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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25

Il must go!' he cried. ST can bear
it no longer. 1t is my only chance
l must CO.
From many transports the American
soldiers poured into Cuba. The regu-
lars and volunteers. white and black,
paused but a little while, and then
plunged into the interior to do speedy
battle. But besides there were 9th
ers to be landed With shouts and
yells, the neighing of horses and the
clamorous brays Of mules, the four
footed followers of the army were
forced overheard and guided ashore,
swimming. With them were their i'm
mediate masters and attendants. the
necessary, but far from ornamental.
muleteers These wore no smart uni
form, nor did they march on shore to
sound of band or bugle They were. to
the casual man of note, a disfguring
blot on the picture. They were rough
and undisciplined, and shaggy-bearded
and rude of tongue.
Among them, doing his hard work,
silently and without complaint. under a
Sie'A ~ GUN, 1OOS IuS coward. AD6l
Tut. All his efforts TO enlist in
the ranks had been absolutely vain.
Despairing Of carrying a rifle then. but
determined to wipe out his disgrace by
some means. he had gone down to
Florida, and there at Tampa he had at
last found means to follow the army
he had once deserted. He knew little
Of the special work of mule packer
but he was accustomed to horses and
mules, and his persistency gained him
a place as assistant
No one knew the misery he was in
No one knew of the fear which OBJ
pressed him. The village boys were
quite right in their judgment of him
Abel was a coward, as people Judge
cOWardice.
III.
The idde-de-camp spurred his horse
and rode at wild gallop down the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25

forest road. There the shells were
falling and bursting among the trees,
when they had finished their shrieking
flight from the guns on the hills. AS
the staff officer rode on his life was
momentarily threatened by Spanish
sharpshOOters in bushy treetOps.
+. The aide-de-camp, broke out of the
jungle strip again and gained the open.
Here he found himself several hun
dred yards from his objective-a bat
talon Of regular infantry who were
slowly advanced up a hill. pouring N
a hot fire on the Spaniards, who held
the intrenched ridge Their fire was
heavy. but the Spanish fire. backed by
artillery, was a deadly one, and here
and there lay many blue-coated SOL
diers stiffening in the long grass. The
aide charged through the hail and
drew up beside the major in COM
mand.
The brigade generals compliments,
sir he painted 1T is vital that you
keep the enemy busy at this point for
at least another hour, when the re-
endorsements coming up will permit a
general advance. The general desires
to know if you can do this with your
present force. He can Ill spare the
men, but, if necessary, you can have
another company. What shall l tell
him.
Tell him." said the major, coolly.
that a company will make no differ
ence. I've men enough, l guess. but
wait moment, please"
He walked along the rear of the
skirmish line as calmly as if drilling
on the target range, and asked ques-
tions of a number of non-commis-
stoned officers and men, while bullets
sputtered round him.
please ask the general not TO mind
sending men," he told the aide. but,
| for heavens sake, to send me ammu-
milton. We don't average 90 rounds
left per man. If he can't, WHY must
fall back
| Il can promise it in half an hour,
said the aide. THE pack mules have
arrived"
At the edge of the jungle strip ap-
peared two pack mules. Two men
mounted on other mules, drove them
| forward. The Americans cheered. but
the sharp-eyed Spaniards only saw the
newcomers, and at once realized on
what errand they came The fire of
three guns on the hill was directed in
simultaneously upon the mules, who
were at once crazed by the shell and
shrapnel which screamed at them,
while every rifle in the trench seemed
to be aimed at the devoted :-.ule
whackers
One of the muleteers. a gray-beard-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
CHAPTER ON SHAMROCK.
is True Nature Still Subject of Com
tention Among botanical
Experts.

