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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24

in eastern Oman concerning a mySteri-
Gus race of light-complexioned people
VINO live somewhere in the mountains,
shun strangers and speak a language
OF their own" Various theories have
been propounded to explain the fable
but probably the explanation is to be
found in the narrative of a journey
made in Oman in 1876 by Col. S. B.
Miles, published some time ago in the
Geographical Journal. Col Miles. in
the course of his travels nearly 80
years ago, came across a town named
Sheraizi in the heart of the Green
mountains. This strange place was
perched like an eagles nest on the top
OF great cliff and was inhabited by
people of lighter skin than the rest
OF the tribes of the interior. They
rarely descended to the plains. and re-
fused to mix or intermarry with the
Arabs. Col. Miles found they were de-
scendants of a portion of re Persian
army which invaded Oman in the
tenth century. The isolation of the
town and the curious behavior of it's
people through so many generations
would undoubtedly give rise to exag-
gerated stories in the bazars on the
distant coast and in this case the orr
gin of the fable may be regarded as
fairly certain.
Unfortunately for the romance of the
the world. it seems practically impos-
slble for stories of this character to
have the origins novelists would wish.
The world is comparatively small to-
day. The trail of the explorer is over
every land from Paraguay to Thibit.
Forbidden lands are entered, hidden
cities exist only in the imagination of
the fctionist. In period when trains
run to Bokhara and the great African
lakes, when the tourist appears at
Khartoum| and Lhassa itself is threat
ened, there is no room for a mysteri-
Gus white race. Even the dark CONT
nent is no longer allowed to have its
mysteries. The photographer sits on
the battered walls of Kano; the Fulani
emperors have passed away.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
THE HABlTUAL EXPRESSION.
Questions Which Many Persons in
Exalted Business Positions
Should Ask Themselves.

What kind of an expression do Won
veal habitually? asks Orison SWEET Mar
den, in Success Magazine. Is it sour,
morose, repellent? Is it mean, stingy,
contemptible, uncharitable, intolerant ex-
preston! DO you wear the expression
of bulldog, a .grasping, greedy, hungry
expression, which indicates an avaricious
nature? Do you go about among en-
ployes with a thundercloud expression,
with melancholy, respondent, hopeless
look, on your face, OF, do you wear the
sunshine expression which radiates good
cheer and hope, which indicates feel
ing of good will and of helpfulness? Do
people smile and look happier when you
approach them, or do they shrink from
you, and feel a chilly goose-fesh sensa-
ton come over them as they see you ap-
preach?
It makes all the difference in the world
to you and to those whom you influence
what kind of an expression you wear.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
MYSTERIOUS WHITE RACES
Tales of Unknown Peoples Are Not
Taken Seriously by Present
Day Readers.

The idea that in some remote parts
OF the tropics, amid the dark-skirm med
races, there exist mysterious isolated
white tribes bearing strong resem-
blances to Europeans has long possess
ed curious fascination for the old
world, says Chambers Journal. g.
For years stories of such a race have
been told in the Persian gulf, and the
Rev. S. M. Zwemer, an American mis-
sionary stationed at Muscat alluded
some time ago to coffee house babble
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
IN FORTY-E|GHT HOURS
M-RU-NA CURED HIM,
Gold Affected Head and Throat
Attack Was Severe.

Chas. w. Bowman, 1st Lieut.. and AID it.
9Th M. S. Nj. Cav. Vols, writes from
Lanham, Md, as follows:
Though somewhat averse to paten.
medicines, and still more averse to be-
coming professional affidavit man, it
seems onl y plain duty in the present
instance to add my experience to the
columns already written concerning the
curative powers of Peruna.
81 have been particularly benefited
by its use for colds In the head and
throat. Ihave been able to fully cure
myself of a most severe attack In
forfy-eighf hours by its use according
TO directions. Iuse 1t as a preventive
whenever fhrea tened with an attack.
Members of my family also use it
Tor like ailments. We are recommend
Ing it to our friends. &C. w. Bowman
Pe-ru-na Contains no Narcotics.
One reason why Peruna has found per-
manent use in SO many homes is that it
contains no narcotic of any kind. 1t can
be used any length of time without ac-
curing drug habit.
Address DR.. Hartman, President of
The Hartman Sanitarium, Colum bus,
Ohio, for free medical advice. All cor
respondence held strictly confidential.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
John Is Caught

Mrs. Nayberleigh-Why, what are you
crying about?
Mrs. Youngbride-Well, you know.
John is away on business trip
Yes
He writes that he gets out my picture
and k-kisses it every day"
We'll, that's surely nothing to cry
about"
Yes. it is. Just to play a joke on him,
l took my picture out of his grip when he
started, and put one of m m-mother's in
its place!-Cleveland Leader.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
Were Good for Both.

