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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
numbering.

To-day Canada is virtually master
of the lumber situation of the Ameri-
can continent. The mills of the United
States are turning to her forests for
their supply of logs. Especially is this
true of the mills on the great lakes,
where water transportation is possible.
In these northern Ontario forests, stu
ated on the water shed that drains in
to Georgia bay, millions Of feet of tim
Der are each year finding their way in
to Bay City and other Michigan points,
where they are cut into lumber for use
in the states.
This demand, together with the
ever-growing demand in Canada, is
filing the forests with lumbermen. In
a section so covered by lakes and
swift running streams as this is, lum-
bering operations are simplifed to a
minimum. The Moon, the Muskosh,
the Magnetawan and the French riv-
ers have become log highways.
Through them are driven each year
millions of feet of pine, spruce and
hemlock to the mills of Michigan, and
of such places as Penetang, Meaford
and Midland, in Ontario. The hun
dreds Of creeks through these forests
are damned for logging purposes.
Sluiceways may be found in the little
channels between the hundreds of
lakes, and every evidence points to the
rapid destruction of the forests.
Canada's wealth of forests will last
for many years, but not that portion
of it which lies just at the back door
of Toronto. Wild though it is as yet,
it has seen the beginning of the end,
and should a reciprocity treaty with
the Dominion take the duty off of
lumber it would but hasten the de,
struction.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
:AsTEsT OF oUADRuPEDs.
The Whippet Can outrun Any Four
Legged Animal That Is
known.

Research into the origin of the whip
pet shows that it is modern type OF
dog, and, considering how good 1t is IN
its way, it is a wonder, says Town Top
'cs, that it is not more generally known
and appreciated, The word is not in
Webster's, nor is it to be found in many
encyclopedias. Dalziel failed to trace
the etymology of the word, but fancled
1t to be provincial name expressive OF
the diminutive size as we'll as the quick
action of these dogs. The old writers
who mention it evidently have in mind
a very different animal from the one
now seen at our bench shows. Halliwell
says it is a cross between spaniel and
a greyhound, which could not produce
the present type. John Taylor says:
"In the shapes and forms of dogges; Of
all which there are but two sorts that
are useful to mans profits, which two
are the mastiffe and the little cure,
whippet or house-dogge; all the rest are
for pleasure and recreation"
The modern whippet is a greyhound
crossed with a small terrier, so as to re-
duce the size Of the progeny, and by Sc
lection the terrier type has been oblit-
Grated and that of the greyhound pre-
served. This cross goes back 60 years or
more, during which time a record of
some sort has been kept, so that a stud
book exists. But the dog has not been
popular in shows. because being bred
to race, it's appearance is of little conse-
Quence
&c n&h ~ oh Il
ing, and, although it is not known
among wealthy sportsmen, it is a pop
ular pastime of large class in the
manufacturing districts of England and
this country. In England as many
as 500 dogs are entered in one handi-
cap and a thousand pounds will
change hands on the result.
The course is usually 200 yards. and
the races are run in heats in which
three dogs compete. The winners of
these trial heats run against each
other until there are but three left
for the final. There are races for
puppies, maiden races handicaps and
races with penalties and allowances
The dogs are held at the start and run
past the judge to their owners.
The whippet is the fastest four
legged animal, in proportion to it's
weight, that is known. A good one
will run 200 yards in II seconds,
which is at the rate of 16 2-3 yards
per second. A race horse, running at
the rate of a mile in / minute and
40 seconds is covering only II 3-5
yards per second. The dog weighs
about 20 pounds, and strides about Is
feet; the average stride of race horse
is 81 feet
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
Lost.

