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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

0. Mills and family returned from
their visit In Texas Saturday. They
were accompanied home by one OF Mr..
Mills sisters, Mrs. Bcwan, who viii re-
main here for some time in the hope of
beEehting her health.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24
VOL. XXI.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
3 LOCAL AND PERSONAL. 8
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n. A. Lytle and bride arrived from
Iowa on Saturday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

Medicine Maid continues to win Iau.
rels. She took first money In the 2:25
pace at Hutchinson last week. She ia
at Wichita this week and will do SON Q
fine work.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

W. II. Davenport took his father to
Gueda Springs last week in hopes that
the water and baths there will restore
him to health.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

A. l.. Noble and wife came over from
Winfield Saturday. Mr.. Mobiles leg is
almost healed but he uses crutches as a
safeguard.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

Miss Nellie Martin visited with
friends at Hutchinson last week and
incidentally took in the fair
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

Congressman Long left Monday even.
ing for Wichita where he makes a 6.
A. r. speech today. From there he
goes into hard campaign work.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

Go to Fairs and get sack of Silver
Leaf Flour for 80 cents.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

Rev. l.. M. Belden returned from {
trip to Ness City last Thursday night
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24
To Whom it may Concern.

Owing to Ill health and pressure of
other duties, positively decline furth.
or professional work.
SARAH E. WIsNER, NJ. D.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

r. s. Bisby & Co. is the title of new
firm operating new restaurant and
lunch counter in the Lebrecht building.
They began business Monday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

w. H. McColl gives nice premium
with every $25 worth of goods purchas-
ed at his store. Coupons given with
every purchase.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

Misses Gail and Gladys Moore re
turned from visit in Alva last Fri
day.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

Mr.. and Mrs. G. II. Eldred came ul
from Oklahoma Saturday to visit will
friends.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

Big Stock of Noyse & Norman shoes
at II. L. WOOdward's Best on the
market. New in style and superior in
quality.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

DR.. Alpha Updegratf has located q
Anthonv. Success be with him.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

G. M. Ross rented the Christian
parsonage and will move probably
this week. He yacates Uncle jim
mie Anderson's house.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

r. s. English sold his restaurant last
week to Troy Watkins and Nathan
Chenoweth. The transfer was made
Wednesday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

Call at Hall Hdw. Co.'S and see the
new Osborne half.inch coil-tooth hay
rake, the only one on the market and
fully guaranteed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

If you want water proof boots or
shoes that will wear we'll get pair of
the celebrated Sharkskin brand at H..
T. Woodward's.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

Mrs. w. Z. Stout and Mrs. s. w.
Ireland went to Wellington Monday to
attend the big Sumner County Exposl-
tion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

Hall Hdw. Co. have few light Deer
ing mowers at a very low price, to close
0Uk
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

Mrs. G. E. Bechtel returned home
from her visit in Missouri last week.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-09-24

Call on A. NJ. Houchin for per cent
farm loans.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Cures Blood, Skin Troubles, Cancer, Blood
Poison-Greatest Blood Purifier Free.

If your blood is impure, thin, dis
eased, hot or full of humors, if you
have blood poison, cancer, carbun-
cles, eating sores, scrofula, eczema,
itching, risings and Jumps, scabby,
pimply skin, bone pains, catarrh,
rheumatism or any blood or skin dis
ease, take Botanic Blood Balm (B. B.
b. according to directions. Soon all
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and giving the rich glow of perfect
health to the skin. At the same time
B. B. B. improves the digestion,
cures dyspepsia, strengthens weak
kidneys. Just the medicine forlold
people, as it gives them new, vigor-
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bottle, with directions for home cure.
Sample free and prepaid by writing
Blood Balm Co., Atlanta, Ga. De-
sctibe trouble and special free med
ical advice also sent in sealed letter.
B. B. i. is especially advised for
chronic, deep-seated cases of impure
blood and skin disease, and cures
after ali else falls. For sale by The
r. 3, Loryea Drug Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Chinese Arithmetic.

