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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-01-11
BOLD THEFT.
Pension Checks Stolen From the ONCE at
Topeka.

Pension Checks Stolen From the Office at
Topeka.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 29.-One day last
week a man presented himself at the
counter of bank in Holton and asked
or the money on two checks for "a, 600,
bearing the signature of Bernard Kel-
ley, United States pension agent at To
pella. The cashier recognized the sig
nature as genuine, but the amounts
were so large for pension checks that
he was suspicious that all was not
right He managed, however, by some
way to retain possession of the checks
and as soon as the man had left, tele-
graphed to Topeka asking Mr.. Kelley
if he had issued them.
Mr.. Kelley promptly wired the cashier
to hold the checks and then he began
an investigation. 1t is his practice,
having over 100, 600 checks to sign every
quarter, to sign them in blank In adj
vance Referring to his check book he
discovered that five signed checks were
missing. He at once suspected an en-
ploye of the Office end in an hour he
had forced the man to return the three
checks which he had not disposed OF.
Mr.. Kelly declines to give any partic-
ulars of the theft until he has completed
his arrangements for the arrest of all
the parties in the steal The man who
took the checks is not in the Office at
present, but Mr. Kelley says he can be
had at any time
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come to market in great numbers. The
female stays in her hole while the
Young are Matching from the eggs On
an average each one has from one hun
dred and fifty to two hundred eggs.
The young look like small worms, and
remain for soins tilae attached by
strong threads to the mothers tail, be-
ing thus protected from fishes and other
enemies. AT the end of year they are
as big as wasps, but they grow slowly,
and three or four years elapse before
they get 10 bc as big as four inches. By
the time they are eight years old they
have reached full size.
"In Europe, l am told, fishermen
gather erawfish by the aid OF torches.
In summer the animals seek the shall
lows, where the bottom is clear, and
those who liant for them do SO at night.
with flaming pine knots. This method
is called lighting The crawfish are
dazzled by the light and do not attempt
to escape, SO that they can ba easily
captured with tho hands. One person
piH often take q thousand In a night
cravfish are much cultivated abroad in
ponds and Enclosures of water. No ar
tihcial means are resorted to for their
propagation, but GELS and predatory fish
DIRE caught and removed. THUS she
erayyfish are given chance 10 multiply
and they ere fed upon fresh meat to
tattcn them for market. The industry
Is very profitable
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FACTS AsouT cRAwFisn.
Row They Kill Their Prey-Raising Them

Row They Eli Their Prey-Raising Them
for Market In Europe.
'"rhele IS nothing 50 fatal to crayy-
FISH as n Thunderstorm said a fish
dealer to q Washington Star man. when
make shipment of them to any place
at a distance always make sure that the
weather promises well, On more than one
occasion have had entire consignments
killed on a journey by small electrical
disturbance. Another thing | have to
look out for is that the crawfsh shall
be so tightly packed as not to be able to
turn upon their backs. If they do so
they work their feet until exhausted
and die.
THE worst enemies crawfsh have
are eels. whose favorite food is one
year-old crawfish Bigger ones seem
very rarely to be eaten by the cells. If
You want plenty of craw fish in a pond
or stresm You must catch ali the ieels.
Tho crlwiish themselves ara very vora.
cious feeders. As soon as dusk sets in
each evening they become lively and
move about with great agility. They
swim veil. ard have gery keen sight.
When the crawflsh has spled Its prey 1t
steals up and with one bold dash inn
pales the little fish or frog on its .tusk,'
as the long horn between its eyes IS
called. Then Ii drops 70 the bottom and
deyours the victim. -
There are plenty of crawfish about
Washington In the Potomac and in its
tributary streams IN the spring they
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A HUMAN INCIDENT.
1t Illustrates the Working OF . Woman's
Heart.

