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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28
LIcoRlcE WOOD A ROOT.
The Foundation of Very Pretty and
Dainty Plant,

Pretty nearly S2,000,000 worth OF
licorice Is used up in this country
every year from the lands bordering
on the Mediterranean. Most people
think that licorice is made from the
wooden twigs and branches of a tree.
But in reality the licorice wood is the
root of a very pretty, dainty plant,
which has beautifully shaped leaves
that are colored bright green on one
side and pale silver green on the 9TH
err The licorice plant is a perennial,
and in England, where they are trying
to make an industry OF raising it, the
experimenters plant it in rows be-
tween cabbages and potatoes. In the
Mediterranean and oriental countries
great plantations are given up TO it al.
together. The licorice plant throws
out immensely feshy roots, full or
juice when they are fresh. They
spread and burrow far into the earth,
and good, big hole has to De dug u
get them out. The licorice wood, as
we see it here. represents only about
half the original weight and size OF
the root, for fully so per cent of the
juice is lost in drying it. Therefore
the Iicorice dealers are getting to be
more and more in favor of squeezing
the juice of the roots on the spot and
then shipping this extract.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28
Germ CROP Is IMMENSE.
Some Comparisons Which Show she
MarveIous Production.


Our corn crop Of this year, II
masseI together, would cover sixty
acres of ground to the depth of nearly
1850 feet-a' yeritable mountain of
corn over third Of a mile high. If
divided equally among the population
OF the earth it would give each person
nearly two bushels. One practical re-
suit of the enormous corn crop ought
10 DC material reduction in the price
OF beef for home consumption. since
1t IS the crop on which beef cattle are
cAieffY fed. In many parts of the west
the harvest has been abundant, but IN
Oklahoma, especially, farmers this
year are hoasSful of their corn e.rop.
Favorable climatic conditions pro-
duced a record-brcaking yield. In
many instances the ears and stalks
are of such unusual size as to be veri.
table curiosities. In a field owned by
Walter Mathews, farmer near the
town of Mulhall in Logan county. an
eieven-year-old boy weighing eighty
pounds climbed a stalk 10 the height
OF four feet without its bending with
him. The stalk was strongly rooted
and about sixteen feet high. While
the growth in Oklahoma was excep-
tlonal, no traveller through the west
this fall could fail to be impressed
with the vastness of the corn area and
the immensely of the crop.-Leslic's
Weekly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28
Tackled Nine Lions,

Col. Colin Harding, who is III com
mand of the Barotseland native po-
lice, has had narrow escape from
death
While travelling by mule cart from
Mumbwa to Kalomo he found nine
lions across the track. He picked up
his rifle and wounded two, one of
which he was following for a second
shot when a lioness sprang upon him
and knocked him over.
Luckily he retained his rife, and
the brute fed as he fired. He had
however, sustained a broken collar
bone, and his thigh was gashed. One
of the lions was found dead.-London
Express.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28
FASHION WAS HIS HOBBY.
Young Clerks Clothes Better Than
Those of His Employer.

Those of His Employer.
i went into a large clothing store
the other day." said Swellman. Ito
find out something about mems fash
ions for the horse show. Naturally,
sought the head of the department.
Bless YOU he said, I don't know.
l don't dress In that class myself. But
| have a clerk who can tell you all
about it. Boy, ask Mr.. Blank to please
step this way
In moment l was approached by
one of the greatest swells ! ever saw
in my life. He wore one of the new
a light brown color, white waist
coat and trousers the tint of a rob-
ms egg. To my surprise he was not
at all affected in his manner. Clothes
were his hobby, that's all. He talked
of fashions as enthusiastically as
man familiar with racing would talk
of horses. He knew all about the
styles in London and Paris. He I'M
derstood precisely what was wanted
for the horse show. AS l came away
| said to the head of the department:
That young man seems to be we'll
up in his business.
He's wonder was the reply.
When he isn't waiting on customers
he isS reading fashion magazines and
locking al tailors' plates. Last sum-
mer be had a khaki suit brought over
from England by one of cur buyers
that fer shade and texture could not
be duplicated in New York. couldn't
afford to dress as he does, If I want
ed to-"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28
New Year Box Supper.

The Christian Endeavor will give a
box supper at the court house on New
Year eve. Saturday night y cordial
invitation is extended to all.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28
First Panama Canal Order.

