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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28
Isabel Items.
From the Herald.

From the Herald.
Mrs. Lester White returned from an
extended stay at Wichita Monday, MIR.
white accompanying her home. The
transformation that Les had wrought
In their home during her absence was
most gratifying 10 this lady and showed
conclusively that Lester had good taste
in the selection of paint as well as !:
partner in life's joys.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. Roesser entertained
twenty-five of their friends Sunday af.
ternoon at their home. This was aside
from the family. The Roessler home
Is pleasant place to visit and their
many friends embrace every oppor-
tunity to greet the genial Andy and his
estimabe family.
Kirk Collins, who has for some time
been faithful and efficient assistant
at the L. z. Knight shops has purchas
ed an interest in the McCorkle black.
smithing plant at Sharon and has NOV
ee there. Kirk has many friends here
who wish him every success in his new
venture.
Bert Roby Of Roswell, New Mexico.
was given the glad hand by a number
OF old time friends. Bert is one of the
old times baseball players who did much
for the ball history of our town.
Mrs. Edward Winter and two children
of Columbus, KS, who have been visit
ing Mrs. Winters parents, Mr.. and Mrs,
"A. Roessler, returned home Tuesday
Tom Owen of Medicine Lodge is here
for the harvest season with his friends
and relatives. Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson
Swinson and family.
A. M. Houchln, the enterprising
Medicine Lodge real estate man, was q
visitor at Isabel Wednesday.
e. @ Chandler of the county seat had
good word for his many friends here
Monday.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28
MoWd Items.
From the Journal.

from the
What Is supposed 10 be meteor has
recently been found on the w. G. Nc
Cormick farm, miles northwest of
town. The stone was found where
there were no other rocks; weighs 60
pounds, is as hard as iron and has holes
like bullets had been shot into it..
Bert Rumsey, one of the best railway
mail clerks in the service of your Uncle
Sam, visited friends and relatives here
the fore part of the week.
Dora McMahan left Saturday for
Detroit, Michigan, on vacation that
will last about four weeks.
Clipped from the News Review.
A very pleasant family reunion was
held at the residence of Mr.. and Mrs
S. 1shmael, north of the city, yesterday
afternoon, in honor of Judge and Mrs.
Chas. Rumsey, who expect to start for
their beautiful home in California this
morning. All their relatives residing
in and about Kiowa were present and
gave the old gentleman and his estima-
BILE lady such hearty farewell as TO
make their departure today more try
ing, inaSmuch as parting from loved
and dear ones for a long time, perhaps
forever In this world, always is trying
ordeal. We wish our venerable friends
pleasant journey, and happy return
TO Kiowa later on.
DIR. A. S. Cloud was highly pleased
on receiving message from St. Louis
Saturday morning informing him that
his youngest sou, w. II. Cloud, has
graduated at the Missouri Law School
with high honors. After spending a
short vacation with relatives at Column
bla, he will return to Kiowa, to make
his home with his father
we spent short time very pleasant
W with our old political co worker and
friend, Steve Oliver lat Wichita Friday
Like ourself, Steve is out of politics
only when occasion calls for 1t, is doing
good business as contractor and build
er, and kindly remembers his Kiows
neighbors and Barber county friends.
Mrs. Lawrence Fox, who visited bel
parents at HaZelton for about one week
left for Colorado, to remain for somf
time to improve her health, this week
She will visit with the family of hel
brother in law, Harry E. Fox.
U. S. Lands has bought out the O.
Neil, kaufman IL Petit feed business
in this city and has assumed control OF
the same.
Wayne Flanagan, Essie Rudolph anc
Robert lshmael were expected hom,
from st. Mary's college last night.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28
HazeHon items.