1t Illustrates the Working OF Woman's
Heart.
"Only n Dago; not worth while to
bother about him." the other workmen
said, as they lounged on the grass In the
shadeand opened their dinner-pails for
the monday meal.
Pietro's body had been placed on q
heap of stones beside the railroad cut,
and some one spread a red handkerchief
over the CHASTITY wound torn In the side
of the head by the premature blast,
says the New York World. There he
was to lie until evening, when a con-
struction train would carry the lifeless
form back to the town. Pietro had not
been popular with the other men. They
said that he was sullen, and carried a
stiletto under his clothes. SO they
avoided him and none felt or expressed
any sorrow for him.
The face Of the dead Italian stared
up unwinlking at skies as blue and cloud
less as those which arched above the
sunny peninsula where brown-skinned
mother once Graded him in her arms
and sung lullaby to the accompani-
ment of the breeze which sighed down
the chestnutcovered slopes of the
Apennines. The faint wind lifted one
corner of the handkerchief and showed
the streal1s of blood in his hair. The
other men went on with their dinner
until one raised his head and said:
She's heard it; there she is!'
She wasn't handsome. She wasn't
even graceful. Her face was very
brown and her hair was very black and
her hands were very rough, and the
little checked shawl around her neck
wasn't very clean, but she went straight
up to Pietro, and, without saying
word or shedding tear, put her arms
about his neck and drew his dead face
against her living one.
And the other men, looking up from
their dinner, spoke more gently, and
one who turned his face away little
was heard to whisper to his partner
that a woman's heart was the same the
world over.
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Y ~ &~
HUMOROUS.

They tell me you are the leading
member of the college football team.
What position do you FLIP" 81 put on
the bandages Chicago News.
An Eye to Business. = Farmer
chow can guard against having this
watch stolen?" Jeweler-"Attach to
it chain and locket" = jewelers.
Weekly.
How to Keep Red Currant JAM
Put it on the top shelf of the cupboard,
lock the door and hide the key where
little Johnnie can not find it,-N. Y.
Herald.
The heart, rslentinR. still is prone to smother
The angry feelings which arise 'twixt men;
But when balloonists fall out with each other
They seldom speak again.
"A Market street soft-drink cafe dis
plays sign reading: ::Gry one of our
Columbus egg phosphates and you will
discover another world. Philadelphia
Record
-Pat-'1'll have pound of tay, ::
yer phase" Grocer-''Blaclz or Creen?"
Pat-"Sure it makes no difference; the
masther's blind man. Boston Com
mercial Bulletin.
To Marguerite
She sparklss like brilliant
She's ssnt.s and she's sweet
III wager that this madens
No oleo Marguerite
Detroit Free Press.
-''Smiggins appears to grow more
stupid every day Eyes. Somebody
told him that little learning is dan
gerous thing, and be is trying to forget
all he Observation-Disclosures Star.
Fair Custosaer-''Are you sure this
sticky paper will catch Eiese'' Deales-
eyes, indeed, mum. / sold half dozen
sheets to a boarding-house keeper yes
terday, and in two hours she caught
enough for a huelleberry pie
-Physician-"Ah M dam, you should
have sent for Iae before your husband
became unconscious Nidow-..sY Yes,
doctor; but while he was conscious he
told me not to send for you under any
consideration. Boston Beacon.
Making Up the Average. B.
This is disgraceful. You'll have no
one to thank but yourself. I've warned
you often enough how you are shorten
ing your days" Mr.. B.-''Yes, nly
dear; but You don't seem to realize what
long nights I'm having. Funny Folks.
An old nan entered a crowded
street-car, and seeing a boy seated IN
the corner. asked il ne would give him
his seat. Nav. said the boy. 30
you think that is showing the respect
to age that is becoming in boy? If
your father were to come into this ear
ROW, wouldn't you get mp and give him
seat?r 'sBeteher life,H said the boy;
II amt ridin' in strecI-car with snV
ghost
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Have You a Cancer!

If YOU have, we invite your attention
to the work of Mrs. Mary E. 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.
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No. 25l4
5H First Published Doc u, 1872.
SHRRIYP,a aATp

