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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

Mrs. Ernest Williams is visiting her
parents near Libscomb, Texas. She
left last Wednesday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

Fred Stone, Cliff Murphy and Jim
Woodward are down in the Creek ma
tion with the expectation of leasing
some Indian land.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

Gano & Hoag are prepared to buy
wheat at highest market price. Office
and scales at Badger Lumber Co.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

j. w. Potes has solo his k:owa farm.
1t consisted of so acres of land and
some improvements. He received 1880
j. b. Cramer, of kiowa, made the sale.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

Summer hats at greatly reduced
prices, at Howe & Burton's, north
Main street.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

JUST RECEIVED: A car load of barb
wire at Chase Hardware Co.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

e. E. Bechtel has been appointed To-
cal agent for the White Star Line
Steamship Co. He Will sell tickets to
and from all European ports.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

Elan Chance has rented j. b. Gano's
residence property.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

Kiowa Review: Early last Thursday
morning Landlord Bristow, of the Ho-
tel Hardwick, hung a sign in every low
er window of the hotel announcing that
meals would be served free TO all of his
friends for one day only. 1t was all be-
cause DR.. Cloud had left fine boy at
his house. Just call him Chester Milt.
on Bristow as our congressman will get
him good postofflce and we look after
the buggy. The Bristow boys are all
gentlemenly and good boys, but Chester
NJ. Bristow is about three lengths ahead
of all of them in manners, looks and
tineneSs.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

Mrs. j. NJ. Gibson is visiting with re-
latives in Missouri.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

Mrs. Nation smashed about two doz-
en- bottles Of ''red Iicker'' at the Elk's
street fair at Danyille, Illinois, on Sat
urday. She had been invited to speak
and after she had made her speech and
was being driven around over the fair
grounds she spied brewery exhibit.
She aligkted from the carriage and pro
ceeded to do business but was stopped
By the police before she did great deal
of damage. The Elks paid the damage
lecture again.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

Something attractive in dress goods
at WoOdwards.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-09-04

Gundlach hoe drills at Hall Hardware
ComDany's.
Fine ice cream just in from Wichita
at Sparks and Dorgan's.
DIR. G. l.. SPARKS, Resident Dentist.
Office over Citizens Bank.
A little more rain Saturday night,
but there's demand for more.
Frank Mccoy has gone to Norman.
Oklahoma to attend college this fall
and winter.
Mrs. Ernest Williams is visiting her
parents near Libscomb, Texas. She
left last Wednesday.
Gano & Hoag are prepared to buy
wheat at highest market price. Office
and scales at Badger Lumber Co.
Call and look over Hall Hdw. Co.'S.
samples of seed drills. They are pre-
pared to sell you good ones on the very
besS terms.
Fred Stone, Cliff Murphy and Jim
Woodward are down in the Creek ma
tion with the expectation of leasing
some Indian land.
G. E. Bechtel has been appointed To-
cal agent for the White Star Line
Steamship Co. He Will sell tickets to
and from all European ports.
j. w. Potes has solo his k:owa farm.
1t consisted of so acres of land and
some improvements. He received $3.50.
j. b. Cramer, of Kiowa, made the sale.
II. L. Woodward is exclusive agent
for the 0. 3. Flour-the best brand in
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cavalryman. The new horses, or re
mounts" as they are called, no doubt
also look for the time when neck
bending lessons, the passaglng, the
turning Of the forehead to iie right
and left, about, etc, are over, and
longs, as does the recruit to be among
the horses that know how to handle
themselves from their foretops to their
heels. After the soldier has learned
to sit his saddle and to govern his
horse, he gets the more interesting
Observation-Disclosures, potato races,
s..bre practice and rough riding. In
the old cavalry regiments, before the
Spanish war and the present reorgani-
zation, whole troops could give eXhi-
bitions of Cossack riding that were
not to be seen outside Of CIRCUS.
The troop known rs the BLACK
Horse Cavalry" at Fort Myer, Fir-
ginia, contains men who are believed
to be the finest riders in America.
Thousands of Washington society peo-
pie 60 out to witness their weekly ex-
hibition drills, and are not only inter-
ested, but excited, for there is nothing
more thrilling than a drill with the
vigor, snap and precision that are
characteristic Of our American cav
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to limit Stephenson to the Rocket"
type of locomotive. The carriage, of
which this is q sectional view, is sixty
feet long and ten feet ten inches wide,
and has accommodation for 100 pas
sengers, each person having a separate
seat, specially arranged so as to avoid
discomfort while passing round the
curves at high speed. The electric
current is picked up by trolleys at
tached to the car, but insulated from
the bottom of the bogies fexibly
coupled together by a specially de-
signed joirt, Of which the carriage
consists. The bottom part Of the car
riage is quite open, SO that all the
guide wheels are exposed to view, and
there is ample play between the car
riage and the line. The motors only
are completely shut Off on all SIDES by
q box for their protection. The guide
wheels are two feet in diameter, and
there are sixteen. They are very
broad, and are inclined vertically to
the trestles, instead of being horizon
tai. thereby considerably reducing the
friction. The guide wheels below the
driving wheels are attached to the un-
der frame of the carriage, and those
between the two small bogie wheels
are attached to the centre Of the bogie
itself, so that they cannot move at all
with the carriage frame.
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To be Continued.
Almond-Eyed Chinese.