'1But a comparatively few steps from
a quarter of million people as we
reckon distances in this age of rapid
transportation and yet-lost."
Such were the thoughts running
through gentleman's mind when l
hailed him one evening, several years
ago, as he sat on stone beside lit
tie lake in these Ontario forests How
well l remember the picture he made
as / watched him, and as he looked
first out over the stretch of water that
barred further progress in one direc-
ton, and then backward into the tan
gled forests from which he had Just
emerged.
Looking for anyone?" l asked, jok-
ingly
Looking for anyone? no." he re-
piled. Il am looking for the world,
for the people of the world. l would
like to have the city of Columbus, O.,
stretched out right here in front of
me so that l might know where l am
at. Friend. l am lost"
| knew the experience. | had had
The same but a year before The
samey bass CT that particular lake had
enticed me into unknown paths, and
| had paid the penalty of the over-san-
guine novice.
They told me there was a trail
through these woods" said the lost
stranger.
so there is / replied
Yes, not one but so, and l have
travelled all of them, and all lead to
the same city of nowhere A dozen
converge at this very point 1 have
followed them, and here l am at-no-
where"
Deer runways, to be sure, but paths
so plainly marked that the novice fol-
lows them almost thoughtlessly, with.
a heedlessness that pays no attention
to the way out as we'll as in. 1t is, oh
so easy to get into these Ontario for
ests; but hard, so hard, to get out
again. And this is but the teachings
Of experience, l assure you.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
HAUNTS OF WILD ANIMALS
iolitude of the Woods-The Dominion
Is Feeding Logs to American
Mills-Playground for Amer
lean Pleasure Seekers.

TOrOnto-Another line of railway is
now being built from this city to tap
the trackless forest of the north, for
ests that extend in almost an unbroken
line from Allendale on Lake Simcoe to
Hudson bay.
1t is, however, not the railroad but
The country which is interesting. 1t is
z country that represents both the
wealth and poverty Of this great prov
nce of Ontario. Who would attempt
TO estimate the value of its forests,
titled, as they are, with pine and hem
lock and spruce? But take the forests
away, and what is left? Poverty. A
poverty represented by rocks and wa
Ter Nature was in an unruly mood
when that section of the American
ointment was born, but she later COW
red the unsightliness with an abun-
ant growth of green that has made
If it a paradise so long as the green
remains; so long as man does not I'M
10 the work of nature.
Hundreds Of square miles of practi-
cally untrOdden forest. Hundreds of
square miles over which the red deer,
The elk, the moose and the black bear
may roam at VIII. Trackless forest
No. They are crossed and crisis
crossed by the trails of the wild ami
mails, the trapper and hunter, and the
skedge ways Of the lumberman,, for
man has already begun his work of de-
struction in this wonder-wOrld, and
from it is sending lumber to the
worlds markets.
The tracks of the forest form a be-
wildering network, a maze in which
the uninitiated might wander for
weeks without hope of solving the rid
die they present, but which to the mi
tiated are as plain as an open book.
and over which they travel with the
same degree of assurance that is char
acteristic of the city man on his city
boulevards.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
EQUAL TO THE EMERGENCY
,olored Preacher Who Was Right at
Home on Any Text Sug-
gested.

As an old colored preacher who had been
conducting revival meeting was reach
ng the end of his series, relates the Indian
ipolis News, he appeared before the con-
Eregatlon one night and spoke thus:
Brethren and sistren, come befo' you
all wholly unprepared with my text l hab
been preachin' all so'ts of things, and to
show the brethren and sistren that have
cot said all that l know, l will ask that
some membah of this congregation suggest
4 subject and l will preach about it to
Gou."
For several minutes there was an embar-
:asslng silence while the minister scowled
over the top of his glasses, waiting for
some one to propose topic. No one seemed
ANXIOUS to take advantage of the oppor-
tunlty, until finally little fellow in the
back part of the church yelled out: pills"
There was a smoker as the preacher cleared
his voice and said:
pills. ! hab been requested by some
membah of dis congregation to discourse
befo' you all on pills Now, brethren and
sistren, l am not familiar wild the ways of
medicine for | am a preacher man, but as
] said | would talk on any subject that was
proposed, pills will be my text. Now, to
begin with, there are quinine pills, calomel
pills, big pills and little pills, and thou
sand kind of other pills what the doctor do
prescribe when the flesh am sick. But l
propose to talk to you about de kind Of
medicine what de soul needs when it am
sick-gospills.'
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
Would Not Be a Mouser.

