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The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-07

did not relish it's confinement at all. Small holes punctured in the sides of this improvised cage gave the songster chance to breathe. George Francis Train was occupying his usual bench. -As the vender approached he asked him to let him view the mocking bird. How much do you want for him?" inquired the philosopher. Its worth one dol lar,'' said the man, to whom it would appear such sum was something as large as the side of house. Gan he fy?" queried the philosopher. The man nodded his head. My little boy ketched him in a trap" he said Twill your little boy get the dollar?" went on Mir. Train. His mother will," answered the man. We'll" returned George Francis. ''if this bird had been in 75 jails, the way l have. he will appreciate getting out" and, fishing one dollar out of his white ccat pocket, the sage handed it to the man. Then, untying the string, he lifted the cover off the box. There was q whirr as the bird flew out like shot. The vender. who didn't appear to be a particularly industrious soul, looked nt Train with an expression of distrust. You're chump." he said. You're an- crn-r," returned the citizen. "Why don't you go to work instead of peddling
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,our little boys pets?" Tiio man nut tered something and slunk off, as the bird. evidently weary with his cramped wings, sat on neighboring branch and aeyan to make his toilet, meanwhile thanking his liberator in chirp or two. .sThat give me more real pleasure than il pint of peanuts" said MT. Train, and the mocking bird doubtless thought the same.
 "Old floss" Hoey, whose name is fa- miliar to city theater-goers, tells good story about the absent-mindedness of people who go to the ticket office to se- cure their seats. Without naming the city in which the incident occurred, he says that there was long line of people in front of the ticket office, and the young man inside, whose name was Sheehan. was handling tickets and money like hot cakes, when up came perspiring young man who presented "lithograph pass" for two. It was duly punched by Mir. Sheehan, who handed it back along with two seat cheeks. The perspiring young man
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-07
MISCELLANEOUS ITr.s'
Tea is gathered f,. "


 times a year. 'De plant fou,
 -In three years the U.
 pair of rats, under fayorahr, hr,,Ogeny Of 4 will number 1000. conditions
 After spending much q,
 glng for so-called pirate,s 1'e h dig fis farm Valentine Kelly. fsasure ~ nl on vile, Ind, found $3.75. VI Clasks-
 The passing of the cvo,.
 gan at Portland, Me-, with tho thoaianla be. hy young woman of her h;a eAenaGgs sewing machine. ''0ycie fora After sending to Euro0. :. zither a Herman (Mo.) man Y ra' TOT | gusted to receive one which hsS sS i, 0s manufactured in his own state "'o been Every prudent young man c"go' when he takes a lady to ,hl. u CAF carries three dollars in his ins,s . 'neater, This is to pay her fine in ae cas pocke. fuses to remove her high hat, Nns 'e-
 "A snowdrift near Dodoa ~. delayed railroad train for h tas y, Aaa- The passengers could get notbinnsu uOu'' but oysters and eggs, which tba's ,,s Oeat in abundance in the express oar i0uAd
 -Dr. Calot, an Italian physiciaa ticing at the Rothschild hosni,,,lp a, p'ae' ferk-sur-Mer, France, has sucpess.,l r,ss' n strengthening 37 hunchbacks Iuusa su. n operated upon were children sns -, ,n'ss case has he failed to remedy ~ .. 'u no formity. tue ds'
 The walters of New York c,., banded into a society and are s.s. aa'' ing the question of home for o,s Ss''ae disabled walters. They say that ,t... i4a a man has done that work pptil til s s.'a 50 his legs give out and he los.l ,.' As 2 job because he cannot move fact Ss ass.s Aa and wait on sufficient number .'asa as Y toners. 0' eus'
 A burglar in Bristol, England ,.;l., to open safe in commereial as..s ,~'',s Eshment, so he made tea. opensd sla'' n' ef good cigars and passed the last hoss sss of 1896 in quiet conyiviality. Then <. ing the office paper. he wrote n, aar.. E. letter to the proprietor thankipo bI~ m for his hospitality and wishing him m happy New Year.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-07
POLITICS IN THE EAST.
The Money Power Opposes Greece
 and Her Claims.
Kn European Capitals Rumors of War Are Discredited-The Part Ma | cedonfn Plays fin the Gre
 cfnn-Turkfsh Crisis.
fspecial Letter.l

