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The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-30
Finds Way to Live Long

The startling announcement Of dis
covery that will surely lengthen life is
made by Editor o. II. Downey, of Chu-
rubusco, Indiana. 81 wish to state" "
he writes, shat DR.. Kings New Dis
covery for Consumption is the most
infallible remedy that I have ever
known for coughs, colds and grip. It's
invaluable to people with weak lungs.
Having this wonderful medicine no
one need dread pneumonia or consump-
tion. Its relief is instant and cure GER
tain" Mason e. Lavelle guarantee
every SOC and 81 bottle and give trial
bottles free.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-30
"Some time ago my daughter caugh

'Some time ago my daughter caught
severe cold. She complained OF pains
in her chest and had bad cough.
gave her Chamberlain S Cough Remedy
according to directions and in two days
she was we'll and able to 60 to school.
I have used this remedy In my family
for the past seven years and have nev-
er known it to fail, says James Prem
dergast, merchant, AnatO Bay, Jamaica,
West India Islands. The pains in the
chest Indicated an approaching attack
OF pneumonia, which in this instance
was undoubtedly warded off by Cham
berlain's Cough Remedy. 1t counter
acts any tendency of cold towards
pneumonia. Sold by G. Lavelle, drug
gist.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-30
The Secret OF one Life

Consists in keeping all the main or
gans Of the body in healthy, regular
action, and in quickly destroying dead
ly disease germs. Electric Bitters
regulate stomach, liver and kidneys,
purify the blood, and give splendid
appetite. They work wonders in cur
ing kidney troubles, female complaints,
nervous diseases, constipation, dyspep-
sla, and malaria. Vigorous health and
strength always follow their use. Only
so cents. Guaranteed by Mason T.
Lavelle, druggists.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-30
Unconscious From Group


During sudden and terrible attack
Of Group our little girl was unconscious
from strangulation, says A. L. Spafford
postmaster, Chester, Michigan, and a
dose Of One Minute Cough Cure was
administered and repeated often. 1t
reduced the swelling and inflammation,
cut the mucous, and shortly the child
was resting easy, and speedily recover
ed. 1t cures coughs, colds, la grippe,
and all throat and lung troubles. One
Minute Cough Cure fingers in the
throat and chest, and enables the
lungs to contribute pure, health-giv-
ing oxygen to the blood. Mason &
Lavelle.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-30
Interesting to County Treasurers.

Interesting to County Treasurers.
f. N. McPherrin recently secured a
judgement against Phillips county for
1928. 1t seems that when his last term
OF Office as county treasurer closed in
January 1902, Mr.. McPherrin present.
ed to the county commissioners claims
for this amount Of money but the
claims we're disallowed by the board of
commissioners as the claims we're in
excess of his salary of 81. 500 which he
had already received ard they held
that this surplus Of fees for the office
should remain in the county treasury
Mr.. McPherrin took an appeal to the
district court and his attorney, Judge
{. l., Allen Of Denver, on the trial of
the cause took the position that the
salary act Of 1901 reducing the salaries
OF county officials was unconstitutional
as, in its classification of the counties.
Teller county was omitted. II this
contention is correct, the salary Of the
county treasurer for 1901 was, under
the old law, 81 800 instead of 81 500, as
provided by the law of 1901. We un-
derstand that actions have been
brought by county officials in other
parts Of the state to collect balance of
salary claimed under the old law and
Of course test case will go to the su-
preme cyurt. Should the law CT 1901
be held unconstitutional, it will re-
quire some OF the surplus funds in the
county treasures to settle the claims
that will be made by county officers for
their back salaries. Herald.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-30

cr Of the fireman on the ice train who
was killed. None Of the mail clerks,
baggagemen or passengers were seri.
ously hurt. The blame for the acci-
dent will probably be placed upon the
crew Of the ice train, who had their
train upon the main track when
No. 3 was due.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-30
East Lincoln School Items.

