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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-19
HE LIKED TO "sUccUMB."
Brewery Man Wore the White Ribbon
Because He Was Tempted
and Treated.

Mrs. Robert j Burdette tells story about
the white ribbon which is the sign of total
abstinence. There are some persons" sa i'd
Mrs Burdette, according to the Chicago
Daily News, who don't wear the white rp-
bon with sincerity. They wear it, perhaps,
about as hypocritcaHy as it was worn by
an employee of certain brewer This EN-
ploye, after years of dissipation, appeared
one day at the brewery with the wnlte rib
bon on his breast
Nothing was said to him and ne wore the
ribbon for some months. Then one day the
head of the firm, happening to notice the
mans badge, approached him. Why,
Frank he said, 1t is strange to see you, a
brewer, wearing the white ribbon 1t does
look strange, sir, the man admitted.
Well, said the brewer, why do you do
wear the ribbon because it makes men like
to tempt me, and when I'm tempted 1 sue
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study means or
conserving the public health These
learned gentlemen have experimental
great deal. and are satisfied that
they have discovered a safe and cheap
method in the use of copper Sulphate.
They do not want to force their rem
edy upon the people, but they have
been limiting very strongly that the
District of Columbia offers a field for
trial of their discovery. They want
to put this copper sulphate in the city
reservoirs, and they also recommend
that for simple drinking purposes wa
ter be placed in copper vessels and al
lowed to stand few hours
The district authorities, however, do
not take kindly to the suggestions Of
the government experts. They de-
clined to allow the copper sulphate
experiment to be tried on the dog"
They have ignored the recommends
ton regarding the use of copper yes
sells, and when the public schools
opened few days ago they insisted
that the children be irrigated with
boiled water. This, they claim, is the
only practical method so far found
or discriminating germs. They have
supplied the schoolhouses with old
fashioned tin wash boilers, in which
the water to be used by the children is
boiled. Now come the government
experts with a cry of horror that wa
ter boiled in these tin vessels, contain
ing large percentage OF lead, is poi.
sonous. and SO tbs controversy goes
on
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Rates Lower and Service Equal tc
the Best, to All Points East

via the Nickel Plate Road. Up-to-date
train service consisting of Three Thru Elk
press Trains daily made up of modern day
coaches and superb dining and sleeping
to Fit. Wayne, Cleveland, Erie, Buffalo,
New York, Boston and Intermediate sta
tons. Individual club meals served in
Dining Cars at prices ranging from 35 cents
to $l.0O per meal for each person. Also
service "a la carte" Coffee and sandwiches
served to passengers in their seats by
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
arrive at and depart from the new La Sale
Street station, Chicago. For rates, routes,
etc, call on or address J. Y. Callahan, Gen
Agt., No. Ill Adams St., Chicago, III.
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LIKE A THIN RED LINE.
jerks Red Flannel Underwear Looked
Like String Of Coral
Beads.

