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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20

Delightful Summer Tours to the East
are made more delightful by taking advan-
tage of the many inducements offered by
the Nickel Plate Road. Recognized as the
Low Rate Short Line between the West and
East, tourists are assured of quick and
comfortable trip to the many beautiful
Summer Resorts located along or within
short distance of the Nickel Plate Road.
Close connections are made at Buffalo for
all Eastern Points, Mountain Resorts and
famous watering places. The train serv-
ice of the Nickel Plate Road is up-to-date
IN every respect and passengers are shown
she best of treatment by the efficient corps
IF attendants to be found on all Nickel
Plate trains. Ladies travelling alone or
accompanied by children are given special
lttention. 1t is in the splendid Dining
Cars where the liberality of management
particularly apparent. No stated amount
required for a meal in these Dining
Cars, but under the system of Individual
Club Meals, carefully prepared menus are
compiled into booklets containing sug-
.estions for breakfast, luncheon or sup
Der that will not cost more than So
tents, and on up to one dollar. Meals are
llso served a la carte. All trains of the
Nickel Plate arrive at and depart from the
great La Sale Street Station, Chicago.
When purchasing tickets say ."Via the
Nickel Plate Route"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20
DIGGING OUT DOLLARS.
Famous Writer Received First Sub.
stantial Recognition from
"The Black Cat"

RoSuon, July, 1904.-There is an old
adage that no door shuts without an
other opening. With the necessaries
of living constantly mounting higher,
DID sources of income disappearing
and old lines of effort closing up, it is
encouraging to find that the ceaseless
change and progress of the times is
opening new fields of endeayor to the
intelligent and ambitious. The Bos-
ton Daily Globe gives a notable exam
pie In the case of the famous Jack
London, the brilliant war corresponds
ent, now at the front, who secured his
lrst substantial recognition as writer.
light here in this city, when he was
Just about to give up in despair
Nothing" he says, remained but
10 get out and shovel coal. / had done
It before, and earned more money at it.
resolved TO do it again, and l GER
:alnly should have done it, had it not
been for The Black Cat.
Yes, The Black Cat. The postman
brought me an offer from it for a
i,o00-word story which was more
lengthy than strengthy, if 1 would
grant permission to cut it down half.
Grant permission? l told them they
could cut it down two halves if they'd
only send the money along, which they
uld, by return mail. I forgot my coal
shoveling resolution, and continued to
Whang away at the typewriter As
TOT i've dollars offered at some indefinite
lime by big magazine, for a story Of
similar length, finally received it,
after publication and a great deal Of
embarrassment and trouble"
Nor is Jack London the only writer
who has been lifted from obscurity to
prominence by the lucky Black Cat.
which. as the New York Press has
truly said, has done more for short
story writer's and short-story readers
than any other publication Newton
NeWkirk, the popular writer, who halls
from an obscure Ohio town, achieved
success through The Black Cat; so did
Stanley Edwards Johnson, the New
England author. Frank Lille Pollock,
of North Carolina, and many others.
Each of its famous prize compete
tons has brought new writer's to the
lAOAA1' IL 1lo AiOSC IcCSul, the SE,lUU
prize was won by young Texan who
had never before written a story, and
the second, $1,000, went to a lawyers
wife in an obscure Missouri town.
1t has just inaugurated another con-
test in which $4,000 will be paid to
writer's in sums of from 500 to 81 500.
This will, no doubt, add many new
names to the list of those who have
arrived" through itsFrecognition
The conditions are announced in the
current issue of The Black Cat, and
will also be mailed free to any one by
the Shortstory Publishing company
Boston, Mass. Even those who cannot
write winning story themselves may
earn ten dollars by giving a timely
tip to some friend who can
But all should bear in mind that il
will be entirely useless for any one to
send a story to The Black Cat contest
after October 1. or without first read
ing and complying with all the pub
| lished conditions. Here is chance for
the reader to dig dollars out of his
brain, for what life does not contain
at least one tale worth tel1inoo
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20
A. Big Drop.

What's that racket down there?'
shouted the old gentleman from the
head of the stairs.
Il think" promptly replied his up
to-date daughter, that it was Bob
dropping his voice when he proposed
to me. Detroit Free Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20
To Boot.

Reuben-Yew say that yer NAV likes
me. Cynthy? Haow bout father? Eff
we wan l got married dew yew think
he'd throw an old boot at me fersluck ?
Cynthia-Yes RUDE; but more'n like
" his foot would be in the boot.-Judge
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20
]. A. r. National Encampment, Bos-
ton, August 1920. 1904.

Very low rates via the Nickel Plate
Road. A splendid opportunity to visit
Boston and its many historical points of
interest. Elegant Dining and Sleeping Cars
lffording every accommodation. Meals
"a la carte" service. Coffee and sand
Eiches served to passengers in their seats
without extra expense. Stop off at Chau-
:auqua Lake and Niagara Falls will be al
Owed on return trip.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20
Law Is Too Rigid.

