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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-12-07
Marriage. i'm mana-l.a-ta.

''The Good Vrouw of Mana-ha-ta:
At Home and in Society" is the title
of recently published book, by Mrs.
John King Van Rensselaer,. 1t deals
with the domestic life of the early
Dutch settlers of New York and pre-
sents some charming pen pictures of
maidens and widows. Mrs. Van
Rensselaer, says:
The groom was required by law to
take out a license, and for many
years it was only possible to obtain
one at Albany, Esopus, or Mana-ha-ta.
The official records, therefore, of
these three places are pretty accurate
family histories of the Dutch settlers.
The marriage ceremony, or "inzegeen-
Ing" was usually performed at the
house of the brides parents and all
the friends and relatives gathered to
wituess it and enjoy the feast that
followed.
Among the lower classes much
rough play was indulged in, and the
bridegroom's house was sometimes
nischievously decorated with May.
poles propped in front of his door, on
which were hung ragged stockings.
which were not removed until he paid
his tormentors to carry them away.
The dress of the bride was q ne.
euliar one. She always wore as many
petticoats as she could carry, as these
were a part OF her dover and a sigy,
OF prosperity, but sometimes a bride
would appear scantily clothed and
with "a shift" over her dress. This
was I'm THE case of a widow whose
first husband had left debts that she
~
abe was married the second time In
this curious apparel 50 as to signify
that she went penniless into her hus-
bands hands, and The accepted her
without dover, and was not to be
held responsible for his predecessor
liabilities. The minister of the parish
when entering the marriage in der
Trouw Boeck" would place in tho
margin some such notice as the fol-
lowing: '1n the presence of A, B, c,
etc., was Rachel Pier, with her
chemise over her clothes, married to
Albert Hendrickse Ploeg, by me,
Dominic Micella, April 80, 1899.
"A maiden bride wore a peculiarly
shaped crown that was generally an
heirloom in the family and kept for
such occasions. It was sometimes of
metal and adorned with precious
stones, but more usually was of paste
board covered with silk. handsomely
embroidered in gold and silver. The
brides women also wore an emblem
attic headgear. They were not often
maidens, but were matrons, who ad-
monished the bride and taught her
the various duties to be performed
during the services. and had general
| charge of the cereInonieA
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-12-07
Bismarck,. opinion OF ske French.

Bismarck's opinion OF the French.
Bismarck had no great opinion q
the French. He believed tAst they
are too easily swayed by popular
catchwords. Talk 70 q Treachman
about liberty, equality, and frater.
nifty, tell him that his nation is the
greatest in the world, and you can
do anything with him. You can op-
press the French more than any
other people If you ten them e 10
done in the name of Freedom" Ask.
ed his opinion in the case of . certain
French spy, he said: "It's q sad
case; you've got to hang him, but do
1t with the utmost politeness, % Al
not to hurt his feelings"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-12-07
EXCURSIONS TO THE COLLEGE AND
STATION.

1t is the plan of the College, if rail
road cooperation can be secured, to
have at least one excursion, and per-
haps several from different parts Of
the state, next spring, by which farm
ers can come and visit the College
and Experiment Station and learn
what these institutions are doing.
The pamphlet bulletins of the Ex-
pertinent Station are sent to all
farmers who desire them. By means
of the press bulletins, with the help
IF the newspapers, useful informa-
ton from the Experiment Station is
still more wildly scattered. Farmers
who have read these publications will
be interested in seeing the station
itself. Talk up the matter thru the
winter and let it be known that q
large company from your county will
| take advantage of the excursion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-12-07
The Fruit-Trec Bark-Be etle.
Kansas Experiment Station. Manhattan, Kans.

or the insects that have been in
troduced into this state during the
past few years, none seem to be more
destructive to stone-fruit trees than
the frujt-tree bark-bcetle, or shot
borer, as it is some times called, from
its peculiar habit of riddling the bark
OF the trees with numerous small
holes. The insect has been found in
Riley, E;ourbon and Allen counties,
and without doubt is present in .
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-12-07
A Sensitive Bird.