STATE OF KANSAS COUNTY OF DARBEa. ~:
Inc President Trustees of Bates CoIIr1,, w.
James wheeler. z. VI. Potter. and -
Potter. bis wffc, O. n. Casteen Levi s. IfouId-
ara = u. Hobson as assignecss TIL Stevens
ana the FarmersLoau & trustee of X ansas
by virtue OF an Order of Sale, Issued out OF
ine clerks once, OF the district court sitting
IN and Tor Barber county, In the above emit
Tied action and to me directed. will on
MONDAY. THE 18th DAY or JANUARY. lsa3.
ar O'Clock, p. m, of said day at the frouf
t:oor OF the court house In said county, OTer
Tor sale at public atlctlOn and sell. without an
pralsemeDt TO the highest aud best bidder for
cash IN hand 10 satisfy said order OF sale All
the estate. title. and interest, Of the above
na'svd defendants and each of them, and ali
persons claiming under them, in and to the
following described tract and parcel of land
situated IN said county. so-wit: The north-easf
qua terof section twedty-fouF t2I) in toWy-.
snip thirty-two CS2l south, Off fifteea I5a
wIsi. together with the appurtenances thereto
Given under my hand at my asace in the city
OF Medicine Lodge. in said cs3JRfy. this 10Th day
of December. 1892. }. W. DOBSON.
81 SHERIFF
By y. G. Royd pBfer Shesiff
QwEa A. BAssETT. Attorney for Plaintiff.
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JUSTICE IN RUSSIA.
A Story to Show That 1t Is Not Entirely
VT,


A Story to Show That 1t Is Not Entirely
Extinct There.
Justice in holy Russia! exclaims Lon
don society. Gen. Van Wahl, chief
constable of the police at St. Peters
burg, when he was governor at Iief
received a visit one day from poor
woman, the widow of police agent
who had fallen victim to his duty.
For a long time she had solicited the
pension which was her due. The head
of the police, to whom she had adj
dressed her demand, sent her always
brutally away. What was to become
of her and her children? She took the
resolution to go and see the governor
and told him all her story. ''Sit down
there and WRITE" replied the general,
pointing to writing table. The trem-
bling woman took her seat and wrote
from the generals dictation long ap-
plication. "Now, address 1t and wait
for me in the next room.'
Two or three minutes afterward the
woman was recalled and the general
gave into her hands sealed letter, say
ing to her: "Take this letter to the
head constable; take care not to open
1t, and come back to me as soon as you
have the reply" A week passed, at the
end of which the woman went to the
palace again, but this time joyfully;
her pension had been granted to her
and she thanked the governor with Joy.
at is useless to thank me; am moth
ing in the affair."" And he Immediate
II gave the following order: 1.-THE
head of the police force at Kieff is dis
missed from his post and sent into
exile. The reason, because he granted
demand after having received sum
of money for 90 doing" in the letter
which the widow had written to the
head of the police Gen. VAIL had, I'M
known to her, slipped bank note for
twenty-five rouhlcss which accounted
for her application Being granted.
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STRANGE PEOPLE IN THleET.
They Are Gentle hammered. But Poly
andry Is Practieed Among Them.

They Are Gentle hammered, But Poly
andry Is Practiced Among Them.
The manners of the Thibetans are
gentle, which comes from the inculca-
ton of the Buddhist doctrines forbid
ding the shedding of blood. Polyandry
is general, the wife of one member of a
family becoming the spouse of all the
brothers. When Buddhism was official
ly established in the country IN the
tenth century it found already there
religion called Bon-pa, resembling the
Shamanism of the northern tribes of
the Chinese empire.
This was not exterminated, but one
faith having borrowed some of its forms
from the other, both continue to exist
without jealousy side by side. Each
sect has its temples and its converts,
the latter being scattered literally
throughout the country, says the San
Francisco Chronicle. Buddhism recog-
nizes two classes only-priests who live
a religious life apart, doing no work
whatever, unless their literary labors
can be SO called. and the trading and
working classes, on whom the priests
and monks depend for their support.
All the learning and culture of the
country are found in the monasteries,
some of which possess libraries of many
thousand volumes, in which is en-
shrined the imposing literature of the
country.
The palace of the grand lama, con-
hected with Shasa by splendid avenue
of trees, is once year invaded by lamas
and monks, coming from all parts of
the country, who are housed as wei as
possible in the temples of which the
royal residence forms the nucleus while
they are engaged in religious rites, the
most important of which is the homage
they pay to their sacred chief. While
in other countries there never was but
one Buddha. in Thibet it is believed
that several preceded the Indian Salxya-
mouna, and several have followed him.
The grand lama is regarded as the Hv-
ing Buddah who never dies.
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Five Persons Killed aud Many Injured BY
the Explosion OF Dynamite at Long Isl
and City.
LONG ISLAND CRY. l.. L., Dec. %. -
just IN the rear of row of tenements,
81, %, rs, % and 90 Jackson avenue, is
the entrance to tunnel that the New
York City & Long Island Tunnel Co is
putting under the East river, between
this city and the New York Central
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First published Dec. y, BOT.
ar-Tprrv,o ~D