Mr.. and Mrs. J. A. Lester went 10
Wellington and Winfield last week.
Mrs. John Blanton of Wichita, is WIS.,
iting Ter parents, 7. r. Maltbie and
wife.
q. +. Goodan has decided to take a
trip to Wyoming and is now on his way
to that part of the world.
The first dance of the season was Civ.
en- at Fishers hall Saturday night and
good attendance Is reported
Kelley Bros. of Corwin, have bought
the Kaufman, O'Neil elevator here
and Will be In line for part of the wheat
crop.
w. +. Collins o. Harper, was in the
city couple Of days last week attend
ing to business, concerning the Collins
estate.
The wheat threshed so far is making
from IL to Is bushels per acre and is of
very fine quality. some testing over
60 pounds.
II. Kaufman of Kiowa, was in the
city one day last week selling stock in
the Kiowa OIL Co. He got rid of quite
lot of stock here.
On account of nearly all of our farm
ers having to head their wheat AID the
scarcity of headers few of them had
to head on Sunday or take big chances
on loosing part OF their crop.
We have known for some time that
Hazelton had good band but never
fully realized just how we'll they could
play until Saturday. There are many
larger towns that cannot make the
showing our boys do.
Spencer Davis, w. F. Stephenson, o..
lyer RhOdenbaugh, r. Fl. and w. Gar.
vim are all threshing their wheat as it
comes from the header, thus saving the
expense and waste in stacking and also
saving much valuable time in prepar
ing for another crop.
j. G. B. Hargis is now putting in the
machinery preparatory to handling a
share of the wheat crop at his elevator
With three elevators here the farmers
ought to get about the market price fol-
their wheat and have no more grumb.
ling.
On account of everybody being busy
with harvest the Masonic picnic was
not very we'll attended but those
who did had spendId time. The
speakers were Rev. w. A. PoSey OF
Corwin, Rev. Kltch of Kiowa and Sew
ard 1. Field of the Lodge, and each OF
them did themselves proud. Every one
that was heard to express himself
agreed that the speeches were all good
The ball game advertised for Satur.
day came near being a failure. The
Cherokee boys sent word Saturday
morning that they could not come, but
a pickup nine was found and a very
good game was played after the speak.
ing. The band boys played the Hazel.
ton nine and beat them about 5 to l
They play ball like they play their IN.
Struments-to win.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28
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adjoining territories to represent and
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furnished when necessary Position
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Dept. s, Monon Bldg. Chicago. LII.
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28
Sharon items.

Grandpa Mcclure had another bad
spell Sunday, we are sorry to report.
Mrs. L. G. Vandiyier was taken sick
Saturday night and IL said to be criti-
cally ill.
Mrs. Roscoe Davis returned home
Monday from visit to her parents IN
Medicine Lodge.
Joe Stolebarger unloaded new j. {.
Case separator Saturday at Sharon to
take the place of the one that he lost by
fire last fall. Joe is good thresher.
The wheat yield will not be large in
these parts thisyear but the quality
will be excellent which won't be so bad
especially If the farmers can get present
prices for it.
Farmers should serd and get the re-
port of the Kansas State Board of Ag
riculture for the quarter ending March,
1905 for there is some valuable infor-
nation IN it,
The delegates of the Sharon Valley
5. s. Association will meet at the
Christian church in Sharon July s, at
day School picnic.
If it could have been arranged some
way so the south half of this township
o2ly would have had the voting of bonds
, they would have carried for seven or
eight thousand dollars.
Aaron Schnelle of Lemonville, Mo-,
with his wife is visiting relatives in and
near Sharon. They expect to be here
| about week. Mr.. Schneile looks quite
strong for man of his age.
Mrs. Kemp's new house is hand.
some dwelling. The porch is the finest
thing in Sharon and we don't know of
a nicer one in the Lodge, either. 1t is
beauty aud a credit to any commun-
ity.
Grandpa Schnelle is greatly pleased
on this trip to Kansas with the pros.
poets for crops and the outlook IN gen.
eral. If the old gentleman was forty
years younger he wo uld locate in Sha
ron Valley.
Jesse Hogue started Sunday for the
strip" to look UP location with the
view of selling his interests here aud
leaving us. We object. Jess must be
jealous because the Widow Kemp built
a finer looking house than his after
working so long IN it too to make it so
nice.
Here is one on Jack Trice on hearing
some farmers talking about rotating
crops to get better results.i He says: 81
always supposed that land raised the
best crops of whatever it was used to
growing" Jack thinks that "practlce
makes perfect with land the same as
anything else-playing ball for instance.
AT the last annual meeting of the
State Board of Agriculture, paper
was read by James Glover on Making
Country and Villages more Beautiful
theseswords occur: 1.-The future grand
homes will be in the country and on
farms. We in Kansas will build houses
Of cement, of brick and of stone, to en-.
dure for generations, ornamental and
beautiful. We shall heat them with
furnaces and light them with electrlcl-
ty, and connect them with the world by
telephone. Our roads will be worked
intelllgently and will in appearance re
semble city Streets" We can hardly
refrain from quoting more from this
paper.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28

The most won derful cure for piles is
ManZan, put up in cOllapsable tubes
with nozzle attached. 1t reaches the
spot. stops pain instantly. and cares al.
kinds of blind, bleeding. itching or pro-
tTuding piles. Sold by j. r. Young
Drug Co.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28
The Fourth at HuffS Grove.