The eagle, our American bird oi
liberty, is a very hardy and self-as-
eertive crea ture. 1t is fearless and
keen after game, and IL Will fight
man if cornered or if its nest is dis
turbed by him. If taken captive it
makes the best of circumstances and
thrives if given sufficient food to
crafty its appetite. Quite Q charac-
teristic American, you may nay, rep
resenting the kind of liberty that
knows how to take care Of itself.
How differentsis the delicate bird
pictured on the postage stamps Of
Guatemala and used by tAo people
Of the South American rspublic as
q symbol of liberty. The frsfl crea-
ture, called the "quizzel," A1es inn
mediately if captured. So tTaHome is
any sort OF restraint to IL tAs4 If lib
Grated after being held for . 9gw Sec
onds it will fly few feet aud then
drop to the ground dead. Attsmpts
have been made to trap Il a19ge, but
Il always found dead ia tAe cage.
If the young are taken from De nest
they die Immediately. The Alrd has
beautiful plumage, the most stril-
ing features OF which are two ex.
tremely long tail feathers ana . -
uezo crest ON Its neao.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-12-07

An engine has just been delivered
to the Union Railroad Co. of Pitts
burg Pa, Weighing 334, 900 pounds.
Il is nearly s rods in length has tend
or that carries 10 tons of coal and 5000
gallons of water and is over 8 times a.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-12-07

The 14th Annual edition of the
Colum bia Desk-p pad Calendar, issued
by the Pope Mfg. Co., of Hartford
Conn.,, is being distributed. This
calendar occupies an unique place
among advertising devices. 1t may
be said to be largely the product of
the Pope Company's own customers,
whose contributions in the shape of
Gttlng testimonials to the merits Of
Columbia product. or clever bits Of
verse about bicycling in general, ap-
pear at the tops of the various pages
over the names of the contributors.
The pages for Sundays, the first day
of each month, and holidays. pres
ent appropriate selections from well
known authors. Any person may OBJ
tain copy by applying to the near.
est Columbia dealer or by sending
five 2-cent stamps to the Calendar
Department, Pope Mig. Co., Hartford
Conn.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-12-07
large as the largest engine used in 1888.
1t will be used en- road IL miles in
length Of very heavy grade.
Victory For Port Arthur.

BEAUMONT, Tex, Nov. 22.-The
supreme court of Texas has handed
down decision in favor of the Port
Arthur Channel and Dock company
in the injunction suit brought by big
property holders near Port Arthur.
The decision disposes of all questions
in connection with the completion of
the canal which is in course of con-
struction at Port Arthur, to connect
the terminals of the Kansas City,
Pittsburg & Gulf railway with deep
water, a distance of six and one half
miles.
The Port Arthur Channel and Dock
company was organized for the pur-
pose Of constructing this canal. 1t
was we'll underway when the work
was stopped by an injunction grant
ed by Jefferson county court. 1t
had been necessary for the canal
people to condem the land through
which they were building the canal
and their right to othis under their
charter was questioned. The case
was taken to the supreme court.
The decision just rendered ends the
matter and makes it possible for the
canal company to push the work to
completion. The canal is already
practically finished for distance of
four and a half miles.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-12-07

iuhhlhS IhlOuSu GuO uluulO vi CuO
mouth of the Kansas river and des-
cribed In the act as the west boundary
of Missouri was ceded to the state of
Missouri in what was known as the
Plat purchase.
Many citizens of Kansas City Kan,
are ardent workers in the effort to
change the boundary line between
the two states. One of the stanchest
friends Of the scheme is Mr.. G.. NJ.
Reeds of 239 North Eighth street,
Kansas City, Kan. He has prepared
a long statement, which is convinc-
ing proof that some action will be
taken in the near future. This state
ment has been sent to Congressman
Peters, with the request that bill be
introduced in congress as soon as
possible. An extract from Mr..
Reeds statement says:
"Anyone may see how it was +pos-
sible for the mouth of the Kaw river
to change between the years of 1923
and 1854 to point moro than one
mile to the east, therefore changing
the western boundary of Missouri
from meriden to river bed, casing
the mistake which we claim was made.
By this, the state of Kansas is robbed
of much valuable territory and taxable
property"
William Mulkey, who lives at the
cornor of Thirteenth and s GSumit St.,
is one of the oldest settlers and is
perfectly familiar with the questions
in regaru to the state line controversy
Il have lived here seventy-oue
years, he said, land during the
greater part of that time 1 have lived
In sight of the mouth of tho Kaw. /
am positive that the Kaw once ran
east of where Dold's packing 'nouse
now stands. The Kaw then enlptied
into the Missouri near the present
railroad bridge northeast Of the union
depot. remember having heard nv
brOther-in law, who ls lawyer,
make the statement that some day
Kansas would have slice of Missou
ri"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-12-07

