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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25

at fancy dress affair one never-to-be
forgotten evening when Dick had told
her OF his love, and tied about the
loosened curls of her dark hair a fillet
OF gold-colored ribbon, she looked no
more han child
She slipped softly down the stairs.
and reached the outer door of the
ground floor unobserved A company
OF maskers went scurrying down the
street like bright, wind-swept autumn
leaves. Quickly she stepped in among
them, and, seized with the abandon of
the moment, she began to sing that
rollickins little bird song, "The Robin. -
A passer halted and thrust coin into
her hand. renarking TO his ccmpan-
ion:
That child has a wonderful voice"
The half dollar insured a warm din
ner, but what the man said of her
voice was far more to her than a din
neF, much as she wanted one. Her
voice was now her hope, a hope which
was leading her to struggle alone in
big city that has no time 10 succor
those who fall. and where only the fit
test survive
An automobile drew up to the curb.
and young man sprang to the walk.
Carolyn quickly raised her hand to ad-
just her masque. bringing into view an
antique moonstone ring, on which was
cut, in intaglio, quaint and singular
ly beautiful head AS the man saw it
he exclaimed:
Carol. it is you What does this
mean?"
What right have you to ask?" Her
words were brave. but her voice trem-
bled
No right now, Carol, save that of
an d friend who has been looking for
you everywhere, and is so glad to find
you that he does not care what any,
thing MEANS he said gently. They
walked on, leaving the wandering
maskers behind, to the entrance of the
park.
Let us sit here for few mirutc3
Carol, have something / must say
to you" She glanced at her cos
tune.
Never mind he said, Interpreting
her look. The first time 1 saw Won
in that dress we were very happy. and
why did you leave me, Carol, with
only the little message that / was
free?' She raised her eyes. limpid
with unshed tears, and she answered.:
1 did not want you to find me. Why
did you look for me?"
Because love you, Carol. ana life
is not worth living without you. but
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25

out. she stole to one of his windows
1t was II o'clock, and the mounted no.
lice. as IS their wont. had cleared
West Seventy-second street OF all traf-
nc vehicles. TO make ready for the
carriages that later on throng this
boulevard. Carolyn had risen late,
The demands of the stomach are not
as peremptory when one is quiet and
she hat faced the fact the night be-
fore, that she stood possessed of ex-
actly Is cents
1t was still early for pleasure dr:v-
Ing. SO that the boulevard, for the mo-
ment. was given over to companies of
gayly Sacbed maskers. who were ring
Ing door-beils. and. N merry imperti-
nence. accosting passers by. Through
the silvery. sil:en mist they went
caraeoling. broken tangle of bright
color. as far as Carolyn could Soc
ana she wondered, as many another
newcomer to New York has done
as 10 this odd THANKSGIVING dav ems
tom. which has a history that if is
not the purpose of this narrative 70 re-
late
ne savior OK the thanksgiving din
-ner. in course Of preparation below
stairs. which was exclusive to the keen
er of the house and her family. float
ed upward As Carolyn stood looking
out, the apretizing odors beat at the
door of her demanding young stomach
with tantalizirg insistence.
The carriages We're now besinning
TO pass. and. from one OF them, she saw
R~shower OF coin Eung TO a groun of
singing naskers. With quick resolve
she turned. went TO her room. took the
paints with which she eked out the
little allowance her old uncle was able
10 send her. ard in few minutes had
finished dainty masque. She was a
fragile little thing. and when she had
aonned d costume which she had worn
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25

tell me, little girl, why you were prank.
ing with the maskers? Was it just q
lark?''
No, Dick, 1t wasn't; I wanted some
money. / was hungry for a warm
dinner"
Great Scott, Carol, you don't mean
to say you are in want? To think of
your being hungry
1T isn't so bad, Dick It's only this,
Mr.. Ferguson. the cashier where l sell
the menu cards and other things l do
was away yesterday, and what Uncle
-Aarles sends me did not get here az
usual. l had few cents for rolls,
out 1t is Thanksgiving day, and I did
want something else"
Poor little song bird! Come, get
OF those toys, quick, and as soon as
the auto can get us to the Holland we'll
have bang-up Thanksgiving dinner"
And such dinner as they had Carolyn
declared she had never tasted any
thing as good. and that never before
had she been SO truly thankful for a
Thanksgiving dinner Dick started out
by saying they would be married in
month, which Carolyn thought was too
soon. but when the dessert was brought
in he had shortened the time to te3
days.
When their dinner was over. they
went out on Fifth avenue, vivid with
light and life. and, crossing over to
Twenty-ninth street, walked on past the
quaint little church of the Transfigura-
ton, where, as college friend of Dicks
was one of the assisting clergynen
they decided to be married.
It was quiet, pretty high-noon
wedding, and Dicks friend who off,
clated. and who performs large pro-
portion of the many marriages solemn
lied ct this far-famed Little Church
Around the Corner" had he not be-
longed to the order of white Friars."
would have envied his old college
cnum his pretty. winsome little bride
ANTOINETTE VAN HoESEN
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25