1t was suggested to me that the al
mond shape Of the Chinese eyes might
be q result from babyhood for long
generations Of going bareheaded In the
sun, says Leslies Weekly. Foreign
ers find the sun so dangerous to the
eyes that they are not only shaded by
wide-blimmed hats, but most frequent
ly by. dark glasses. The Chinese wom-
en- do not, as a rule, as do the Japan
ese, put their babies upon the backs
of their young girls. The women, and
not infrequently the men, carry their
children, after babyhood, in their
arms, even when quite large. In fact,
the care exhibited by fathers for their
children, proudly bearing them In their
arms on the street from place to place,
shows that Mr.. Chinaman has good
sense as we'll as q good heart. He IS
not afraid he will be laughed at for
doing woman's work, as some Of our
workingmen seem to be in our home
land, leaving to the wife and mother
not only the baby in arms. but several
toddlers at her skirts, while the lordly
master stalks by her side. and when in
his unfettered haste lie gets a few
feet in advance he looks back impa'
tiently, saying Hurry upn
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squads" firing at WILL" etc. Upon
arriving at the proper distance mag
azine rapid fire" is ordered, and finally
the imaginary enemy is charged and
captured. Then follow the exhibitions
Of individual horsemanship-jumping
over hurdles and fences and covering
bitches and stone walls. A most In
teresting feature Of the drill at Fort
Myer is the training Of the horses and
their use by the troopers as a shelter
from the enemys fire. At the COM
mand Of the captain, word from each
trooper, and the horse goes down with
out a culver, and lies at full length on
the ground, while the troopers f1re
with carbine and revolver from be-
hind their shelter, and with the weap-
ons resting on the horses backs. An
other word of command, the firing
ceases, the horses are all standing,
the trooper in the saddle, awaiting
further instructions.
For the Musical Ride the arena Is
cleared, and from one Of the entrances
ut the extreme end the band rides In,
followed by the entire troop, now
dressed in full review uniform, and
slowly circle around the inclosure.
The entry is made in pairs, dividing
to the opposite sides Of the ground
the horses keeping time to the music,
and moving as a unit, turning, wheel
ing, hating, taking up the trot, the
gallop and the charge with the accur-
acy, regularity and mechanical pre-
cision Of clock-work. At the entrance
end the leaders wheel about and break
into q canter, which Is followed by all
while a number of fancy movements
are gone through wlth-crossing and
counter-crossing, forming stars, form.
ing the figure eight, the ladies' chain,
circling around each other, and so
on, until the spectators are worked up
to the highest enthusiasm. When
these figures are finished the troop
draw up in two files at the end Of the
arena and charge at full gallop, cheer
ing and yelling, and only halting with
in a few inches Of the wall at the other
end of the arena, when it seems that
every riders neck will be broken by
the collision.-Fritz Morris, in Harpers
Weekly.
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Being aware of this fact, the breed, 5
ers Of cattle in both countries have
naturally done their utmost to develop
those parts Of the animals that are
most appreciated. AS result the
Durham, which Is the typical English I
COW, and is almost as much appre-
ciated in Germany, is to-day notable
for it's large loins, its well developed &
chest and It's small faccid rump, while
the Limousin, which is the typical
French cow, is distinguished for Its
rump, which Is both prominent and
spacious.
The numbers I, and in the accom-
panying pictures indicate, respectively, .
the first, second and third qualities OF
meat, as they are rated in the markets
of Paris, London and Berlin. 1t will
be seen that in France the entire rump
and q small portion Of the back are re-
garded as Of first quality, that the
shoulder and flank take second rank,
and that the head, limbs and stomach
are not highly priced. In London and
Berlin, on the other hand, only the up
per part of the rump is regarded as Of
first quality, though not better than
the loins, and the shoulder Is con-
signed to the third rank.
These differences Of taste are not
more striking than the differences be-
tween the animals themselves. A Dur
ham has a sharply defined head and g.
small neck and shoulders; its back is
large, and is developed in horizontal
direction, the evident reason being be-
cause breeders took most pains to i'm
prove that portion of the animal In
which Is the fillet, so dear to the Eng
lish and German palate. On the other
hand the rump is hardly developed at
all. In a Limousin cow, on the con-
trary, the rump is greatly developed.
"These differences are not the. result
of chance" says M. Paul Dif1oth,
well-known French agriculturist, who
has been studying the subject. 1.-THE
Durham COW of to-day was created,
so to speak, by the brothers Charles
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for horsefesh in his blood. Then, too,
some Of the most graceful horsemen
in the world are to be found in the
Southern States. The great training,
however, of these cavalrymen has been
found in the Indian wars. Their work
there was rough-riding in the very
truest sense Of the word, and nowhere
could man and horse be found more
perfectly joined as fighting unit than
on those wild backgrounds on which
the white man and the red man fought
their last fights"
During the earlier stages the train
ing Of the United States cavalryman
differs in no essential particulars from
that of the infantryman, but, later on,
the great variety Of instruction In the
cavalry arm of the service renders 1t
most interesting for both officers and
troopers. Beginning with the "set-
ting-up'' exercises, the recruit looks
forward to the time when he shall be
assigned his horse and be full-fedged
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Vanishinc Bird Races.