The forth east coast experienced
the worst gale in so years on Nov. 26
and 27. IL to 18 inches of snow fell
with the wind at velocity of from 40
miles an hour at the Delaware break
water to 80 miles an hour off Boston
light. The damage to commerce is
great and many vessels were wrecked.
at Boston alone the property loss
runs into the millions and Iaany
lives are known to have been lost.
Street car and r. r. traffic was tied
up and with the snow drifts Is feet
at places it was impossible for people
to travel. New York, Philadelphia
and other Coast Cities suffered the
same as Boston. At New York es-
pecially many people lost their lives
in the street from exposure.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-12-07

Frank G. Gillett the biggest cattle
plunger of this country who started
out about four years ago has disappear
ed. His creditors are looking after
him for 81 600, 900 worth. They find
O,OOO head of cattle scattered in
punches all over the west from Oregon
to Texas, and all mortgaged. 25 com.
mission men from the Kansas City
stock exchange are among his creditors
and they are f1ockiDg to Abiline and
surrounding towns, Gillett's old home.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-12-07

parallel to the eastern boundary of
New Mexico; thence boundary to lati-
tude 38 degrees; thence following
said boundary westward to the eastern
boundary of the territory Of Utah on
the summit of the Rocky mountains !;
thence northward on said summit to
the fortieth parallel of latitude, thence
east on said parallel Of the west bound
airy OF the state of Missouri; thence
south with the west boundary of said
state to the place of beginning"
Between the surveys of the states
Missouri and Kansas in 1886 all that
part of Missouri west of tho meriden
running through the middle of the
mouth of the Kansas river and des-
cribed In the act as the west boundary
of Missouri was ceded to the state of
Missouri in what was known as the
Plat purchase.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-31
SPAIN Gan MAKE 4 GOOD Fight N CUBA

oThe
impending occupation
OF vita mpo
from
land
Of
powder
der The Span
The land patrol Of the Cuban
sbothar
IN size than first calculated The
Key
o note
believed of
dstoo5 He replied
OF
IN his Official Havana It was
reply he showed read Doing months vet.
had
LEFT the island
pointed
Hander position he
ho.i
$ s-ned '-'
been informed would
in Santiago de Cuba
United tine
at Cad wFG be
hin
The
every Of the
not jadouay attack the
10 hem in the United gve them oase from s
barbor and the - -
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-31
BANCROFT WAS TOO SLOW

Key West, Fla. May . The unknown
STEAMER. supposed 10 b. Spanish aux.
larv cruiser. sighted - she Wilmington
and Bancroft about f7f;c@n miles or Key
West early on THURSDAY evening. Ras aoi
captursd- The Bancroft gave - the
chase
The Wilmington first sighted he ss5an~-
e.. L TOW appears. and was abagt 20
steam after her. when the BaHcrof: cs-e
along and asked her = she had seen any
tang % a four-nastsd s1s8-aer asta 3
yellow smokestack TIE Win ugE81 I'd
her OF me unknown vessel Fnehaa .sst
observed. which had :hree mass ana ore
smokes,ack. and ths Bancroft stared 81
pursuit
Tie stranger pat OF 81 steam sara SIZE
saw SIZE vas being chased ard Ena<ie - e.
a 1s-knot clip she Rad ,oo stg eaa cn
The Bancroft and the latter after eEes-
Ing her tor a. hour and EsLt save x -.
just before Tie Bancroft abandoned re
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-31
THIS COUNTS GERMANY IN

New York, May 30-A dispatch to the
Herald from Berlin says:
II am in position to inform You that
the English official expressions of friend
ship to Germany ambiguously referred to
by Joseph Chamberlain at Birmingham.
were OF most decided character In fact.
they have taken official. as well as non
official Germany. rather by surprise.
at IS even asserted here that the pro-
ject includes a possible colonial conces-
sion of great value to Germany. presum-
ably as the price for drawing Germany
away from Russia.
Il have also authority for the statement
that the idea OF England, Germany and
America Joining hands is being seriously
entertained. not so much here as IN Wash
ington and London. whence it is forced
on German attention.
The rumor that Sir Frank LasceIles
was about 20 be transferred from here IL
utterly false. The British ambassador IS
persona gratissima with the emperor"
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-31

