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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30
If the Leavenworth barbe.

If the Leavenworth barbe.
cue and the Nation raids had
struck Kansas under Popu.
lism, what a roar would have
gone up from the repub.
lican press! Suppose these
things would have happened
when Leedy was governor
not a republican paper in the
state but that would have
attributed 1T to the fact that
he wasn't performing his Of
fetal duty. But since the
shoe fits Stanley nearly all of
them are mum as a clam.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30
ADVERTISED LFTrERs.

Letters remaining uncalled for in the
postoffice at Medicine Lodge for the
week ending, Jan. 26, 1900:
Mrs. *. A. Willis, (2)
NJ. j. Schoolay.
When calling for these letters please
state that they have been advertised.
j. n. TITUS. p III
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30

There is a faint suspicion.
among mon that the accession
to the English throne of King
Albert Edward VII will bring
renewed troubles. Probably
never again will fortune
smile en- England as it did
during the reign of the la.
mented Queen.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30
first published in the Barber County ludex
January 30 1901.
SUMMONS BY PUBLICATION.

January 80, 1901.
SUMMONS By PUBLICATION.
In the District Courr of Barber County. Kama
Davis Gordon. Plaintiff
Va.
Annon Gordon. Lydia johnson and Ambrose
Johnson, her husband, Prudie Brown and
Frank Brown, her husband, Hannah LANAI
and George Lamar. her husband and
George Gale, defendants.
The defendants above named will take mo-
t1ce that they have been sued in the District
Court or Barber County, Kansas by the above
named plaintiff who fled his petition In said
Court on the 18th day OF February. 1901. aIler.
ing therein that he is the 81, uitable owner and
entitled to possession of the northwest ouar.
ter of section IL. township IL. south of range
~ west. IN Barber County, Kansas; that the
said land was purchased by the defendant
Annon Gordon with the proceeds of property
belonging to the plaintiff; that the defendants
claim some title TO said property by reason of
deeds or conveyance made TO them by Annon
Gordon, the defendant, and plaintiff praye
that said conveyance be held void and that
his title be quieted to the said land.
You are therefore required to answer the
plaintiff petition on or before the 18th day
OF March l9Ol or judgment will be taken by the
plaintiff against you as herein stated and al
prayed Tor in the plaintiffs petition.
DAVIS GORDON
G. M. MARTIN, Attorney for PLAINTIFF.
IL. 81 A. w. SMITH,
Attest: Clerk of the District Court
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30
A DEEP MYSTERY

1t is a mystery why women endure
backacbe, headache, nervousness, Sleep
lessness, melancholy, faintIng and dizzy
spells when thousands have proved that
Electric Bitters will quickly cure such
troubles. Il suffered for years with kid
ney trouble writes Mrs. Phebe Cher
ley, OF Peterson, Ia, land lame back
panied me so could not dress myself.
out Electric Bitters wholly cured me.
and. although 73 years old. l now am
able to do all my housework." 1t over
comes constipation. improves appetite.
gives Te-fect health. Only SOC at j. r..
Young's drug store.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30

The only solution to put
on this joint smashing bust
ness is to say that it is an
archy VS.. anarchy. Both are
wrong in the eyes of the law.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30

The stock yards bill is now
occupying the attention of
the U. s. supreme court. If
that august tribunal wants
to treat the people of Kan.
to a genuine surprise, let it
render a decision favorable
to the state.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30

While NIilIar is introduc-
ing special measures in behalf
of the people Of Barber coun-
ty, he ought to introduce one
as follows: "An act to amend
the rules of mathematics so
as to make 824 greater than
826."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30

The legislature is still jok-
ing. Some of the members
have even carried it so far as
to make believe" that they
are opposed to the lobby.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30

One good turn deserves an.
other. The legislature has
concluded to finish" the
prairie dogs, now let them go
after the politicians. Both
tribes can be dispensed with.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30
BLOWN TO ATOMS.