Somebody told Mr. jerks that red flannel
worn next to the SKIN would cure toe rneu-
matlsm from which ne suffered. So he pur-
CHASED several sets of red flannel undergar-
ments The clerk assured MIN that the firm
guaranteed the goods in every particular,
About two weeks later, says the New York
LINES, Mr.. jerks revisited the shop, sought
out the proprietor and told his woetui story.
Inc goods are the best in the house,, de-
clared the proprietor. vi course" he said !,
In the reasonable tone used on unreason-
able persons, of course the shirts may have
shrunk or faded little"
"Snrunk. Faded" beloved Mr.. jerks.
What do you think my wife said to me
when l came down to breakfast yesterday
with one of them on?"
The proprietor looked bored.
We'll, sir" said the aggrieved jerks,
she looked at me a minute, and then said I:
What is that little red line round your neck,
John? 1t isn't the baby's string OF coral
BEADS is it !'S
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ans, and rely TO q great extent upon
ex-oftice holders for their debaters.
Wherever these men go, whose names
are household words on account Of
their prominence in public life, there
is sure to be an interested audience
to listen to them. Speaker Cannon,
OF the house, draws immense throngs,
as does Bourke Cochran, ecsily the
first orator on the democratic side
OF the house. Senator Fairbanks,
vice presidential candidate on the re-
publican ticket, and ex-senator Davis,
the vice presidential candidate on the
democratic ticket, are always sure or
a hearing.
When 1t comes down to a heart-to-
heart talk with the horny-handed
sons of the soil, Secretary of Agri-
culture Wilson takes the prize His
value as campaigner is so well es-
tablished that he was one of the very
first 10 receive assignment for work
in the field. The old gentleman is a.
Scotchman by birth, and he has never
lost the burr from his tongue. He
speaks with broad accent, and is pos
sessed OF plenty Of quaint Scotch hui
NOR, that is keenly appreciated by the
people. He draws his illustrations
from nature, and when he gets right
down to an earnest talk with his au-
dience he comes nearer making votes
than any other speaker on the politi-
cal platform. He is a good mixer, and
when he goes around among his au-
dience after the speaking is over.
shakes hands with the farmers, and
asks about their crops, at the same
| time giving some shrewd suggestions
regarding the same, he just about
captures the rural crowd
National Avenue to Mount Vernon.
In the recent agitation for improv-
ing and identifying Washington and
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lowed, as it for
merly was, but the excitement and
hurrah of such demonstrations are re-
served for the last few weeks or
days before the election. Twenty or
80 years ago, and even before the
war, there were months of campaign
excitement, and political gatherings
were held throughout the country,
where issues were fought over, pre-
scented and refuted, and the voters
talked TO for the purpose of CONVEX
sion.
So far this year 1t has been dem
lonstrated that the voters Of the coun
try take little interest in the public
addresses, and in the old-style Joint
debates" by means of which political
doctrines were formerly disseminated.
1t has been demonstrated that these
only attended public meetings who
are interested in sending noted men,
and hearing the oratory of noted
speakers They do not attend to hear
arguments, and care little for what
is presented on either side. They go
TO public meetings to be entertained
and diverted. This change has been
fully grasped by the political man
ayers of the two great parties, and
they are directing their efforts to edu-
cate the people by other means. They
have not abandoned altogether the
public gatherings, the barbecues,
marching clubs and torch-light pro-
cessions. but provide for them more as
a means of exciting public interest
than making political converts.
Chairman Babcock, of the republic
an congressional campaign committee,
declares that the most effective work
is now done on election day. not lille
gally, IN the way of bribery or any
fraudulent work, but by persistent
personal efforts in getting out individ-
uaI voters.
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SOTDlH I
three years ago. and has been dis
cussed to some extent since. 1t Is just
il miles from the boundary lines Of
Arlington national cemetery to the old
Mount Vernon mansion. The way lies
along an elevated ridge. bordering the
Potomac, from which a beautiful
view Of that noble river and surround
ing country can be had. The idea as
it has been discussed is for the states
now representing the Is original colo
MES each to take in charge one mile
Of this avenue, build the road, and
suitably beautify it.
Such project, If carried to COM
pletion, would mean a perfect and
handsome driveway from Washington
City to Mount Vernon, and it is be-
lieved would become exceedingly popu-
lar in addition to- its historic signif-
canoe. There is now splendid road
from the limits of the city to Airing
ton cemetery, the ancient home of the
Custises and the Lees. Adjoining Ar
lington is the military reservation Of
Fort Myer, now one of the best-ap-
pointed military posts in the country.
If the avenue of the 13 original
statesR were built. it is suggested
tht memorial arches and other means
of perpetuating the history of the
first confederation could be built,
and the driveway be lined with shade
trees representative of the various lat
| itudes. as nearly every form of tree
will flourish in these parts.
| The Question of Drinking Water.
| The city of Washington has been
| greatly stirred this summer ON the
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nr
tacular as former
ly, and while corps of spell binders
Will traverse the country from one
end to Sthe other, there will not be
so much dependence placed upon their
efforts
The national managers have learned
that the establishment of rural free
delivery and the extension of sub
urban trolley systems have been the
greatest aids in the dissemination of
general knowledge in the past ten
years. They have aided in the polit-
ical education of the country by Civ
ing the rural population daily mails.
and of this the national committees
have taken due advantage. They send
out daily brief pamphlets on political
topics which the farmer and work
men can read in few minutes. They
have corps Of newspaper writer's at
headquarters, who furnish to the
smaller daily newspapers editorial
matter and news letters of a political
character so that the claims of each
party are constantly before the eyes
of the public. The public is a closer
reader than ever before, and for this
reason has about made up its mind
on political questions before the cam
paign orators swing around the circle
with their speeches
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question of whole
some, healthful
drinking water.
Epidemics of ty-
phi old fever in
various parts Of
the country have
called the atten-
ton Of the people
to methods of
purifying W alter
supplies. In the
agricultural de-
partment are noted
scientists, whose
HNrY nro - e. 80
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Color of Adam and Eve