The first order for lumber for the
Panama canal construction has been
received by Bellingham (Wash.) mills
A little more than 2,0S0,000 feet will
he supplied in the first consignment,
intended for construction of houses
along the canal route.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28

w. Z. Stout has the largest and
finest assortment Of winter lap
robes ever brought to the city, also
a large line of harness and saddles.
Purchasers should see his stock.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28
What the Trouble Was,

Justice Oliver Wendell Holmes of
The supreme court of the United
States says that certain prolific au-
thor whose novels were anything but
popular once consulted the older
Holmes.
Il am not at all in good health, :"
said the author. Il have thought. Dr.
Holmes, that perhaps write-too much
for my constitution"
Not for your constitution, my dear
fellow gently replied the genial doc
tor, but for your reputation"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28
Money invested in Railroads.

Money invested in Railroads.
OF the sum which had been invested
in the worlds railroads at the close
of 1902 it is estimated, according to
the English Railway Magazine, that
more than 3,760,0Oo,oo0 has been
spent on $4,000 miles of European
railroad and G3,232 900 900 on the
$4,000 miles owned by the rest of the
world. On this basis it is found that
the roads of Europe represent an in
vestment of 922,952 mile, while
those of the rest of the world average
911 ,402. Great Britain's railroads rep
resent the highest cost per mile, fig
ures standing at 6 Isl, 1868, while those
of Belgium come next with E30,O48.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28

Every pair of Noyes u Norman shoe
guaranteed at H. Il. Woodward X Sons.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28

CYPRESS CHAPTER, No 63, n. \. ~, meets End
aud Atm Thursday nights of each month, In
Masonic Hall. w. Z. STOUT, FL. z.
III. II. CASE, Secretary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28
Public School Teachers.

The foll0Wlng Is lSG VI DdID
county school teachers for the term
1904 O5, as taken from the records
the Office of the county superintendent
O.-Medlcine Lodge
Dist. No.
!. D. W. Majors principal.
l. Beatrice Likes
l. Bernice Woodward.
l. Margaret Karnohan.
|. leila Thomas.
/. Anna NJ. Hahn.
81. c. w. Selby.
II. Verne Gibbs.
As. Anna Burney.
20. Clara Marshall.
49, Ada Wheat.
So May Axtell.
10. Sybil Burney.
2. Gladys Moore.
1G F. NJ She'll.
81. Abbie Lockwood.
49, E. E. Hagerman.
II. Cora Springer.
so. Clara Lonker.
81. Anna Muller.
9. Lila Coyle.
12. Minnie Cant.
81 Cola Martin.
~ z. G. Briggs.
30. Frank Gordon
27. Mary Anderson.
55 Cora Stewart.
p O.-Isabel.
As. Ezra Shields.
a. Martha Farley.
81. Emma Farley.
O.-Kiowa.
o. Ira Stout, principal.
5. Miss Sample.
5. Ceciie Osborn,
;. Minnie Kincaid
3. Addie Rumsey
3. Ada p. SHILLING.
As. Myrtle Downtain.
70. Emma Whitton.
.. Clarence Martin.
30. Elizabeth Goodan.
81. A. n. Hewitt.
s. Luella Hull.
H. Pearl Humphreys
P.O.-Eagle.
20. May Kendall.
P. 0.-Aetna.
so. Jessie Cole
6s. Bessie Archer.
O.--Decrhead
"A. Rollen McGrath.
63 Tracy Likes.
P. O.-sun City.
81. j. e Thomas.
Is. Frank Frame.
?. O.-CoatS.
90. Nellie Wood.
-. Blanche slater.
P.O.-R. ID. No. !, Attioa.
40. Clara White.
P. O.-Mumford,
"a. Bessie Hewitt.
So. George Wright.
O.-Hazelton.
81. B. w. Folsom, principal
81. Lou Landreth.
~. Mary Pfaff.
50. Alpha Tincher.
AZ. Glenn Lynde.
So Katie Thomas.
20. Ethel Grove.
2. O.-Sharon.
% a. c. Brown.
IS Hattie Thomas.
Il. z. ]. Grigsby.
40. Roscoe Robinson.
49, Samuel Robinson.
CO. Jessie Cavanaugh.
81 "a. Hiram Cushenbery.
So. Bessie Mccoy.
20. Lloyd Davis.
P. O.-Lake City
4. Marie MacGregor.
6. Alice MacGregor.
Sc. Nellie Garten.
81. Maude English.
3. Chloe Harmon.
Sc. Ethel Flint.
81. Ermine Osborn.
n. Rose Purdy.
70. Addie Purdy.
p. O.--SawyeI.
10. Margaret Nichols.
7e. Will Jarvis.
County Superintendent.
Madicina Todpa Kansas
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28

LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. sc. o. Z. s. Meets
t and third Monday nights of each mouth
flrsMasonic Hall. MRs.W q. MILLAB, w. M.
MRS SAMUEL GRIFFIN. Secy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28

KII4MER LODGE, No. 225, D. of II. Meets 2nd
and 4th Saturday nights of each month in A.
o. U. w. Hall. MRS. j. d. MATHEwS,C of II.
MAY AxTELL, Recorder.
ESSIE IINDLEY, Receiver.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28
Medicine lodge omcors.
SOCIETIES..

~ x D ELDRED posi-, No. ia meets
VI "A. III I'd saith Saturday ncach month
II Woodward hall Medicine Lodge, al = p. n.
Allcomrades cordially invited,
c. NJ. Ross. Post Commander.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28

EQUALITY TEMPLE, Rathbone Sisters No.
II IS. Meets every second and fourth Thurs
day evening of each month.
ADA BRANDoN,M. L. c.
GKACE IRELAND. NJ. of X. &C.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-28

A. O. u w Msss "a L saS Id, Sq fr fS
night HENRY MCCOY, VI, W.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-10
10 Show the
 Wonders of Radium
AT 100000 POUNDS STERL- ING PER POUND.

s. Louis, Mo, Jan. 9.-A concession sa exploit radium at the worlds fair Has been applied for by Alexander Dorbes, of Glasgow, Scotland. The applicant asks for a space of at least 160 square. feet, and incloses a circu- Tar of an exhibit he is at present con 1ucting at the East-End exhibition in Glasgow. The possibilities of the concession are shown in a few sen- 6ences from the circular, which says iH part:
 The riddle Of radium. This new sfement is valued at 700,e00 pounds sterling per pound. To buy ton of iE Pierpont Morgan, Carnegie and Hockerfeller would be required to re- saise on all their stocks and make common purse of the proceeds. Even with this they might have to borrow 6 few millions.
 Rays are shot out from radium 4x the rate of 12O, ,0e0 miles per sec sAd forming a new record between mAtter and motion The rays are sBe hundred times faster than the fzstest meteor known A piece of
Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-10

:adium is calculated to continue in full activity for two two million years. Radium without being energised in any way gives out light, heat and mo- tion. The machinery Of the future will be hitched to radium. Such is thewonderful luminous power of ra- dium that Sir William Crookes was able to read a newspaper by the light given of by the letters Of the word 'radium' written in solution of ra- dium on plate of zinc-blend."
Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-10
$I,ooo REWARD.

The above reward will be paid or the arrest and detention in any jail in the United States or in the Republic of Mexico. of Albert Alv0rd and Win. Stiles, who broke jail in Tombstone on the night of December l6, 1905.
 The above reward will be paid for tine arrest of both, or $500 for either man. The reward is good for one year. Wire at my expense.
 A. V. LEWIS,
 Sheriff of Cochise County. Tombstone, Ariz., Jan. 2, 1904.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-10

The peculiar cough which indicates croup. is usually well known to the mothers of croupy children. No time should be lost in the treatment of 1t, and for this purpose no medi. cine has received more universal ap
 proval than Chamberlain's Cough Remedy. Do not waste valuable time
Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-10
WE ARE STILL ALIVE.

Don't forget to drop in and see our nice line of millinery. also a fine line O. burrt leather novelties. elk's head sofa pillows, kodaks, memorandum books. etc, perfumeries and toilet ar ticles, soap of the very finest quail ty Manicure accessories. stamped liLeD goods Also silns for am broiderfng.
 sCoFiELD ( WITTiG,
 Near Gym Building.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-10

in experimenting with untried reme- dies, no matter how highly they may be recommended, but give this med icine as cirected and all symptoms of croup will quickly disappear. For sale by all druggists.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-10
s l MEALS 1 s
Two Doors Ffom New Pythian .,

The Leonard gives you the best meal and best cooked food for 35 cents of any place in the city. You get as much of any and every dish offered on the bill of fare as you wish. Our cuisine is unex- celEed. Don't forget the place. and you will not forget the dinner Come to- morrow and try one of our dinners.
Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-10

Fresh home made bread. pies and pastry, the very best, at FaigIer's in California Market. 9-12
Bisbee daily review., 1904-01-10

Choice line of fresh fruits receiveH ais morning at Haigler's. ia the Cali ornia Market Ata
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-20
AN AslATIC DoWIE.

