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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28
DlvER's STRANGE COUCH.
Seaman OF Bibulous Habits Indulgss
in q Five Days. Nap Un-s
81 der Water.

Some queer yarns are told about the
men who wear the uniform of sailor
in the service of Uncle Sam. Probably
the Queerest is the one told of Gunner
Mate Johnson. strapping big Swede
S at present serving out an enlistment on
board ship of war that frequently
visits San Francisco, relates the San
Francisco Call.
Johnson, it appears, is q most CON
vivial soul and fond or his ,grog. He
is also good sailor, but shines as a
diver. A short time ago, while. his shin
was anchored near Mare island, it be-
came necessary to send Johnson down
into the depths to take of some of the
growth from the hull. His last dive
lasted about an hour. When he came
up he told The executive officer that
it would take about a week to make
the ships bottom clean. He was given
the task and every day about nine
o'clock, clad in rubber suit and hell
met, he slipped over the ships side:
At mess gear" (meal time) he came
up, had his meal and at 1:30 o'clock
went owntagain, remaining down; un-
til mess gear" sounded again.
For five days Johnson kept this up
and then the chief gunner grew little
suspicious. About three o'clock one
afternoon he ordered second divers
suit broken out" This he donned
and went overheard. He came up in
about ten minutes and so did Johnson.
When the cumbersome suits were re-
moved the gunner ordered Johnson "to
the mast"
At the ships tribunal Johnson faced
the captain. What the skipper said to
him could not be heard, but at the
close of the interview Johnson meekly
saluted and walked forward nys
The explanation came next day when
the gunner confided to a fellow officer
that Johnson who had been given ev-
cry night ashore, spent them in roy?
STEERING about, then came aboard ship,
donned the helmet and suit and slipped
over the side of the ship, ostensibly to
clean the ships bottom, but really to
sleep. His shipmates were in on 1t, of
course ttEt-- f.s ISIS is g>Fss-i.
The gunner's suspicious had been
aroused when he noticed that the air
bubbles that always appear on the sur
face directly over the diver did not
vary foot during all the time Johnson
was down. When he investigated he
found Johnson hanging like a huge
barnacle to the side of the ship. His
arms were dangling about in the water
and his reclining position was MAIN
tanned by the aid of his signal lines,
one of which he had passed around his
shoulders and the other around his
feet
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28

Fertile Ohio Region Recalls the Fs
nous Raid Of the Traitor
Benedict Arnold. 81

Unnumbered native Ohioans, not tc
speak of hundreds of thousands of res.
idents of this state, who have come
from foreign lands and other states OF
the American union, must have won.
dered why a fertile and productive
tract in northern Ohio, a district which
in no way hints of the ravages of fire
should be called thel"frelands." Among
all the vicissitudes of Ohio's early his.
tory, relates the Dayton Herald, great.
CONGREGATIONS were notable for then
absence. No such terrible forest FIRE.
/, swept this state as ravaged large areas
in Michigan and Wisconsin 70 or Sc
years later ,f.ftt
The fires to which the name refer.
ragged in Connecticut, not Ohio, ane
they were the work OF the British and
tory soldiers, instead of the result O.
accidents or natural causes. In 1871
when the long struggle for independ
ence was nearly ended, Benedict Ar
mold commanded an expedition which
ravaged the Connecticut coast Of Ions
Island sound He burned New Londor
and other towns and left behind mis-.
ely anu OCoIAIullOu ia WELL DIS q more
bitter hatred than he had earned be.
fore that outrage Upon his native state
This and other cruel and senseles,
attacks upon Connecticut. towns Left
SO strong a feeling of sympathy and in.
justice behind that in disposing of Con.
necticut's rights in lands now forming
part of Ohio 7S1 square miles in the
extreme western edge of the western
reserve were set apart to be donated to
sufferers by British raids. Five ranges
Of townships running north and south
were included in this tract a1't'tise" i
Sandusky bay and Lake Erie extend
so far southwark at this point that ting
five ranges of townships contained only
about $780, eco acres of land. The tract
measured. seme~27 miles. by go. The
Connecticut sufferers from the torch OF
the enemy lived chiefly in New Lon.
don, Norwalk and Fairfield, and it was
from those towns that many Of the
settSrs of the *Ffrelands" came to
build in theasOhio wilderness settle
ments bearing the same names and
having like civic ideals and character.
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Cloths for Presents.

