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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19
THE DEAcoN.s WIVES.
One Good Aneodots Brings Out Anoth O
Equally Am using.

One Good Aneodots Brings Out Anoth .,
Equally Amusing.
The amusing little story going the rounds
Of the newspapers about the Engnsh
lawyer who In defending q case remarked
that he had married three wives, all 10;
money, and insisted that nobody ever
married for love, reminds the Boston
Posts ''Taverner" Of . well known deacon
Of the olden time, who was much respected
here In Boston, but who, as have been
told, often related, with pride, what every
enc Of the period knew, that he had married
four wives. In narrating his matrimonial
history he would speak In this WISE:
II married Miss - for her beauty. She
was indeed, very lovely, with her eyes
IKE blue water-Hlies and her form the per.
lection Of grace; but she died young and
afterwards married Miss -, who was uot
handsome. but she was very literary. Why,
she often answered my letters for me, and
could write . sermon IS orthodox Is any Of
Dr.. Lyman Beecher's. She was only tho
aeshof Of one child and died soon after its
birth. ] can not tell you how much missed
her. But somehow or other had TO be con-
soled, 90 / married again, and this time
don't pretend 70 say that did not marry
for consideration. Ny third wife had Q
handsome inheritance, and I must do her
the justice to say that she did not use it
grudginGly towards me-"
Here be wept a. he said: ~ had tho
misfortune to have this one called away
slso-and-and-wen, after time be-
came united In q fourth marriage with
Mise -, who yet lives, and you al know,
ny friends. how supplementary she isp
think this 10 Is good q story 70 that Of the
Wiltshire farmer, who, having married
three times, was rallied BY his minister on
the fact that each bride brought . good
jointure. He did not dispute the fact, but
Insisted that II was not all gain, tor he said !:
"WhSt with bringing on 'em In q. O., tho
wedding outlay and carrying on 'em out
Che funeral expenses), do assure you
there Il very little left on the right side Of
Tia lAd0Ar
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19
RHETORICAL RUBBISH.

How Real Poets and Genuine LitorAry
Men Do Not Write.
Some Of our would.be literary people Of
both sexes misuse the dictionary most
abominably, says the New York Ledger.
Even the reporters of some Of our daily pa
pers have adopted the grandiose style Of
writing, and pretty mess they make Of IL.
When shall we get back to the well Of En-
Rlish undefled, and be relieved from the
muddy mixture of homogeneous words with
which the simplest facts are beplasteredl
As to our fugitive poetry. much of it Is
absolutely incomprehensible to ordinary
minds. Itseems to have been written by
individuals in Mysteries. One s'fipe writer"
Of the feminine gender tells US that when
woman "girds on her genius armor," and
plunges into the ''world wide arena of in
tellect," she does so at o Fearful sacrifice"
We wish she wouldn't, for the sacrifice in
these cases is the time Of the reader. An
other lady informs US that the bosom of q
poetess "heaves with exulting joy, and her
eye burns with heavenly fire." This is q
mistake. Persons who write such poetry
a. rational beings can read without a SEN
sation Of nausea, sit quietly at their desks
Or tables while they do it,
We know this to be the ease, for we have
seen several real poets In the very act.
They did not ruf1e their hair, their eyes
looked perfectly natural, and they exhibited
no symptoms Of violent palpitatlon Of the
heart. Depend upon it that real poets never
roll their eyes like automaton clocks, or cut
any other extraordinary capers under what
Amos Kendall called "the excitement of
composition" Byron said: "Confound the
moon it always gives me rheumatismi but
1write well Of it'll No doubt many young
and romantic persons suppose that his lord.
ship eulogized the moon by moonlight, with
his shirt collar thrown back, and nothing OF
his eyes visible except the whites; whereas,
iP reality, be wrote about the planet in q
snug study, with the shutters closed, the
lamps lighted, and glass Of gin and water
and some Stilton cheese and CRACKERS be.
side him.
A true poet or good prose author mus,
have sound, vigorous brain; and people
with sound, strong intellects neither &C,
like ianatics while they are writing, mol
jam pretty words into inappropriate juxta-
position to the confusion of common sense
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19
Sharon.