Probably very few of those who to-
ay are wearing the green badge of
he country of their birth have any
lear idea of what the true shamrock
eally is. Expert opinion is by no
Means unanimous on the subject, some
lotanists favoring the view that the
liant is a species of Nonesuch, while
theirs class it as Dutch clover. In the
arliest literature of Ireland, says the
Westminster Gazette, shamrock occurs
nder variety of names: seamsog,
eamroge, shamrote, seamar-oge and
hambroch. The word itself is Erse,
Icing derived from seamrog. a COM
,ound of seamor, meaning trefoil. and
lg. little-little clover. Matthias Lo-
lei, Flemish botanist, is supposed to
lave been the first scientific writer to
MENTION the plant, an allusion to It as
icing good for fattening cattle, and as
orming, together with meal and but
er, an article of food for the people,
appearing in his "Stirpium Adversaria
Nova" published about 1870. Campion,
he Irish historian, writing a year la
er, says that the common people feed
pom "shamrotes, watercresses and
'ther herbs; oatmele and butter they
ram together" Up to the middle of
he eighteenth century, when the sham
:cck as an article of food gave place
20 the potato, it was considered a most
lourishing diet
1t is mereSt superstition to associate
he national emblem of Ireland with
he islands patron saint. Patrick, if
indeed he lived at all. f1ourished about
}37 A. D.. while the legend linking his
lame with that of the shamrock dates
| rom 1851. Thomas Dinely, an English
traveller in the reign of Charles H.. in
describing st. Patricks day. writes
hat the Irish of all stations and con-
litions wear crosses in their hats,
some of pins, some of green ribbon,
| md the vulgar superstitiously wear
| shamroges, three-leaved grass. which
they likewise eat (they say to cause a
| sweet breath" In spite of the old Irish
iitty:
There's a dear little plant that grows in
our Isle,
Twas st. Patrick himself, sure, who SET
1t;
| And the sun on his labor with pleasure did
smile.
And the tear from his eye ofttimes wet
| it."
| there is absolutely no ground for the
| popular belief that the saint who ban
shed reptiles from Ireland also intro.
1uced shamrock.
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ed, round-shouldered man, was white
with the agony of fear, but the other,
a dark, annon-ball-headed young fell
low of the bulldog type, was aroused
by his danger to passionate wrath and
utterly unthinking recklessness AS
the tornado of iron and lead broke
upon him, he yelled to his comrade
with a clatter of crowded oaths to
, come on.
The incident passed in less than a
minute. Then the two muleteers
dashed on the pack mules. The dis
lance to the battalion was but few
hundred yards, but these yards were
each black with the shadow of grin
ming death. The pack mules also were
so mad with the noise and the clouds
of earth shot up by shells that they
ran here and there, and made the dis
tance twice as long. The younger
muleteer was afiame with rage and ex-
| element. He rode like break
| err He circled like an Indian He
! kept his pack mule pretty straight,
| shouting, cursing, cheering with every
! breath. Abel followed silently, but he
| was no expert His charge broke
hitheryand thither, and every moment
the bullets seemed to fall faster At
last the young man rose in his stir
rups with a triumphant yell, and
waved his hat at the Spanish with
gesture of contempt Too soon he
I crowed. He was but 20 or so yards
! from a bluff which would shelter him,
where the soldiers were eagerly wait
! ing and cheering him on. The pack
mule was Immediately in front of him,
and Abel many yards behind. The or
I dained shell arrived 1t crashed fairly
into the boxes of ammunition packed
on the mule. A rock-rending explo-
sion followed. When the earth-cloud
vanished the mules and the muleteer
lay in chastity heap, and the ammuni-
ton was scattered far. and most of it
had taken part in the explosion Then
the major and his men were aghast
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
THE SIGHTS OF DOLL LAND.
Surprising Collection of Ready Made
Garments in the Doll
Department.

An adult who had not been near the
doll counter for year or so paused in
establishment in the doll department OF
large store through which she hap
pened by chance to pass the other day,
says the New York Sun.
Merely an endless exhibit of dolls
would have caused her no surprise, but
yard after yard of showcase filled with
ready made garments of every descrip-
ton, all for dolls wear, lef+ her gazing
in amazement and rejecting with
pang that she had lived too soon
Piles of elaborate silk gowns filed
one show case, while in the next, with
due regard to the approach of the sum-
mer season, a dozen varieties of wash
dresses were exhibited, some in sheer
white, others in Bingham with whit,
embroideries, all made and displayed
as seriously as if they were for live
children.
Flannel and knitted jackets, many Of
Them large enough for some puny I'M
fortunate of the East side, knitted leg
gings, underwear of all descriptions,
and even corset waists, made with due
regard, one supposes, to the tender
growing forms they are meant to en-
circle, were there, too, not TO mention
tiny hot water bags for dolls in pain
The display of spring millinery filled
two large cases and was enough to turn
the head of every doll in the store;
while the shoes. of every sort from a
heelless satin slipper to the broad felt
ones obviously designed for Aunt Dr.
nah, showed that regard for style
which, if the truth were known, is
what makes the world go round after
all.
Toilet sets, including all sorts OF
brushes, combs and lairpins come next
and though no manicure sets were in
sight, they can undoubtedly be had
Table linen, napkins and tablecloths
woven to match came next, while fur
pieces were being relegated to the
background, for even the Esquimau
| ioll doesn't buy furs in April.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
The Boys Are Young Yet.