Paulding, Miss, May l5th.-(Special)
In this neighborhood men and women
alike are telling of the great benefit they
have received from the use of Dodd s
Kidney Pills and it frequently happens
they are the means of curing members of
both sexes in the same family. Take the
case of Mr.. and Mrs. +. Erby The latter
voices the sentiment of both when she
says:
My lips cannot express too much
praise for Dodd's Kidney Pills. l suffered
with Backache and Female weakness for
four or five years and l feel that l have
been wonderfully helped by Dodd's Kid
ney Pills. My husband too was a suf-
ferer for five years from weak bladder
and they also cured him."
Dodd,s Kidney Pills make healthy. kid
neys. Healthy kidneys mean pure blood
and good health all over the body No
woman with healthy kidneys ever had fe-
male weakness.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24

.N&A has cost 100000 and 16 hui
I'm man lives opens to railway
NWAX traffic at this place 1t has
eS1 been under construction for
the last three years, is now
considered the finest structure that
spans the Father of Waters, and all in all
has more distinguishing features than
anything that has been undertaken in
the west.
The bridge has been erected by spe-
cial company formed for the purpose,
and known as the Southern Illinois and
Missouri Bridge company. of which
there are five directors formed of the
five general managers of the railroads
that will operate the structure. They
are the Chicago & Eastern Illinois, Illi-
nois Central, Missouri Pacific, st. Louis
Iron Mountain & Southern and the ST.
Louis Southwestern or Cotton Belt.
The wonderful grade at which the
bridge has been built is its predominant
ing feature. 1t is lower than anything
that has been attempted on the Missis-
sippi river. The bridge at Memphis has
long been considered the one of the
easiest grade. 1t is one and ne-quarter
per cent. on one side of the river and one
and three-quarters per cent. on the
other. The Thebes bridge has a grade
of one-half of one per cent, which means
that it is practically on the dead level.
The location Of the bridge is one of
great advantage, there being bluffs on
both sides of the river and rocky bot
tom in the stream for pier foundations.
From the eastern end of the approach
to the Missouri end the distance is over
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
Disappearance Of Singers.

20, you have such fine voice. Why
don't you 60 in for opera" This is ding
donged into the ears of young woman
who can squeal like a stuck pig, or of a
young man who can below like a bull,
and presently, after year in Paree, OF
at any old conservatory abroad, our
opera forces are recruited, if not strength.
ened. And after a season, or a part of
one, the fledglings disappear, the young
man going, into a clerkship,, the young
an end of two grand voices."AN. Y.
Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24

were very irregular, dark colored and
full of sediment. The Pills cleared it
all up and have not had an ache in
my back since taking the last dose.
Ny health generally is improved a
great deal"
FOSTER-MILBURN CO., Buffalo,
N. Y. For sale by all dealers, price so
cents per box.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
Cleaned Out.

When a deep cellar becomes filed with
heavy, poisonous air, it is never safe to 90
into it until it has been cleaned out
When your body has been poisoned with
the foul resdues of undigested food, it is
just as necessary to clean it out To do
this pleasantly and safely take DR.. Cald.
pure, scientific preparation which has NO
equal in the cure of constipation, head
ache, biiousness and stomach trouble
Sold by all druggists at SOC and $l.0O.
Money back if it fails
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
BALD HEADS COVERED
With Luxuriant Hair and SceIy
Sonlps Cleansed and Purified
by Cuticura Soap,

Assisted by dressings of Cuticura, the
great skin cure. This treatment at once
stops falling hair, removes crusts, scales
ard dandruff, destroys hair parasites,
soothes irritated, itching surfaces, stimu,
lates the hair follicles, loosens the scalp
skin, supplies the roots with energy and
nourishment, and makes the hair grow
when all else fails. Complete external and
internal treatment for every humor, from
pimples to scrofula, from infancy to age,
consisting of Cuticura Soap, Ointment
and Pills, price Sl.00. A single set is
Cften sufficient to cure.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24

o. = .
"Doan's Kidney
Pills proved a
very efficient
remedy in my
case. 1 used
them for disor-
dered kidneys
and backache,
from which !
had experienced
n great deal Of
trou Bile and
pain. The kid
new SecretiOuS
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24

Ladies, send 15c for trial order of Is
sheets fine letter paper and envelopes
Our complete outfit, consisting of l or.
paper and envelopes, penholder, pens, ink
well, blotters, initial seal, wax, candle,
candlestick, postpaid for Sl.0O. Specify
initial wanted. Warner & Warner, 4l4
Unity Bldg, Chicago, Ill.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
Encouraged.

Pearl-All of their friends advise,
them to elope instead of being married
in the regular way.
RUBY don't see why their friends
should care
"Oh, yes. Elopers never expect we'd
ding presents. - Chicago Daily News.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
Freddy in Hard Luck.