;. A New Yorker WI % took legal advice on
the subject has discovered he has no right
to shoot young man next door who is
learning to play on the violin. 1t appears
the unwritten law applies only to wind
observation-disclosures City Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot.
Ease A certain cure for swollen, sweating
.ept no substitute. Trial package FREE
Address a. S. Olmsted. LIE Roy, N. Y.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20
A Lasting Cure.

Grinnand Barrett - What cured
Cawlboy of his desire to be TRACE
dian?
Irving Heury-The open-air treat
ment. He walked home from Fond-du-
Lac with the thermometer at zero
Puck.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20

Mrs: Malaprop, Jr., declares that moth
ing affects her composition so much as
this craze for automobility. She declares
that she fairly hates the sight of chat.
ferer.-lndianapolis News
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20
Wav to the Ton.

Mr.. Slap-What is the secret of Gildi-
boys success?
Miss Bang-Why, he knew a girl who
spends thousand a year on dresses.
"Ah, L see; he married herr"
"Oh, no; he married her dressmaker."-
Comic Cuts
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The Spice of Variety.

Lady-Do you always gamble ct mar
bles?
Kit-Not on yer life, lady! / some
times plays de races an goes Ep agains,
de cards-Judce.
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Browns Advantage

Greene-How Brown stutters An aw-
full affection, isn't it?
Gray-Oh, l don't know. He can mo-
nopolize the conversation without having
10 say great deal.-Boston Transcript.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20

Fits stopped free and permanently cured.
No fits after first days use of DIR. Kline ;
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20

"A lazy man." said Uncle Eben. sis
IL BILE to git mo- overheated dodgin' work
dan he would be if he went ahead an
tended to business. Washington Star.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20

When a friend tells you of his wrongs
he wants sympathy and not an argu
ment.-Atchison Globe.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20

In marriage there is no place for egot-
ism, on either side. An for an is the
perfect law-Puck.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump-
ton has an equal for coughs and colds.-J.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20

Why is it that we never find a bank
cashier embezzling and going to Jail who
has not always been a model young man?
Chicago journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20

All Aboard for Boston g. A. r. Ma
tional Encampment,
on sale Aug 10Th, 18th and l4th, O4. Liberal
return limit. Stop on at Niagara Falls and
Chautauqua Lake A special g. A. r. train
will leave Chicago 500 q. m. Aug. 18th. For
rates, reservations In sleeping cars, etc., call
on local agent or address G. A. Asterlin,
T. P. A, Fl. Wayne, Ind.
Love your neighbor, but don't teaR
down the fence.-Chicago Journal
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-07-20

SnOaIS. mus IL came ABOUT that MI.
Mckinley was elected, because wheat
went up and because the going up of
wheat and the consequent increased de-
mand for other things, leading to higher
prices and a better volume of trade,
promised to their minds prosperity,
without free silver. A greater falsehood
was never uttered than that wheat, or
anything else, went up because Mr..
Mckinley was elected Things had
struck rock bottom and had begun to
revive before Mr.. Mckinley was elected
and the first index of that fact was the
rise in the price of wheat, followed by
the rise in the price of other agricultural
products sympathetically with it. Then
came the immense increase of gold out
put that kept prices up here and else
where. Not only is the boast that Mr..
McKinley's election was responsible for
high prices not true. but it is a very
dangerous falsehood The populists
first taught the people in certain sections
of this country that prosperity was
chiefly dependent on government Some
men preach the doctrine with the hope
that during periods of prosperity the
average man will let even an extrava-
CANT, dishonest and unjust government
in which he is interested continue I'M
interrupted. This is the chief, if not
the sole hope of the republican party
to-day. Let the republican party be-
ware and let all men who love their
country beware of carrying this doctrine
of government-created prosperity any
further. II the idea is once firmly in
bedded in the human mind there will
be no saving its teachers from the wrath
to come-state socialism
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-10


Of the bodily organs are absorbed into the creulation
polluting the blood filing the veins with acrd particles
and liquid fire that dries the natural oils irrtates
and clogs the pores causing the skin to redden and
burn, and itch and smart almost beyond endurance
Eczema III winter is demon of discomfort. The
skin hardens and dries, cracks and bleeds hylook-
ing and cruss scaly eruptions and other painful
and disgusting symptoms appear as the disease takes
deeper hold upon thesyste Eczema generally attacks
the legs aud arms face chest hands and feet breaking
out in red, angryookng patches, sparselyscattered
pimples or waterys bsters; but i'll whatever form it
appears, wherever located it IS evidence Of too
acid condition of the system, and the cause is not
removed and the progress of the disease checked it
grows and spreads and becomes lingering torture No
permanent good comes from washes saves and ointment
The disease IS running riot in the blood the acid pois
system and nothing applied to the surface of the body
the fountain source of the trouble and the
Eczema must be fought through the blood system,
into the circulation and searches out and neutrazes Il
secretions offers the only chance of permanent relief
The various mineral preparations bad the sto
rary good they do IS over-baanced by the harmful al
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-10
slight Misunderstanding.
New York Times J


