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DOUBLE PORTIONS FOR ONE.
Lhe Waiter Thought There Were
Two Dinners, But He Had His
Eyes Opened.

at is quite common thing" said a
waiter, relates the Philadelphia Rec
ord, ''for two persons to order a meal,
making one portion do for both, par
ticularly if the two persons are a mar
riedi couple. But it isn't often that
two portions are ordered for one per-
son. Still, had that experience this
morning. He was big man, and when
he sat down to breakfast, tucked his
napkin under his chin and glanced over
the bill of fare in businesslike way
l knew there was good order coming.
He wrote it all down on the slip-ham
and eggs, beefsteak, lamb chops,
French fried potatoes, buckwheat
cakes, coffee and rolls, and he had
written 20 in front of each order.
You wish two portions of each?' /
inquired. He replied that he did, and,
thinking he was waiting for a friend,
1 set the table for two. He didn't say
anything to this, and when l brought
in the various things he had ordered
he set to with will and finished them
up in short order was about to ask
him if he would have two finger bowls,
when he beckoned me over TO his table
and said: Bring me two more por-
tions of buckwheat cakes and sirup.'
Say, he was the limit"
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tell you first as last. There are two
social cliques here, a big one and a
little one. Miss Grierson is la dame
d'honneur of the first. and my moth
er and Gertrude affiliate with the
other"
Il see," said Griswold. "And you
hold an even balance between the
two"
"N-o-not exactly. But I'm under
obligations to Grierson, and can't af-
ford to be offish. But Miss Margery
is very clever little person. and well
worth knowing on her own account.
I'll call by for you with the buggy
at nine"
THANK you," said the GONZALES
cent; adding. as if it were an after
thought: 'Will Miss Farnham be
taere?"
Hardly" rejoined Raymer, gather
ing up the reins. .She is with the
minority, too. Queer little world
isn't it? So long. till this evening.
Better go in and lie down awhile"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-01-14
CHAPTER XVI.

Griswold had landed in Wahaska
on the day following his flight from
ST. Louis, too ill to care much about
anything. But he was sane enough
to find bank, to rent safety de-
post box and to lock the treasure
into it before he resigned himself to
the inevitable, allowing himself to
be put to bed in his room at the
st. James, with hot water bottles at
his feet and bag of chopped ice on
his head.
For fortnight he hung tremulous
on the verge of collapse, and was
kept from tumbling in only by a just
horror of being seriously i'll in a
hotel. At the enc of the fortnight
he made shift to go out and find a
boarding place; and the effort, cou-
pied with the conviction that he
might safely trust himself in the
hands of motherly Mrs. Holcomb,
pushed him over the verge.
Here DR.. Farnham found him toss
ing in delirium, and his verdict was
promptly pronounced.
"Typhoid-malaria, Mrs. Holcomb:
and relapse, at that What are
you going to do with him?"
What should I do but take care
of him?" said the motherly one.
You can't do it alone; it's no
woman's job"
Then we must get man. There's
Sven Oleson: he's out of work"
The doctor smiled. Nobody but
you would ever think of making a
nurse out of that great, overgrown
child. But maybe he'll do. I'll hunt
him up and send him over. Where
did you say this. young man halls
from?"
New York, he says"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-01-14
CHAPTER Nv.

When Margery entered her ia
theirs private Office after her small
triumph at Raymer's expense. her
plan of campaign had taken a more
definite shape. The president was
busy at his desk, but he turned to
say: Want to see me, Maggie p
And when she nodded, he reached for
his check-book.
NO. it isn't money this time. Has
Mr.. Raymer an account with you?"
"Yes"
rs it an accommodation to you?"
Grierson's laugh was of contempt.
Hardly. The shoes on the other
foot"
You mean that he has borrowed
from you?"
"Not yet, but he wants tor
"What for?"
10 enlarge his plant. He's like
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FORTUNES IN FREE SAMPLES.
Dry Goods stores Give Away Thou.
sands Of Yards OF Goods to Cus-
toners Each Year.