OF one singularly attractive az
decorative detail of Japanese daily 1if'
little is known in this country; yet i
touches all classes, from mobiles t,
eoolies-the use of present cloths
These are squares of all sorts of ma
terials, from 20 inches to two yard
across. They are used to tie up thu
gifts which are exchanged on all pos
sible. occasions After the presenta
ton of the gift the cloth is remove,
and returned to the giver by a serv
ant. These cloths are handed dow
from generation to- generation, an,
among them are found some of tn
finest specimens OF the old embroider,
and dyeing. Many of the squar
pieces Of Japanese embroidery use,
in this country for pillows and tabl
covers were originally used as cover
ings for presents.-House Beautiful.
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SOME TIME.

g. o.
sssne time. when DER this life the shades
of death are falling,e-
When suns and stars areEuever more to
shine. p Isl Z
Wheh from the &Ynurky- nfsts we hear
strange voices calling
To Life Eternal and to Love Divine;
1t may be in that hour. before the light so
glorious
Shall flood our souls with radiance un-
told,
before there burst to view the realms Of
the victorious,
The pearly streets and gates of shining
gold
Ihat to our wondering eyes, from which
the scales are lifted, 'fisH'ttt
"A vision of the life that's past may come;
And we may see the rocks on which our
souls had drifted, -,..
II Gods kind care had failed to draw US
home .a s.l..f .rs
Then with our souls uplifted in thanks
giving
To Him Whose love this earthly life has
blessed,
L think that we shall cry: 20 Father. so
forgiving. . ...-
Thy love was perfect. and Thy will was
best ,ge
Marian L. Grey. in Christian WORK.
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MONRoE'S MUSICAL FROGS
Illustrative Incident Shows What
Touch of Civilization Will
Accomplish.

Il firmly believe" remarked formeI
Supervisor James Sackett to a report
er of the Rochester Post-Express, 'tha
cultivated to a degree where the rendi
ton of popular airs and church must.
is possible. We usually associate tn.
frog with the bass tom-tom, boom
boom, and the shrill reverberations O
less lusty lungs. Heretofore, l hav,
not observed any unity in their effort
except a common desire to keep ever
lastingly at it. But what touch
civilization will do is shown by an in
cident that CAME to my notice on 10
Kinks farm down home.
Nov that it has stopped showing
Kinks love for his fiddle is indicate
by his presence on his back porch eac
night. He sits there after doing hi
chores until late in the evening AMI
saws away and grinds out some OF
favorites. Nearby is a frog pond ant
at first you couldn't tell whether Jot
or the ambitious vocalists were ahead
Then Joe began to notice that as hi
played the chorus from the pond grew
fainter, and he remarked to his wifi,
one night, sDerned if them frogs AIM
listening
Then some Of the tenors got to chip
ping in a few notes when Joe reachei
the refrain of How Can I Bear t.
Leave Thee and soon he found tina
the batrachians were croaking in uni
son. This pleased him so much tina
he discarded the rest of his repertoire
and confined himself to this one selec
ton. On the next night after the ten
ors made their debut the bass began
to boom in, keeping time perfectly. o.
the third night the whole pond wat
alive with not only the refrain, bu
with the entire air
when he'd take his seat on tht
porch and give his fiddle two or thre,
tuning up. whangs the frog choruI
would instantly cease, except as herr
and there one pitched the note. The,
when he struck up. the grand accom-
paniment began and carried the son,
through to the end, all jumping on thu
final note in unison
IF Joe was pleased at this you cal
simply imagine his pleasure when on,
evening he heard the frogs start in OF
his favorite air without waiting fol
him to pace them. Now the Who'll,
pond resounds with the strains of How
Can l Bear to Leave Thee from dusl
until far into the night. Mrs. Hink,
says it gets monotonous, but neve
tires of it. I suppose it's the onl,
frog pond, in Monroe county that cai
render written music in perfect TIM
and with commendable technique -
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About Wild Indipn

I An attempt has been made during
The past to collect information regard
ing the wild indigos of the Madras
presidency. 1t is supposed that among
these there is one at least of great
economic value. and the search has
been commenced for it. A number of
plants have already been received, but,
since their state of preservation on ar
rival has been almost uniformly bad.
little progress has been made in the
inquiry. Such indigos as the govern
nent botanist was able to collect on
his tour have been carefully exam
med and sent for checking to the SUI
perintendent of the Royal gardens in
Calcutta, and several interesting spe-
.ies have been found among them
Lahore Tribune. @ .y ).
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cRANKs' QUEER coNcEITs.
Suggestions of the Most Ludicrous
Nature Are Made to Naval
Officers.