The Rt. Rev. Leighton Coleman,
D. D., Bishop OF Delaware told the
following story to some friends in town
whom he visited recently:
"A young man came to me one day
with the remark.
" Bishop. I want YOU to marry me
next Wednesday,
" All right I'll marry you.
d" Well, 1 want the church bell TO
ring
O. Yes. you can have the bell Tung.'
Sc Well, 7 want the organ to play.
9" An right, you can have the or
gan
And I want everything else any
body ever had at a church wedding
You shall have st.
We'll, the night came, the bell rang,
the organ played the church was
crowded, and everything went of
smoothly. When the ceremony was
over, the young couple waited, instead
Of leaving the chanceL So I held out
my hand, shook hands with the bride
and then held my hand out TO the
groom. He had his hand deep in his
trousers pocket, and as I stood with
my hand out ne said, somewhat inn
patiently, and in a tone that could be
heard all over the church:
I'm getting the money out just as
fast as I can
Then everybody in the church gig
gled''
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-10
Broke It Gently.
(Brooklyn Eagie.J


Danny O'Brien worked on the sec
ton and was as tender hearted man
as ever got drunk and cracked a pate
with shillelah. At the time Of Pat
Dumphy's great misfortune Danny
was chosen by the section gang TO
break the news gently TO Mrs. Dunn
phz-.
Good marnin', Mrs. Dumphy," said
he. Did We har about Pat?''
I heard nothing about him since
breakfast" she answered.
Did he seem to be all right them"
sure he did
"Ye noticed nothin' wrong wild his
mind?"
"Nothin' at all. Phwhy de We ask %
Well, / hear that his mind do be
wanderin' a little"
An phwhat de ye mean by that 90
4 mean he have lost mis- reason,
Mrs. Dum9hy."
Lost his reason, is it? An how did
he do that?'
Well Mrs. Dumphy,' said Danny,
scratching his head, I don't .knaw ex-
actly. Ye see I wasn't close by whin
il happened. But I do be hearin' from
the rest o the b'ys that he fell acrost
the track and a train cut his head off. -
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-10
The Goose Got Away.
(Washington Times.l }


To the Hon. Joseph Sibley of Penn
sylvania the yarn-ioving members Of
the house are giving credit for tfSl
story.
There was a rich old farmer who
lived in one of the interior districts
near Philadelphia and who got tam
gied up in a money transaction with
one of his neighbors. Mr. Aston for
that was his nome. sought an attorney,
who gave him letter of introduction
Ia a brother lawyer in Philadelphia, at
which place it was necessary To enter
the suit. The letter was delivered to
the lawyer, and while he was reading
IL he was called out of the room. Ieav-
ing the letter on his desk. Mr.. Aston
let curiosity get the better Of him. and
read the letter, which closed with a
POSTSCRIPT stating that Mr.. Aston is
a fat goose: pluck him heavy.
That was enough Tor the old farmer.
and. Selling pen. he wrote: "P s.
No. 2-The goose has flown, fea Tiers
AID al.
1t took him about three seconds TO
amble down stairs and into the street,
and ne has not had anything To do
with lawyers from that day % this.
preferring 10 pluck his own geese.
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or two about the street But. gee. what
sort Of vegetables are you smoking now
adays, anyhow
Sans a. / always did, what's the
wen, I wouldn't ike to say for pub
hCation- Just Try one yourself but let
me make my escape before you light IL,
my boy And he was gone.
Barton sat as II stunned. gazing at the
now familiar choice homegrown brand
from faF-off Cuba de Connecticut Could
il be that fise biue-bid0ded hidaeo bad
taken ia the shrewd Dutchmsn also? He
would so down and see.
Mr- Breitenmyer smiled genially at his
.'Yas, cir. cid soIdt Choey that box
OF seeEaFs just now Id was De oEly
one I had. Where did I got id? Led ne
terday. Cat old Denis come in by my
store. and he saidt Won ehentIemans gife
soot seegars. He ike better 20 have the
pipe-ysu know wot desc Irishers 0eenr
mein Gott.' and he lifted his hands IN
dePreeatio1. Then we dTaded for some
Golden Seal and the rest in chew tObac-
GO. 1ou see, Mister Parton, YOU Ike
them seegars, amt III Yes%
Like them? / wouldn't know what TO
do without them. I'd be very lonely. but
] have a stern duty / owe to society and
shall not shrink.
AN rigid" said the good and rotund
Breitenmyer: Come again when you
want more.
Now my dear, my long-l0st friends.
said Jim 70 his f0Fget-me-n0ts, Il sse
there IS no use in turning you out loose
on the cold, cold world You'd find Your
way back to me from the remoteSt cor
ners Of Asia, Europe or Australia. / dare
not ask the janitOr TO burn YOU in the
furnace, the other tenants would revolt
and you'd be sure to rise Ike the phoenix
from your ashes. But still I think I know
way out Of ii for You and FOR nc.
He wrapped them up carefully. select
ing two OF his heaviest paperweights TO
put in the package. Then he took a ferry
home, instead Of going by Brooklyn
bridge, as usual. When in mid-StTeam he
took advantage of the friendly darkness.
and q faint splash fell upon his listen
ing ear with a welcome sound. At last
accounts they have not been rescued by
passing b0atman. but Barton doesn't
like to crow before he is out OF the
wOods.-New York Mail and Express.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-10

