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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-08

EWING HERBERT came out in anoth-
er sensational story recently, in the
Brown County World, on a republican
state officer. Kansas is Redeemed!
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''REDEEAIER" Governor Morrill, is
under arrest for stealing monev from
the state. The papers were sworn
out Monday. An account OF the theft
can be seen in this issue.
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He who opposes the free coinage of
silver at the ratio of Is to l is a gold
monometallist. Any statement to the
contrary Notwithstanding.
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OFFICIAL DIRECTORY.

PRESIDENT GROVER CLEVELAND
United States senators 49,. ....... l.. Baker
of Kansas, So. w. A. PETER
Member of Congress. nth Dist -. 80. e. l. Long
Judge of oath judicial Dist..... G. W. Mckay
State Senator. 3Sth District 49,. Il. S. Lands
Representative, Goth District. T. P. Wilson
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OFFICIAL PAPER OF COUNTY & CITY.

CHIEF JUSTICE MARTIN has declar-
ed himself for free silver at the ratio of
IS toll.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1895-05-08

DRUNKARD ATHERToN, a nice fell
low to redeem Kansas. This is the
devils method OF redemption.
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PATIENTS.

Caveats, Trade Marks and Copy Rights sc
cured for inventors and those engaged in
merca ntie pursuits. Do not send your appli-
cations two or three thousand miles away
when you can get your patent just as soon,
and in many cases far sooner. and with bet
ter results by sending them direct to
HiGOOk & HICDON at Kansas City. Mo-,
where they have the most extensive depart
ments aud the best equipped offices, fitted ex-
pressly for this purpose now in the United
States, located in the Times Building, ut the
junction of Main and Delaware SITS. kaneas
City. Mo. Their charges are the same as 9TH
er well established Patent Lawyers For ref
erence all the banks and business houses Of
the city Send for price list and book of in
stIuctions free of charge.
Please mention this paper.
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FASHION NOTES.
New and Beautiful Designs in Jewelry and
SiIverware.


Silverware.
Paper knives of silver, lately shown,
embody the lotus flower, two long,
dropping stems being the serviceable
portion.
In jewelry of variously shaded gold
a design that has recently attained pop
ularity is hop blossom dropping with
in circle formed of its own slender
stem and serrated leaves.
In short silver watch chains intended
to be worn with an outing belt by ladies,
the bar is supplanted by cluster of flow
ers, sword or other popular device. A
small heart, the fieur de lys, or an ear
of corn is employed as a charm.
Water lilies with curved petals and
yellow stamens, with long green stems
entwined to form a wreath, the trunl-
pet-shaped spathe of the Gala lily, wild
roses frightening their dark, twisted
stems, and many ether circlets of small
white, pink. red or blue blossoms, are
variations of the floral designs now so
PR valent.
Flotsam and jetsam of ocean, lake
and river suggest numerous attractive
designs for jewelry. Upon saffron
colored cushion, as if cast there by the
waves, rests weather beaten log or a
shattered spar with the parted rope
still clinging TO ii, and curtaired with
lacelilxe seaweed. In an odd conceit to
one of these ocean waits is affixed a
small oyster shell, the parted halves of
which disclose a tiny pearl a jade
crab holding diamond in its claws is
another popular design.
Sterling silver jewelry, more especial
ly silver chains, exhibit the same tend
ency toward delicacy and Iightness of
workmanship recently noticeable in or
! uaments composed of the more costly
metal Slender silver chains, SO ar
ranged as to conform gracefully to the
curves of the bosom of the wearer, are
shown. There is in this suggestion
! of the revival of the charming medic
val custom of combining the hair in nets
| Of silver chain--Jeweler's Weekly.
III the gold producers and the il.
ecme and creditor classes conspire IN
| their interests to destroy the automatic
system by the demonstration of one of
the metals, and that the only one of
the metals that promises supply suf-
Rcient to maintain equity of contracts
and stability of prices, and to prevent
destructive rise in. the value of the
unit of money, it need not be matter
of surprise If the producing classes and
the debtors in turn should unite "a
serve the other metal in the same way
! Senator John P. Jones
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SOCIETIES.

