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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25

Senator Burton made a We.
hement anti-r e ciprocit y
speech in the republican eau
Gus last Friday. This is the
last nail in his political cof-
fin. He has fallen from grace
in the estimation of the Long.
B a i l e y-Leland crowd and
they are the ruling spirits in
Kansas. We think Burton
is wrong, but he is only do
ing that which his party has
stood for during the past 20
years.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25
Advertised Letters.

Letters remaining uncalled for in the
postof6ce at Medicine Lodge for the
week ending June 81, 1902:
Miss May Robson,
Mr.. Arthur j. Proctor,
r. A. Lewis,
The Barber County State Bank,
First State Bank,
When calling for these letters please
state that they have been advertised.
in. TITUS. P. M.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25

When men will leave their
harvest fields to come to
town to attend a committee
meeting like they did on Sat
urday, make up your mind
that they mean business
The ballot box next Novem-
Der is going to preach the
funerals of several profess
sional politicians.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25

1t is not often that the In.
dex congratulates a republi-
can paper but We feel called
upon to compliment the Kio
wa News for the able and
truthful manner in which it
reported the republican con-
vention. Editor Haberlein is
"a strenerous republican and
as fearless as he is strenerous,
but in all things truthful.
He will in all probability
support the republican ticket,
but he will not apologize for
weaknesses nor will he be
*coaxed or intimidated to say
that the rank and file had a
voice in the convention when
the contrary is true. The
public admires this kind of a
spirit.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25

WE are told by the ring organ that
when G. A. Bucklin got out of the race
for county treasurer he coined a lot of
new friends. We have no doubt of it..
But they are friends from selfish
standpoint and not 10 the ''in need"
class at all. When faithful worker
of score or more of years is turned
down to make room for an upstart, the
f1attery racket is out of order.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25

We haven't noticed much
an republican papers about
the Oregon election. Some
OF them are superstitious
enough to believe that the
Oregon returns form an in.
dex of what is going to hap
pen all over the West this
fall.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25

Senator Burton is one of
the prominent anti.reciproc.
ity crowd. 1t is thought that
this element is sufficiently
strong in the senate to defeat
the measure. While there is
nothing at all right in the
position taken by Mr.. Burton
and other republican sena-
tors on this question, they
are at least consistent. They
have been preaching protec.
ton for a score of years, and
to wheel around now and
vote for reciprocity, which,
properly defined, is free trade
would be to admit that they
have been trying to deceive
the people during all these
years. Protection, however
is a back number and the re
publicans are getting ready
to climb into the free trade
band wagon.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25

Suppose Chester I. Long
should be reelected to his
present position and later on
should be elected senator by
the legislature, that would
cause a special election to
elect a congressman. Is it
good business sense to cause
that extra expense to satisfy
the ambition of a politician?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25

IF Boone Kinkaid is to be Lanes
successor, what's the matter with max
Ing Tom Kenney, Boone's successor.
Of course 1t is understood that both
Lane and kinkald are to serve two
terms. That would make Tom due un
der the wire Ammo Domini 1911. It's a
good long time to wait but we believe
in passing these things around.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25

The republican papers
throughout the state are. call.
ing on Z. T. Kelley to either
withdraw from the state tick.
ct Or cause the arrest of the
commissioners for libel. It
is safe to bet that Kelley will
do neither.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25

If T. t. Kelley, the repub-
1ican candidate for state
treasurer, was not short in
his accounts when he retired
from the clerks Office in Mia
mi county, why did he dig
up" $1,000.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25

The senatorial fight be-
TWEEN Curtis and Long may
become so interesting that it
will make it dead easy for
Governor Stanley. That's
what the Governor is look
ing and praying for.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25
For Cheap.

50 acres OF land mile north Of Shar-
on, all under cultivation. Time given
for payments. Also 80 acres 81 miles
southeast of Sharon, all but thirty acres
under cultivation. Crop goes with land.
Address, s. +. SoUTHwIcK,
Anadarko, Ok.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25
PEOPLES PARTY CONVENTION.

