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The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-02-15
A WOMANIY EMPRESS.
Proofs That the First Lady in Japan ,os
4esses a Warm Heart,

N'NNN " AANaTs
The Empress Of Japan has nnon
many occasions openly evinced her IN
terest in children. giving freely to in.
situations that exist to benefit tbom
in any way, V e p%racticing all Sort.
Of little economies that she NAV he
able to swell her contributions r.
certain charities that most interest,"
her. The conduct of this woman
upon & certain sad occasion her Do.
voted subjects are never weary OF do
scribing, says Harper's Bazar
Prince lwakura, a fearless japanese
lcadc". in the mOmentOuS DAYS of tho
.risis-from which the lovely ARCH.
pelago is still trembling in its suhsi.
dence to what seems assured STABILITY
lay dying in his ya>hiki. The En-.
press announced her intention of
paying lwakura a visit in person,
The Door Prince, weak and about m
die. was thrown into a dangerous
state of excitement upon receiving
the news, but he managed to borrow
from some hidden nervous force suf.
iicicut strength TO grasp his writing
box and brushes and to paint her an
urgent Tut most respectful request
not to think of coming to him. Hc
forced upon her as excuse for declln.
inc 50 great an honor the fact OF his
rapidly approaching death, and his
consequent inability to acknowledge
her visit with e a sixteenth part
of the homage it demanded. He
legged her TO deign TO kindly con.
slider how i'll he must he when it re.
manned an impossibility TO throw Off
the malady even for her entertain.
ment. In reply, winged with speed,
came IA mis>ive whose import was as
follows:
Il come not as your Empress. but
as the daughter of your fond we'll
wisher and coadjutor and as your own
anxious friend"
Shorn OF all OstcntatiOn and dis.
play the Empress arrived and re.
manned beside her grateful subject
until his final summons. Some years
ago. when the imperial palace was
burned. the unsellish Empress, amid
all the excitement and discomfort
she was for the called upon to
endure in a hasty flight to a comfort.
less old vashiki. thinking first of her
subjects natura. concern for her com.
fort, sal down and wrote them a
dainty little rhyme, which proclaimed
as erroneous the report that she had
changed her residence. IL cOyly as
serted that her home had always been
in the hearts Of her people and that
she sincerely hoped that neither by
flame nor by cold could she he driven
from that dear abode.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-02-15

That t G hair covering the body Of
an animal or the head of a human
being serves the purposes of warmth
and protect! on is manifest, but one
would hardly expect TO lind that it
also acts as a cleansing agent. This,
however, appears to be the fact.
The minute scales which cover the
outer portion Of the hair zoe fastened
at one edge and free at the other, and
the free edges lie in the direction
away from the skin. The surface Of
a hair. therefore. is like that OF a
piece Of fur or cloth covered with
nap: rubbed from root to- tip it is
found to be smoother than when rub
bed in the opposite direction.
This being the case, it is evident
that particles Of matter in contact
with a hair must find their direction
OF easiest motion TO lie toward the
tip end Of the hair and away from its
root. So by virtue Of the peculiar
structure Of its surface the hair
serv. S gradually to remove from the
skin which it cover all foreign parti-
Giles which may have found lodging
there. The oily secretions emanating
from the fOllicleS of the hair prob
ably assist this a ti0n ly gathering
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-02-15
Prefers Comedy.

. IL have probably half-read 'ip' y
novels than any other man on ea'sn
remarked the philosopher. u Oe Taa
all the new works Of the day. l ~"
descriptive matter and tn lgn'r'
complications OF the characters ~.
verO me. But when the author "
gins tc pile on the agony. ! gut n''n ~
Why should | allow my teellhes
lie WORKED lpon by imaginary sIn
lnI when ;.lere is so much reai I'M aao
in the world: Ones sympa'h'e' ',.h
healttfuIly receive nuly just 81 'bp
or IA stIaiD Ninc.tenths o.
stories of real life he'ng traseuI.' If
protest that ut least nlne-tent"dr s
the rouIan rs should Ire pure ON ="
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-02-15
\ sure Winner.

