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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-03

Mexico has passed a railroad law
placing rates directly under govern
ment control.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-03
Notice Of Meeting of the board of Eqnallza-

t.ea,
Notice Is hereby given that the, Board of
County Commissioners will sit as a hoard Of
eQaaiizatioi, GA the 9Th day of June A. ID. lses3
70 equalize the assessment OF Barber county
for tue Present year. j parties feeling them
selves aagsi,yei, viii please take due notice
and ha presaFt on the day above mentioned.
By order or the Board County Commission
ers.
Given under my hand. and the seal OF this
county. this LIST day Of May, A. ID. 1893.
FsA- LEWIS, Clerk Of Barber County,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-03

Western railroad have failed to agree
on rates to the Words Fair.
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l have three dandy pure bred Short
Horn bulls for sale at my place miles
southwest of Sharon. Call on or adj
dress, L. 3. Stockstill. Sharon, Kan.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-03

The Worlds Fair is now open.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-03

OFFICIAL PAPER OF THE COUNTY.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-05-03

IL the District Court within and for the coua-
" or Barber ia the state OF kaDaas
The Pueblo Trust Deposit and Security Com
pany, a cOrportion, plaintiff.
The Helena independent., 1893-12-17

frieze In brought we'll down upon tins wall;
conventionalized flowers arc allowed to
trnil Ebout graceful designs are sought.
No attempt at subdning the walls into
mere background Is made, and only the
dainty furniture stands against them and
claims their support. The picture as =
whole Is made sweet and inviting. And u
some few critics carp and cry ont that IT IL
wrong, let them build up rooms that Are
better suited to their needs and that offer
more tempting rcpose. For while 1t IL be-
yond dispute that lowered papers do not
make perfect background, they do make
parts OF an attractive whole.
Others, less well suited to such rooms,
can be found to serve where sleeping and
sitting rooms are combined and where pic
lures will be hung or the walls otherwise
decorated. But for the rooH that induces
sleep, that lulls the senses to rest, that fs
designed for bedroom, and bedroom only,
the dainty lowered papers and the papers
OF bright yet tender tone are good despite
the apparent paradox, and despite the law
that pronounces walls a background only,
which in all other rooms should be obcyed.
.-Harper's Buzar
The Helena independent., 1893-12-17

rather coarse thread and outlined ns now
or. leaf and stem. took of the paper and
embroidered the design with linen floss.
As taste or time permitted, carried ont
tho pattern In It's delicate tracery and shad-
ing
4 When NIL was done, there were no two
patches alike. There were pdnsies, sweet
peas, geraniums, roses, slaffodils, tulips,
coreopsis, chrysanthemums, a large bunch
OF clover and holly leaves and berries. As
~ Is goodly number. many designs werc
needed. Each design with leaves, stems
and tendrils extended TO tho patch. Wall
paper often has pretty designs.
sewed the hemmed edges together in an
overstitch on the right side, and at each
corner where they connected worked a
large daisy. Tho effect was very pretty.
As one lady said. it reminded her OF snow
fakes mngnifled. crocheted fringe OF
white and blue cotton yarn, mixed, in a
pretty design. For the fringe, put in each
stitch chain Of 30 stitches OF double cot
ton. 1t was lined with unbleached muslin.
AS the designs came from the different
floral catalogues, think the floral quilt Is
good name for 1t. In one corner is work
ed the year and this verses
Dream what you wilt,
Beneath this quilt
May blessings still be yours.
--HOusek eener
The Helena independent., 1893-12-17
had place For Women.

The reader can scarcely conceive Of great
er hardships IN life than the people who in-
habit the Arctic coast of Alaska endure.
Life is to them serious struggle. Their
faces tell IL. Women 20 years OF age show
that they have borne exposure and hard
ships which have already made them pre-
maturely old.
The farther south of the Arctic circle they
live the less they have to endure, as the
struggle to maintain existence is less OF a
strain and effort and tho cold IL not 20
deadly in it's work.
All the drudgery in life IL done by the
women, and the growing girls get their
share assigned to them quite early enough.
Not infrequently by the time girl is 16
years old she is q mother. Scarcely one
child out of five survives and grows up,
and it is hot uncommon in winter for both
child and mother to be frozen to death.
In hunting expeditions the women carry
the burdens and do the other hard work;
in whaling they cut up the blubber, drag
it to the settlement with the aid of the
dogs and stow it down in caches, and in the
daily routine of life the hard work is prac-
tically all theirs
They are devoted to their children, in
fact to all children, never scolding or pun
lSHluB tHcIii, hAu IL Woiudu SECS dCuliu III
trouble she will go at once to it's relief
Children who do live are carefully reared
and devotedly cared for.
In case Of a shortage of food supply Of the
settlement the women are the first to be
turned out to die, and they accept their lot
without complaint, willingly leaving tc
their husbands and children whatever
chances of living there may be in the small
allowance of food at hand.-New York
Journal
The Helena independent., 1893-12-17
How Fashions Are Made.

