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A GLANCE AT CERTAIN
CENTRAL AMERICAN STATES
SadorThe
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and here are forests of rubber and
mahogany.
Manufactures and mining are but
little developed, Guatemala is an
agricultural country. the temperate
lands the great source of the country's
wealth. Coffee is the principal prod
uct; in quantity harvested it is sur
passed only by Brazil and the East
Indies; it is cultivated on a large
scale by German and United States
planters, on small scale by large
numbers of Guatemalans Coffee is
the chief article of export, sent main
ly to Germany, the United States, and
Great Britain. Cotton goods form
the chief import, largely supplied by
Great Britain, the United States, Ger
many and France. We send over also
railway materials, telegraph and cleo
trical supplies, building materials and
iron manufactures. Direct steamship
communication between San Francis
co and Guatemala was established in
1900
Guatemala de Nueva is the capital
of the republic. 1t is situated on
plateau and is about SIS miles from the
Pacific coast. 1t was founded in 1878,
the year the older capital, 25 miles
away, was devastated by an earth
quake. Guatemala is the commercial
center of the country, and presents
the appearance of a modern city. 1t
has population of 96,500 inhabitants,
five-siXths of them of European orr
gin.
Salvador (San Salvador incorrect)
is the smallest and most dense-y popu-
lated of the Central American repub-
lies and the only one not having a
coast line on the Atlantic. On the
Pacific it has frontage of 139 miles
1t has been given the name Swinging
Hammock" because of the many rock
ing and tremblings of the earth to
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-08-15
G1IrE
IIy1itEEEfUITFEIo~1ER

boord,' says tn ma-an, an | don't ike
tn r-rules.'
There do be twinty iv US here that
likes Thin. says they.
... TT is no matther, says tn n1a-an
I know more than all tn rist Nv We,
an yen ha-ave rr to change thim.
"'Ye'd betther be goin' on about
ye-er business, says the.
..I will not, says tn ma-an. Here
/ am an here I'll SHAY, an If We don't
change tn r-rules to suit me idees III
tear th-house down. he says. Ye're
all FOOLS he says, an I'm tn only
wise ma-an, an I'm goin' to turin
loose an show We thing or two
They TUX him away in an andy
lance" asserted Policeman Flynn. by
way of conclusion. ID We see tn
p'int?"
NO. replied the anarchist.
"If We don't like tn r-rules Nv tn
house We re livin' in along with lot
iv people that was there befoor We,
move back into wan iv ye-er own"
But l have none," said the anar-
chist, at last grasping the point.
Thin build wan," advised Police
man Flynn.
But, Of course, all this wisdom was
wasted upon the anarchist. He con-
tinued to make rabid speeches when
ever opportunity offered, and Police
man Flynn continued to puzzle his
head as to the best method of proce-
dure in the matter.
1T is a shtrange thing" he COM
mented one day, that SO NANNY diff
f'rint kinds iv la ads do be havin' tn
sa-ame mother-counthry, an" he add
ed, solemnly shaking his head, I'VE
niver hear annythin' iv tn father. 1t
luks ba-ad, it do, FIR a fact Judgin'
be tn broods some iv thin oil mother
countries TURNS out, t is like they
was married an divorced tin or
iliven times, an III secret iv it all lies
in tn payternity."
On another occasion he suggested to
the anarchist, '"Th' la-ad that's always
heavin' bricks is tn wan that's sur
pr-rised whin he gets wan alongside
iv tn head. If yell go home an think
lv that it ma-ay save We some throu-
ble"
At last, however, the policeman out
lined plan of campaign. He decided
that lettering anarchist was a men
ace, while an anarchist on the move
was harmless. ' is only where they
shtop that they ma-ake throuble," he
said. While they re movin' they
ha-ave no chanst.' 1t was after he had
been obliged to order his particular an
archiSt to move on" three times in
one evening that this great idea came
to him. He took the man by the arm
and walked him along.
"To the station:" asked the man,
bitterly.
"Niver,"' answered Policeman Flynn.
"I'll not do We that honor. I've
thried livery waay to give We bit iv
sinse," he went on. an see We ha-ave
no place FIR it in ye-er head. Whin
We ha-ave business here ye can tell me
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Just the other day the world lazily
turned its eyes toward Brazil and the
conference at Petropolis Now atten-
ton is called to the states of Central
America, those states that have failed
In building up strength by federation,
little republics frequently disrupted
by personal jealousies and ambition.