ENSIGN ENCAMPM ENT No. 62, 1. ..
Meets first and third Friday of each month
Visiting Patriarchs cordially invited to attend.
W. Il. ROUsE,S s. S.P. COAE, c. p.
n K D ELDRED POST, No. ia, meets
VI, Al n, 2d s 4th Saturday in each month
otthe court house in Medicine Lodge at p. NJ.
All comrades cordially invited.
J. III. OWENS, Post Commander.
W. ELDER. Adjutant.
G N LOREN EDWARDS CAMP. No. 152
d W S. of ", meets on LIST and I'd Satur
day evenings of each month, in their hail or
W. q. LOWRY. Commander.
J. q. RoSIG. Adjutant-
4, O. u W. ss Meets L sss ~ sf Friday ss
j. w SINGER. Recorder.
QUALITY TEMPLE, No. as, Pythian Sisters,
" meet regular every 2ld and 4th Thursday
evenings. All members requested to attend.
Mrs. w. W. Cook, N. L. c..
Mrs. HILL, nj. X. and c..
& A. F. s. a. NJ, Delta Lodge No. II.
HS\VRegular communications, first and
Ak third Saturday. evenings in each
sting mascns in good standing. cordially in
viled to attend Fl. BANKIN, w. III.
l. W. STOUT, sec'y.
CYPRUS CHAPTER No. IS, r. A. NJ. meets
in Masonic Hall every I'd and 4th Thursday.
Visiting brethren cordially invited
CHESTER l. LONG, n. P
c. L. BRaHwELL, Sec'y.
n n @ LORRAINE CHAPTER No. 49,
W. Lis -. Regular Communications. first
sad third Monday eyeningsin each month.
MRS. III. DELIsLE, W. n.
DZTPHIA LODGE, No. I4o, K. of P, meets on
Monday evening of each week. at tho N. of p.
nah; Visiting knights in good standing in ~
F. ". IoNG, h. of R&S.
i. o. .. F., Pioneer Lod. c
No. 179.-Reguiar meeting.
| kSA ~ 49, every Tuesday evening. v 4
~ iting brethrenin good stand
S0 ing cordially invited.
j. B. GAEO,
| Noble Grand.
! ST.. ALLEN Reading Secretary.
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Medicine Lodge 0mcers.
ATTORNEYS IN MEDICINE LODGE.

2 SAMPLE,
LIE
: ATTORNEY & COUNSELLOR AT LAW.
Office over First National Bank,
Medicine Lodge, Kans
Will practice in the courts OF this and ajoin
ing counties.
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sntler sex. every one Of whom should subscribe 70
emoresf's Magazine. III you are EnaoQuainted with
. merits. send for q specimen copy drce), and
On will admit that seeing these THUMBS has pur
u In the way Of saving money By finding in one
agazine everything 70 satisfy the literary wants e
. whole family.
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DZT.PHIA LODGE, No. 14o, K of P, meets sn
Monday evening of each week. at tho n of p.
nah. Visiting Knights in good standing inyi-
ted to attend. OTIS LORTOS, G. G.
f. W. LoNG, h. of r. & s.
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n n @ LORRAINE CHAPTER No. 49,
W. La Os Regular Communications. first
9nd third Monday eyeningsin each month.
MRS. n. DELIsLE, VI n.
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CYPRUS CHAPTER No. IS, 4. A. NJ, meets
in Masonic Hall every I'd and 4th Thursday.
Visiting brethren cordially invited.
CHESTER 1. Long, n.
C. L. DRANMELL. Sec'Y.
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ENSIGN ENCAMPM ENT No. 62, 1. q. o +
Meets first and third Friday of each month
Visiting Patriarchs cordially invited to attend.
W. Il. ROUSE, 5. S.P. CoAE, G. p.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-14
Rorenn. the snce RIowor.

A case of safe-blowing that has not
been reported to the police occurred in
o San Francisco business house one day
last week. 1t was blown open by the
wind, and valuable evidence of debt
were carried away.
The business concern employees q
large number Of messengers, and car
fare is advanced to each as he needs
it. AS a memorandum small tag is
made out and deposited in child's
bank. The receptacle viii hold nickels
or l0-cent pieces, but small pieces Of
paper will so through the interstiCes
like water through sieve.
For several weeks the cashier found
it impossible to make the tags in the
safe balance the accounts of the mes
sengers, and he suspected that the boys
were padding their expense bills.
Finally the trouble was explained. A.
door and window were left open. A
gust of wind blew in through the safe
and away went half dozen of the lit
tie tags. A new system was immedi-
Rtely devised.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-14
A WOMAN'S NERVES.
THE STORY OF A WOMAN TO
'" WHOM NOISE WAS
TORTURE.
Frustrated ny tho Least ETcitement--
PhyslClans Bafied ny Her Case

