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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-22

the 400" They were the gayer,
younger set, the Hampstead hunt
srs and the yachtsmen, in both OF
which categories young w. A. Brokaw
is reckoned. The celebration took
try place at Great Neck, which he has
Of late been increasing by the simple
expedient of buying up one side of a
village street. There was an outdoor
fete in the Italian garden, great or
chestra from New York playing soft
music behind veil of shrubbery.
Later the guests entered the house.
1t is palace, rivaling the great
French and English country places in
size, but created in the impatient fiat
of couple of years where many gen.
erations go to the building bit by bit
of an old-world mansion. The gem of
the house, for the purposes of enter
tainment, is beautiful little private
theater, all in white and gold, where,
on the night of Mr.. Brokaws birthday,
a performance was given by clever
artists brought from New York for the
purpose.
This is nothing new Mrs. Stuy-
vesant Fish and others have taken
whole troupes from New York to New
port to give single performances to
while the ennui of fashionable sum-
mer. Such lavish entertainment will
be in future less characteristic Of New
port than of the new country homes
like Mr.. BroKaws, which are becom-
ing so much more correct" The pri-
vate theaters recall those in French
chateaux in the times of the grand
| monarch" In New York city itself
owing to the excessive cost of land, the
great ballroom and picture gallery
which every great house must have
takes its place.
Busy men often forget all about
their birthdays until they are past
Women, too.
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Charitable Tin.

1t is sensible suggestion some ont
makes that those who are bound TO,
their country places for the summe:
should send to hospitals the store O
jellies and jams which would naturall,
be left behind. The season is at hane
when fresh fruits are available for i'm.
mediate use. and for the making o.
fresh stock of sweets for next win.
ter's demands, and the left overs
from last seasons vintage might fur
nish pleasure to invalids and conva
tescents who are not so well favored
with such homemade delicacies a.
their attendants would like them to b,
Boston Transcript.
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BOOM but different in the respect that
the mushroom growth is the
work of a government which is
determined to build itself a metropolis
complete in every detail. Another
power" he wrote, would have been
content to build its railway and begin
the harbOr tentatively, and let trade dc
the rest. Not so Russia Dalny is tc
spring into the world full-grown and
armed at every point, Minerva-like
from the brains of the Russian Jove
The harbor, which has to be constructed
at enormous expense, by filling and
dredging the bay by the square mile
with moles and breakwaters and dry
docks, Is to be capable of accommodate
ing the largest ships afloat alongside its
wharves, and will eventually take in all
the shipping which could be got to.
gether at any time in the east. The sea
front and warehouses are to stand on
ground which was in 1901 under the
water at low tide. The administrative
portion Of the town is already in exist.
ence. When we examined the plan oil
the harbor two years ago it seemed al.
most chimerical, so immense was the
work mapped out for the contractors
To-day the plan is realized, and only the
shipping is wanted. Dalny is. after all
the best If not the only, place which
could have been selected. Apart from
the Trans-Siberian railway, Dalny has
great Importance as the future port OF
Manchuria. Dalny has a great future
before it," The predictions of Mr..
Whigham made in 1901 have been amply
fulfilled, and Dalny is in many respect.
amodel town. The Russians began theil
building operations in 1900, when sew.
eral Chinese villages standing on the
site were demolished. Then the town
gradually began to take shape The
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dDluluS place. AZ
thurs old home is a modest four-story
house, rather narrow, of brown stone
He lived there many years, and died
there in 1886. Mrs. Arthur died there
in 1881, the day after President Gar.
fields death at Elberon; unQuestion.
ably anxiety on the presidents &C.
count aggravated her illness In the
parlor of the house Gen. Arthur took
the oath of Office before Justice Brady
of the supreme court
The constant rebuilding of New
York sweeps away most of its we'll.
known landmarks. The Stewart man.
sion, built with what pains taking care
and at what considerable expense
lasted 20 years. A big bank and trust
company's structure now stands upon
its site. Even club houses far up
town do not last longer. The Progress
club is Is years old. 1t is being vacat-
ed, is to be torn down-a splendid
structure costing half a million-to
make room for a private house
The old New York Athletic club ha6
the oldest fate. 1t was bought for g
board of health headquarters. Look
ing over the place to see where the
records. of the department could be
kept, the "commish" concluded that
the swimming tank was just the place.
And SO it is. A fireproof lid was
fitted to the tank, and now the health
records of the great city are safely
kept; they never were before
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lsFE IN THE BARREN LANDS.
Che Comforts Of Camping in . Coun~
try Where the Warmth Of q
Dog Is Welcome.

