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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-01-04
where Ignorance is Bliss.

A young Boston man had slight
cold and sore throat, and meeting his
cousin, who is a physician and some
thing of wag, he asked him what to
dof or it,
"Oh, I'll write prescription for you, :"
was the answer He wrote II. and the
gentleman glanced at it before taking
it to the druggist 1t read-'Aquapura
ounce; chloride sodium-ounce. Shake
well before using, and gargle with it
every half hour"
'How much is it?" queried the pa
tient, as the druggist handed him the
bottle.
1.-TWO dollars, was the reply.
Some weeks later the young mans
throat was sore again, and remember
ing the efficacy of his cousins prescrip-
ton, he took the bottle to be filed
again.
Another clerk waited on him, and
when he inquired the price he was as
tonished at the cheerful answer: ''Oh,
we don't charge anything for salt and
water. Leeds Mercury.
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YES AND NO.
a Linguistic Peculiarly of Some of TIN
UncIYiliZed Celtic Tribes

A Linguistic Peculiarly of Some os the
UnciVilized Celtic Tribes.
In the speech of SO highly-developed
a people as the Celts there is no eot,iv.
alent to ''yes." Thus it happens that YOU
shall never hear an Irish waiter pro
nounce the shibboleth ''yesssir" of
his English confrere, for he inyari-
ably expresses an affirmative by some
such praise as ~ shall, sirm .It
Is. sir! Yet among some unciv-
iized tribes not only is therei a
word expressing Eyes" but it assumes
different form according to the sex or
age of the speaker Thus among the
Abipones of South America, as Bobriz-
hotter informs US, for eyes" the men
say hee, the women' say haas and the
old men give gri1nt.
This is refinement which we Arv-
ans have decided, perhaps RIGHTLY tn
be unnecessary; for, though our ''ayr'
and "nay!" carry no more information
now than the Sanscrit hi and ma did
many thousands of years ago, they are
quite sufficient for all practical pur.
poses. But the Abipones might feel as
much embarrassed by the use of our
sexless affirmative and negative
syllables as we should do in ATTEMPT.
ing to express our meaning in the Ian
guage of the Grebo tribes of Yves,
Africa, in which the use of personal
pronouns is dispensed with and gesture
is employed to show whether a verb
is in the first, second or third person.
9lackwood's Magazine.
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10 First published Dec. 81, 1891.
sEERIyFS SAFE

STATE OF KANSAS, COUNTY OF BARBER. ss.
s. Elizabeth 2. Smith vs.. Deniamin p Mitch
ell Charles o. Erwin, and - Erwin his wife.
William III. Taylor. y. n. Bell. william Il
Bailey, L. III. stevens, .. f. Caste en- Levi
Gould and E. @. Hobson, "a AS iynee and
The Farmers Loan TT ist 20 OF = arsgs
BY Virtue OF an Order or Sale. issued out Of
the clerk Office. of the district couri sitting
in and for said Barber county, in fbe above
entitled action and to TIE diTec,ed. ] viii on
MoNDAy. THE 1jrH DAY or JANUARY, 1893.
at 2o'ciock p. m. OF said day. at The front door
of the court house In sad county. offer for
sale at puhtic auction and SELL Without ap.
praisement. TO the highest and best bidder for
cash in hand. TO satisfy said order Of saie all
the estate. title and isaterest Of lie above
named defendants. and each Of them and All
ffssons eiairAing under them, In and to the
following described tract ard parcel of land
sitaatea in said c0sITty, to-wit. TIE northeast
quarter of the northeast quarter IF section ten
100, the west half of the northwest quarter
and the southrast quarter of the northwest
quarter OF section eleven III. all in township
thIffy-two ~ J. soi.th of raggc follrs. en- az
together with the a?2artenanees thereto be-
innoiHg.
Given under my hsad at my Office in the
city Medicine Lod-e. In said county, this 18th
day OF December, 1897. ]. ". DOfssON,
al-at Sheriff.
BY o. c. BOYD, Under Sheriff.
OWEN =. BAssETT, Attorney for Plaintiff.
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A woMAN.s GREAT FEAT.
She Rides 22o Miles Across Europe 1,
Sixty-seYen Hours.