A delegate convention of the Peoples Party
ofBarber county.is hereby called to meet at the
court house in Medicine Lodge on SATURDAY,
July II, 1902. at IL o'clock for the purpose
OF taking action relative to a county ticket.
The basis OF representation will be one dele
gate for every ten votes and major fraction
thereof cast for Hon. j. W. Breidenthal for
governor in 1900 and one delegate at large
from each precinct. Under this apportiOn-
ment precincts will be entitled to the follow
ing representation:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25


1t is recommended that township primaries
he held on Thursday. July 10. or at such time
and place as may be designated by the town.
ship committee.
1t is also urged that township tickets be
nominated at these primaries, and we partfcu-
larry urge that township committees consist
ing of three in each township, be elected to
serve during the ensuing year.
U. G. HERR, Chairman.
+. X. HAYES, Sec'y.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25

III. T. Woodward is exclusive agent
for the o. B. Flour-the best brand in
he market. It is popular with all who
use it. Buy . sack and be convinced.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25
ShOrthOrn Bulls for Sale.

have 10 yearling bulls of the Miller
s. Benedict raising-all solid red. yirtu-
ally full blood, but not registered for
sale. T. l.. LINDLEY,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25

Money to loan on good farm security
for Union Central Life Insurance Co.
Get our plan. A. M. HOUCHIN.4
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25

The latest political bulletin shows
that there are some fifty deputyships
already promised. what gathering
of the faithful that will be!''
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-06-25

IS, Kansas City, Mo. c. O. CHANDLER- u.s.
A. E. CHANDLER. N X. RUNYAN
Evening star., 1902-01-25

place is the floor, and this is also the sit
ting place.
The conditions are just about the same in
Tutuila and Manua as here, and what 1
write about Upolu will do equally well for
our Islands. The people sleep on grass mats,
which they lay on the ground. They use
as pillows little stick of bamboo, mounted
on four short legs. which raises their heads
well up off the floor. The Samoans are a
cleanly people. They are always bathing.
You see them everywhere in the water.
both women and men. They wade about
waist-deep in the streams, swim together
in the surf, and splash one another acting
more like boys in swimming than like men
and women.
Uncle Sans Samoan Daughters,
like the Samoan girls. and 1 think Uncle
Sam has materially added to his gallery of
American beauties by the acquisition of
Tutuila and Manua. Manua, you know, is
an island Of ours a little beyond Tutuila,
which Is noted for it's pretty girls. The
Samoan women have beautiful forms They
are straighter than the statue of Venus in
the Capitoline Museum in Rome and they
are as plump and as well formed as the
Venus de Medici They have rich chest
nut brown complexion, large, soulful eyes,
which are full of smiles. and luxuriant
Evening star., 1902-01-25

pected to find it a city. 1t is shabby
little village of $50 foreigners. There are
200 British and 100 Germans, with few
Americans and French for good measure.
The town is right on the sea, and it runs
around the harbor. 1t is made up of bunga-
loW-shaped buildings rooted with galvan-
1Zed iron. great crowd of Samoans came
down to greet the steamer. and the whole
population of foreigners was out for the
same purpose.
|, / went up to the Tfvoli Hotel and have
made this my headquarters during my stay.
me town itself is easily exhausted. 1t has
half dozen business houses, engaged in
shipping cacao and copra and in furnishing
the natives with different kinds of fancy
SoodS, cottonS and timed Stuffs. There are
two photographers, a lot of consuls and q
bakers dozen or so of German officials
me Germans are now doing the bulk of the
traoe, and they are gradually gobbling up
the plantations.
l rode up to Robert Louis Stevenson 8
nome. 1t now belongs to a German, and the
cacao plantation upon which he sweat so
profusely was bought at half price by a
German planter. This planter has matert-
ally added to the house and is fast DESTROY
ing all vestiges of Stevenson. He has a
sign over the gate in half a dozen lam
guages beginning "Eingang verboten" and
gong on TO say in English, French and
Samoan, that strangers are prohibited from
coming inside the gate. Robert Louis Ste
vehsons tomb is overgrown with weeds and
tne pllgrlmages to it from the incoming
shlps are less every year.
Among the SamOans
L nave been taken around over the Island
of Upolu by one of the Samoan chiefs. 1
was introduced to him in his house. a Kind
of thatched shack not far from Apia. He
was half naked when I came into the
house, but he dressed himself in my pres
ence and went about with me- 1 find .hat
he speaks good English He knows the
islands well, and is very intelligent, as are
all the natives I have so far met.
With my friend the chief 1 visited many
OF the Samoan villages. They are made up
OF nuts walled and rooted with thatch. 1t
Is not necessary that the walls be tight as
it is always warm here and the more AIR
you can get the better. The usual sleeping
Evening star., 1902-01-25
johnson and Boswell.