May Ball was absent Wednesday.
May Williams was absent Monday.
We had strange visitor Friday
morning.
We will have an oral examination
this week.
Herman Meineke has been absent
for two days.
Superintendent Parker visited the
school Wednesday forenoon.
The items of interest we're all inter
esting and very profitable Friday after
noon.
The eighth grade have almost fin
ished the United States history and
will soon be ready to review it
'Busy Bees
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-30
Best I.inirncnt on Earth

Henry D. Baldwin, superintendent
of city water works, Shullsburg, Wis.
consin, writes: 81 have tried many
kinds Of liniment, but have never re.
ceived much benefit until l used Bal
lard's Snow Liniment for rheumatism
and pains. think it the best lini.
ment on earth" 25c. SOC and 81 bot
tie at Mason & Lavelle'S.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-30

The walking sick, what
a crowd Of them there are
Persons who are thin and
weak but not sick enough
to go to bed.
"Chronic cases" that's
what the doctors call them,
which in common English
means-long sickness.
To stop the continued
loss of flesh they need
SCOTS Emulsion. For the
feeling of weakness they
need SCOTS Emulsion.
1t makes new flesh and
gives new life to the weak
system.
SCOTS Emulsion gets
thin and weak persons out
of the rut. 1t makes new,
rich blood, strengthens the
nerves and gives appetite
for ordinary food.
SCOTS Emulsion can be
taken as long as sickness
lasts and do good all the
time.
There's new strength
and flesh in every dose.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-30
Feathers for Sale,

have about SO pounds Of turkey
and % pounds of chicken feathers for
sale. Turkey feathers 10 cents per
pound. Chicken feathers Is cents per
pound. T. w. jenkins,
Julesburg, Colo.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-30
Reservation News.

Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Will Hewitt a
son.
C. F. Parker visited the East Lin.
coin school last week.
Mr.. Campbell attended church at
East Lincoln last Sunday.
Mr. and Mrs. Porter visited at the
Ball home on Wednesday.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-30
TIE crowned heads of every nation,

TIE crowned heads of every nation,
The rich men, poor men and misers,
All join in paying tribute to
DeWitt's Little Early Risers.
H. Williams, San Antonio, Texas, says
Little Early Riser Pills are the best |
ever used in my family. l unhesitat-
ingly'recommend them to everybody"
They cure constipation, biliousness,
sick headache, torpid liver. Jaundice,
malaria, and all other liver troubles.
Mason e. Lavelle.
The Grit-advocate., 1903-01-30
To Cure a Cold in Que Day

Take Laxative Bromo quininc Tablets
All druggists refund the money if it
fails to cure. f. w. Groves signature
on each box. % cents.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-20

Mrs. Frances Stafford, of A3 E.
Il4th ST., NY. City, adds her tes-
timony to the hundreds of thou
sands on Mrs. Pinkham's files.
When Lydia E. Pinkham's Rene
dies were first introduced skeptics
all over the country frowned upon
their curative claims, but as year
after year has rolled by and the
little group of women who had been
cured by the new discovery has
since grown into a vast army of
hundreds of thousands, doubts and
skepticisms have been swept away
as by a mighty food, until to-day
the great good that Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound
and her other medicines are doing
among the women of America is
attracting the attention of many Of
our leading scientists, physicians
and thinking people.
Merit alone could win such fame /;
wise, therefore, is the woman who
for a cure relies upon Lydia e.
Vegetable Compound.
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called upon to make, much greater

called upon to make. much greater
sacrifices.
My guest was retiring early. I
heard her bolt her door by half af
ter eight o'clock, and /, weary with
my days work, went upstairs to my
room over the parlor. Aunt Jane
Mary rang her bell just as 1 had
closed my door-her room was
across the hall from mine-and
went to her, though l could hardly
drag one foot after the other, and af-
ter had attended to her wants.
which took nearly an hour and a
half-giving electricity is tiresome
work. went back to my room.
put out my light and lay down, but
[ could not sleep. The moonlight
streamed full in my face 1 hid my
eyes in the pillow; l pulled the sheet
up over my nose. There was no use
trying; must get up, tired as / was,
and close the blinds. I raised the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-20
Punsters ON the Farm.