The latest adyices from the Levant are. to the effect that Turkey has massed 55.OO0 well-armed troops on the Mace douian frontier and that the Greeks have sent 13,000 men into Thessaly. This would indicate that the Grecian government, If too closely pressed by the powers in reference to it's Cretan policy, purposes to provoke trouble with the Turkish empire in direction where foreign interference would be virtually Impossible, unless indeed Russia should act as the sultan's guardian and pro tsstcr and send troopS for his defense into Macedonia.
 The line of action hitherto pursued by Greece has been venturesome and bctd. In the face of combined opposi- ton from the six great powers it has fscid the island of Crete and will, in the end, succeed in annexing it. Should it F,c forced to evacuate the island tenn rorarily, 1t will instigate a revolution in Macedonia and somehow or other manage to bring about an attack on the Grecian outposts in Thessaly by the
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-07
A BEAR IN A CAVE.
Two Indians Went in by I.srh. ,
 Torch and Killed t..n


 4 writer teiis now two buck Ind;.r. of the northwestern coast tribes won, into bears den and, by the light dl torch, killed big grizzly bear.
 A young law student got sight dl the bear one day while he was still hunting. While trying to approach itl the hunter alarmed the bear and t 7nl to a 1,000-foot cliff and took refuge jal hole there. The student climbed u,| 100 yards on the face of the cliff snd| started rocks down about the hole thinking to drive the bear out. but the bear would not start. Then he went io| nearby Indian camp and got Trinity Dick and n Pitt river Indian, who said they would go with the man after ths| bear if he would let them take ths| rifle. The student let Trinity Dick taEl the rife and borrowed another for th.| Pitt river Indian.
 T waited outside" the student rt| lated, while the Indians went into tlt| S0fC W AiA q lOtNh. hStIANU Aot n long time, then I heard the dull boonl of two guns away back in the cave some where. Then all was still again id| some time. After bit Trinity D&l came out and waved his hand to nt then went back in. 1 followed anI quickly came to the bear, which va already losing it's hide at the kult point of the Pitt river Indian.
 'The cave was deep, with many arms The Indians had followed the mah cave, disputing with each other as who should go first. Trinity Dick DF I ing the elder. got the place of hcnaF while the other followed, holding 'n torch high aloft. The bear was n0ln the main cave, and they went to la end without coming upon it. on 'ns1 way out, however, the men were cos fronted by the bear at distance O. feet. Trinity Dick told his compaAss to hold the torch steady, so tha' 's sights could be seen plainly. When " r shot was fired, the bear pitched forWsla and then a second bullet was ffeu ny 1t. The Indians then turned ana ,s holding their guns as they did so Y the bear never moved again. --Os" land.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-07
The Nightly TciIef.

One should never allow one 5 s'A be too busy or tired to neglect 'ne n's. '.,, ly toilet. One should not slmpiy N ones clothes and tumble into Deu' neither one's self nor the clo1nes u..| s look attractive in the morning <. plenty of hot water and dasn v ~, logne and give your face tno,s.; ,s.si,| laying. The result will be as lsls s.t ing as an hours sleep. Brush 'as <. ,.tt11 for 20 minutes, it will be giossM N thicker for the trouble, and your pr Ts,. will be soothed by the process :l after the exercise, robe youis't < bd warm gown and drink giass " bd| milk, weak cocoa or e'ss = ,oas water, eating a wafer or Dl, 7, 7 suups if you like. When the snal :. s.,' n s1 is finished you will be reaoy ,r, " sD sleep without any insomnia sssu sa, Il in the morning you VIII VI s,5s I frcshed and thoroughly ill g001c 1cbjcsg) with yourself and your worlu
 Chronicle.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-07
HEARD IN WASHINGTON.
Good Stories Told by Statesmen
 and Newspaper Mon.
Ex-senator Blair Tells How Phfia- deIphin spinster OutSvitted some Cruel Children-The PhiIoso-
 pher and n Bird Peddler.
Especial Washington Letter.