Only too true is it that the average
woman shopper thinks nothing of re-
turning from her round of the stores
with her shopping bag crammed with
samples of silks, dress goods, linens.
etc Does any one of them Stop to
think how much money is actually
thrown into her hands-useless-
literally torn to shreds? Yet the fig
ures shown by the mailing order de-
partment alone in any big retail es-
tablishment regarding the actual
value lsst to the proprietor through
samples are simply amazing, says the
New York Herald.
He counts, of course, upon some re-
turn from a would-be purchaser, but
the given average is tina: one out OF
every five only makes an actual pur.
chase from samples given; so q total
loss-unless he charitably credits (
to advertising-ensues to the mer-
chant amounting to so cents out Of
every dollars worth of samples.
In an account taken of ten leading
stores in Chicago it was found that
100000 yards of wooden dress goods
alone, at an average value of Is cents
yard, were cut up yearly to be
mailed as samples. Over $4,000 yarda
of silk at more than a dollar a yard,
and satins to the tune of several
thousand more, brought the loss up
to nearly 100000 for these ten
stores, amounting to a dead loss to
each of over SIS, 900 annually on these
goods alone.
On larger figured goods, such as
carpets and the like, the loss came to
higher figures, proportionately, as tho
sample must be cut so large in order
to show the entire figure. And in
other departments that could give
samples the losses were in proper
ton.
In the early spring and fall is the
time best suited to the sample mad
ness. 1t attacks nearly every shop
per at those times, for the new
spring and fall house cleaning leave
gaps IN the house furnishings which
must be filled up. Then it is that the
sample iend goes forth seeking
whom she may devour. And the mer-
chant girds himself for her onslaught
by taking at least one yard from
every bolt of goods in his house to
be cut up into samples to be thrown
as "sops to Cerberus."
In one house the manager of the
mail order department said that the
usual number of letters received daily
with the request for samples aver
aged 600 during the season when the
samplers are on the rampage. He
thought it not a total loss, however,
since the mailed samples might be
shown to some one else, in the town
to which they were sent. even if tho
original receiver did not purchase.
And, anyway, sit all goes for adver-
tising.''
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-01-14
THE DAY OF THE SPECIALIST.

