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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-02-25
Here's a Queer sltuetian.

Twin sisters, each with a different
birthday-stranger yet, for each was
born in different yeai. That is the
curious situation at the home of Mr.,
and Mrs. John Stiff, $50 Sheffield av.
enue, Chicago. They are the parents
of the twins, and the story of the
birth of the babies in different years
is now going the rounds of the
neighborhood of Center street and
Sheffield avenue, where Mr.. Stiff;
who is fireman at the North ay
enue and Larrabee street station. i.
well known. One of the twins was
born at 1910 p. m. on the last day O.
1862, and along after midnight, a
hour or so after the birth of iso
the second chitd was born. ri
birthday of one is December 81. IL
and that of the other is Janrary
1903.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-02-25

n a later letter she says: 81 am
only too thankful to you for your kind
advice and for the good health that
I am enjoying wholly from the use Of
your Peruna. Have been out to the
Yellow Stone National Park and many
other places of the west, and shall al
ways thank you for your generosity"
Mrs. F. E. Little.
If you do not derive prompt and sat
isfactory results from the use of Pc
runa, write at once to DIR. Hartman.
giving full statement of your case
and he will be pleased to give you his
valuable advice gratis.
Address DR.. Hartman, President Of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Columbus
Ohio.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-02-25
A TRAVELLER
At SEvENY-ONE
YEARS OF AGE.

also a cough. Now my cough is all
gone. and all the distressing symptoms
of catarrh of the stomach and bowels
have disappeared. I will recommend
it to all as rare remedy. am SO we'll
I am contemplating trip to Yellow
Stone Park this coming season. How
is that for one II years old?"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-02-25

The. fruit brick is the latest form
Of preserve. 1t is rectangular or disk
shaped and done up in oiled tissue pa
per. The consistency is that of a
small gnmdrop, and. being composed
largely of sugar. the flavor of the fruit
Is retained admirably. These bricks
WI sooA be on the market from Cali
feEnia.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-02-25
LINEN BOOK COVER.
e Net Only Saves the Volume But
Makes a Shabby Book Look
Neat and Attractive.

Some book covers of brown linen
which l made for my Emerson's es-
says and poems, outlining the pansy
designs in ink, have been much ad-
mired by friends. The pansy design
for the works of Americas creates.
thinker" is peculiarly appropriate.
The linen is cut according to the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-02-25

working design and the size of the
book. The edges should be turned
ever and neatly overhanded down at
the corners. One who is skillful with
the brush may paint the pansies.
Designs suitable for other books will
suggest themselves to the worker
Orange Judd Farmer
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-02-25
Pe-ru-na is a Catarrhal Tonic
Especially to the De-
Ching Powers of Old Age.
The Oldest Man in America Attributes
His Long Life and Good Health
to Pe-ru-n0.

Mr.. Isaac Brock, of McLennan coun-
", Texas, has attained the great age
of LA years. He is an ardent friend
If Peruna and speaks of it in the fol-
owing terms. Mr.. Brock says:
"After man has lived in the world
as long as 1 have he ought to have
found out a great many things by ex-
perience. think have done so.
"One of the things have found out
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-02-25

m e d icine for
chronic catarrh of
the stomach and
bowels. I h a We
been troubled Sc
verely with it for
over a year. and
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-02-25

10 my entlre salts
+ q C t ! on is the
proper remedy for
ailments due di-
rectly to the eff
fects of the eli
mate.
"For ia years I
have unit a.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-02-25

man (57 years.. I feel very thankful
for what Pe-ru-na has done for me-"
In a later letter Mr.. Saunders says:
81 am still of the same mind with re-
gard to your Pe-ru-na medicine"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-02-25

hold with
hatI
of
think
suffering
J.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-02-25

Mrs. F. E. Little, Tolona, Ill, writes:
81 can recommend Peruna as a good
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-02-25

we can cure your rheumat lsr, no matter Of how
long sta nd ng. Write for large bottle
ana testimon ais from those cured. Address ID q.
r. EEA1LS tE son CO., CENTERvILLE. iowa.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11
A MORNING TONIC.