Only $2,204,0S was paid by the pen
sion office during the last fiscal year
to Spanish war veterans. This is the
smallest amount disbursed by the gov
eminent on account of pension claims
growing out of the wars of the country.
The revolutionary war cost the govern
ment $7,000,000 in pensions during the
year referred to, and the outlook is
bright for Spanish war veterans. BY
the year 20O3 their widows and chill
dren may be drawing billion a year
from a grateful and Iong-memoried
nation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
StropY Enough to owe 1t,

They have it figured out now that
Charley Schwab owes the shipbuilding
trust $1S,OOO,O00. His physician re-
ports that he has SO far recovered his
health that he feels perfectly able to
keep owing it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
Saloons Incrcnse in France.

France has 464,556 saloons to supply
the wants of 3S,666,366 inhabitants,
and this number is constantly increas-
ing. During the last ten years the con-
sumption of alcohol in France has in
creased in alarming proportions, while
England and the United States have
PROGRESSED toward temperance.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
To Amend the weather bureau.

The general dissatisfaction with
weather forecasting may have impelled
Senator Bard, of California, to offer
a bill which proposes that 100000 be
given to the man who can devise a
system of long-range temperature
forecasting. The weather bureau
scientists are reported to be indignant
toward the proposition, since it con-
veys an implication that the shortcom-
ings of the bureau are to be remedied
from the outside instead OF the inside.
But they ought to be remedied some
how.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
SORE HANDS.
tchins, Burning Palms and Painful.
Finger EnGs-CompIete Cure
by Cuticura.

One Night Treatment: Soak the hand
On retiring, in strong, hot, creamy lathe
Of Cuticura Soap. Dry. and anoint free!,
with Cuticura Ointment, the great ski
cure and purest of emolhents. Wear, dur
ing the night, old, loose kid gloves, OF
bandage lightly in old, soft cotton on
linen, For red, rough and chapped hands
dry, Insured, itching, feverish palms, with
brittle, shapeless nails and painful finger
ends, this treatment is simply wonderful,
frequently curing IN a single application.
In no other ailment have Cuticura Soap
and Cuticura Ointment been more eff.
fective.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
iDon,t Matter So Much.

King Leopold will not come to the
worlds fair because he fears his yacht
will not weather the Atlantic, but sends
The heir presumptive. Perhaps it
doesn't matter so much about the heir
presumptive
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
Those Russian PaDers.

The present war has produced the
first heading containing more than a
single line ever published in a Rus
sian newspaper. Previously the most
important news had never been so
honOred and the death of Queen Vic
ing.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
PInNS Golf ut G..

Although Senator Aldrich, of Rhode
Island, is considerably past his sixty
third year, he has taken such care
of his physical health that he appears
much younger. The senator spends
most Of his leisure time out of doors,
INDUCES often in athletics, and is
said to be the best golf player in con.
yreSS
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
Good Thing for Spain.

1t is said that the surplus of $60,OO0,
GOO in the Spanish treasury this year
is the largest it has ever known. Your
Uncle Sam certainly did a great thing
for Spain when he took away every
thing it had and made it start life all
over again.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
JustifabIe Suspicious.

We do not charge that the weather
bureau is corrupt like the post office
department, but a great deal of inferior
weather is palmed off on the people,
who pay a good price for high-class
article.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
statue of Leaf Tobacco.