For each Of us some task is planned
Some thing there is that you
May co more perfectly thanI
And far more deity, too;
One doctor treats the ears or eyes,
ARG one the dreaded knife applies
Each has his work TO Go.
It's one mans lot to drive the OK
Along the winding trail;
The scholar might attempt to take
The drivers place ard fail;
One paints. thus cheating wird and sun,
Ore lays the plaster on and ore
Drives home the slender nail.
! know one who has never put
The world much in his debt;
NO art, no science e'er has been
Adorned by him ayyet:
You might conclude. perhaps, that he
Excelled in naught. but you should see
Him roll a cigarette.
IS. E. Kiser. in Chicago Record Herald.
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"Humph! that's odd. I should saw
he has been soaking himself full of
malaria in the Yazoo swa1nps. But
how about the expenses? Has he
any money!"
Plenty, think He paid month
In advance, and when he went to bed
he told me where to find his pocket
book
Poor fellow! I guess he was glad
enough to find somebody he could
trust. Well, We'll do what we can
for him, and I'll send Sven
So 1T came about that the mild
eyed Swede was installed as Girls
wold's nurse. Luckily Oleson under
stood but little English, and the sick
mans rawlings about the bank rob-
berry meant nothing to him; but DR..
Farnham heard them and wondered.
Curiously enough a small thing salts
fed the wonder. and that was the
mention made by Mrs. Holcomb of
his patients calling.
"H-m; an author, is he? That
accounts for his harping so contin-
ually upon that bank robbery story.
It's part of his plot"
1t was the first of May when Girls
void took possession of Mrs. Hol-
combs spare bedroom; and it was
a full month later when DR.. Farm
ham pronounced him out of danger
and in fair way to recover if he
took care of himself.
During the weeks of convalescence
he met many of Mrs. Holcomb's
friends and neighbors, and among
them the Raymers. The mother
and daughter came with dainties for
the widows invalid; and later ON
they brought Edward, who was book
ish enough in his leisure moments
to be interested in one who was even
potential writer of books.
That acquaintance ripened into
friendship, and Griswold's first out
ing was a ride in Raymer's buggy to
the iron works.
Here the two young men met upon
new common ground. Raymer was.
or he meant to be, a model emplov.
er; and when he found that the CON
vslescent was an enthusiastic stu
dent of the vexed problem of mas
ter and man, he unbosomed himself
freely.
I've been charging, as you see,"
he explained. "But when 1 get on
my feet and out of debt I'm goino
to try plan my father had in mind
-profit-sharing with the men,"
Good" said Griswold. 81 wish
might be in it with you. I'd like to
fail that out with You when I'm fit"
$50 you shall. but not yet They
were on the way back to Mrs. Hoi.
combs, and Raymer asked if the
drive had tired him.
NO indeed; feel better for it."
Are you equal to an evening out 2"
II guess so, if it's sufficiently
mild
It'll be mild enough. You know
we have magnate here, Mr.. Jasper
Grierson?"
Eyes, I've heard of him.
well. he has daughter, and this
is her evening" I'm commanded to
produce you as soon as you're able"
I'll go, though I shan't know any
one but your mother and Miss Ger
trude"
Raymer laughed, and then blushed.
They won't be there. That is
Oh pshaw! I suppose 1 may as we'll
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all the other fools; amt content to
grow with his capital"
Are you going to stake him ?''
Margery waged relentless war with
her inclination to lapse into the
speech of the mining camps, but she
still stumbled now and then.
Il guess not; I've never had much
use for him."
why haven't you?'
"Oh, 1 don't know; it's a stand
off. He hasn't much use for me. |
offered to incorporate his outfit for
him six months ago, and told him
I'd take 81 per cent. of the stock N.Y.
self; but he wouldn't talk about it,
Margery's laugh might have meant
anything from applause to derision.
How singular! But now he is
willing to let you help him?"
Not that way. He wants to Dor
row money of the bank and give a
mortgage on the plant. It's safe
enough, but don't believe I'll do it.
But I want you to do it."
1.-THE dickens you do! Say, little
girl, do you know you're carrying
things with pretty high hand?"
II haven't made you lose any
money yet, have II"
mo, guess not"
well, I'm not going to begin now.
Lend him what he wants; you say
the security is good"
iii be hanged if I can see what
you're driving at"
You don't have to see," she said,
imperturbably But 1 don't mind
telling you. His mother and sister
have gone out of their way to put
me down."
Grierson's laugh was guffaw.
That won't work q little bit.
Maggie"
why won't it?''
Because he amt the man to go to
his women when he gets into trou-
BILE. They'll go on blufing you just
the same"
She looked at him through mar
rowing eyelids. you know a good
deal, poppa mine, but you don't
know everything. Mr.. Raymer's in
terest in the iron works is only one
fourth. The other three-fourths be-
long to Mrs. Raymer and Gertrude. -
The magnate nodded intelligence,
and made memorandum. 81 savez;
I'll break the syndicate for you"
You will do nothing of the kind.
You'll let Mr.. Raymer get into deep
water, and then, when I say the
word. you'll pull him out"
know how much he wants to bor-
row?"
mo, and I don't care. The more
the better"
Jasper Grierson thought about it
for moment. Then he made a
check-mark against the memoran-
dunn on the calendar pad.
"All right; go ahead, but you'll
have to keep tab yourself. and say
when. I can't be bothered keeping
the run of your society tea parties"
Il don't want you to. Don't be
late to dinner tonight. The Rod
neys are coming"
When she was gone Jasper Grier-
son tilted back in the pivot-chair and
lighted a cigar. After a bit his re-
hectlons found voice.
by jung! I believe she thought
she was fooling me! But it's too
thin. suppose she does want to
make the women kowtow, but that
isn't all there is to it. by jugful.
All the same, I'll back her to win
Accordingly, when Mr.. Edward
Raymer came out of the bankers of
nee the next morning he was tread
ing upon air, and in his minds eve
there was picture of a great in
dustry to be builded upon the ex-
tension of credit promised by Jasper
Grierson.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-01-14
A KnaVe of
Conscience
BY FRANCIS LYNDE.
Copyright 1909, by Francis Lyndc.)
CHAPTER XIV.-CoNTINUED.

