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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
PHRASE OF GALLO NEATNEss.
Compliment That Could Not Fail to
Turn Away ANGER

compliment That Gould Not Fail to
Turn Away Anger.
George Grey Barnard, the sculptor,
is hard at work in France, in-the town
of Moret, upon his decorations for the
state capitol at Harrisburg.
An American visited Mr. Barnards
studio in September, and, while he
was watching the sculptor modelling, a
strange looking figure reeled past the
Window long-haired man in velvet
coat, with bottle of wine in each
hand. This figure paused in the quiet
street, took sip from each Of the
bottles and went on again.
What a queer spectacle said the
visitor.
THAT is the town drunkard," said
Mr.. Barnard. He is a person of tai
ent, too. He writes verses, paints a
little and has composed four popular
songs. He is such witty chap that
it is dangerous, in conversation, to
cross blades with him.
Sometimes he says the pleasantest,
brightest things. One evening, Cor IN
stance, he was staggering homevard,
after an afternoon at the cafe, when
the town marshal met him.
See, here. Casimir,' the marshal
said, why don't you stop drinking
if not for your own sake, then for the
sake of your two boys? Your exam
pie to those little fellows is PERM.
cious. 1t will ruin their career
'Cassimir smiled bowed and waved
his hand deprecatingly.
My dear marshal he suffered
'de-de-despite what you say, | in
tend to make of my boys what you
will never be able to make of yours
What is that?' said the marshal.
Better men, said Cassimir. than
their father"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
He Knew the Game Too W.,

There was very rich old man In
Washington, said Jack" Adam
whose daughter was in love with 4
young man about town. The old man
consented to ask the sutton tn dinr.v
to see for himself if he had any had
habits.
All went well until the third covrxe
when the old man needed some saIt
He asked for it, whereupon the youps
man pressed his thumb ana second
nnger gently but firmly around ihe
bottom of the shaker. laid his f,.ra-
as. firmly on the top. set it carefnIlv
down in ffont of the old man. t;,e,
gave 1t little push toward him s.
the way in which practiced hands ma
nipulate pile of poker chips.
The old man watched the perform.
ance intentiy. then broke on .he
match.
had been.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
The Bachelors Wish.

Wanted a wife,
To sweeten life.
BY bachelor young and healthy.
i do not care,
So the lady be fair
How poor she may be or wealthy
She must not be tall,
Nor yet verv small,
But beautiful. gentle and Young
With eyes that are bright
And a heart that is light.
And one who can bride her tongue.
With soul full of love-
And as pure dove.
And a. form that is slender and airy:
With voice like a birds
Though of not many words,
And as light on her foot as fairy.
And when I can find
One just to my mind,
Who'll love me sincerely and ever
VOW not to leave her
Nor harm her, nor grieye her
'Eill death shall the pair of us severi
Alfred Wheeler.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
Cabinet Dinners Not popular.

Cabinet dinners have been voted a
bore by the president and Mrs. RcoseA
welt and will be abolished this winter
il they have their way There are
nine Of these dinner each season. one
being given by each member of the
cabinet. The guests invariably con-
slst of the president and his wife and
the other members of the cabinet and
their wives or other ladies of their
families. Occasionally one or two out
siders are included, but very seldom.
and it is hardly to be wondered at that
the affairs have become boresome.
For the past two years Mrs Roosevelt
has felt that the dinners were an mn
necessary tax on the cabinet families.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
SPRUNG FROM SAME SOURCE.
Whale and Lion Said to BE Of identj
cal Origin.

