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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07
EFFECTS OF SMOKING.
According to Neal Dow 1t DuIls a Persons
Moral Sense.

u
Moral Sense.
General Dow is as strongly opposed to
the use of tobacco as he is to liquor drink
ing, and has carried on a lifelong crusade
against it. He always has claimed that
tobacco dulls the moral sense.
Many years ago, relates the Lewiston
(Me.) Journal, before there were any rail
roads, man travelling in a stage-coach with
Dow one day lighted cigar.
II wish you would stop smoking, SIR"
said Dow.
rs smoking offensive to your' the man
asked.
Yes, sir"
''Well, rll stop as soon as have finished
this cigar.''
Without another word Dow suddenly
reached forward, pulled the cigar from the
mans lips, and threw 1t into the road.
The man fired up, but looked at the we'll
knit figure of his fellow-passenger, re-
garded the bright light in his eyes-and
cooled OF.
81 recall an incident coming down the
Rigi, while l was travelling in Europe"
said theGeneral. European railroads did
not provide a separate smoking-car then,
and don't know as they do now. A passen-
ger in our car was complacently smoking
his cigar.
You're an Englishman, sir, aren't youP
said to him.
"'Oh, no." said he, briskly, T'm an Amer
ican.'
"'Whati you an American and smoking
in the presence of ladies!'
''He stopped smoking, but with very poor
grace; and he looked as if he would like to
eat me.
"He was Of a different type from a man
whom met on o steamer in the English
channel. asked him to stop smoking, and
he did so, with profuse apologies. 1 told
him that believed that tobacco dulls the
moral sense, but he smiled at the idea.
"'You furnish a proof Of my theory, sir ;
said l. You were smoking when you ought
not to have been-and you acknowledged it
as soon as I called your attention to it.
Tobacco dulled your moral sense"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07
CORNELIUS VANDERBILT.
A Woman's Pom Picture Of the Wealthiei
Of American MillIonaires.

A Woman's Pen Picture OF the Wealthiest
OF American MillIonairoS.
Here is a woman's idea Of Mr.. Cornelius
Vanderbilt: "He is," she declared to q
New York reporter, "by far the best-look-
ing and best-dressed Of our millionaires
This young man Is decidedly attractive to
the eye. He Is Of excellent height ana
figure, and his clothes, while never foppish,
are immaculate, and exhibit plainly the
work Of as good tailor as can be found In
New York. At the theater Mr.. Vanderbilt
is invariably in perfect evening dress, and
the effect Of cleanness that he always pro-
duces is truly noticeable. I don't suppose
there is q better groomed man in the city.
His firm, solid chin and mouth always have
the newly shaved look Of q gentleman of
leisure, his tiny whiskers just in front of
his ears are trimmed with exquisite exact
ness, his linen is like snow, and his patent
leather shoes look as though they had never
been worn before. Mr.. Vanderbilt has the
face of a thoroughly trustworthy and
shrewd man Of Business. The forehead is
broad and smooth, the eyes kindle with
pronounced intelligence Of expression. The
mouth is set with tho gentle strength of
man accustomed to rule and to succeed.
He inherits all that shrewd and courageous
brightness Of visage that you can find in q
portrait Of the old Commodore. Inever see
Cornelius Vanderbilt but what appreciate
his capacity for being very rich. It does
not bewilder him or dazzle him. Any man
with his personal appearance must per-
force be at least,sensible and decent. have
seen such faces in serious and industrious
physicians, lawyers and ministers. Inever
saw man with such face who was not to
a great degree successful in a worldly way
Serious, courtly, well-dressed, clean and
solidly handsome, this is Cornelius Wander
bilt, still young, but with . well grown fam.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07
UP IN A BALLOON.
Things Seen and Experienced While
FLYING Through tho CIousla.