CHAPTER XIV.-CoNTINUED.
Mrs. Raymer smiled. 'Thc mere
TACT of her having said such thing
to you ought to be a sufficient an
swer, / should think"
Il don't see why" Raymer OBJ
jected.
What would you think if Gertrude
did such thing?"
"Oh, we'll; that is different. In the
first place Gerty wouldn't do it;
and"
Precisely. And Miss Grierson
shouldn't have done it. But if YOU
really want to know why we haven't
cultivated her l can tell you. There
are few of us who think she
wouldn't be a pleasant person to
know socially"
But why?" insisted the obtuse
one. 1t was his sister who under
took to make it plain to him.
1T isn't anything she does, or
doesn't do, particularly; it is the
atmosphere in which she moves. If
1t wasn't for her fathers money she
would be-well, it is rather hard t.
say just what she would be. But
she always makes one think of the
bonanza people-the pick and shovel
one day and a million the next. l
believe she is a frank little savage
at heart"
don't" said Raymer, doggedly
she may be bit new and fresh for
Wahaska, but she is clever and
bright. and honest enough to ignore
social code which makes a virtue
Of hypocrisy. There isn't one young
woman in a thousand who would
have had the courage to do it,"
"Or the impudence," added Mrs.
Raymer. when her son had left the
room. 81 do h"oe Edward isn't go
ing to let that girl come between
him and Charlotte"
Gertrude laughed. 81 should say
there was room for a regiment to
march between them as it is. Char
lotte has been home n week now,
and he hasn't been over yet"
But he is going over to dinner
with us tomorrow" amended Mrs.
Raymer, complacently. HE prom
ised me yesterday"
OeIIruue was arranging the center
piece for the dinner table, and when
she spoke again it was of another
matter.
did you know Mrs. Holcomb has
found boarder at last?"
mo; who is hep"
"A young man who has been sick
at the st. James for two or three
weeks. He is from New York, be-
lieve she said; but she didn't have
time to find out much about him.
He had relapse last night; and to-
day, when she sent for Dr. Farnham,
he was delirious."
Dear me! That will be hard for
Martha. What is his name?"
Kenneth Griswold. She saws he
is an author, but l don't recall the
name in any of our reading"
Nor l." said Mrs. Raymer. "Poor
Martha! We must go over and see
IT there is anything we can do"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-01-14
Redemption of Postal cardz.

Postal cards which have been spoiled
and not sent through the mails, if en-
tire. are now redeemed at all post
Offices under sliding scale of valua-
tions by which the postmaster will
pay z cents for 10 cards, Is cents for
Is cards. 81 cents for so cards. IS
cents for 100 cards. The cards are to
be wrapped in bundles of 25.-Wash-
ingtop Star
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-01-14

Son of the House-Won't /,

Son of the House-Won't you sing
something, Miss Muriel?
Miss M.-Oh, daren't after such
good music as We have been listen
ing to.
But I'd rather listen to your sing
ing than to any amount of good mu-
sic."--London Punch.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-01-14
CHAPTER XVII.

On the way to Miss Grierson's
evening" Griswold amused himself
by specializing upon the probable
barbarism of country reception.
Without suspecting it, was insu-
lar to q degree littl short of
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-01-14
Up-to-Date Reform.

Crawford hear your minister is
taking an interest in public affairs.
What is his particular hobby?
Crabshaw-He is trying to invent
a system of wireless politics.-N. Y.
Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-01-14
Pretty Hfrh-

'sIt is high C that your daughter is
singing?"
: Il should say so" answered Mr.. Cum
rox. "Cost me several thousand dol
lars for her to learn that."-Washins-
ton Star.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-18
Robbed Tha Grave.

A startling incident was narrated
by John Oliver, of Philadelphia, as
follows: '"I was In an awful condi-
ton. My skin was almost yellow,
eyes sunken, tongue coated, pain
continually In back and sides, no
growing weaker Gay by
day. THEE physicians had given
me up Then was advised to use
Electric Bitters; to my great jov,
the first bottle made a decided i'm
provement. I continued their use
for three weeks, and am now we'll
man. 1 know they robbed the
grave of another victim No one
should fail to try them. Only soc,
guaranteed, at D A. Hendershot's
drug store.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-18
A CENTURY OF EASTER HATS
The whfms OF Dame Fashion In
Hundred Years.