The flamingo and the pink curleW
are no more, the paroquet and egret
ere going fast, the white pelican Is
tradition only, like the dodo. Some
birds increase under the protection of
man because he wages war on more
destructive enemies. The quail sets
at naught the breech-loader and the
trap if allowed to forage in the grain
fields, but there are others that vanish
before the face Of man as does the
mist before the morning sun. We
may delay the end, perhaps. but 1t is
at last the survival Of the fit.-Florida
TimeS-UniOn.
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with equal precision and marvellous
uniformity. AS in some Of the Euro
pean armies all American cavalrymen
are Dragons, that is to say, they are
trained to fight both mounted and dis
mounted. While dashing down the
drill-groupd, doing some intricate
movement, the troop is given the conf
mand "dismount to fight on foot" and
in q couple Of seconds the men are in
an infantry skirmish line, and their
horses are being led to the rear, at
full gallop, by the No. 4 Of each set Of
fours. The skirmlsh line advances,
firing "yolleys by platoons," 'by
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and Robert Colling, and its ancestors
were the shorthorns that used to feed
on the pastures of Durham. Their
shape was faulty, however, and Rob-
ert Colling, noticing one day beautt
fully formed calf in a yard behind 0
blacksmith's shop, determined to try
and improve the breed by means of 1T
"The experiment succeeded, and
from this calf, known later on as the
celebrated Hubback, the Durham OF
to-day are descended. These English
cattle differ in many respects from
those Of France, and the difference
must be ascribed in great measure tf
the fact that the British ard Germans
like beefsteak and roast beef and tho
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Accounting For It.

ut may be merely fancy" remarked
Mrs. Seldom -Holme, "Dut since my
husband began drinking the water
from that iron spring he has seemed
to be ten times as obstinate as ne
used to be-"
Perhaps" suggested Mrs. Mex
dore, "the water is tinctured with
pie ."-Chicago Tribune.
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1sunaway ELECTRICITY.

Something will have 10 bc done with
that caprlclous fairy. electricity. says
the Paris Messenger. A runaway is
something too fearful TO contemplate.
A few days ago some electricity that
had escaped from somewhere fastened
itself on to the Mirabeau Bridge. and
for a short time electrified the whole
mass. Foot passengers felt "crawly"
in the legs. and the horses began to
caper as if they had st. Vitus's dance.
The strange scene was at last put q
stop to by the police temporarily clos.
Ing the bridge to traffic. The police
are lnQuiring into the matter.
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QUEER DIFFERENCES. IN CATTLE
They Arc the Direct Result Of National
Prejudices.

That It is possible Ior popular TASTE
to exercise a most potent influence on
the development Of animals that are
used for food has lately been shown
In the difference between French anG
English cattle. p
The English. are very fond OF roast
meat and show q marked preference
for those portions Of COW, such as
the fllet, that are in the region Of the
loins, whereas the French like nothing
better than ''pot-au-feu," which Is
made of soup and boiled meat the
rump being the part Of the animal
from which the meat Is taken. THUG
if it is true that steak is the most pop
ular dish in England, so 1t is equally
true that ''pot-au-feu" or beef q la
mode is the most popular dish In
France.
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fore that body demanding recognition.
The measure is now being considered
by a committee of the House Of Com
mons, before which Mr.. Behr has
again appeared. He stated that he
had designed carriages to give accom-
mediation for 10000 passengers a day,
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The Storted Castle.