'Eureka" shouted the young in
'entor. Il have got it at last"
tot what asked his friend.
"1he Invention Of the age: a foun
IAN pen That will not write at all. 8"
what IN the name of common
SetlSe--'
'lts the certainty of the thipu
IHat VIII make it a success. Most Of
'hese fountain pens are 50 uncertain
-llaple TO wrise; Nor-not write, as the
'hood taxes them. AS this one will
not write at all the owner will know
riHhl;where he is at, see:''-Indianap.
Oils Journal
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-02-15

Nine. Melba, the prima donna,
lives on the regimen. not of an ath-
lcte exactly, but of a soprano in act
i've service. The vocal chords are
more trying and weariSome to keep
in training than the muscles of any
pugiiiSt. And Melba's is a life Of
constant seif-denial. Her exercises,
her baths, and her diet are subjects
Of eternal vigilance. She must deny
herself sweets and all wines but
champagne, must cultivate raw eggs.
never breathe through her mouth,
and dine at / in the afternoon. Ten
hours a day is the least number she
must Slcad in sleep and no norm
ing must pass without a course Of
vocal cali>thenics at the piano
Boston Advertiser.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-02-15

Miss Katherine Davis, who has
charge OF 1.-The model home at the
W orld's Fa +, where the experiment
was made TO show how far $500 a
year would go toward providing for IA
family of five, is now at the head Of
the college settlement at hiladel.
phla, She ls giving. a course Of lee
lures on ''Huusehold Economics" at
the Philadelphia Seminary. This
school teaches the girls the funda-
mentals of housekeeping, not merely
cooking, but all that ncern the
hcuse and its hygienic requirements.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-02-15

up the fine PARTICLES Of extraneous
dust and scales from the skin and
thus enabling the hair to retain
them. so to speak. in the grasp Of IT.
curious system Of brushes.
Every movement of the hair, now
ever produced, must tend to set n
particles sticking upon it IN motion,
and as we have already seen, thaI
motion can be in only n direction.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-02-15
The ,.'irst Silver Coins

: According to an Old tradilloDc .eat
yer was first used as Il coin lh om.
l;ritain'h neteeh hundred year ,eb.
a mint IS said to have "teen Inf,
lished at Colchester; dntathe p"np
of Essex, England bv one OF ths
tive kings during the reign hra.s
Emperor Augustus, and t0lu' s,ent,
and silver coins. to "a smail
were issued therelrOu
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-02-15

OIlC WOIlld lONSCu ~ -
but interesting suggestion that, now
ever pleasant il may be TO De d
grandmother as an incident, she had
no desire to make 1t the chief busl-
ness of her life. IIugO's treatise on
1.-THE Art Of Being a Grandfather
was very simple-One had only to
spoil his grandchildren and to be-
come their slave. Slavery even to
the most cherubic grandchildren falls
short OF the rational ambitions OF a
clever woman. With youth and
beauty, a good woman can afford to
dispense with many things otherwise
important. It is Il French aphoriSm
that with white shoulders grammar
is not essential. 1t is when she has
her first gray hair, about which
Thomas Haynes Bayly sings so dole
fully, that FIRST fOotmark OF time"
that ii woman begins TO forecast her
own future.
She knows that, one by one. these mute
Mementes will increase,
And steal youth, beauty, strength away
Till life itself shall cease.
The tears are foolish. At 40. or
after 40. begins woman'S time for
real living. Her children are beyond
the need Of constant care, and n
can. if she heroically will, reserve
hours and hours for her own use aud
and profit 1t is pretty much a mat
ter Of personal choice whether one
shall he old after any number of
years Age is largely a state OF mind
At 40 a woman has learned patience
and has a practical sense of the value
Of all those wise saws that ar mean
ingless words to the young. About
the only thing she needs TO learn is
that not any age is anybody old ex-
cebt from choice. WifehOod, mother
hood, womanhood, is, like journal
ism, a training for anything: and the
woman of 40, with leisure, for which
she must struggle, but which she can
gain, with a discipline OF experience
that S better than all book study,
with the struggle for a mere living
about ended, can gin with radiant
hopes a contest for culture in almost
any direction her choice may point.
She is apt TO depiorc the loss Of
earlier advantages, to eXaggcrate the
narrow ny influence OF years absorbed
in purely domestic interests, to lack
confidence in her ability to acquire
much in the years remaining TO her.
Part c~ularly, she is abasbed before
husband and children when she con-
siders the question OF going in for
something" Yet when she does en-
ter an art class. Il language or a his
tory class, or joins ii wOman's club, or
takes up Il. course Of reading with IA
home study club. or any til Z Of the
Kind, she is as surprised as the man
who survived his OWL wake TO find
herself still very much alive, very
deeply interested. and very deter
mined to enlarge her ambitions.
Even outside Of purely society and
domestic matters, the womaI we 10
can find a tremendous interest in life
and an enjoyment deep and serene.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-02-15
NATIONS AND MAIDS.
THOUGHTS FOR WOMEN OLD
AND YOUNG.
Some Women Not Old at FIFTY ~mg-
g~estions Relative to the Toilet House,
hold Economies Concerning Ready Made
Gowns-Hair Cleanses the Head.
Woman After Forty.