There will be Fourth of July picnic
at Huff's Grove four miles east and one
mile south of Sharon. Speaking, music
and various amusements. A special
feature will be sack race by two girls.
A general invitation extended to every
body.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28
Fourth of July Rates.

A rate of one regular irst-class fare
plus so cents for the round trip is au-
thorized for the Fourth. Tickets will be
on sale July lst. 2nd, 3rd and 4th, bear
ing limit of July 6th.-H. w. Heivly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28

Forsyth's mill is the right place to
get your feed. Corn chop, Kafir chop.
bran, shorts and chicken feed always
on hand.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1905-06-28

Ii. I. Woodward u Son are exclusive
agents for the 0. Il. Flour-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, 1905-06-28

Every pair of Noyes & Norman 20
guaranteed at II. L. Woodward & Sons.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
Titles for Juveniles

All the Alger Books.
All the Henty Books.
All the II ark a W a Y
Books.
All the Elsie Books.
All the Pepper Books.
All the Little Colonel
Books.
All the History Books.
All the Picture Books
Robinson Crusoe.
Through the Looking z
Glass.
Grimm's Fairy Tales
Andersen-s Fairy Tales.
Mother Goose Nursery
Tales.
A Chnd's Life Of Christ.
The Story OF the Bible.
The Little Lame Prince.
Woods Natural History
The Water Babies.
Crawford.
A d Y IN I ur g s Of a
Brownie.
Flower Fables.
Black Beauty.
Black Rock.
Alice in Wonderland
The Washington times., 1905-12-17

Life OF Kit Carson.
Lost in the Wilds.
The Putnam Hall Ca
dets.
Redskins and Colonists.
With Custer in the
Black Hills.
A Sailor Boy with
Dewey.
The Young Bandmaster.
Boys of the Fort.
Gulliver's Travels.
The Ara abian Nights.
Rip Van Wrinkle.
Treasure Island.
Robin Hood
Christmas Stories.
Mother Goose Rhymes.
Tanglewood Tales
Youth.
a Little Girl In Old De-
troit.
Mildred at Homo.
Witch Winnie in Venice
Nelson. the Newsboy.
Out for Business.
The Young Book Agent
From Farm 10 Fortune.
Lost at Sea.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17

With Boone on the
Frontier.
The Rover Boys.
Girls Fairy Books.
One Hundred New AMI
NAL Stories.
Songs from Nurs cry
Land.
Tales from Nursery
Land.
Tales Told az the Zoo.
The Children'S Shakes
peare
Royal Children OF Eng
ish History.
Girl in Ten Thousand.
Gold Elsie.
Daddy's Girl
Aunt Diana.
Little Lame Prince
Little Susie Stories.
House That Grew.
A Very Naughty Girl.
Palace Beautiful.
Wild Kitty.
World of Girls.
Merry Girls Of England.
Next Door House.
A Sweet Girl Graduate.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
THE PALAIS ROYAL PAGE
All Csc Articles, 2Ic
All 81 Articles, SLIT
All Soc Articles, 42c
All SO to St00 Articles at 10 Per Cent Discount

~ ~ basis p
The Washington times., 1905-12-17
Titles for Adults

Soldiers Of Fortune.
Mr. Dooley in Peace
and War.
MIR. DooIey In the
Hearts oT His Coun-
trymen.
The Hoosler SchooImas-
ter.
Janice Meredith.
The Damnation OF The
ron Ware
The Confessions OF a
Matchmaking Mother.
The visits Of Elizabeth.
The Lady Paramount.
Papa BOuchard.
Young HowsOn's 8 Wife.
A Sailors Sweetheart.
With Sword and Cruel
fix.
The Crime and the
Criminal.
The Filigree Ball.
The Cardinals Snufi
Box.
The Forest Lovers.
Tristan Of Blent.
The Mississippi Bubble.
The Amateur Cracks
man.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17

