and G. ". E. Grit
fifth, trustee. as cO-defendants, by Treodwell
Cleveland plaintiff.
This summons is to require you to answer
the petition filed by the said plaintiff in the
clerk Office OF the BARBER district court, in
the state of Kansas, on before the 10th day
of August. 1893, said petition will be taken a s
true, and Judgment rendered for the fOreclOs-
ure OF certain mortgages. executed the End
day OF May, 1887. by the said NJ ). Morris aud
ii. l.. Shannon, on the following lands and
tenements situated in the county of Barber
and describedas follows. to-wits The northeast
quarter of section hirty-fi, eC}5 J,township thir
ty-three t;stl south, range twelve Q2j west %
the sixth p. NJ, and containing one hundred
and sixty Q6O) acres more or less to secure pay
ment OF the sum of $4,000. with inter-
est at the rate of twelve per cent per
annum, and recorded in the Office of
the register Of deeds of said county, in vol. l.
at page 81, and the prayer of said petition is
Shannon, and each of them. and all
persons claiming under thenI be forever bar
red and foreclosed of all interest right, title,
lien and equity of redemption. in, to or upon
said lands, and tenements, and that said lands
ana tenements he sold, according to law
without appraiSemcnt, and the proceeds of
such sale he brought into court and be applied
to the payment Of LIST, the taxes due and pay
able on said premises: End, the costs and ac-
cruing costs of this action: Bird. the claim of
the plaintiff, with accruing interest thereon:
4th. the claim of the defendants. as their in
tereSts may appear, and for such other and
further relief in the premises as may be just
equitable.
Witness my hand and the seal OF said court
at my Office in the city of Medicine Lodge, in
said county of Barber. July list, A. d. 1913.
Seal AUG SCHMIDT
Clerk.
by w. FL. SPARKS. Deputy.
BARKER FRENCH, IL Il. w. LONG.
Attorneys for Plaintiff.