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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

OF course writer's of proverbs are
not expected to exemplify their pre-
cepts. Is it not enough for them to
evolve ethical law for others?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01
Powdered Butter rIilk Rakinr Poxa.

The only Baking Powder with the milk
already in it. Makes everything with
cold water. Highest grade made. Guar
anteed absolutely pure. Ask your grocer
Tor It, 90 cents pound can. One trial
and you will always use it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

MCKINLEY is in exactly the posi-
ton as was George III. Each would
crash a weaker people struggling for
liberty.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

LIFE is worth living as long as we
retain self respect.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

The world, as we see it, is but a
mirror of our own souls.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

SOME men are so big-headed that q
circus tent would not make them q
hat lining.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

IFyou can do something which may
result in good, but can not produce
harm, do it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

Gar Reed is reported as exercising
absolute control over the national
house.
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HEssIN the Republican acting
chairman of the committee on sue
cessful robbery schemes wants the
salary of the warden of the peniten-
tiary raised from $500 a year to
S., 900.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

Some thrifty housewives give their
husbands yeast instead Of buttermiIk
to drink 80 that they will rise In the
morning.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

IT is impossible to be entirely un-
happy If you have never injured any
one.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

A woman who says she cannot tell
whether a man is in love or not, is
either fool or a-prevaricator.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

An expansion exchange boasts that
the soldiers who invade and slaughter
Philippine patriots ''come from fight
ing sto' k' So do dogs. What credit
is it to man to fight viciously for the
destruction of weaker beings?
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Make a Comparison of

LAUGHTER must be the sweetest
music in Heaven.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

San Francisco has decided to hold
q worlds fair in 1901, to be known
as the Pacific Ocean international
exposition.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

WIVES of stingy husbands may hide
their money in the family bible and
rest assured that the husband WIN
never fiud it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

No paint or powder can hide the
wrinkles made by i'll nature.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

John Simons of Dighter has sue
ceeded Case as superintendent of the
Hutrhison ret3matry.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

HONEST Republicans all over the
state have been convinced that the
Populist special session was a waste
of money. What will they think
when they know that the one law
passed at that special session-the
law taxing foreign insurance COM
panies has already brought in to
the state treasury more than enough
to pay for the entire session? Such
is absolutel y the case.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

In Prussia the woman do the plow-
ing and harvesting. In this country
they do the sewing and grading.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

Doodle the states business mus. be
neglected-as it was during the first
three weeks of the Republican session.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

We believe now in foreordainaton
and that public officials in the Z. S.
whether officers of peace or Of war,
were foreordained to be the kings OF
the earth, Gen. Eagan, even tho
court martialed and dismissed from
the army in disgrace, still draws $5.-
800 of the peoples money annually
Eagan now has absolutely no official
duties to perform. Just why other
officials not yet ousted donate him
this amount is not explained. II
may be to prevent his disclosing evi-
dence which would reflect dishonor
upon others.
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VOL. XVIII.

fer you q Good Big Bonus 10 take them d
at l-4---S0mea at I-2---Some at 81 thd
S0O1ng TO you from 35c TO 75c Oh eud
select. Better Come Along Early.
'-'A LUCK o0''' W Worth siias SOC Mems Caps y
Aen DUCK coats CT M Mems Mite
40" no" 'n0'' Worth Sis 99C Mems Unds M
'n 10" 'n0S'' Worth :i.s5 :i S1.15 Ladies' Dre
mon 20" Skin SHOES worth $500 81 40 Ladies Dres
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

MCKINLEY name will be q spot on
the list of U. S. presidents forever
True Americans can never forgive an
executive who will ruthlessIy destroy
innocent lives. Had this arrogant
official received Agoncillo, or even
answered his noble appeal-had
Mckinley acted in any respect cour-
teous gentlemen-half as much civil
lized as Agoncillo he reed not have
murdered patriots on Luzon.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

IT is SO exhausting to hear our Re-
publican newspaper contemporaries
boast of the triumph of U. S. arms
over the philippine Washington,
Aguinaldo." British papers wrote
similar editorial squibs when, under
our own loved insurgent leader,
Washington, our forefathers struggled
for liberty. American writer's who do
this are the kind of men who delight
in seeing the powerful destroy the
weak, and have no more heart nor
wisdom than a Colorado snow slide.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