Whale and Lion Said 20 BE Of identt
cal Origin.
AS every one knows or ought &C
know, the whale is not fsh, but
mammal, and biologists have Iona
pondered and disputed about its fam
sly tree. In Eocene times the ancea
tors of mammals were beginning &c
take shape somewhat like those OF to
day and to lose the grotesQueness n
herited from their reptilian pr0ge1t
tors. To be sure, animals were very
different from those of today. Horses
were no larger than dogs and had
five toes, while cattlelike tinoceras.
twice the size of an OK, with six horns:
tusklike teeth and five toes. cropped
the heritage of Wyoming. Along with.
these peculiar plant feeders there
dwelt some very. primitive flesh eat
ers, to which Prof. Cape gave the
name of creadonta.
The scene shifts to modern times
Prof. Fraas of Stuttgart, Germany, Is
delving in the rocks near Cairo,
Egypt. He is getting out huge. Jaw
bones that have been petrified. The
jawbones are those of whales and the
rocks near Cairo were in Eocena
times. the seashore The professor
has studied his whale jaws and com.
pared their teeth, with other fossil
teeth. Now he tells us in a recent
Abhandlungen that these teeth of an.
cient whales are like those of thu
ancient carniverous creodonts. From
this he argues that on Eocene or ear.
l1er times some primitive flesh eater
took to an aquatic life. From these
old times to the present whales have
been becoming more fishlike.
: 1t is hard to believe that the raven
Gus lion and inoffensive and toothless
whale OF to-day had a common ances
tor. yet they both have the Same
tastes for blood, only the whale swal
lows his food whole
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
Not All unqrateful.

People who ride on these cars,
remarked the confidential conductor,
as his car trundled along Walnut
street the other evening. are fire.
auently a queer and ungrateful lot,
but sometimes they are the reverse.
The other day. for instance, an old
German chap was trying to get on
this car of mine at Eleventh street.
He was crossing the street and did
not see the approach of car up Eley-
enth- ran nutaand grabbed him from
in front of the fender. He gasped
out, as soon as he got his breath:
Sir. eff was as rich as / am poor,
would give you fousand dollars for
dist Philadelphia Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
The Political Aspect.

Mark Smith, former congressman
from Kentucky, was telling the story
of a Kansas senator who appeared in
Washington with a long beard, then
suddenly cut it off.
IF you must know said the senator
upon being asked, why, it was like
this. l was in the Senate one day,
working away, when two pages came
up behind me,
Hes from Kansas. whispered one
NO said the other, I'm not SO
sure
We'll prove it. declared the first
page. I'll go up behind him and give
him a good, hard kick. If jack rab-
bit don't jump out of his beard then
you win
"Ii leave it to anybody" concluded
the senator, IF it wasn't time to cut
of the beard
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
AUTHORS DAUGHTER ON STAGE
Ethel Bret Harte Forced to Earn Liv.
ing in Concerts.

Ethei Bret Harte Forced TO Earn Liv.
ing in Concerts.
Miss Ethel Bret Harte, the daughter
of the famous writer of early Califor
MIA life, has decided to devote herself
to concert work. Although Bret Harte
made large profits from his writings
and won a success which seldom
comes to writer as early as it did
to him, he left his family in very
straitened circumstances, and if it
were not for the many stanch friends
in the American colony in London
Mrs. Bret Harte would often find it
difficult to make both ends meet.
With her children she has made heI
home in Bayswater ever since Bret
Harte's death. The family difficulties
have been complicated by threatened
loss of sight of one of the sons and
he has been sent to Switzerland in
the hope that renowned oculist may
perform a successful operation.
Miss Bret Harte has had long up
hill struggle in her work. She served
stage apprenticeship with George
Edwards and D'Oyly Carte She has
a soprano voice of excellent range and
sympathetic quality and her one de-
sire is to bring it to greater perfec-
ton. Her capacity for work seems
endless and her love of music is as
much of an incentive as the money
which she hopes to bring into the fam
lily purse. 1t is extremely difficult to
get a hearing on the concert stage in
London, where only the well-known
artists are invited to sing, but through
the influence of the friends of the
American author his daughter will
have every opportunity to make the
success which her friends anticipate.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
The Old Love.

1 fain would forget. dear heart,
The love of the long ago;
| struggle and strive to part
With longings l used to know.
| try to have sense, alone,
Be sentiment soul and will,
I fain wouIt, forget. dear one, u
But Memry is master still
Each sunbeam of summers day
Reminds me of what you were;
Each blossom along the way
Is ever with love astir.
Each note from the sky above
Is flush with a magic thrill
1 fain would forget dear love,
But Mem'ry is master still!
Can this be the love supreme
The faithful unfailing flame?
The years do not change the theme,
Loves ligl is aglow the same.
VIII tender regret depart.
And Time every sadness kills?
l fain would forget. dear heart,
But Men'ry is master still!
j. e. McNaHy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
ENGLISH Girl Fond Of poos.