The old idea that the body some.
times needs powerful, drastic, purga
tive pill has been exploded; for DIR.
Kings New Life Pills, which are per-
fectly harmless, gently stimulate liver
and bowels to expel poisonous matter,
cleanse the system and absolutely cure
constipation and sick headache. Only
Csc at YOung's drug store.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30

Burton has already told
the people of Kansas that
whenever a conflict between
the East and West arises he
will be with the East. Of
course, who would expect
anything else!
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30

All kinds OF furniture bought and
sold. stoves repaired, and second hand
goods of every description constantly
In stock. Store on North Main street.
FIsHBURN & Co.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30

Let us be thankful that the
legislature at least made war
on the prairie dogs. Thank
full for small favors, you
know.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30
NOTICE.

j. M. Hellings has opened a meat
market first door south of Lebrecht's
store, where good meats will be sold at
lowest prices. Give him a call.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30

The INDEX will receive subscriptions
TOT Tm. j. Bryan's paper-The Com
'moner"-or we will furnish 1t and the
INDEX both one year for SI.75.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1901-01-30

Jno. 1,uallen handles all kinds of con-
fectioneTies and baked stuffs. Patron
ize him. His prices are lowest.
Evening star., 1901-07-13
Disappearance of the Desert.
the Los Angeles Times.


Surely the Great American Desert" Ct
our childhood days will soon be a thing CT
the past The only conception Of desert
that the next generation will be able to
obtain must come from pictures and de-
scriptions of something that once existed.
but is no more. Indeed, 1t is quite likely
that we shall not have to wait for the next
generation to witness the realization of this
change. special dispatch from San Ber-
nardino to the Times announces that an
artesian gusher, with flow of nearly 2tO
inches of water, has been struck on the
Mojave Desert. near Victor at a depth of
less than 200 feet by parties who were drill
ing for oil. This Is not, by any means, the
first time that water has been struck in
southern California by persons who were
seeking for oil. and in some cases the water
has proved to be more valuable than a
moderate amount of oil would be- Out on
the Colorado Desert, below sea level, they
have obtained fine supply of artesian wa
ter at moderate depth. and at the other
end OF the desert, near Yuma. water Is
flowing through a canal which is big
enough to be nayigated by a steam launch
Evening star., 1901-07-13
Improved Gas Lighting.


At the time of the introduction of electric
lighting it was supposed in many quarters
that gas lighting was doomed, and for a
time the decline in the shares of gas COM
panies bore out this belief. The actual re-
suit has been stimulus to inventors and
such marked improvements in the methods
Of using gas as an illuminant that it has
more than held it's own against the formid-
able competition thus encountered. In 1877
the gas lighting was accomplished by the
use of bat-wing burners used either singIy
or In groups. When, in the same year the
Jablochkoff electric candle was introduced
the gas burners were improved by using a
combination of tips aided by stronger
draft In 1885 the incandescent mantle was
invented by DR.. Auer Won Welsbach, but it
was not until the close of 1891 that 1t was
manufactured in commercial form. Mr.
Rudolph Langhans. an Austrian engineer
has discovered and perfected a Chemical
complex. which, when added to Welsba CHI q
thoria- -ceria mantle, converts it from a
loose, weak, ash structure, scarcely able
to sustain it's own weight, into an elastic
glass, wherein the constituents are chem
ically combined and not merely mechanical
ly piled together. 'A
Evening star., 1901-07-13
From Harper's Magazine.


In the administration of Paris municipaJ
art is divided between two departments.
which is to say, between national and NIL
nicipal authorities. The State Direction des
Beaux Arts has the care of all national
museums. which in Paris include the Lou
vre and the Luxembourg; of historic monu-
ments, such as the Musee de Cluny; of SUBJ
Comique, the Comedie Franchise, and the
Odeon. 1t is clear that this department of
the state government has much to do with
the artistic side of Paris. The second de-
partment, the Service des Beaux Arts Of
the city, concerns itself, on the other hand
with the decoration of municipal and de-
partmental buildings, such as the Hotel de
Vile and the mairies; with the purchase
of works from the Salon; with the public
feteS; with SubVentionS for monuments and
statues; with the participation of the CITY
in French and foreign expositions and
with various other duties. For the palmer
and what We may call for convenience the
more strictly civic art-since it has to do
with streets and parks-there is now a de-
partment of the municipal government
known as the Direction Administrative des
Services d'Architecture ct des Promenades
ct Plantations, which does most of this
work 1t comprises also the so-called
services" of the highway inspection and
OF the plan of Paris; it looks after all the
parks, the squares and even the cemeNr-
les; has superintendent of'the city's Gull
ture OF trees, plants and flowers and of The
trees and gardening on the highways. 1t
examines from the artistic point of view re-
quests for concessions, and is the depart
ment of municipal architecture, having
charge of the great multitude of civic
buildings
Evening star., 1901-07-13
Medical Achleyeme Is.