from the Gate City, KeolEulE, Iowa.
Mrs. Helen Meyers, whose home isatSBlo
Vernon avenue, Chicago, and whose visit TO
Keolrulk, H., will long DO remembered, was
at one time afilicted with nervous malady
which at times drove her nearly to distrac-
ton. "Those terrible headaches are
thing of the past" she said the other day
70 q Gate City representative, land there
Is quite a story in connection with 1T, too.
"My nervous system sustained great shock
come fifteen years ago, brought on, believe,
through too much worrying over Iamlly
matters and then allowing my love for my
books 10 get the better OF my discretion
where my health was concerned. why,
whenever my affairs at home did not 80
along Just as / expected, would invariably
become Frustrated from the excitement and
would consider myself fortunate indeed II
the effects Of the attack would not remain
for a week. was obliged to give up our
pleasant home not far from the Lake shore
drive, because l could not stand the noise
IN that locality, could find no place In the
city which deemed suitable TO one whose
nervous system was always on the point OF
explosion. 10 add to my misfortunes my
complexion underwent change and looked
so yellow and sallow that | was ashamed
70 venture from the house at all.
Madam said my doctor to me soon
after an unusually severe attack OF the
malady, unless you leave the city and seek
some place of quiet, you will never recover.
So concluded would visit my uncle, who
lives in Dallas county, Iowa, and whose
farm would surely be good place for one
in my pitiable condition. l picked up the
Gate City one day and happened to come
across AN interesting recital OF the recovery
of some woman in New York state who was
afflicted as l had been. This woman had
been cured by DR.. Williams Pink Pills for
Pale People. thought that II Pink Pills
cured that woman they might do the same
for me. began TO take the pills according
10 directions and began TO feel better from
the start. After had taken several boxes
of them was ready to go back to Chicago
My nervousness was gone and my complex
Ion was as fresh as chat OF any l6-yeal-old
girl in Iowa, and Pink Pills Is what put the
color in my cheeks. No wonder l am in
such high spirits and feel like prize
fighter. And no wonder like to come to
Keokuk, for II it had not been for Pink Pills
bought from o Keokuk firm | would not
be alive now" laughingly concluded the
lady.
DR.. williams Pink Pills contain all the
elements necessary to give new life and
richness to the blood and restore shattered
nerves. They are for sale by all druggists,
or may be had by mail from DR.. Williams
Medicine company, Schenectady, y. T., Tor
90 cents per box, or six boxes for $3.50.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-14
A Pertinent Paragraph.

"Our, country il right, should be kept
right; if wrong should be Tut right" is
a political maxim which paraphrased APP
plies to other conditions Of life, thus
our health il right, should be kept right
if wrong, should be put right, especial
ly in bodily ailments such as pains and
aches, which st. Jacobs oil promptly
cures. Many out of work should heed
to give it chance to cure and it will
give them chance to 60 to work cured.
Another adage is she doeth best, who
doeth we'll" Well, Of course, you want
to be we'll from all sorts of aches, and
the best thing to do is to use the great
remedy. He who does so is doing well
indeed.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-14
A Terrible VIsltant.

Pain is always terrible visitant, and often
domiciles itself with one for life. This intllc-
ton is preventable In cases OF rheumatism, by
9 timely resortto Hostetters's Stomach Bitters,
which checks the Entertainments OF this obsti'
nate and dangerous malady ut the outset, The
term dangerous" is used advisedly, for rheu'
matism is always liable 10 attack the vital
organs and terminate life. No testimony is
more conclusive and concurrent than that Of
physicians who testify TO the excellent effect oil
the Bitters In this disease. Persons incur q
wetting in rainy or snowy weather, and who are
exposed to draughts, should use the Bitters as
preventive Of i'll effects, Mnlaria, dyspepsia
liver and kidney trouble, nervousness ant
debility are also among the ailments to which
this popular medicine is adapted. For the in
flrmities soreness and stiffness Of the aged 1t Is
highly beneficial
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-14

