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Insurance Laws.

Formerly one who found himself I'M
able to continue to pay the premiums
on his life insurance policy forfeited
all that he had paid in. In those days,
says Youths Companion, 1t was to
the interest of the companies that poll
cies should lapse. The unfairness of
the system led to a movement for
reform, and one after another Of the
state legislatures amended the insur-
ance laws so as to require the COM
panies to give "paid-up" policy of a
fair amount whenever the insured
chose to stop paying further premi-
ums. That is now the law in nearly
all, perhaps In all, the states, and wild
ows and orphans of the insured get
the benefit of the money which the
husband and father paid to the COM
panies, whether he continued to pay
the premiums till his death or not.
These paternal statutes have been
justified, On the ground that they are
necessary to protect the individual in
his dealings with great corporations.
They are something like the laws
regulating national banks and banks
for savings, as they are intended to
prevent the misuse or waste of the
money of the people. Every man who
is insured is interested in the insur-
Rnce laws and in the efforts of the
To-
there has been careless if not Grim
inal use of the funds of the compa-
mics. In the same way every man
with bank account is interested in
the adoption of such a system of in
spection of the national and state
banks that the threatened insolvency
of an institution may be discovered
in time to prevent misuse of the
money of the depositors.
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The Barber County Index.
PAINTER 4 HERR. Publishers.
MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS
Summer Drownines.
KANSAS

In the summer months drowning
accidents occur with painful fire.
quency; they are al most as sure to be
reported as the results of premature
explosion of firecrackers on the morn
Ing after the Fourth. 1t is ungracious
to comment on the causes of an in
dividual tragedy after it has occurred
when suffering relatives need consola-
ton more than advice, says Youths
Companion, but it is greatly desirable
should remember where the danger
lies. In the great majority of cases
some one has failed to realize the cx-
tent of natures forces. The batAec
goes in too far, and an undercurrent
sweeps him away. The swimmer, who
thinks he need not be cautious, ovs~-
taxes his strength, or stays too long
In cold water. Rescuers, moved by
the most generous of human impulses,
undertake extraordinary risks. Drown
lag persons will cling to them with
unreasoning grasp. Many a man who
could be saved in an insensible con-
ditlon becomes an unbearable load
when frenzied by fear. Overlooking
ana overturning pleasure craft, es-
pecially sailboats, which meet unex-
pe,ted conditions of wind and water,
add to the list of casualties. Although
some accidents cannot be forcseea,
those among the summers drownings
which ought to have been prevented
are regrettably numerous. The boy
v no gets laughed at for being too
timid, on every boat-load out for
vacation holiday, is an extremely Use
fu. person. Although liable to become
unpopular, he is often an unknown
he:C" in preventing accidents which
would otherwise have occurred. Saw
Ing life does not necessarily begin
when the beach is echoing with the
agonizing cries of those who are, for
the most part, powerless to act.
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OLD WORLD ODDITIES.

There can be seen In Northampton
a gentleman who wears a mustache the
ends Of which reach down to his vest
pockets.
Having borrowed the money to buy
ticket, Johann Kurz, poor Tyrolean
farmer, has secured the chief prize
of $4,000 in the annual Austrian
charity lottery.
On the occasion of a cyclists we'd
ding at Epping, near London, the other
day the bride and bridegroom rode
to church on single machines and re-
turned on tandem.
In turning over the leaves of book
which he had brought for threepence
at London bookstall, the purchaser
found therein two 45 notes which
were dated May, 1878.
Edwin Weber, a London money
lender, has gone into bankruptcy. The
judge of the bankruptcy court said
Weber was the only bankrupt money
lender he had ever heard of.
A woman of Lancashire, England
sent this note to the local postmaster:
''Will you please send me word if
can send two girls to-(a Yorkshire
town)-by parcel post, and how much
will it cost?"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-09-20

l sat down on front seat and watched
dad. Dad had read in the papers that the
boy king wanted to marry an American
girl, who was the possessor of a lot of
money, so dad began to tell the king of
girls in America that were more beau
tiful than any in the world, and had
hundreds of millions of cold dollars.
and an appetite for raw kings. and
that he could arrange match for the
king that would make him richer than
any king on any throne.
The boy king was becoming inter-
ested, and l guess dad would have had
him married of all right, il the king
had not seen me take out a bag of
candy and begin to eat, when he said
to me: Come up here, Bub, and give
me some of that" Gosh, but 1 trem-
oled Ike Leaf but vent right M
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the steps OF the throne and handed him
the bag, and said: Help yourself,