y the talk con-
crosses a t t h C
Worlds Fair, sub
were dis
to rags.
Z h e d%eternlina-
ton to say the
word concern
ing the tremen-
problem OF
the here and the
hereafter left no
0 for a cheer
ing talk about
what there is in
life Tor a woman
after 10, though
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-02-15

a NEVADA hunter spent three
months hunting for a grizzly bear,
and the mans relatives have been
spending three months looking for
him. They think lie must have
found t:.te bear.
The Dakota chief. (Gann Valley, Buffalo County, S.D.) 18??-1913, 1894-02-15

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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-27
Democratic Convention.

The democratic mass convention met
pursuant to call last Saturday after
noon at the court house, with a small
attendance. Geo. Kelbaugh was made
chairman, and the convention immedi-
ately got down to business. w. G..
Bristow, secretary. read the call, after
which delegates were chosen to the
state and congressional conventions,
uninstructed.
L. F. Pearson, o. 2. T. Ewell and
w. G. Bristow were chosen as dele
gates to the state convention; and John
Brown, III. A, Burnett and n. Z. Bur-
rus to the congressional, with ii. A.
Bailey, j. p. Hall and w. G. Afford as
alternates.
A motion was made, seconded and
carried that the central committee be
empowered to select delegates to at
tend the judicial convention, and the
convention adjourned.
Just what the action of the delegates
will be is little difficult to tell, but we
are safe in saying that the regular dele
gates are not republicans; we cannot
however, say as much for majority of
the alternates chosen to the congress
sional convention. No ''commending''
or "condemDlng" was done and the
bitterness existing between the stall
wart and fusion elements was left hid
den in its lowly bed. The attendance was
about the size of an average republican
convention.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-27
Monument Items.

We had a good shower the latter
part of the week.
Corn generally looks well, except the
early planting.
Since our last writing the chinch
bugs have made their appearance.
The hot winds the fore part of last
week injured the early corn to some
extent.
Mr.. and Mrs. \. J. Trotter were Wis
iting their daughter, Mrs. Matthews,
in .. L. last week.
Miss r. E. McElwaln was down on
her claim. near Pond Creek, and hav-
ing a house built, and otherwise i'm
proving the same, short time ago.
A gentleman from Eureka, Kansas
was through here last week, buying
feeders. lie bought Mr. McGrath and
Mr.. Gentry's steers. PADDY MILES.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-27
Arc Won a Chaufauauan.

If so, read this. if not, read it just
the same, because it tells of a summer
vacation combined with books and
lectures.
This year the Chautauqua Assembly
at Winfield will begin June 18th and
end June 18th.
Brilliant platform attractions are:
Judge A. w. Tourgee of New York;
Mai. Henry G. Dane of Philadelphia;
and Hon. Henry Watterson of Louis
vile.
At rate of one fare for the round
trip on A. L. & 5. F., and low prices
for tents, bedding and board. make
this trip possible to any one. Tickets
on sale June 10Th to 18th inclusive, good
TO July lst returning.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-27
Normal Notes.