John Alexander Dowie, the Chicago
prophet" has his counterpart in India.
Indeed, the Oriental product in some
ways outdoes the man who, according
to all accounts, has made good thing
out OF it in Chicago. The Hindoo's
name is Mira Gheelan Ahmad, head
of distinct sect of Mohammedans, and
he lives in the Punjaub. In fine ap-
pearance, denunciation and prophecies
he more than equals Dowie, but so far
he does not seem to have developed the
sound business sense of John Alex
ander He lives humbiy and only at
tracted official attention when he be-
gan to foretell the death certain op-
ponents. Mira was induced" to a.
bandon this feature of his perform
arlce, as it contravened section of
the penal code He is 65 years old and
has about 10000 followers.
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-20

ungrateful cub had sighted them
whales, too, and as soon as it had
engulfed all the milk we had it gave
tremendous flop and went headlong
into the seal 1t disappeared for a
moment and then came up and struck
out for that school of whales,
Before we could get a boat on the
way the cub had Joined the school, and
we soon saw great commotion among
the whales. This lasted but a short
time, and then every whale sounded
We cruised around there two days,
but never sight of a whale did We
see again. Why? That cub had warn
ed 'em against us, that's why! Warned
'em against us as sure as marlinspikes,
and they had give US the slip.
II never see whales like them that
lays off the coast of Japan and there
abouts. 1t won't surprise me a bit,
when the truth gets to be known, if it
turns out that them torpedoes they
think has been playing the deuce with
Rooshun war vessels over there were
nothing else in the world but some of
them whales that have been woke out
of their maps by the ships fooIing
around in there, and with their Sleep
mad on EN- have just made fierce
rushes against the craft and knocked
'em full of holesi"
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-20

travelling at steam engine speed, would
be something a trif1e hard for a whale
cub TO do If it had to take in it's prov
ender a mouthful at time, like young
pigs and other sucking land mammals
do.
But Nature has built these whales
on a different plan. The whale mother
is put together so that she can give her
cub its meal all at one jab, so to speak;
although nothing less than a gallon of
milk will even begin to ease UP on a
whale cubs appetite. The teat of the
female whale is regular force pump
When the young whale, speeding along
at its mothers side through the wa
ter. gives notice that it is hungry, and
seizes the tactical fount. the mother sets
the force pump in motion, and the
whole supply of milk needed by the cub
stomach being cut and fitted to this
style of getting dinner.
''One time We MIXED a monster of a
she whale as she lay asleep off the
Japan coast, and we got nearly two
barrels of milk Her two cubs were
playing around all the while we were
doing it. The whale was sound asleep
yet when we got through, and she was
- '*NAStAuOUS D4S lildt We concluded
not to harpoon her until she woke up
| naturally for to have her sleep-nad
and harpoon-mad at the same time we
feared would put more vim in her than
we cared to have her come at us with.
We captured one OF her cubs, though,
and took it to the ship, thinking to
make pet of tia mascot, L s'pose
they'd call 1T nowadays.
We put it in a tank of salt water
and went back TO see if its mother had
got through with her nap yet She
had, and she was madden a blame sight
than if We had woke her up by sinking
harpoon into her She was raging
over the kidnapping of her cub, and
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-20
WISE WHALES IN JAPANS SEA
Maybe They Could Explain Recent Torpedo
Disasters

..The whales we used to hunt of the
coast of Japan were great sleepers."
said the bronzed seaman in South
street shipping office to the New York
Sun, particularly after they had
taken cruise of hundred knots or so,
at the rate of twenty knots an hour.
and had absorbed maybe a ton or two
OF the crustacae on which they fed.
Then they were ready for an after-din-
ner nap, and 1 want to tell you that
if anything woke them out of it they
Were ten times madden than hurricanes,
and just tore things,
whenever one of them whales want
ed nap it would turn over on its side
and let the waves rock it to sleep And
they slept sound, too. fortunately, for
that enabled US to milk the COW whales
before we harpooned 'em. Many's the
time I've sat in boat and MIXED a she
whale while she was taking a snooze
like that, just like you might milk a
COW.
Whales milk is the richest milk that
any amman gives, anu IL only SAlOuSn
of ii could be got it'd drive cod liver
oil clean out of the market. A good
healthy she whale. with sucking cubs,
would give down a barrel of milk any
time, and then we'd have a feast as
was a feast, after hard days work.
Mentioning she whales and their
cubs-when one of them whales is on
the move she travels fast. and no mat
ter how far she is going she doesn't
stop a second until she gets there. not
even to feed her cubs. which are not
weaned until the baleen-them strainer
things that you call whale-bone-ap-
pears in their upper jaws
Taxing its pap. and at the same time
The Pacific commercial advertiser. [volume] (Honolulu, Hawaiian Islands) 1885-1921, 1904-04-20