from the IElladephla Mcdcal Journal
In an interesting address recently deliv-
cred to the graduates of the medical and
dental departments Of the Columbian Uni
versity, in Washington. D. c., DR.. G. f.
de Schweinitz picked out for special dis
tinction the work OF six American doctors
in. medicine and surgery. These contrib
utors to science. who have each done some
epochal work, are: Beaumont. for his work
in gastric digestion; Gerhard, for his OBJ
servatons that led to the differentiation Of
typhoid and typhus fevers; Gross, for his
pioneer work on pathological anatomy:
Oliver Wendell Holmes, for his recognition
of the cOntagiousness of puerperal fever;
H. c. Wood for his work in therapeutics
and S. Weir Mitchell. for his rest cure
This list might. as DR.. de Schweinitz justly
says. be somewhat enlarged, and we should
certainly not omit from it the names of
Ephraim Mcdowell, who performed the
first ovarotomy and of that greatest ben
efactor of ALL Morton. to whom the world
owes the first practical demonstra ton of
ether anesthesia. AS Americans. we can
not too jealousy guard the fame of Nor
ton, for there has been at times some ten
dency to detract from the honor which is
his Dr.. de SchweinitZs address was an
eloquent plea for the originality of some of
the best work that has marked the pro-
gress Of medicine in America. and was
especially appropriate to the occasion
American medical students and graduates
cannot be taught too earnestly to respect
the work of their own countrymen and
not to look abroad too exclusively for
knowledge and initiative.
Evening star., 1901-07-13
Bounds of Creation,

From the Atlantic Monthly.
1t may occur to some persons that we
cannot conceive of an end of space and it
is hardly likely that infinite space would
exist without matter; and hence that the
universe necessarily is infinite. This argu-
ment proceeds upon the suppositon that
We can conceive all things which exist-an
admission hardly warranted by experience
For as we can conceive of many things
which do not exist. SO also there may exist
many things of which we can have no clear
conception; as, for example, a fourth di-
mensiOn to space, or a boundary to the
universe.
Thus while our senses conceive space to
be endless. it does not follow that the uni
verse is in reality of infinite extent; much
less can the absence of an empyrean prove
that the cosmos Is finite, even to our ex-
perience: for this effect may be due to
dust in space, or the uniform absorption
of light by the ether. In the exploration
of the sidereal heavens it Is found that the
more powerful the telescope the-more stars
are disclosed and hence the practical indi-
cations are that in most directions the side
real system extends on indefinitely. But
the possible uniform extinction Of light due
to the imperfect elasticity of the luminifer-
Gus ether. and the undoubted absorption of
light by dark bodies widely diffused in
space. seem to forever preclude definite
answer to the question of the bounds of
creation.
Evening star., 1901-07-13
GOnsumptive Traveller.
From the London Chronicle.

rom the London Chronicle.
Mr.. Powderly, superintendent Of immi-
grafton in the United States has ruled
as We have been informed by cable, that
tuberculosis is a dangerous contagious
disease; and it follows under the general
law that consumptives are not to be AL
lowed to land. We now learn that this
drastic ruling will be held to apply to or
binary travellers as well as immigrants,
to saloon passengers as well as those ar
irving in the steerage. Difficulties of de-
lection will probably make the regulation
dead letter for well-to-do Travellers:
otherwise the healing climates of Colorado
ana southern California would actually be
debarred them. Barbarous hardships might
be lnnlcted on people residing in the
United States, who have returned to their
native home for visit. Such people, not
citlzens OF the country, would not be al
lowed to rejoin their families upon return
ing TO the United States if they were dis
covered to be consumptive. Such an in
stance would surely result in the abro-
cation Of the rule.
Evening star., 1901-07-13
The Chinese Court at Sian.
From the London Spectator.


