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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
II. j. Parker. Medicine Lodge.
LEGISLATIVE NEWS.
A Topeka Daily Newspaper which will
Give in Detail the Doings of the
Kansas LEGISLATURE.

The Topeka State Journal is the lar.
gest daily newspaper in Kansas, 1t be-
ing ten or more pages every day.
The coming session of the Kansas
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there will be something dolng.n OF
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will include the Legislature before
and after taking.o
The news service includes the full
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political, sporting and general news;
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

1t should be added that at the pres.
ent time there are appropriation bills
before the Ways and Means committees
IN the lower and upper houses, asking
for increases in salaries and help In ev-
cry state institution.
-
Why is it that the stock yards bill
which provides that rates shall not be
raised on yardage in the stock yards of
Kansas has not been acted upon? The
committee has had ample time to re.
port on the bill. 10 those who are &C.
quainted with the situation the reason
is as plain as day. The bill was a
measure calculated to benefit the farm.
ers and stockmen. 1t was held up be-.
cause the owners of the stock yards so
requested. They sent letters to the
members who have charge of the bill
to hold it up until they could inyesti.
gate. Their lobby has arrived in To.
peka and it is now cinch that the hill
will be killed. The bill provided that
not more than six cents should be
charged for yardage of hogs, and that
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

Have you noticed that the
measures which the people
OF Kansas are demanding
that the legislature shall en-.
act into law are the very
ones which populists and
democrats have been advo.
eating ever since 1890? The
state oil refinery and railroad
legislation both have their
origin in democrat and popu-
list conventions and newspa.
pers and that is one reason
why the Hoch- Stubs com.
bine is fighting them SO hard.
But the people have been ed.
ucated up to these advanced
ideas and they are going to
eventually have their desires
gratified, Corporate hoo,
gishness has driven them 70
it. That's all.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15


We heard a statesman"
proclaim recently that a man
who can't play poker has no
business in the legislature,
and if such a one happens to
be elected he cuts no ice when
he gets there. Perhaps that
accounts for the reason why
the republicans of Barber
county do not consult Repre-.
sentative Ewell when they
want to get local bills for Bar.
Der county through.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
Some papers pretend to be

Some papers pretend to be
surprised that Gov. Hoch
should have changed front
on the state oil refinery prop.
osition. We see no reason
why any paper or individual
who has read after the Gov.
ernor should express surprise.
He is a vacillating creature
and a side.stepper very SINH.
lar to Ex-Governor w. E.
Stanley. A declaration to.
day doesn't mean anything
he may change his position
tomorrow. That was demon.
strated to the satisfaction Of
the public when his name
was first sprung by his polit-
ical friends for the republi.
can nomination for governor.
II VIII De remembered that
ne came out in a strong arti.
Gle declining unconditional
~. A week or so later Boss
Stubbs and a few other ward
heelers got hold of him and
ne backed into the race again
and later bagged the game.
Like most of the fellows who
get Office in Kansas these
days, Hoch is a narrow-guag-
ed politician with mighty lit
tie vertebrae and capable of
being very easily handled.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
SHERLOCK HOLMES AGAIN.
A New Series OF Detective Stories in
The Kansas City Star.

Conan Doyle's detective stories, with
the marvellous Sherlock Holmes as their
hero. have achieved the greatest sue
cess OF recent years. Appreciatlng this
fact the publisher of Golfers Weekly.
New York. Induced Mr.. Doyle to write
final series of the great detectives
adventures. Repeated refusals were
followed by increased inducements, and
finally Mr.. Doyle agreed to write thir.
teen stories for $4,000, or about go
cents a word. The entire correspond
ence was by cable. The amount paid
by Col ier's is the largest ever paid for
such work and does not include the
right to publish the stories in book
form. By special arrangement with
Golfers. these famous stories are be-.
ing printed in The Kansas City Star.
one story each week, beginning, in the
daily edition, Saturday, February IL.
and in the Weekly, Wednesday, Febru-
arg l5 None of the present popular
features of The Star will be cut down
or omitted to make room for this re-
variable set of stories. Practically the
contents of $1.50 book will be added
to the contents of The Star, in three
months, without any increase of the
subscription price. 10 cents week for
The Daily Star tmornlng. evening and
sunday, IL complete papers a week.,
and 70 cents year for The Weekly
Star.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