bore down on US like a locomotive. We
got her. though, but only after the
hardest fight that any boats crew ever
had with a whale.
Seeing that she was doomed, she kill
ed the other cub with one swoop of her
fluke. That one she was bound should
mt be of any use to us, and it wasn't.
1t was smashed fat.
And we soon found that we were
in a fix as to the whale cub we had
taken aboard. We had plenty of milk
for it, but it couldn't take it in. We
were sorry, because we couldn't bear
to see the poor creature starve to death
in the midst of plenty. which it surely
would have done if Sandy McCosh, a
canny Scotch sailor, hadn't been one
of US.
Sandy was an old whaler. and he
had learned lot by experience, among
that lot being the fact that there was
better and easier ways of cleaning
deck of whale litter, after a cutting
up and slowing. than the back break
ing scrubbing with a mop. Sandy's
way was a big tin squirtgun that held
a good ships bucket full. With that
full of hot suds he could squirt things
shipshape in no time.
While we were bemoaning the fate
of the whale cub. Sandy brought out
his squirtgun, sucked it full of whales
milk out of the barrel-the cubs
mothers milk. it was too-put its spout
in the cubs mouth and shot a bucket
full of milk down into the creatures
paunch in a jiffy.
THE cub was saved, and we were
relieved, but that barrel or two of milk
wasn't going to last long, and it be-
hooved us to get another supply or the
cub would starve to death, after all
and. Delay it's ungrateful natur'I we'd
ought to let it starve.
Just before the last squirtgun of
milk was gone we sighted school of
whales, and three of EN- were big she
ones, sound asleep. Here was not only
our chance for a good supply of milk,
but for a whole cargo of blubber and
bone
The whale cubs tank was close up
alongside the gunwaIe. We jabbed the
last squirt of milk we had into the
cub and got ready to send boats out
to take the whales. But listen. That
The Washington times., 1904-01-10

plays that she had shelved before the
company reached New York
The De Wolfe Twain.
1t is rather difficult to say just who
is leading woman in The Other Girl
1t is literally a case of the other girl
every time. and to further complicate
matters Elsie de Wolfe and her sister
in-IawDrina de Wolfe. are both in the
runnin=
1t was Elsie de Wolfe who had to
evince stage love once before for Frank
worthing. and in somewhat sensational
fashion. too This was in "Cathe.
rine,' when she was Helene aud he the
Due de Coutras. It furnished quite the
most exciting episode in a play that did
more for Miss de Wolfe and Mrs. lie
Moyns than it did for the star. Annie
Russell.
Mss de Wolfe is not being starred IN
the present piece She attempted to
scale. the stellar heights two years ago
IN Clyde F1tch's Way OF the WorId''
and again last spring In Hubert Davies
Cynthia" A recruit from the amateur
stage. she used to be noted for the fine
gowns she wore in John Drew's plays.
Drina de Wolfe made her first ap-
pearance iast winter az Mrs Osborn >
Playhouse in Tommy Rot and last
autumn was in another failure, "A Clean
Slate She has rather a trying role in
THE Other Girl and considering her
limited experience. does remarkably wen
with 1t.
The three young men already men
toned. Messrs- Barrymore. WheeIock
and Bennett. are all recruited from the
Academy's recent frost" eTAe Best Of
Friends but there has been no hoodoo
at work here. 1.-THE Other GirF' has
made a striking success, in spite OF
the fact that six OF its leading char
acters have come to It fresh from plays
that failed
And. by the way at a matinee I saw
Fay Davis make another personal sue
cess In the trial performance OF prob
lem drama that would SCARCELY go in
the evening bill. Sydney Gruney's ''Gyp-
sy." Tie first act Is quite stupid. and
Miss Davis herself appears only in two
out of the fezr. but her work was
simply charming. Given the proper We
hicle. she is certain to become the 9opu-
lar favorite she deserves TO be.