Miss Oslo Rogers has been dangerous
ly sick for several days with diphtheria.
The last heard from her was that she
wac slightly better.
On Saturday there was a good rain
moistening the ground to depth of
three or four inches. While the amount
of rain pFeGipitoted was not as much
in quantity as was desirable 1t fell
slowly and was not accompanied by
much wind. 1t will greatly benefit the
wheat.
Recently Frank McMurtry drove a
bunch of his steers ever to Uncle Billy
Browns where they were dehorned.
lie droye them home the same day and
the steers do not seem to suffer any in
convenience from the operation.
Hon. William Garrison has been
several days engaged In huskiDg his
corn. He did not get a very good yield
of corn but he husks about Is bushels
per day. Brother Garrison's health is
not good but he puts his own shoulder
to the wheel in order to permit his son
Albert to attend school. Bro. Garri-
sons homestead in the Strip is one and
a half miles from the business center
OF Pond Creek.
Emmett and Owen Naughton both
attended the dance at Sharon on Fri
day night.
The prOtracted meeting at the Cen
ter View school house is still progress
ing and doing considerable good. Ell
der Cross isa very earnest speaker and
/ understand the little school house is
usually crowded with eager listeners
and participants III the worship.
The prOtracted meeting at the Bap-
tist church has closed for the present.
There is sunday school regularly at III
O'Clock on Sunday morning and prayer
meeting on Wednesday evenings.
FIDELITY.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

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pulst movement should subscribe for
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19
you AND !.

Some day, love, one of US viii stand
And gaze upon the others happy face;
Who's found haven in q brighter land
And left behind q dreary, vacant place.
We can not know which one of rs win stay.
Or when the day.
II you dear Leart should look upon me there
In all your sgony of grief and woe.
Bearing burden that may not share
Feeling q torture that can not know
You will forget the cruel words, now past
Remembering but the love gave 81 last
Yen Will forget my wsyward, cruel ways;
Forgive me all the pain made you bear,
You Will forget the dark and dreary days,
And think Of those alone that were so fair;
You will forget the doubt that tween US lay,
Remembering that kissed the pain away.
But darl ng. should Isee you silent lie,
And listen for the tender tones and true.
The tears unoidden, might bedim my eye.
And might sink In bitter grief for you.
] do not know-I only know thatI
Should pray TO die.
IN. Y. World
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19
Shoe, Covered with D,.r,o,,.

The facility with which a boot-black
makes shoe shine like diamonds has been
remarked by every one, but it is doubtful If
any one has thought out the proposition
that when the knight of the brush is
through he leaves your footgear bFistling
with diamonds. Diamonds are nothing but
crystallized carbon. Hacking, which ID
bone-black, 10 little more when moistened
than carbon paste, and the friction Of g
hair-brush being one Of the most efficient
methods Of generating electricity, has the
effect Of crystallizing the carbon Of the
blacking. As soon as this is done the boot
is covered with millions Of infinitely small
diamonds, and, Of course, begins to shine
as q mass Of diamonds would. This Is not
4 perfect explanation Of the phenomenon,
but it is good as far as 1t gees.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19
Forest City.

a light shower Saturday for which
we are grateful. The wheat is not
dead vet and those showers improve it
some. II the winter is favorable we
may get some wheat y6t,
Shooting match for turkeys at Lake
City Saturday. There will be one next
Saturday 4 miles east of Lake City at
Endersby's, also some pony races. Any
one that wants Christmas turkey this
is Your chance.
Rev. Newlapd has been conducting
an interesting series of meetings at
Forest City school house. Abe subject
OF discourse Sunday night was Tue
Sabbath. Preaching again three weeks
from last Sunday.
Mr.. w. Ii. Hayes returned to Okla
homa last Wednesday after a weeks
visit with his sister, Mrs. Geo. Hen.
Erickson.
Stock doing fine; not 4aSy have CON-
menced feeding yet.
GRANnEp Row
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19
Temperature Of Water.