Henry W. Young, the vet
eran Populist of Montgom-
cry county, the editor of the
independence Times and ex-
state senator, is the benefci.
airy Of a pronounced change
Of sentiment in that section
Of the state. He used to be
denounced as an "Anarchist''
for advocating public owner
ship. Now the oil men who
want a state refinery make it
a point to drop in at his Of.
flee and assure him that he's
all right and pat him on. the
back.-Kansas City Star.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

The democrat banquet to
be held at Topeka February
22nd is looked forward to
with interest by the demo-
Gratis throughout the state
and a large attendance is
anticipated. Hon. Vim. J.
Bryan will be the leading at.
traction which alone is snffi.
Gent to ensure a large crowd.
The number of plates pro-
vided will be limited to the
number Of guests present.
All who expect to. attend
should send So to VIM. F.
Sapp, chairman, and procure
their tickets, not later than
February 18th, as no tickets
will be sold after that date.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
No better illustration {

No better illustration of
the absolute enslavement of
the average man to party
prejudice could be given than
in the matter of the propos.
ed state oil refinery. While,
as it seems, thousands of the
people of the state are for
the refinery, yet everyone
who ventures into print, or
speaks on the subject fears
that the scheme is "socialis.
tic" and if he finally is in ia
Vor OF the measure he apollo.
gizes by saying, that he will
concede that much even if if
is socialistic. If public own
ership had first been advanc.
ed by the republican party
the state refinery would
soon be disposed of; but it
was not and the average re-
publican would rather go tc
the devil than agree to a
measure first advocated by
anyone except a republican.
Ashland Clipper.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

The price of one horse if in.
vested in International stock
food, would have saved the
thousands of dollars that
have been lost in this vicinity
by disease in horses and hogs.
Money refunded if not salts
factory. J. R. Young Drug
Company.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

1t transpires that the news,
papers that predicted in last
falls campaign that the boss
busters would pe found to be
under the control of the rail.
road corporations when the
legislature convened, knew
whereof they were speaking,
as the business mems fedora
ton have already discovered
to their sorrow.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

President Roosevelt might
prove his sincerity in his de,
mand for railroad legislation
by quitting holding up the
railroad companies for passes
for himself, his relatives and
his friends. This thing of
junketing over the country
in private cars at the rail
roads expense while pretend
ing to fight the railroads at
the same time, doesn't har.
monte a little bit.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

The Kansas legislature had
a small sized Doodle bomb
thrown among it's members
one day last week. It was al
legged that the Standard Oil
Company had opened it's
"bar'l." An Investigating COM
mittee was appointed but af.
ter smelling around the state
house a day or two a report
was made that no trace of
wickedness could be found.
When a republican legisla.
ture locates a boodler the fish
es will live in the mountains.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

The supreme court has decided
that the governor must pay his own
grocery bills. Ex-Governor Bailey
tried to make run on the state
treasury but Tom Kelly refused to
honor his vouchers. Tom is a fine
watch dog when it comes to keep
ing other grafters out of the public
crib.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

Texas is about to pass an
anti divorce law. 1t provides
that the defendant can not
marry again for three years
and the plaintiff for one year,
and if the defendant is not
present at the trial he may
have a new trial any time
within a year.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

the stock yards company should handle
the business IN Kansas instead of Mis-
souri,. At present the stock is unload
ed in Kansas, where the charge is less,
and then driven to Missouri. where the
yardage charge is almost double. The
stockman pays it.
*x*
AT the republican Kansas Day BAN
quet, which was held in the state house
January 80, there were but 200 people
at the banquet table. The secretary of
the association reported that $50 tick.
cts were sold. The reason the $50 did
not sit at the table was that they oh
jected to eating with w. T. Vernon,
the negro who was asked to speak aid
eat with the white people. At the
democrat banquet. which Will be held
February 22nd, there will be no cause
for white men refusing to sit at the
banquet board.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
NOTfCE---Hunters.