'sThat new line fence" said Farm
er Claybank, ran right through the
biggest tree I had in my place"
'.Ha, ha, ha,'' laughed his jovial
neighbor, with a lively appreciation
of the merry jest he was about to
make. IF was tree an seen a
fence runnin', I'd dodge"
1T did try to leave" replied Farm
er Claybank, naught abashed by the
delicate wit of the neighbor, "but the
tree was SO skeared when it seen the
fence a-comin' that it was rooted to
the spot indianapolis News.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-20
CHAPTER II.

gave the young woman her early
dinner, and then left her to rest for
the afternoon. / had little time to
spare for strangers, and so long as
I gave her what / had bargained to
pected to do more. When Badly Tow
ner returned from the store, I set
him to work cleaning the shoes that
had brought out from the lower
front. He was not over-pleasant about
it but saw that there might be much
of it to do, so 1 was firm, in the very
first instance. / said:
''Baldy Towner, you need not look
so unpleasant. Those are the shoes
of my boarder who came to-day. She
evidently roams about the country a
good deal, and doubtless her boots
will often be muddy, perhaps worse
than they are to-day. They must be
cleaned, and"
"Why sh'd I do it?" returned Badly
Towner GROSSLY.
/ might have returned, "And why
should -" but 1 said, "Who else is
there to do it?-Miss Jane Mary? ''
The humor of the second part of
| my sentence seemed to strike Badly
Towner as a huge joke. He really
laughed for the third time that
year.
I did not smile, however, I put on
my most severe expression. ST have
enough to do said I, without clean
ing shoes. 1 am sure the Judge
never anticipa-"
81 don't spose he did," said Badly
Towner. "Then why didn't the
ledge leave We more wealthy OFF,"
That's enough, Baldwin Towner,''
said I. I'm tired, and worried, and
$50 be I. But I'll clean them shoes,
if We say so, Miss Brathwaite.''
Thank you, Badly Towner," said
I, and fed incontinently, for fear
that he might change his mind.
/ gave the young woman her tea
in the dining-room across the hall
She seemed very well pleased with
the young chicken and the nice rhu-
barb sauce, the rhubarb for which
I had cut from the kitchen garden. ]
was low in my mind about that young
chicken, but I had forgotten meat
for tea when / sent Badly Towner
away so hurriedly, and that chicken
had to be sacrificed. Well. had sac
rlficed more in my life than one little
] puilet, and probably I should be
s II
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-20
HIS COURSE IN LETTERS.

The first year of his college course
He won the letters b. b. C.
To wear upon his saucy cap
The baseball club right-fielder, he.
A sophomore, he next secured
AS tribute to his growing knowledge,
Two crossed oars, and the letter N
The navy symbols of his college.
The third year he obtained A. u
Athletic Union; this relates
To skill upon the cinder track,
To vaulting and to throwing weights.
The fourth year. faithful to his aim,
He boosted still another letter,
Presented to him, with eclat,
Upon heavy football sweater.
A course in letters he pursued,
AS college records guarantee
And who can blame him if, at last
He somehow failed to get A. B.?
Edwin l.. Sabin, in Brooklyn Life.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-20
MYSTERIOUS
MISS DACRES
By Mrs. Schuyler Crowninshield.
munoe<>-AMM
Copyright 1901, by ]. B. Lipplncott Co.
CHAPTER I.-CoNTINUED.

Really" said i falteringly, 81 do
not think that you should expect me
not to let my rooms when 1 can.
They have stood unoccupied so long,
l must let them when possible"
'Oh, have you only just let it?
Was it when / was asleep?
Eyes" said I. 1.-THE stranger came
just after you lay down. He likes
likes the room and 1 shall have to
let him have it. He will pay me
well; he pays more than you do, and
/ cannot afford to lose him.
What does he look like?"
sob, he's pleasant faced"
"Clean shaven?"
NO." said 7. HE has whiskers and
a mustache."
81 hate a man with whiskers," she
exclaimed. what is his name?"
The same question he had asked
about her.
II really don't know" said 1. HE
is coming back with his credentials
tomorrow"
= 'And you take a boarder an utter
stranger into your house without
even asking his name. He might
murder me all alone down here"
81 forgot" said I; "but you forget
that I do not know yours"
The girls face flushed.
"No," she said, "you do not. Well
then, Jo-Josephine Dacres. I ought
to have told you before. But I'm a
woman. This is man-among lone
women-in the room next to this
Hes harmless newspaper man."
said 1.
"And I'm a helpless woman
1 glanced at the dressing case. 81
A. d." said 1. "What does the "a
stand for?"
81 can't see that that makes any
difference"
mo, it makes no difference at all,
only can't see why
why I shouldn't tell you my whole
name? Well, 1 don't suppose there
is any reason exactly. It's Amaran-
the"
"Amaranthe?" 1 exclaimed,2"Am
aranthe?"
Eyes, why not?'
Nothing" said I. eve heard the
name before, that's all. It's a sin
gular name, one you do not often
hear"
"Yes," said she, "an odd name. /
don't think that 1 ever knew another
person who was named 'Amaranthe' :"
She put her hand to her head with
weary gesture. 81 declare 1 get so
tired sometimes that almost forget
who 1 am. Yes, I am Josephine
Amaranthe Dacres. I ought to have
told you when first came, I sup
pose. Well, good-by, / am going
She picked up the dress-suit case
from the floor.
"Going! Going whereof" said 1,
aghast, partly because I hated to
lose my boarder, and partly because
the money paid in advance had part
of it been sent to Tom, and part OF
it by our old factotam, Badly Tow.
ner, to the store for -four, potatoes
sugar and butter, coffee, tea and such
like necessities. Our credit was not
particularly good in those days.
Don't CO." I said. Don't, don't!
i don't believe he'll bother you al
all. 1t is likely that you win never
see him. He hated the idea of your
being here as much as you hate the
idea of his being here. He wants
quiet too"
Its an awfully comfortable bed
said the girl, with a succession OF
yawns. ''Well, if you promise me
he won't have men in there, drink
ing and carousihg, I'll stay my week
out anyway. I wish had some slip
pers. must send for my-no, ]
won't; won't send for anything un
til I've seen that man and found out
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-20