The Chinese rejoice in a won
derful talent for inaccuracy in
every detail. For instance, a
pound or a pint varies as it suits
the merchants fancy. In some
part you get half or a quarter
as much as you do in others for
the same price and measure.
Then again, their way of cal
culating distance does not at all
tally with Euclid. For instance,
you are told from A to B is four
miles, but from B to A is eight
miles. If you ask how this is
possible, you are told it depends
from which end you start; if you
start from A, it is down hill, SO
much easier to walk; whereas,
starting from B, you have to
walk up hill, which is much
more exerting and fatiguing-
in fact, it is the same as walking
a longer distance on even ground.
Mhis form of argument al
ways amused me nearly as much
as the way the Chinese have of
counting persons age by tens.
"My mother" they will tell you,
''is 80" for 40): When she leaves
80, she is getting near 40.
Should we all like to be told
that, I wonder?-Leslie's Week
1v
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Telling The Age Of a Horse.

"The popular idea that the
age of a horse can always be told
by looking at his teeth" says a
veterinary surgeon, sis not en-
tirely correct. After the eighth
year the horse has no more teeth
so that the tooth method is use
less for telling the age of a horse
which is more than eight years
old. AS soon as the set of teeth
is complete, however, wrinkle
begins to appear on the upper
edge of the lower eyelid and a
new wrinkle is added each year,
so that to get at the age of a
horse more than eight years old
you must figure the teeth plus
the wrinkles. Newark Call.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
She Knew Josh.

CHOW, madam" said the coun.
sci for the defendant to a little,
blackeyed fdgety woman, who
had been summoned in a case,
"you will please give your evi'
dence in as few words as. posi-
ble.. You know the defendant?'
"Know who?"
"The defendant Mr.. Joshua
Bagg?"
"Josh Bagg? I do know him,
and I knowed his father before
him, and I don't know nothln' to
the credit Of either of 'em, and
don't think
"We don't want to know what
you think, madam. Please say
yes or mo- to N.Y. mNquestions."
'What questions?"
"Do you know Mr.. Joshua
Bagg?"
"Don't I know him though.
You ask Josh Bagg if he knows
me. Ask him if he knows any
thing about trying to cheat a
poor widder like me out of S25.
Ask"
MADAM. /"
"Ask him whose orchard he
robbed last, and why he did it in
the night. Ask his wife, Betsy
Bagg, if she knows anything
about slippin' into a neighbor's
field and milkin' three COWS on
the sly. Ask
"Look here, madam"
'Ask Josh Bagg about that
uncle of his that died in prison.
Ask him about lettin' his pore
old mother die in the'workhouse.
Ask Betsy about putting a big
brick in lot of butter she sold
last spring"
MADAM, I tell you"
"See if Josh Bagg knows any
thing about feeding ten head of
cattle on all the salt they could
eat, and then lettin' them swell
down all the water they could
hold; just fore he driv them in
to town and sold 'em. See what
he's got to say to that"
s"That has nothing to do with
the case. I want you to-"
'"Then there was old Azrael
Bagg, own uncle to Josh, got
kicked out of his native town,
and Betsy Bagg's own brother
got ketched in neighbor's hen
house at midnight. Ask JOSH
"Madam, what do you know
about this case?:"
Il don't know a livin' thing
bout it, but I'm sure Josh Bagg
is guilty, whatever it is. The
fact is, I've owed them Bagges a
grudge for the last Is years: and
I got myself called up on pur.
pose to get even with 'em, and l
feel I've done it. "-London Tit
Bits.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
with O Grain OF Salt.

The earliest record Of the saying,
''With grain Of salt" dates back to
the year IS 3. c., when the great Pom
pey entered the palace Of Mithridates
and discovered among his private pa
pers the description Of an antidote
against poisons Of all sorts, which was
composed Of pounded herbs. These, &C
cording to the recipe, were to be taken
with q grain Of salt. Whether this was
meant seriously or as warning sar-
casm is not known, but thenceforth It
became the custom to say that doubt
full preparations should be taken with
a grain Of salt.
From this the meaning got trans
ferred to sayings Of doubtful truth.
"Attic salt" was o Greek synonym for
wit or penetration, and the Latin word
"sar" had somewhat Of the same mean
ing. It is thus easy to see how the
saying, "Cum grano salis," could have
come to mean the necessity Of accept
ing doubtful or suspicious statements
''Tith q grain Of salt"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
A Smart Kid.