placed on file' is the record made
1t the navy department of a thousand
and one suggestions received for i'm
proving the efficiency of the service.
And 1t is safe to say that these sugges-
ions will be permitted to remain on
lie undisturbed until it is necessary
to clear away the accumulation of USE
less material in the department, when
they will be sent to the refuse heaps.
The department is also in receipt of sug
gestions from the same class of inven-
tors, and one for attention by an ex-sec-
rotary of the navy, who has asked that
expert consideration be given to mon
ster balloon which shall be carried amid
ships, directly over the Smokestacks
tfrom which the balloon is to obtain it's
gases. The idea is that the balloon will
be released on occasion and sent aloft
for observation purposes, and, if oppor-
tunity presents itself. to make an at
tack from above on the ships of the
enemy. The plans are accompanied by
illustrations showing what would hap
pen If she'll struck vessel under such
circumstances. The navy department
IS also receiving from numerous quar-
:ers plans and suggestions prompted by
the disaster to the British submarine
boat. 3.. .sse sI,
1t was reported in the dispatches that
| one man in the boat was released by be-
ing fired from the torpedo tube, and it
occurred to various inventors that some
such thing might be done for all the oe-
:upants of disabled submarine at the
potion of the sea, the difficulty being
IN getting the last man out. The inven-
.ors accordingly applied themselves to
| iguring out how the last man might get
put of the boat and reach a place of
| safety. Naval officers say that if the
| means of escape existed for anyone on
submarine under such circumstances it
would be simple matter to have the
| asst man escape in the same way as his
| companions. There are enough cleo
rical appliances to make project of
| hat sort possible. The inventors who
nave written to the department appeared
% think that the incident was surround
I'd with many difficulties. 1t is said in
The navy that those who go down in the
submarines probably realize that if any
| thing happens to make return to the
surface impossible their fate is sealed as
| tightly as the boat in which they are i'm
prisoned s52ls)4,t-s 4. -
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28

= In the present stage of progress in
modern educational. methods the state
ment that hearty and intelligent cooper
alton and sympathy between parents
and teachers is essential to the best re-
suits in school work should be the most
obvious and commonplace truism. Many
parents will not take the trouble nor de-
vote the time necessary to the proper
training of the young. and unfortunately
too few teachers are sufficiently inter
ested in their work as a profession to
insist upon that measure of parental CO.
operation which is so. essential.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28
Grass Poisoning Trees

Horticulturists and fruit growers
have long known that grasses are In.
furious to young apple trees, but IL
seems that they were wrong in attrib-
uting the injury to Interference with
the air.. the yaters and the food sup
ply Of the trees. Carefully conducted
experiments and observation at the
Wodburn experimental fruit farm, in
England, have shown, however. that
there is some direct or indirect prod.
net of grass growth that has an active
poisonous effect on the roots of this
trees. It IS also suggested that the
so-called exhaustion OF the soil By
certain plants. preventing the subse.
Quent growth Of other plants In the
same ground. may be due really T.
some. poisonous product left by tbs
fzrst.Ulantsss-Ns. Z. Times -''-'.-.'.'-.'
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Made No Differences

A man addicted to walking In his
sleep went to bed all right one night
but when he woke he found himself
IN the street in the grasp OF a DO.
iceman. Hold. onl" he cried. .sYou
mustn't arrest me; I'm a somnambu-
pst. - -
To which the policeman replied: s'.I
ion't care what. yer religion. fs-ye
amt walk the streets in yer night
lhfrt
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NEBRASKA capitalists are nianninr -

NGUTdShd CdpItdIfStS are pIaHNfng The
construction of an alfalfa meal plant
near Sterling, Col, and the establish
ment OF grinding stations in various
parts of the alfalfa, district. of the Gen.
tennial state, The manufacture of al
faIfa meal is comparatively a new in
dustry. and Colorado is one Of the
leaders In adding it to the list of west
ern manufactured products.
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Feminine Charit,

He-Miss Dimpleton has teeth lik
pearls s..ss a..l ~ 80.
She-That probably accounts for it.
Accounts for what or - =
The fact that she is dumb as a
oyster. - Cincinnati Enquirer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28
! no CoAtrolling inherent.

Does that fellow own that ma
chine?" said the man to a policeman,
as he saw the automobile going from
one side Of the street TO the other.
~ Well. it doesn't look assif he had
even q controlling interest" said the
guardian of the peace -Yonkers States-
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Extreualv So.

Knicker-Is his charity unostenta
-tiOus? - -ss'.sss - : 49, -
{ Bocker-Very. When he giyes ad
vice he doesn't let his upper jaw know
what his lower Jaw saVs.-N. Z. Sun.
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'-Poor Excuse Better Than None. !.

