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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30
Knew His Habits.

The following anecdote is printed
in Labouchere's Truth, as illustrat tive
of the customs of the willy pathan:
"a certain general and his staff,
while vending their way through one
of the narrow valleys of Tirah, were
annoyed by the attentions of a soil
tary marksman, who from time to
time sent a bullet unpleasantly close.
At last the general turned to his or
derly-a Pathan sowar-and told him
to dismount, take his carbine and try
and stalk the mountaineer. The
sowar started off, and presently there
was a crack, and gray-bearded old
Afridi tumbled headlong down the
mountain side. The sowar reioined
and fell into his place. Well done!'
said the general; but how on earth
did you manage it so easily?' oh.
replied the sowar; I knew his habits.
He was my father"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30

would never doubt the loyalty of the
People. if you had heard those cheers.
There were not more than fifteen of
us Ameri cans in the town and the
Plaza was full of natives. 1t looked
like fourth of July.
Gen. Stone read the proclamation
and spoke to the people. I had to
stand by the General and repeat his
speech after him in Spanish. He
said he liked that way of speaking, as
it gave him time to think what to say
while l was repeating what he had
said. The people must have had
sore Threats in the morning, after so
much cheering. They still kept it
up after we had scattered to houses
to eat supper, as the people made US
their guests. We ran across a few
volunteers and paroled them, so they
were as happy as the citizens. That
night spent on Porto Rican ma
tives' bed. 1 slept well and dreamed
of home and mother. This made me
sad the next morning, and / missed
Reddy's ready wit to arouse ME
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30
ga City of Zine,o

"a City of Zinc" is the name which
may appropriately be given to tn
mushroom city of Portuguese East
Africa. Beira, says the London Tab
let. All the houses. all the hotels and
public buildings, says a Natal Catho
lie contemporary barracks and ware
houses are built of zine. So great has
been the speculation in building, and
50 urgent the need for supplying the
Inhabitants with cheap and speedily
erected dwellings,. that a city has
been built up in six months. Thous
sands of tons of zinc, from France
England and America, supplied the
material. The unpleasant impression
produced by the aspect of this zinc
town is heightened. by the thought
that men have to dwell in these
houses under a tropical heat. Every
thing in this strange city is under
the dominion of the metal. Even
when a person falls i'll he is carried
on a zinc stretcher to hospital
which is also, of course, made of zinc.
And, If he dies. he is laid to rest in
. zinc coffin.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30
Ardent Lover of Chess.

Tt may not be known that Leo XIII.
is an ardent lover of chess, says the
New York Herald. He has been a
constant player for over thirty years,
and his skill in the game is anything
but mediocre. His holiness favorite
opponent used to be Father Guilio,
with whom he was in the habit of
playing when he was Cardinal Pecci.
On being raised to the pontifical
throne, he summoned Father Guilio
from Florence, where he was then
stationed. and gave him apartments
in the vatican. Father Guilio was said
to combine a rare mastery of the
game with an exceedingly irascible
temper. Sometimes, during a game
with his holiness he would burst out
into am ungovernable fit of rage. On
such occasions Leo XIII. Immediately
interrupted the contest and proceeded
to deliver little hornily ON the vir.
tues of Christian resigna ton and self
control.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30
The "Hosier Poet.~

A woman at literary reception in
London said she had heard the Amer
lean 'thosier poet" read at Exeter
Hall. 'tIIow curious that a hosier
should become your poet laureate in
America" she said. The American to
whom she spoke did not know what
she meant until she said that her ia
vorite among the ''hosier poets"
poems was when the Fast is on the
Pumpkin" Then he exclaimed that
it was Riley, the Hoosier poet" "Oh.
you Americans have such a queer
way of pronouncing things" said the
woman. yes, but Mr.. Riley is not a
hosier, he is" began the Ameri-
can. But she cut the explana ton
short with: "Oh, see; it is joke.
then; you americans are so funny. j
suppose you think Mr.. Riley is blue
stocking, and so you call him a
hoSier"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30
AT PATHS Home.