Owing to the enormous increase IL
the number of field mice on the estate
of the chairman of the local school,
board of Negouitz. in Bavaria. that
gentleman gave the school children
mouse holidays" TO enable them to
catch the rodents. On the teacher re-
monstrating, he was told that if he
were "a decent sort of fellow" he
would help the children to trap the
mice. After waiting some days he had
the children's parents fined for moi
sending them to school, with the re.
suit that he was himself promptly
dismissed from his post.-Londor
World
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
Rates Lower and Service Equal to
the Best, to All Points East

via the Nickel Plate Road Up-to-date
train service consisting of Three Thru Ex-
press Trains daily made up of modern day
coaches and superb, dining and sleeping
to Fl: Wayne, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo,
New York, Boston and intermediate sta
tons. Individual club meals served in
Dining Cars at prices ranging from 50 cents
to $l.O0 per meal for each person. Also
seTved "a la saFee Coffee and
walters. Special attention given to ladies
travelling alone or accompanied by chill
dren. No excess fares charged on any train
Stop over at Niagara Falls and Chautauqua
Lake allowed on all tickets. All trains
Street station, Chicago. For rates, routes,
ETC., call on or address ]. Y. Callahan, Gen
Agt., No. Ill Adams St., Chicago, Ill.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
SACRED ISLE OF POOTOO.
Ground Wherein the Foot of Woman
Is Never Permitted
to Tread.

There is one spot in the whole world
where woman's feet dare not tread It
is the sacred isle of Pootoo, in the Chu-
san archipelago, on which are 80 tenn
pies, and for 1000 years, it is declared,
a woman has never touched foot on
the soil.
Pootoo is barely three miles across
and its wooded peaks rise to height
Of 800 feet, with more than 80 tenn
Piles niched in its ravines and valleys,
perched on its sea fronting cliffs, nestled
at the foot of the hills, and browning
their SUBMITS
There are yellow-tiled imperial tenn
pies, built and enriched by Emperor
Kienlung, and these golden roofs still
CLEAN in their neglect and decay
among sacred groves of trees that are
alone enough to make the fame of the
Island shrine.
Enormous camphor trees of unknown
age look to be the most venerable OF
their kind, and cedar and ginko (salis-
burial, or mathematician trees are as
splendid in their development. The
company of priests has dwindled as rev.
enues were withdrawn, and pilgrims are
not as many now as century ago.
The whole island is sacred ground
and no woman may live there, or pre-.
sumably defle it with her presence, but
many women pilgrims do set foot on
the sacred isle and make the round OF
the neglected temples. Even foreign
women have been there on rare occa.
sions, when an excursion has been ar.
ranged and steamer chartered from
Shanghai.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
From Society to Solitude.

From the thronged thoroughfRes of
London, England, to the forests of On
tario.. No greater contrast can be
Imagined, and yet it is not fiction, but
fact.
It was on Sunday morning of the
past summer that l was following in
the footsteps of guide as he picked
his way over blazed trail when dis
covered some smoke rising through
the trees somn little distance in front
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05

Pills did me a great
lot of good, and if
it were not true I
would not recon-
mend them. Itwas
the strain of lift
ing that brought
on kidney trouble
and weakened my
back. but since
using Doan's Kid
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
Time-Honored Truth.

Wisdom is better than rubies," de-
clared Solomon. And now, some centuries
later, this opinion has been confirmed N
Germany where they manufacture by
chemical process, while you wait, just
asgood article in this line of gems at a
all. How much better wisdom is than
rubies is shown by the fact that wisdom
can now make rubies, while whole coolies
of rubies have failed in numerous recorded
instances to make man wise.-lndianap-
oils News
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
Useless Plumber.