the head of Hurricane Island, some
few miles below Vicksburg. 1t was at
the time the navy was attempting to
run the Vicksburg batteries. A lieu
tenant OF artillery, with squad of
men in charge OF the boat, had been
left while they sent back to Red River
for assistance 10 raise the vessel. In
the meantime the joke was planned.
Who the originator was is not known,
but Admiral Porter received the
credit.
"A bogus ram was built. On an
enormous log raft was erected super
structure that resembled o terrible
ironclad. Fence rails and boards were
used to make an imitation casemate
gunboat. Guns protruded from the
ports, and pork barrels stacked high
served for chimneys. Underneath
them hearth of earth had been made,
Fires were built of fuel which made
the blackest smoke. Without engines,
gun or crew, this bugaboo was set
adrift few miles above Vicksburg.
On came the monster Within an
hour it had reached the city. Clouds
Of smoke rolled out of lis chimneys,
and as it was just breaking day, the
lime when both anticipated an attack,
the Confederate sentries detected the
demon. There was hurrying and
skurrying, but not shot broke the
stiffness until the dummy had reached
u point blank range. Vicksburg will
never be awakened by such another
noise. 1t lasted an hour. Shots
raked 1t and hulled it, but it still
hoated defantly. At last the current
swept 1t nearer to the shore. Then
the beseigers read in rudely made
letters one side, 'Secesh sold;' on the
other side were the letters, 'Confeder-
ate States Mail Packet
an the Meantime the discharge of
artillery had warned the lieutenant in
charge of the Indianola that the hour
for action was at hand. In his mag
nation the lieutenant saw gunboats
galore belching forth death and de-
struction. He would not permit the
enemy to recapture the Indlanola.
Hastily placing all the powder in the
turrets of the monitor he applied q
slow match and retreated. Only few
moments elapsed and all that remained
above decks Of the ironclad was mass
of debris. About the time the dread
ed 'gunboat came sailing by and ran
onto sandbar short distance below.
"The Indianola could have been
raised by the Confederates and would
have been formidable vessel in their
hands had not the lieutenant been so
hasty in destroying her. She was
armed with two 11-inch and two g.
inch columnbiads, two of which were
destroyed. The other two were re-
covered and taken up Red River. -
Louisville Courier Journal.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-14

Paris was a famous and cultivated
city ages before Venice. If we search
for them, we may find in it historical
associations that may vie with those of
any city in the world, except Rome and
Constantinople; and even its antigua.
rian and artistic remains are seldom
equaled or surpassed. At Rome, Flor
ence, or Venice, the tourist talks Of old
churches, palaces, and remains; at
Paris he gives himself up to the boule-
wards, the theaters, shops, and races.
The profoundly instructive history, the
profuse antiquarian remains Of the
great city, are forgotten-carent quia
Vate sacro.-The Spectator.
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Our Hattie tlags.

Nothing but flpgs-but simple flags,
,rattared and torn, hanging In rags;
We walked beneath with careless tread,
Nor think OF hosts OF mighty dead
Who've trod beneath IN days gone by,
With burning cheek and eager eye,
And bathei the folds in LIES red tide,
And dying blessed, and blessing, dead
Nothing but flags-they're bathed in tears
They tell OF triumphs, hopes and fears;
or mothers prayers for boy away
That he return some com nR day.
Silent they speak, and tears Will start;
We see them now with aching heart
And think OF those who're meier forgot;
Their flags came home-why come they noGf
Nothing but hags-we hold our breath
And view with awe those types OF death
Nothing but tiagB, yet thoughts will come,
The heart must pray, though lips be dumb
They're sacred, pure; we see no stain
On those loved flags, come home again;
Bapu ed in blood, our purest best,
Taitered and torn they're now at rest.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-14

He represented the United States
Government on the Antietam Board,
and when the Commissioners from any
state are ready to go to tue battlefield
to locate the positions of the regi-
ments from their state it is his duty to
accompany them.
"One night after the war" said he,
as lie tilted his chair back against the
wall in the little hotel at SharpsburR,
of er a day spent in walking over the
battlefield, Il attended little party of
those l had known at West Point.
Burnside was there, with whom l had
roomed at school, and so was Sherman,
next whom l sat during the evening.
Sherman and 1 fought our battles over
again, but at one point something L
said made him break out with, But
you damned rebels did so and so. ,
Damned rebelsP said /. IF there are
any two persons on Gods earth who
ought to get down on their knees three
times every day, and thank the Lord
that there were any damned rebels,
you and Grant are the ones. If it
hadn't been for us damned rebels
you would still be teaching school and
Grant would be tanning leather"
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-14