the steps OF the throne and handed him
the bag, and said: Help yourself,
Bub.'
Well, sir, the queerest thing hap
pened. had bought two pieces of candy
filed with cayenne pepper. for April
fool, and the king handed the bag to
the master Of ceremo nies, big Span
lard. all covered over with gold lace.
and if you will believe me, the king
got one piece of the cayenne pepper
candy, and the spangled prime minis
ter got the other, and the king chewed
his piece first, and he opened his mouth
like dog that has picked up hot boiled
egg, and he blew out his breath to cool
his tongue and said: "Whoosh," and
stranSled and sputtered, and then the
prime minister he got his, and he
yelled murder in Spanish, and the king
called for water, and put his hands on
his stomach and had a cramp, and the
other man he tied himself up in double
bow knot. and called for priest, and
the king said he would have to go to the
chapel. and the fellows who were guard
ing the king took him away, breathing
hard, and red in the face, and dad said
to me: you have poisoned the whole
bunch of crowned heads, and We had
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-09-20

better get out" and so we went out of
the palace while the kings retainers
were filling him with ice water. Well,
they got the cayenne pepper out of him.
because we saw him at the bull-fight in
the afternoon, but for awhile he had
the hottest box there ever was outside
of freight train, and if he lives to
be as old as Mr.. Methuselah, he will
always remember his interview with
little Hennery.
The bull-fght amt much. Bulls come
stick daggers in them. and they bel
low around, and the Spaniards dodge
and shake red rags at them, and after
bull has ripped mess of bowels out
of few horses, then man with sabre
stabs the bull between the shoulders,
and he drops dead, and the crowd cheers
the assassin of the bull, and they bring
in another bull.
Well, sir, dad came mighty near his
finish at the bull-fght. When the
second bull came in. and ripped the
stomach out of blind horse, and the
bull was just charging man who was
to stab it, dad couldn't stand it any
longer, and he climbed right over into
the ring, and he said: Look ahere, you
heather, l protest. in the name of the
American Humane Society, against this
cruelty to animals. and unless this bust
ness stops right here, will have this
place pulled, and"
Well, sir, you would of thought that
bull would have had sense enough to
see that dad was his friend, but he
probably couldn't understand what dad
was driving at, for he made rush for
dad, and dad started to run for the
fence, and the bull caught dad just like
dad was sitting in rocking chair. and
tossed him over the fence, and dad S
pants stayed On the bulls horns, and
dad landed in amongst a lot of male
and female grandees, and everybody
yelled: Bravo, Americana" and the
police wrapped a blanket around dads
legs and were going to take him to the
emergency hospital, but l claimed dad,
and took him to the hotel. Yours,
7 HENNERY.
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NOISES IN Her HEAD
Mrs. Reagan was Nervous Wreck,
But Or. Williams Pink Pills
BROUGHT Sound Health.

"Before I began to take DR.. Williams
Pink Pills." said Mrs. Mary Reagan,
of No. Sc Kilburn street, Fall River,
Mass, recently, "I was in and out of
! bed all the time, but now I stay up all
day and do all my own work.
II was badly run down from over
| work. One day noises began in ny head
| and almost made me crazy. My head
felt as if tight band had been put
around it, and the pressure and the
sounds made me SO uneasy that often
had to walk the floor all night.
Sc My stomach was in bad shape, and I
had smothering sensations. At such
times my body seemed bloodless, my
hands were like chalk and my face
! turned yellow. The doctor said I had
| dyspepsia in the worst form. Then my
nerves gave way and I was completely
Frustrated. I frequently suffered from
smothering sensations.
"The first box of DR.. Williams Pink
| Pills that used quoted my nerves
so that I could get a good night s
| sleep, which was new experience for
me. Before began to use them l was
a nervous wreck and trembled at the
slightest sound. I was so weak that 1
had to sit down and rest every few steps
when went up stairs. Now can run
up whole fight at once. The smother
ing sensations have gone and the noises
in my head have stopped entirely. My
appearance has greatly improved, for
friends who We're alarmed OH my &C
count before, now say: How we'll you
are looking!' My husband spent over a
hundred dollars on treatment for me that
was worthless, but few boxes of DR..
Williams Pink Pills brought me sound
| health"
Sold by all druggists, or sent, post
paid, on receipt of price, so cents per
box, six boxes for 50 so by the DR.. Will
liams Medicine Co., Schenectady, y. Y.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-09-20