The Ostasiatische Lloyd gives some very
curious particulars taken from native iour-
nails as to the life Of the Chinese court at
Sian Over the main entrance of the pal
ace Is a signboard with the words Tempo
rary Palace" and all the chambers of the
palace are, we are told. lighted by Euro
pean safety lamps and candles" The en-
press is dyspeptic and suffers from in
somnia-the old curse Of the tyrant-but
the emperor is stronger and enjoys better
health than in Pekin. Gan Irishman might
add. that is If he's really alive and not
only substitute.'D At first the court lived
on ducks, poultry and fish, but now things
are better there is an occasional swallow s
nest or sharks fin. The emperor likes
Shan-tung cabbage and eats little meat.
THE dowager empress prefers pastry" 1t
and dyspeptic Messalina devouring pastry
by the light of a patent petroleum lamp.
Evening star., 1901-07-13
Elizabeth of Ausfria,
From the Sketch.

rom the Sketch.
The Archduchess Elizabeth OF Austria,
the only child of the Inflated Crown Prince
Rudolph and the beautiful Belgian prin-
cess, now known to the world as Countess
Lonyay, will be eighteen next September
it is said in Austria that the aged Emperor
Francis Joseph. who is quite devoted to his
pretty and accomplished granddaughter,
would much like to see the Salic law put
aside in her favor, and the Vienese, who
have seen the youthful princess grow up
among them from infancy, would certainly
hail such an arrangement with satisfac-
ton, the more that the greatest soyer-
eign Austria ever had was undoubtedly
Maria Theresa.
Evening star., 1901-07-13
Size of the States.
From the New York Sun.


1t appears from the geographical surveys
accepted as basis of the recent federal
census that Texas is the largest state In
the country. In the New England group
the largest of the states is Maine, with
nearly 10000 square miles of land surface:
none of the other New England states has
as much as 10000. Two states which are
most nearly alike in area are New York
correspond very nearly are Iowa and nIi-
nois. Arkansas and Alabama are of al
most the same size and Ohio and Virginia
differ by only a few square miles. The
land area of each is about 10000 square
miles,
Evening star., 1901-07-13
The New Gas.

From the Journal of Commerce.
1t requires no argument to show that gas
is the ideal fuel when its cost is sufficiently
low. Its cleanliness. the fact that fires can
be started and extinguished in an instant,
the absence of ashes and the fact that It
is a fuel which need not be stored on the
premises, are such very great recommenda-
tions that for domestic purposes illuminat-
ing gas is used to a considerable extent.
and 1t Is also used In gas engines. Fuel
gas, lacking illuminating power and pro-
duced at much smaller cost, is offered for
sale in some localities.
Evening star., 1901-07-13
Waste Paper Combustion.
tho phil adaln lnhia Iirfaax

From the Phlladelpbfa Times.
Most of the paper now used is made
from wood and other vegetable fibers which
are chemically not very different from the
materials of which hayrick is composed.
Consequently, II paper is stacked damn.
heating Is likely to take place, Just as II
does with prematurely stacked hay. and
at any time flames may burst out as tho
result OF spontaneous combustion.
Evening star., 1901-07-13

From the Philadelphia Press.
t.Why- is it, she whispered at the close
of the ceremony, that the bridegroom al
ways looks as if he couldn't call his soul
his own?'
Probably replied her brother. "it's be-
cause from that moment he really can't"
Evening star., 1901-07-13
just SO.
From Puck.

Farmer Dunk-"What'n the democratic
party fall back on at the next campaign,
Ezry?' -
Farmer Hornbeak-"Nothin'! When a
party is fiat on it's spine it can't do no
fallin back"
Evening star., 1901-07-13
Runs No Personal Risk.