Dick. do you think 1 could spoil
your life? What sort of love would
that be? And knew might grow selfish
and weak, if l saw you
You darling" he said, and pressed
the slender fingers of the hand on
which was the old moonstone ring TN.
til she WINGED. did you know" he
continued, that Mrs. Dempsey is not
my aunt?"
mot your aunt? Why, Dick, what
do you mean?"
"Just this: she was adopted, but not
legally, by my grandparents. When my
mother died, shortly after l was born.
she and her husband managed, bv q
series of clever frauds, to get hold of
the property. No one knew about il
but old Candies. Mrs. Dempsey paic
her to keep mum, but when she knew
she was going to die, money did not
count, and she sent for me and told ms
the whole story.
When the truth came out about
Aunt Dell made up my mind she hae
something to do with your going. an6
l set out to find you l knew YOU
were somewhere in New York, from
Mabel-your uncle told her that, but
said you told him not to give your ad
dress to anyone, so l made up my
mind to just hunt till found you. But
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Quail Dashed to Earth.

Gross Berskerck, in Hungary, was
visited the other day by a furious
cloudburst. The inhabitants, who had
fed indoors for shelter, were greatly
astonished at the heavy impact with
which the supposed raindrops struck
the ground. When at last the storm
ceased, the people came out, and were
amazed to find the soil literally COW
cred with quails, migratory fight of
which happened to be over the village
when they were caught by the force of
the cloudburst and dashed to the
ground by thousands.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25

A woman named Keys, who carries on
dried-fish business at Nottingham, met
with an extraordinary accident the other
day. While frying fish the lid of the
pan was fastened down too tightly, and
sufficient steam was generated in the
vsA- to cause an explosion, The sides
Of th- pan were blown out, and the boil
Ing fat flew all over the shop. Mrs.
K>r vas severely burned.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
ALUM, FLINT AND
SULPHURIC ACID.

1t is reported that in MANY localities
aouses are infested by peddlers trying
TO sell or introduce so-called "cbean"
or low-priced baking powders. either
directly or by an order upon a grocer.
In most instances deception, is used.
snd 1t is claimed that the article is
genuine baking powder and has all the
merits of a pure article.
Housekeepers should be on their
guard against this danger to their food.
Alum powders are almost always low
priced. But they are well known to be
detrimental to health. In England and
IN some sections of this country their
sale is prohibited by law. Congress
has forbidden the sale of food contain
Ing alum in the District of Columbia.
The highest authorities condemn their
use. DR.. S. w. Johnson, for instance,
Professor Of Chemistry at Yale Col
lege, says: Bread made with a bak-
Ing powder containing alum must
yield a soluble alumina salt with the
gastric juice, and must, therefore, act
as poison"
1t is we'll known that these so-called
cheap" goods are made from alum or
the very cheapest materials. One of
them was recently analysed at Yale
College and found to be one-quarter
sharp pointed grains of ground flint.
Others are filled with sulphuric acid,
and salts Of lead are also found in
them.
In baking powders be sure to get
reputable well-known cream of tartar
brand, and never buy from peddlers.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
JUDICIAL DIGNITY.
Was Maintained I'm This Instance AZ
Cost to the Court OF the
Prisoners.

"A certain squire of the city, who betrays
his patriotism by presiding in small Of
hce painted red, white and blue, had
case before him the other day which at
tracted an unusual crowd to the temple of
justice. A young fellow was up before him,
relates the Pittsburg Dispatch, on charge
OF stealing brass, and his friends were out
show
Before the case opened the noise and
CONFUSION became SO great that his honor
declared that the next man to indulge in
any unusual outbreak would be eiacted
from the room. He had hardly ceased
speaking when young man shouted, at
the same time waving his hat above his
head:
Hooray fur Squire Hooligan!"
ut HIM out, roared the court, and in
another instant the young man found him
self being rushed to the door. Order hay-
ing been restored once more, his honor or.
dered that the prisoner be brought before
the bar for trial. The court officer hur-
riedly, glanced about through the crowd
and then great light suddenly fell upon
him.
Cant do it your honor" he replied.
Ihe young fellow you just put out was
the prisoner"
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-Aoohed GU, she of necessity looked up.
and as the only opening in her tiny apart
ment was toward tie sky, she saw
nothing but mass of gray fog. AS
she stood with her hand on the pulley
of her skylight, chorus of children's
voices. now in laughter. now in snatch
OF song. came family from the street
below
AS Carolyn knew thar the lodger who
occupied the to- floor front had gone
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It'll E
MASKERS
A NEW YORK
THANKSGIVING DAY STORY