Hundred Years.
The periods Of century are punctu-
ated by its hats, and woman's headgear
for the past 100 years illustrates with
striking effect the varying whims OF
time. Beginning with the first year or
the last century, Dame Fashion was
modest and inexpensive, for then, as
now, the modes came from France, and
simplicity was prevailing in Paris at
that time, in striking contrast TO the
extravagances of the aristocratic ladies
who lost not only their hats but their
heads in the Revolution. Ten years
later the fashionable hat resembled an
elbow Of stovepipe more closely than
anything else, and women Of the pres
ent day have at least one thing to be
thankful for-.hat such styles 10 longer
prevail. The bonnets Of 1925 and 1880
were pleasantly picturesque, the one
with its high crown, the other with
deep poke brim, so becoming to pref
ty face and offering such a charming
background for ringlets bobbing around
the ears. Flowers and ribbons galore
were used on these old time hats,
which ten years later were modified
into simplicity almost Quaker-Eke, as
an 1910 illustration will evidence.
Reaching the turning point of the CEN
tury, the hats suddenly became fiat and
shapeless-no crown, no brim, simply q
piece Of silk shaped to the head in hood
fashion and really making most fas-
cinating bit Of headgear, an unobtru-
sive frame for the pretty face below.
With the next type all are familiar,
for whose mother has not worn hat
in the styles of the sixties? How old
fashioned it looks now, yet with GER
tain quaint charm Of its own, far pref
cradle to the fashionable but hideous
shapes Of the next twenty years! Va
ried and outre were the styles Of this
period, the last ten years offering
welcome relief. The hats of today are
the prettiest of the century in point Of
materials and making. There is more
art in the designing of millinery today
than at any time during the past hun
dred years, more taste and skill in the
manipulation of materials and more
elegance and expense in their makeup.
New York Mail and Express.
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"A Virginia Girl In the Civ

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Having q Run ON Chamberlain
Cough Remedy.

h0ptnK NUN Oh Sn"SSA .ss.A- -
Cough Remedy.
Between the hours of II o'clock
a. m. aud closing time at night on
Jan. 18TH, 1901, A. F. Clark, drug
gist, Glade Springs, Va, sold
twelve bottles of Chamberlain's
Cough Remedy. He says. II new
er handled medicine that sold bet
ter or gave better satisfaction to my
customers" This Remedy has
been In general use In Virginia for
many years, and the people there
are we'll acquainted with It's excel
lent qualities. Many of them have
testified to the remarkable cures
which it has effected. When you
need good, reliable medicine for a
cough or cod, or attack of the grip,
use Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and you are certain to be more than
pleased with the quick cure which
it affords. For sale by c. W. Grier.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-18
Cold I'm the Head

Is simply a mild form of catarrh.
Use that which cleanses and heals
the diseased membrane. Bunsen's
Catarrh Cure Is the remedy. 1t
cures catarrh easily and pleasantly;
contains no mercury or other iniu-
rious drug. 1t Is. quickly absorbed,
gives instant relief and opens
and cleanses the nasal pas
sages. Regular size soc. Ask your
druggist, D. A. Henderson,, for
tree sample and pamphlet telling
about catarrh.
Sistersville daily oil review. [volume] (Sistersville, W. Va.) 1902-1905, 1903-04-18
The Paschal Egg.

The resurrection took place just
after the Jewish feast Of the Passover,
which was held on the 18th day Of the
moon, being approximately the time of
the full moon or what is termed the
paschal full moon. Tie word Easter
old English, Eastre; German, Ostern-
means the festival named from the
Teuton goddess of spring, Austro.
The custom Of distributing the
"pasche eye" has been almost always
universal among Christians, and for
centuries children have enjoyed hard
boiled dyed eggs, which they roll about
or throw and finally eat. Among the
Tyrolese bands of musicians traverse
every valley singing beautiful Easter
hymns to their guitars, calling out the
people to their doors, who join them in
the choruses and together rejoice on
this glad anniversary. The paschal
eggs, which have formed necessary
part Of all Easter offerings for centu-
ries past, are not forgotten. The good
wife has these ready prepared, dyed,
inscribed with notices made inefface-
able by rustic process Of chemistry,
and when the children bring their bas-
kets they are freely given in return
for their Easter carols. Unless the egg
and the rabbit are symbols Of spring
as being the genesis Of development
and the plentiful prey Of the early
huntsman, it is not clear why these
emblems should typify the present
festival.-New Orleans Times-Demo-
crat.
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BEAUMONT TEXAS
OIL FIELDS.

Through sleeping car from Chicag,
without change and through sleeping
sar reservations from Cincinnati via
Memphis, Tenn. to