Miss Ruby Cooke, daughter of Lady
Cooke of Easthorpe, England, is be-
lieved to own one of the finest collec-
ton of dogs in the world, including
Mighty Atom, which weighs just two
and a half pounds. Another of her
fads is photographing, at which she
and her brother are experts. Also
she goes in for fine embroidery, plays
the guitar, mandolin and banjo Tin ad-
dition to the piano, of course), and is
a famous candy-maker.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
WALKING in the Wood..

The autumn leaves are getting bright
With hues of brown and red,
The forest is wondrous blaze
OF color overhead.
And through the woods Myrtilla walks,
With Colin at her side,
And eagerly collects the leaves
BY natures colorS dyed.
At last she finds lovely one,
Unique among the rest,
And in her girlish way she cries:
'Oh, / must have that pressed!'
But how? She looks at Colin,
A look that can be felt;
Then with smile she slips the leaf
In underneath her belt.
Somerville, Mass, Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
Wasted Time.

District Attorney Jerome. however
reformed he may be now, was great
card player in his early days, SO much
SO that his mother, who was a. pious
woman, said to him one day by way of
remonstrance:
"A great deal OF time is wasted,
dear. is there NOT, in playing cards2"
Yes. mother" he smiled in reply,
-.there is. In stunning and dealing. ~
New York Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
Excursion RaJes.

For Christmas and New Years rates
of one fare plus so cents for round trip
is authorized Dates of sale Deem
her "A, 20, 26 and 81, Jan. / and ., CON
tinuous passage in each direction, go
ing passage TO commence on date of
sale. final return limit Jan. 4, 1905.
Ill. w. HEIvLY. Agent.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
Possibilities of the Future.

The luxuries of one generation are
the necessities for the next 1t is not
impossible that in few years more
the poor man Of this country will ride
to bis work in a neat $50 automobile
and look eaviously at his rich neigh
Dor who is abte to sail around in a
$1,000 sirship- = Oshkosh Northwest
ern.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
Too chean for Her.

wife-''The woman next door got
new gown yesterday"
Husband-"Yes and of course you
want one just like it,
Vile Don't you believe it. Hers
only cost $25."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
Wife of Veteran of 1912.

Mrs. John Buttesman of Orelanl.
Pa. has applied for pension. She is
&c years old and her late husband was
& veteran of 1872. Mrs Buttesman is
In excellent health and still reads her
paper without using glasses. The first
time she ever rode on trolley car
was when she vent to Norristown to
apply for pension.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
Clubbing Rates.
The Audit.

I kept account with Grief,
And many a tear-stained leaf
OF charges made a book.
But when Joy came, he took
His pen and audit made,
When 10! the ink did fade
From every page. My score
Invisible once more.
He entered some amounts
And Certified accounts
That proved ME solvent still
Rich in but dreams of i'll.
Since when. if life annoy,
/ charge not Grief. but Joy.
Chicago Journal
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
Don't Wait
Cut Prices.

Our prices are already be
low all competitors. We
are ready to show you the
Finest Goods in Furniture,
Glassware and Queens
ware in the county. !
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07

Chas. Hullet with whom many
OF our readers are acquainted, hav-
ing lived southeast of Kiowa few
years ago, had the misfortune of
having his right hand torn off ina
broom corn seeder last week.
Capron Hustler.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07

When you are locking for Holi,
day Goods don't forget to examine
adams d Cos Stock. Corner Main
and Kansas avenue. Opposite the
Bank.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07

Kansas farms for sale. by w. G.. Al
ford, at Hazelton, Kans., at reasonable
prices.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07
T. H. TFiGe, & Son, Sharon, Ks.

