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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10

had laid for summer vacation. Mr.. Elk
ms is obdurate, however, and is deter
mined to make good his declaration that
he would devote the summer to getting
all possible Information on this railroad
question. This is what he told the pres
ident, and he is going to keep his prom,
ise> He proposes to hear all parties in
interest and then he is going to ask
number of distinguished lawyers
throughout the country for their opin-
ions regarding the constitutionality of
congress delegating the power to fix
rates to commission.
Mr.. Elkins is rather proud of the law
against granting rebates by railroads
which bears his name. This law has
been up against the supreme court of the
United States, and has stood the test,
and Mr.. Elkins says that any other rail-
road law that he has anything to do with
must be framed with the same care and
with the certainty that it will be consti-
tutional. He says that he is very sorry
to interfere with the summer plans of
any of the senators, but he proposes to
have his committee get right down to
work and produce something that will
furnish the basis for action at the next
session of congress. There will be many
trip spoiled by this programme, but
Mr.. Elkins says if they attend strictly
to business they may get away some
time in June. and all go fishing. He is
better situated than most of the senators.
for besides having an immense mansion
WASHINGTON ic 4
summer as a cellar, it is only a few
hours ride to his West Virginia home,
on top of the Allegheny mountains,
where they sometimes have frost in Au-
gust.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
John Gzenser. Champion Sdrer and Only Athlete to Successful
Ssoan through the Michigan Whirlpool Rapids.

a THLETES realize the importance
of keeping in good bodily trim.
The digestion must be good, the cir
culation perfect, sleep regular and
enough of it.
If the slightest catarrhal condition Of
lungs or stomach is allowed to remain,
neither digestion nor sleep will be
streng
Those who lead very active lives,
like athletes, with good muscular de.
veIOpmenf, find the spring months
especially trying.
Athletes everywhere praise Peruna
because they, of all men, appreciate
the value of tonic that dispels physi-
cal depression.
The vocation of some men may al.
low them TO endure the depressing
feelings incident to spring weather,
but fhe athlete must neve allow him.
self to get {" under the weather"
He must keep in the "pink Of condi-
ton" all the time.
In order to do this he must avail
himself of a spring tonic upon which
he can rely.
Therefore athletes are especially
friendly toward Peruna.
Peruna never fails them.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10

runs along unchanged. The members of
the cabinet who will remain at their
posts are all doing their daily stunts of
eight hours work, but they have relaxed
to a great extent the dignity that at
times hedges them about. They are all
thorough democrats, with the possible
exception of Mr.. Hitchcock, secretary OF
the interior, who at all times adheres to
the niceties of etiquette and carries him
self more like an aristocrat than any of
his colleagues.
Secretary of War Taft is the poo bah
of the government. Just now he is act
ing president, acting secretary of state
and secretary of war. He is also to
some extent governor general of the
Philippines, and comes pretty near oc-
cupying the same position with regard
to the Panama canal strip. He is in
tensely glad that the exacting social sea-
son of Washington is over and he can do
pretty much as he pleases. He dresses
comfortably and not in formal style,
and is on the streets a great deal. He
walks home to his luncheon from his
office, and in the evening is found stroll
ing about the streets. Secretary Morton
is enjoying the same freedom.
Postmaster General Cortelyou is dem
ocratic enough to take his luncheon in a
dairy lunch room, where he mingles
with chiefs of divisions and clerks from
his own and other departments He has
buckled down to real hard work, and is
running every branch of his big depart
ment. Secretary of Agriculture Wilson
is as unconventional as an old farmer
these days, while Attorney General
Moody takes frequent horseback rides,
and is usually found in the evenings at
his home, dressed in easy smoking
jacket with a pair of old slippers on his
feet
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10