AParisian hairdresser, who was great
favorite with the fashionable world, boast
ed one day that clever mind and hand
could succeed in making almost anything
fashionable. Several boon companions of
the speaker took him at his word and
proposed that he introduce u coiffure COM
posed of vegetables and make the same
fashionable.
The hair dresser took the bet and sue
ceeded in persuading one of his ultra fash
ionable clients, the Marquise of Lesdi-
guieres, to permit him to arrange her hair
in a new way, adorning it with cauliflow-
er, cardoons and radishes. The lady was
SO well pleased with the innovation that
she showed herself ut once in one of the
salons of her friends. The result of it
was az predicted by the hairdresser; the
beau monde Of Paris was for a time de-
voted to coiffures composed Of fruit and
vegetables.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
The Helena independent., 1893-12-17
bedroom Walls,

The tendency of the time is to separate
the bedroom from the rest of the house; %
give it lighter colors; to allow within it full
scope for individual fancy; to hang it with
lace and delicate stuffs; to exclude all seri-
BUSINESS and gloom; to make Of it nest, a
place Of rest, where pleasant dreams -four
ish and tender colors hold sway; to hang
within it no pictures of worth; to display
there no articles of virtu, but to make of
it spot sweet, attractive, inviting as q
whole. And SO It's walls are hung with
greater license than those of more formal
rooms. They are made attractive and love-
ly in themselves.
The dado is altogether banished: the
The Helena independent., 1893-12-17
WON An AND Her HOME. !
A Doctor Tells How to Avoid and
How 10 Cure Melan-
cholia
Women Have tho Blues Because
They Disregard all Rules OF
Well Being.
The Sort Of wom~n Who Finds Life Not
Worth Living-Provsntivss and
Csves for Ennui.

"Why do SO many women have melan-
choliap repeated the doctor, who has 4
large practice among the depressed" and
nervous" feminine population. Because
they don't take care to avoid it. Because
they absolutely disregard the rules of men,
tai and physical well being. Because they
would rather eat what they like and suffer
indigestion and the blues afterwarxl than
to eat what is good for them, but doesn't
tickle their palates. Because they'd rather
sit around on down cushions than take a
tramp six miles through the open mir. Be-
cause they read too much sentimental stuff.
Because they haven't enough to occupy
their minds and their hands,"
Then the doctor paused to take, breath
and began again someWhat less aggres-
sively: @ ,sas 3
ut is never the women who have cause to
feel blue," he said. "wlio indulge In blues.
The women who have shiftless husbands,
hard hearted landlords, sick babies and all
the usual accomplishments of poverty never
grow SO depressed that they have to be
treated for it. They are too busy. It's the
woman with an 'adoring family, social posi-.
tion md comfortable income who doesn't
find life worth living. 1t isn't the servant
girl who gets up at 9 to kindle the fire and
who slaves all day who indulges in melan-
choliis, but the daughter of the family who
arises at 8, dawdles over her break fast,
reads little, practices a little, shops lit
tie, Graves excitement with all her heart and
Is melancholy because she doesn't have it.
'"There is no habit which grows upon one
10 rapidly" went on the doctor 1T be-
comes a disease in q very short time. My
own plan, whenever I feel an attack COM
ing on, is to put on my walking boots and
tramp vigorously as far rs can. It is SIM
ply impossible to exercise and feel blue at
the same time. OF course general care Of
the health is necessary and work is the
chief factor in effecting a cure. Every wom-
an who has tendency to melancholia
should have an occupation which, if it
doesn't entirely absorb her, will at least
keep her busy. And she should give her
mind upto practical rather than theoretical
affairs. She should study how, to put an
extra shelf in closet or how to make an
overshoe that won't come off at the heel,
rather than the teachings of the theosoph-
ical school or the philosophy of Herbert
Spencer. Ordinarily good health, plenty of
exercise, plenty of work and an interest in
the affairs Of this world rather than the
next are the great preventives and cures Of
melancholia."
The Helena independent., 1893-12-17
Cheap buying.