STATE OF KANSAS, CoUSFY or BARBER. az
s. Elizabeth =. Smith vs.. Beniamiff p. MitcEl-
eli. Charles d. Erwin. and - Erwin his wife
William H. Taylor. a. NJ. Bell William n.
HALEY. L. II. stevens. .. +. Casteen levi
Gould and r. q. Hobson. as assignee. and
The Farmers Loan Trust Co. or Kansas
BY Virtue of an Order &c SALE issued out OF
the clerk Office of TIE district court sitting
In aud Tor said Bal ber county, I'm the above,
entitled action and to me direcled, will on
MONDAY. TIE 18th DAY OF JANUARY, 1888.
st z o'clock D. m. of said day at the front door
OF the court house in S9Sd county, offer for
SAFE az public auction and sell without APP
pralsement to the highest ard best bidder for
cash IN hand. 10 satisfy said order of sale. all
the estate. title and interest OF the above
named defendants. aud each Of them. and ALI
persons claiming under them, in and to the
following described tract and parcel of land,
situated in said county, to-gits The northeast
quarter ef the northeast QuaFfeFcf section ten
10. the west half of the northwest quarter
and the southeast quarter of the northwest
quarter Of section eleven { III all In TOWNSHIPS
thiitg-twO f3sl. south of range fourteen (14l
together with the appurtenances thereto be-
longing.
Given under my hand at my office in the
city Medicine Lodge. in said county, this 10Th
day OF December, 1897. J. w. DoBSoN.
BY 0. C. BoYD, Under sheriff.
OWES a. HAssErr, Attorney Tor Plaintiff.
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Judge Barton Bates Dead.

ST. louis, Dee. 30.-Judge Barton
Bates, an ex-justice of the supreme
court of Missouri, died yesterday, aged
30 years, at his home in st. Charles
county OF 2 complication of diseases in
cident to old age He had been i'll sew
cral months. Judge Bates was the
eldest son of Gen. Howard Bates, OF
this city. who was Encouragement in
President Lincolnss cabinet
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he Couldn't Ride.

I'm done with them city cha ps. y says
bliss Breeza Ayres, of Colorado, on re-
turning from visit east. .".Jim de
Champ took me to the races, and said
he was goin' to back the fasteet cay Use
on the grrnna. hut he never had the
sand 10 back nothing. He just set in
the grand-stand an. yelled, an let lot
o kids do all the ridin' "-Trutlt
49,
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You are hereby ordered to keep off
the following tracts of land: the ole
HOrp farm, also the Ramsey farm and
also the farm that | reside on; farms
located Emile west of town, one south
west IL miles and one south mile.
MAY BEST.
All person are requested on and after
this date to cease hunting on my prem
ises, under penalty of the law.
Oct. 10. 1882. &. B. CURRIE.
You are herby warned.to keep off the
following tracts of land, viz: One
known as the Casper burst farm, mile
east of town, one as the a. ID. Shaw
laud miles southeast of town, also the
VanSlyck lease land mile east of town.
An NJ. G., SPARKS.
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Ren0unced the Faith.

WASHINGTON, Dec SO.-Merwin Marie
Smell, private secretary to Bishop Keane,
rector of the Roman Catholic uni
versity, and lecturer upon comparative
religion in that institution, Young
man OF remarkable scholarship, and
frequent contributor Of articles
to church reviews, which always
breathed the deepest loyalty to the Ro-
man Catholic faith, was married
Christmas eve to Minnie Gilbert
Sprague, youngest daughter of Pres
byterian minister here, by Rev. j. C.
Rankin, Congregational, president of
Howard university. Mr.. Smell has re-
nounced has former religion and says
his views tend toward theosophy.
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THE RAILROADS OF KANSAS.
Annual Report of the state Board OF Com.
mis-

Annual Report of the State Board OF Com
mIss!oners.
TOPEKA, Kan, Dec. 3O.-The state
board of railroad. commissioners sub
mitted its tenth annual report to the
governor yesterday. The report de-
clares that the physical condition of
the roads in this state has been much
improved during the past year, and is
better as regards road bed, equipment
and service than ever before. The main
lines will compare favorably with any
roads in the country, east or west.
summary of the accident statistics
shows the following casualties during
the year: Trainmen killed, 12S; train
men injured, 6l9; switchmen, fiaglnen
and watchmen killed, 43; switchmen.
hagmen and watchmen injured, 24S;
other employees killed, ~; other en-
ployes injured, 300; total employees
killed, 24l; total employees injured,
1,176, total casualties to employees,
LAS; passengers killed, IS; passengers
injured, 1Ss; others killed, 3I1; others
injured, 25s. Grand total killed, $50:
grand total injured, 1922 Grand total
all casualties, 2,213.
The income account for all the roads
is shown in the following table:
Gross earnings from on
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PILES! PILES! PILES!
NATIONAL OFFICERS.