FTeddy-Pm the unluckiest man on
earth!
Cholly-What's up now, old chap?
81 called on my intended last night
and her fathers dog bit me. Now the
girl refuses to marry me because she's
afraid III bring hydrophobia into the
family !"-Cleveland Leader.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24

"It doesn't pay to poke fun at a girl
says the cynical bachelor. ''The first
thing you know she'll get even with you
by marrying you" philadelphia Record.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24

The compiler of an authors dictionary
has found that there are $500 persons in
this country who have written books.
These figures must be accepted as au-
thentic, unless the compiler has skipped
q poorhouse or two.-Denver Republican.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
Ladies Can Wear shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease. A certain cure for swollen, sweating.
hot, aching feet. At all Druggists, 25c Ac-
cept no substitute. Trial package FREE.
Address A. S. Olmsted. LIE Roy. N. Y.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
Boston Idea Of Indelicacy

Boston Mother-Now, Emersonia, the
doctor has issued positive orders that you
must not wear your glasses on the street.
Miss Backbay-Oh, but, mother, it
seems 80 indicate to appear in public
without them.-Pittsburg Post.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump
ton i has an equal for coughs, and coIds;-J
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24

A woman thinks her husband ia a
splendid business man when he can
straighten out her bank balance for her
by gong to see the cashier and making
up the overdraft-N. Y. Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
Well Answered.

Mistress-Do you like children?
Applicant for Nurse-Do yez ixpect to
git Roosevelt fer four dollars a week.
Hurper's Bazaar.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24

There is SO much affectation and ego
tism in the world that man can Be.
come comedian by simply being frank.
~ ashlngtOn Star.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24

An epitaph often perpetuates an unmade
reputation.-Chicago Daily News.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24

1t may not seem quite SO romantic to
the man who fell in love with a voice in
q photograph and, hunting up the owner,
married her, when he hears the same voice
asking for more money-Chicago Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-24
QUICK RESULTS.

w. j. Hill, of Concord,
N. c., Justice of the
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
WHITE HOUSE CRANKS
A Mecca for People With
Queer Upper Stories.
USUALLY HARMLESS
APPLICATION OF THE GENTLE
ART OF DIPLOMACY.
Received With Pohteness, They Think
the object Of Their Visit
is Accomplished.

A gentleman in position to know a good
deal about them, was talking about the
crank visitors at the White House the other
day. He withheld the use Of his name In
connection with his "reminiscences of the
queer ones. for sufficiently obvious reasons
Everybody knows" he said, that
throughout the greater part of the year
the White House is a magnet for cranks
of all sorts and descriptions, male and fe-
male. In the main they are harmless, and
their idiosyncrasies are on the humorous
side, and the doorkeepers and secret service
men have little or no trouble In handling
them. They are shunted out of the White
House grounds, and. pretty often, out Of
Washington. on the double quick. While
there are more Of the apparently dangerous
cranks than the public ever hears about
the dangerous-appearing ones are not so
numerous as might be expected, consider
ing the accessibility of the White House to
everybody and the democratic manner in
which the crowds ffocking to 1t are handled
while Congress Is In session hardly
day passes without half a dozen or SO of
persons who are obviously queer in their
heads attempting to gain the ear of the
President. Many of these afflicted fndt-
viduaEs are men and women who have re-
paired to Washington to push imaginary
claims against the federal government and
whose ill success in such efforts has added
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28

few paillettes and pearls. From this fall
long pointed scarfs of lace, that is they
may be considered long though they fall
only on a line with the waist, and are
not at all heavy in appearance. AS the
top of the sleeve Is quite deliberately
trimmed with opalescent paillettes. it is
better to have the rest of the trimming
very delicate.
A long rope of pearls wound about the
throat and tiara of the same gems,
with diamonds, are the proper accessories
for this exquisite and beautiful evening
gown. The real Empire headdress Is not
considered essential with this costume
and tiaras are so much more becoming
and fashionable that 1t is not in the least
of an anachronfsm to choose the modern
hair ornament instead of the historic one
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28