not hope to save anything out OF his sal
airy. There is the mission at Buenos
Ayres, for instance, where the compen-
sation is $4,000 year. An apartment
in hotel in that city consisting of
parlor and bedroom with a bath and
board costs from S12 to SIT day in gold.
Modest dwelling houses of nine or ten
rooms cost $154 to 1854 per month for
rental unfinished. Maidservants are
paid s22 to $26 month, and it takes
two of them to do as much work as one
American servant. The common bottled
beer of commerce costs one dollar per
bottle. Ginger ale and mineral waters
cost 80 and 50 cents pint bottle; shoes
are $40 pair and rubber overshoes are
$3.50 These prices are in American
gold.
Secretary Hay, in recommending that
the salary of the minister to Liberia be
increased from $4,000 to $500 a year,
stated that it costs about $4,000 for the
minister to transport himself and fam
lily from the United States to his cost.
Flour is sold in Monrovia for S12 bar.
rel; butter, one dollar pound; lard. 40
cents pound; ham or bacon. 40 cents a
pound, and kerosene oil, So cents a gal
Ion. The price of wearing apparel is
fully double that in the United States
for corresponding article In addition.
the climate is extremely unhealthy. and
the constant attendance of physician
is needed. The present minister during
residence of Is months at Monrovia
has had Is attacks of fever; for each
visit physician charges a fee OF i've
dollars
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
Woman to the Fore.

daily paper recently saw fit to pub
lish several reasons why men would re-
greet it if they married school-teachers
A few days later there appeared in the
same paper an account of a teacher
famine, owing to the fact that so many
women had left their schools to become
wives. This only shows, observes the
Milwaukee Journal, how eager men are
to take advice. To be selected to the
organization known as Phi Beta Kappa
is one of the highest honors that COL
leges and universities can grant it's ban
ner graduates. 1t is only recently that
six students of the Chicago university
were elected to this honor Five of
the six were women. In Louisville a
rolored woman, Mrs White, has re-
eeived the certificate permitting her to
practice law. So far as is known she
is the first woman lawyer of her race.
A kindergarten in New York now oc-
cupies building worth $4,000. Years
ago one woman with a capital of S14
started this now fully equipped insti-
tuition. In 1860 Mistress Montague, one
of Queen Elizabeth's tirewomen, pre-
sented the queen with pair of silk
stockings. They were highly appre-
ciated, and it is said that Queen Eliza
beth was the first woman to wear silk
hose.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10

coins to jingle in their pockets. The
past season has been trying one on
these pets of society, as they have been
kept constantly on the go attending
tuncheons, teas, dinners, receptions. ba-
Ears and banquets. They are compelled
to endure all this society business, as it
is part of their chosen profession. The
strain on their physical system has been
great, and they welcome the present free
and easy season when they can sleep ten
hours a night if necessary, and do not
have to be on parade all the time.
While the strain on their physical sys-
tenn has been great, it has not been any
thing to compare with the pull on the at
tenuated pocketbooks of quite a large
portion of these young diplomats. A
great. many of these young men who
wear high-sounding titles and have their
names on the diplomatic list are younger
sons who have been provided for in this
way, and who have very small allow
ances to keep up their end of the game.
The drafts upon their slender incomes
during the last winter were so great
that some of them had to decline attend
ing fashionable bazars and fairs gotten
up ostensibly for charity. They could
not afford to pay five dollars for rose
or $40 for chance on something simply
because some society beauty solicited
their contribution.
Many of these impecunious diplomats
keep their living places carefully con-
| cealed. They do not care to have the
fact known that they live in third-story
back hall rooms and sometimes cook
their own breakfast on a spirit lamp.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
Work for the Summer.

SA VA L O4N Il n1NO,
of West Virginia,
chairman of the
senate committee
on interstate COM
merce, notified his
colleagues on the
committee to be
here April IL, to
begin hearings on
the question of
government regu-
latiOn of railroad
rates. The men,
bers of this COM
mittee were not
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
Diplomats Needed.

RESlDENTROOSF.
WELT has expert
enced the old diff
Guilty in getting the
material he wants
for the minor dip
lomatic positions
abroad and also for
the important con-
sulShips. The fail
ure of congress to
recognize the dig
nifty and response
bility of the repre-
sentativeS of the
United States gov
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
South American Posts

HERE are missions
of the U n / t e d
S ia ties, however,
where the salaries
paid are barely suf-
ficient to pay the
cost of moderate
living. Some of the
posts in S GU t b
America are very
expensive, and un-
/ e S S the United
S t a t e S minister
consents to live
III
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
Horrid Of Him.