Salvador and Guatemala in battle ar
ray. the message comes, Honduras
drawn in, Central America threatened
with general discord. Weighed with
the responsibility of digging the Pan
ANA canal, the United States is par
tcularly interested; very particularly
anxious that harmony prevail in Cen
trail America. so close to the isthmus
Let us glance back at attempts at
federation in Central America, to the
connection with Mexico, to the throw
ing off of the Spanish yoke. And
then let us come back to the present,
to consideration of present conditions.
1t was in 1928 there came into be-
ing the Republic of the United States
of Central America. From the first
there was bitter discord the clergy
and old Spanish bureaucracy against
Capitalization, Guatemala their
stronghold. The federalist element
showed greatest strength in Hon
duras. The struggle between these
two elements has continued long
years, persists even to-day. The fed
GRAFTON lasted until 1889, then the
conservatives won, the union was dis
solved. In 1912 new union was eff
fected Costa RIGA not included), was
was dissolved in 1S45 In 1850 Hon
duras, Salvador and Nicaragua at
tempted by force to restore the re-
public, but their armies were defeat
ed. Subsequent forceful attempts
met with defeat. A peaceful union
was formed in 1895 by Nicaragua, Sal
vador and Honduras, a constitution
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PHILOSOPHICAL POINTS.

The fatted calf never loves the
prodigal son.
Truth never runs around asking
people to believe it.
Alas, that fools are prosperous. Is
it their penalty or reward?
How many of us in listening to the
tomtoms forget the violins?
To think an original thought is to
take step nearer the divine.
People who need to be continually
propped up are not worth the prop.
When men become suddenly good
they should be executed Immediately
1t is easier for some people to be-
lieve the impossible than the pos
Sible.
Before it was thrown down, the
Golden Calf had a son, and it is still
mooing around the world.
1t is self-evident that to success
fully fathom the motives of men one
must be man himself. To an idiot
to a lunatic--all men are either
idiots or lunatics.
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Forests Falling Fast.

Finally the lumbermen can see the
beginning of the end. They have been
leveling the forests and converting
them into money. Now they have ar
rived at the point where they can con-
ceive that soon there will be no more
g-:at primeval forests to cut down.
The lumbermen have been doing a lit
tie figuring. They have estimated that
there is ,475.00O, o0O, 900 feet of lumber
standing in the United States. The
quantity which is cut every year
amounts to 45,000,O00,O 900 feet. 1t is
deduction easily made that it will
require only 33 years to consume the
present supply. The lumbermen are
beginning to clamor for government
assistance to save their business. They
request that the expectation of logs
shall be prohibited and that all tree
plantations shall be exempt from tax
alton. 1t is clear that some such
measures must soon be taken, says the
Cleveland Leader. But it is doubtful
however, that those recommended BY
the lumbermen will in themselves
prove to be effectual. Additional and
stronger protective laws will probably
be found necessary.
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PHYSICIAN SAYS
Children Thrive on Grape Nuts and
Cream.

A Mass. physician has found a cure
FOR constipation in children = citing
fifteen cases-by feeding them Grape
Nuts.
Some time ago." he writes, 81 be-
came interested in your food, Grape
Nuts, as cure for constipation in
children. Having tried it in my own
family, 1 have advised it in fifteen
cases in which all suffered with con-
stipation more or less severe. The re-
suit has been absolute relief in all.
Il write this that other children
may be benefited"
How much better it is thus to bring
about healthy action in the bowels
of growing children by natural means,
than to feed them with improper food,
requiring some kind of cathartic at
intervals to overcome constipation.
Grape-Nuts gives energy to the en-
tire nervous system including the
nerves that cause the natural con-
traction and relaxation of the bowel
muscles, that propel the food mass
along.
1t is predigested also, and the blood
easily absorbs the food as it goes
through the body, storing up vitality
and force for the functions of all the
organs
Children especially. should get the
right start as to habits of living.
They should grow into bright, strong.
cheerful men and women. Grape-Nuts
solve the question of the start; a
wholesome appetite will do the rest
Children's teeth are benefited by
chewing Grape-Nuts, Also Your dent
list will tell you that certain amount
of exercise in chewing firm food, is
necessary to grow strong, beautiful
teeth
Teeth need exercise just the same
as muscles, if they are to grow
strong and firm as hature intended
Grape-Nuts gives the exercise and
also gives material from which good
teeth are made
There's a reason Read the little
book. The Road to WellvfIle," in
pkgs.