Mrs. Homer Leigh-What do. you
nean by telling your friends you mar
lied me because L,was such an ex-
sellent cook. when you know very well
/ don't know how to cook potato?
Mr.. Homer Leigh--Well, don't get
mad, my dear; had 20 offer. some ex-
use, didn't I9-Woman's Home COM
|eaniOn. -
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As It Happened.

..How did his Bible save his lie dur
ing the war?"
- ::He1stopped behind 10 read 1t when hIa
command was going into action. - CHS
eaEo Post :
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28

Here's another countess marrying her
coachman.. She was probably driven
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-07
m'cuE FOUND GUILTY.
Ex-MayOr of Charlottesville Convict
ell Of Murder.

Ex-MayOr OF Charlottesville Convict
ed Of Murder.
CHARLOTTESVILLE, Va, Nov. T.
d. ]. S. McCue for two terms mayor
Of Charlottesville and for many years
a lawyer ut the bar before which he
was tried, was found guilty of murder
in the first degree of the charge of hay
ing killed his wife. This carries the
death penalty. When the words deter
mining his fate were uttered McCue
showed no signs of emotion, but when
his little daughter Ruby, with eyes red
dened by crying, climbed OH his lap
and his relatives, who have surrounded
him throughout the trial, moved closer
tears streamed down his cheeks, and
the anguish he felt was depicted on his
face.
Another great legal battle will be
'waged in I'M effort to save extMayol
McCue from the death penalty. Ills
lawyers promptly laid the foundation
for seeking a new trial by moving to
set the verdict aside. Arguments will
be heard by Judge Morris next
Wednesday on the motion, and should
he override it the case no doubt will
be carried to the court Of appeals.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-07
STATEN ISLAND RAPID TRANSIT R. R.

Time table in effect on and after October 0, 1904
Perth Amboy to New YorkALeaves foot of
Smith street, daily except Sundays and Legal
Holidays, 3 10, 6.12, 6.5S, 7.33, T.33, \ 90, 800.
1855, 9.55, H. a. m, 1855, LEO, ESQ, 3.55, 4.30,
$50, 6.4s, 7.55, 900 10 no, lilo p, m.
Sundays and Legal Holidays.
GEO, 7.55, S.55, 955, 1856, 11.55 a. m. 1855, f.55,
2.55. 1865, 4.5O, $50, $50, 7.50, 0.40p m.
New York to Perth Amboy Leave foot Of
Legal Holidays. 5.55, G.45, 500, 900. 1000, II 90,
"a. m, 1890, 1870, 2.30, $3.50, 4.3O, $40. $50, 5.45,
6.15, 6.35, 7.30, $50, $40, 11,O5, p. IN. 1895 a. m.
Sundays and Legal Holidays.
ZOO, 900, 1000, HOO, a. m, 1900 noon, 100, 900,
800, 400, 800, 600, 700, 800. o 90 11.05 p. m.
Ferry between Perth Amboy and Tottenville--
x5.15, x6.12, 6.32, x6.5S, x7.33, xs 90, x8.55, 9.25,
x2.50, x3.55, x4.3O. 4.55, x5.3O, 600, x6.42, 7.O5,
7.So, KISS, 1000, 9.55, xi0.30, xt1.15, p. m 1880
n. m.
Sundays and Legal Holidays, x6.2O, Gas, x7.55,
x8.55, x9.55, x10,55, XII. 55, a. M, xl2.55, x1.55,
x3.55, x4.50, x5.50, x6.50, x7.5O, $40, x9.4O, 1870,
Leave 'Tottenville daily x1.sO, 5.55, 6.92, 6.42,
x7.10, 7.45, xS.12, x9.10, $40, x10.05, XII. 05 a. m,
x12.05, 1910, XII .35, x2.35, x8.37, 4.10, x4.37, $40,
x5.37, x6.20, x6.55, XIII, x7,40, 1887, x9.37,
Sundays and Legal Holidays, *G.30, Ills, 1910, $50,
x10.10, XII. 10 a, m, xl2.f0, xi.t0, x2.10, x3. 10,
x4.10, x5.1O, x610, x7.10, xs.10, X9.10, x1O.12,
10.45 p M, x12 10 a. IN.
illegal holidays only.
xHas Train Connection.
GEO. j. BROWN, j.. NJ. VANDERBILT,
Gen'l Traffic Agt. Gen1 Ticket Agt.
GEO. II. CAMPBELL, p II. CASSIDY,
Vice-President. Supt S. |. II. 7. R'y.
GEO. F. RANDOLPH.
General Manager r. T. Ferry.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-07
SOUTH AN
GOATS IN CEMETERY.