CWalton's Complete Angler.)
o, the gallant fishers life,
ii is the best of any
IT'S full of pleasure, void Of strife,
And It's loved by many:
other joys
Are but toys,
Only this
Lawful is;
For our skill:
Breeds no Ill,
But content and pleasure.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11

The Washington Post asserts that the
boy that is first at the swimming hole,
~noisiest at the ball game and on the front
upon to lead his class at school. and is
almost invariably found at the head of
the procession when he becomes a man.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11

We have still other letters that cannot
be printed. The mooted question is de-
stined to be debated long, not only IN this
paper-the forum where North CAROLYN
ians interchange opinions upon all import
ant topics-but likewise on every lake,
river, stream, sound and fish pond in
North Carolina. Let us hope that the re-
suit will be that North Carolinias will eat
more fish and therefore have clearer heads.
And let us all nave more respect for the
fishermen who is represented by Isaak
Walton as saying:
I'VE care not who says.
And intends it dispraise,
That an angler to fool is next neighbor:
Let him pirate; what care we;
We're as honest as he.
And so let him take that for his labour,
There are those who think these pastimes
scarce humane.
Yet in my mind (and not relentless y
His life is pure that wears no fouler
stains"
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11
OPENS SEPrE MBER SEVENTH

Elsewhere Is printed the Official state
nlent that the ffty-seventh annual session
OF Greensboro Female College vii open
on the seventh Of September. 1t Is an
ancient. honored and useful institution
with more than half a century OF glorious
history. The announcement that the nstl-
tuition would be closed in itself threatened
the success of the college. That threaten
ed injury Will be overcome If the friends
OF the institution viii rally to It's assist
ance in the matter of securing students as
they did in raising the necessary twenty
FIVE thousand dollars to keep Its doors
open. And there Is no room to doubt that
they viii do so.
North Carolina is taking no step back
ward in education this year.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11

In the death of Mr.. Rufus II. Jones. OF
noble citizen. He was an old fashioned
gentleman of the highest ideals and he
lived up TO his high ideals.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11

About the best obituary of this genera
ton was written by a Kansas editor OF a
deceased Italian. 1t was as follows:
H will be missed by ali who knew his
upright honesty. His loads of>wood were
always large. His cord measured a cord.
His bushel had four pecks.'
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11

North Carolinians who go away always
have a yearning for the old mother. Col.
Hammond and Mr.. Eason, two Arson men
who are living in Georgia, were talking
Yesterday and Colonel Hammond SAID:
''Eason, 1 often feel that 1t would have
been better if we had remained here all
our days" Both have succeeded IN their
new homes. but their "hearts turn back
to Anson.' Colonel Hammond lives at
Thomasville, Georgia, and Is justly re
garded as one of the foremos lawyers
in Georgia. No wonder his heart turns
lack for the reception given him at
Wadesboro by his old ~neighbors was so cor
dial. spontaneous and heartfelt that all
the intervening years were swept away,
and he and his old comrades were boys
again. Like the Indians, the North Caro-
lima folks always keep the footprints IN
ward, and welcome back for a day or tor
life all its sons who still love the old State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11


Thor
! .or,,r. -. $500
~.
~ 49, '+.t
~ 'i~s1 ".t >f"T #
i''N> 'ANIh< tEr 'H-a
+ 500" bond ls~A" t#
"a Naat>soro iaN1-
Z lew months asa a
bond issue TER -
voted ~ r,~u
and The vark goes
the good business ~..-.
: county AFFAIR.". Ygat#~ ..
4 lNg Il sufficient Tux ILL.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11

A Scotchman, telling the people of
Neodesha, Kansas, of the difference be-
tween their town and the old country
said: I'm the town where was raised,
which is larger than Neodesha, we had
not a newspaper, a church, a minister, a
lawyer nor a doctor! All! we just lived
along as happy as you please with moth
ing to bother u.s. Nothing to bother
them. But they didn't know when they
were well off and they FASTENED to
America, where they nave preachers, law
yers and doctors in plenty to bother them.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11