Mrs. McQueery-I understand your
minister preached a pretty strong SER
mon last Sunday against "decollete
gowns"
Mrs. Locutte-Yes, and it was posi-
lively vulgar. He said such shockingly
immodest things.-Philadelph Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
A Resemblance Noted.

"Yes," said the man who poses al I
,onnoisseur. II am fond of music, al
though don't know how to play"
That" replied young Mrs. Torkins
is just the way Charley IL with the
races. -Washington Star
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
New York.
The Peruna Medicine Company,

NEW OK.
The Peruna Medicine Company,
Columbus, Ohio:
Gentlemen-"Th spring for the
first time have taken two bottles
of Peruna, and, as it has done me a
great deal of good, feel as if
ought to say good word for its
worth.
"During the springfime for the
last few years, have taken several
kinds of spring fonics, and have
never received any benefit what
ever. This year, through the ad-
vice of a friend, IhaVe tried Peruna
and 1t has given satisfaction.
"I advise all athletes who are
about to go In training to try boz
tie, for 1t certainly gets the system
In good shape" Yours truly,
JOHN w. GLEMLSTER.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10

enamored of the idea of remaining in
Washington several weeks, if not
months. attending to this work, as it in
terferes very materially with plans thew
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
Humane.

DE Blk is going to the dogs!"
awful sorry to hear it."
Why? Is he friend of yours?"
No; but several of the dogs are
Tit-Bits.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
Glad When Season Ends.

HE cabinet officers
are not the only
ones who are glad
the social season is
past and that a pc
riOd of relaxation
has come. There
is a large company
of under secre-
taries and attaches
in the diplomatic
corps who are feel
ing much easier
now than they did
a few weeks ago,
and who OCCASION
o11Ir houn n fou,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
PE-RU-NA
Ren0vates, Regulates, Restores a
system DEPLETED Bv Catarrh.

John W. Glenister, of Providence, R.
l., champion long distance swimmer of
America, has performed notable feats
in this country and England. He has
used Peruna as tonic and gives his
opinion of it in the following letter:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-05-10
A QUIET WASHINGTON
RUSH SEASON AT NATIONAL
CAPITAL Is OVER.
ALL CLASSES ARE PLEASED
The Social Season Is Expensive and
Tiresome-Why the American
Diplomats Must Be Men
of Wealth.

l S H l n G T ON
w i t b the social
season over, the
president a W a y
from Washington
and few congress-
men here, e a S y
democratic times
prevail at the ma
tional C api t a l -.
There is a general
relaxation in all
circles, and only
the daily routine
government work
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-18
TOO HIGH FOR A START

Nj C. GOODWIN the comedian enjoys
y. telling of amusing incident at the
performance of a burlesque in which in the
old days he was principal performer.
1t seems that young woman, well-known
in Buffalo for her amateur work, had been
given opportunity to prove her claim to
availability on the professional stage. She
was billed to rendefwa song, the refrain of
which was. The autumn days have come
ten thousand leaves are falling" The as
pirant for professional honors was in SO ex-
IRENE state of excitement that she took too
high a key. Ten thou-ou-sand-" she
screamed, and then stopped short, for want
of breath.
"At this critical juncture," observes Good
win "some irresponsible god in the gallery
perhaps an auctoneer by calling shouted in
stentorian tone:
""Start it at five thousand, old girl! Start
it at five thousand!'"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-18
AN OLD BOY AT THE CIRCUS
CONGRESSMAN C. B. lands of Inc
y ana is fond of the circI1s