Eczema broke ont on my ankle, and rapidly
spread up my limbs to my chest. Notwith-
standing was under the treatment Of differ
ent physicians, the trouble did not yield to
their treatment but spread all the while.
4 friend told me he had cured his little child
of Eczema by S. S. S.. and that led me to
take It. had not been using it long before
/ noticed an improvement. continued on
with the medicine, with the result that the
Eczema was entirely cured, and have never
has never had the disease can imagine how
terrifying is the smarting and itching.
Icontracted during the Civil War severe
stomach trouble, and for years was bothered
greatly with it. After eating I would have
severe vomiting spells. Gould not digest nv
food, and as result became very thin and
weak. s. s. s. cured ne Of this stomach
trouble, and l regained my strength and
weight. W. H. SEAMAN,
Bellefontaine, o. 4l2 S. Plum Valley st.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-10
Ever Been TheTeP
lSnare AInmentsA


4 Glasgow man has a wife who is
decidedly nervous. and often in tho
small hours of the morning imagines
she hears things. One morning last
week she thought she smeit gas. Brav-
cry came to her mysteriously. After
smelling about for some minutes she
rushed upstairs. called her husband
then shook him and at last reused him
and SAID.
John. there's a leak in the gas pipe
III the kitchen. Wen ali die II it's
not Fixed.
He had heard that kind Of story be-
fore, so he sleepily asked.
rs it leaking much pow2"
Not much. replied the Lady
And then he turned over with this
soothing advice:
Put a bucket under It and come TO
bed. +"
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-10

kind It IS composed exclusively Of roots and herbs
selected for their curative and tonic properties 1t pures
the blood and cleanses the system of all irritating sub
stances stimulates the sluggish organs and invgorates
and builds up all parts Of the system Under its tonic
effect the appetite increases the digestion improves the
nerves are strengthened and all the complications brought
Eczema driven away With the restoration of the blood
and the system freed of all unhealthy secretons the
of Eczema disappear and the skin becomes soft smooth
any skin trouble write and let physicians help
charge whatever will be made
TIVE SWIFT SPECIFIC COMPANY, ATLANTA, Ga.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-10
banning Evidence.

The teller's eyes were starting from
their sockets
THE cashier went out to lunch more
than three minutes ago and has not re-
turned" he gasped.
The president turned ashy pale. but
retained his c0mposure sufficiently 10
speak
"Notify the police be said.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-10
JIM BARTON'S CIGARS

His Wife Bought Them, But Not At One of Those
Horrid Cigar Stores $,
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1904-01-10
WIN SKIN
TORTURE CT NJ A
a DEMON OF DISCOMFORT

When to che other deo9r Of winter added the torrents Eczema existence
types and forms N violent aud terrifying skin disease that which the
due to atmosphere conditions or external causes The disease itself located in the blood
no.ono.s that . 80: -.
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BUSINESS TRAINING
Insures Good Position and Salary.

4nS0k<S 6DO4 4OSASAOA eS1AA
The demand for accountants and
stenographers exceeds the supply. Good
business training insures profitable en-
ployment and lays the foundation of a
prosperous career We are now giVins
Bookkeeping the most systematic and
orderly: Penmanship. the most simple
and practical: Shorthand, the most
rapid and legible: Typewriting, the
most nearly automatic and perfect.
Telegraphy, the most modern and sci
entifc; Rapid Calculations, the most
direct and accurate; Business Core
spondence the most polite and abbrevi-
ated: Grammar the most simplified
and useful: Punctuation. the most easy
and natural: Office Practice. the most
diversified and comprehensive. Also
elementary and advanced courses IN
Law Day and evening sessions. Po-
sitions secured for graduates. Call and
see. or write to the largest and best
equipped commercial school in the
west, occupying three entire floors OF
one OF the L. d. S. university buildings,
Main street. Salt Lake City. The com
bined business cOlleges-L. d. 5. ana
CaIr T.aLa