SENATOR HEssIN the muscular
mouthed citizen who represents the
Republican monied element of Man
haitian, recently acknowledge that
while engaged in manufacturing bag
ging in Indiana trust bought him
and his brother of for Sc, 900 year
and they let their plant stand idle
A man who acknowledges that he has
been bought at least once gently
hints that he would like to be bought
again. Such a man makes very
appropriate representative from Re-
publican ar.coocratic Manhattan.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1899-03-01

OSHo" NUHc, UH6 pro-
fessor time, one 2.5 time, one 3.5
time.
Annual state appropriations for
QxnariTnanfa in addition fo fha
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should Women Smoke:

have no earthly objection to women
smoking; only. if they, do smoke, they
should smoke seriously. Most of them
lust fool z little.with a cigarette. Now,
that scarcely amounts to smoking at
all. If they really mean it, let them
take to cigars and pipes.
/ know a .iignifed old lady, Polish
countess-what is her name? Countess?
Countess?-oh, we'll, Thingamojisky-
it ends in s KY anyhow-and respect
that woman. She genuinely smokes,
and no mistake about it. There is no
playing there. She locks on it as a
sacred duty She has a long pipe with
a wooden stem and the bark on, and
fine big bowl-a regular mans pipe.
When she was visiting me, she just
loaded up and smoked, and loaded up
and smoked. and loaded up and
smoked again. She meant business.
l know another lady who has a long
Turkish pip. and she, too, means busl-
ness. Nf women are ever to be genuine
smokers, that is the way they must go
to work-Mark Twain.
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shocked the Chief Justice.

Lord Russell of Killowen, the chief
justice Of England, was up in London
for few days last long vacation. and
having nothing to do after the morn
ing accepted friends invitation to
lunch at his club. After luncheon a
scratch rubber was with difficulty got
together, very few members being in
the town. The fourth man, a young
subaltern in the guards. only joined
after mentioning that he played very
poer rubber. Unfortunately the chief
cut him as partner, several times in
succession. At first he only fdgeted a
little and made one or two mild in
quiries. But after something extra
diabolicalshis lordship broke out with,
81 really think, Sir, you are playing
badly on purpose to annoy me-"
"Oh. shut up.' said the soldier. "How
can any fellow play when you keep
jawing at him." Lord Russell, with
quiet dignity, observed, II don't think
you know to whom you are speaking,
Sir
'sOh, yes, 1 do" said the warrior. 'You
are the lord chief justice, but you're
not in your blooming police court
now" Tableau.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
a Lucky Bit of Tin.

Telling of a narrow escape from
death which he had recently eX-
perienced. q railroad switchman said:
81 was leaning up against the end OF
that blue box car over there, thinking
Of what was going to have for dinner.
when / thought saw q silver dollar
lying in the street about ten feet away
from me.
.'I knew there was a shifter on the
same track, but thought it was down
on the wharf at that time. hadn't
more than stepped away from the end
Of that car when the shifter bunted
into it and drove it ahead about 20
feet. Say, suppose hadn't seen that
silver dollar and started for it. Where
would have been now? Yes, man
that is working around the cars has
got to pay strict attention to business.
ooh, forgot to tell you that that
silver dollar was only round piece of
tin, but it served its purpose just as
well as the real thing could have done.
I'm going to wear it on my watch
chain for charm. 1t ought to be bet
ter than rabbits foot."-Portland
Express.
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Mcns rcet.