CONGRESSMAN C. B. lands of Indi-
~ ana is fond of the circus.
THE price cuts no figure, he said, in telling
a story on himself to prove his assertion.
Il found myself one night in a country town
in my State. in which there was one-ring
circus, a rare. attraction. After the crush
was under canvas l sauntered down to the
grounds and laid dollar bill on the shelf OF
the ticket agents wagon. He issued the
necessary slip, and just then the band struck
up. For minute was boy again. ] made
a rush for the door. After l was about six
feet away from the ticket wagon heard the
agent call out:
Here! Come back and get your change
But kept on. knew the call was meant
for me, but concluded | wouldn't give the
agent the satisfaction of thinking l was a
sucker Then l heard him say: There's
another hayseed who will come out and howl
that he was robbed
1t was a ten-cent show, but got more
than ninety cents worth of fun out of it. If
it had been rotten l never should have peeped -
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-18
WISDOM OF I III E
ANCIENTS
By Hate G. Havens

A BOY appealed to his father to solve
~ the problems in his days task.
His father said: MY boy these prob
lens are beyond my solution you must
apply to your teacher for instructions. ;"
And the boy wondered that any man
should know more than his father.
The youth appealed to his instructor
to solve the more difficult problems in
his school course His instructor said:
"These are problems beyond my knowl-
edge; you must apply to the professor.
And the youth wondered that any man
should know more than his instructor.
The student appealed to the college
professor to solve the problems of his
more advanced scholarship, and the pro-
fessor replied: "These questions are out
side and beyond my department; you
must apply to the head of the scientific
course for answers to such questions.
And the student wondered that any man
should know more than the professor.
The young man appealed to the scien-
fist for answers to his more thoughtful
guestionings, and the scientist replied:
Your inquiries carry you into the field
of metaphysics, and you must apply to
one of greater philosophical attainments
than possess" And the young man
wondered that any other could be better
informed than the man of science.
In the full strength of his manhood
he appealed to the philosopher for an
swers to questions involving life and
death, and the philosopher replied that
mans reasoning could not transcend his
knowledge, and he must apply to the
sage for answers to such questions. The
man wondered that anyone could have
greater knowledge than the philosopher.
The man, burdened with years and
worldly care, after long and painful
search, found sage, and asked him how
he could be relieved of his earthly cares
and tribulations, and the sage replied
that he must prepare himself to enter
upon that path which led to the presence
of the Master, Who would teach him the
way to live that his burdens would be-
come light, and Who could direct him
to the way for acquiring that knowledge
which transcends mans present reason,
and which would illuminate the path up
ward to the plane 81 quiet and peace
And the man wondered that there should
be one above the sage, whose wisdom
transcribed mans ordinary knowledge
But the man, in the fu1lness of his ex-
perience, could not doubt the words of
the sage, and now. stands at the threshold,
waiting to be called into the presence of
the Master.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-18
w GOD PEG KER'S
BON NET
By Martha Young

L oNU Gays pas Qe ole IOIkS say QaC
l. Peter was gwine trough de Ian
janglin' his keys in his han, when he got
mighty hungry. He low he'll go no
furderer twill he git III bite of somethin'
to eat x
He stop at liz bit house in de far
woods, and he knock on de do, and
knock on de do.
Nobody don't say: Come I'M" No
body don't open de do
Peter he knock ag in, he knock ag'in
Nobody don't come. nobody don't say:
"Come!"
Directly Peter, yit knockin', see a III
bit woman peepin' out at him trough
de cathode OBJ de do She down on de
floor peepin' out.
Peter say he want iii bite er bread
LIP oman pull de latch, don't say:
"Come!" but she drop III bit dough on
de skillit and set de skillit on de fire.
She say: q wants bonnet to wear on
de New Day er spring-time. | wants to
look prim and prime" Oar she set
maxim a III red bonnet
Peter, so hungry, knock on de co,
ak: Is de bread done yit?:'
De iii ole oman set an make an
trim an give Peter no answer, an don't
AK him in.
Peter knock an wait; git no answer,
git no bread.
Directly sech a smoke riz, an sech
another smell! Bread done burn all
UP.
Peter yit outside, yit hungry.
LIZ oman she DeeDin' at herSe'f turn
her head dis away, turn her head dat
away, try to see herself in her new rcd
bonnet
Peter done wait so long, done got no
bread. Peters bread all burn up. Peter
call dat III bit oman, tell her to come
out by de cathode. Tell her Gaze she
won't heed de stranger knockin' she
gotter knock all de time; tell her she
won't ak de stranger in she gotter stay
out all de time; no mo- house, you sec,
but holler tree; say she SO proud er
her liz red bonnet she gotter wear lii
red bonnet all de time.
Dat she do.
LII oman she slip out de cathode,
she few to de boiler tree. She turn to
woodpecker, she do. Des like Peter
say dat she do. She's tap-tap-tappin'
all de time, she alas wearin' lil' red
bonnet, all time turn her head dis away,
turn her head dat away, all time tap
tap-tappin'. Gaze she let Peters bread
burn, she don't eat bread no mo-, but
worms.
OATS Mis- Woodpecker, too proud OBJ
her new spring bonnet.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-18
A Little Sin N e I
By Clara Marshau