HoMEsTEADs. 200 million A. Mo.
HkR b & 30 other states. List 10c. S. w.
lEAEColonization Co., X. c., Mo.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-12-07

Special attention given to Embalming AL
work guaranteed.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-10-28

County. except for votes, had several
papers in the District on his authority
say, that Judge Jackson would retire
from the bench at once, and that he
dayton would be appointed to sue
coed him. 1t was then and not until
then, that our nimble John put his
ear to the latch and heard the Lord
call him as the logical successor of
the protege of the Armor and Steel
trust 1t was funny, to observe how
spruce active, nimble, and voluable
he at once become, speaking and
fighting iii turn, hit h as chased over
tae Cou nty, delivering himself OF
vauable Information primarily for
his own preterment, but if the party
for whom he utters his supplications
is successful, will be the keeping in
Office If a quarattee OF cormorants Of
this county who have had the gov
eminent l4ale in their mouths for the
past eight years, and ow begging
the people that they may net go hui G
in the years to come. Dig in, john
Jasper, with your beautiful perorations
for one side, and invective Of the
other, and as soon as this gang OF
corruptienists, and boodlers, think
they are in any danger from you, the
Stiletto that they whetted more than
one year ago, will be plunged into
you SO hard and deep, that one stand
ing on the top of North Mountain in
Gerardstown district, may hear your
groans at "Windewald." Again We
say dig in old man and you shall
have your reward.
Gerardstown
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-10-28
JOHN JASPER HETZEL, ESQ,

Mr.. Euitor:
The gentleman whose name appears
above made an address to a very
small audience at PItzer's school
house on the night of October 20. In
the course Of his talk, he took up the
tax laws passed by the extra session
of the Legislature, and referred to the
amount of property that was escaping
t xation. One item was the whiskey
stored in the warehouses of the Han
mis- Distilling Co., of Martinsburg.
The failure to assess this property he
ascribed to, and blamed the superin-
tendant of the Dist;llery Mr.. Alex
Parks.-If the gentleman from Arden
knows the facts about this particular
case, he failed to state them, or he
willfully charged Mr.. Parks, with a
matter with which he knew he was
blameless.
1.-THE writer is correctly informed,
and we think he is, awnen the state
Auditor was pressing the assessor to
make the assessment, and he had
made one or more visits to the Dis
tillery, then certain people become
alarmed about their positions. and
the political effect the assessment
mighe have w, T. Henshaw, Alex
Clohon, and c, NJ. Lamar, hurried off
to Charleston and had a conference
with the Auditor. Mr.. A. c, Scherr,
aud Ii I'd the order withdrawn wish
the gentleman would make careful
inquiry if such are not about the
facts pertaining to the assessment of the
Hannis CD's, product. h.. the
gentleman from Arden, in his en-
deavors to enlighten the people as to
the operations of the new tax laws
failed to tell his hearers. that in the
future the products their forms, the
increase of their live stock, the calf in
the pasture, the wheat in the bin. and
the meat in the smoke house are all
proper subjects OF taxation under our
new, revenue laws.
l failed to hear him call call atten-
ton to the fact. that brewer outsi de
of the state must first paw a license
tax of 5000 dollars if his plant brews,
1000. 900 barrels annually, that our
| friends Cline aud Timmons must each
paw $50 for hauling away our cast off
machinery, rags, and bones, the man
who operates hardware store, must
pay $500 for this privilege and last,
the thousands of people oyer the
length and breadth of, in every city
village and hamlet, must pay S.
each to sell a commodity as staple as
-four viz. tobacco. In his arraignment
all these things he evidently forgot.
He has become of late very regular"
in his political adherence. 1t is with
in the recollection of some when
he was not so regular" when he
was going around, the paths and
highways, hunting evidence to de-
stroy some OF the so called Republi-
can leaders, and anticipating what
an excellent officer, a certain Demo
cratic nominee would make" That
was after the meeting in the Court
House, to select delegates to the state
Convention, where figure appeared
on the floor, and drawing a paper
from his vest pocket, scanned it care
fully, and said, Sub Rosa" No, No,
John Jay. your name is not in the
book We will look after Arden
Dick, go back and sit down" But
the scene in the course OF few
moons. Alphonso Grand Dayton a
man from the mountains, who has
luever looked kindly at Berkeley
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-10-28
Special Commissioners Sale
OF VALUABLE
Town Property.