She Rides 22o Miles Across Europe In
Sixty-seven Hours.
Il remarkable feat of horsemanship.
requiring great endurance and a won
derful amount of determination and
persistence in its successful accomplish
ment, has just been performed by a
woman. This is a long distance ride on
horseback, which, considering the
many difficulties encountered in the
route traversed, and the rugged and
mountainous nature of the country.
was made in very good time. The
equestrienne is Miss Tomasson, young
English woman. The start was made
from Innsbruck, the capital city of the
Tyrol. at the entrance of the Sill into
the Inn, eighty-four miles from Trent.
From Innsbruck she rode to the town
of Belson at the confluence of the
Tailor and the Fisch, thirty-fve miles
from Trent. Passing through Belson
she proceeded to st. Valentine and
thence to LandeclS, town of Prussian
Silesia, on the Bialia, at which point
half her journey was accomplished.
Miss Tomasson then retraced her
route, returning to Innsbruck by the
same road which she followed on the
first half of her long and weary ride.
The entire distance ridden over by Miss
Tomasson was two hundred and twenty
miles, and was covered in the surpris-
ingly short time Of sixty-seven and one
half hours She rode the same horse
throughout her journey. The task was
made more noteworthy by the fact that
Miss Tomasson had not previously I'M
dergone any training, and that the
route included the celebrated Bremen
pass and the monoto nous Malser Haide.
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Ns,z to the Isusiness.

A West Washington young lady (says
the Post of that city,, who has been
married but few weeks, had her first
experience at ''going to market" the
other day. After she had succeeded in
making several laughable blunders, as
young wives are apt to. she approached
a poultry dealer and asked the price of
chickens. Being told by the dealer,
who also handed her fine pair of live
birds to examine, she Quoted their lut-
ter1ng as best she could, and then, ap-
plying her nose to them, and giving
them an audible smell, said. in the most
innocent manner: Are you sure they
are fresh, sir?''
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-01-04

Pictures containing small figures
should not be hung so far above the
range OF vision that one can not discern
the OBJECTS meant to be reprkgented
The shadows in picture should turn
from the windows of the room in which
1t is hung. Companion pieces are nc
longer considered good form, yet if you
own those containing figures. if they
are hung side by side, be sure that the
forms represented on the canvas face
each other
Break the set lines of the walls and
the shape OF the room by cornminglinq
panel, round and square frames. taking
care, however. that in your efforts to
produce artistic effects you do not
achieve hodgepodge quite the reverse.
Philadelphia Times.
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DEADLY POISON IN ARROWS.

Recent Investigations Go to Show That
1t Contains Marshy Earth.
M. Dantec has examined and expert
mented with the arrow poison used by
the natives of the New Hebrides. He
finds that it contains neither vegetable
poison nor serpent virus, but consists of
earth impregnated with vegetable mat
ter taken from marshy places and con-
tanning Pasteur's vibrion septique or
bacillus of malignant oedema and also
the bacillus of tetanus.
If the arrows have been kept long
time, says London Lancet, or have been
much exposed to the sun, the vibrion
septique may have been destroyed. The
danger then is from tetanus. When the
arrows have been freshly prepared and
the vibrion septique is still active, q
wound from them causes death in a
guinea pig from septic@mia in from
twelve to fifteen hours; tetanus, which
takes longer than that period of time to
develop. does not under these circum-
stances show itself. 1t is interesting to
remark that the horse is unknown in
these islands, consequently the theory
of the equine origin of tetanus would
seem to be negatived by these re-
searches.
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HOW TO HANG PICTURES.
A Few Suggestions That May Prove Val
liable In the Fail