That Is the way with q woman. She will
60 without rubbers and economic on fan
nels. She will save on her down town
luncheons and walk holes in her shoes rath-
er than waste money on her fares. She will
launder her handkerchief In her own room,
rinsing them In her wash basin and pasting
them on the mirror to dry. They will be
soapy and smelly and horrid, but she will
use them heroically, borne up by the knowl-
edge that she has saved half a dollar out Of
the weekly laundry bill.
She will deny herself the pleasure of hav-
ing that dress which she really needs,
though she has the cloth all reudy and
waiting simply because the drcssmaker
charges SO much. She will renounce cor
respondence because stationery and stamps,
you know, really run away with good
deal of money. She will make q martyr OF
herself, and talk about it and glory in it
until every young man who knows her (and
who isn't old enough to understand) will
think what heroic little thing she is to
battle with the odds OF poverty.
And then, brave and demure in her
threadbare cloth gown, she happens across
bargain counter and mortgages her salary
for month buying impossible gauzes;
things that won't wash nor wear nor keep
one warm; things that must be made over
stiff and crinkling silk and trimmed with
velvet or ribbons or lace, and then are only
fit for festal garb. And the young woman
knows that she cannot afford either the
trimmings" or the making" and she
really does not know what she would do
with the frocks if she could afford them.
So she lays the fragile, useless, shining
gauzes away in the orris powder at the bot
tom of trunk and talks some more about
her poverty. And her conscience doesn't
trouble her at all. Why? Oh, because the
things that she bought were cheap!-Chi-
caoO Post.
The Helena independent., 1893-12-17
A Floral Quilt,

cut blue denim into 40 hexagon pieces
five inches long on each side. These were
all hemmed neatly at one time on the sew
ing machine and put in drawer. After
ward each one was worked and laid away
until all were ready for sewing together.
Flower catalogues were bought, figures Sc
lected for each patch and basted on. A
bunch of carnation pinks was traced with
The Helena independent., 1893-12-17
Don't Puzzle.

AS to what would please him.
Anything that adds to his com-
fort will do that. Nothing could
add more than piece of Furni-.'
ture in the line of an
Easy Chair,
Turkish Rocker,
Smoking Set,
Shaving Stand.
Leather Couch.
Rattan Couch,
Dressing Case,
Book Case,
Chifonier.
Revolving Book Case,
Medicine Cabinet.
The evening world., 1893-07-18
SITTING BULL UNNERVED.
He ana His Warriors Scared Out OF
Theatre by a Caunor.

Fifteen years ago times were lively
In Dakota and Fargo was a booming
town OF 1000 people. Half n dozen
theatrical enterprises were In full blast
seventh manager opened new house
the magnificence OF which far outshone
those OF Its competitors.
The theatre was to be opened Monday
evening, and that morning the train
from the West brought. the great Sioux
chief. sitting Bull, with a small party
or Indians, who were en- route to Wash.
ington. to see the Great Father.
tendance OF the warriors for the open
Ing OF the house, and the hundreds OF
"tenderfeet" who had never yet seen a
real Indian in war paint paid fabulous
The closing feature of the programme
was an act performed by a female ira
peze performer who was advertised to
possess wonderful strength In her Jaws
she would hang suspended from the
trapeze bar by her knees and support a
heavy cannon with her teeth While It
sitting Buii and his men began to show show;
signs OF uneasiness. They shifted about
IN their seats neryously: Two men
,fted Ird the cannon and left it dangling
the weapon swung on a level with the
1ndians' heAddress.
Sitting Bull and his warriors by this
.iile ndu Decof1c eNtrefnely nervous.
They looked at each other inquiringly
as II they suspected that they had
been drawn into a trap. and were to be
at each other excitedly and two or
three times SO far forgot their stoicism
as to look over their shoulders.
Finally everything was In readiness,
the string. that he held jerk. there
was a Hash and q roar. and out of the
cloud OF smoke that shot into the par
sprang, wiidly shouting as they made lad
their way down the aisle. striking mad
ly right and left with the long-stemmed
stone pipes which they carried.
No attempt was made by the audi
ence to stop the Indians. who made
their way outside, and didn't stop run
ming until they reached the hotel. For
once the fearless chief Of the Sioux
was unneFyed,
The evening world., 1893-07-18
ANNA SEEMED UNDER SPELL.
Miss Riley Begs for the Release
of Albert Martino
She Caused Isis Arrest, but Did Not
Wish Him Punished.