The Barren Lands, called by the In
iians Land of Little Sticks" are abso-
':uteiy devoid not only of trees but even
d brush. except for some stunted
pushes to be found in occasional spots
lear the waters edge These lands lie
N British Columbia, near the Great
Slave lake. Mr.. Casper Whitney, in de-
'cribing hunting-trip through this re-
sion, in 'Mush-Ox, Bison, Sheep and
loaf" says that a venture into this
North country, except in summer, means
struggle with both cold and famine.
Get the lack of food was not so hard to
'ear as the wind, and camping was q
continual discomfort.
Zone of the first lessons I learned"
writes Mr.. Whitney, was to keep my
ace free from covering, and also as
:lean shaver as was possible under such
circumstances. 1t makes me smile now
o remember the elaborate hood ar
angement which was knitted for me in
Canada, and which then seemed to me
.ne OF the most important articles OF
ny equipment. 1t covered the entire
lead, ears and neck, with openings only
or eyes and mouth, and in town had
fiewed it as a great find: but threw it
away before got within a thousand
niles OF the Barren Grounds.
The reason is obvious. My breath
turned the front of the hood into sheet
# ice before had run three miles; and
IS there was no fire in the Barren
Grounds to thaw it, of course it was an
impossible thing to wear in that region.
After other experiments, found the
simplest and most comfortable head
gear to be my own long hair, which hung
even with my jaw, bound about just
above the ears by handkerchief. and
The open hood of my caribou-skin capote
Drawn forward over all.
The most trying hour in the "a was at
the camping time in the afternoon. The
fire furnished no warmth; it was not
built for that purpose; it was simply to
boil the tea, and perhaps an idea of its
size can be given by saying that by the
time the snow in the kettle had melted
into water, and the water begun to boil.
the fire was exhausted
Having drunk the tea, we rolled up
in our fur robes, lying side by side round
the tepee, with feet toward the fire and
head against the sledge. knees into the
back of the man next you. and with your
| snow-shoes under your head, away from
the dogs that would eat the lacing.
sleep never came until the dogs had
finished fighting over us, for as soon as
we were rolled in our robes the dogs
poured into the tepee. There were Is
dogs, and the lodge was about seven
| feet in diameter at it's base. No hour in
| the day or night was more miserable
than this, when these half-starved
brutes fought over and on top of us be-
fore they finally settled down upon US.
'In extremely cold weather a dog
curled up at your feet or back is not I'M
| pleasant; but to have one lying on your
head, another on your shoulders or hips.
or perhaps third on your feet, and you
| lying on your side on rocky, uneven
ground, is not a happy experience.
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curltleS multiply. But 20 years Ia
ter, in 1898, the ruling quotation
was still only 100000 1t jumped to
$4,000 in 1899, doubled to $4,000 in
1900. From that point it crawled more
slowly up to high water mark at $S2,-
900 last year. The drop since then, a
decrease of $4,000, is pretty nearly
the entire price five years ago.
The biggest speculative year was
1901, when 265, 100000 shares of stocks
were sold" Assuming that these
shares were all on the $1OO par basis
and most of them were-the sales
represented in nominal valuation the
incredibly great sum of SIG, 500, OOO, 900
or just double the entire capitaliza-
ton of all the railway companies in
the United States. But this was taking
no account of bond sales, or of sales
in other cities, or of speculation in the
other exchanges of New York-those
devoted to gambling in cotton, real es-
tate. produce-or of the Consolidated
exchange, or of the curb" No won
der a seat that gives a man an
Observation-Disclosures share of such a
business has value.
Consider the commissions merely
Most of the ''sales" are mere gambling
transactions between members. If the
sales were all made by outsiders they
would net to brokers under the inflex-
ible rules of the exchange one-quarter
OF one per cent-one-eIghth each way
for both buyer and seller pay commits
sion-or $66,OOO,00O in commissions
alone. Divide this by the LOO mem
bers, and we have the respectable av-
erage of $4,000 apiece as yearly in
come.
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Selling His Advantage.