n rev SuSRearionS That May Prove VAL
liable In the Pail.
When the chairs are taken out Of
their summer linens, the mattings re-
placed by carpets and rugs, curtains
and portieres hung and all preparations
nnder way for the winter arrangement
OF the home, then, perhaps, the way
the pictures are hung may not exactly
suit. and few ideas as to their ar
rangement may prove valuable to the
harassed housekeeper.
Unless Q picture is genuinely good,
do not keep it on your walls at all, but
give it away, unless, indeed, there is
some association connected with it that
makes it valuable in your eyes, when
II would be best TO keep it where only
you could gaze upon It. Do not think
1t necessary to havea painful regularity
that may be precision itself, but far
from artistic.
Nearly all pictures are hung sloping
outward from bottom to top, as very
few look well when placed squarely
against the wall, Do not mix up etch-
ings, oil paintings and photographers
In one room. Paintings certainly do
not look well placed beside the cold and
formal etching, yet etchings and en-
cravings can be used together in ef.
fastiye harmony,
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NoAH.s ARK.
It Was Found just Where the Patriarcl
Left 1t.

It Was Found just Where the Patriarch
Left 1t.
It was some five thousand years ago
when Noah landed on the top of Mount
Ararat in Armenia. Although he was
neither ship-builder by trade, nor did
he use steel plates, but built his vessel
with wooden planlss only, the ark was
of such marvellous power for resistance
that it has withstood the wear and tear
of wind and weather all this time until
this day. To this effect is the informa-
ton conveyed to the world by the right
reverend papal delegate. to Malabar,
archdeacon of Babylon, and Doctor of
Divinity Joseph Nouri, in his report of
his travelling adventure published in the
most faithful Roman Catholic paper,
Universe, at Paris. The report is re-
plete with minute circumstantial- evil
1enee of the fact that the learned doc
tor has discovered the ark of Noah on
the top of the Ararat. At distance of
one thousand feet from the top of the
mountain, too small distance to allow
of a possibility of mistake, he saw with
his naked eye a spot of peculiar tint
which, on closer inspection, was found
to look like large vessel, part of which
stood out above the snow and was
clearly visible. 1t was above three hum
dred feet long and one hundred feet
high. In the center was turret. The
sides had openings like windows. The
central part of the roof had been broken
in by the snow. The doctor was, he
says, in a condition OF wonder so indie
scribable as to entirely overlook the
fact that it would have been well to go
nearer to the vessel and examine it
more thoroughly. He says it was on
| April 25 last at two p. m. that he first
saw that he stood face to face with the
ark of Noah
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-01-04
HOT BATHING.
a Japanese Custom That Other Peoples
NYnuId On We'll tn Cnr,-

Japanese Custom That Other Peoples
Would Do Well to Copy.
In hygienic matters the japanese
have everywhere habit which may
have lesson for us. In their nightly
bath and morning wash the water is
never cold, never warm, but always hot
as it can be borne. To foreigners this
habit seems very surprising, but the
most inTeterate Englishman, if he stays
in the country long enough, abandons
his cold tub in its favor The cold
taking, says an English exchange,
which it is suspected must follow is not
found to occur if the water has been
hot enough. This heat is maintained
by little furnace beneath the bath.
In the bath the bather or batIers take
a prolonged soaking, the washing
proper being doneN on the bathroom
floor; then follows a second and final
soaking, drying With towel, and q
lounge in bathing wrapper. This habit
seems to promote softness and supple
ness of the skin, and by persons in
clined to rheumatism is soon found to
be altogether preferable to the cold
bath in every particular. The poorest
Of the Japanese hear of cold bath
with amazement, and would be sure
the man who used 1t must be bar
barian.
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We have been asked to believe that

We have been asked to believe that
RudyArd Kipling is a very bumptious
young man, but this story, which is at
tributed to Lord Duferin, would ipdi-
cate the contrary: SIN India he had
known the Kipling family, but when
he met the gifted RudyArd not long ago
in Venice a good deal of time had
elapsed. The British ambassador to
France is, moreover, a little short
sighted. When he was accostsd by the
author, therefore, he was obliged to
express his regret and acknowledge
that his memory failed him. There
was a chance for an airy announce
ment, but 4 am Mr.. Kipling's SON. was
all tAe young man had to say by way of
introduction"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-01-04
He Thought Out Loud.