Albert Martino. a Spaniard who would
be handsome II 1t were not for the
wicked glitter OF his black eyes. was
before Jubtice Hogan In Jefferson Mar.
kct Court to day charged with disor-
derly conduct
The complainant YVES n handsome
blonde girl. with thoroughbred look
who tried to hide from the curious gaze
OF the courtroom crowd by keeping In
the shadow OF the doorway leading to
the Justices private room.
She gave her none as Anna Riley
OF ll0 West Twenty ninth street, and
her occupation as dressmaker. Her
storJ' is to the effect that Martino, who
lives at l27 West Twenty-ninth street
was n year ago receiver at the Broad
way and Seventh avenue railway offi'
ces at handsome salary.
Miss Riley met and became infatuated
with Martino. The Spaniard's arden,
love-making proved to strong for the
girls power OF resistance. and he soor
had an inuenCc over her which, she
says he used later to extort money from
her
Martino was at one time an assistant
to Rerrmann, the magician. and hat
| acquired a manual dexterity quite won
| expert In handling razor. and coulc
| twirl the keen instrument within
hairs breadth OF persons head ol
face without injury to the subject.
Some months ago the Spaniard lost hi.
place as receiver for the Broadway roac
and WAS made an inspector. From tha
position he was reduced to conductor
and finally left the service OF the Com
pany altogether.
i was then that his demands upor
Miss Riley began. He. according OF
her story. would come to her apart
blade about her head and threatening
to cut her throat unless she gave hin
| money.
Martino approached her on the street
and slashed sC5 coat and an expensive
dress that she wore because she did not
meet his demands, for money.
The girl submitted to this abuse ant
extottion rather than face exposure
which would follow an appeal to. the
police. She acknowledged the truth oi
runner current among the
highly connected. and had relatives on
Firth avenue. who visited her frequently
at her Twenty-ninth street home.
Martin, and concluded that she could
stand 1t no longer. She went to Jeffer-
son Market Court and asked for n war
rant for the Spaniard's arrest.
knows the Tenderloin like a book. ar
rested Martno at Twenty-ninth street
ant Seventh avenue last night
When arraigned in court to-day Mar
tino stood where he could see Miss
Riley, and previous to his case being
onlled cast implorlng glances at the
girl whenever he could catch her eye.
1t seemed as II ne exerted a strange
influence over her, for after telling her
story to Justice Hogan she begged to
be allowed to withdraw her complaint:
There was nothing to do but to dis
charge Martino on his promise not to
moiest the girl again.
Martino left the courtroom with n tri-
umphant expression. and five minutes
later was seen walking with Miss Riley
on the street. the girl evidently COM
pletcly under the strange influence ex-
erted over her by her companion.
The evening world., 1893-07-18
EXPERIMENTS WITH CRoToN.
TIE New Electrical Process Said &c
Be Em III entity Satisfactory.

Health Commissioner Cyrus Edison Is
jublant over the result of the experl-
ments with Croton water. after using the
Wolf electrical process. He said this
morning that this mode OF cleansing New
Yorks drinking water was really wonder
full, and far beyond what he had expect
ed and hoped for.
In two respects the process, DR.. Edison
said. was simply marvellous. On account
OF the cheapness of Its utility the formula
Is exceedingly desirable In the first place,
and secondly. the liquid utilized Is en-
tlrely non-poisonous II drunk by the tum-
blerful
The basis OF the liquid used Is salt wa
| ter. which WAS made during the expert
ments by concocting a solution OF saline
water by introducing 3l-2 per cent. OF
common salt into Croton water
This brought the fresh liquid to con-
dition similar to that of the water
| The latter was then submitted to the
electrical process by placing electrodes
by an Edison dynamo The result, to ex,
| plain 1t in the most simplited manner
| Is decomposed salt water.
| This liquid when injected into the un-
| clean Croton, renders the latter pure ir
Its properties, entirely, free from the
strong marshy odor with which 1t has
| been impregnated. and transforms 1t into
sparkling and purely coloriess drinkins
water. health-giving and sweet TO tht
| taste, according to DIR. Edison.
| Experiments have been made both In
| laboratory and at one OF the water
plants, and in each instance the result.
che Commissioner declared. has been
| highly satisfactory,
Chemist L. W. Martin. of the Board OF
| Health. was furnished samples OF Gro
| ton and he fused the decomposed water
| with the same result at she Bleeckcr
| stree: laboratory. The Croton was
| analyZed before being submitted to the
l o.. t..., % a
most highly pleasing contrast was OBJ
served In eXaming the two analysis
| The water was said to be entirely pure
| table representing the Two different
| aspects OF the water, previous to and
after the experiment, II was said would
be posted at :he Health ONCE to-day,
The evening world., 1893-07-18
REV. Or. POTIER'S RECEIVER.
His Powers Extended to the
Extent of $3.50 To-Day.
Both OF tho Tabernacle Pastors
Examined To-day.