Hiou tuo OuloOk
1t will be said and truthfully said, Bos-
well was great artist. So, indeed he was,
a superb artist and a self-conscious one
Nobody knew better than he what a great
subject good luck had put in his way. He
loved johnson with perfect sincerity, but
he also loved that James Boswell who from
his earliest days had been simply devoured
with anxiety for literary fame. Boswell
saw his way to write a book the world
would not willingly let die. But these con-
siderations fail altogether to reassure me;
indeed, 1t is just these very considerations
that fill me with alarm. am dreadfully
suspicious of great artists bent on immor-
tality. Their one object, their fixed and
almost fierce determination, is to make a
great and lasting impression In the minds
of men; and to do this they know, else
were they no artists, that they must make
great sacrifces-they must leave some
things out-they must put other things in
the color must not be too bright in this
place or too faint in that. Much has to be
sacrificed ere you can produce either a
great book or a great picture. What IL It is
the truth? Suppose. after all. the Johnson
we know and love is. indeed, only Boswelrs
Johnson. Something. of course, must be
allowed to the idiosyncrasies OF the biogra-
pher. Nobody sees anybody in exactly the
same light as another. Burke's Johnson
Langton's johnson, Garrick's Johnson
Levetts johnson, were doubtless all differ
ent, each from each others, and from Bos-
wells Johnson.
Evening star., 1902-01-25

ductfon and wealth. They have nothing
put good to say Of the people.
They Drink Kava,
II Is interesting to hear naval officers
tell their experiences in these out-of.tbe
way Islands. They were received in great
state by the King of Manua, who treated
them to kava before he discussed business
with them. He had his chiefs with him.
ana his wife, the queen, sat beside him
curing the audience. The kaya was
brought in by the belle of the island in a
cup ! Ia fastened aa,.e to branch Of cocoanut palm,
II was hrst given to the king who handed
II pack to her, whereupon she filed II and
again gave 1t to his majesty. He dranl,
some OF 1t. first pouring some on the ground
nu.er n,,e TINS 1t was presented to Commander
illiey and the other officers and they
drank =. although they knew very wei,
how it was made
Chewed by Pretty Girls.
Ihe preparation Of kava is much the same
as that OF chtcha in Bolivia. Chicha is a
peer made of corn, the grains Of which are
ehewed up by Indian girls and expectorate
into pot In which they are left to fer
InehI. kaVa comes from a root grown in
the Pacific Islands, and the kava roots are
cheWed up by the pretty Samoan girls and
made into drink after the following man
ner: The kava is first washed and then emf
up into little cubes. Then a young girl.
PTeAerdoiy pretty GIRL after washing her
hands and rinsing her mouth, begins to
work. She puts one cube of kava into her
mouth and chews it vigorously. When it Is
we'll masticated she adds another and an
other until she has within her Iips and
cheeks mass of masticated fiber as big as
an egg.
This she takes out and lays in a large fiat
bowl and then begins to form another egg.
She keeps on making eggs until all the root
is chewed. Then water is poured into the
bowl and the girl begins to knead the
fbrous mass under 1t. Finally the Juice
goes out of the fiber into the water It is
strained through other fiber until it Is
clear. 1t is now of a milky color and it
tastes for all the world like mixture of
soap suds and bitters. 1t is not an intox-
icant but when taken in excess it goes to
Your knees. rendering you unable to walk
straight for a time. This drink Is used in
All the Islands Of the Pacific, and here in
samoa any one who is making kava has
the right to ask any girl who is passing.
no matter who she may be, to come In and
chew for him.
Missions in Samoa.
! understand that the London Missionary
Society Is doing much good throughout all
parts OF Samoa. It has been working here
for almost three generations and it now
Evening star., 1902-01-25