Is the country on the road to he devil?
We do not belong to the ranks Of pessim-
lists, but the tremendous increase in crime
looks like Satan is at the helm. The edu-
Gated are stealing and divorcing; the poor
are committing gross crimes. Where are
We at anyhow 2Rhamkatte Rooster.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11

We see they are talking about the best
sort of fish. Jonas Medlin, the first editor
CT the Rhamkatte Rooster, always held
to it that a Rhamkatte catfish, caught in
Swift Greek, and baked in the ashes, was
really the diet that the Roman epicures
tclmed food fit for the gods. We vote for
the Rhamkatte catfish, first, last and all
the time.-Rhamkatte Rooster.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11

The annual Confederate Reunion IS
more than a gathering of old soldiers
1t IS an occasion when the whole county
comes together to exchange greetings. It
Is getting to be more than that-a sort of
Harvest Home for all Arson people, living
here and III other counties in the State.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11

l have hardly touched mv
yet this letter Is TOO long. TH. '
always been the home Of uea o..
the two most conspicuous c.r.z.".
past being Atlas j. Dargan and
Ashe. But the day or men Of
has not passed. have already
to Col. Risden Tyler Bennett
and Congressman. There are "t
men here who have long le- .
affairs Of whom | must say q #...
brief story OF Wadesboro OF .eaE
Hamlets from the play, / r".".
James A. Lockhart and er-
gen Little You VIII not find ne
Carolina two more patriotic
LOckhart is IN the active pra
profession he adorns. He H.
character, fine sense and Taf-.'..
Wei fitted to adOrn the hIglte-.
Of honor and trust, and | look u.
grace the Supreme Court bench.
tie, who i universally beloved p
made n of the best State SenaI..-
Carolina has had in a generate.
his county and State with CON
ability and fidelity. 1t l. TO
influence that Arson owes mu.a y
fine spirit, patriotism and clFlc N.'.-
bless the county. The young h.
of the bar are following III the pa
the older leaders and in them AM
men worthy to preserve the hlsA
Of its bar. D.
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11

Arson county furnished seven companies
and one thousand and ninety-one men tc
the Confederate army, and there neva,
was, from the day of the firing at Fort
Sumter until Lees surrender at Appomat.
tox, a solitary deserter. This is a record
The farmer and mechanic. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 18??-19??, 1903-08-11

Every person present regretted the en-
forced absence of Capt. Frank Bennett,
who has been quite i'll. He is the lead
ing spirit OF these reunions. 1t must
have gladdened his heart that many Of his
comrades and friends missed him and call
ed to honor him at his home. He was
severely wounded four times and lost an
arm CALAMITY leading a charge.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-16
RAILROADS CITED TO APPEAR.
Interstate Commerce Commission At
ter Several Western Lines.

Washington, April 10.-The inter
state commerce commission yester-
day made a number of trunk railway
lines respondents in proceedings in
volving the legality of their local
rates on grain and grain products and
in the case of two of the roads the
class and commodity rates, and issued
an order requiring the roads to file
answers by May /.
In the case of the Chicago & North
western, Chicago, Burlington &
Quincy, Chicago Great Western, Chi
cago, Milwaukee & st Paul, Wabash
and Rock Island the commission says
it appears that these lines made large
advances in rates between Missouri
river points and st Louis, other Miss
issippi river points, Chicago and in
termediate destinations during the
last half of 1902, on grain and grain
| products originating west of the Mis-
souri,; that such advances operated
to increase total rates on such traffic
from points west of the Missouri
river to Chicago and the other points
and that high local charges between
| these various points have been and
are kept in force by such carriers. In
the case of the Missouri, Kansas &
Texas and the ST. Louis & San Fran
| cisco the commission says it appears
that these roads put in effect class
| rates between st. Louis and Texas
common points considerably higher
than those in effect on like traffic at
any time since the operation of the
| interstate commerce law in 1887, eX-
| cept classes d and E, upon which
rates are respectively l cent higher
and l cent lower and slightly lower
than on November 20, 1889, but 3
! cents higher than on December 4,
1898. 1t also appears to the commits
! sion that many special or commodity
| rates were also increased about the
same time, and that rates to Texas
| common points from numerous terri
| tories, including practically all Sec
| tions east of the Missouri and Miss
issippi rivers have also been mater
| tally increased by these advances in
| these rates from st. Louis, and that
these advances may be unreasonable
| and otherwise in violation of the law.
| investigation of the legality Of these
| rates is therefore ordered and follow
! ing the filing of the answer hearing
will be arranged at which represen-
| tatives of the various roads will be re-
uuired
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-16
LIFE INSURANCE DECISION.
Iowa State Travelling Mems Associa
ton Wins a Point.