The late duke of Cambridge was In
the habit of thinking out loud, SO to
speak, and there were times when his
audible expression of opinions was ut
least inopportune. 1t is related of him
by London journal that during divine
service, when the rector said: "Let us
pray" his royal highness would answer
in voice audible throughout the
church: Aye, to be sure; why not?''
Once at the opera, after the duke had
swept the house with his glasses, ne
called out in a tone that reached from
pit to dome: ''Why, declare, there are
not half dozen pretty girls in the
house NOT half dozen. not half o
dozen"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-01-04
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 a 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 un-
covered the joint requiring amp1tation
She also makes medicines for all
kinds of telons and chronic sores.
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1898.
Harper's Weekly.
ILLUSTRATED,

HARPERS WEEKLY is acknowledged as stand
ing first among illustrated weekly periodicals
in America. 1t occupies place between that
OF the hurried daily paper and that of the less
timely monthly magazine. 1t includes both
literature and news, and presents with equal
force and felicity the real events of current
history and the imaginative themes of fiction.
On account OF Its very complete series of illus
tratious of the Worlds FAIR it will be not only
the best guide to the great Exposition but also
its best souvenir. Every public event of gen
eral interest will he fully illustrated in its
pages. Its contributions being from the best
writers and artists in this country, it will con
tinue to excel in literature. news and ilIustra.
tons, all other publications ofits class.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-01-04

The volumes of the Weekly begin with the
ilrst number for January of each year, When
no time is mentioned, subscriptions will begin
of order
Bound volumes of Harper's Weekly for 3
years back, in neat cloth binding, will be sent
by ipall, postage paid or by express, free of
expense provided the freight does not exceed
Il per voiume). for 81 per volume.
Cloth cases for each volume, suitable fo
each, post paid.
Remittances should be made by postoffice
money order or draft. to avoid chance of loss
without the express order of Harper 81 Bros.
Address: HARPER & BROS, New York.
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First publication Dec. 14th. 1892
NOTICE OF SURVEY.

Whereas petition for a legal survey signed
by s. r. william and eleven Others all land
owners in twp 81 S. Range II, W. has been pre-
scented to the County Surveyor of Barber
County, Therefore, Notice is hereby given
that said survey includes all lines and corners
of the following sections 49, 20. q. %. %, &C. 81
-, %, 30, 81, II, 30, "a, 35 in Town 81 S. Range
twelve w. and this notice is to all land owners
in said sections or adjoining sections that may
be affected thereby, that will begin said
survey on the 18th day of Jan. A. d. 1893 at the
South East Corner of section 20, and continue
the same until completed. D. j. Aber
County Surveyor, Barber County. Kansas
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PILES! PILES! PILES!

They can be relieved at once and IN
time effeetnally cured, by a thorough
use of Begg's German Sqlve. We give
a positive guarantee with every bottle.
Sold by j. r. Young & Co. and j. D.
harr.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-01-04
Notice to Hunters and Tresspassers.

You are hereby ordered to keep oil
the following tracts Of land: the old
Horn farm, also the Ramsey farm and
also the farm that / reside on; farms
located l mile west of town, one south
west II miles and one south mile.
MAY BEST.
All person are requested on and after
this date to cease hunting on my prem
Uses, under penalty of the law.
Oct. 10. 1892. G. Ii. 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 y. ID. Shaw
land miles southeast OF town, also the
VanSlyck lease land mile east of town.
4m NJ. G. SPARKS.
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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 e Co. and j. ID. Karr.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-01-04
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
bottle. Sold and warranted by J. r.
Young 81 Co. and J.D. Karr.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-01-04

Ripans Tabules for liver troubles.
Ripans TabuleS cure hives.
Ripans Tabules standard remedy
Ripans Tabules cure collie.
RipanS Tabules cure headache.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-01-04
Notice of Appointment.