claims $1,000 convertss There are also
Roman Catholic missionaries on some of
the islands and altogether the people are
religious. It seems5tei me that the average
morality among tiiee naefues of many of the
islands of the Pasfie Is far higher than
among the foreigners 1t is the foreigners
who bring In the whisky, and the average
beach-combing trader isf not a man to be
respected, although there are high-class
business men scattered Through the various
archipelagoeS 20 gs3f
The London Missionary Society has done
a great deal of work in the 'Fijis, the Ton
gas and other islands. It has organized a
girls high school III our possessions recent
ly, and it is doing much to elevate the
people. Is 81
There are number Of improvements CO.
ing on about Pagoi Pago bay. A steel pier
is being built, and coal sheds have been
erected. The pier was, ] understand first
put down upon coral rock instead of bed
rock. After time the rock broke through
and 1t is said that a large part of the work
VIII have to be done over again. The har-
Dor OF Pago Pago Is by far the best on
the islands, and 1t will probably be the
ch1ef coaling place for the steamers which
cross this part Of the Pacific, taking the
place which Apia has now.
FRANK G. CARPENTER.
Evening star., 1902-01-25
All About Our New Islands in the
Central Pacific.
LIFE IN HUfUILA And MAKUA
How the People Are Governed
Through Their Chiefs.
CACAO AND COCOANUT-

Copyright 1902. by Frank G. Carpenter.
SncrIaI Cores pou1enct of The Evening Star
Evening star., 1902-01-25
South African Gold.

From Lordon Engtneerfng.
Not only is gold mining reviving to some
extent In the Transvaal, but the deliveries
of Rhodesian gold are also greatly increas-
ing, SO that British South African gold
mining enterprise is, upon the whole, de-
cidedly recovering. 1t appears probable
that the aggregate receipts of gold from
that quarter for the whole of 1901 will
tails such as these fall, Of course. very con-
siderably below those attained in 1898 and
1890; but they are none the less of some
value as regards the present. while they
induce strong hopes for the future.
Evening star., 1902-01-25

understand that the London Missionary
society Is doing much good throughout all
parts OF Samoa. It has been working here
for almost three generations and it now
Evening star., 1902-01-25
Evidence Of veracity.

Fr0m Puck. Q
The Boy-It's about fifteen minutes WALK
from here.
Mr.. HomeseeEer- Fifteen minutesl The
advertisement said five!
The Boy-Well, you kin believe me or
you kin believe de advertisement, mister.
but ain't tryin' to sell you o placei
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-20
DISEASE is A PUZZLER
That Which is Causing So Many
Deaths Among Horses of
County.

Deaths among horses, to which
reference has been previously made
i'm the Argus. continue in the lower
part of Rock Island county and the
adjacent parts of Mercer county,
and the cause has not yet been fully
established. Portions of the contents
of the intestines of one animal that
died from the peculiar disease were
sent to the state veterinarian and
from an analysis of this and the de
scription of the symptoms. which
was also sent, the state officer pro-
nounced the disease spinal mcnin-
gifts.
The disease occurs only among
animals that run out in the corn
stalks. and i'm a number of cases
where an examination has been made
of the bodies of the dead horses it
was found that the stomach and in
testines were badly inflamed and in
each case the left lobe of the brain
was softened.
Veterinarians are generally agreed
that the trouble is caused by some
form of poison, but what that may
be is the question. Some contend
that the dry weather of the summer
led to the deposit of unusually large
amounts of potassium in the leaves
of the corn and others hold that IL
is on account of the great amount of
smut found in the fields last fall.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-20
Reasons Private.
Personal POINTS