ton Wins Point.
Des Moines, April 10.-According to
a ruling of Judge Howe in the case of
futile VS.. the Iowa State Travelling
Mems association, contract made
with an Iowa insurance company out
side of the state is considered an
Iowa contract, and it's provisions hold
good under the laws of the state.
This decision means much to the in
surance interests.
The futile case was a suit to en-
force the payment of $4,000 policy
in the defendant company, the lat
ter refusing to allow the claim on
the grounds that the contract, al
though it was made with a party in
Missouri, was entered into by CORE
spondence and on this account was
considered an Iowa contract. The
plaintiff claimed the contract was exc
cuted under the laws of Missouri, and
as they state specifically that insur.
ance policies allow payment in cases
of death by suicide, judgment was
asked accordingly. The case then de-
volved on this one question-was the
insurance policy an Iowa contract?
J. NJ. futile committed suicide in
Missouri two years ago. At the time
he had a policy for $4,000 in the Iowa
State Travelling Mems association.
The suit was brought for this amount
and also for attorney fees. and Incl
dentals, which in all brought into the
case the sum of $500.
Judge Howe in his ruling directed
verdict for the defendant, first, on
the grounds that it was an Iowa con.
tract, and second, that there was not
sufficient evidence of waiver to allow
the case to go to the jury. In effect
the Iowa suicide clause is held valid.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-16
INCREASE IN APPROPRIATION.
Iowa State College Trustees Ado
$4,000 to Funds for New Building.

Iowa State College Trustees Add
$4,000 to Funds for New Building.
Ames, April 9.--The board of
trustees of the Iowa State college
has decided to make an additional
appropriation of $4,000 for the
erection of the main building The
action of the board was the result of
the building committee stating that
it was found impossible to so modify
and revise the original plans and
specifications as to enable it toreceive
BIDS that would lie within the limit Of
the original appropriation of $685.
600 without making radical changes
in the size and general outline of the
building as originally planned by the
architects, and submitted to the
board at its meeting on March &c.
The lowest bid obtained on the build
ing at that time Appropriated to
$350O00, but it is expected that with
few slight changes in the less i'm
portant features of the structure,
such as ornamentatiOn, furniture, etc,
the board will now experience no
difficulty in obtaining bids sufficiently
low as to be acceptable. 1t was
deemed advisable to receive separate
bids on different parts of the con
struction of the building. such as
masonry, plumbing, heating plant,
etc, in place of letting the contract
of the entire structure to one firm.
1t is believed that the aggregate
amount of the various bids will be
less than If bids were obtained on the
building as whole.
The board has $3.50 900 as q building
fund at it's disposal at present. liz
addition to the present 100000 ap
preparation for the main building
$4,000 has been appropriated for the
erection of an addition to the present
agricultural building, new stock
pavilion and a green house, out of this
fund, thus leaving only 100000 for
the proposed new agricultural hall to
be erected soon after the completion
Of the main building. 1t was feared
by the board that by appropriatins
the additional $4,000 for the main
building, the remaining 100000 would
be far too small an amount to erect
as large and pretentious a structure
as would be able to meet the increaS
ing demands of the agricultural de-
partment as indicated by its recent
rapid growth. In such an emergency
it is the intention of the board to re
quest the state legislature for an add
tional appropriation.
The board will meet here May tC
receive new bids on the main building
The matter of selecting a new presi
dent will also come up before the
board.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-16
HAPPENINGS IN
HAWKEYEDOM
What Has Been Going on
During the Past
H.. Week.
DON'T WANT PARLOR EQUALITY
President of State Federation of Afro
American Women Clubs Advises CoIored
to Avoid Contact With Women and
Work Out Their Own Salvation.