I WAS nOta typical Thanks
giving day, being so warm
that no flake of snow was
possible. Over all New
York, from the Battery to
Bronx, and beyond, the lu-
minOus pearl-gray mist
hung, a ragged canopy,
which in spots reached
GOWN to the moist street
level.
" hen Carolyn Martin
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tell ne. why did you go away as you
ola She hesitated a little, and then
said. steadily:
When the bank failed. and hoa
no1hlns, your aunt came and told me
that II you married me it would ru;n
your career. as she would disinherit
you. She said what you should do was
10 marry Alice Curry, and that she
was sure you would. but for a notion
that you were bound in honor to me !"
Just as thought But how copld
you go away, Carol. without seeing
me; without hearing what l had TO
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25

Young Salt-"How's the fish bitin' to-
day, uncle? Old Salt-"With their
mouths, as usual, youngster. Harvard
Lampcon.
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DIR. PRICES
crs'" Baking Powder

The difference of cost between good
and poor baking powder would not
amount for family's supply to one dol
lar year. The poor powder would
cause doctors bills many times this.
DR.. Prices Cream Baking Powder is
the most economical in the end, because
it goes further in leavening and insures
perfect, wholesome food.
Used always in making the biscuit
and cake it saves both health and money.
Made from pure, grape cream of tartar,
most healthful of fruit acids.
NoTE.-You cannot you good
health afford to cheap, ow-grade
o,,.. .... ,..-.o baking powders. mostly in
~ spite of the food laws, made from
o~-" which endangers the health. AL
physicians will tell you that such
deIs IL food are injurious.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25

The recipe for perpetual ignorance Isl:
BE satisfied with your opinions and content
with your knowledge.-Aii Bahia
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
1MOse Flats.

The mother with her little ten-vear-o,s
daughter was returning to her tinv fat
after call on a friend who resided in a
large house, with spacious grounds about
It. As she neared the house she sighed
ana + remarked to her little daughter:
Dolly, when [ come back home after
come back to live in hat box
Dolly. gave sigh exactly like her
mothers and said, dismally:
And feel as if | had come back to live
in keyhole. IN. Y. Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25

Yes, he fooled me completely. He had
such a smooth way with him" (Which
proves that the way of the transgressor is
most successful when it's smooth "-Pnila-
delphia Ledger
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25

Iess-"He proposed to me to-day, and he
was so impatient. He wanted me to marry
HIM right away. But | was not to be hur-
red Jess-''So you put him off, eh?"
Less les, indeed. | told him he'd have
to wait until tomorrow" -PhiladeIphia
Press
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25
Glad Caller.

Mistress-Did anyone call while l was
out, Jane?
Jane-Yis, mum. Wan gintlemin wus
afther calm, num-
What was his name?"
Molk ORaferty, mum, an he wus as
glad to foind yez out as he wus to fond
me in, Dim thinkin', mum."-Chicago
Daily News.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25

PRicE BAKING POWDER Co.
CHICAGO.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-11-25

NorE.-You cannot, if you value good
health, afford to use cheap, low-grade
baking powders. They are mostly, in
spite of the pure food laws, made from
alum, which endangers the health. Al
physicians will tell you that such pow
ders IL food are injurious.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-14
THE LONDON POLICE.

The annual report of the chief of the metropolitan police, sent to the Home Secretary on Friday, is interesting reading We have in London an area (exclusive of the city proper) of 6SS square miles, being a radius of fifteen miles from Charing Cross The London Corporation and it's police have control over the small area which includes the district of St. Paups and the Bank of England. But for the large area out side London has police force of six teen thousand men, 60 per cent of whom are employed on night duty. The num- ber of persons apprehended in the year 1901 was over 119,000, or 1,2O0 more than in 1900.
 The police cost London G1,396,O 900 for the wear 1901,> which is not grudged when it is remembered that felons of relating to property were more than 1T,O0O in 1901, or 1000 in excess of the previous year. And yet, for all this mass of crime. London, or that part of it which the visitor sees. is as reput- able and as crimeless and as safe as any rural village. The police find most of their work in the over-crowded dis tricts, where poverty and public houses keep each other colnpany.-Railroad Gazette.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-14
THE MARQUAND TREASURES.
IA Famous Grand Piano-Masterriece
 Secured for the Collection.