The domestic jar grew more Earring.
1T isn't so, John Henry, and you know
it," shrilly exclaimed Mrs. Vick-Sen.
You may say what you please. but"
Promptly availing himself of the I'M
expected permission. John Henry pro.
ceeded to say what he pleased, for the
tirst time in the history of the family,
to the Overwhelming surprise of his
good dame. who found herself unable to
interrupt him for fully five minutes
Chicago Tribune.
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SNOWBALLS AMID FLOWERS
School Children of San Jose, Califor-
MIA, Permitted to Enjoy
Novel Sport. Il :.

Although California is the land OF
flowers to which snow balling, except in
the mountains, generally is forbidden,
exceptions to the rule may be compelled.
Such an exception, says the Sunset Mag
azine, during the past winter, or rainy
season, was witnessed in San Jose.
One of the stage drivers to and from
Mount Hamilton brought from there
barrel carefully packed with snow and
presented it to the pupils of the Grant
school in the Garden city. Then the
fun began. Most of the children had not
seen snow before except in the distant
SNOWFALL, but they didn't know how, and
they approached the problem tentative1
ly. And-here Is the browning absurd
ity of the situation-some of their teach-
,ers didn't know how to teach them; alI
though they were adults, never before
had they come in contact with snow. a
Some of the little chaps, after cautioui
investigation, declared that the strange
white stuff burned their fingers; 1t was
SO, and others, who had read or been
told about it, feared that their banda
would be frozen by the first contact with
it. The experimental stage soon was
past, however, and then the fun was fast
and furious. 1t was such ecstasy as east
ern children know, with the zest of now
city added to it. For a&orief time school
traditions and the proprieties main
tanned between teachers and pupils were
thrown to the winds, and there was none
so high or SO low that a SNOWFALL might
not batter him when least expected.
The white missiles whizzed through
bushes laden with roses or clipped the
stately Gala lilies from their stems az
knife might have done.
1t was touch of winter introduced
into a garden of bloom and beauty. and.
ali, but the boys. big and little. enjoyed
it. For all Of which some sort of rever-
ence might be done to the Mount Ham,
ilton stage driver-he has not forgot
ten that he once was boy.
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ana tndt total lack or taste did not
prevent man from buy.ag. After
Tweed's arrest as a common thief hi
was permitted to revisit his homo in
custody of a Ike per from Ludlow
street jail There was quick work.
He shaved of his beard, cut his hair.
put on a wig and pair of gold
trimmed spectacles, jumped out of a
rear window and made of over tie
fence. He went to Florida, to Cuba
to Spain, where, as he had been sc
incautious as to let his beard grow, he
was at last recognized by Spanish re.
productions of Nast's cartoons.
The house adjoins others that have
been bought for the site of grea,
apartment house by the Madison Ave
nue. Real Estate company. In few
months it will be no more.
In this way a number of houses OF
historic interest upon New York's
darker side are disappearing. The
home that Madame Restell made in
famous is torn down. The house so
long visible from West side elevated
trains, from whose rear windows
Banker Hatch leaped to his death
while trying to grasp at the branches
of a little stunted tree to escape from
a badger" has been torn down. For
not little while the house. of the me-
gress Hannah Elias, where Millionaire
Platt was cajoled and browbeaten Out
OF three-quarters of million dollars
will take the place of these time-woru
examples.
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Country of Linguists.

Almost every native of Iceland, even
he peasants and fishermen, can speak
at least one foreign language besides
his local Danish dialect. Some years
ago it became fad to study Ian
guages. and now q person speaking
only one tongue is looked down upon
as extremely ignorant. English leads,
then come German and French. Pa
pers in these three languages ara
read ext asively in Iceland. and may
be found in all the village reading
rooms
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-22
LONG FAST OF CATFISH.
oenizen Of New York Aquarium
Breaks All Records Of Its
Kind in Captivity.