Dr. Potter. the delinquent pastor OF the
abernacle Baptist Church, was up again
for examination In supplementary pro-
ceedings In the city Court this morn
ing on a claim of $222, brought against
him by William & Ebenezer Jackson
and John H. Hankinson for fireplace re-
pairs to his home.
The examination took place In one of
the private rooms OF the court, and was
conducted by Lawyer Sherman. OF 81
Nassau street.
DR.. Potter repeated the story of his
poverty and inability to meet his bills.
which was taken down very fully by
Lawyer Sherman.
Judge Newburger, in the city Court,
this morning extended the receivershp
Of John A. Taylor In the affairs OF DIR.
Potter to take In a claim of $3.50 against
the latter by Heneke Hencken and
Friend h Willenbrock.
While the examination of Or. Potter
the co-pastor. was being catechsed by
Lawyer Hating, In his Office In Temple
Court.
The testimony was merely statements
for correction Of his testimony given
yesterday concerning the ownership Of
the property at shippan. Point.
DR.. Potter erumhie because the tenants
were not prompt In paying rent. and
that he got ST. 200 year rent for the
hotel. Therefore, he had supposed that
DIR. Potter was the owner.
John p. Elder. the friend OF Mr.. Put
nam. testifed that he believed DIR. Pot
icies. and that Mrs. Potter. the doctors
wife was the beneficiary.
The taking OF further testimony was
adjourned until Thursday morning,
The evening world., 1893-07-18
sTRATT0A PUT on TRIAL.
Accused Of Trying to Starve His
Wife to Death.
Only Thirty-two. She Looks As Old
~ His Eighty three Years.

Eliphalet Stratton, wealthy old
Brooklynite OF eiphty-three, was pu,
49,, -, ,,,',, IIa.,ar, 4, a.,
On 'riai oeioie 'us.'ee iiahses III '"'
MYRTLE Avenue Police Court, Brooklyn
this morning charged with irving to rid
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i'ihseii VI MS so""s "he Wy o'"' ''"s
her to death. the technical charge Is
attempted homicide.
A.. s,r,,,on Co or,v ,,,rtv.t t,,o ,,e,r,
avn .. =" - 49,.
OF age. and was FIRST employed by Mr
The evening world., 1893-07-18
BOILERS STRANGE EXPERIENCE.
Apparent Failure in Ono Engine
and Succsss In Another,

Strange things happen when men make
UP their minds that they can't help hap
pening. ''- ".
1t Is now over twenty years. says IA
writer In Locomotive Engineering, since
Supt. Healy, OF the Rhode Island Loco
motive ,n Works NI built PASSENGER engine
II l-2y22-ineh cylinders, with u five-foot
wheel. and the only innovation on the
standard engines Of the day was the trial
theTe Being 5oStS so of sem OF 'w0neh
Before the engine ever made turn
the general superintendent heard OF the
big lues, and openly announced that the
the Fall River boat train. for which she
was built. The master mechanic admit
ted that he didn't believe she would ever
steam, and one by one the engineers
shook their heads and allowed that she
couldn't make it-because she couldn't.
Then the fremen announced that no
man could keep her hot and no one
ought TO expect that II could be done.
The engine was doubted from the start.
Everybody said that she couldn't make
the run-and she didn't.
She went on the road. and was fail
ure from the start. and after eighteen
months service she was rebuilt. The
general superintendent paid the Rhode
sr new old
like the other. except that II had two
Inch tubes.
He said ne knew that the new boiler
would steam ana the engine make the
time. The master mechanic said he
knew so. too. and the engineers and fire
men agreed with them that now she was
all right. -....,
She was all right, steamed well. and
made the time-because everybody said
she could and would.
Some months afterwards John Thomp-
son, general master mechanic OF the
Eastern Railway. wanted seventeen
Inch passenger engine. and wanted It as
cheap as possible. He was Induced to
take the boiler discarded by the Old
Colony after being thoroughly repaiTedD
None OF the engineers knew the engine
had an old boiler or fiues larger than
the ordinary. Mr.. Thompson said she
was a fine engine. and would Just play
with their fastest and heaviest express
The men all counted on her as a good
steamer. and a good steamer she was
This engine never lacked for steam
did her work Well and as economically
as the best engine on the road and Is In
the service yet--running In sight Of the
scene OF her former failure.