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adopted in 1898, but Salvador showed
dissatisfaction, the union was dis
solved just month after the adoption
of the constitution.
At the time of the organization of
the Republic of the United States of
Central America that territory had
been for some Is months past a por-
ton OF Mexico. The captain-general-
cy of Guatemala, which included all
of Central America, in 1921 had de-
clared itself independent and in 1922
was united to the Mexican Empire of
Iturbide. Iturbide fell from power
very shortly, and shortly Central
America was standing alone.
Central America and Mexico had
suffered alike from the Spanish op-
pressor. To go far back, to the early
part of the sixteenth century, to the
day when the Spanish finished their
subjugation of Mexico, we find them
Enthusiastically greedy for added
conquests. Hearing of the wealth
and beauty of the lands beyond, the
conqueror marched to the southwark,
swept with fire and sword over Guate
mala. For 300 years Spain held sway.
To-day the name Guatemala repre-
sents but one of group of Central
American governments. The presi-
dent of Guatemala is Don Manuel
Estrada Cabrera, who has held the
reins since 1899. President Cabrera
has held his place by force of arms,
and his so-called czar-like rule is con-
sidered cause of the present troubles
Guatemala is largest and most i'm
portant of the five republics that form
the Central American states. 1t
boasts about half the total population,
leads in extent of domestic and for
eign commerce. 1t has a frontage of
200 miles on the Pacific and of 20
miles on the Caribbean sea- Like Sal
vador 1t suffers from volcanic erup-
tons and severe earthquake shocks,
city and plantation laid waste In
the low, hot, fever-infested regions
the white man cannot settle, but
among the mountains there are health
full temperate regions, high cool pla-
teaus. In 1903 the population was
1,S42 900; about so per cent pure In
dams. most of the remainder half
castles. Guatemala by favorable legis-
lation has endeavored to attract i'm
migration, but the foreign population
Is only $4,000.
The TERRA fra (cold lands, above
5000 feet are adapted to the cultiva-
ton of wheat, potatoes and apples,
and even up here. in localities well ex-
posed to the sun. may be grown the
products of the lower attitudes, sugar
cane and cotton. oranges and bananas.
Above 10000 feet there is no agricul-
ture. but more or less mountain graz
Ing In the hot lands" cacao culture
- carried on. cocoa palms flourish.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-08-15
BIBLICAL BASEBALL.

A Canton CO., theological student in
terested in baseball wrote thesis on
Baseball Among the Ancients," from
which are cleaned the following facts:
Abraham made a sacrifice.
The Prodigal Son made home run.
Cain made base hit when he killed
Abel.
David was great long-distance
thrower.
Moses shut out the Egyptians at the
Red sea.
Moses made his first run when he
slew the Egyptian.
The devil was the first coacher. Eve
stole first-Adam stole second.
When Isaac met Rebecca at the well
she was walking with a pitcher.
Samson struck out a great many
times when he beat the Philistines.
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HE suPPREssEss ANARCHY,


Copyright. by the Century Coz
(Copyrlgnt, 1906. by Joseph b. BowiSs)
On a beat to which Policeman Bar
ney Flynn was once assigned there
was most troublesome character. He
was dangerous or harmless, according
to the point of view. If he had been
deprived of his tongue he certainly
would have been harmless, for in the
matter of physical prowess he was
about as meek and unassuming man
as one could well find. II he had had
brain at all commensurate with his
linguistic powers he also would have
been harmless, or perhaps even a
power for good.
Policeman Flynn saw crowd gath
cred about him enc day, and listened
to the harangue tor few minutes.
Then he gently eltowed his way to the
mans side, and suggested, I'VE betther
be movin' along"
This is free country" retorted
the man.
bright We are answered Police
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The Walters Napkin.

The waiter without his napkin? I'M
possible, declares Boniface. One
might as well imagine the table with
out tablecloth.> The waiter has car
ried napkin ever since he donned
black and white, and therefore it is
unseemly, barbaric to think of his ap-
pairing at table without the fluttering
and obsequious linen. We have seen
him and his napkin. First he draws
out the chair and flicks away an in
trusive crumb. Next he polishes a
plate and then furtively wipes his
brow. A spoon is a little greasy
waiter daubs it with his napkin. A
glass is finger marked-rubbed with
the napkin. bottle is dusty-the
napkin. There may be other napkins,
but the waiter is not an aesthetic. We're
he an aesthetic he would not be a wait
er. He does not remember to change
his napkin. He uses it indiscriminate-
ly. The only cure is to take it away
from him, and keep things clean as a
matter of course. The speck of dust
which the waiter removes with such
grave and elegant circumspection has
no business to be where he finds it,
IL would be a pity indeed, to denude
him of his insignia of Office, says the
Chicago Post, but the efforts of Prof
kron, the Berlin physician, who would
drive this "deplorably unhygienic piece
OF linen from all civilized countries
are prompted by the most sensible mo-
tives. and should be seconded by every
restaurant proprietor who does not
consider his duties fulfilled when he
floats geranium leaf in finger bowl.