By virtue OF the authority vested in him by a de-
of the Circuit Court of Berkeley county, WA
made the day Of September, 1906, in suit in
Chancery therein pending in which Mollie V. Bentz
the unders igned special Commissioner will sell at
public auction at the front door of the Court House
in Martiasburg. Va, on
Saturday, November y, 1904,
at O'Clock p. m that Certain tract or parcel Of real
estate living and being in the town of Mar tinsburg
Maple avenue, it being the same real estate own
ed jointly by A F. Bentz and the hers Of the late
Lev is f. Bentz and being the same property which
was conveyee TO the said Lewis f.. BENZ and A. F.
Bentz by deed from Anthony Blondell and wife,
dated the - day OF January, 1874, ard of record
in the office of the Clerk OF the County Court of Der
kelley county, w. Va in deed book No. "A, page
464 and also a Carcel of which conveyed to the
said Lewis E. Bentz and A. F. Renz by John N
Reatch and wife bearing date the 73rd day of No
vember, 1880, and recorded in the County Clerks Of
fee in Deed Book No. IS page sI6 to which said
deeds reference is hereby made for a complete
description of this property.
This property is located in desirable residence
portion Of the city and is improved by a good two
story frame dwelling house in good repair
Terms of Sale
one-third of the purchase money cash on day of
sale and the balance 70 paid in two equal annual
payments of one ana two yeas each, the purchaser
giving his for the deferred payments. with
from date and the title be retained until all
~ W, c. KGLMER.
Special Commissioner.
State of Yves, Virginia, County of Berkeley to-wit
hereby certify that W. c. Klmer, special com
missioner in the above matter has executed bond
with approved security as required by law.
L. De W. GERHARDr,
Clerk Circuit Court Berkeley county, w. Va.
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-10-28

to formulate report on this letter
and the committee made the follow
| ing report:
Your committee to report the COM
munication from the Synod of West
Virginia of the Presbyterian church
in the United States of America, re-
specially recommend that the follow
ing answer be returned to that COM
munication:
The Synod of Virginia, with ex-
pressions of fraternal regard, hereby
agrees to the appointment of a COM
mittee to confer with similar conf
mittee from the Synod OF West Viz
ginia for the purpose of devising
plan to be adopted by both Synods
whereby the Mission work cfthe two
Synods may be CO nducted without
friction But inasmuch as the Synod
of Virginia does not own or control
any institution of learning it is de-
barred from entering into any con-
terence concerning such institutions.
If, however, in the providence OF God
such feelings Of kindness and conf
dence exist between these two bodies
that the members of the one freely
support the institutions within the
sphere of the others influence,
whether by patronage or Fl financial aid
it will be matter of gratitude to
this Synod
The fol lowing Brethren are appoint
ell to act as the committee OF the Synod
OF Virginia, viz The Rev. F. J. Brooke
D. D., the Rev. F. NJ Woods, d. D.,
the Rev Ernest Thompson, ID. D.,
and Ruling Elders Andrew NJ. Nc
Laughlin and j. c. Irons, NJ. d. Rev
A. NJ. Frazer ID. d.
This report was adopted with but
little discussion.
hC dloNu0olOb u POb VI ann CHioN
or closer relations with the Northern
church came on when the committee
on the minutes OF the General Assem-
bly, made its report.
Rev. DR.. Donaldson, Of Hun
tington made a strong and able
speech coming out strangely in favor
OF organic union. DR.. Donaldson is a
northern man and came some ten
years ago from the northern church.
His was the only speech in favor of
organic union, but the sentiment OF
Synod was overwhelmingly in favor
of closer iraternai relations. Able
speeches were made on the subject by
Rev. Dr. Fleming, of Iynchburg, Rev
Harris E. Kirk, of Baltimore, Rev DR..
Shaw, Rev, John Trostle, Rev. Mr..
Foster, of Tabb street church Peters
burg and Dr. P. D. Stephenson. The
following was finally adopted as SEN
timent OF the Synod on the subject,
In order that the committee appoint
ed by the General Assembly ION |
closer relations with other churches
may know 1.-The real sentiment of the
churches on the subject the Synod |
of Virginia informs the committee
that while the Synod desires to main
tain the closest fraternal relations
with all the branches OF the church of
Christ, that in our Interpretation Of
the mind OF the last Assembly in ap-
pointing said committee the question
or organic union is not conte plat
Martinsburg statesman. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1869-1906, 1904-10-28
ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

The undersigned having qualified as
admir-. of Della Vulgamont dec o..
herebv gives notice to those indebted
to said estate that they must pay
same at once and those having claims
against estate will present the same
at once Authorization for payment.l
7. T,LNmeu, Administrator. !