how he's going to behave When can
l see him without his seeing me?"
He said he'd come out tomorrow
morning." said I. Hes very inoffen-
sive, I'm certain. All he wants is
peace and quiet, and I'm sure if you.
both want it, you're sure to get it,
Just here there was humping on
the floor overhead from Aunt Jane
Mary's cane. My boarder jumped
and looked over her shoulder.
what is that?" she gasped.
"Only my invalid aunt. She thumps
for me in that way"
''Well, don't let her do it again.
she said sharply. Tell her, please,
my nerves won't stand it"
''She was very anxious to know
said I, whom you had nursed last
Whom I had nursed?"
''Yes, the dead man, don't you
know? She'll ask me again as soon
as go up"
"The dead man?" she repeated,
looking at me nervously.
why, the man you told me you
came from, through the mud
II never told you anything of the
oh yes! l know now what you
mean. The man who was taken sud-
denly. Yes. Oh, no, he had nothing
Notwithstanding catching, I as
sure you. He just died, tell your
poor aunt, from want of breath,
nothing else. Tell your aunt so,
but tell her also, please, that / can
not stand sudden noises. I have
been worn out with my profession,
and no one needs rest more than I
do"
She went to the window giving on
the side piazza and opened it, and
stood there leaning out and drink
ing in the fresh April air.
shall l close the door?'' I asked.
There was no answer. 1 approach
ed her softly and laid my hand on
her shoulder. "Shall I?'
'How dare you?" She turned furi-
ously, shaking all over. Her face
and lips were colorless. "How dare
you, or-or at least, you made me
start. Don't do that again. l am
very, very nervous. Can't you see
how nervous 1 am?-on the very
verge of nervous prostration. We
must have an understanding. Here
Aunt Jane Mary thumped again.
run! run quickly and tell her to stop
it. AT once, do you hear?"
"You little know my Aunt Jane
Mary" began 1.
"And hope I shall know her less
said she. There is just this much
about it. Even if the man does not
prove disagreeable when I see him,
shall not remain a moment if that
racket overhead is to continue. Tel
her so, if you please" And I ran uI
the stairs wondering what I should
do about the five-dollar bill which
Badly Towner was probably chang
ing at that moment over the counter
of the country store, not to mention
the other five which was in his
pocket in the letter on the way to
my dear boy Tom.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-20