"You had better make it ten stories
higher" said good King Arthur to the
royal architect.
what is the use?" Qucrled the lat
ter.
"Odds boddikins and gadzooks,
caitiff. Know We not that the men OF
the future will have to have a stored
castle to write about!"-Baltimore
American.
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airy. Beginning with the simpler evo-
lutiops Of the troop these BLACK
Horse" troopers go through the
"School Of the Troop" at all gaits
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OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
BMolern ga7alry~F y~Fraipipga
Observation-Disclosures llnsLass nsass

n N. eminent military expert,
" having extolled the cavalry of
NJ his own country, continues:
1.-The same is practically true
of the American horse soldier, only
perhaps a little more SO, because, es-
pecially out Vest the American al
most lives on horseback, and Of course
he has the old Anglo-Saxon affection
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Customer-"I want an umbrella"
Dealer-"Do you want good one. or
one you can lend frlendT-Boston
Transcript
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A head Of fair hair consists Of 143,s
O4O hairs. dark 100000. while red
head has only 10000. Fair-haired peo'
pie are becoming less numerous than
formerly.
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Considering the Munurail
The Behr Railway Again Before tho
English House Of Parliament.

&" HE Behr Monorail system, by
J. which it is proposed to give a
lightning passenger service
between Manchester and Liv-
erpool, after having met with all
kinds of experiences before the Eng
lish House of Parliament, Is again be-
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and another series for 1900 passengers,
but he said it would be as unfair in
the committee to bind him to any de-
sign of carriage as it would have been
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Canada had 2G1T miles Of steam rail-
road in 1870. and now has 17.G37 miles.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-01-18
WEST BRlDPORT.

Mrs. Pond is slowly improving.
c. w. Merritt has gone to Port Henry, n. V.
L. II. Wilkinson has gone to Tconderoga
Joseph Borgor of Weybridge was in town
last Tuesday.
Our sick, William Braisted ]. j. Crane,
George Bruce, are slowly improving.
Mr.. Clough has moved to Moriah, n. ",
and will engage in farming at that place.
William Bebo has leased Mr.. Coughs
farm, known as the Sheldon Smith place.
l.. f. Wilkinson of Ticonderoga Chemical
mills Visited in town last Sunday, returning to
his home Monday.
Richard Monty and wife are with Mrs.
Monty's father, Daniel IIeustis. They are to
stop there several weeks.
George y. Wilkinson has commenced cut
ting ice at Port Franklin ferry to supply the
farmers the coming season.
Recently, as party of boys were having a
skate near Port Franklin ferry, one of the
party, Ben II. Wilkinson, skated into an open
place in the ice and undoubtedly would have
been drowned but for the assistance of one Of
the party, ee Palmer, who succeeded in Sc
curing firm grasp of Wilkinson and pulled
him from the water.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-01-18
EAST MIDDLE BURY.

Allen X. Foote has been confined to the
house during the past week by a severe illness.
Frank Roberts, who has been i'll at his
home for several weeks, has returned to his
position at Proctor.
Mr.. and Mrs. Clyde Olmsted attended the
funeral of Edwin Douglas at Shoreham on
Tuesday of this week.
THE Ladies' Library association will hold
their next meeting with Mrs. Almon Enos,
Wednesday afternoon, Jan. 80.
Joseph Guyett had the misfortune to break
his horses leg, making it necessary to kill the
animal. The accident happened while work
ing in the woods one day this week.
Rev. II. S. Durfee of Burlington, state sec
rotary of the Ant-Saloon League, will speak
at the Methodist church Sunday, Jan. 20 at
ternoon and evening. The topic for the even
ing will be more particularly on temperance
work.
Quite number of the friends of Mrs J..
Champln were very pleasantly entertained at
her home Monday, Jan. IA, it being the oc-
casion of her thirty -ffth birthday. A number
of useful artcler were left as mementos OF the
occasion.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1901-01-18

y. +. Ellsworth is very poorly.
viii Donah and family are moved into the
John Forant house.
Plenty of snow and fine sleighing, but it
thawed some Wednesday.
Our aged and respected citizen, "Uncle
John Lowell is very poorly.
O. \. Field recently took a fine driving
horse to Burlington for his son-in-law, DIR. ).
+. Maynard. The horse was purchased Of
Frank belong.
People who are fortunate enough to have
ice-houses are rapidly filling them, some from
the Wltherell pond and some from James
Douglass pond. 1t is very clear and nice ice.
Rev. G.. c. Iamson was not able to preach
last Sunday morning and O. J. Sawyer read
his sermon quite acceptably. There was no
service in the evening. Mr.. Lamson has been
suffering from swelled face caused by a
troublesome tooth.
Mrs. Frank Randall has invited the Help
ing Hand society to meet with her next Mon
day afternoon, the 2Ist, and their husbands to
tea and to spend the evening, it being Mrs
Randals husbands birthday, also an ami
versary of their marriage.
DR.. Martin was in IIardwick for short stay
last week. His two little girls were quite i'll
with tonsilits. The rumor had gone out that
he had gone to stay. but he is here to stay in
stead and Is quite busy, as there has been a
prevalence Of hard colds with other complca-
tons