Brewster's Millions.
GraustaTk.
Castle Craneycrow.
The Sherrods.
In the Bishops Carriage
The Jessamy Bride.
The Grey Cloak.
The Main Chance
Blennerhassett.
The Right Of Way.
Hearts Courageous.
The Fortunes of F'ifi.
Alice OF Old Vincennes.
The Gentleman from In
diana.
The Wings Of the Morn
ing.
The WesterEe:ss
Fables In Slang.
Hester Blair.
The Bath Comedy.
Young April.
The Master Christian.
Cecilia.
IN the Palace OF the
King.
Via Crucis.
The Hound of the Bas-
keryilles.
The Washington times., 1905-12-17

Like Another Helen.
A Daughter of the
Sioux.
A knight OF Columbia
The Quest Of the Golden
Girl.
Wolfville.
The Call OF the Wild.
The Trail of the Grand
Seigneur.
When Knighthood was
in Flower.
Rubaiyat OF o m a r
khayyam-
The Tribune Primer.
On Many Greens.
The Choir Invisible.
The Conqueror.
The Crisis.
The Celebrity
The heart OF Rome.
The One Woman.
The -Four Feathers.
Calumet TX
The Hon. Peter Stirling.
The Prisoner Of Zenda.
Rupert Of Hentzau.
The Kindred of the
Wild.
The Motor Pirate.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-28
Cured His Mother OF Rheumatism

my mother has been a sufferer for
many years from rheumatism, says
W. II. Howard of Husband, Penn.
sylvania. "At times she was unable
to move at all, while at all times walk.
ing was painful. presented her
with bottle of Chamberain's Pain
Balm and after few applications she
decided it was the most wonderful
pain rclieyer she had ever tried, in
fact, she is never without it now
and is at all times able to walk.
An occasional application of Pain
Balm keeps away the pain that she
vas formerly troubled with" For
sale by all druggists.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-28
TALE or POLLY sAKgR.
Hoax Of Benjamin Franksn That
Fooled French Historian.


When Beujamis Franklin was on
his famous mission IN Paris he and
Silas Deane were one day discussing
the numerous errors they found In
the Able RaynAl's Historic des Deux
hides" when the author Of that work
happened to come in upon them They
told the good man the subject OF their
conversation, and the able Immediate
ly denied that there we're any errors
In his history.
His attention was called to the story
OF certain Polly Baker. and an clio.
uuent address which the able credit
ed her with making before q Massa-
chusetts court The able insisted
that II was a true story, but admitted
that he could not remember his au.
thority for It. DR.. Franklin was shak-
ing with laughter during the protesta-
tions of the learned Frenchman.
At last he said: II will tell you.
able, the origin of that story. When
was printer and editor OF a news
paper we were sometimes slack OF
news, and to amuse our customers |
used to All up our vacant columns
with anecdotes and fables and fancies
OF my own, and this tale OF Polly
Baker is one Of my making"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-28
MENU ALL IN ENGLISH.
Plain Names at Banquet Given to En-.
qlish LAWYERS

Justice Grantham, treasurer of the
Inner Temple, says the London
Graphic. introduced an English menu
at the last Grand Day dinner there in
which il was stated: We call things
by their names in English that you
may know they are no oddmcnts, end
mentS or NckShaws disguised under
some foreign or unknown name" The
FISH was said to be ia salmon fresh
caught at ChrstChurch and some lit
tie fishes whitehall from the Thames.
Some of them called dcyiled. but they
also do come from the Thames and
not from the River StyN" Snipe and
OK tongues garnishcd with Morella
cherries was the next course, followed
by lamb and hams from the ancient
elite of York" The last item was
"tattrd quailes from Egypt, and then
some sparrowgrass"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-28
Cured Lumbago

A. Il. Canman, Chicago, writes 4th
of March, 1908: Having been troub-
led with lumbago at different times
and tried one physician after another
then different ontments and lima
mcntS, gave it up all together. So |
tried once more, and got bottle of
Billiards. Snow Linamcnt, which gave
almost instant relief. can cheerful
~ recommend it, and will add my
name to your list of former sufferers. "
25C, SOC and 81. Sold by Ritter Bros
Drug company.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-28
Penetrated Into lassa.