From the ON1tHgO FOSt.
'It seems to me worthy Of note." COM
mented the thoughtful man. that the fell
low who is sure the old pistol isn't loaded
is seldom so sure of it that he points It at
himself when he pulls the trigger. If he
did there would be little cause for COM
plaint"
Evening star., 1901-07-13

Buckner-"A doctors life is a hard one;
should think you'd hate it awfully."
DIR. Floyd-"Oh. l don't know. II has it's
cOmpensations. A doctor being out at all
hours, he doesn't have to strain his brain
inventing fairy stories, You know.'-Boston
Transcript.
Evening star., 1901-07-13


Fairly Hand Them Money.
No matter where or how these unscrub-
bed delivers in the occult hold forth, the
New Workers seek them out and hand them
money. Only a few weeks ago a fellow
advertised. with an amount of gall that
would have enabled him to take cities In
other ages, that he had the power of trans
muting the baser metals into gold His
ads. appeared In ell of the yellow journals
They set forth that he could switch any old
thing in the metal line into gold that would
be accepted at the mint. Now, difficult as
IL Is to believe. this man Of the monolithic
nerve promptly had more business than he
could begin to take care of. He charged
his customers very high fees, and told them
that the process required several weeks in
it's operation. He got their money in ad-
vance, and then, when he had accomplished
madding crowd, after having tackled on his
Office door a most sardonic sign in ridicule
OF his dupes.
1t might naturally be supposed that IL
the shrewd New Workers who handed their
money to him in humps had the sense they
were born with, they would have wondered
why this marvellous metal-transmuting fell
low didn't buy up he first junk pile he ran
across and turn the metals Of that into
the yellow pay-dirt for his own benefit
Not prejudice, but plain, straight knowl-
edge. dictates the statement that Of all the
populations Of the major cities of this
country, that of New York is the easiest
to be humbugged.
Value Of . Pull.
1t is easy enough to criticise the police
Of New York, but. after all. they are not
responsible for good deal Of the laxness
that Is attributed to them. The political
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-07-17

vice, they will ask your opinion as to
measurements when they think they need
it. They may scatter a little more -four
about than you would; they may not
handle the spoon or the sieve just as you
do, but il you keep out of sight you will
not know it, and they will do much better
than II someone stands by and tells them
of their shortcomings.
Now about the results. If 1t Is a failure,
keep still; don't find any fault. You
probably win not feel any worse about 1t
than the young cook does. Let her try
again. Perhaps you have known cooks OF
experience to let the cake scorch, or fall
the kettle boil dry or worse yet, the milk
boil over on the stove. If the result is a
success, praise it and let her experiment
again.
One thing more, don't confine the young
cooks to Johnnie cake and such like. Let
them make fancy dishes. They enjoy
trying new recipes and dabbling with
frostings and desserts. Some day they
will be proud to exhibit their fresh, sweet
loaves OF white bread.
AUNT MADGE.
Ellsworth American. [volume] (Ellsworth, Me.) 1855-current, 1901-07-17

1.-THE funniest thing ever saw happen
ed TO a young man in Arkansas. He was
fresh in politics and was making his hrs'
run for the state legislature. He was
running against & man who had been
there for two terms consecutively. Al
one Of the meetings the young man ac'
cused his opponent of supporting meas
ure that was very distasteful to the con-
stituents of the county. And he said,
grabbing the house journal on the table
before him, 4 have the record on the gen.
tleman and can prove what l say i
deny it, said his opponent. and assert
that the gentleman can find no such rec
ord in the journal The young man
laughed and began to turn over the
pages. He fooled and fumbled for some
time and became very much embarrass-
ed. He never found the record. and as
this incident was on the eve Of the cam
paign he could not recover from the mis-
take.
after the election was over 1t develop
ed that the old stager in politics had
while fooling with the journal on the
night of the meeting torn out the three
leaves which contained the Objectionable
part of the record. and the trick saved
him."-New Orleans Times Democrat
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