window very softly SO as not to
awake Aunt Jane Mary. 1 stretched
out my hand for the hasp of the
blind, when 1 thought that 1 heard
the sound of voices.
Yes, it was true. Standing under
the great elm in front of the gate
were two figures. AS near as 1 could
make out, they were those of a man
and woman. l strained my ears to
hear what they were saying, for
could not understand why anyone
should choose the shelter of our old
elm as meeting-place. Could it be
Badly Towner? Perhaps his wife,
Glorianna, had come over from Wau-
kekan Town to try and persuade him
to return. Badly was very stub
born, and Glorianna had not behaved
any too well, and Badly Towner had
said to me only the day before, 81
wunt, L wunt, 1 wunt g. back. She
can write, and she can send, and
even come. / know when I'm well
off. l shouldn't be>well offer there.
and though I'm kinder poor off here
in some ways, I'd be poor offer eff rs
to G back and let her lick me ag'in.''
Badly Towner stood fully six feet
two in his stockings, and Glorianna
was slim little creature. I despised
his weak resolve! What Glor-
ianna really needed was what Aunt
Jane Mary called Especial good
trouncing" from Badly Towner and
an assertion on his part as to who
was the head of the family, but it
was not to my interest to say so. /
could not get along without him. NV
heart sank within me as I heard the
murmur, and I wondered if she would
really persuade him to go back to
her and Waukekan Town and his
beatings.
/ crouched in the window, listen
ing, but though l strained my ears
to the aching point, caught no dis
tinct word. Finally the man stopped
and put his hands on the woman's
shoulders. He kissed her. Oh, dear!
Then the reconciliation was com
plete. He would leave me on the
morrow. What should 1 do, with the
marketing to attend to, the cooking
to do, the beds to make, the house
to keep clean, not to speak of the
shoes!-the muddy shoesi
Goodnight" I did hear that
much, and, then, instead of the wo-
man going away, it was the man,
who drew towards him a wheel
which had been leaning against the
tree in the shadow. '.Ill be over in
the morning." heard him say sAll
right answered the woman's voice
and she turned and opened my own
gate. and came along up the gravel
path,-no, not the path, she walked
on the grass.
| Of course, knew now who it was
and why she had walked on the grass
Naturally she did not wish anyone tc
know of her midnight designation
Well. would see that she had nc
more of them. My house, Aunt Jane
Mary's ratLeE should not be used as
a rendezvous for such creatures as
She. I would tell her so in the morn
ing. / would give her warning. Oh
course, she must eat up and sleep ou1
her ten dollars worth, but as soor
as that debt was paid she should
leave the house and never set foo
inside 1T again. listened and heard
her come in at the front door, loci
1T softly and go into her own room
If she shot the bolt of her door, i
was unheard by me. Well, no mat
ter. She should have warning before
breakfast.
I spent restless night. Ny room
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-20

Life, however, short, is made still shorter
by waste of time.-Johnson.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-20

'The Kean, Kool Kitchen Kind" of stoves
keep you clean and cool. Economical and al
ways ready. Sold at good stove stores.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-20

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken O
as cough cure.-J. w. O'Brien, 800 Thirc
Ave, N, Minneapolis, Mimi, JAN 6, 1900.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-20

He that thinks he can afford to be nesli.
gent, is not far from being poor.-Johnson.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-20

Talebearers are just as bad as talemakers.
Sheridan. -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-20

To Cure a Cold In One Day.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. All
druggists refund money! it fails to cure. 25c
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-20

Better be good man than man of goods.
Rams Horn.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-05-20
Laundering the Baby's Clothes.

Many mothers are ignorant of the serious
injury that may result from washing the
clothing of an infant with strong washing
powders. and impure soap. For this rea-
son it should be Numbered at home under
the mothers directions and only Ivory Soap
used. To throw the little garments into
the ordinary wash shows great carelessness.
ELEANOR r. PARKER.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1903-08-27
Break in the Hot Wave.

The sizzling conditions Of last Tues
day began to wane yesterday, and the
mercury refused to move toward the
century mark. The highest figure reach
ed during the day at the Weather
Bureau in Washington was sc IL de-
grees at $3.50 O'Clock in the afternoon.
From that time the mercury steadily
descended. At midnight "a was reached
after some slight showers. The drop in
the mercury, however, was more than
Offset by the jump in humidity, which
rose II points over the 20 recorded on
Tuesday. As a consequence, the re-
duced temperature was not so percepti-
bic to suffering humanity. The antics
of the weather late yesterday evening
were for the most part tantalizing. There
were evidences of cooler conditions, but
they seemed to linger. At times the
breeze blew fresh from the southeast,
but it would soon die out when the
Potomac would become CLASSY and the
mosquitoes annoying. As the night
advanced, however, the temperature
began to fall and this morning the atmos-
phereswas pleasant. Light showers fol-
lowed in the afternoon.