(EX-GOVernor OF Wisconsin, Former Editor
of "Peck's Sum- Author of .Pecks
Bad Boy" Etc)
Copyright, 1905. by Joseph B. Bowles)
Madrid, Spain.-My dear Uncle: You
probably think that we are taking our
lives in our hands by coming to Spain,
so soon after the Cuban war, in which
President Roosevelt charged up San
Juan hill, in the face of over 80 blood
thirsty Spaniards, and captured the
blockhouse on the summit of the hill,
which was about as big as switch
mans shanty, and wouldn't hold two
platoons of infantry of II men to the
platoon, without crowding, and which
closed the war, after the navy had ever
lastingly paralyzed the Spanish vessels,
and sunk them in wet water, and picked
up the crews and run them through
clothes wringers to dry them out; but
we are as safe here as we would be on
South Clark street, in Chicago.
Do you know, when l read of that
charge of our troops up San Juan hill,
headed by our peerless bear hunter,
thought it was like the battle of Gettys-
burg, where hundreds of thousands of
men fought on each side, and l classed
Roosevelt with Grant, Sheridan, Sher-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-09-20
Peace-Time Armies.

Of all great nations the United States
of America has in it's peace-time
standing army the smallest number OF
soldiers in proportion to extent OF
population, namely, one soldier to
every 1000 citizens. The opposite ex.
IRENE, curiously enough, is reached by
another republic-France- has
one soldier to every 70 of its popLla-
ton. Italy has one soldier to every
100 subjects; Germany. one to 107;
Austro-Hungary, one to 125, and
Great Britain one soldier to every 225
subjects. Belgium, having a popula-
ton of not more than 100000, has one
soldier to every 100 Inhabitants. Rus.
STA has one soldier to every 140 of its
subjects; Japan, one to $50.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-09-20
Milk Cans Become Lifebuoys.

A farmers wife, who had been to
Llandipsil, Cardiganshire. to sell milk,
had a singular escape from drowning
while returning to Carmarthen. A
small boat in which she was crossing
a river was upset and she was thrown
into the water. Fortunately she had
with her two milk cans, now empty
and securely closed, and these acted
as life buoys. Clinging to the cans,
the woman floated along for some dis
lance until passersby saw her plight
and rescued her.-London Express.
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Influence of the Teacher.

Before all other qualifications, how
ever, the teachers character is the
fundamental requisite. That must be
above reproach in all things, says the
Atlantic Monthly. Millions words
about the poetic power are specially
true in regard to the power to teach.
He who would not be Illustrate" said
the great poet, 'of his hope to write
well hereafter in laudable things, must
himself be a true poem" He who
would not be Illustrate of his hope to
teach we'll at any time ought himself
to be a lofty exemplar of the virtues
he would impress upon his pupils. The
teacher who stands before a class for
hours every day ought to exert great
er influence even than the clergyman
who speaks from the pulpit one day
in the week, and he ought at least
to have an equally lofty character,
known and recognized by all men.
The teacher who is master of his
subject, and who has this nobility of
character, needs no help of articles
to assist him in governing his pupils
he has simply to be, and they obey.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-09-20

Are college athletics physically in
jurious?" asks the New York Sun.
Well, when football player is car.
ried from the field with a broken
nose, a dislocated shoulder and three
fractured ribs it is fair to assume that
he has attained a slight physical in
jury-nothing to speak of, perhaps
but still an injury. In some cases,
too, the injuries are sufficiently serious
to require an appropriation for funeral
expenses. The shock-headed figure
clad in bed-tick upholstery is again
70 the fora
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Disreputable Club.

There is little club in London calico
the Froth Blowers club. The organiza-
ton meets in public houses" and every
member is bound to swear and curse at
every meeting or be fined 25 cents.
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Always the Way.

81 suppose you expect to win that
shaving set at the raffie?"
mo, indeed. it will never come to
me because I'd have some use for it.
las bound to go to some fellow who
doesn't shave himself. ''-Philadelphia
Press.
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Yardstick Of summer Time.