DR.. William A Hammond, in the North
American Review: Water for drinking
purposes should never be below fifty de-
Rrees. We can almost always get it even
In the hottest weather as cool as this by
letting it gun for a minute or two from any
household faucet, or drawing it from any
county well. II not, there Is no objection
to cooling it to the point mentioned. The
East India monkey" which can now be
had almost anywhere in this country, and
by means Of which the contained water is
cooled by its own evaporation, answers the
purpose admirably. lam quite sure that if
ice water should be generally discarded as
. drink the average duration of life would
be heightened and existence rendered more
solerable
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

y CONFERENCE of reform and labor
organizations will be held at st. Louis
on the 2Sth aud 29tll of this month. 1t
Is to be hoped that the Omaha platform
Will be endorsed aud allegiance to it's
declarations realIirmed. We have
right and principle on our side and any
makeshift compromise would be a sac
rlice Of the victory which will Hlti-
mately be ours.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19
Only a New York Man.

The late Richard n. Dana was passing
negro ehuuaA st the north end OF boston
one night and took it into his head to LOOK
In After few moments listening he was
quietly retiring. when one OF the official
members stepped up and expressed regret
that they could not offer him more attract
i've preaching Nc. Dana remarked politely
that it was very good. But the eolered
brother insisted en- apologiiins, mot much
IN de way Of pyeaohiu', sir-only New
York mani,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

GOVERNOR MORRILL, says that the
old crowd of professional office seekers
won't get a smell. With all Difference
to the Majors veraclty. we would rath.
or wait to see whether his actions will
pan out with his words. Republicans
rs a rule. are noted for declaring what
they will do when the office overtakes
them, but somehow, after the inaugu-
ration IS over, the whole thing assumes
Il different aspect and goes vice versa
from what they fancIed It would. Re-
member the motto: Great On Prom
iSpS -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

THE bankers and Carlisle have got
their heads together advising with each
other rs 20 the best financial system.
stable currency, etc Bah, you might
as well consult with the Cook gang as
tn the best and most rigid code of Grim
inal lHW.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

THE advocacy OF the landlord and
tenant system is continually becoming
more popular i'll plulOcratic circles.
A fe% more republican congresses will
put their plan III absolute force The
pauper machine is in good working
order and its capacity great
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

THE Peoples party is too broad and
siaiesmauhke to genuine itself to
single issue. There Is no need for a
silver party. Tic people party is sill
vers only champion and it would be
the he ght of folly to organize n new
nnIfN.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

THE first utterance OF Dennis Flynn
when he got back to Washington was
The west is not stuck on Mckinley
ism" 1t is to be hoped that Dennis
will not degrade his talent to the level
of tariff Wichita Eagle.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

TOPEKA is lively city just at pres
ent. The old barnacles and place
hunters are there by the car loads look
ing up appointments. 1t seems that
the pigs are nearIy starved to death
and all are trying to get at the trough
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

JUDGE TEACHER has also dropped
his senatorial boom into the incubator.
And by the way, he is the most decent
republican that has been as yet men,
toned for the place.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19
Holiday excursion rates on n

Holiday excursion rates on Dec.
2ith. 10Th, Slst and Jany. LIST. The
Santa Fe route will sell round trp tick
cts at one aud one third fare to all
points within two hundred miles.
Tickets good to return including Janu-
AIRY End. For further information ap-
ply to w. D. Horr, agent.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

parents 70 white and red Maize; another Is
that man, searching for wife, was given
the daughter Of the king Of the muskrats,
who, on being dipped into neighboring
Lake became a woman
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

SEELEY is now in the hands of
lawyer. It will take about half of his
stolen $500 600 To clear hun. Seeley is
one OF these successful business men,"
YOU know
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