I.assas former secret Is said to
have been more of a general super
stitlon than a fact. Though no Euro.
pean army has before entered its
gates. they have not always been
closed to the discreet traveller. Ac-
cording to a recent writer Warren
Hastings, keenly aware Of l.assa's i'm
pOrtance, sent an envoy thither-one
Bogle-as early az 1Ti4. Thomas
Manning. the friend OF Charles Lamb,
passed four months within the walls
OF the sacred city, and left behind him
an eloquent description. He was evan
granted an audience with the dalai
lama. a boy Of I.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-28
Bismarck on LIQUOR DRINKING.

News that beer drinking is steadily
declining in Germany, the average an
nual consumption per head of the
population having fallen from about
225 quarts to little more than 10
quarts, would have grievcd the Iron
chancellor No one did more than
he to extend and popularize beer
drinking throughout the fatherland by
prccept and example. He had re.
markable views about water drinking
In conversation recorded by Sidney
Whitman he lamentcd the disappcar-
anCC of England's 'three-bottIe men"
and oppressed his fear that the fash.
ion OF drinking water was due not
to sudden zeal for sobriety, but to
a shrinkaRo in the daredevil qualities
OF the national character
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-28
CUSHIONS or AFRICAN rRisH.
Traveller Tells Of People Low I, the
Scale Of humanity.

Herr Eberhard Won Scbkopp, who
has explored the interior OF the KAN.
eruns district In western Africa. gives
an interesting account OF the native
tribe called the Bskoko. They are,
he believes. OF Semitic origin, and,
having lived In the Ksmeruns district
only about 200 years, are called
strangers by other natives. They gov.
ern Nv meHns OF a council OF elders. "
whose duty It Is to Judge offenders
guilty or guiltless II guiltless they
are set free; II guilty they are put
to death this being the only form Of
punishment known there.
According to the gravity OF the
crime, the manner OF execution varies,
and may be simple" or "cOmplicat.
ed" Simple" execution means be.
ing thrown to the crOcod!lss. Com.
plicated" execution consists Of being
fastened TO a tree and left to be eaten
by casual visitors. such as lions end
tigers. or being tortured until death
comes.
Cannibalism Is practiced by the Ba.
kOkOs. not because they especially
care for the flavor of the meat, but
because they feel that by eating every
particle Of an enemy they are subject.
ing him to the greatest iniignity con.
ceiyable.
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-28
WASTE AND RUIN IN MOROCCO.
Beautiful Dwellings Erected and Al.
lowed to Decay.

In Morocco they build and make,
and they do both things beautifully
and well. according to one who has
been there. But they seldom finish
"ln house dainty with fountains and
arabesques and colored tiles" he
says, you will still find a corner un.
completed. pillar which lacks the
delicate fiuting OF the other pillars. an
cmhrasure for clock half ornament
ed with gold filagree and half left
plain. And. II they seldom finish, they
never by any chance repair. The man
sion Is built and decorated within:
artists tit tiles together in mosaic
of cool Colors and carve and gild and
paint the little pieces of cedar wood
ana glue them into the light and
POINTED arches; the rich curtains are
hung; and the master enters into his
possession. There follows the process
sion of the generations. The tiles
crack, the woodwork OF the arches
splits and falls and the walls break
and crumble. The householder sits
Indifferent and the whole house cor
rodes. So in the narrow streets, holes
gap and the water wears a channel
where it will and the mud lies thick
and slippery on the rounded stones;
the streets run steeply up and down
the hills, wind abruptly round corners
and dive into tunnels"
The Logan Republican. [volume] (Logan, Utah) 1902-1924, 1905-01-28
Imperfect Digestion

Means less nutrition and in conse-
quencc less vitality. When the liver
fails to secrcte bile, the blood becomes
loaded with bilious properties, the
digestion becomes in paired and the
bowels constipated. Herbine will rec
tify this, it gives tone to the stomach,
liver and kidneys, strengthens the ab.
petite, clears and improves the COM
pleXion, infuSeS new life and vigor to
the whole system. SOC a bottle. Sold
by Ritter Bros Drug Co.