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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-10-21
MEDICINE LODGE KANSAS OCTOBER 81 1908

spring and stole some goods and mon.
ey. He is race horse rider bJ profes
sion.
The case Of State vs. James Winters
and Henry Cutler charged with steal.
ing load of wheat from Scott Circle
OF HaZeltOn, was called for trial Monday
morning. The state was represented
by A. l.. Noble and J n. Tincher and
the defense by E. Sample and Capt. b.
B. Smith Of Woodward. The defend.
ants are citizens OF Oklahoma. The
following jury sat in the case:
F C Stone VIM Shuts
W r Lepper A G Collins
20 Wheat Il Il Evans
j Il Newsom Olaf Olson
A ID Baldwin j II Marshall
john H. Lewis E l. McCracken
The case went to the jury at $50 In
the evening and in less than thirty min
utes verdict was returned finding
both of the defendants guilty OF grand
larceny. The penalty is imprisonment
In the penitentiary for term not to
exceed five years The prison board
under the new law fixes the time.
The act for which Messrs. Winter
and Cutler were convicted Is that of
stealing about 60 bushels of wheat from
Scott Circles granary in Hazelton
township. They took 1t at night and
took it to Sharon and sold it TO E. S.
Rule the following day. Mr.. Circle
trailed the wagon to its destination and
q af loSo eA
the wheat was unlOaded. TIE sheriff
was notified and the men were arrested
at I. B StoekstIll's farm within a few
miles OF Sharon, where they had pur-
chased apples with the wheat money.
The defendants claimed that they came
into possession Of the wheat by follow
Ing threshing machines and cleaning
up the waste. The jury. however,
couldn't believe their story and con-
| victed them on the first ballot.
The case of Elizabeth Rudolph vs.
the A. I. s. S. F. r r. Co. was taken
up yesterday morning. Mrs. Rudolph
is suing for SIC, 900 damage on account
OF the death Of her husband, Chas. Ru-
! dolph, who was killed at Sharon two
years ago. He was brakeman on the
branch between Medicine Lodge and
Attica. The plaintiff Is represented by
Samuel Griffin Of this city and Mr..
Guthrie of Kansas City. partner of
l.. G. Boyle's, who was probably the
most able attorney general the state of
Kansas ever had. A. L Noble of Win.
field and j. d. Houston Of Wichita rep.
| resent the Santa Fe.
| The jury was completed at noon.
| The following persons compose It:
g + Evans Olaf Olson
&c Stone j II Lewis
A D Baldwin Henry Warnstaff
w r Lepper A G COliius
w II Benefirl n A Chenoweth
J G Clayton L l. Tedrow
There are only two more jury cases
| the Flohr casas-for trial this term.
Court will adjourn the latter part of
kAA
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-10-21

q. q. Chandler and his party started
on their western trip from Wichita
October 9th. They have chartered the
Pullman combination Col. "Haslsmers''
equipped with everything possible TO
make them comfortable. On Sunday
they attended special concert gwen
in their honor at the Mormon Temple
In Salt Lake City. Those of this city
who are In the party are G. @. Chandler
and mother and Mrs. j. s. Runyan.
The entire party is composed of twenty
five persons. Of whom FIVE are children.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-10-21

There are only two more jury cases
the Flohr casas-for trial this term.
Court will adjourn the latter part of
the week.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-01-03
Pure feed Blli Passed.

The house has passed the pure
food bill by vote of 72 to FL. The
bill inhibits the introduction into
any State or Territory or the Dis
trict of Columbia from any other
State or Territory, or from any for
eign country, or the shipment to
any foreign country, of any article
of food or drug which is adultera-
ted or misbranded. The above in
hibition is made to apply to any
one shipping, delivering or receiv-
ing within the regions named only
such food adulterated.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-01-03
liidlas Behlsd Big Words.

A mining expert recently de-
'scribed a lode as traversing "a
metamorphic matrix of some
what argilloarenaceous compost
ion" This means literally "a
changed mass of somewhat clay
ey-sand composition" This in its
turn may be translated into plain
English as m-ud.
Why choke a puny fact with
murderous polysyllables9 Huxley
and Dalwin, Lyell and Faraday
could so write as to be under
standed of the people" and there
is suspicion abroad in these times
that the big words so freely used
by small men are device to con-
ceal ignorance and inexact thought
rather than a proof of superior
knowledge.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-01-03
Copper Ores Decelvlap.