ONLY a few more weeks and the new
administration Will be inaugurated.
Just watch the times get better, now,
will you.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

Il taxes China'a long while to see
that she is licked; and Japan won't
quit til .Iohnis extinct.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

Now comes Michigan red hot in the
advocacy Of an anti kissing law. Won
der if the scare VIII reach Kansas when
the legislature cOnyeneS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

Next Tuesday will be another ban
quet day for tie few while the many
will cal themselves lucky if they can
get the scraps at the back door.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

TIE latest surprise to the country at
large is that negro in Georgia accus-
ed of a crime, lived long enough to ar
rive safely ut the jail.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19
GRANGER Roy.

-Gentlemen-dOn't forget that will
clean, repair or press your old clothes or
Ioake new ones. Farm produce or wood
taken in payment. Lizzie Fishburn,
tailoress, second house west of Dor
guns.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1894-12-19

SEELEY is now resting comfortably
in the prison cell.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

An association Of farmers In Kent
County. on the Eastern Shore Of
Maryland, has sent committee to
investigate the profits of market
gardening, or truck farming, as the
phrase Ia. In Lancaster County, Pa
The committee returned to report
having seen one farm Of eighty acres
from one-half OF which 4 market
gardener sold yearly Sl6, 900 worth OF
fruits and vegetables and another
farm OF twenty acres that yielded q
gross sum of $4,000 per year. An
other market gardener had q profit
OF SO, 900 yearly from six acres, and
still another sells from $4,000 to
$40, 900 worth of products from ninety
acres The committee urges the
members of the association to give
UP peach culture and turn to market
gardening. Such change of policy
means almost a social revolution In a
community of aristocratlc tradition,
where lands have been long In family
possession and where land holding Is
badge OF responsibility. 1t means
the substitution OF small culture for
large and the breaking up OF large
holdings, because few land owners
have sufficient capital to undertake
market gardening on great scale.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

1t would probably be found that a
smooth surface OF iron or steel Is about
the worst which we can give to our
ships. For a smooth metal surface has
apparently the property of attracting
and OBTAINING the particles OF water in
contact with 1t. whether by molecular
attraction or otherwise. Thereby the
water in immediate contact with the
vessels side or bottom is drawn along
with her, and its particles commune
cate their motion to an outer circle OF
particles, and so on till vast mass OF
water is set constantly in motion along
with the ship.
This is precisely what We want to
avoid, as the essence of the reduction
of fluid friction is to slip easily through
the water with the least possible dis
turbance. Herein lies, as / imagine,
the great advantage OF the surface
structure of the fish. 1t would prob
ably be found by experiment that an
exact model of fish in any ordinary
material, as wood, iron, steel, etc,
when towel through the water at g
given rate, would communicate motion
to a straw or light floating object lying
near its course, to far greater extent
than would the real fish passing
through the water at the same speed
Experiment on this point would be
easy. and would be as valuable and
suggestive when applied to different
materials and surfaces as the former
suggested experiments on horse power.
contemporary Review.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
al, Life worth Livine?s

"The longer live, said Rev. sgd
ney Smith, -the more am convinced
that half the unhappiness of the word d.
proceeds from little stoppages, from q
duct stopped up, from a vexed duode-l
mum or an agitated pylorus. My friend
sups late. He eats some strong soup.l
then lobster, then some tart and he
dilutes these esculent varieties with
wine. The next day call upon him.
He is going to sell his house in Lon
don and retire into the country. He
is alarmed for his eldest daughters
health. His expenses are hourly in
creasing, and nothing but q timely rel
treat can save him from ruin. ALI
this is the lobster and when overex-I
cited nature has had time to manage
this incumbrance the daughter re-
covers, the finances are in good ORDER
and every rural idea is effectually ex-
Guided from his mind. In the same
manner old friendships are destroyed
by toasted cheese, and hard and saltedI
meat has led to suicide. Unpleasant
feelings of the body inevitably pro-
duce corresponding sensations on the
mind"
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
Beauty in Age.