STATE OF KANSAS, lss
BARBER COUNTY, 500
In the matter of the estate of Henry w. Som.
mer, late of Barber county, Kansas.
Notice is hereby given that on the 5th day OF
October, A. ID. 1882, the undersigned was, by
the PROBATE 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 HERR,
81 Administrators
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HARPER'S PERIODICALS

Postage free to ali subscribers in the United
States, Canada and Mexico.
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ALLIANCE DIRECTORY.
NATIONAL OFFICERS.

..................H III. L. Loucks. s. ID.
lick President. Marion Butler, N. G.
&C. and Treas. L. X. Taylor, Tenn.
ExFCTTTIVF ROARD
Middletown transcript., 1893-09-16
A MUSICAL COLLEGE.

There is no more refining and eleyat-
ing influence in the home or commn-
nifty that of music, and no where is the
lack Of it more keenly felt than in Mid
dletown where vocal music especially
seems to be lost art.
The Broad Street Conservatory OF
Music, in Philadelphia, offers superior
advantages for musical culture. The
faculty includes only the best instruc-
tors. Mr.. Gilbert R. Combs, the
founder and director is doing noble
work in supplying a number of free
scholarships every year to deserving
pupils who are unable to pay for high
class musical education. He has fur
ther established a Pupils Symphony
Orchestra which is great educator for
those who are making study of orches-
trail instruments and orchestral works,
and in his conservatory he offers long
long list of free advantages to all pu-
pills. The school is amply provided
with all the latest appliances for i'm
parting knowledge quickly and cor
rectly, and at terms SO low as to place
musical education within the reach
of all deserving it..
catalogue living fallll particulars
will be mailed free to all applicants.
Address, Gilbert Reynolds Combs, 1881
South Broad Street, Philadelphia.
Middletown transcript., 1893-09-16
WASHINGTON LETTER.

WASHINGTON, September 10, 1893.--
Mr.. Cleveland has it in his power to
end the silver debate in the Senate in
twenty-four hours, but he so far has
positively refused to do it. Perhaps
now that Mrs. Cleveland has given
birth to another girl, and that mother
and daughter are doing well, he may
be sufficiently mollifed to consent to
what will close the debate, which is
admitted by all, silver and anti-silver
men alike, to be doing more h4rm than
good. His latest ultimatum, given to
an admin istration Senator who had
called on him to suggest that the COM
promise proposed by Senator Faulkner,
of West Virginia, or similar one be
adopted, was that The Voorhees, repeal
bill must be passed without any con-
dition whatever. If he still maintains
that attitude he may, indeed, probably
will in the end see the Voorhees, bill
passed, but it will only be after long
and bitter struggle that will almost
certainly disrlpt the Democratic party,
The compromise suggested as that two
or three million of silver dollars le
coined each month until the total shall
reach $4,000, 900. The suggestion is.
personally approved BY many adminis-
tration senators, but, Of course. they
1II| not vote for. It unless Mr.. CIe,e-
|and says 90.
Middletown transcript., 1893-09-16
s1oo Reward. 500.

The reader of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all its stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure known to the
medical fraternity, Catarrh being a
constitutional disease, requires con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Catalrh
Cure is taken internally, acting direct
ly on the blood and mucous surfaces of
the system, thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease. aud giving
the patient strength by building up the
constitution and assisting nature in
doing its work. The proprietors have
so much faith in its curative powers,
that they offer One Hundred Dollars
for any case that it fails to cure.
send for list of testimonials. Adde'S,
F. j. CHENEY 6 CO., Toledo, O..
Rg Sold by Druggists, 75c.