Visiting Nine. PATHS superb castle
In Wales. guest not long since had
very curious experience He
chanced to open his window in the
middle of the night, and, to his sur
prise. bells began TO ring in every
quarter of the grounds Very much
scared. but realizing that he had,
after all. only set burglar alarm
going, the guest descended to reas-
sure the household, when he instant
ly found himself in danger from e
dozen raving dogs, who had obtaiud
their freedom and were growing am
swapping in the ugliest manner. A.
breakfast next morning he learnet
all about this curious fad of Mime
Patti, and wondered at it The SINCE
has great dread of burglars. Som
time ago a gang of these gentlemeE
from London attempted to obtain ad
mIttance, but were defeated in their
object, and since that date Nine
Petit has set up every kind of bur,
CLAIR alarm that exists. The queer
part about one of these is, however.
well worth noticing Her largest dog
an enormous brute, who might be re-
lied upon TO cope with little army
OF thieves. is kept vigorously chained
to patent kennel But the chain is
so arranged that should any one at
tempt to open a window or door in
the castle the dog is released ard
free to rove at his pleasure. it being
presumed that he would at once
make for the burglars and do his
duty. The idea is ingenious. and. a.
the traveller discovered. not a little
dangerous
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30
Sketches from Army Life.
SKETCH NO. B.


oh brothers, come! The breath of heaven is
here
One draught can make the slave md master one.
The grace OF liberty softens year by year,
And in n richer food the streams of life flows on.
On the morning OF the 2nd of Aug
ust, Gen. Roy Stone was ordered to
proceed to Adjuntas, small village
about twenty miles from Ponce, and
nesting among the hills eff the island
in security, as it had done for hun
dred years, knowing nothing of wars
and their alarms. 1t was destined
to awake to a sense of being
Early in the morning, as we saunt-
cred out from our breakfast, We heard
that the Gen. was going to Adjuntas,
and now the momentous question
was, who of US Aides would get to go?
hardly expected to get the opportu-
nifty, as / had been to Yauco but "A
short time ago, and some of the boys
had not been anywhere, as yet, from
camp, but to my surprise, an order
was delivered to me to prepare to
accompany the Gen. as an interpre-
ter. now realized to what / owed
my selection to go with the expedi
ton. / was now glad that / had
spent my idle time in learning the
hated Spanish language.
hurried away to get ready and
was soon at the headquarters, where
i found Captain Lamar, OF the signal
corps, waiting for me to ride with
him. With about dozen men, we
started towards Adjuntas, following
the telegraph line, and repairing it
where necessary, so as to complete
the line of communication as soon as
the country should come into cur
possession. We took our time and
stopped at little country house to
eat our rations, which we took with
US, OF course, and found the people
very frie IDLY. They tried to commu-
nicate with the boys by signs, but
soon one of the boys called to me and
said "What does Isl senor,' mean p"
Every time ask for anything, thi s
little girl says Isl Senor," and 1 want
to know what that is?" l told him
it meant Eyes Sir and he laughed
to think how simple that was. So
asked him what he wanted? and he
said he had been trying to get some
milk. So told the little Miss that
the young man would like some milk,
and with a laugh and glad ISL Senor,''
away she ran and soon came back
with three quart pail of nice sweet
milk.
sit does beat HI how some peo-
pie can say such outlandish things
and some people understand them. 2
said the young man.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30
Dons DENY Cuban Debt.