II consider myself fairly up to
snuff" said the journalist, ''and
I keep myself in pretty good
shape by working off all the
sharp things I hear on my oldest
boy, a youngster of about II
years and 3 months. He's no
slouch himself, takes after his
dad, you know, but I unusally
down him before I finish. The
other night I came home with a
pretty fair bunch in a small
package and was gloating over
my victory in advance.
essay, Buster said I to
him,-Buster, is't his name, but
that's what l call him when his
mother isn't listening-I've got
one for you. Stand up and take
it. What is the longest word in
the ditcionary?"
q" 'Transmagnifcanjubandali-
ty,' said he, following some old
instructions I had given'him in a
previous scrap.
emit said I.
"'Give it up said he.
"'It's smiles,' said l, because
there's a mile between the first
letter and the last.
"'Rats, said he in a tone of
disgust.
"sAnd what's the next said
"tPass,' said he.
"'Rubber, said I, because if
it isn't long enough you can
stretch it,
Cluster was still for a minute
as if thinking. Then he came at
me.
":Your smiles is good
enough, said he, and your rub
ber' amt so bad, but l know a
word that's longer
What is it?' said I.
":Guess again, said he.
"'There isn't any, said I.
"FBet you a new overcoat,
said he with confidence.
" 'Done,' said I, for I had to
get him one anyhow. whats
the word"
"'Lon 6 err said he spelling
it out slowly, and I hiked back
to the rear and sat down. ok
change.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
The Bishops Good Reason.

"When the late Bishop Will
liams presided over the diocese
he, of course, visited this ecity
once a year to celebrate confrma
tion," said the tall man. ''It
was the custom to hold services
at St. James's church in the
morning and at Groton in the
afternoon. On one occasion,
during the noon intermission, he
said to the woman at whose
home he was a guest: I am 60
ing to lie down. If ST. Paul
himself comes don't disturb me-
Gen. G.. W. Bentley, who was
then superintendent of the New
London Northern railroad, and
was very intimate with the
bishop, hurried off after dinner
to. make his old friend a call.
Where is Bishop Williams?' he
inquired, as he was admitted to
the house. He said he was not
to be disturbed replied the hos
tess, even if st. Paul should
call
al must see him. was the
impatient rejoinder, in the mimi
table manner peculiar to Gen.
Bentley. Resistance to such a
must was out of the question.
The room Of the sleeper was IN
vaded, and with no very gentle
shake and a corresponding voice
the bishop was aroused. He
was delighted to see his old
friend Bentley, reiterating with
fervor his qualification.
"'I think, bishop, that you
are a little inconsistent, said the
caller.
"'How so? Brother Bentley
"'Didn't you tell Mrs. B
that you were not to be disturb
ed even if St. Paul called? Yet
you seem very glad to see me-
"'No, no Mr.. Bentley ans
wered the bishop. 4 am glad to
see you; very glad. The Apos-
tie Paul? Why, I expect to
spend a blessed eternity with
him-but you, Bentley, I may
never see you again. '"-New
London Morning Telegraph.
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sell every ship, disband the
crews and give away the stores.
At the same time he might dis
miss every officer, non-commis-
Stoned officer and private in the
army, from Lord Roberts down.
He has the power to cancel the
orders and acts of generals and
commanders, to make war with
any country and to obtain peace
at any price. All these acts are
strictly within the legal inter-
probation of the prerogative Of
the crown.
King Edward is the supreme
power known to the law. He
can do no wrong. He is head of
the state, head of the legislature
head of the church. head of the
army, head Of the navy. He
may appoint any person to any
Office of authority, and the per-
son so appointed may not decline
the appointment. He may refuse
to sign any bill passed by either
house of parliament. He ap-
points all bishops and during the
vacancy of any see he has the
temporal powers of the bishop
of that see. He might mark his
coronation by making every man
and woman a baronet or a mar
chioness, and none might decline
the title.
He may discharge practically
all the civil servants Of the
kingdom. He may break every
treaty, dismiss every ambassador
and recall every British repre-
sentative from the capitals of
Europe. He may make money,
and he may make sovereigns
of lead or brass and give them
the stamp of the royal mint.
The authors conclusion is this:
''The extraordinary powers of
the crown, however, need not
alarm US; neither need the king
trouble about his limitations. It
is the idea and not the statute
book which governs US, and the
idea is-exactly what we ourselves
make it. It is the idea, in the
long run, which holds together
400, 100000 of the human race"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Her Complaint.