IA Famous Grand Piano-Ma sternieces
 Secured for the Collection.
 The magnificent collection of art works which adorned the residence of the late Henry Gurdon Marquand, at Sixty-efghth street and Madison ave nue, making it one of the marvels of this metropolis is to be dispersed shortly under the auctioneer's hammer. Much of it will go into the homes of New York collectors, and a great deal to other cities, like Pittsburg, which are just beginning to feel their wealth. Some of the most prized specimens of the old masters, of priceless china and rare tapestries will be taken back to Europe, whence they came, if certain determined bidders have their way.
 The gathering of this collection was the life work of the man whose name 1t bears, and it represents a large part of his fortune. Some one aptly said, He bought like an Italian prince of the Re- naissance'' He did buy layishly, but without the unselfsh assistance of many an artist friend, like George H. Boughton, he could not have bought as wisely as he did.
 "He collected for his own delight" writes Russell Sturgis, "and for the en- toyment and instruction of his many friends. A noble Van Dyke portrait appealed to him, and SC did Persian vase. He was the most eager purcha- ser of single newly found gem of an- tioue art; he would chase the elusive thing with more energy than another, and therefore he secured the prize"
 The most striking object in the col lection from an outsiders point of view, at least, is the fomous grand piano, the most expensive ever built for 6 New York house. Sir Laurence Alnla-Tade- ma was given carte blanche, and at a cost. 1t is said, of some fifty thousand dollars for piano and decorations sue ceeded in producing an instrument than
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-14
RAILROAD ROLLING STOCK.

Returns received direct from
 practically every locomotive and car
 building plant in the country show that
 approximately ,547 cars have been
 built in 1902, including cars for use on
 elevated railroads, but exclusive of
 street and other electric cars. This
 is considerably the largest record has ever been made in the crnhtry. and eX-
 ceeds by 25,542 the output for 1901.
 Those figures, of course, do not include cars built by railroads at their own
 shops. Of the cars recorded, apprOXi-
 n1ately 1G2,599 are for freight service
 and 1,94S for passenger service: 16l, TAT, are for domestic use and 2800 are for export. Last year the total number of cars built was 144267. which exceeded
 by 20,161 the recorded output for the
 year 1900. The 1901 figures included. also 5.362 street cars Almost all of the
 figures for both 1902 and 1901 are official,
 and in the two or three cases where if was necessary to make an estimate the number e cars involved was small, and we were enabled to make a close cal- culation from our own current records, so that the sum total as here given, may be accepted as being very near , correct. The proportion of steel cars and cars with steel underframes tc wooden cars will be published in a sub. sequent issue. It may be interesting
 also note that 5,561 cars were built dur 1 ing the year by three firms in Canada During the year 4,0I0 locomotives
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-14
THE IMAGINATIVE ROY.

Cursed with imagination" the boy with pocketknife can and does effect surprising changes in the form of public notices.
 Look at the first boarding you come across. Originally is bore the painted inscription, Stick no bills" but with the aid of his trusty blade and much misdirected energy our artist has trans fomed the legend into ''Stick pills" or "tic pills" or something equally paIat- able.
 Two out of every three carriages on the London suburban railway bear traces of the knife. The warning, The use of this rack for heavy or bulky packages involves risk of injury to pas- sengers, and is prohibited" more usu- ally reads "The use of this rack-for heavy or bulky-pa ssengers- is pro- hibited."
 The familiar "To seat five" becomes ''To eat five or more often "T at five" which is perhaps the high water mark of the scraper's genius.-London Ex- press.
The daily morning journal and courier., 1903-01-14
COAL DUTY LEGISLATION.
(Con!inued from First Page.l

(COntinued from First Page.)
 before the commission is Wayne Nc Veagh of Philadelphia and Major Ev- erett Warren of Scranton.
 One of the principal witnesses called to-day was Thomas F. Torrey, general coal sales agent of the Delaware 6s Hudson company, at New York, who testified that the company he represent ed is deriving no benefit from the pres ent abnormal price which the public is paying for its fuel. Among other wit nesses called by the Delaware & Hud- son were two physicians who gave fes- timony tending to show that hte occu- patton of mine worker is not so un- fealthful as physicians fir the miners have stated; a real estate agent who testified to the amount of property owned by miners of the company and an empIOye Of the Delaware 6 Hudson, who made an investigation of wages paid to bitu:ninous miners which show ed their pay was under that received by the anthracite miners.
 General Wilson, owing to the illness of Judge Gray, again acted as chairman : Of tine commission and was several ! times called upon to intervene in the personal tilts between opposing counsel over the admission of certain evidence.
 Mir. Torrey. the coal sales agent, was an interesting witness, but in the ab- i sence of certain papers relating to the business he was unable to give the com- mission all the information desired re- garding coal prices. The commission i would not hear any evidence relating to freight rates on the ground that it's i jurisdiction did not cover that phase Of ! the coal industry.