All records for fasting among catfish
b captivity have been broken by the big
pecimen from the Mississippi river.
low in the New York aquarium. After
IS period of Information the catfish took
is first food this year on May 13. This
vas the first food it had taken since July
, 1903, period of ten months and six
lays. :.
In each succeeding year since it has
been here this big catfish has in the hi
,ernating season abstained from food
or longer and longer time. 1t was re-
.eived in December, 1899 The follow
ng little table shows when in each year
1 stopped eating and when it resumed.
stopped Feeding Resumed Feeding
, ,S0V. November .....-.-.... April ~ lSol
1901, October April %, 1902
~, august H.. April 4, 1903
1905 July May Is, 1904
This big catfish is about 81 feet in
ength and weighs probably 70 pounds
It has grown somewhat in length and in
weight since it was first received. 1t is
lean and free from fungus and in good
condition, and it has now apparently as
nuch vitality as when it first came in. +.
This year, when finally it began to
axe food, it came up for it with its nor
| NAL degree of activity, and took three
| nedium-sized cells. cut up into lengths
| convenient for it to swallow On May
IL it was eager for food and it ate four
| rather larger cells, cut up for it into suit
ible lengths, and it now moves about in
its tank in its accustomed manner.
In nature this big catfish would bury
itself in the mud in winter and there
lie dormant until spring. Mud cannot
be provided for it here, because mud
would choke the pipes of the tank
which is therefore supplied with bed
Of sand on its bottom.
| The catfish rubs and hollows this out
to make in it a comfortable bed for it.
self, and this sand also serves the good
purpose of helping to keep the big fish
clear of parasites.
AS the ALTERNATING season approaches
he big catfish settles down in its bed OF
sand and it will lie motionless for weeks
at time. 1t is not an uncommon thing
for visitors to announce that the big fish
is dead, as in fact it might easily seem
to be, for its respiration is at such time;
SO faint that the movement of its gill
covers could be detected only by those
experienced in observing fishes.
But, as has been seen, after months oil
seeming lifelessness, the big catfish will
come up and begin feeding again, and
resume it's ordinary manner of life JUS
as though nothing had happened. L
would scarcely seem. however, that il
would ever surpass its present fastins
record.
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Wisdom Of an Author

Stranger called to see if could ee
a position as canvasser for your lates
book.
Publisher-Do you know anythin,
about the book?
Stranger-Yes. I'm the author of it
and thought if I could get job as can
vasser l might be able to make a LITTLE
money out of it--Cincinnati ENQUIRER
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-22

governors house, churches and we'll
built houses sprang up; roads were laid
out and soon there was a town fit for
100000 inhabitants. The town is di-
vided into three distinct sections
the administrative town, the commercial
and European town and the Chinese
town. In the first of these, which bor-
ders on the sea, is the governors house
and the residences Of the railway off,
Gals, the Russo-Chinese bank and other
public buildings. In the center of the
commercial city is Nicholas place. cir
Gle from which the main thoroughfarei
radiate
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The "Roof Garden" Season.

EW YORK, with /.
summer thus "a!
rather cool, bu,
averaging pleas
ant, is just in the
middle of the root
garden season.
This type of hot
weather entertain
ment seems to be
fated to a long
life, to judge
from the fact that
a great church is
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ConsolinR.

George Ethel, dear, I'm going TO in.
terview your father tonight
Ethel--All right, George. And If any
thing happens I'll come to the hospital
twice day until you are able to be ov
again. Chicago Daily News.
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The Arthur Mansion.

lSTORlC in an
other way is the
Chester A. Arthur
mansion at 123
Lexington avenue,
which has just
been bought by
William r. Hearst
as his New Yori;
home.
His wealth has
not induced Mr..
H e a r S t to
"splurge" in the
selection of an
abiding place. Ar
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-22
THE PORT OF DALNY
RUssIA's OFFICIAL COMMERCIAL
CENTER IN MANCHURIA.
A Boom Town Built Entirely by the
Cars Governmental Will
Be of Great Importance
to the Japanese.