A lady from this borough who has a
relative buried In the cemetery in Perth
Amboy and who with some friends
was there to visit their grave one day
this week was surprised to see two
flocks-- o f.goats old and young meander-
ing round among the plots and eating
up whatever they chose to devour. One
flock of about two dozen were busy pull
ing the flowers off of a newly made grave
and were eating them up. The party
thought 1t was an outrage that such
animals should be allowed to run right
IN the outskirts of such a city as Perth
Amboy. just before reaching the ceme-
rery a black and white COW was sent by
them to jump over a lockwood hedge into
a garden in front of a house and ate rose
bushes and chrysanthemums. Az they
could not see any signs of life about the
house they did not know what to do, but
while talking about it they heard a neigh
Dor call out to someone that a COW was
IN their garden.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-07
PROUD OF THEIR NEPHEW.

Mr.. and Mrs. H. Kolisch's nephew.
Lawyer Simon Hahn, son of Rev. Joseph
Hahn, of Newark, extended an invitation,
as president of the Young Mems Demo-
ratio Association of that city, to ex-Presi-
dent Grover Cleveland to speak at the
clubs mass meeting. Mr.. Cleveland ac-
cepted the invitation from am ong hun
dreds of others received by him and the
young lawyer with some other noted
gentlemen met the ex-President at Prince
ton and brought him to Newark. where
he vas introduced to the audience by Mr..
Hahn. Rev. Joseph Hahn is very proud
of his son, who Is only twentyone years
old and very bright and talented, bnt
be grieves over the thought of his wife,
to whom he was devoted, having died a
few months before their son became a
ful-fledged lawyer and was launched
forth as a splendid example of what a
young man can do If he only tries.
Since the campaign he made a splendid
speech at a political meeting.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-07
RUDE MADE FUN.
Advertising Two Perth Amboy
Houses in the.BOrough Friday.

A Rube advertising two Perth Amboy
stores in this borough Friday, had all
kinds of fun with everybody.
Some of the victims of his pranks
laughed heartily Friday evening. They
could afford to laugh because there
were Others" Dressed as a real country
farmer and carrying a huge whip, he
easily fooled those to whom he went with
stories about chickens. ducks and geese.
He went to one saloon and told them
that he had a lot of live stock, chickens,
ducks and geese and his wagon had broke
down so he must nave a place to put
them before they were ali stolen. He
said they could be put on the pool table
and they wouldn't hurt it at all. When
the proprietor told him he couldn't bring
them in there, Rube insisted on doing SO,
as his boy pa~tronized the place: and he
went to the door and shouted Come on
Bill, bring them in here" The proprie-
tor got a big club and ran him out of
the place and RUDE her handed him a
business card with Don't get mad on
one side of it. !.
He went to G.. Straub's market and
oiferd to sell chickens at rs cents apiece.
hestold a pitiful story of a sick wife and
child, the breakdown of his wagon, etc.
The clerk Fred Baltzell, ga d why the
devil don't you buy an ear trumpet. If
you're so deaf?" The man said afterward
he thought then that he had "tunbled
to the joke, I" but not so, Fred couldn't
resist the offerof chickens at such a low
figure, so when he said he couldn't bring
the wagon, as 1t had broke down, he
walked with Rube past a few stores and
then received a card. Lots of stores and
saloons were entered by him, but the
greatest fun was had when he went into
the bank. He insisted on leaving the
flock there for one night and a lot of
feed with them. He was so deaf that he
could not hear when Mr.. Perrine refused
and with his hand to his ear drew forth
a prolonged aye? and then threw open
the doors of the bank and with a wave of
his arms shouted ''Bring them in Bill |:
we can leave them here Fuu! the
scene that followed loses its effect on
paper. Mr.. Perrine ran out from behind
d ueSk shouting You can't leave them
here" Rube said ''you needn't holler
so, Pm not deaf" stNot deaf? What did
you say Aye (mimicing the nian) for,
If your not deaf?" 1t was too funny for
anything and the other victims, as well
as the outside crowd were delighted.
To sum up. RUDE went to a private
house even and offered to put a whole
n.I IL "a 49, ~ -
they needn't pay cash for them, but
could pay just as they ate them, at the
rate Of cent Apiece. 1t would take
sveral columns to repeat all of the jokes
of which Kanah Cheeseman and other.
were the victims. It was a wonder that
the man wasn't whipped before he left
town and he did come pretty near It,
they say.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1904-11-07
In Gratitude or Expectation

LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. Nv. ].
Bryan commented on Judge Parker's
reply to President Roosevelt. He said:
Judge Parker has pointed out the
weak places in the presidents defense.
He calls attention to the fact that the
president not only does not deny but
virtually admits that his committee
has received contributions from the
trusts. The question is whether these
contributions are given in gratitude or
in expectation"