Muscatine, April 1--we do not
ask for parlor equality with the white
race. The negro women, l knew
would shrink from social contact with
the white race. But we want to be
taken into their hearts as human be-
ings; we want them to help us, and
it is their duty to make their neigh
bors better, be they as black as the
ace of spades"
The above were the words of Mrs
H. Downey, of Ottumwa, president OF
the Iowa State Federation Of Afro.
American Women clubs, at a meet
ing of the executive committee held
in this city.
In an impassioned address she ex'
horted colored women to avoid con
tact with white women and work out
their own salvation. She urged them
to protect their own good names at
any cost, and insisted that this was
the only method by which they could
hope to uplift their race.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1903-04-16
LoRENz OPERATION PERFORMED.
Use Of Hip Of 5-Year-old Girl to BE Re-
stored

stored.
Des Moines, April 11.-Dr. John
Ridlon Of Chicago for the one hun
dredth time yesterday performed, in
Des Moines, the operation which has
made DR.. Lorenz's name familiar in
every city in the country on account
of his visit to America to perform it
on the daughter of ]. Ogden Armour
of Chicago-the reduction of congeni-
tai dislocation of the hip.
The operation performed yesterday
the first Of the kind ever done in
Des Moines-was closely watched by
thirty of the physicians of Des Moines
and surrounding cities, who came over
for it, and by large number of ladies'.
The operation was perfectly success
full so far as the reduction of the dis
location was concerned; it remains to
be seen, when the plaster cast is re-
moved, whether the head of the bone
will remain within the socket without
second operation.
The patient was the 5-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. A. V. Ev-
erett of Ocheyedan, Osceola county.
The child, of course, was as putty
in the hands of the strong man. DR..
RidlOn is a large and powerful man.
Selling the child's right leg. the one
affected, he began it's manipulation,
round and round upon the hip. This
involved the saving on the tensely
drawn tendon connecting the muscles
of the thigh and the abdomen. The
work began at almost exactly 200
o'clock. Within five minutes the hip
bone had been dislocated from it's I'M
natural position and was freely NOV
ed about. When free the doctor illus
trated TO the physicians the fact that
the leg could be absolutely straight.
ened, but when the head of the bone
was inserted in the hip socket, the
cords were shortened. This made
necessary the manipulation of the
knee joint to stretch the cords. which
was done until the leg could be per-
fectly Strengthened while the hip was
properly socketed. Then came the ex-
pertinent to test the depth of the sock
ct by extending the leg alongside the
other in natural position, but it was
soon seen that it could not be brought
into position of more than forty.five
degrees before the bone would leave
the socket.
DIR. Ridlon illustrated the position in
which the leg should be bandaged in
the plaster cast and began to do this
work, which was far more difficult
than that of dislocating the child's UNI
naturally jointed hip. A bandage of
half an inch in thickness was put on.
The position of the leg and the hip as
bandaged was apparently the most I'M
natural, but really the only possible
one. The leg was raised to a position
at right angles from the body extend
ing to the side. The bandage included
the hip, the abdomen and the thigh.
Being finished it was cut at the edges
so as to release the leg below the
thigh, the left leg around which it had
been wrapped to hold it, and the lower
part of the abdomen and spine. About
the body it was not to exceed four
inches in width. Though perfectly
hard it was evident that the bandage
could be easily worn for an indefinite
period.