My son, although fog you there
For calling me duffer,
l speak the truth when | aver,
That more than you l suffer.
Is that SO, dad? Then blaze away!
think you need licking,
And when through me you whack yourself
You'll never catch me kicking.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1905-06-18
The Lay of the Hen
By J. S. Grey

love the carol of the lark,
The starling's thrilling note,
The voice of nightingale at dark
Which thro' the air will float.
/ like the linnet's tune SO sweet,
The thrush song in the glen;
But better far love to eat
The fresh lay of hen.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-23
THE ORIGIN OF THE DURHAM
TROUBLE.


II Durham had consented to give
the Southern Railway perpetual
transportation monopoly, the claim to
ownership of Peabody street would
never have been suggested
If Durham people had not secured
an act of the Legislature empowering
the Board of Aldermen to compel the
Southern Railway to elevate its tracks
in order to save the lives of its peo-
pie, the claim to gobble up Pettigrew
street would never have been put
forth.
In other words, if Durham business
men will bow their heads to the South
ern Railway yoke and take orders
from HIGHER up they may be
permitted to continue to use the streets
that have long been dedicated to pub
lie use. Otherwise they "shan't" use
their own streets, enjoy the advantages
of the depot, or do anything else that
the "HIGHER UP" crowd does not
like under penalty of Federal court
decisions!
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1905-03-23
a Ricl,Iv endowed Country.

The Aberdeen & Rockfish Railroad
now operates a double daily passen-
ger train with comfortable cars be-
tween Aberdeen and Hope Mllls. me
travelling public will do well 20 no
tice the special connections this ROAD
makes with the Atlantic Coast Line
North and South, and with the sea
board Air Line and Aberdeen a. Ashe-
boro Railroad. Passengers from Fay
etteviIle to Charlotte Will save from
six to twelve hours by routing by
Aberdeen & @Rockfish Railroad.
This road running from Hope Mills
to Aberdeen passes through parts OF
Cumberland, Robson and moore
counties, and on the line of this rail-
road is some of the finest farming
lands in the State. The cotton farms
around Raeford are fast becoming as
much talked about as those Of Mari
boro, S. c., and the lands along the
western part of the road are unSur-
passed for melons and fruits.
The famous Bethune Hill is a point
of interest on the line of the road. as
being a place where fruits have never
been known to be killed by late frosts
in the spring.
The fine trucking lands from Hope
Mills to Raeford along this line, are
fast being taken up, and advancing
in price, and home-seekers have a
rare opportunity to locate along the
line of this railroad, where with the
generous SOIL and the obliging ship,
ping facilities, they Will surely find
all the desirable features for prcfit-
able farming.
Raeford, town of some 1000
popuiation. is located midway between
Aberdeen and Hope Mills, and has
many enticing features as q home.
Excellent high and preparatory
schools, churches, a substantial bank,
and a number of mills that furnish
all the best building materials The
town is fast growing.
The water power along the line of
this road is enormous, and would in
itself make the country rich in time.
The streams are as clear as crystal
and are not affected by the severesi
droughts.
This is a glorious section Of our
country, and is destined to be densely
populated.
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