Things Seen and Experienced While
Flying Through tho Clouds.
To some extent rain retards upward prog.
ress, but have made a number of ascen.
sions in the face OF storms, writes Prof
King in the Nashville American. Snow,
however, is much more Of an obstacle, and
IN short time viii accumulate upon the
top OF the balloon sufficiently 70 drive it to
the earth. The clouds are sometimes as
much as three thousand feet from top to
bottom when the sky is entirely overcast.
Often even above such a body of cloud may
be seen smaller clouds with clear spaces in
between. When within one of these spaces
the sensation Is that of being in q vault.
With the solid, snowy clouds below YOU
and the smaller clouds below you being by
perspective brought close around, il ap-
pears as II you were in cavern
/ have been above the clouds during
spow-storm, and the light Of the moon
SHINING 90 brightly through the rarifed air
produced an illumination rather super.
natural have very frequently passed
through frozen clouds. This is where yapor
has fallen below the freezing point and
been concealed into substance resembling
nour In appearance. This falls, and IL
DONG so reaches q higher temperature
where the small particles are aggregated
~~-SS
Some clouds, however, present very much
the appearance of . vail, and objects on the
earth can be distinctly discerned from a DO
sition above them.
l have never known of an INSTANCE in
winch balloon was hit by lightning. The
thunder does not make q perceptibly great
er noise than when you are on the ground.
The sound proceeds from the upper layers
| OF clouds, as does also the rain: and in
many cases, when the lower strata appear
| very violent, perfect quiet there reigns, ex-
cept for such motion as is produced by the
rain falling Through from above. The up
per currents are the most active, and c5-
clone or wild storm is perhaps produced
according as those upper currents descend
TO or remain above the earth.
A Little Mixed In speech.
Mamma" SAID little Harold, as he stood
by the window one day, there goes Mrs.
Smif wiz q umbersol over his head and
his rubber gothAmer and i. isn't waning.
Isn't he a fnnnv woman3 think she ara
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07
A VANISHED RACE.
Queer Sculpture and Painting on tn
Rocks in West Virginia.

Queer Sculpture and Painting on tho
Rocks in West Virginia.
The erection Of the new Government dam
In the river near Charleston, W. Va, has
hidden from sight the famous ''pictur0
rock" one of the familiar landmarks of the
Kanawha valley, and one which has occa-
stoned much wonder and fruitless specula-
ton The rock was located near the mouth
of Paint creek, and, while the river was in
its natural condition, was visible at low
water every summer. Some years ago q
part Of the stone was removed for building
purposes, an act of vandalism which should
have been prevented at all hazards, and
now the remainder is submerged at all sea-
sons of the year. When whole, the surface
OF the pictured rock'' was about twenty
by thirty feet in extent, and was covered
with representations of animals, fish and
fowls, carved deep in the smooth surface.
On one side were the figures of man and
= bear, the latter being about life size
Near by was a buffalo track, and a short
distance away was the representation of q
large fish and number of footprints, evil
IDENTIFY representing the imprint of child's
feet. The work was evidently done by pre-
historic people, as the traditions of the val
ley are that the representations were on
the stones when the first white men visited
the region, and that they then bore unmis-
taxable signs Of great age, being water
worn and smooth.
The vicinity of Paint creek is rich in
aboriginal and prehistoric relics, and
volume might be written of the discoveries
which have been made there Almost
every excavation brings to light something
of interest to the antiquarian, and there is
every evidence that in past ages the valley
was thlckly peopled by al unknown race.
probably contemporary with the mound
builders of the Ohio valley.
At Moorefelc, from the time Of the first
settlement, the cliff known as the Gap
Rocks, in the Petersburg Gap, has born the
gigantic representation of common fox.
The picture is upon the sheer and in
accessible face of the rock, some thirty
feet from the top and nearly one hundred
from the bottom, and being colored dlngy
yellow, in sharp contrast to the brown
stone. Recently Glen McGill, of Ohio, who
was visiting Cell Beans, went out to view
the fox, accompanied by Mr.. Beans. After
an inspection from the bottom of the cliff
the two men assembled to the top, and max
ing a rope fast to tree, McGill lowered
himself down to the fox. He describes it
as being about twelve feet long, and
painted or plastered upon the cliff with
substance res embling earthenware glaze,
which is as hard as the rock itself. The
surface of the fox is quite rough, as though
the stuff was roughly smeared on by hand
before it hardened. There was q high
wind blowing at the time McGill made his
venture, and he ran considerable risk. He
took along mallet and chisel, intending to
cut his name on the fox, but was prevented
| by the force of the wind, which swung him
about Mt an alarming rate
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07

THE KiOwa Journal, in harmony
with its low instincts, said that job,
Wyer would do his part to put her
law in force in this county if electec
The Journal was too cowardly to MAJ,
such a statement befure the close ui
the campaign when the opposition ha,
an opportunity to deny the sam
through the press. and of course resOr
ed 10 this dirty lie to mIslead few Va
tiers. If the editor Of the journal be
lieves that he has been truthful in thl
matter, let him recall the words o
Senator Lands on this subject at Sal
urday's meeting at KIowa and we ar
sure he will dIsabuse himself of tina
idea. Perhaps we throw the lie
again. II we do we hope 1t will hit Brc
Glenn squarely in the neck
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07
Japane.c Kin,,pe.e.