London jeweler recently had a Their
mometer stolen from his shop, and tbs
next day he affixed the following notice
to his window: will the misguided in.
dividual who took the thermometer with.
out leave the other day please return ths
same. He has made a mistake 1t car
be of no use to him in the place to which
he is going. as it only registers 125 de
grees of heat
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05

ney Pills have lifted six hundred
pounds and felt no bad effects. I have
not felt the trouble come back since,
although / had suffered for five or six
years, and other remedies had not
helped me at ALL
For sale by all dealers Price so cents.
Foster Milburn Co.. Buffalo, N. =.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
Polluted Wells in India

In India polluted water in wells
tanks. canals and other receptacles usee
by the natives is dosed with kerosens
oil or chemicals in order TO render i
unpalatable SO the natives will not in
cur disease By using it for drinking
purposes
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
Evasion.

"You said you were going to see that l
was well taken care of"
did I?' rejoined Senator Sorghum.
eyes, sir. And now | want to know
whether you are going to keep your prom
Use"
MY dear sir, that was not promise
That was a prophecy Washington Star.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05

Bacteriology sensibly decides that
mosquitoes and rats carry most of the in
ont aapss napsr It's
kisses and Van Dyke whiskers.-Puck.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05

Fits stopped free and permanently cured
No fits after first days use of DR.. Kline's
Great Nerve Restorer. Free 81 trial bottle &
treatise. DR.. Kline, 93l Arch ST., Phila., Pa.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
Why He Studies Law.

Do you expect that he will stick to it?
Speculator-Oh, no; 1 just want him to
know enough about it SO that he will be
able to evade it uccessfully.-Detroit Free
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
How About an Americana

A London traveller finds that the Eng
lsh telephone girl is slow and Indifferent;
the French, intractable and Impairment;
the Italian, lazy.-Jndianapoli News.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05

Piso's Cure cannot be too highly spoken of
as cough cure.-J. w. O'Brien, 322 Third
Ave, N, Minneapolis, MINI. Jan. 6, 1900.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05

It's a shame that men are not as smart q
IS as they thought they were at 25.-Chj
cago News.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05

The cars new baby has heaps of trou-
BILE before him; Incidentally, he has got to
learn to talk Russian.-Boston Globe.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-05
THE STRAIN OF WORK.
Best of Backs Give Out Under the Burden
of Daily Toll.

Lieut.. George G. Warren, of No. s
Chemical, Washington, D. c., says:
Its an honest fact that Doan's Kidney
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
THE BOOKS THEY READ.

Cowper read only his Bible and his
prayer book.
Chopin rarely read anything heavier
than a French novel.
Voltaire's favorite classical author
was Juvenal, the satirist.
Rossini for nearly thirty years read
nothing but French novels.
Jean Paul Richter had only five or
six books, all philosophical.
Lord Give said that Robinson Cru
soe' beat any other book he ever read.
Franklin read all he could find re
lating to political economy and finance.
Michael Angelo was fOndest of the
books of Moses and the psalms of Da-
vid.
Bach was no great reader, but much
enjoyed books of jokes and funny stO-
rieS.
Baxter read only the Bible and best
enjoyed the prophesies of Isaiah and
the Psalms.
Wordsworth was fond of the poetry
of Burns, but said the latter was too
rough and uncouth.-Booklover.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11

from Dickinson college, pennsylvania,
in 1858. He was admitted to the bar in
New York in 1861 and the next year
entered the Union army, leaving it in
1865 with the brevet of colonel. He
has also received the medal of honor
which congress grants on account Of
deeds of conspicuous heroism and is n
member of the Medal of Honor legion.
General King has been successful as
lawyer, journalist and lecturer and
has talent also as a musical composer.
He was associate editor of the New
York Star and publisher at one time of
the Christian Union, later called the
Outlook. He also published the Chris
tian at Work. He is the author of va
rious historical works.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
Animal Curiosity.

A COW will approach Il new object
fascinated, but with timOrous suspi-
cion, and a horse is even more timid,
gazing at u distance for awhile, ready
to flee in a moment. The monkey will
snatch at everything that Is new and
deliberately examine it till, finding
that he cannot eat it or mock mankind
with it, he will drop it and let it pass
from his shallow memory. There is a
pathos in the slenderness of animal
curiosity, ii is SO easily satisfied. The
thought, if thought it be, usually ends
with the first flush of surprise and the
impression of safety.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
TRAVELLING IN INDIA.
One Must Hire n Native Servant or
Endure Endless Trouble.