Mrs. Knicker-How long will you be
away this summer?
Mrs. Bocker-I don't know. shall
stay 81 900 at the seaside and $500 at the
mountains.-N. 7. Sun.
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The Pretty Daughter,

81 don't like the way every man we
meet stares at you, Ethel"
We'll, you don't expect them to stare
at you, surely, ma!'-Tit-Bit.
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Eleas and Onions Trouble the Bad
Boy and His Dad-"Little Hen
merry" Treats the King of Spain to
April Fool Candy-Dad Tries to
Stop a Bull-Fight.

BY HON. GEORGE w. PECK.
Governor Of Wisconsin, Former Editor
of "Peck's Sun" Author of "Peck'S
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-26
Probate Of VIII.
EsrATE oT RAIPn hi ROOD

ESTATE OF RALPH W. ROOD.
STATE OF VERMONT, Al Probate Court
HARTFORD DISTRICT. s.. held az Woodstock, wlth-
In aud for said District the 5th day Of January,
A. ID. 1893.
Present THOMAS o. sKAvER, Judge
An instrument purporting 20 be the last VIII
and testament Of Ralph ". Rood, late OF stock
bridge, In said District deceased. Is presented
70 said Court for probate and allowance by
Eva NJ. White legatee therein named; .
and IL Is ordered by said Court that an persons
concerned therein be notified 60 appear before
said Court, az session thereof % be held at the
Probate Office, Ia Woodstock. aforesaid, on the
27th day Of January, A. p. 1905, and show cause,
IL any they may have, against the probate and
allowance of said instrument the last viii
and testament ~ said Ralph W Rood, for
which purpose it r. further ordered that a copy
Of the record of this order be published three
weeks successfully IN the Bethel Courier,
newspaper published at Bethel In this state,
~ soon as may be, the last uf said publications
% De one day, At least, before said 27th day Of
January.
true record. Attest:
T. o. sEAvER, Judge.
A true copy Of record. Attest;
1883 r. o. sEANER, Judge.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-26

ESTATE OF JOHN B. DURKEE.
STATE OF VERMONT Az q Probate Court
HARTFoRD DISTRICT, s. held at Woodstook with
IN and for said District, on the i2th day OF jan
uary, A. ID. 1905
Present Hon. T. O. sEavKR. Judge
Whereas, AFlOttie ID. Durkee execufrfx of
the last VIII and testament OF John
y. Durkee, late Of RoyaltOn, In said District
deceased, testate, Proposes rendering an ae-
count OF her administration and presenting her
account against said estate for allowance
~ 2 session Of said Court % be held ~ the Pro-
bate ONCE In Woodstock, in said District on the
bth day Of February, A. D, 1906.
ANA whereas said Court has assigned said time
ana place for the settlement q said account and
for decree OF the residue o. said estate 10 m,
legatees and heirs q said deceased, and
ordered that public notice thereof be given 10
an persons interested In said estate by
publishing copy o. the record Of this order
three weeks successfully, previous to the day
assigned, as aforesaid, in the White River Herald
a newspaper published az ROyalt0n Ia the
county uf Windsor and State Of Vermont
Therefore, an persons concerned in said estate
are hereby notified to appear at the Probate
Omee ia Woodstock, In said District on the day
assigned, ~ aforesaid then aud there 70 contest
the allowance Of said account II they see cause
and 20 establish their rights as heirs legatees
ihd lawful claimants Of said residue.
true record. Attest,
T. o. sEAvER, Judge.
true copy Of record. Attest,
lb3i r. o. sEAVER Judge
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-26
Notice Of Settlement.