A dispute has arisen whether Adam
and Eve were not colored. The burden
of all obtaining testimony Is that they
undoubtedly were, remarks the Buffalo
Express. They were green when the
serpent led them astray, but they
turned blue when cast out Of Paradise.
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surrounding his
toric territory, the
attention of many
patriotic organiza-
tons has been
called to a scheme
for the construc-
ton of a national
avenue connecting
the Arlington GEM
etery with Mount
Vernon, the home
OF t h e immortal
Washington. This
idea was first sug-
geSted bv Gen.
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ALL BROKEN DOWN.
No Sleep-No Appetite-Just Continual
Backache.
Joseph McCauley, of IA Sholto ST.
Chicago. Sachem of Tecumseh Lodge

says: 1.-TWO years ago
my health was com.
pletely broken down.
Ny back ached and
was SO lame that at
times ! was hardly
able to dress myself.
] lost my appetite and
was unable to sleep.
There seemed to be
no relief until I took
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-19

Doan's Kidney Pills, but four boxes Of
this remedy effected complete and
permanent cure. If suffering humanity
knew the value of Doan's Kidney Pills,
they would use nothing else, as it is the
only positive cure I know"
For sale by all dealers. Price so cents
Foster Co., Buffalo, N. Y.
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campaign, q IL u
that is a change
in electioneering
methods. T b i S
change has been
gradual during the
past dozen years,
but in this ma
tional campaign is
more marked than
ever before. The
old brass band,
torchlight process
sions, and barbe-
cue style of cam
paign is not fol
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-19

when the array of
oratorical talent,
most Of which is
produced from Of
fetal circles in
w ashing ton. is
considered. Con
gress furnishes the
largest corps from
which these pub
lie speakers are
drawn. The cab.
met circle con-
tributes a mum
Der, a n d other
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Would Welcome Strikes.

Alligator hunters have formed union
and the alligators are just that indiffer-
ent TO suffering that they don't care IL
the union strikes and stays out for six
months at a time.
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that the highwater
mark in campaign
expenditures has
been passed. Mel
Their party expects
to spend so much
this year as in
former national
campaigns. This is
due largely to the
change in t b e
public mind re-
garding politics. 1t
is not necessary
to spend so much
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-19

/ am sure Piso's Cure for Consumption
saved my life three years ago.--Mrs. Thos
Robbins, Norwich, n. Y. Feb. II. 1900.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-19

If you are going to wear pleasant smile all
the time, pick one that fits your face.-Chi-
cago Tribune.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-19

UIauCHOo OF tne
government furnish some eloquent
speaking The democrats draw from
congress. as well as do the republic
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Men who are carrying to-morrow's bur-
dens are not counting to-day's blessings.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-19
WASHINGTON LETTER
NEW AND OLD POLITICAL CAM
PAIGN METHODS COMPARED.
GROWTH OF PRESS BUREAU
Days of Spellbinder Not Yet Passed
Magnificent Driveway Proposed to
Mount decentralization Of
Drinking Water.