The man buying a pair of shoes
found the right one perfectly comfort
able and easy, the left one rather snug.
"It's usually So" said the salesman;
.4the left foot is commonly a little big
ger than the right FOOT
'eWhy don't you make the left shoe
little bigger. then?" asked the custom
er.
.eWeu," said the salesman, ''the diff
ference is usually not great, and it
might not be enough so that it would
be noticed if trying on shoes. And then
it is not so great but what the differ
ence in feeling Of the two shoes disap-
pears very soon. And then, too, in some
cases the mans right foot is the larger,
the man being right footed in this re-
spect as men are sometimes left hand
ed, the reverse Of the common habit in
the use of their hands. If shoes were
commonly made with the left a little
bigger than the right, to fit the major
ity Of cases. they'd be worse than ever
when you hit right footed man. So
the shoes are made alike in size, q man
gets q pair that fit him comfortably to
start with and they adapt themselves
quickly to any slight differences in the
feet.""-New York Sun.
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A Startling Answer.

A Latin professor was explaining the
derivation Of our word 'ostracize' to
his class in q local academy. He told
the story of the early Roman republics
and the scheming Of the politicians of
the times. He related how, when any
man in the republic became obnoxious
to his neighbors, they used to write his
name on an oyster shell Qatin-ostre-
um, shelD, and on the receipt of a
specified number by the consuls that
man was, banished, killed or otherwise
removed in some one Of those pleasant
ways the old Romans had. When he
had finished his explanation, he said:
.'Now, the boy here in the front seat,
what did we derive from the old Latin
use Of the shell, which was called os-
treum ?'
The answer he expected was far
from what he got, for the little student
with spectacIes in the front seat arose
and delivered himself thus:
'.From the Roman habit OF using
shells to get the best Of people, we de-
rive the present Coney Island shell
game, which is fascinating and cost
Iy sport.''-Brooklyn Times.
The watchman and southron. [volume] (Sumter, S.C.) 1881-1930, 1899-10-11
Eaten by Savages.

Vancouver, p. G., Oct. Ga story
of capnibalism vas brought to Sydney,
Australia, just before the sailing of the
steamer Aorapgi TO this port, by a
French steamer. The victim of the
display of savagry was a native OF
Hawaii. named Amaru. who acted as
orderly for the immigration department
a. Noumia. in the New Heorides.
About six months ago Amaru mar
ried native woman Of Aoba, 10 the
New Hebrides group. and on passing
that island later on, decided to visit bis
wife's tribe. accordingly the couple
were pu' Of in boat A few weeks
ago when toe steamer called for them
it was learned that Amaru fell toto the
hands of a savage tribe of natives. who
after torturiug him tore him to pieces
and then roasted him with two sheep.
The matter has been reported TO q
British man.of- war
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Rortyar. the Man killer.

Bolivar, the man killing circus ele-
phant, who since Dec. %, 1888, has
been a captive at the Philadelphia ZOO
logical gardens, is said to be more than
7e years Old. He was presented to
Philadelphia by the late Adam Fore
paugh and has not been freed from his
chains for more than ten years. No
one noticing his cordial manner to the
small boy feeding him peanuts would
suspect that he bad killed two men in
his time. His mate, Princess. who is
very tame. is allowed to bathe every
day and stroll around the inclosure.
But old Bolivar, owing to his irascible
temper, is never permitted to have the
slightest freedom
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Transport Siam Encounters
Typhoons.

Manila, Oct. 6, 4 40 p. m.-The
United States transport Siam. which
left San Francisco Aug 10 with up
wards of $50 valuable mules, the COM
ing OF which had been anxiously await
ed, as mules are in great demand for
continuing the campaign. arrived this
morning and reported that ali but 10 of
the animals had been lost 10 two severe
typboops. under peculiarly distressing
circumstances
The Siam, which left Honolulu 81
days ago, encountered the typhoons
early this week One lasted 40 bours
Most OF the forage. which wae CD deck,
was swept overheard, all the boats were
smashed and the steamer rolled tre-
mendously iD the trough of the sea,
although the officers made every effort
to bring her about
The mules were buried from side to
side and frightfull5 'uaDgled and dis
emboweled. Their legs and uecks
we're broken and the wre;ched aoimals
fell iu such confused nass that the
attendants we're unable to relieve them
10 the meantime ;be deck load was
washed Of, the ship ligbseped and the
rolling increased. When the storm
abated the Injured animals were killed
aod..tbeIr carcasses thrown overheard.
When the Siam arrived her propeller
wasF high outof water aud the wrecks
OF her bos,s were hanging FROM the
davits
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The Good Old Quill.