Brooklyn this morning until after the dis
covery Of the fleet and ne then went to
breakfast saying: I have got them. and
they will never get home
The United States auxiliary cruiser st.
Paul arrived here this morning and was
sent to the Mole st. Nicholas with dis
patches. She captured q coal ship, which
was sent to Key West by Captain Sigs-
bee, in charge Of prize crew. The coal
was undoubtedly intended for the Span
ism fleet. II is believed there is not much
coal at Santiago de Cuba
1.-The officers and men Of the flying
squadron are tubiiant over the fact that
the location of the Spanish fleet has finally
been definitely established.
'The temperature here is 10 degrees in
tlle Shade, and in the steel turrets the heat
is actually beyond the power OF imagina-
ton.
Tine American ships here are the Brook
Ign, Texas, Massachusetts,, Iowa, Marble
head and Vixen, an auxiliary torpedo
gunboat."
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-31
injury 10 HE COLUMBIA

washington. May 30-Secretarv Ions
today received dispatch from AdmIra
Bunce. commander OF The New York navy
yard stating THAI ne cruiser Columbia
mad been in collision AZ sea and that ous
Of her Accompaniment had a 3ot n
water IL il. The admiral said re intend
ed 70 dock her Immediately IN order thai
an examination might determine tbe *
tent OF repairs necessary. Wh.ie the al
rlirals dispatch stated nothing as 20 the
time that would be necessary 20 maze
the repairs. Il was believed a. tAs Depart
msnt that thu nature q the collision
made x probable that the repairs would
rot have 70 be very expensive Or time
consuming.
New YORK. Nay 55-Tha cruiser Col1n-
bla. which arrived A. the navy yard isst
evening zl.h her ssa-boare badly stove.
vas Iy!ng this morning s1ouE the ros
6ock ard The ve-k - l.zhterlag ire yes
SCI was nel1e rapidly carried ~. 10 IT.
foruaa ton IN reference 20 r. 5ar7 we
done 70 the Columbia woai5 ha ziv-1 ol.
today ~ ne navy yard. The vesses VIII
5e u71t tato d-y deck as soon a. Eae has
been jlghte1es
Ns~ Yark- Nay e7-Ths cruiser coss--
ia ~as psaees 2 dry 6e-k fas a'-e-assr
Da1-lng ere day u4zssez - rnect.ssf-s
ard .s,eore-s were ~ a7-k replacing go
damages ps-sss- Tae c-esss i4ts sas yz-s
t95zy aB1 re c5ztsv Fszsey. .a eoz-
uau1 % Captain 2.arer steaaez 95s
fez haa-s later Tas dea-saaasa = GEL
Eb>- vezs@s S4s naz4e sz~@n hst & -
tna- lEsy sse sszas ssr south
err xEsszA
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-31

the direct question this morning, replied
very decidedly that 1t would be impolitic
to make any statement on that subject;
II would only serve to give the Spaniards
in Cuba opportunity to mass troops and
thus expose the American troops 70 IN
necessary danger. General Miles is pre-
pared for instant departure. The general
himself refuses 90 say when he will move
but there were signs at army headquar-
tiers this morning that indicated an early
departure
Washington, May so-Now that the
Spanish fleet has been definitely located
IN Santiago harbor, where they are no
longer a menace to the transportation Of
troops, there will be no delay in the
starting of the military expedition
against the Spanish forces in the West
Indies.
This much was officially admitted at
the war department, but no information
was vouchsafed as to the precise destina-
ton OF the expedition. It was gathered
here that troops were actually embarking
today bound for Cuba. but it was impos-
sfble to confirm this. General Miles spent
most Of the day at the war department
part of the time IN conference with Con
eral ColIazo and Colonel Hernandez OF
Garcia's staff The troops gathered at
Tampa have been ready for some time.
awaiting news of the location of the
Spanish feet Now that such news has
been received they will START at once.
Where they will go cannot be told with
propriety. There was good reason for The
belief that General Miles would start for
Tampa this evening.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-31
CERVERA Al CURACAO