Washington.-One thing seems to
have been developed in this years
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-19
The Political Press Bureau.

Political managers of the republican
and democratic headquarters believe
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-10-19
spellbinder Still with Us.

1t is too much to say that the day
OF spellbinders has passed, especially
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The Question of Drinking Water.
The city of Washington has been
greatly stirred this summer on the
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WHEN WRITING TO ADVERTISERS
please state that you saw the 50
yeEtiseuDent In thts pager.
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Lydia Vegetable Compound is the rem
he period gtrlr
accomplish being THAI
LydiaE
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hard, but the doctor thought different ana
prescribed tonics, which I took by the
quart without relief Reading one day In
the paper of Mrs. Pinkham's great cures,
and finding the symptoms described an.
swered mine, decided would give Lydia
e. Pinkham's Vegetable Compound q
trial did not say word to the doctor;
bought it myself, and took it according
to directions regularly for two months.
and found that I gradually improved.
and that all pains left me, and was my
old self once more. - Lille E. SINoLAIR,
II E. 22d ST., Chicago I'LL"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-27
HON. SIDNEY J. cArrs, OF FORT DEPOSIT.

ty' Ala, in stones throw, of Lowndes my present home. At Il years of age my Iather passed beyond the river and its rolling Ilde and lett my mother to wtdowhood. From her all the ambitions for truth, honor and virtue came to me and when l return to my boyhood home l stand with barred head before her hon ored tomb. At this period Of my life worked in the field and pIowed and hood and thirsted for an education. Together with her help l attended the A and M. College at Auburn, Ala. The Howard at Marion and Cumberland University. Lebanon, Tenn, where finished a law course and received my license to practice law. Soon after returning home from col lege great meeting occurred in the ut- tie village and God visited His mercy seat in the conversion of many sous, among them was my own which he changed from sin to the light of his coun- tenance reconciled. l became a minister of the Baptist denomination and have for sixteen years ministered to the sick,
 buried the dead, comforted the bereaved and cheered the depressed as well as attended to many business affairs of life.
 for which God has given me an aptitude.
 Many of my friends say to me that 1 differ from most preachers in the power or attending to any and every kind Of
 legitimate business that may come up.
 was very highly complimented the other
 day by a friend in Tuskegee while in
 attendance upon the funeral of Colonel
 Thompson. He said while you do not
 look like Colonel Thompson in person,
 you are very much like him in being
 man of business and affairs. I thanked
 him very much and told him that 1 had
 been of great value to many of my
 friends as well as myself in knowing how
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-27

into the arena of politics, Stand with me in the gilded hall of fame and look upon the statue of J. L. M. Curry. a Baptist preacher, whose brilliance of life out shone the splendor of that bronze which commemorates his life and ask If he did not bless this notion and If he did not sweep beyond the seas. Look upon Alabama's own loved J. William Sanford a Methodist minister, and hear the sad tears falling even yet in memory of his blessed influence not only upon the poli- tics of great State. but in love in the hearts of every son and daughter of our commonwealth. There are many others. but time forbids me to speak of them.
 Some one asked me why I wanted to go to Congress. He said don't you know there is no religion there. and I replied now, my brother. If there is none then don't you think it was time we were getting some there. That is the reason I want to go.
 Now if the Christians of the Fifth Dis trict, the Methodists. Baptist Presby- terians. Christian Disciples and others will stand by me. I will sweep through the gates of victory and by the next cam paign We will have counted all the sin ners and all will be lovely in the Fifth
 As the time Is short and the campaign hurried l take this method of speaking to many whom I cannot see personally and say to them frankly that if you see fit to elect me as your representative I shall stand for a good roads law. the extension of the rural delivery of mail, and the federal support for the better education of our children. /I will go there to he a hard worker for you and your children and to carry on the good work in the district which has made it so distinguished under Colonel Thomp-
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-27