Prospectors are likely to be de-
ceived in the value of their cop
per-bearing ores. The percentages
of copper contained in the numer-
Gus kinds of oxide, carbonate, sui
phide and other ores of copper as
stated in textbooks has reference
to pure samples of each sort OF
mineral and permits of no gangue
or other foreign substance being
considered. Pure minerals of the
copper class do not usually exist
in large quantities, but are found
disseminated in grains, flakes and
veinlets throughout the rock, or
only incrusting the cracks and
cleavage faces.-MiniMg and SCI
eUIWl. IeSS'.,. ~ ..,r,l.s .... sss- tvH
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-01-03

Agriculture is the occupation of
the majority of the people of this
country, hence it seems when ag-
riculture is hpurishing all other
business should be prosperous.
Therefore it follows that anything
which aids the agricultural cause
benefits the whole country and
the whole people, for all its in
habitants must be fed and clothed.
The improvement of the soil
should, then, be the aim of all true
farmers and especially all farm
owners. AS rule, however, we
have two distinct classes of farm
ers, the first and larger class being
those who farm for dollars and
cents that can be got out of the
farm during the current season;
the second class are those who
farm for permanent improvement
and the dollars they expect not
only in the present, but in the
future. If their crops do not pay
the first season for the extra labor,
they know they will certainly pay
the second season, the future crops
being benefited thereby.
How much better, then, the
country at large would be in few
years if our farmers would till the
son for permanent improvement.
1t is said that "he who makes two
blades of grass to grow where but
one grew before" is public bene-
factor. Our farmers at large do
not generally see this or will not
see it and so keep on with the old
skinning process, their farms going
down and producing less each sea-
son.-A. f. Taught in Amer1ean
| Cnlkfy0k0Y.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-01-03
Lest.


L. T. Bishop, of Jackrabbit, left
here on Wednesday with his
wagon and team with a load of
provisions for Jackrabbit, and was
pretty we'll loaded with Jersey
lightning" The Sunnyside stage
driver on coming in Thursday
found Bishops team about FIVE
miles this side of Jackrabbit, all
tangled up in the harness with the
wagon, and no sign of Bishop. He
got off the stage and found his
tracks and tracked him up into the
mou ntains where he lost his tracks
among the rocks. Word was sent
to Jackrabbit, but he had not
shown up there, and one of the
Rosetti boys got horse and hunt
ed all day Friday for him, but
could not find him. Parties are
out looking for him now, If found
it is doubtful if he is alive as it is
now four days since he left here,
-Pfoche Record of Dec 2o.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-01-03
COPPER DEMAND Better.


The representative of a promi-
nent copper interest says:
Consumption of and demand
for copper abroad is increasing.
Europe is still endeavoring to pur-
chase copper for December imme-
diate delivery. The mills of the
Naugatuck valley, as well as other
copper mills, are full of work and
running overtime, and have more
orders on their books than ever
before. The United Metals Selling
company claim to be we'll sold up
and other large sellers for the past
few, weeks have not. been anxious
to sell.
"At the present time only a
small amount of electorolytic cop
per is offered tdIA,.and lake at
IIZ8c. American consumers are
still buying for January delivery;
ordinarily they would have their
January and February purchases
we'll taken care of and now be
purchasing for March and April
deliveries" !"
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-01-03
WIN Raise Electric Plants.

Mrs. Squashvine-Now, Jabez,
don't forgit while you're in the
city to git some Nv them 'lectric
light plants we heern so much
about. We kin jis'ez well raise
'em ourselves an save kerosene.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-01-03
Domestic Treahles.

1t is exceptional to find family
where there are no domestic rup-
lures occasionally, but these can be
lcssened by having DR.. Kings New
Life Pills around. Much trouble
they save by their great work IN
Stomach and Liver troubles. They
not only relieve you, but cure. 25c.
at NJ. H. Leavitt.
Lyon County times. [volume] (Silver City, Nev.) 1874-1907, 1903-01-03

For bad taste in the mouth take
a few doses OF Chamberlain's ,Ston-
ach and Liver Tablets. Price IS
cents. Warranted to cure. For sale
bv M, ENn@aN7ff0oCOCcCNN)CcSSt
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-11
NOVEL POSTAL FEATURE.
British Parcels Post VIII Deliver
Persons Same as Packages.