Jane was patient in one Of the
large public hospitals. She boasted
cough which was more than suspected
to be q "fake" cough rather than
bronchial or pulmonary.
The kindly young physician in
charge OF the ward allowed her some
harmless remedies. One day he said
to her:
"Ah, Jane, I fear you are bad case
Of hypochrondria''
ais that it, docther?" said Jane,
much impressed
The next morning there she was
again, asking for her little dose.
I'm very bad with it the day, doc
ther."
"With what?" asked the doctor.
"Wid what ye were namiN for me
yeshddy," she replied at gave me no
peace at all Last night"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
q a 81 O r Z As
4,a y The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature at I@(M2Nzz(

In a hall in Glasgow a few
weeks ago there was a lecture on
Marriage and after" The lee
turer said that men should kiss
their wives as they did when
they were a year or two mar
ried.
When the lecture was over an
old man went home, put his arm
around his wife's neck and kiss
ed her. Meeting the lecturer
next day, he said:
Its no CO."
"What isn't" said the lecturer.
"Well," said the man, when
I kissed my wife, she said,
whats gone Wrang Wi've ye
auld fool YEP"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Applicable.

A Sunday school superintendent in
talking to his pupils about cruelty to
animals said: ''Only coward would
abuse a creature that has no way Of
protecting itself. Why, children, 7
once knew a littls boy who cut OF a
calfs tail! Think Of it-took knife
and cut the tail right of! Can any
one tell me verse in the Bible that
would have taught this cruel boy that
he should not have cut of the calfs
tail?"
After q moments silence q small
boy held up his hand and when asked
to quote his verse yentured. "Whae
God hath joined together let no man
put asunder."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
~TonnotO."

What is the earliest instance Of the
occurrence Of the word tomato IN any
European language? The first l have
in my notebook Is the reference to
"Americanorun tumatle." made by
Guillandinus in his de Papyro,"
commentary on parts Of Pliny, 1872,
page so. Later page 81 he says, DE
nioue tumatle ex Themistitan, recen-
tiores fere pomum aureum, ets pomum
amoris nuncupant," showing that both
the Aztec name tomatl and the popular
"love apple" were already in use. "The-
mistltan," may add. is probably a
misprint for Thenustitan-i. e., Te-
nochtitlan, a synonym for Mexico
Notes and Queries.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
A Baseball Came.
our wide ones In the third and Ec-

-Four wide ones In the third and Eo-
gan paraded!
Dooley tilted the pellet to the outer
most port precinct for hassock and
invested second citadel through Groo-
gins insane heaYe.
Jones' agile mitt engnlfed Smiths
towerer to left garden, but failed to
ferry it in before Hogan's extremities
soiied the rubber.
Donovan jabbed solitaire to left
pasture, stabling Dooley, but met his
death purloining bag. higgins made
three frantic lunges at the leather, but
CUFFS saffron muf let him amble down
the trail to the initial roost.
Dufy's steaming grassef to right
meadow incinerated Cuffs fingers.
Doyle dunked safely to larboard, but
Browns swift return Of the globule
contributed to higgins demise at the
plate.-Kansas City Independent
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
A General Invitation.