A dear old lady of 83 is she who Is
described by Kate Sanborn, in "A
Truthful Woman in Southern Califor-
MIA, as Grandma Wade" She says:
l have known several interesting
octOgenarians. but never one that sur
pa sed her in loneliness, wit and posi-
tive jollity. She still has her ardent
admirers among men as well as women,
and now and then receives an earnest
proposal from some lonely old fellow.
The last of these aged lovers, when re
fused and relegated to the position OF
a brother, urged her to reconsider the
matter and make it subject of prayer
But she quietly said,
I'm not going to bother the Lord
with questions can answer myself"
One day when she was choked by a
breadcrumb at the tableshe said to the
frightened waiter as soon as she could
regain her Breathe
Never mind. il that did go down the
wrong way. "A great many things
have gone down the right way this
winter
She is inva iably cheerful, and when
she was parting with her son for the
winter she said:
We'll, John, before you go, want to
know Just what you have left ne in
your will"
This little joke turned tear into a
smile.
Even when i'll she is 80 bri2ht and
hopeful that,af end once exclaimed:
"Grandma,I do believe you would
laugh If you've dying"
well, she said, so many folks go
to the Lord with long face I guess
He will be glad to see me come to Him
amilinplr AZ ..t..s
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21

dar oil to give them The customary
smell. Hollow telegraph poles Of
paper pulp are new Invention.
They are coated with silicate Of pot
ash to preserve them
Many strange materials are utilized
for making paper. One Of these 10
peanut shells. Tobacco stems are
reduced into pulp and made into pa
per that is stained with tobacco
Juice. This paper is employed for
cigarette wrappers and for wrappers
and filters OF cheap cigars. 90
One of the oldest inventions re-
corded ut the patent Office is q sort
Of gun intended to be fixed upon tho
head of steer that is to be slaugh-
tered. The stroke Of q hammer on q
pin fires cartridge and discharges
bullet into the brain of the animal.
1t is almost noiseless, and death Is
instantaneous. There are several
ideas for death alarms, to give notice
in case person comes to life after
being buried.-[Detroit Free Press.
Crawford avalanche. (Grayling, Mich.) 1879-19??, 1894-06-21
THE scAvENoER.
How the Rag-PickinE Tribe Utilize Their
rs Dusty Findings.

How tho Rag-PickinE Tribe Utilize Their
Dusty Findings.
mo one has ever spoken OF the call
ing of rag picking and distributing as
q very noble one" said William G. Pea
body, OF New York, who was at the
Southern Hotel, to a st. Louis Globe
Democrat reporter. AT the same
time the scavenger performs most
important duty for mankind, and It is
to be regretted that he is now becom-
ing very conspicuously absent. Twenty,
and even ten years ago the waste
paper and rubbish from large stores
and factories was exceedingly valuable,
and it was common thing to sell the
right to this treasure-trove by tender.
Thousands of dollars were paid for
these privileges, some of the figures
quoted being apparently out OF all
reason. In order to make money on
these contracts it was necessary to sort
the rubbish carefully and to remove
every fragment.
"The paper and the old cardboard
boxes were of great value for paper
making purposes and old rags and frag-
ments of cloth were similarly utilized.
Now, however, the old copybook
maxim that paper is made Of rags is a
Renaissance only. for wood pulp,
certain varieties OF grasses, and other
substances are much cheaper and more
easily obtained. For these and other
reasons there is no longer any money
In dust, and it is either dumped in
heaps on vacant lots to annoy innocent
passers-by and spread germs and
bacilli in every direction, or else it is
burned by the store or factory owners
and great increase in the amount OF
smoke emitted thereby caused, am
inclined to think that we moderated
the value of the ragpicker and
scavenger in his day, and have now to
pay the penalty for the injustice.