A picture of Japanese life drawn by Prof.
Morse shows such a pleasant relation ex-
listing between the human and the brute
creation that no Society for the Prevention
of Cruelty to Animals is needed: Birds
build their nests In the city houses, wild
fowl, geese and ducks alight In the public
parks, wild deer trot about the street! He
had actually been followed by wild deer il
the streets, nibbling melon rind out Of kis
hand, as tame as calves and lambs on our
Michigan farms. A dog goes 20 sleep in the
busiest streets; men turn aside so as not to
disturb him. One day beautiful heron
alighted on the limb of tree, and the
busy, iostling throng stopped. Every mans
hand went into his pocket, just as they
would with us, but instead of bringing out
. pepper, !" out came pencil and sketching
Sspcr.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07
HYPNoTIsM IN CRIME.
The Possibility OF Detecting . Criminal
Through Himself.

The Possibility OF Detecting . Criminal
Through Himself.
The recent discussion before the New
York Academy Of Anthropology of tho re-
markable results Of hypnotism led one Of the
gentlemen present at its last meeting to re-
late to reporter for the New York Times
some experiments which he witnessed with
In short time at the lecture of DR.. Dray-
ton at Nantes, France.
"While there" he said, ~ was invited by
Prof. Jacques Liegoi, of the Faculty of Juris-
prudence, to witness some hypnotic trials
by himself and other members Of the fac
ulty. He had avowed that it was possible
to detect, in case of crime committed under
hypnotic influence, the identity Of the oper-
ator from the subject-a possibility pre-
viously denied. A female subject was hyp-
Noticed, and NJ. Liegoi told her that upon
awakening she should seize q pistol lying
near and shoot q bystander who, he said,
had grossly insllted her, but not to tell
who suggested the deed, She revived
from her trance, and at once did as she had
been directed, dIscharging revolver point
blank at the person mentioned, declaring
that thus she revenged herself. She was
asked who told her to shoot, and she denied
that any one had done so. declaring with
the utmost vehemence that she had been in.
euIOOo1 onu Aau Ecpdlu Lno nAu 1Or MS III
suit.
"She was put to sleep again and she was
told that, when she saw the person who
told her to do the shooting, she should look
at him fixedly and that she should then go
to him, greet him and endeaver to conceal
him with her skirts. She was awakened
and NJ. Liegoi appeared. She glared at him
for time, and then walked around him,
finally stopping IN front Of him, saying:
Bon jour, M Liegoi,' and at once spread
out her skirts as though to effectually shield
him from observation"
The gentleman thought that while hypno-
tism might safely be used in suggesting
crime when the Same means was used to
discover the operator by the use Of direct
question, it was by no means safe when the
detective sought to discover the identity Of
the principal criminal by indirect mean&
such a Woa uaed In fhe case Of NJ I,iaDoi
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07
Reflections of Young Atlanta Man O
Poor Society Girls.


A young man in Atlanta, talking on this
subject, said some very sensible things
against marrying poor girls, says a writer
in the Atlanta Constitution.
II don't KNOW" he said, "any poor girl in
society whom / could afford to marry.
Though they have no money that gives
them an income, none of them know any
more about work than their wealthy sis
tiers. speak Of the poor society girls, not
Of poor girls who make their living. The
former you will invariably find has her
gowns made and knows nothing of the prac-
teal economy of living. Now, how could 1,
just making start in life, possibly support
such wife? 1t makes me sick to think of
it, for hate to see woman poor. I hate
her sad economies and self-sacriices, and l
hate to think of the lines beneath her eyes
and about her brow that the stinted years
would draw. / couldn't ask woman like
myself and with no means of helping me to
spend the bright days Of her youth in
meager living and little economies. A poor
girl, reared in idle luxury, as are all poor
society girls, should herself marry a man Of
means If she wishes to be happy. For my
part, shall marry a girl who has some
thing besides my income to support her
during the early part of our married life.
don't want to marry rich girl for selfish
motives. would gain nothing by it. It's
simply for the woman's sake"
'And you don't care who the girl Is, just
so she is rich?''
.Indeed do. She must be a woman can
love and admire; a pure, sweet woman,
pretty and Attractive
'tBut suppose you should meet and fall in
love with some poor girl?''
81 won't do it. I don't pay any attention
to poor girls or allow myself to become in
terested in them. say to myself, when /
see one of this class unusually winning {:
sYes, you are very delightful, but you are
not for me, and you've plenty of wealthy
sisters who are just as bright, and out Of
whom might find one to suit me and whom
] suited.'n
A very cool and not nonsensical one
either Of regarding the tender passion, pro-
vided it be carried out. have often seen
this theory proven satisfactorily by Just
such young men as the one I've quoted
This is the highest type of fortune-hunter,
type who wouldn't marry without love
and equality. But the typical fortune
hunter careth not whether the girl be
stupid, illiterate and homely-if she hath
money it mattereth not; he is so anxious to
marry fortune that he takes the first he
can get with it. And the fact that there are
so many more women than men on the mar
riageable market to choose from makes q
mans marriage for money an easier and
surer venture.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07