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iv it an it'll be all fright, but whin We
ha-ave none yell have FIR to KEEP
goin'. I'll ha-ave none iv ye-er doin's
on me beat
He marched him to the end of his
beat and waited fof the next patrolman
to show up.
1T is tn anarchist that s been an
noyin' me-" he explained, IAN I'll not
ha-ave him on me beat
But l don't want him." protested
the other policeman.
Nv coorse not" said Policeman
Flynn. Pass him along. A movin'
anarchist II niver bother amy wan
Then he winked at his brother off,
GER, and the latter, after pause suffi-
cient to enable him to grasp the situa-
ton, laughed and took the anarchist
in tow. With a few words of explana-
ton the man was later passed on to a
third officer, and-well, he crept back
to his home about two O'Clock the fol-
lowing morning. Once afterwards the
experience was repeated, and then the
story reached the station.
"Rarney," laughed the captain, when
he heard OF it, you've solved a great
problem. II l had my way, I'd send
you to Washington to see if you could
handle i. on larger SCALE"
IT w'u'd be easy DONE" answered
Policeman Flynn, .only frs wan
thing
What's that?" asked the captain
"Afther a bit tn gazabos w.u.d rarn
enough IF to get naturalized an. vote
an thin tn politicians w'u'd MT lave
me lay hand on thim,' asserted po-
liceman Flynn. thereby adding ma
terially to bis reputation for wisdom.
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The Barber County Index
MEDICINE LODGE. KAN.
PAINTER & HERR. Publishers

"The Burial of Sir John Moore"
A writer IN the Critic has discovered
why the author Of that old-time ia
vorite Of the school readers, The
Burial of Sir John Moore" never sue
ceeded in writing any other poem
which was considered worth printing.
1t appears that THE Burial OF Sir
John Moore" is nothing but transla-
ton from the French of a poem by
Lally-Tollendal, an officer of the
French army, who wrote the poem
after the death of a fellow soldier.
Here are two stanzas from the French
poem:
Nj le son de tambour, nj la
marche funebre.
Nj lie feu des soldats ne marqua
son depart
Mais du brave, la hate, a travers les
tenebres
Mornes nous portanies lie ca
davre au rempart!
De minuit cetait rheure. ct solitaire ct
sombre-
La lune pene offrait un debile rayon;
La lanterne luisait peniblement dams
ouand de la baionnette on creusa lie
gazon.
The opening stanzas Of 1.-THE Burial
of Sir John Moore" are as follows:
Not drum was heard, not a funeral note,
AS his corpse to the rampant we hur-
ried;
Not a soldier discharged his farewell
shot
Ger the grave where our hero we
buried
We buried him darkly at dead of night,
The sods with our bayonets turning;
BY the struggling moonbeamS' misty light
And the lantern dimly burning.
This similarity runs through the
entire poem, and leaves no room for
doubt that Rev. Charles Wolfe sim
ply appropriated to his own use the
work of the French poet, put a new
title on it, and thus instead of dying
unknown beyond the boundaries of his
little parish made his name familiar
TO all English-speaking people. 1t was
a master stroke on the part of Rev.
Charles. The Critics investigator ap-
pears to have been unable to discover
where Lally-Tollendal stole the poem
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which it is subject. Particularly in
the neighborhood of the capital city
have these been frequent, the city
wrecked by them many times. There
are also numbers of geysers and
hot springs in the little land. 1t, too,
has it's temperate lands" the noun
tain valleys and table lands are of
great fertility, here the richest agri.
cultural region of Central America.
Everywhere in the republic between
attitudes 1,500 and 1000 feet coffee is
grown; it is by far the most impor.
tant crop. Indigo is valuable prod
uct, the government by means of an
export bounty is encouraging cotton
growing. The census of 1901 gave the
population of Salvador as 1000, 900.