A statue of the famous Indian giri
Pocahontas. made of leaf tobacco, rep
resents Virginia in both history and
agriculture at the worlds fair. Kan
sas has contributed a huge steer made
entirely of corn. Red and white grains
of corn give it color. Two big eagles
made of corn husks add to the Kansas
display a touch of American patriot
ism
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
In Against the Will.

The Japs are in a fever over what
they regard as foreign territorial en-
croachment. They recognize the Mon
roe doctrine principle as vital matter,
especially to a people who, like them
selves, have reached the edge of a
continent and can move no farther
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
The Ihenl WOmnn.

The ideal woman, according to a
Pennsylvania divine, is lone who can
cook, bake and sew; is not too tired
to work one who cares little for dress
and the outside world and whose only
pleasure is her home and her God"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
To Purchase LincoIn's Cabin.

Lincoln's log cabin should stand on
the farm where Lincoln was born, and
not be moved about the country. II
its timbers are still in storage and can
be proven to be genuine, they should
be restored to their original site in
Kentucky. A member of the Kentucky
Legislature introduced bill to purchase
the Lincoln cabin and farm for $40 900
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
He Didn't Want It.

did you say your husband was out
looking for work."
mo. | believe he's out looking at
work There are some men digging .
cellar down at the corner and he doesn't
seem able to get any farther. "-Phila-
delphia Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
The Barber County Index.
PAINTER & HERR, Publishers.
Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
TOPICS OF THE DAY.
Toning ID the System.

The United States senate, according
to the expense account, used 80 600 quiz
nine pills last year Probably the SEN
ators furnished the other ingredient
In the prescription themselves.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25
We Mint cntnr 10 the Aesthetic.

Ex-Delegate Kratz, of st. Louis, says
he is opposed TO that cow puncher'
in the white house" What we need
in this country is president whom
gentlemen returning from Mexico can
reSDect
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-05-25

The report that the Korean emperor'1
palace was burned by members of the
Peddlers' guild indicates that his celes.
tlal hlghness has been buying his hair
oil and tea gowns from scab Dealers
GALVESTON News
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-05-11
HAD A VERY CLOSE CALL.
Smashup on a Railroad Trestle
Near Albany.

The passengers aboard the Atlantic
Coast Line train from Thomasvill e
had a close call for their lives at AL
bany few days ago while crossing the
trestle which spans Flint river. A
Central of Georgia switch engine,
which was making up a freight train,
in trying to make a certain siding De-
fore the passenger train entered the
Yards was run into by the passenger
train at point on the trestle fifty feet
from the ground
The tender of the switch engine and
the passenger engine were both COM
pletely wrecked and the passenger
engine almost thrown from the trestle.
The conductor aboard the passenger
train warned the passengers of 7the
fact that a wreck was certain. and ask
ed them to hold to their seats. Though
many of them were badly shaken up
none were injured.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-05-11
BROKE A ROSTERS LEG.
Thrilling News Photographed from
the Scene of War.

A cable dispatch from Vladivostok a
day or two ago brought the ponderous
intelligence that shell exploded in
the yard of General Stoessel's house
and broke the leg of a rooster! Vladi-
vostok is on the other side of the
world, some thousands of miles away.
The Geographic rates from Vladivos-
tok to New York are several dollars
per word. And yet the war correspon-
dents in the Far East thought the
breaking of the leg of rooster in the
yard of Russian general was of SO
much interest to the waiting world
that the information was telegraphed
all those miles at a heavy cost. Can
Stiffness go further?
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-05-11
TAMMANY WONT ENTHUSE OYER PARKER
The Organization Is Very Apathetic Towards
Hills Man. Murphy Points Out Why Parker Could Not
Carry New York State He Be Nominated.