Dalny, which has fallen into the
hands of the Japanese, is new port
ia Victoria bay, an inlet of Talien bay.
about 20 miles north of Port Arthur It
is picturesquely situated. and is sur
rounded on three sides by hills. Mr.. H.
J. Whigham. in his book. 'Manchuria
and Korea" describes Dalny as a
"boom" town without any reason for a
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Returned with Thanks.

The maiden had taken advantage O.
leap year to propose. Much to her EN-
barrassment she had been refused.
Il can't understand it." she sobbed
why he even said was a poem"
Yes. but great many poems are re
jected," responded her young sister
Chicago Daily News.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-22
Arrived.

Mrs. Cobwigger-So your husband
thinks his position in society is now Sc.
cure?
Mrs. Newrich-Yes. He is so sure
about it that. he has stopped hiring .
dress-suit and is having one made to or
der-Judge.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-22
FEAT IN GLASS BLOWING
Four Bottles Made at Western Fac
tory Are Among the Worlds
Wonders.

1t is long cry from 1854 to the pres.
emit time, and it is not surprising that
great progress has been made in the
manufacture of glass bottles in that
time. From this first glass bottle ever
made in the first glass factory perma-
nently established in the states, about
1854, and which is still preserved among
the curiosities of the Long Island His
torical society, to the remarkable nam.
moth glass quartet which was recently
turned out at western glass manufac-
tory. there may be traced the phenom-
email growth of the manufacture of
glass, says the Philadelphia Press.
These four bottles are said to be the
largest ever made in the world man
over six feet stands below the height OF
the largest bottle, the range of the huge
quartet being from five feet four inches
to six feet four inches. Three of the
most expert glassblowers in the world
were employed in the manufacture OF
these bottles 1t took so pounds OF
liquid glass to make the largest bottle
This was drawn. rolled and inflated
the blowpipe used being five and one.
half feet in length. =
To complete the process it was neces.
sary to reheat the material several times
owing to the great quantity needed. II
took about an hour to shape the bottle
Then the rings and the mouth were fin
ished, and the glass annealed in special
ly large ovens prepared especially fol
/ . l,s v@s0 IS
the largest bottle is 30 inches in diam
eter. and it will hold So gallons, liquil
measure.
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Boss Tweed's House.

HERE is a house
in Madison ave-
nue. that has a
history. And it
has just been sold i,
history and all, to
the Sire brothers,
heater men.
This place was.
in his palmy days,
the home of Boss
Tweed. 1t is worth
even now $50. 900,
mostly for the
land. In its day
r New York. and
money could huv
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-11-22
Stock Exchange Doldrums.

He recent sale of a
s t Oc k exchange
seat for $4,000
has set Wall street
to thinking. For
there is a moral.
In 1878 a seat
in the great gam
bling place Of the
country was worth
$4,000. Member
ship being linn
tied to LOO, the
pr e naturally
rises as the city
grows and as Sc
nA nn
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GOSSIP OF NEW YORK
MODERN BIRTHDAY CELEBRA.
TON AMONG THE RICH.
WALL STREET SPECULATION
The Price Of Seats on the Stock Ex-
change Is Declining-The Home
Of Boss Tweed Sold
Other Items.

E w Y o R K A
young man had q
birthday the other
day. AS ne is the
kind of young man
for whom life
holds many priv
leges and few du-
ties it occurred to
him that it need
ed celebrating.
o ne hundred
guests were invit-
ed. You might
say a quarter of
The Evening statesman. [volume] (Walla Walla, Wash.) 1903-1910, 1905-02-20
MEASLES TAKE THE STAGE
TWENTY-FIVE CASES SCATTERED
AROUND WALLA WALLA
AT PRESENT.
No Fear Of an Epidemic-Other
Contagion Scarce.

Measles in light form is prevalent
in Walla Walla. Accoring to City
Physician Ingram, there are about 25
cases scattered about the city, but
owing to the mild nature of the dis
ease the heath officer states that he
has no fear that the slight epidemic
will become serious.
Precautions are being taken,s how
ever, to prevent the disease from
spreading to the public schools. While
measles is making the rounds among
Walla Walla's younger generation,
there is an absence of other contagious
diseases. At present there is not a
single case of scarlet fever diphtheria
or smallpox in the city and cases of
pneumonia and typhoid are becoming
less numerous.