No hunting allowed. Save trouble by
being forewarned:
No hunting will be allowed ON any
land owned or controlled by me. All
parties are warned to keep off.
j. l. CANT.
Hunting positively forbidden on any
land owned or controlled by DIS. Jones.
A. MURLErT,
GEO. F0INDExTER.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

All kinds of furniture bought and
sold. stoves repaired, and second hand
goods of every description constantly
In stock. Store on North Main street.
ADAM JACKSON.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

The commercial organiza-
tions of Oklahoma are up in
arms. They have wired con-
gress that they would rather
have no statehood at all than
to have it with a prohibition
string tied to it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

If the legislature checks
the oil refinery bill up to the
governor what will Eddie do
about it! We know what be
would do if he was not afraid
of public sentiment.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
Prohibition in Oklahoma!
Well who'd O. thunk it."

The Santa Fe Railroad
company and the Standard
Oil company seem to have
fused"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
The Farmers Nursery.
SHARON. KANSAS.

Can furnish you everything carried By
ffrst-class nursery at one-half the price you
pay elsewhere. and gu aFa1tee everything
furnished. Goods which can't be Grown hero
IN Nursery furnished through the Grefsa Nh Z
rrs-- of Lawrence, Kansas, the Oldest and
reliable nursery in the state.
&. Z. BACKBONE. Manager
Successor to @. a. Blackmcre.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

H. L. Woodward s. Son are exclusive
agents for the o. B. Fl0ur-the best
brand on the market. 1t IS popular
with all who use it. Try sack.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
TELEPHONE NO. so.

Poor old Arizona will have
to wait awhile.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15
AGEDBANKER' s LETTER
Tells Odd Story Of One Mans Power
to Heal the Suffering.


The following letter is going the
rounds of the press aud it is not out Of
place to reprint it here. The letter
follows:
Eureka, Kansas. Dec. II, 1904.
ITO the Public,-A man 70 years old
does not usually expect much relief
from life long sffllctlon, nor did ]. but
Prof. ID. r Neville. the Prof. Larson
Healer who has been in Eureka the
past few weeks. stopped severe pain
in my right shoulder in a single treat
ment, though the affection was brought
on by an injury sustained in nv boy
hood Prior to the treatment suffer.
ed constantly, so conld not sleep. All
the trouble is now removed | believe
in this mans power 10 heal, because
have seen 1t demonstrated on many
oJber rs as we'll as myself.
"G. E ruRALL,
"Vice Pres. First National Bank"
Tn Prof. Neville referred to In the
letter is reported to use no drugs or
medicines in his treatment. At pres
ent he has offices IN Anthony where he
seems to be doing large aud satlsfac-
tory business. judging from the news.
papers.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-02-15

Spring Dry Goods arriving at a. B.
Wilkins s. Co.'S.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-26
The Football Schedule.

The schedule for the University Of
Virginia football eleven for next fail
las been announced. The statement
says that NJ. r. Cooke, Of Norfolk, the
brilliant young tackle OF last years
eleven, will captain the 1903 team, II
w. c.. Cole will be head coach. NJ.
Cole will be aided in his work by some
of Virginia's old graduates. MI. Coles
comes from Michigan, where he played
tackle and half-back in 19O1-02. He
coached Merietta, o., college in 1905.
and was Mr.. YOst'S first assistant and
right hand man at Michigan in 1904
The complete schedule is as follows;
September STANDARDIZATION, al
Charlottesville.
September 3O-St. Johns, Nd, Col
lege, at Charlottesville.
October 7-Agricultural and Mechan-
zeal college of North Carolina, at Char
lOttesville.
October 14-Carlisle Indians, al
Richmond.
October 21-Bucknell, at Norfolk. ,
October 27-DavidSOn College, a
Charlottesville.
November EVirginia Polytechnic
Institute, at Charlottesville.
November 11-Georgetown, at Wash
ton, D. G..
November 25-William and Mar
College, at Charlottesville.
November 3O-North Carolina, a
Norfolk.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-26
\ PREACHER
Born in Africa and Left Alone Among
the Natives When an Infant-Con-
Quoting a Successful Meeting.