Madrid.-In political circles it is as
serted that an agreemen. has been
reached between the peace commission
ers in Paris.
The government, 1t is semi officially
announced, intends to notify the
Cuban bondholders that Spain will
not pay the Cuban debt, which will
not be mentioned in the peace treaty.
The government considers itself
completely freed from these entangle-
ments, which fall upon the nation ex-
ercising sovereignty and collecting
taxes In Cuba.
Paris, Nov. 20.-The Spanish pace
commissioners have been notified that
the United States commissioners will
be ready to treat with them in joint
session tomorrow afternoon. Unless
the Spaniards have an adequate reason
for further delay, the two commissions
will join in the most important meet
ing thus far held.
The American commissioners in a
written communication will declare
that the third article of the protocol
regarding the Philippines is capable
Of only one fair construction.
No one here except the American
commissioners knows how much will
be rendered Spain as the cheapest and
most humane way of settling The diff
Guilty. She is exceedingly anxious 10
escape the PHILIPPINE debt, and possibly
the sum to be offered may be determ-
ined by an analysis of that debt, which
consists of $40, 900, 600 in bonds on
which she realizsd $50 ,00O,0 OF
the latter amount she is believed to
have expended some $l0,000,0C0 OF
$1,000, 900 in fighting the United
States and part in attempting to queil
the PHILIPPINE insurrectjon. A reason
able guess at the sum for tender would
be 900, 100000, though it may fall be
low that.
The Cuban question may come ny
sgain tomorrow. The American COM
mission had thought the discussion OF
that point finished, but the Spanish
commissioners are reported to have de-
clared last week that the mortgages
imposed by Spain on the Cuban, as
well as the Philippine revenues, mus,
not be impaired or questioned. This
would compel the American commits
sioners soon-and probably tomorrow
to demand whether Spain means &c
repudiate the plain compact of the
protocol to relinq1ish sovereignty ovel
and title to Cuba.
Three weeks ago the Spanish com
missioners accepted the Cuban articl,
In the protocol without conditions
save its embodiment in the treaty
should depend on only an agreement
here on all the articles of the protocol
Recently, however, SPANS represent
atives have said that the Cuban matte
had only been temporarily passed anC
was still in allegiance.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30
Drank microbes and All.

While dining at his son-in-law's one
evening, it was noticed that Pasteur
dipped his cherries in his glass of
water. and then carefully wiped them
before eating them. AS this caused
some amusement, he held forth al
length on the dangers of the microbes
with which the cherries were COW
cred. Then he leaned back in his
chair. wiped his forehead, and uncon-
sciously picked up his glass. drank
OF the contents, microbes and all.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30

Alex Mcintyre, tailor OF WaIds-
Vile. Ont, 10 the ,ossessor Of . racer
that belonged at one time to Robert
Burns, the Scotch poet. It was given
him by his employer on leaving Scot
land. The latterS father was Q
friend of Burns, and used 70 accom-
pany him TO convivial gath erings,
thereby bringing down on himself the
censure of his family for keeping
company with such . scspegrssAs
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30

doctor, why is it my head aches
% when I've come off a spree?" BE
cause your brain is in sympathy with
your stomach" cit is! Well, it
shows darned poor judgment."-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30

"That strike seems to be a long
while coming off" 'Tell you," said
the man on the inside. "The union
and the employers are just now bid
ding against one another for the dep.
uty sheriffs. Indiana polls journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30

Colonel Hunter, secretary of the
military commission, who is in poor
health, will leave Ponce on October
Is, on board the Philadelphia.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30

No Chance to Argue.-Landlady-1
want you to understand, sir, that I'm
no spring chicken" Old Boarder-
well, I'll have to take your word for
it. never saw one. "-Cleveland
Leader.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30

The outdoor girl has discovered
that industry is trumps. A man is
never so we'll pleased with girl az
when he sees her industriously en-
ployed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30

81 guess I'm willin' to CO." said the
farmer, when they told him his hours
would be out few. ut is just a
change from hawin' my nose to the
grindstone to havfn' it to the tomb
stone. "-Indianapolis Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30

About $4,000 has been collected a.
customs duties since October 10, the
day the United States formally took
possession of Porto Rico.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30