A London business man made a
rather curious discovery the other
day. He found, saysthe Chicago Rec
ord-H Herald, that if one does not know
his way about London or has diff
Guilty in finding his destination In a
remote part Of the metropolis he has
only to go to the post Office to Resent
through as an express parcel for the
small sum of three pence per mile.
The manner in which this little
known branch of the public service
was discovered was very simple. The
man in question called at st. Mathis
LIE Grand to ~consulta directory, as he
wanted to find the address Of an i'm
portant customer in a remote part OF
BALKAN, one of London's most re-
mote suburbs,
'We'n send you there, if you Like,
sir" said an obliging clerk at the ex-
press parcel counter. "Such a con-
tingency is provided for by the post
office regulations, though we very
seldom get a customer"
The gentleman agreed. A neatly
uniformed youth came in response to
a bell, and soon they were forging
through the crowd. The youth car.
ried a slip of paper bearing the words
"Article required to be delivered
Passing along the street the gentle
man met a partner in his business
He stopped to relate his experience
but this was not allowed. Underre g
ulations parcels must not enter int
conversation. The messenger boy
took him by the arm, saying;
"You're express, sir"
The young postman delivered tn
article promptly and safely, and tn
customer signed a document as hav
ing received the article in good con
dition.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-11
NEW YoRK's THEATER GoERS.
Reasons for Surprising Them But
Small Part Of Population.

What is the t~heater-going public
Of New York? How long does it
take to exhaust it? One New York
er. SAYS the Sun, thinks it is used up
very soon.
"The audiences at a play that is
very successful" he said, seem for
the first three or four weeks to be
made up Of New Workers. At that
period one sees friends and acquain-
tances.
"Those first weeks are devoted to
New Workers. But after that time
the number Of familiar faces is small
The audience might be from another
city. One is certain of meeting only
strangers"
1t is a theory of managers that thu
local public is used up during thu
first month or six weeks of a success
After that the play, if it be uncOm
monty popular, begins to draw Oh
persons who do not ordinarily go t.
theaters.
After that the floating population
of the city, always SO important in tn
theater-going public, buys the tick
cts. The outlying towns are ais
drawn on, and then the audiences ar
made up of these three elements
The regular theater-going public @
New York is used up after the frs
five or six weeks.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-11
What He Wanted.

When Verdi was putting the last
touches to I'll Trovatore" he was Wis
tied in his study by a privileged
friend, who was one Of the ablest liv-
ing musicians and critics. He was
permitted to examine the score
and run over the "anvil chorus"
on the pianoforte. "What do
YOU think Of that?" asked Verdi.
'oTrashp responded the connoisseur.
Verdi rubbed his hands and chuckled.
"Now look at this" he said. Grub
bishp' said the other, rolling a cigar
cite. The composer rose and en-
braced him with burst Of Joy. What
do you meant" asked the critic. my
dear friend" cried Verdi, 81 have
been making a popular opera. Init
resolved to please everybody except
the purists, Che great judges, the elias
sicists, like you. Had | pleased yoS
should have pleased nc one else
What you say assures me Of success
In three months IL Trovatore' will b
Jung and roaredand whistledand bar
rel-organed all over Italy" Andsoi
proved.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-11
TROPICAL EVENING DRESS.
Englishmen and Americans in Indii
Wear an All-White Costume.

Englishmen and Americans in India
Wear an All-White Costume.
''The evening dress of the tropics
the dress that the Englishman and
the American wear in India-is diff
ferent from ours. 1t is all white
white shoes, white stockings, white
trousers and a white coat, cut off at
the waist, like an Elton jacket, or else
made with tails, like the claw-ham-
mer, only its collar stands up" The
speaker, a bronzed young man, says
the Philadelphia Record, who had
Just returned from India, frowned
and resumed: "The arrogance Of the
British officer in India is an incred-
ible thing. had my first experience
of this on the Bombay boat. The
men passengers were all officers, and
the first night out they all appeared
at dinner in the clean white dress Of
the tropics. l, of course, wore my
ordinary clothes; l had never ever
heard Of this kind ofan evening dress
before, and | was determined not t
roast myself in the black dress o.
home. Well, the next morning al
officer waited on me-he said he hat
been delegated by the others. H
wanted to request me not to eat il
the first cabin saloon with his friends
Since / didn't wear evening dress, h
said, l ought to eat with person
dressed like me-with the secon,
cabin or the steerage people. toll
him to go to the deuce, and l contin
ued to eat in the first cabin, but tn
officers made it as unpleasant for m
Is they could"
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-11
THE SOAP INDUSTRY.
Its Early Development Gave Rise to
Some Important Discoveries.