We have a preacher in our town who
is a remarkable man, with a remark
able experience. About SO years ago 4
Scotch sea captain marrned an Eng
fish woman in Galveston, Texas. I'M
mediately after their marriage they
sailed for Cape Town, Africa. This
captain gave up %seafaring n went
about 100 miles into the interior of Ar.
RIGA, there to establish an ostrich farm.
Having been there only a very short
time. he was killed by a tiger while
out hunting. Four months after his
widow gave birth to a son n died,
and this boy child fell into the hands
Of the natives and was reared by an
old black woman
When he was eight years old a
white man came nto their country and
the boy went down to Cape Town with
him, when the MAI got drunk the lad
ran away and fell into the hands
of the captain of a ship, and his wire,
who were Christians. Up to this time
he had never had any clothing on III
they clothed him and sent him to
school. After they had sent him TO
school five years he went to Edin-
burch and graduated. After his grad
nation he began preaching in his native
country and other points, but later de-
cided to establish Il school at his Old
home for the education of the natives
With $50 he began Il little over fif-
teen years ago, and he says his school
property is worth nearly $4,000 and a
| great number of natives have been sent
out as missionaries and are doing a
great work. He now has IA pupils III
| school and some will finish his Octo-
| Der, will leave, when he will get Others.
He has to buy the children. The boys
cost him from u LIE to 81, girl chill
| dren soc a dozen.
This is a brief sketch of his life, inn
perfectly told. but how we wish every
BODY could see and hear him. His
| name is DIR. st. Clair. of the Wesleyan
Methodist church. He is free from
! sensation, smart sayings, not irritable,
but a plain preacher of the gospel he
is full of magnetism and the Holy
Ghost and the people hang on every
! word. He is holding a series OF meet
ings in the Methodist church and the
house is crowded at almost every meet
| ing. There are two services each day.
! one in the morning and u at night.
All the business houses close up for
service and everybody goes to church.
DIR. st. Clair has been. with the IA
nous preacher. Mr.. Roberts. In Wales,
and can tell a great deal about bis
work.
]. HENRY THARPE.
EIkin, \. c., May 8, 1905.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-26
k Rhine Wine.

Heinrich Heina described wine as
s'pale as the moon and maddenins as
it's light" and it is of more than COM
mon interest to be let into the secret
of the ways in which this choice elixir,
of which we import and consume so
much, is modernly made. The ey.-
dence in court some time ago of the
employees of one DR.. Schlamp, the
proprietor of extensive vineyards IN
Nierstein, the very home of the high
est brands, throws ar interesting light
on the subject. He used to turn SOC
gallons of fair, ordinary Rhine wlle
into LOCO gallons of high class Nier-
steiner in this way: First he added
500 gallons of Rhine water to the wine;
then he mixed in scientifically ammo
MIA, tannic acid, isinglass, prunes, raj
sins, oil of vitriol, g%elatines and var
ious drugs, after which he added some
thing out of a phial which he always
carried in his pocket, the composition
of which he carefully kept a secret.
The doctor did not deny the testimony
of his employees, but said. that ALL pro-
ducers of high class Rhine wine pur-
sued similar methods, and he made
an appeal to the German public pros
ecutor to drop the case, on the ground
that pursuing it and giving it publlsI-
ty would tend to the injury OF the bus
inss.-New York Tribune.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-26
WYE LA HOOP SKIRT.
Cunning Efforts of the Manufacturers
to POpuIariZe a Fashion Fad.