New York, May 3o.-The British steam
er Laughto1 arrived today from Curacao
and La Guayra- Captain Hodgson
brought information confirming the re-
cent reports Of the Spanish feet which put
into Curacao for coal and provisions He
also brought photographs of the Vizcaya
and Infanta Teresa, which anchored a
short distance from the Laughton. Cap
tain Hodgson said that the ships' bot
toms were very foul and covered with
long grass They stood high out of the
water owing to their lack Of coal, and
the boatmen of the harbor said that the
sailors of the cruisers were IN need of
food. The opinion was unanimous that
they were IN no condition for speed.
During the afternoon Of Sunday, May
Is, the admiral was handed a dispatch
upo nthe deceipt OF which he ceased tax
ing on supplies and signalled the fleet to
sail. He left a considerable quantity Of
cattle and coal in barges IN the harbor.
The fleet sailed away about dusk on Sun
day, May s.
Discipline aboard the Vizcaya seemed
to be well maintained; on the Infanta
the smaller broadside guns of the latter
vessel was split in such a way that It
was useless for firing.
Captain Hodgson kept his entire crew
aboard during the time the Spaniards
were I'm the harbor.
Much that he CLEANED in the way OF in
formation was through the chief engfn-
eer Of the Maracaibo another Red n Lima
steamer, which Uv at Curacao at the
time This officer rowed around the two
men-of-war several times in a gig and
obtaine da few snap shots of the vessel.
The Laushton left for La Guayra, sail
ing from there on May 90 Between the
two ports she spoke a steamer and was
informed that four Spanish war vessels
had been seen cruising about the coast
Of Venezuela Later the Laughton pass
ed an unidentified scout boat in the Som
brero Passage, but could not make out
her flag
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1898-05-31
BRITISH COLLIER CAuGHT

! Key West Fla, May S0.-Ths British
steamer Restormel was brought IN here
this morning under her own steam. by
prize crew. She was captured while try
ing to put into Santiago de Cuba with
cargo of coal. The steamer was bound
from Cardiff TO Porto Rico. AS the Ros-
termel came in the British flag was flying
half way down her mainmast. She was
( leaking badly.
Newspaper men were not permitted TO
approach within a hundred yards OF her.
The Restormel was captured by the aux
iliary cruiser st. Paul, Captain Sigsbee,
under the very guns of MORO Castle, at
Santiago de Cuba, at O. m, on May 25
She carried 2,400 tons of best Welsh coal
from Cardiff presumably for Admiral Ger
, vera's feet.
The St. Paul had been lying of Santiago
for six days. and early Wednesday morn
ing the big collier was sighted, making
| at full speed for Santiago harbor. The
st. Paul fired blank shot and the Restor-
mel came to. four miles from the Santiago
forts. The forts did not fire on the cruis-
er. A prize crew, in command Of Lieuten-
ant ]. A. Pattson, was put on board and
dispossessed the British officers, who
made no protest.
Not line was found among the ships
papers relative t othe destination OF con-
signee of the cargo.
The Restormel was headed st once for
Key West. She was leaking badly when
captured and is still in a serious condition.
1890 a. m.-The Restormel still lies in
the harbor near a wharf. Marines patrol
the ship and will allow no one on board.
The members of her crew are not even
allowed to take newspapers offered to
them from launches that come alongside.
In addition TO the st. Paul there were
five other fast naval vessels on scout
duty outside Santiago establishing a def
mite blockade in the sense that no mer-
chant vessels are allowed to enter.
The British steamer Restormel was
built in Newcastle in 1882 She has gross
tonnag eof 1920; is 2S6 feet long; has &c
feet inches beam. and is % feet inches
deep. She is owned by the Restormel
Steamship company, limited q. Cory and
sons, of Cardiff.
Lieutenant Patterson, the prize com
mander of the Restormel. made an ex-
plicit statement to the Associa ted Press
this afternoon saying the steamer have
to after the first shot. He also added that
the Spanish forts did not appear to notice
the capture. The lieutenant also said the
Restormel is uninured and he has smade
the same statement to the federal author
tiles here