The capital is San Salvador, with a
population of about 10000
n. H. Castle, writing in the Over
land Monthly of a journey to Guate-
mala, has this to say about the So
called bloodless revolution of this
portion of Latin-America: I'VE are
apt to characterize these Central
American emsetes (upheavals) as
opera bouffe affairs and to underes-
innate their sanguinary character;
but have listened to the accounts of
participants and spectators, l have
seen photographs taken on the spot
and at the time, | have seen the
walls riddled with shot MARKS
The plaza, The barracks, the Offices of
the officials, ran red with blood.
AS for its Ga particular revolutionl
history, hardly believe that the very
participants can give it-how it came,
how it thrived, and how it failed. 1t
was in the air, rumors of it were
heard long before it started; its echoes
resounded long after it fell. Sudden
ly it came and carried all before it; its
path deluged with blood-the blood of
its supporters and the blood of its CD
ponents. Its success was phenomenal,
and then as suddenly as it arose, seem.
ingly without rhyme or reason, it was
a thing of the past. Treachery, sale.
incompetence was charged, but the
old regime was reestablished, and its
thousand-and-odd victims gone to
swell the roll of the millions WAC
have fruitlessly persisted in times
gone by and of the millions who will
fruitlessly perish in times to come.
CHRISTOPHER WEBSTER.
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man Flynn. 1T is as tree f'r we to
Fave as it is f'r ye to come to. Niver
ma-an is holdin' ye."
The man moved on. He said some
thing about the minions of the law"
and 1.-The bloodhounds of monopoly"
but something in the expression of Po-
liceman Flynn's face convinced him
that it was wise 10 move on. Still, he
lived in that, vicinity, and it was not
his nature to remain long quiet. So a
few days later Flynn found him hold
ing forth in the same strain again,
and again he forced him to move on.
But the policeman was troubled.
1T is hazard to know what to do"
he told his wife. He do be ma-akin'
lot of throuble an shtirrin' up lot
iv the ign'rant gazabos, but if l r-run
him in twill make martyr iv him,
no liss; an thin" he added with a
sigh, ''I'd be at the nuisance iv appear
in ag'in him in coort, an what wu'ud
l sa-ay to tn judge? Ono! l think
see mesilf.
This la-ad,' gays l to tn Judge, is
shoOtin' off his mouth an sayin'
hazard things agiE tn governmint'
d. We think?' says tn judge to me,
this great governmint is afraid iv
tn idle vaporin's iv wan misguided
wretch? IT is the worryin' iv thin
kind iv min that brings thin to no.
tice an ma-akes thin dangerous. Lave
thin alone an no wan II notice Thin
Thin tn pa-arers come out an
ta-alk iv tn policy iv rap-prission ac-
cordin' to tn Rooshian rIa-an an tn
ha-arm that's done be it. An afther
that tbs Barney Flynn on tn carpet in
tn capt'in's Office FIR ma-akin' a fool
iv himsilf'
Having thus explained the troubles
that beset official life in way that
will be appreciated by men in much
higher positions, Policeman Flynn pre-
pared to drop the subject in order to
give his exclusive attention to his, pipe
and his paper. But Mrs. Flynn was
not at the end of her resources.
why don't We ha-ave a ta-alk with
him?" she asked. .Ye might tell him
tn throuble he's maxim ye."
This seemed SO absurd to Policeman
Flynn that he only laughed Never
theless, the idea took root, and one
day, when opportunity offered, he
opened conversation with the anar-
chist.
Il suppose" he remarked, that t
is no use discussin tn matther with
We, but don't We see ye're WRONG, an
ye're only maxim throuble f'r ye-er.
silf an f'r me?'
Il have right to my views" assert
ed the anarchist.
Sure We ha-ave," admitted Police
| man Flynn, but We ha-ave no Fright
to be foorcin' thin on Others
They force theirs on me-" protested
the anarchist.
Policeman FlynI gave this phase of
the question thoughtful consideration
before replying
WAS We BORN in this country ?"
he asked.
NO." was the reply.
Are ye citizen iv it?"
NO"
Eye ma-ake me think iv a feIly 1
heard w. said Policeman Flynn.
ever ready to poinI moral with a
story This feiIv had shtrange idees
iv r-runnin' his house, an t was all
fright while he was r-runnin' his own
house an not botherin' amy wan ilse.
But wan da-ay he moved over to u
boordin' house.
Come in,' says tn other borders.
SO long as We pa-ay ye-er boord an
live up to tn r-rules we re glad f'r to
ha-aye ye.'
But I don't intind r. to pa-ay me