Endure Endless Trouble.
Every one who goes to India to travel
or live at hotels, says the Chicago Rec
ord-Herald, must have personal serv-
ant. a native who performs the duties
of valet, waiter and GRAND boy and
whatever else may be required of him.
This is fixed custom of the country,
to resist which brings endless trouble
to the traveller.
Many of the Indian hotels expect the
guests to bring all their own servants,
both chambermaids and walters, and
are consequently so short handed that
the traveller who comes without them
has usually to wait upon himself.
On the railways Il native servant is
quite Indispensable, for travellers are
required to carry their own bedding,
make their own beds and furnish their
own towels. The company provides a
bench to sleep on similar to those i'll
American freight cabOoses.
Each car has also Mushroom and
sometimes water. But if the traveller
wishes to be sure of washing his face
in the morning and if he is wise he will
send his servant to the station master
the water tank filed. Then n HindoO
with a goatskin full of water will
climb TO the roof of the car and fill it
and, having descended, will stand be-
fore the door and touch his forehead
every time the traveller looks toward
him till he receives a penny.
AT the eating houses along the road
the servant will have to raid the Ia
bles and shelves for food and bring it
TO the car for his master, since no wait
ers are provided. In addition he will
hire baggage carriers and will attend
to all the details of catching trains and
engaging rooms.
A good servant can be hired for SO
a month. Poorer bearers" as they are
called, can be engaged for 81 or So a
month and expect to find them
selves, but the traveller must pay rail-
way fare for them.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11

expected that many of them will be
present. Mayor William McCOnochie
and City Attorney j. X. Scott. of this
city, and Rev. Searcey and w. ~.
Meese. of Moline, Will deliver address
es. 1he laying of the stone will take
place at 5 o'clock, and a cordial invi-
tation is extended by the members
Of the order to any who desire to be
present.
The home i to he Il two-story struc-
ture. of modern design, and will cost
So. 500. The ground contains acres
and has been in possession of the
members for three years, it having
been purchased of Mrs. Mary Daugh
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11

pears InSIne PrOSe sEuuH Twr1rren IN
Iceland jim the thirteenth century, is
as follows:
I'm nastrond there is a vast and
direfult structure withsdoors- that face
the north. This building is formed
entirely ofsthe backs and scales of ser
penis, wattled together like wicker
work. But -the Fheads Of the serpents
themselves are turned toward the in
side of the hall, and they continually
vomit forth floods OF venom, in which
must wade throughout eternity all
those who commit murder or swear to
lies" Another description OF mas
trond is similar to this, but adds that
the evildoers are occasionally bitten
by the great dragon Nidhogg.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
Medicinal Vegetables.

Vegetables have direct effect upon
the human system and often combine
rare curative powers. Spinach af-
fords relief in kidney troubles, and
the common dandelion, used as greens,
is excellent for the same thing. As
paragus purges the blood. Celery acts
admirably upon the nervous system
and is u cure for rheumatism and
neuralgia. Tomatoes act upon the liv-
er. Beets and turnips are excellent
appetizers. Lettuce and cucumberS
are cooling in their effects upon the
system. Onions, garlic. leeks, olives
and shallOts, all of which are similar.
possess medicinal virtues of a marked
character, stimulating the circulatory
system. and the consequent increase
in the saliva and gastric juice promotes
digestion. Red onions are an excellent
diuretic, and the white ones are rec
commended to be eaten raw as a REM
edy for insomnia. y soup made from
onions is regarded by the French as
an excellent restorative in weakness
OF the digestive organs.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1904-06-11
Mummy Paint.

Ground up mummy makes a brown
of a certain rare color that nothing
else can give. 1t is on account of the
asphaltum in the mummy that this is
so. The Egyptians wrapped their dead
in garments coated with asphaltum of
an incomparably fine and pure quality.
This asphaltum as the centuries passed
impregnated the tissues of the dead
themselves. 1t turned them into the
best paint material in the world. Be
ing exceedingly expensive, 1t is used
only by portrait painters In depicting
brown hair