Puns on names are generally tabooed, but
here are two worth repeating. A noted
Washington wag and beau of thirty years
$50 signed his name "a. Moren Mrs. John
Washington had invited him to a formal
dinner party ~ Mount Vernon. The COM
pany all arrived, except Mr., More, but
knowing his queer ways, the hostess did not
wait Tor him. After she was seated some
time, huge envelope was handed her, IN
which she found an enormous leaf Of syc-
amore tree The Interpretation was:
NSick. "A. MpEA9
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07

OUR journalistic brother IN the sis
ter city frothed at the mouth because
we published the ticket several time,
before last Wednesday out of the Off
cial order What a slim cause for 4
howl. Don't he know that the grea
majority of the INDEX readers are pop
ulists and that if anyone would be mis-
led it would be peoples party mem
The pOpullsts have resorted to no fou
means during the campaign and if you
have no better grounds for complain
you'd better keep quit altogether.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07

Clyde SweenY, Of Cumuing, Ga, is cyl
IDENTIFY the Xii Perkins of that vicinity. He
says his father has q hog that win spot
hawk sailing around in the air, and Will
hang around under the pirate bird until it
makes swoop. Mr.. Hog then darts up,
snatches the hawk outof the air and devours
it. Clyde's father also has COW that
catcnes and eats rabbits.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07
Result Of Picking On q Pin.

I.aftte, the eminent French banker, owed
his first start in life to the circumstance of
bus being seen to pick up pin in the court
yard, rs he was going to cali upon wealthy
person for the purpose Of seeking employ
ment. The man who would pick up a pin,
thought the wealthy person, must have
some thrift about him, and 50 he gave him
employment, and found that he had not
mistaken his character.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07
me Light Of shooting Stars.

While commenting on memoir presented
10 the Academy of Sciences, NJ. Cornu gave
Z as his opinion that the light emitted by
shooting stars Is not due to confiagration
or to the heat Of impact. In those high
regions our atmosphere Is too unsubstan-
tial to render the explanation acceptable 1t
is much more likely the phenomenon is
one Of static electricity developed BY
simple friction, and it is well known that
rsrefied gases can be made to glow intense
" with but very little electric fluid.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07

There are goo 009 models In the
United States Patent Office. illustrating
almost every conceivable phase OF hui
man ingenuity. but the model husband
yet remains to be invented. -Somer-
Vile Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07

TOMMY WILSON will represent the
people of Barber county III the mex
legislature.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07

THE people have decided that Lor
ton can continue in the referee busI-
ness.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07

JUDGE MCKAY is e-elected. The
people desire justice in preference I"
corporation supremacy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07

The republicans didn't get Shell
In this county.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07

DoBsoN Is elected to sta, at home.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07

The whole ticket IS elected
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07

DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder
Awarded Gold Medal Mdwin;er Fair San Francisco.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-11-07

WYER is elected.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-05-19
SCHOOL REPORT.

The following is report of the
Providence school for the month end
ing May Il, 1894:
Primary OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES num-
Der enrolled this month %; average
daily attendance rs; number neither
absent nor tardy L: Sidney Guenard.
Miss bessie Bell, teacher.
intermediate Depar!ment.--Num-
Der on roll %; average daily attend
ance 10; number neither absent nor
tardy, L: Fred Egclly.
Miss Nellie Paxton, Teacher.
Grammar Observation-Disclosures on
roll "a average daily attendance, 10 ;
number neither absent nor tardy /:
Chas. Beard, Emma Bell, Icy Beard
and Jesse Gardham.
We are thankful indeed for
the liberal patronage received the
night of our little entertainment /;
S21.S1 was realized at the door, $500
expenses, leaving 1881 for diction-
airy and such other books as will be of
use 10 the school.
b. Il. Dudley, Principal.
The Banner-Democrat. [volume] (Lake Providence, East Carroll Parish, La.) 1892-current, 1894-05-19
Special Notice.

Office OF Chas. r. Egelly, superintendent
Of Eddcation, of East Carroll parish, La,
Lake Providence. La, April 4. 1884. lin ac-
cordance with resolution adopted by the
Board Of School Directors of this parish.
and in pursuance of the school laws IN such
cases made and provided. notice is hereby
given to all persons contemplating filing
their applications for the position OF school
teacher in this parish. thatI will hold an
examination for al applicants for all white
and colored schools in the parish Oh the
first Tuesday the 9th day Of June, 1894, at
the white school house in the town OF
Providence. commencing at o'clock a. m.
Applicants will be examined in the grade
which they contemplate applying, and GER
tificates Of qualification win be issued ac-
cordingly. No person will be eligible 70
appointment unless they hold certificate
Of qualification and license to teach,
will be issued for the term OF one year.
Where there are two or more applicants
for the same place, the examination VIII be
considered competitive,
CHAS. r. EGELLY.
April 1894, superintendent.