One Of the principal recruiting fac
tories was once on time enlivened by
one Of those amusing episodes which
help the appetite and spirits. $50,
sir, you've clapped your dirty sojer
trappings on my husband, have you?"
"Who is your husbandH" asked the
officer.
Billy McCurtee, an shure, an a
bould boy he is, so place We. But it's
q dirty thing of We, my pretty man, to
take him from his wife an childers."
"Can't be helped" said the officer I;
cts too late now"
"TheD take the baby too" she cried
as she forced the little one into the
arms of Lieutenant Adams: "Take
them all--Pll send ye four more to-
day"
OFF she ran ct rapid pace, leaving
the unfortunate officer with the
squirming and squalllng recruit in his
arms. Doubtful of his services to
Uncle Sam, he sent 1t home by its
father.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-14
What He Wanted for a Vacant Lot.

w nuJ IAG Nv uuDCd lOE u vacant LOU.
One of the most eccentric characters
fl Washington is Joe Willard. He is
very wealthy, but parsimonious to such
q degree that the walls Of his office are
papered with newspapers for the sake
of economy He owns some very valua-.
bic properties, among them vacant lot
on the corner Of Fourteenth and T.
streets. This lot John II. Mclean has
been very anxious to purchase, and he
made several Intellectual efforts to me-
gotiate deal with Willard. The other
day he made this proposition to him:
81 will clear off that lot at my own
expense, level it smooth, and cover 1t
all over with silver dollars. Then you
can pick up the dollars and will take
the lot"
The price, thus offered was fabulous,
far beyond reasonable value. No
piece of real estate in Washington was
ever sold at half such a figure. Eighty
one silver dollars may be laid within
the space of one square foot. The lot
In question measures about sixty feet
by 100.
Old Joe Willard by no means jumped
at the proposition. He cooked his eye
slyly at Mclean and said:
"Will you pub the dollars on edgeT
That terminated negotiations.
Phillipsburg herald. [volume] (Phillipsburg, Kan.) 1882-1905, 1895-02-14

The embalming Of human bodies is
OF present done by undertakers and
there are few physicians, probably, who
If called upon to perform the operation,
would be able to do so without consult
ing their books and reading up the sub
ject. In olden times the case was diff.
ferent, and in France especially, before
the Revelation, medical men were
frequently called upon to embalm
cadavers, although the operation was
applied almost wholly to one class OF
subjects, i. g., to suicides. But why
were the cadavers of suicides embalmed
and what was the process used?
Suicide" says Beccaria, sis an Of.
tense which it seems can be submitted
to no punishment properly so called,
since such punishment could be in.
ficted only upon an insensible or life,
less body, or upon innocent persons
Now, any punishment that might be
melted out to the inanimate remains OF
the culprit would produce no other i'm
preston upon the spectators than that
which they would experience in seeing
a statue logged"
And yet, according to the custom OF
Brittany, which, was also general in
France, if anyone killed himself inten.
tionally, he was hanged by the feet and
then dragged like murderer and his
personal effects sold to whomsoeveI
wished to purchase them. In some
cases, he was tied face downward to a
hurdle, dragged through the streets be.
hind dung cart driven by the public
executioner, hanged for three hours by
the feet from a gibbet erected in the
public place, and then thrown into the
sewer. 1t was also ordered that all re.
membrance Of the deceased should be
obliterated and suppressed forever.
But before any such proceeding took
place the cadaVer was accorded a fair
trial before a judge, whose duty it was
to begin by making an official inquiry
into the circumstances attending the
act of suicide, the place where it &C.
Cured, the life and habits of the de-
ceased, etc. This having been sub
mitted to the Kings procurer, the near
est of kin and the heirs of the suicide
were summoned by trumpet to come
forward and Provide him with de-
fender. In case they failed to make
their appearance, the judge appointed
a counsel for him, whose duty It was to
defend his client to the best of his
ability by cross-questioning the wit
nesses for the prosecution and Offering
all the excuses possible in extenuation
Of the offense. If the accused was
found guilty he was punished in the
manner above described; but if he was
adjudged innocent, that is to say, if
the act Of suicide was decided to have
been committed in moment of insan-
ity, he was buried in consecrated
ground.
In either case, however, it was neces-
sary to preserve the cadaver for the en-
tire length of the trial, which some
times lasted for several months, so
that in case the accused was found
guilty he might not escape punish
ment. Hence the necessity Of en-
balming, or sailing" as it was called.
Scientific Review.