Some Important Discoveries.
For nearly a century the worlds
main supply of soap dependedonsod
which was obtained as a product Of
the sulphuric-aeid industry. Not
withstanding soap was known to the
a%ncients, it was regarded even in the
middle ages as a luxury, and when it
was not readily obtained, the lack of
cleanliness was concealed by fine
clothes and by perfumes. The soda
industry being brought standstil
in France during the French revolu-
ton, the national convention of that
country appealed to the chemists to
discover some method for making
soda from common salt, which had
been shown by Du Hamel, in 1876, to
contain the same base as soda. About
40 years Thereafter, says theN ew York
Post, Scheele found that caustic soda
could be obtained from salt by the ac-
ton of lead oxide; but the production
Of soda by chemical processes was un-
important from an industrial stand
point until LIE Blanc secured results
that gave the world one of its princi-
pal industries. His discovery was
based upon the treatment of chloride
of sodium with sulphuric acid, form
ing hydrochloric acid and sulphate Of
soda. The hydrochloric acid was re-
garded as a ~by-producE Of so little
value that it was allowed to pass off
into the air, to the greatdetriment of
vegetation in the neighborhood. To
remedy this evil the English govern
ment took action against the soda
works to compel them to condense
the acid and keep it out Of the way.
and this led indirectly to the discov-
cry that hydrochloric acid could bt
used as a valuable agent in tht
bleaching industry, which, however
was at that time far from having at
tanned its present height Of deyel.
opment. For use in this way it wa'
found necessary to employ some agent
to decompose hydrochloric acid, Sc
that chlorine could be obtained from
it, and the best agent was found to b.
!, the binoxide Of manganese, which
the acid dissolves, setting free a par
} Of the original chlorine Of the acid o.
Of the salt and forming manganou
chloride. Previous to about 40 year
r ago this latter product was allowed t.
e 90 to waste, and it was not until tn,
t demand for manganese oxide was 81
great and the price so high that
reclamation of the spent Manganese
o was looked upon as desirable, tina
e this was accomplished, adding great
to the resources of the chlorine indus
T try for bleaching.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-11
TRADE WITH AFRICA.
A Better Market Being Opened Than
South America.

Ouuln AmCIlCds
South Africa is proving an impor-
tant commercial field now that con-
ditions in that part of the world are
returning to a normal state. Fig
ures just received by the treasury bu-
reau of statistics show that the i'm
ports into Natal in 1902 amountedto
$75,OOO,O 900, against $50,O0O,OOO in
1901; and those into Cape Colony
$4,000. 900 in 1902, against $780,
, 900, 900 in 1901. This makes the
total importations into Natal and
Cape Colony in 1902 $245, 00O, 900
IN round terms, against $170,0OO,OOO
in 1901.
This increase in the importations
into the South African colonies is mot
merely a recovery from the depres-
sion Of the war period, says the Wash
ington Star, but is an actual and
large gain over conditions which ex-
listed prior to hal time. The i'm
portations into Cape Colony in 1894
were. in round terms, 912, OO0, 900, in
1896 els OO, 900, in 1897 e18,O00,-
600, in 1899 Els, 10000 in 1901
$4,000, 900 and in 1902 994,OOO,-
600. Into Natal the imports OF
1894 were e., SOC, 900; 1896, $780,
900; 1899, &c, 500, 900; 1900, $780,
600; 1901, 28, 800, OOO;, and in 1902
912. 1000, 900 of merchandise, towhich
may be added Ct, 100000 Of govern
ment stores and war material, e.
100000 of bullion and specie, and
f5OO,OO for the Transvaal govern
ment and for military purposes.
These statements Of the rapid
growth of the importations into
South Africa are especially interest.
ing in the United States because Of
the rapid increase of our own exports
to that part Of the world. Exports
from the United States to Africa
have grown from S., 1000, 900 in 1879;
to S33. 100000 in $1902, and in tn,
seven months of the fiscal year 190'
from which reports are available wer'
nearly $3,OO0,0O0 in excess Of thos,
Of the corresponding months Of tn
fiscal year 1902. Africa seems likel
to prove, in the near future, a bette
field than South America for the ex
porters of the United States. t
South America our exports gre
from 1913, 900, 900 in 1892to $4,000
900 in 1902, an increase Of $4,000
600; while to Africa, as already ind
Gated, our exports grew from $4,000
900 in 1892 to 500, 100000 in 100;
an increase of 1928, 600, 1000.
The principal articles exporte
from the United States to BritishA
RIGA were horses. mules, wheat, fou
oats, rum, machinery, refined mine
al oil, wheat, provisions, canned bee
hay, boards, deals, etc. tobacco mai
ufactures, wire, cotton manufactur
and fruits and nuts.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-11
A Prolific Family.