Ex-Senator Blair, of New Hampshire, says that when he was boy the New England farmers raised all their own wheat and had their flour ground at home mills, but that now agriculture IS reminiscence in that section of the re- public.
 New England is the national health resort" said he. Our people in the hill country are preserving the forests beautifying their homes, and making every prospect pleasing to the summer visitors, for they pay good prices for their entertainment.
 ''The incidents of summer in the mountains would fill many large read able volume, if the city folks would go there would tell their experiences. For example, at summer boarding house up Lake Winnipissaugee, an old maid from Philadelphia located herself and her three cats for the season. The chil- dren in the house, from the youngest to the oldest, led the cats such dance that the felines were justified in wish ing, during their waking moments, that they were dead.
 Ut had kept the old lady on the jump 10 keep her cats out of the children $ hands during the day, and to protect them at night they. had to be locked up in her room. Thus stood affairs until the old lady happened to think of a scheme whereby her own and her pets troubles would be ended. She organ ized a juvenile society for the preven- ton of cruelty to animals.
 Tt was a thought that entered her head at one o'clock in the morning as she lay awake trying to devise method to relieve the cats of trouble. The next morning every child in the boarding house was corralled in the old lady's room, and then she instilled into the young hearts love for everything that walked, flew or crawied, including babies.
 "The children, little comprehending the sport they were sacrificing, or the deep motives of the old lady. all took q pledge to live up to her teachings, and rot only this, but to get every new boarder's children to join the society, too. For fear the novelty would wear off and the children would forget their pledge. the old lady sent to the city and obtained badges for the children to wear.
 ''The result was that all the children in the house strutted about like minia- ture policeman, the cats recovered their composure, besides patches of new fur, and the old lady could do her knit ting without fear of being disturbed to rescue her pets from all but sudden death."
 Sandy Pinn, the New York reporter who has long been such an intimate personal friend of George Francis Train. says that early one morning a tall lank fellow walked across Madison square greeting everybody with the query: Want to buy q moclxing bird ?'' He carried flat, pasteboard box about eight inches square in his hand. h. side futtered bird, which apparently
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His Limitation.

He can skate fancy figure on the glitter ing glary ice: He can dance the dreary two-step in a style that's very nice; He can have his pick, if ever he's inclined to take a wife, But he couldn't earn his living if 1t was to save his life.
 Cleveland Leader
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Mandy-Come on, Silas; it costs too much to eat in thet place.
 Silas-Yes. 50 cents is lot ter pay fer dinner, but look how long we kin eat from one-thirty to eight o'clock. Let's % in.-N. Y. Tribune.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-07
rhe Trent Habit.

Come, Julia, let's come as ssr friendship oyster stew 'os Vba "Frierdship oyster ste" that? aad E "why. you'll pay for nine, l.aaL a pay for yours. IN. l. 1o1'
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His PrononnI.

"They say people who live together get to look alike"
 "la that so? Well, just in the interest of science, let's try it-"--Chieago Kec- ord.
The Mena weekly star., 1897-04-07

Maude-What did pa say when vou asked him for my handq
 ready Litewait-He was too busy to talk.-Town Topics. -
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-22

Americans are the most inventive
people on earth. To them have been
issued nearly 100000 patents, or more
than one-third of all the patents is
sued in the world. No discovery Of
modern years has been of greater ben
eft to mankind than Chamberlain's
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy,
or has done more to relieve pain and
suffering. j. w. Vaughn, of Oakton,
KY, says: Il have used Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhoea
Remedy in my family for several years
and find it to be the best medicine /
ever used for cramps in the stomach
and bowels" For sale by all druggists
and dealers. Benson, Smith g. Co.,
agents for Ii /.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-22

Have you leaky gutter? If you
have, make it perfectly clean and dry,
apply a god coat of No. P. and B.
Paint over the leaky spots; then. take a
piece of stout Manila paper, or piece
of common cotton cloth, paint it well on
both sides; lay it over the first coat, CIV
ing the whole a final coat, and there
will be no more leak there. Or if the
whole gutter is bad, make it clean and
dry, and apply paste of P. & B. Paint
aud Portland Cement
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-22
put Me or at Buffalo"

The title of this well known song
as well as the song itself emanated
from the brain of an employee of the
Buffalo Brewing Company. This ex-
cellent beer is on draught at the Cos
Pacific, and Royal saloons.
The interchangeable check system is
found very valuable to patrons.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-22
THE NEW JOURNALISM.