Greene-"Do they play golf in Ger
many?" Redd-"Oh, yes; haven't you
ever heard of the Frankfurter links?''
-Ycnkers StaterAam.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30

Colonel Young says that he does
not expect any further trouble at
Virden.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30

The n. III. III. Co. No. 81.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30

Members Of the Mexican board Of
health have just imported from Eu-
rope am X-ray apparatus. tt IL to
be used for inspecting cans of pre-
served meats and fruits, ito deter
mine IL they ara ft for consumption"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-11-30

Tattooed dogs are now the fashion
in London A coat Of arms or . mon
ogram Is marked on the throat or
breast of the animal. The process
- made almost painless by the use Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27

IL is not an Interpretation. In consequence the
BOOK Is long drawn out; it is a mosaic Of petty
details which would be frightfuly dull IL II
were not extraordinarily vivid. and, in It's vivid
ness, actual and human. The authors seem to
have remained outside their subject to have
eschewed all temptation TO be dramatic or ro-
manic Their drama is the drama OF the Prus-
sian invasion, and that incOherent event is de-
picted with a fidelity TO detail minor as well
as major, that puts unity out Of the question.
The Disaster" consists Of pages out OF the
diary OF the French army. written with logged
resolution, with no pause for the sake Of an
individual one cares little for the individual
in this book, though each one is drawn clearly
enough, and the connection Of the individual
with the march OF events leaves the reader
cold 1t being no more interesting than the con-
OF an ant heap. Considered a literary pho
tograph. as a panorama in words, the book has
unusual merits 1t surpasses Zola in vividness,
and it IS marked by hardly any Of the gross
taste which dislgures the older novelists work
Mr.. Zangwill, like Mr.. Wells and the Mar
gueritte brothers, has been writing fiction that
is not fiction. They lean upon science and
history-he leans upon criticism, upon the analy
sis of conspicuous figures in jewish history
Heine and Beaconsfed Lasalle and Spinoza are
delineated in THE Dreamers Of the Ghetto"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27

Room may have doors and yet get some ventia-
ton that a parlor like cell may be made the
oosest room in the house II IL is only decorated
In the right way. AS IT is. people to-day deco
late too much from theory and too little from
principle Our authors allude to the manner in
which houses are afflicted with things that never
belonged In them simply because the things
themselves have been admired. People
sometimes conclude that because a thing is un-
usual il IS artistic or, rather, that through some
occult process the most ordinary things become
artistic by being used IN an unusual manner
Hence We find houses decorated with every
c'nceiyable object from a battered jug TO
cabinet ten feet high which the light-hearted
tourist has picked up on the Continent ano
which he cOnsiders-for the reason OF what the
French would call its "prOvenance "a nj adorh-
nsnt for his dwelling. and a thing over winch
his friends should all so mad with delight. Mrs,
Wharton and Mr. Goldman bring enlightenment
10 these misguided astlotes, indicating to them
the sweet reasonableness which will alone MAKE
Q house beautiful
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27