The art OF cutting a quill by adept
"quill drivers" was dying when be-
gan schooling. Steel pens had been
known for some time, but were not in
general use. The goose quill pen died
q hard death as commonly used writ
ing tool. My first schoolmaster was
first rate hand at cutting a quill. and
he could use it with wonderful effect
in fourishes 1t was his boast that he
could fill the first page OF & lad S
schoolbook with name, age, date and
fiourishes-in which were depicted
wonderful swans and other birds-in
such 4 fashion that none but experts
like himself could tell where the quill
pen was taken from the paper for
fresh dip. My last master could nell
ther cut quill nor use one with ad-
vantage. Quills as pens remained in
use in some houses as the only writing
tool up to a dozen to 20 years ago
Notes and Queries.
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Disastrous Fortune Telling.

An extraordinary case Of madness,
in which all members Of family, con-
sisting Of father, mother and four chill
dren. were simultaneously afflicted. re-
Gently occurred in Belgium. A party
of strollng gypsies. who undertook to
tell the fathers fortune by means OF
cards, declared that be would be killed
while serving in the army. and TINS
prediction so impressed him and his
family that in the course Of the same
day they all developed signs Of waver-
ing reason and before long had to be
put under restraint The gypsies. who
were the source of the trouble. were
arrested by the German police When
crossing the frontier from Belgium.
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The Brokers' Reply.

A youthful looking broker went into
a Broadway store the other day to buy
q new hat, and laid his old one on the
counter while waiting for the clerk to
wait upon him. He happened to turn
around as Quaker came in in the
garb unusual even in this cosmopolitan
city, and smiled involuntarily at the
odd sight. The Quaker took the bro
ker for a salesman, and, taking off his
broad hat, held it out to the young
man, saying:
s.Hast thou hat like this, my
friend?"
no." replied the broker. land II l
had | would not wear it"
Then. noticing the look of surprise on
the face of the grave old Quaker, he
explained that be dealt in stocks, not
in hats.-New York Tribune.
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Remarkable Life Saving.

a remarkable incident has come TO
light in connection with Il recent
drowning case at Rothesay- One Of
the occupants Of the boat, a boy s
years Of age, whose swimming master
had told him in an emergency to lie
upon his back in the water, did so.
Two little girls belonging to the party
held On to his legs and a smaller boy
rested his head on the YOUTHS breast.
The four thus fioated foc some min
utes, and We're picked up by men who
had to row nearly a r.;le to their res
cue. Three adults-two sisters and 4
sweetheart-were drowned.
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TRAINS GOING NORTH.
sDaily. tDaily except Sunday.

sDaily. fDsily except Sunday.
No 50 runs through to Columbia via Gen.
tra! R. R. Of S. g.
Trains Nos. 7S and 80 run via Wilson and
ayettevilIe-Short Line-aod make close
connection for all points North.
Trains on c. l. D r. R. leave Florence
daily except Sunday 80 n, arrive Darling
ton 10 N, Har,sville IS a N, Cberaw
II 80 N, Wadesboro 2 IS p n. Lesvs
Florence daily except Sunday IS pm, ar
rive Darlington 20 81, Bennettsville 9 Il
pm, Gibson 9 As y 10. Leave Florerce
Sunday ooly 9 80 a N. arrive Dagingtoc
10 o5 q
Leave Gibson daily except Sunday &C
a u, Beuoettsvi!e 90 n, arrive Darling.
ton 90 n, leave Darlington so m, az.
rive Florence 9l5 an. Leave Wadesbcrc
daily except Sunday 90 %, Cheraw i IS
70, Har,sville Z 90 ~, Darlington 6 &c
~, arrive Florence 90 N. Leave Da--
lipgtoa Sunday only 8 so n, arrive Flo.-
ence Is 81.
J. R. KENLEY, JNO. f. DIVINE,
Geol Manager. Gen'l Sap'ti
TN. EMERSON, Traffic Manager.
B.A. EMERSON. Gen'l Pass. Agent
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nv Time You want at the Pole.