The old story Of the man who saw
on the rail Of the organ gallery in
little western church a placard bear
ing the words: Don't shoot the organ
ist. He's doing the best he can" has
lately been matched by another some
what like It.
a man recently returned from min
ing region where one Sunday he at
tended service In the only church for
miles around. AS he entered the strains
Of an organ, apparently in great dis
tess, reached his ears, and when he
was seated he looked up to discover
who the player was.
On the back Of the parlor organ.
which stood on the platform, was a
neatly lettered square Of pasteboard
which read, "Come up and try It your
ealPw
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
KING EDWARDS POWER.
English Constitutions Theory Of Rights Of
Crown

SIOWu.
The average American, if ask
ed to give an idea of the powers
of King Edward, would probably
reply something after this fash
ion. sIt is not set down in black
and white what he may do and
what he may not do, but under
the British constitution the king
is a good deal of a fgurehead,
and in general does pretty much
as parliament tells him"
The American would thus have
answered according to the spirit
of Brithish law, says the Chicago
Inter-Ocean. Theo re tic ly,
however, his answer would be as
far wrong as could well be i'm
agined.
Under the British constitution
the powers of ministers and
members of parliament are defn-
ed confined. But what the king
may do and may not do is not
written. It is an astonishing
fact that the crown is itself the
interpreter of it's own preroga-
tives. Naturally, therefore, just
at this time, the rights and limi-
tations of the crown are interest
ing. king and Emperor, a
Life History Of Edward VII, !"
just published in London, gives
considerable light On the subject.
The limitations to the kings
powers are most curious. He
may not spend a cent of public
money without the consent of
parliament. He may not create
any new Office with fees. He may
not prevent sentence from being
passed upon a prisoner, though
he may pardon nearly all offend :
ers, a notable exception being
the man convicted Of a certain
form of Sabbath breaking. He
may not issue proclamation that
is contrary to law or injurious to
the communicative exception,
for instance, of a whole town
from Jury service.
He may call every man to arms
to resist invasion, but he may
not compel any civilian to leave
the country or exclude any man
from the house of commons, or
exempt any one from the opera
ton Of ordinary law. He may
set aside the judgment of judges
except for contempt of court
but he may not interfere with
them on the bench or dismiss
them.
He is the only man in the
kingdom who may not arrest a
criminal-the reason being that
the king is above all law, and
the prisoner, if unjustly arrested
would have no recourse. In time
of peace he may not hand over
one inch of British territory to
foreign sway. He may not in
terfere in an act of private as
opposed to public wrong.
Yet, incredible as it may seem,
Edward VII might shatter the
empire without breaking any
law. He has supreme command
of the naval forces, and might
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Cured of Piles After 40 Years.

Mr.. C. Haney of Geneva, Ohio, had
the piles for forty years. Doctors
and dollars could do him no lasting
good. DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve
cured him permanently. Invaluable
for cuts, burns, bruises, sprains, lac
erations, eczema, letter, salt rheum
and all other skin diseases. Look for
the name Dewitt on the package
all others are cheap, worthless coun-
terfeits. The R. B. Loryea Drug
Store.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Poor MemoV.

ToEneRather absentminded, isn't
he?
Browne-Extremely so. Why, the
other night when he got home he knew
there was something he wanted to do,
but he couldn't remember what 1t was
until he had sat up over an hour trying
to think.
Towne-And did he finally remember
It?
BrowneYes; he discovered that he
had wanted to 60 to bed early.-Phila-
Gelphia Press.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
An item In Demand.

he was cutting an item from a news
paper.
at tells how house was robbed, and
I want to show it to my WIFE," he e1-
planned.
What good viii that do?" 8 friend
inquired.
a. whole lot" was the reply. "You
see, this house was robbed while the
man was at church with bis wife"
"Sayw exclaimed the friend excited
II, "you haven't got q duplicate copy Of
that paper, have you?'-Chicago Post
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1902-11-26
Cast Cut Cant.

Honor to the strong man in these
ages who has shaken himself loose OF
shams and Is something. For in the
way Of being worthy the first condition
surely is that one be. Let cant cease
at all risks and at all costs. Till cant
cease nothing else can begin.-Carlyle.