take place II will be merely mistake OF the
forces Of nature. Briefly, may say that the
Martians. az Mr.. Wells portrays them, are as
plausible as the most commonplace types in the
latest stun novel He preserves the illusion
by not talking about 1t. He takes these mon
strous beings for granted. Their descent upon
this earth Is described not only as though II
might have happened as though 1t had been
witnessed by MI. Wells. but something which
would naturally happen In just the way
that he sets forth. The arrival of the first Mar
tians has just such effect upon the people OF
London and the surrounding counties as might
be expected Suppose you yourself were to be
murdered" says Matthew Arnold to portiy
Englishman in a famous passage; the great
mundane movement would still go on. there
would still he the same crush at the corner OF
Fenchurch- St, the graveed walks of your villa
would still be rolled" MI Wells shows the
same understanding of the British nature He
rainte the social movement as quite undisturbed
bv the first massacres accomplished by the
Martans and II is only by the time the opera
lions Of those tremendous creatures are IN fui!
swing that England wakes up 10 a sense or It's
neril and that mighty panic begins which III
this novel is pictured with almost appalling
effect Not one fragment of the story Mr.. WeiIs
unfolds shall We remove from his pages. Ihat
would be 10 spoil the pleasure or the rcaoer'
For there Is a great deal Of pleasure to De de-
rived from this book. along with sensations Vi
terror: there is the pleasure OF following an
author on a marvellous flight OF Imagination
without ever experiencing the fantest lapse
from that level OF verismltude v men Is HIS
highest aim Mr.. Wells will have to work hard
~ he is ever to write better more Impressive
hook than THE War Of the Worlds.
The book by Paul and Victor MARGUERITE
which MI Lees has just translated Is also san
urinary but we fear il is not haii so 'hfil'iHs
as THE War OF the Worlds despite the lac'
that i, deals with the Franco-Prussian war d
theme which ought TO strike home much more
speedily than any combat between Martiahs anu
ourselves made up out Of whole cioth. oh '''
other hand the authors OF The Disaster might
well claim that Imagination has been the one
thing they wanted 20 avoid. They nave soueh'
10 put the psychology Of the war into WORDS
but never through any speculative methoos IA
we are made acquainted with the feeiIhss Vi
the French army it is only through minute
account Of each little thing that IL do' anu
that account "a in the nature Of photograph
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1898-03-27

and as far as possible Mr. Zangw mas por-
trayed them through a reproduction and manip-
ulation OF their own words The book is study
OF Jewish types a kind ot rifacim'nto Of the
Jewish genius in its best manifest atoms. We
have already had occasion 10 point out the
pitfalls into which Mr.. ZangwilIs scheme has
led him The chapter on Heine. for example,
is in exquisitcly bad taste. The poor. diseased
and broken down poet is made to writho again
on his deathbed. and the public is asked TO
watch al a scene over which the veil OF privacy
should be kept closely drawn outside Of the
strictest biography. Mr.. Zangwill tacity sets
out to amuse as well as TO instruct when he
throws biography into the form Of fiction, and
at such an end az Heinc's il IS painful, not
amusing, to gaze. Aside from the question OF
taste raised by this chapter, however, and by
one or two others there is nothing worse than
the authors proxity TO he noted. The por-
traits are usually well drawn and the analysis
OF the Jewish character which goes on. by i'm
pication. from the beginning to the end is un-
dcniably suggestive II Mr.. Zangwil had a
lighter touch he would have written livelier
and more admirable book As il is his sym
pathy and industry VIII not go unrewardod
For = clear understanding OF famous Hebrew
typee the reader could not choose a more salts
factory book than The Dreamcrs OF the
Ghetto" and We fancy that this fact VIII be
widely recognized.
Picture Joyous young fellow just back In
ENGLAND from the Cape; 4 rich mans son who
has grown up i'm luxury and has spent almost
his last penny in his travels, and let him burst
in upon his chldhood's home to find il deserted
empty dusty: his father a runaway cmbezZIer.
his mother driven out into poverty. This IS inc
narrowing situation Of the hero Of Mr.. HOT
nung's novel as i, opens, and II is one when Is
sure TO rouse the interest Of the most SUPER
fetal reader. The subsequent proceedings OF
/ Harry Ringrose are more or less exciting the
vindings Of the plot being ingenious II ho'
dramatic The mystery which allows an agree
able ending to 50 mournful a tale IS Wen MAIN
tanned: and the characters, though ho' S'IIh-
ingIy original are not commonplace. Ih"y are
drawn with some humOr and much shreWnhesS.
The love interest OF the book Is rather "'"h'
but this weakness does not impair the erect
OF the plot In short Young BLOOD Is an *
cellent minor novel as entertaining as Il h'''
he in It's unpretentious way. Nobody WIZ want
| To read Il a second time, but thai may W S"'"
Of most OF the novels Of the day.