There has just died ct the age Of
"a years, at Berwick-on- Tweed, Mrs.
Elliot, the widow Of a fisherman, who
was the mother Of IL children, and
had 76 grandchildren, 1879 great
grandchildren, and II great-great-
grandchildren, making her total di'
rect descendants 221.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-11
THE TACITURN SCOT.
vOnchsafed Only the Information
That Was Asked of Him.

vOnchsafed Only the Information
That Was Asked of Him.
The following is an example Of the
reluctance of the canny Scott to part
with gratuitous or unasked-for infor-
nation.
An Englishman CHANGING to be in
Aberdeen decided to call on a granite
merchant with whom he had done
business some years previously, but
whom he had not since seen. Pro-
ceeding to his stoneyard, and observ-
ing an old mason polishing a slab of
granite, he inquired: "Is Mr.. Frazer
IMP"
The old man replied: "Mr. Frazer's
mo- in"
"Ah, well, I'll call again."
Returning in half an hour, he again
asked: "Is Mr.. Frazer inr"
"Mr. Frazer's mo- in"
"Then Fll come again this after.
noon, and perhaps find him."
Once more the visit was repeated
and the same question put; els Mr.
Frazer in?"
"Mr. Frazer's mo- in"
"Do you think he will be in soon?'
81 think he'll no be in sumo"
"What makes you think so?"
"Mr. Frazer's deid. "-London Tit
Bits.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-11
Ike a sac.

Among the latest inventions is q
door knob which renders a latch-key
superfuous. BY rotating the knob
in the same manner as a safe lock un-
til the proper combination is secured
the door can be opened. The lock il
susceptible Of 100, 900 combinations
and he who knows not or has forgot
ten the proper one cannot obtain ad
mittance through that door.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-11
J. r. Ramey, Agent.
puRLIC ADMINISTRATORS NOTIrk.

Notice is hereby given, That by virtue OF ~,
order of the probate court OF Lafay cite
county, Missouri. made on the End day OF
April, 1903, the undersigned public admins
TRAITOR for said county has taken charge Of
the estate of Joseph Whitsett, deceased.
All persons having claims against said estate
are required to exhibit them to me for allow
ance within one year after the date OF said
order or they may be precluded from any
not exhibited within two years from the date
Of this publication they will be forever
barred.
NJ. d. WILSON,
+4-5t Public Administrator
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-11
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE,

Letters Of administration on the estate OF
Charles A. Taylor, deceased, were granted
1903, by the probate court Of Lafayette
county, Missouri. All persons having claims
against said estate are required TO exhibit
them for allowance to the admlnistratrix
or they may be precluded from any benefit OF
such estate; and II such claims be not ex-
hihited within two years from the date OF
said letters they will be forever barred.
This 9th day OF March. 1908.
ALMA NJ. KINNEY,
SITS, Administrative.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-11
"PRESENT AIMS"
Novel Command Recently Issued to
an English Regiment.

an English Regiment.
At a church parade Of a certain
Yeomanry regiment not long since
the men we're formed up as usual in
a square in front of the officers quar-
tiers. The service was nearing the
end when it was given out that a col
lection would be made for the poOrof
the parish.
But, as is customary in all branches
Of the army, says London Answers, a
word of command has to be given be-
fore any man is allowed to move. The
officer in command of this particular
regiment was for a moment at a loss
as to what command he should give
when the collection commenced; but
e thought suddenly struck him.
Calling the regiment to attention.
be shouted:
present arms (almsD
1t is needless to say that the mel
greatly enjoyed the smartness o
their chief, and gave literally.
The Lexington intelligencer. [volume] (Lexington, Mo.) 1901-1949, 1903-04-11
FINAL s%ETTLEMENT.

Notice is hereby given TO all creditors and
other persons interested In the estate Of
Ephraim +. Renick. deceased. that the I'M
dersigned administrator, will apply to
make a final settlement OF said estate, at the
May term, 1908, OF the probate court Of
Lafayette county, Missouri, to be begun and
held at the probate court room, In the city Of
Lexington, on 1.-THE second Monday In May,
1908. seOri
COLUMBUS RENICK,
l-4t5 administrator