City Editor (of great daily: where
is the President of the United States?'
Assistant: Hes reporting today's
cabinet meeting for u.s."
City Editor: "All right. Cable the
Car of Russia to look after the Chin
csc question for us today, and remind
the Emperor of Germany that we de-
pend upon him to cover the meeting
of the Reichstag."
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-22
Sole Agents for the Hawaiian Islamd'

The building papers are /, 2, 3, and 4
ply. They come in rolls, each roll con-
tanning 1000 square feet They are
water proof, acid and alkali proof and
vermin proof. A house lined with build
ing paper is far cooler than one that is
not. There is also cheaper grade of
paper adapted for use under mating
keeping out insects.
The Hawaiian star. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu]) 1893-1912, 1897-04-22
Honolulu, July Goth, 1895

HONOLULU, July 9th, 1890.
MEssRs. w. G.. IRWIN & Co., LTD.
GENTLEMEN:-In reply to your in.
quiry as to how the Ideal Roof Paint
you sold me lasted would say that
painted the roof of my house 10 months
ago with your Red Ideal Roof Paint,
and find it is as fresh and bright in ap.
pearance today as when first applied
looking as well as others lately painted
with other paints, 1 am more than
satisfied
j. q. ROTHWELL.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-06-16


The Kansas City World of June It'll,
contains the following very compliment.
tary article on our friend, I. F. Lands.
We are not informed as to whether he
viii visit Barber county or not during
his short vacation. His old friends
here would all be pleased to see him:
Irwin F. Lands, son of Harry Land
is, warden of the penitentiary, returned
to Kansas today from Annapolis, where
he has just graduated from the United
States naval academy with high honors.
After months visit with his parents
and friends in Kansas young Lands
will leave fo- Yokohama. Japan. where
De Will enter the United States naval
service as cadet ensign aboard man.
of-war. He will be gone two years, af-
ter which he will be given a furlough
and then assigned to other naval duties
by the government.
ASIDE from his school work Mr.. Lam
dis distinguished himself in other WAYS
while attending theUnited States naval
academy: He is % years old, weighs
100 pounds and is fine specimen of
physical manhood. = In the field of
athletics he won almost a national rep
utation. He was captain of the foot
ball team and played right tackle. He
was also catcher for the base ball team,
distinguishing himself in both posi-
tions.
One time while a party from the
academy was on cruise on Chesapeake
bay aboard government vessel, one of
the party fell overheard. He was a
poor swimmer and was about to be
drawn into the propeller by suction.
This meant instant dnath, as he would
have been ground to pieces. Terror
struck the hearts of those on board as
they witnessed the scene and realized
the impending danger. A sort of a
panic seized them, and with blanched
faces they stood rooted to the spot.
With remarkable courage and presence
OF mind, young Lands unhesitatingly
jumped from the deck and saved the
mans life. Besides being powerfully
built. Lands adds to his other accom-
that of being an expert
swimmer. 1t came into good play in
this emergency. He succeeded in get
ting the drowning man away from the
suction and out of danger. until as
sistance arrived and they were hoisted
on board the vessel.
Mr.. Lands was warmly commended
for his heroism by the officers of the
school and by those who witnessed the
thrilling scenes.''
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-06-16
ATTENTION, ALL!

The members of the Cemetery Asso-
citation have purchased a fence for the
cemetery, and have decided to put it in
place on Thursday, June II. We sole.
1t help. People in the city or country
who have an interest in the cemetery
are requested to be there on the day
set-there will be work for all. The
members of the association will furnish
dinner free to all who work at the GEM
etery, June II, at store room in the
Cook building. Solicitors for food will
call at the residences in town; we will
be glad to receive food of any kind that
will help to make up a good dinner.
To persons not working at the GENE
terry we will furnish dinner for Is cents.
Mrs. CHASE, Sec'y. pro tenn.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-06-16