ESTATE OF ELMikA GUERNSEY.
STATE OF VERMONT AT a Probate Court
HARTFORD DISTRICT, s. SHIELD az Woodstock
within and for said District, on the 18th day Of
January A. D. 1905,
Present, Hon. T. o. sEAvRR Judge
whereas, =. H. EdgeFt0n, executor % the last
Will and testament Of Eimlra Guernsey, late OF
Rochester, In said District, deceased, testate
proposes rendering an account Of hts adminis-
uatlon and presenting his account against said
estate for allowance, at session Of said Court
@ be held az the Probate Office in Woodstock
A. d. 1905.
And whereas said Court has assigned said .ime
and place for the settlement 81 said account
and for decree OF the residue Of said estate 70 the
legatees and heirs OF said deceased. aud ordered
that public notice thereof be given 10 all persons
Interested in said estate by publishing a copy
OF the record Of this order three weeks sue
cesslKely, previous % the day assigned as
Aforesaid, In the Rochester Herald. a news
paper published AZ Rochester. IN the County u
windsor and state Of Vermont
Therefore, All persons concerned IN said estate
are hereby notified 70 appear at the Probate
ONCE IN Woodstock, in said District on the day
ssiSned, IS Aforesaid, then and there 70 contest
the allowance y said account If they see cause,
and 20 establish their rights as heirs legatees
and lawful claimants OF said residue
true record. Attest;
r. o. sEAvKR, Judge.
true copy Of record. Attest
1854 IT, %. sEAVFR. Judge.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-26
Probate of VIII


ESTATE OF SUSAN N. oDIORNE.
STATE or VERMONT In Probate Court held
RANDOLPH DISTRICT, 50. at Randolph Iu and TOR
said District, ON the 81 day Of january, A. D.
1890
Present. Hos WILLIAM n NICHOLS, judge.
An Instrument, purporttnE 60 be the last VIII
aud Testament, with cpdlCtl annexed. uf susan
H. OdiDrnc, late ~ Randolph. ia said
district, deceased, being presented 70 tho
Court by Hon. Charles Dewey. the executor
therein named, for Probate: 10 D. ordered by
said Court that an persons concerned therein be-
notified 60 appear az session u said Court 60 be
held at the Probate ONCE 10 Randolph, ON the 51st
day ~ January, A. ID. 1895, and show cause if any
they may have, against the Probate 81 said will.
for which purpose 10 s further ordered. that
copy of the record 81 this order be published
three weeks successfully in che Herald and News
printed az Randolph, previous % said time APP
pointed for hearing.
By the Court, attest,
l633 WILLIAM Il. NICHOLS Judge.
true copy ui record. Attest:
WILLIAM II. NICHOLS Judge
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-26
Crab Annie Preserves

Select only perfect apples. wash care
fully and place in preserving kettle
with a little water, cover closely ant
simmer until the apples turn yellow.
then take them out and allow 10 cool
Then pare and core them. Place fresh
grape leaves in the bottom OF the pre-
serving kettle and put the apples on
these and pour In water in which they
we're first cooked; allow them to simmer
until tender. but do not let them boil
When cooked weigh them and allow &c
each pound Of fruit one pound Of best
graduated sugar. Put the sugar in a
saucepan with just enough water to dis
solve IL and stir over the fire until the
sugar is melted, then boil and skim un-
IN clear. Add fruit and cook slowly un.
m clear and very tender. Place in Jars
and pour over the hot strip and seal
Star.
Herald and news. [volume] (West Randolph, Vt.) 1878-1943, 1905-01-26
IMPROVING THE EYEBROWS
A Great Deal May Be Done with the
Aid of Small Toilet
Requisites.

To every 80 women who worry them
selves over their hair there Is only abou
one who gives a second thought to he
eyebrows, and II is only when she no
tees how scanty and poor they are be
coming that she begins TO wonder at thu
change in her appearance, says the Gen,
tlewoman.
Very few people have perfect eye
brows; some are too thick, others the
reverse, while the brows OF many meet
over the bridge Of the nose. giving an ex-
preston far from pleasing. Some eve.
brows have a way of terminating alb.
rupuy instead Of tapering of. aud this
is by no means attractive. as It imparts
a look Of hardness to an otherwise pleas.
ant face, and is not quite kind TO the
owner.
A great deal may be done 10 improve
the eyebrows. In the first place they
can be made smooth and fine by daily
use Of a tiny brush. and also fine small
comb.
A young girl who has a pair Of eve.
brows Of which any person might be
proud, possesses and uses these small
toilet requisites every day as regularly
as she dresses her hair, and would ad.
wise every girl and woman to do like.
wise.
Occasionally a little vaseline may be
applied. and this should be done at night
Those whose brows are very fair viii
find that the vaseline will slowly. but
surely. darken them. Cocoanut oil will
serve the same purpose If rubbed into
the roots every night
Some people get into the habit Of ruff. !
fling up their eyebrows in a most unbe. !
coming fashion. II Is a very unwise |
thing to do. as It causes the hair tc |
break of short. leaving a somewhat
stubby appearance.