c. Il. Knott, of Bristol. S. d., was in
the city today.
Mr.. and Mrs. G. J. Carmichael. of
Milwaukee, were visitors in the city
yesterday.
Mrs. Dora Coe and daughter. Fay.
OF Norwalk. Iowa, are the guests of
Mrs. John Day.
VI. c. Rice and his partner. j. Il.
Sax. of Ottumwa. Iowa, left last
trip.
Miss Rose Youngren, of Kewanee.
who has been visiting at the resi-
dence of Charles Oberg. returned
home today.
States Attorney II. \. Weld is at
home suffering with n severe case of
the measles. He Will not be out for
several days.
Mrs. Harry Eaton, who has been
visiting at the home of r. Il. Eaton,
leaves tonight via the Rock Island
route for the Pacific coast.
Mrs. John Paden left this morning
for Cincinnati. accompanying home
Mrs +. l.. French. who has been Wis
iting in the city since Christmas.
Mr.. and Mrs. Emil Malsh have re-
turned TO Chicago. after Il visit with
Mrs. Malsh's parents. Mr.. and Mrs.
Hugh Connell, sos Twelfth street.
Judge w. II. Gest, who is presiding
over the circuit court at Princeton,
spent Sunday at home. He returned
to Princeton this morning, accom-
panied by Mrs. Gest.
Frank Ill and p. +. Trenkenschuh
departed Saturday night for Il
trip through the south.
They went via Chicago and expect to
visit a number of places of interest
i'm the middle south and the island of
Cuba before returning.
Supervisors w. II. Carey, +. y.
Wood and l.. o. Jahns aud eX-Super-
visors Charles George and III. j. Gripp
and County Clerk II. Il. Hubbard have
returned after attending the state
of supervisors at Dan
Vile.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-20
SMALLPOX SPREADING
Three New Gases i'm Davenport
Health Oficers Dis
couraged.

In Davenport there have been
three smallpox cases reported to the
health department since Saturday.
One of those affected is a laborer
who, upon rising this morning, found
his face broken out. To consult Il
physician he walked through the
business part of town, probably eX-
posing many. others. Another case
was found in the west end of the
city, where members of the family i'm
which il had occurred had suppressed
the state of affairs for period of 10
days and the patient, when found by
the health authorities, was nearly
well. The health officers of Daven-
port are growing somewhat discour
aged over the prospect.
1t is reported, although confirma-
ton is lacking. that there are fifty
cases of smallpox in various stages
i'm Buffalo and the inhabitants appear
to take no notice of it. This is said
to be also true of Blue Grass and n
number of other nearby towns in
Scott county. Davenport should
take come action against the towns
of Blue Grass and Buffalo-at least
call the attention of the state board
of health 20 them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-20
ORIGIN of Ah.inth.

Absinth. the green fiend that satu-
rates fashionable France, was original
Iy an extremely harmless medical
remedy.
1t was a French physician who first
used it. His name was Ordinaire, and
he was living as a refugee at Couvet,
in Switzerland, at the close of the
eighteenth century. Like many other
country doctors at that time, he was
also a druggist, and his favorite RENE
dy was a certain elixir of absinth of
which he alone had the secret.
At his death he bequeated the for
mula to his hOusekeeper, Mile. Grand
pierre, and she sold it to the daughters
of Lieutenant Henriod. They culti-
waited in their little garden the herbs
necessary for concocting it, and after
they had distilled certain quantity of
the liquid they sold it ON commission
to itinerant peddlers, who quickly dis
posed of it in the adjacent towns and
villages.
Finally, during the first decade of the
nineteenth century, wealthy distiller
purchased the formula, and very soon
afterward he placed on the market the
modern absinth, which differs greatly
from the old medical remedy, since the
lstter contained no alcohol and very
,httle absinth.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-20

Miss Isle Mansfield. of Peoria,
whose name has been mentioned fire.
qhently of late in connection with
the state regency of the Daughters
of the American Revolution, Satur-
day announced her candidacy for the
position.
For several weeks her friends, par
ticularly those opposed to Mrs.
Wiles, have been urging her to make
the race, but she refused until then.
Her candidacy was approved by the
Peoria advisory board. and the entire
Peoria chapter will indorse her at the
next meeting.
Miss Mansfield has little to say re-
garding her candidacy. except that
she is in the fight to win. She is
very prominent member of the Peoria
chapter, and il was largely through
her efforts it was instituted.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1902-01-20

A Chinese manuscript in the Paris IL
brary proves that an9sthetics for sur
gical purposes were used in China
LOO years ago. 1t states that when a
surgeon conducted a serious operation
he gave decoction to the patient, who
after n few moments became as insen-
sible as If he were dead. Then, as the
case required, the surgeon performed
the operation-incision or amputation-
and removed the cause of the malady.
Then he brought together and secured
the tissues and applied liniments. aft
er certain number of days the pa
tient recovered without having expe-
rienced the slightest pain during the
operation"