They can be relieved at once and ln'
time effectually cured, by thorough
use, of Begg's German Salve. We give
a positive guarantee with every bottle.
Sold by j. r. Young s. Co. and j. d.
Aarr.
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First publication Dec. 18th. ls92.
NOTICE or gURVPy

whereas petition for a legal survey signed
by 3. X. william and eleven others all land
senied to the County Surveyor of Barber
County. Therefore, Notice is hereby given
that said survey includes all lines and corners
sS %, 30, 81, 3D. %. "a, IS in Town 81. 3. Rsnre
twelve W. and this notice IL to all land owners
IN said sections or adjoining sections that NAV
De affected thereby, that will begin said
survey on the 10th day of Jan. A. ID. 1888 at the
South East Corner of section 28, and CONTINUES
the same UNTIL completed. d. j. Aber.
County Surveyor. Barber County, Kansas.
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Lnstlce shnrnsteln Dead.

SAN FRANCISCO, Dec S0-Justice
John r. Sharpstein, of the supreme
court Of california, who was stricken
with paralysis Monday, died last night.
lie was born at Richmond, n. H., May
% 1928
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LITTLE, BUT OH MY!

Begg's Little Giant Pills beat the
world. They act like magic, with no
bad results. One pill dose; 40 doses l
bottle. Sold and warranted by j. r.
Young Il Co. and !. ID. Karr.
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respite to get her hand IN Inc Amerl-
can did not back out. She was pinked
in the arm, honor was satisfied and the
combatants were reconciled on the
ground.
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Notice Of Appo intment.

Notice Of Apo intment.
STATE OF KANSAS
BARBER COUNTY, Co.
In the matter of the estate of Henry W. Som.
mer, late of Barber county, Kansas
Notice ls hereby given that ON the 9Th day of
October, A. ID. 1892, the undersigned was. nv
the Prouate Court of Barber county, duly ap-
pointed and qualified as administrator of the
estate Of Henry w. Sommer, late of Barber
county. deceased. All parties interested in
said estate will take notice and govern them
selves accordingly. ALLEN HFRp
81 Administrators
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Two doctors OF an Eastern town,
TO learning much inclined,
We're called to sec gentleman,
Whose health was undermined.
The first one used his stethoscope
Upon his patient meek.
Il find" quoth he, lone lung is gone;
You cannot live week
To this the other wise II. d.
Vehemently objected.
~ see," Guoth he. las all may see,
Your kidneys are affected"
These wise men argued loud and long,
Yet the patient owes recovery
Not to those doctors. but to-
Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery.
There are some patent medicines that are
mora marvellous than a dozen doctors pre-
scriptiors, but they're not those that profess
to euro everything.
Everybody, now and then, feels s'rur-
down, y" played out They've tho will, but
no power to generate vitality THEY'RE not
sick enough to call a doctor, but Just too sick
to be well. That's where tho right kind of
q patent medicine cones in ard does for q
dollar what tire doctor wouldn't do for less
than five or ten.
We put in our claim for Dr. Pierce's Gold
en- Medical Discovery.
We claim it TO be an unequaled remedy to
purify the blood and iavigorate the whole
system.
It's the cheapest blood purifier, sold through
druggists, no matter how many doses are Of
fered for dollar.
Why9 Because it's sold on a peculiar
plan, and you only pay for the good you get.
Can you ask more
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FEARFUL EXPLOSION.

Ex-Goy. Henry c. Baldwin, of De-
troit, Mich, Is dead,
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BEGG'S FAMILY MEDICINES.
Your troublesome cough can be re-
lieved in just five minutes by the use
of Begg's Cherry Cough Syrup, and one
so cent bottle will effectually cure any
ordinary cough. Sold and warranted
by j. r. Young & Co. and j. ID. Karr.