Ashland.
 March sO Wednesday, p. m.. speak at Bowden.
 March S1, Thursday, Il a. m, speak at Rockford.
 March S1, Thursday. p. m.. speak at Kellyton.
 April l, Friday. 10 a. m., speak at Alexander City.
 April l. Friday, p. m.. speak at Dadeville.
 April ?. Saturday. 10 a. m. speak at Camp Hill.
 April 3, Sunday Il a. m, preach at Lafayette.
 April 3. Sunday, 8 p. m. preach at Roanoke.
 April 4. Monday. 10 a. m., speak at Wedowee.
 April f. Monday, p. m, speak at Roanoke.
 April 5. Tuesday. 10 a. m. speak at Cusseta. April 5. Tuesday. p. m, speak at Lanett.
 April 6 Wednesday, 10 a. m, speak at Shorters.
 April s. Wednesday, 8 p. m, speak at Deatsville.
 April :, Thursday. 10 a. m, speak at WetumplA.
 April [. Thursday. 8 p. m.. speak at Prattville
 April s. Friday. 10 a. m. speak at Autaugaville.
 April S. Friday, 8 p. m, speak at Null berry.
 April g, Saturday. 10 a. m. speak at Benton.
 April g. Saturday. 8 p. m, speak at Lowndesboro.
 April 10. Sunday, II a. m, preach at Hayneville. Sidney J. Catts.--lt
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-27

and maliciously attempts to commit eith- CT of the offenses defined in Sections l. 2 and B. of this act, shall suffer death. or at the discretion of the court, shall be imprisoned at hard labor for not less than ten years.
 Sec. B. That any accessory before the fact to any offense described in the pre- ceding sections of this act, may be in dicted and punished as a principal. eith- CT separately or jointly with such prin- cipal.
 Sec. 6. That any person who shall willfully and knowingly aid in the es- cape of any person guilty of either of the offenses mentioned in the preceding sections of this act shall be deemed an accomplice after the fact and shall be punished by fine or Imprisonment at the discretion of the court as principal, although the other party or parties to the offense shall not be indicted or con- victed.
 The report of the committee was not
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-27

under the constitution or laws thereof, to act as President in case of the remov- all death, resignation or inability of both the President and Vice President. who by so killing such official shall cause such vacancy in the office by him held at time when by the constitution and laws of the United States. 1t would be the duty of the person holding such office to act as President. shall suffer death.
 Sec. 3. That any person who shall within the limits of the United States or any place subject to the jurisdiction thereof willfully and maliciously kill any ambassador or minister of a foreign State or country accredited to the United states and being in such limits and while engaged in the performance of his outles' or because of his otncial charac- ter or because of any of his official acts or omissions, shall suffer death.
 Sec. l, That any person who within the limits of the United States or any place in the Jurisdiction thereof willfully
The Montgomery advertiser., 1904-03-27
(comimunicated.)

NCOHtfuuniCdIcu.l
 It is with q great deal of sadness of- heart that I indite this letter to the voters of the Fifth District. Colonel Thompson whom we all loved is dead, His distinguished life belongs to those realms which we all will one day enter and, where the angels worship and the Lord God reigneth. We face life's- battles with slower tread and the funeral march sounds the weird sad strains of "a long farewell. His place is to be filled and we turn to the hustling campaign and it's. duties. IL is an honor to any man to aspire to fill his place and while feel my, inccrnpetency still<I can say to the voters that if a sturdy adherance to duty an aptitude for hard work and mastering difficult problems and living an honest. straightforward life can In any manner supply the great loss pledge the voters of the district to do my whole duty I. desire to give you briefly a history of my life that you may see that there, Is brawn and sinue in its worp and filling. Born In 1888 while the guns of civil strife. were rife I spent my young years in my boy hood home at Pleasant Hill. Dallas Coun--