length and show slightly through the net.
The lower edge of this chiffon slip Is trim
med with rows of ruching, and on the bot
tom of the net dress Is very full pleated
ruche perhaps six inches wide, Shirred
through the middle. AS an Empire gown
must of necessity be rather plain and scant,
this ruching provides the fashionable num-
ness about the feet.
Running up the gown from hem to de-
colletage are graduated sprays and con-
yentionalized vines of chrysanthemums
wrought in opalescent paiiettes In Two
shapes, the round and oval. The pattern
extends up each side of the front and
there are shorter ones at the sides ana
back Holding the large. full-petaied
pearls, and each chrysanthemum is CEN
tered with a star-shaped ornament made
of opalescent paillettes, with rim or
pearls and a heart of rhfnestones Ihe
flowers grow larger as they go down the
skirt and around the bottom they form
clusters and vines In a heavier effect.
though the pattern is never anything but
delicate and graceful.
The neck of the decollete bodice forms
point at the arms. and then 1t rounds
over the bust according to the ultra-fash-
ionable line. The point In the center
comes quite low, and here there Is placed
a. large pearl-incrusted medallion holding
five strings of smaller pearls at each side.
which are looped across the bust and
confined under similar medallions which
placeQ at the SlCeS where the poOiCc
Is cut down at the arms. Several folds
Of white tulle are laid around the decol-
letage to soften the jeweled effect Of the
gown.
NUNS curve up gracefully from the hem
of the skirt front, growing much slen-
derer at the waist and then widening out
above, they form solid flower decora-
ton across the bust, so that very little OF
the figured net is seen here. In the back
there is the same pailletted effect where
the flower pattern reaches the top Of the
deep point.
Draped puffs of white tulle and fig
ured net stand well out at the shoulders,
for there must be no dropping effects in
a gown of this style. Pailletted chrysan-
themum petals reach out over the puffs
and form part of their trimming. The net
is then drawn in to the arm and confined
under folds of itself ornamented with a
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28
FOR THE EMPIRE GOWN
Always Considered to Be in
Good Style.
REVEALS SAND CONCEALS
THE LINES OF THE FIGURE BEAU
TILTED OR CORRECTED.
Proper Jewels to Wear With This Dress
at Great Func-
tons.
REVEALS AND ONCEALS
Design by Redfern.

Design by Redfern.
Copyright. 1908, by r. F. Ayers.)
Empire gowns are always good style. and
no matter how beautiful the other women
In ball room, she of the Empire robe, half
revealing and half concealing the slender
ness of her figure, is at once the magnet
drawing all eyes. The reason for this is
found in the fact that only limited num-
Der of the fair sex are built for setting on
this semi-loose effect and when the style Of
gown is adapted to the individual both ac-
auire an added amount of distinction and
charm 1t is the Empire gown that appeals
to the eye of the artist when dozens of other
smart designs a Ia mode are passed over as
being commonplace from his point of view
In the accompanying sketch we have the
rosiest dream imaginable In the way of
long. half-loose evening gown with Empire
lines and ornamentation. The overdress Is
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28

as II to make amends. It Is at its height On
mnistcodls. trousers are to be cut with a
snsht spring over the instep without. how
ever, the graceless 'peg-top'' effect ~
lew years ago. These of course are mere
~ personal opinions which hold subject IA
revision with the ripening of spring Tn
ue II, rank, me fashions of season are al
ways In a haze until like a debutante. The
season has IT'S coming OUT Forecasts
are usually not worth the breath II takes
TO utter them. for the mode has a discom-
posing haplt OF setting the most matured
promotions at naught. II is an established
fact, however, that fashion changes grad
ually, so that the mode of one season af-
iords fair clue to that of the season tread
ing on us heels. Fashion has been unmis-
takably conservative for the last three
years and there is no cause to sunpos,
that IL viii swerve suddenly and sharDIy
from its prevailing tendency
Ties and Shoes.
Ties for wear with formal evening dress
are to be a shade narrower as 1t has been
found that the broad forms are too I'M
wieldy and too hard to knot gracefully.
Jacket ties. however, are still to be full and
wide The solitaire stud on the white shirt
appears to be gaining, Notwithstanding the
stigma or English approval, which amounts
almost to an iniquity Ia the eyes of some
hery persons. Just why mode should be
especially unpalatable If 1t come from Lon
don and acceptable If IT come from Bonn
bay, Calcutta or What-Not-Town is some
thing that leave to my readers to fathom
Evening dress trousers are still braided
with two narrow stripes or with one broad
stripe and they are cut rather full around
hip and knee. The white waistcoat is now
approved with evening clothes to the virtual
exclusion of the black waistcoat Patent
leather Is yet under a cloud and Is not
worn except at a dance. A fad In evening
dress Is black silk hose clicked I'm white
The opera hat has received a setback this
season, and L do not remember any tirno
rx-h no. mos 10
marked disfavor because of being so much
miSused.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-01-28

silk-fgured net, and this is laid upon first
foundation of coral taffeta cut en- princess
and finished around the bottom with
heavy silk-covered cord to give form and
chiffon and then with white. and on top of
all this billowy draping Is laid the figured
net. A word as to the trimming of these
layers of unseen beauty. On the inner side
of the coral silk skirt are several tiny tat
feta ruches, placed in rows close together.
so that when the skirt Is lifted in the dance
one sees a mass of pink fiuff1ness and lace
frilling.
On the white chiffon slip which comes d.
rectly under the figured net small ruchings
of the chiffon are arranged In widely spread
ing scrolls that run half way up the skirt