Miss Elma Flint was called home
last Friday by the sickness of her uncle
Rev. Flint OF Kiowa.
We wondered why Mrs. Gamble was in
such very good humor on Monday
but now we understand Mr.. Gamble
is visiting in the city.
The normalites were glad to see so
many visitors at normal for the past
week, and we should make special
mention of the number from Sharon
and vicinity. Those whose names we
were able to obtain were: Misses Kemp,
Howe, Nelson, Moore, Lowry, Thomp-
son, Deal, Garrison. Engle, and War
rem. Messrs Engle, Cain and Gamble.
We were surprised Tuesday morning
on going in the recitation room to find
Prof. Kelley absent from his post of
duty. In few minutes however he
came in and made the remark, Il stand
before you shining example of late
hours" He'd been to the reunion the
night before.
Our reunion? Why yes, we had n re-
union, and grand success it was in
deed. The house was called to order at
o'clock and an Introductory address
given by Prof. Cooper. The program
as published in last issue. was very
creditably rendered. Special mention
should be made Of the Grand Medley
which was rendered by the choir as a
closing piece. Mr.. Kelley's selection
was very good "As shure as the mar
DIN moighty foine marnin' WHATEVER
the marnin' moight be-"
But the coolest feature of the even
ing came when they were dismissed
and all invited down to Mr.. John.
sons to partake of e-cream and cake
The cream was excellent and we al
enjoyed it very much and wish to
thank Mr.. and Mrs. Johnson for thell
unbounded kindness. After refresh
ments were served, the evening wa:
profitably spent in the enjoyment Of
music, games and social chat.
NOKMALITE.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-27
The Normal Reunion.

The normal reunion exercises took
place Monday evening at the school
house, with excellent music and appro-
pirate exercises. The attendance was
very large, and many had the exquisite
pleasure standing in the hall. The pro-
gram was as follows:
Music by the choir, America.
Recitation-Sarah Woodward.
Recitation-Edna Hankins.
Solo-Edna Eek
Recitation-Nellie McGregor.
observation-disclosures Hanklns.
Duet-R. J. Holmdon and Kate
Hugh.
Recitation-Jennie McGregor.
Recitation-Prof.K Kelley.
Music by the choir, medley.
Recitation-J. o. Lumpkin.
Recitation-Nellie Southworth.
The choir was composed of Misses
Grace and Edna Hanklns Leila Specie,
and Edna Eek, and Messrs. Tull and
Fash. with Miss Lena O'Bryan, organ
list. The music was highly appreciat-
ed, the most entertaining, in our opin-
ion, being the medley, their last rendi-
tion. The duet by r. J. Holmdon and
Miss Kate Hugh was very gratifying
performance and partook of the ethereal
and sentimental side of human inclina-
tions. Prof. Kelley also deserves men,
ton for his performance. He demon
strated to the audience that he is a
passable paddy as we'll as a professor.
ALI the performances were of superb
or nature and indicated the talents of
the pedagogues.
Prof Cooper presided, and it was he
who admOnIshed the audience to see
that the ribs and buttons were all O.
K. before Prof. Kelley proceeded.
After the exercises the crowd repair
ed to the Central hotel where previous
ARRANGEMENTS had been made for their
reception, by an abundant supply of
ice cream and cake. Numerous and
almost endless songs, such as After
the Ball" Goodbye, My Lover, Good
bye" etc. etc., ad infnitum, were in
dulged in until Monday was no more;
at the same time doing justice to the
ice cream and cake. An enjoyable
time was had by all present.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-27
BARRIERS Personal Property.

The following is list of the person
al property of the county, taken from
the county clerks abstract made from
the various assessors returns.
Horses-Number. 5.153; average val
ne. S1S.I assessed value, 500, 52l.
Mules-Number, $50; average value,
2S.34; assessed value, Sl9,5S5.
Cattle-Number, IA .267; average val
ne, $5.0l; assessed value, ST., SIT.
Swine-Number, 1,5S7; average val
uee 80, assessed value. S2,071.75.
Sheep-Number, 1,310;average value,
5 rs; assessed value, 1915.
Pleasure conveyances-Number, 2S4;
average value, S9.7l; assessed value.
S2,76O.
Wagons-Number, $50; average val
ue. $50; assessed value, S4,313.
Farming implements. assessed value,
Ss.SOl.25.
Gold watches-Number, 81; average
value, $l0.50; assessed value, $672.
Silver watches-Number, 81; aver
age value, $5.16; assessed value, S346.
Pianofortes-Number, %; average
value, $27; assessed value, $500.
Other musical instruments-Num
Der, SO: average value, SO go; assessed
value, ,056.
Stocks in Company or Corporation,
assessed value, $923O.
Moneys. $39, 765.
Average amount merchant stock for
preceding year, $36,9S5.
Average amount merchant moneys
and credits for preceding year, S.
40.
Tax sale certificates, $40.
Notes, S5006.
Mortgages. S592.5O
Aggregate value of all other personal
property, l5,091.51.
Total, $3.50, 219.
Constitutional exemption, $50 400.
Total taxable property, $192,Sl9.
The average land valuation is about
SIS per acre.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-27