The admirably inspired press agent
of the hoop-skirt manufacturers is
earning his full salary. no matter how
large that may be.
One of the primary principles OF
success in providing women with the
attire hat makes them rival the but
terf1y in grace n beauty is depen-
dent upon frequent changes Of style.
If there were no changes whatever IN
the material. cut. Or trimming OF FEM
min garments it would be possible for
many ultra-ecOnOmical women to get
along with a dozen dresses a wear. and
there might be cases of niggardly
creatures who would even carry over
garments from one season to another
for an alarmingly indefinite length of
time. Necessarily such a state of at
fairs would be highly depressing to the
business of those who DurVeN for the
female form, divine: Il as a means Of
Counteracting such possible tender-
cies. fashion steps in to keep the cos
tume-makers busy.
But as il is not as EASY as it was in
the days of imperial courts to make
some particular work of art the uni
VerSa1 vogue. the power Of the press Is
now the lever that overturnS n mode
ana sets up another. Hence we see
the cunning of, the press agent now
turned toward uplifting Ono: let us
say. advertising) the hoop skirt.
IF an attempt was made to thrust
this old-new invention upon the Ewes
of modern society. they would un-
.1oubtedly turn their backs UPON 1t.
Consequently. observe the cunning Of
the procedure hV which it is recon-
menGed.
Only women of good figure can
wear the hoop skirt" After hearing
such an argument. where would be the
charmer who would refuse to wear It:
Every horrid old cat of her acauain-
lance would say straightway that she
had so poor a figure that she didn't
dare.
The very fat woman can hardly
venture to wear a hoop skirt" NOW.
YOU may not have the form
of a Venus or a Diana. but wins not
pose at least as a Hebe3 Yet a fail
u-e to wear the new essential OF mod
ish dress relegates o at once TO the
ranks of the very fat =
And what more alluring bait couio
have been hung out than the press
agents insinuation that only a grace
ful girl ought to yea this tremulous
collection of wires. since the awkward
and the vulgar would not be able tI
handle the swishing folds OF n lower
draperias with due regard TO e
and 6ecorum?
Evidently the hoop skirt will soor
arrive if skillful appeals TO human
nature can bring it.-Chicago Post.
The semi-weekly messenger. [volume] (Wilmington, N.C.) 1897-1908, 1905-05-26

all sizes, some of them no bigger than
germs.
This story of Jersey mosquitoes be-
ing as big as a horse is only partis
true, as any man who has scientifically
investigated them knows They are
Just as big and have cousins just as
penetrating, but SO small you can't see
them. You know, they say the NOS
quito carries the malarial germ. Well, I
am prepared to show that the germ OF
malaria is only a smaller Jersey mos
quito. / mention this wide variety OF
sizes only to show how the phenomena
corroborates the theory that ! have
found the fly to do the business. This
fly is a wonder among flies. / hav3
found them in so mdI:y sizes that | an
sure it is the only member OF b fl
family that offers a corresponding lit
for every size of Jersey mosquito. TIE
man who can boil an egg in ten min.
utes with a magnifying glass is a long
way behind the Barnegat mosquito in
thermal power, for 1 have known them
to boil a man, literally cover him with
boils i'm less than one"
'Oh, they are really not so bad" pro-
tested Mrs. Boggs, You e~xaggerate-
Still if you substitute mules you may
get something far worse for b mule
has a bad reputation for temper among
the brute creation. If We must have a
change let us be delivered from the
possibilities Of something worse TEN
pered."
1T is true hat mules are kickers.
but the particular advantage which the
mule offers to us sufferers in this con-
nectien is that he is his w finish, the
slug end of his genealogical tree. He
7 saws the limb off and fails with it. Let
us assume hat one season of mule
mosquitoes will put most Of the inhahl-
tants of Jersey to bed as with the
smallpox and close her summer resorts.
Even so, a great blessing has been con-
ferred, for every season thereafter will
be exempt. One summer Of glory Tor
the mule offspring and then Jersey
may come into her own. Her vast re-
sources, acres of suburban lots may
be sold without q lie"
Il wouldn't put my money into prop
erty over there" asserted Mrs. Boggs,
ION the strength of your conclusions
"Well, the mule himself is a conclu-
sion-and a strong One.'-Brookly1
Eagle.