one of the opposition parties had nom
mated no candidate.
"Judge Parker in that election re-
ceived a smaller vote than Van Wyck,
Bryan IN 1900, than Coler in 1902. Yet
Parker was elected. Judge Parker
received 554, $50 votes. Bryan in 1900
received 67S, OOO-124, 900 more votes
than Parker. And yet Bryan was
beaten. Coler in 1902 received l0l 900
more votes in New York than Parker,
and Coler was beaten. Van WICK,
democratic candidate for governor in
1898, received 10000 more votes than
Parker, and still Van Wyck was beat
en-. This shows that Parker owed his
victory TO the fact that one of the OPP
posing parties had nominated no can
didate to contest his Office, and not his
popularity as a vote getter. He got
only 5000 more votes in 1897 than Bry-
an got in 1896; he received fewer votes
than Co!er, than Bryan in 1900, and
Van Wick in 1898. And still he was
elected,
"Leader Murphy insisted that the
| facts are against Judge Parker's
strength as vote-getter.
"For these reasons he refused to
throw up his hat for the judge. For
these reasons he insisted that the
democracy of New York should go to
St. Louis seeking the strongest candi-
date, and not tied to the chariot wheels
of Judge Parker, with Hill and Bel
mont holding the reins. And that
Leader Murphy is still OF the same
opinion is shown by the developments
at Albany"
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-05-11
"AMEN THEY SHOUTED.
Negro MethOdists in a Frenzy of
Enthusiasm Over Teddy.

A prayer that President Roosevelt
might be returned to the white house
caused an unusual demonstration dur
ing the opening exercises of the TWEEN
ty-second quadrennial conference OF
the African Methodist Episcopal
church, which is now in session in
Chicago. sShouts of "Bless him, Oh
Godr' ayes, yesr' "Amen, amen"
greeted the words of Bishop Gaines of
Georgia when he invoked the blessing
of God 90 the president of the United
States, "wbo has had the manhood
and courage to stand up and do his
duty at all times to men of every color
and creed in spite of bitter criticism. :"
'If consistent with Thy will, Oh
God, when his term of Office expires, "
continued the speaker, 'send him
back to the white house to serve an
other four years" The utterance of
this sentiment was the occasion of
deafening shouts by the assembled del
gates.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-05-11
DESTROYED 5000 SHEEP.
Cowboys Gag and Bind Herders
in Wyoming.

Another war has broken out between
the sheep men and cattle men in wy
oming. A large party of masked cow
boys attacked the sheep camp OF Stew
ems & Maxwell, thirty miles south OF
Laramie. Fifteen herders and camp
men were captured by the cowboys,
and after being gagged were tied to
trees. The camp was then burned
Afterwards the cowboys attacked the
herd of 5000 sheep, hundreds OF which
were shot and the rest forced over
high banks into ravines.
The COW boys then rode off, and later
a masked man notified the ranch OF the
predicament of the herders. Help was
sent. and the men were released after
having been bound to the trees almost
all night.
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-05-11

The other day the Parker contingent
in the New York state democracy,
alarmed at the apathy and Indifference
of Tammany Hall, and forecasting de-
feat in it's discomfort, sought to induce
Charles F. Murphy, as the head OF
Tammany Hall, to accept a position
upon the democratic state committee
along with McCarren and others OF
David B. Hills men. Mr.. Murphy
fatty refused to accept such position,
and in refusing gave an expression OF
his own and Tammany's reason for OPP
position to Alton B. Parker. We
quote from a recent interview:
belmont held out an aliurng fnan-
cial prospect. David B. Hill made
promises of political preferment and
favor if Mr.. Murphy would accede to
his and Belmont's desire. Murphy
stoutly refused all the inducements
and scorhed the offers of reward. Mr..
Murphy was not opposed to Judge
Parker from a personal standpoint.
He had no personal animosity or griev-
ance against that gentleman. But Mr..
Murphy insisted that Mr.. Parker was
a weak candidate. He asserted that
Parker could not carry the national
democracy to victory, nor could he
carry the state of New York.
"And Mr.. Murphy gave reasons that
are based on facts and figures. The ad-
vocates of Judge Parker have thrust
him forward as the strongest candi'
date for the reason that he once car
ried New York. That is true. But
Mr.. Murphy showed that Judge Parker
secured his victory in New York when
The Dawson news. (Dawson, Ga.) 1889-current, 1904-05-11
NGED WOMAN TO TAKE A LONG TRAMP

more than three score years and ten TO
the daily exercise which she has taken
practically all her life.
The itinerary mapped out provides
for the accomplishment of the trip In
considerable less than n year. She
has planned an average daily tramp
Of little more than Is miles. This
is about the distanc she has traversed
!, her daily walks in New York
city.