Last weeks Hazelton Express con.
tainS the following. We always knew
that Ben Kaufman was a great fisher
man but we did not know that he was
frog fend:
Last Monday b. S. Kaufman, ofMed-
icine Lodge and A. C. Collins loaded I'D
a buggy with all the pharaphernalia
necessary for comfort and business
needed in days fishing and started
out in quest Of the festive bullfrog and
google eyed sunfish. They drove north
till they reached VIM. Maddox's neigh
borhood where they found several large
ponds, and where also resided Mr.. and
Mrs. Bullfrog and family, their cousin s
and aunts and other relatives. They
proceeded to get their grabhooks in
grabbin' order and commence grabbin'.
Mr.. Kaufman succeeded in landing a
frog that measured q inches from the
tip Of his nose to the tip of his toes and
weighed IL pounds. Mr.. Collins hauled
in . mud cat that measured 27e inches
in length and weighed 27f pounds-just
. pound to the inch. Besides these big
hauls they caught 65l sunfish and 1ls
bullfrogs. They will make another
trip in the near future and take a wag-
on instead of q buggy, as it it hard on
the horse to drag the frogs and fish to
town and buggy is too small to haul
them. This article is not written te
show our gratitude to the boys, as the
editor never even got smell out of the
whole caboodle.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-06-16

June 10, 1897.
PUBLICATION NOTICE.
In the District Court within and for the Coun.
ty of Barber in the state OF Kansas.
Jacob Achenbach, Plaintiff,
VS..
The Hardtner Town Company, Corporation,
The Hardther Town Company, defendant I'm
the above entitled cause, will take notice that
the said Jacob Achenbach, plaintiff, did on the
10th day OF June 1897, file his petition in said
District Court, within and for the County OF
Barber in the State Of Kansas, against the
said The Hardtner Town Company, defend
ant, and that the said defendant must answer
said petition filed as aforesaid, on or before
the 18th day of July 1897 or said petition win
be taken as true. and Judgment rendered in
said action against said defendant, The Hardt-
dred and Ninety-five Dollars (s5Q5. OO, with in
terest thereon at the rate of IL per cent per
a ann f0r from i the IND dsy Of February 1882
against said defendant, The Hardtner Town
Company, for the foreclosure of q certain
mortgage upon the following described real
Blocks No. forty-stx (4ol, forty-seven ayl.
forty-eight (4S). forty-nine t49). nifty (s0 nifty
one CD, hfty-two t5zh hfty-three G9. ffty-four
sixty-six (66l. siyty-seyen t67j. slxtyeight (6s.
sixty-nine t6o). seventy Coz. seventy-one (71),
@ sse %
enty-nine f79J, eighfy-eiQht (8S), eignty-nine
ts9l, ninety 900. ninety-one CD, ninety-two
five (95). ninety-six t96), ninety-seven (g7, nine
ty-eight 1881, ninety-nine t99), In The town OF
Hardtner, according TO the recorded plat In
county, Kansas, lying and situated in the
County of Barber in the State of Kansas, and
adjudging that said plaintiff have the first Hen
on said premises, TO the amount of which
Judgment VIII be taken as aforesaid, and or
derfng said premises to be sold and the pro-
ceeds applied to the payment OF the amount
due the plaintiff and costs of suit, and forever
barring and foreclosing said defendants, and
each of them, of and from all right. title, e.
tate, interest, property and equity OF redemp-
ton. in or TO sad premises or any part there
of.
A. L. HERR, Attorsey for plaintiff.
Attest: F.E. READ,
ISL Clerk.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-06-16

Z. r. German was up from Hazelton
township on Wednesday of last week.
Asked what the outlook for crops in
his township was, Mr.. German replied
that they were excellent. A large wheat
crop Is being harvested there at this
writing and corn aud kaffir corn is look
ing well. He states aisO that the
wheat is clean of smut and weeds,
and that it is of good quality. The
prospect for good price is not so good
IA fact which is to be deplored. There
10 shortage Of wheat all over the
world and the price this year should be
from fair to high. But in ia1d where
trusts reign supreme the people are
plundhrsd.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-06-16

An interesting feature of this
months magazines is the announce
ment that The Century Go. of New
York, have organized prize competi-
ton of new kind. They offer 81, 500
for the best answers to $50 printed
questions which are gratuitously dis
tributed to competitors. The questions.
it seems, can all be answered from
works of reference found in most
homes, and deal with popular subjects,
such as the origin of common sayings.
the meaning Of proper names. the ma
ture of precious stones. metals and the
various standards Of time and of weight.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1897-06-16

II. D. Chapman and John T. Boone,
both of Kansas City, and both interest
ed in the New York Life Insurance
company, came in last Friday to remain
few weeks to regain health. Mr..
Boone is an old acquaintance of c. @.
Chandler and mother, and in choosing
a western town for recreation he chose
Medicine Lodge in order that he could
make them visit.