Geo. Horton, one of the city youths
who probably has been fed on nickel
novels and Dalton literature for some
time. thought he would take occasion
to put some of the teachings in prac-
tice by draining the money drawer at
Vaughn's bakery. He is supposed to
have been carrying on his work for
some time, as money has been gradual
ly disappearing for several weeks.
Late peculiar freaks of the boy aroused
suspicion and the proprietor determin-
ed to keep "a close watch, and accord
ingly marked the coins in the drawer.
Shortly after he had been there, these
coins were found in his possession, and
Marshal Gano Immediately placed him
under arrest. He is now in Jail and
will have his trial today. Several 9TH
ers, we hear, will be implicated, and it
is likely George will have company in
his new phase of life. These practices
are becoming entirely too frequent and
rigid steps are being taken for their
suppression. The reform school is the
place for such evil youthful characters.
We had similar case here some time
ago
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-27
PUBLICATION OF SUMMONS.
First published June 20, 1924.


State of Kansas: To Milton w Hopper Char
lotte &. Hopper, The Equitable Trust and
b. A. Burr.
You are hereby notified that you have been
sued by the Hartford Steam Boiler Inspection
and Insurance Company, Plaintiff.
This summons is to require you to answer
the petition filed by said plaintiff in the clerks
Office of the 24th judicial district court of the
state of Kansas, in and for Barber CO., Kansas.
on or before the the LIST day of August, 1894, or
said petition will be taken as true and ird9-
ment rendered for the foreclosure of q Ger
tain mortgage, executed and delivered March
LIST, 1889, by the said Milton w. Hopper and
Charlotte E. Hopper, on the following lands
and tenements situated In said county OF Bar
lows. to-wit: The east half OF the northwest
fourth and the west half Of the northeast
fourth of section No. twelve in township No.
thirty, south of range eleven. west of the 9th
Il. NJ. and containing enc hundred and sixty
acres more or less by United states survey
100000 with interest thereon and recorded In
the Office of the register of deeds In said coun-
ty in vol. at page "a and the prayer of said
petition Is that defendants and each OF them,
and all persons claiming under them be forey-
er barred and forecloeed of all interest. right.
lien and equity of redemption in, 20 or on said
lands and tenements, and that said lands may
be sold according to law. without appraise-
ment, and proceeds of such sale be brought
INTO court and applied to the payment OF the
est thereon, and the costs OF this action, and
for such other and further relief In the prem
Uses as may be just, lawful and equitable.
Witness my hand and the seal Of said court,
said county of Barber, this 18th day OF June.
1884, AUG. SCHMIDT,
G.sl Clerk.
HESS & JOHNSON. Attorneys for plaintiff.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-27
Forest City Items
Wheat cutting is in progress.

Wheat cutting is in progress.
Corn is looking fine, so are the weeds.
Hurrah for the ticket from top to bot
tom.
Miss Matte Pruitt is visiting the
Bouchers family.
Alice Graves and brother, from their
claims east of Alva, are visiting in the
neighborhood.
Sunday school at half past two erery
Sunday. w. z. little, superintendent
and ID. Boucher assistant.
A fine rain for which the pops are
responsible. One more in 10 DAYS and
our republican friends will commence
to howl over production.
GRANGER Boy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-27
How to get a Gold Watch.

Go to L. A. Eby s. Co. buy q cigar
and make guess on a number from
one to 1000 and when the 1000 cigars
are sold, whoever has the lucky mum.
Der Will get the beautiful gold watch.
The cigars are the best cent
ones in town, and if you smoke try
these cigars and somebody will get q
handsome watch.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-27
College Hill Items.

Nice rain THU sday and Thursday
night.
Corn looking finely. some coming out
in tassel.
Harvesting is still in progress. This
week will, however, make big hole IN
it.
The only man in the country who
considered that the times justified for
the purchase of harvesting machine.
Is John Wilt, who bought a new head
er. KANSAS SUFFERER.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-06-27

Fred Perry, not yet voter, had a
communication in this weeks INDEX
that attracted some attention. Fred
signs himself Phil Hits. "-Cresset.
This little squib will no doubt be
news to Fred, but perhaps he won't en-
JOY the laugh so heartily as we did.
Fred will have to go through the I'M
pleasantness of explaining himself
while the real Phil Hits" chuckles
contentedly. This is the second guess
OTIS has made and has as yet no trace
to ''Phil.''