any Time You W. ant at INC EoAe'
Those who are conversant with the
use Of globes know that all the merid-
ians Of longitude starting. from the
equator converge toward and meet at
the pole. They know, too, that longi-
tude signifies time, and that difference
of longitude is difference in time. They
know very we'll that when it is noon in
London it is about { o'clock in the
morning in Boston. and that when it is
noon in San Francisco it is about a
quarter past 8 in the afternoon in New
York.
Now, as the meridian Of London ex-
tends to the north pole, it necessarily
ensues that when it is noon in the Eng
lish capital it must also be noon at the
north pole In a similar manner when
it is noon at Boston. Or in San Francis
CO, or at Peking. or any other place
situated in the northern hemisphere,
it follows that it must also be noon at
the pole, because all the meridians Of
those places unite at the north pole.
Therefore it is noon all day long at the
pole.
Thus there is an entire absence Of
time at the pole. But it would be just
as correct to say that it is q place
where there is a preponderance OF
time, for it is practically any time Of
day during the whole "a hours, or in
deed through the year In fact, a resi-
dent at the north pole could make it
any time of day he might choose to Sc
lect, with the consciousness that it
would be the right time.-Youth's Com
panion.
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A TRAGEDY IN DARLING.
TON COUNTY.

Darlington, Oct 6.-News has just
reached Darlington OF a fatal shooting
which took place at Lydia yesterday
afternoon Dr.. Maxcy Lac shot bis
father, Dr.. H. j Lee. through the
stomach with a 38. .calibre pistol bail,
as a result of pasernal re5uke. DR..
Lee died today.
Tue younger D.. Lee was.in Daring,
too yesterday. and is said tc have been
somewhat under the Influence o! liquor
when be left toSD.
The details Of the tragedy caraos be
given at this aritiog, the above insor-
nation have been given ne by Coroner
Dsrgau, who did cot know anything c:
the circumstances Of the shooting
Tie Lees are prominent and wealthy.
The family to which they belong is one
of the foremost in this county a0d is
we'll known throughout the State.
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Former Brutality I'm War.

Before battle in former tiineS the
priests solemnly devoted to the gods
the whole of the hostile army then in
sight, and, if possible. no man Of it
was left alive. \ writer in The Nine
teenth Century says that when Her
mann decoyed the great host of Varus
into the forest depths all the Romans
that escaped death in the battle We're
captured and led into the dark recess
es, where every man Of them was sac
rificed upon hastily erected affairs.
Latham, in his edition of Tacitus,
quotes six contemporary authorities to
show that this practice of concluding
a victory with human sacrifices was
customary among our Teutonic ances-
tors. Some crucifed their prisoners,
others hung them up to trees for arch
cry practice. but in general captive
was either slain on the spot or else re-
served to be sacrificed to the SodS.
Even when the progress of agriculture
induced them to keep a majority Of
the prisoners alive 70 be slaves they
appeased the gods fer this indiSnlty
by increasing the tortures inflicted on
the small remainder.
Gibbon describes how, before the
blazing altar, every hundredth mans
arms were hacked off him and, before
his eyes, thrown into the flames. All
that a red Indian would have done
last century was freely practiced by
our ancestors of II centuries ago. And
the highest ideal Of a man then in
cluded, as a duty, dark cruelty and
grewsome revenge against all his enc
mics.
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Her Unfair Test.

She-Which would YOU rather be.
little toad in a big puddle or a big toad
in 4 little puddle?
He (after long and serious thoughO-
Well, all things considered. I'd prefer
to be bic toad in 4 little puddle
She-There. have always thought
that you had no real ambition to make
q man Of yourself-ChicaSo Times
Herald
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Brave Kruger.

It is stated 10 South Africa that if
var breaks out President Kruger will
have more than fifty sors and graudsons
in the army of the mrausvaal republic.
Joseph Chamberlain. the man he has
spared With loug time in diplomatic
affairs, will have only little taxation
on bis great wealth at stake in the
struggle besides his political prestige
and popularity. The cid Dutchman
has shown by far the greater courage
ard readiness for self sacrl6ce'-
Cleveland Leader.