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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27

barbering, blacksmithing or the serv-
ing of soft drinks and ice cream may
survive, but such lines of trade can
not sustain a decent town." The
cause of this widespread loss of bust
ness is the aggressive and destructive
competition of the catalogue houses
in the big cities 1t has been possible
for 40 years or more to buy of some
houses in the cities, If one felt that
the merchants of his town were ex-
acting too much profit, but this effort
of the mail order houses to cut the
retailer altogether is a new thing, the
growth of the past few years. Start
ing with few lines of trade, this
form Of competition has come to cover
almost everything that can be sold in
country town and it is even asserted
that savings bank department is to
be added by one of the catalogue
houses.
The claim that the mail order
houses of Chicago are doing an an
nual business of over 5000, O00, 900 may
seem large, but one house alone has
sold goods to the amount of $29, OOO,-,
600 in the past six months and is now
incubating a new plan to increase it's
enormous business by selling shares
of stock to thousands of people in the
hope of making them regular Gus
toners.
The skillfuIly worded advertisement
and the big catalogue. with it's pic
lures of articles in a hundred lines of
trade, are very alluring to buyers.
most of whom are not familiar with
prices and qualities. Some Of the
articles below the usual prices are of
an inferior quality, while the average
price is usually fully up to what would
be paid to the home dealer. As was
gress. articles for the mail order trade
are often misbranded at the request
of the mail order people with DELHI
crate intent to deceive. One of the
instances given by this congressmA
was of some thousands of finger rings
stamped fourteen carats" when they
were in reality only ten.
The buyer who orders from his
catalogue. or from an advertisement,
does not see the articles till they
come and Is often disappointed In the
quality Of the most of them, but there
Is no redress as there would be If he
bought at home. He does not like to
own that he is disappointed, so he
makes the best of it and tries to per-
suade himself that he has saved
money. In many instances he is not
well enough informed In values to
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
FOOLED THE PREACHER,
A Doctors Brother Thought Postum
Was Coffee.

A wise doctor found out coffee waA
huIting him, so he quit drinking it.
He was SO busy with his practice,
however, that his wife had to write
how he fooled his brother, a clergy.
man, one day at dinner. She says:
Doctor found coffee was injuring
him and decided to give Postum .
trial, and we have used it now, for
four years, with continued benefit. In
fact, he is now free from the long
train of ills that follow coffee drink
ing.
ITO show how successful we are
in making Postum properly / will re-
late an incident. At dinner we
gave, Doctor suggested we serve
Postum instead of ordinary coffee.
Doctors brother, Clergyman, sup
posed it was old fashioned coffee and
remarked, as he called for his sec
ond cup: IF you do preach against
coffee, I see you haven't forgotten how
to make it,"
This goes to show that well-made-
fully boiled-Postum has much the
flavor and richness of good coffee al
though it has an individuality all its
own. A ten days trial will prove that
1t has none OF the poisonous effect Of
ordinary coffee, but will correct the
troubles caused by coffee. There's .
reason" Name furnished by Postum
Co., Ltd, Battle Greek, Mich.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Rust on Linen.

If the vessel in which the clothes
are washed, stepped or boiled be-
comes rusty at the bottom, spots of
rust are apt to form on the garments.
This may be prevented by cutting out
round of unbleached linen to ex-
actly fit the boiler or pot, and laying
this at the bottom before putting in
the clothes. The requisite shape may
be obtained by drawing round by
means of the cover, one inch all round
being allowed for the hem.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Didn't Suit Him.

People who patronize the cars rum
ming out to Forest Hills are familiar
with Conductor Crowley, the man who
wears six service stripes on his
sleeve, says a writer in the Boston
Herald
On the afternoon Of election day In
November one of his passengers was
an old man who had been imbibing
enough to make him go to sleep in the
corner of the car
Just before it reached Dudley street
the conductor announced with his
usual rich roll Of the T, "Cir-r-cuit and
Guild"
Yer liari It's John B. Morani"
shouted the sleepy one. waking up
suddenly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Brains Crushed Out by Car Door.

]. E. Taylor, aged %, an immi-
grant from Odell, Neb., en- route to
Bliss, Okla, to locate. was killed in
the Santa Fe yards at Arkansas City
He was riding in a freight car with
his household goods and was, stand
ing with his head partly out of the
door. The car was pushed onto sid
ing and struck. another ocar. The i'm
pact caused the car door to slide Shut,
catching Taylor's head and crushing
out his brains He was married.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
FOR THE HOUSEWIFE
PARAGRAPHS ON TOPICS OF GEN
ERAL INTEREST.
Proper Airing of Clothes q Matter of
Great Importance Not Sufficiently
Understood-Home-M
liniment.

The following suggestions will be
found of value in the home:
Air
Your dresses well and they never will
seem stuffy. Clothes never should
be shut up in wardrobe immediate
ly after they have been worn Let
the bodice of a dress hang over the
back of chair for at least half an
hour before putting it away. The
Oldest clothes can be kept fresh and
odorless if they are kept in this
way.
Children should be taught to turn
their stockings inside out and to hang
them over the back of a chair on go
ing to bed. All body linen should be
hung over the back of chair at
night, so air can circulate freely
through it. The neat little packs of
clothes, folded up and put one on top
of the other, which our grandmo.hers
delighted in, were extremely unhy-
gienic.
In Baking
Pies with an upper crust, by pinning
piece of white cloth about one and
Aone-half inches wide, wet in cold
water, around the pie after it is ready
for 1.-THE oven, you will prevent the
juice from running out. Bend the
pin over and water the edge of the
plate and fasten the cloth tightly
around the pie.
I Leather Goods
Never no in MI hot
is extremely dry, as the heat will
cause the leather to crack; nor in
damp places that will make it moldy
To freshen travelling bags and book
covers which have become shabby
and spotted, rub them with the we'll
beaten white of an egg.
Ice for the Sick Room.
Tie square of coarse white fan
mel over a pitcher, leaving a cup
shaped depression of the, flannel in
the pitcher. Place broken ice in the
flannel and cover it tightly with a
thicker flannel, The ice will then
keep all night and the water may be
poured off as wanted.
A Good Liniment-
Is made by putting equal parts of tine
ture of iodine and spirits of ammonia
together and letting them remain so
for "a hours before using shaking &C.
casionally. 1t will then be clear as
water and will neither blister nor
stain when used.
White Paint
The bes. way to clean white paint
is to take soft flannel cloth, dip it
i'll warm water, wiring out and then
dip in saucer of, clean bran. The
friction of the bran will remove any
stain without injuring the paint.
When Washing
Sateen, or any cotton material with a
satin finish, use a little borax in the
last rinsing water. The material then
will have a gloss when ironed
New Irons
Should be heated gradually the first
time. After they are Injured to heat
they will not become rough so cas-
lily.
To Keep Suet-
Pick out all the threads, chop fine.
put in glass jars and cover with mo-
lasses. Suet treated in this manner
will keep for months.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
To Escape Missouri Law.

That the board of trade of Kansas
City, Mo, will move to Kansas City,
Kans., on account of the new Missouri
law taxing transfers of grain, is the
opinion of several officers and many
members of the board The move,
according to those who favor it, is
the only method Of escaping the tax
of % cents on each transaction which
would mean 100000 a year to Kansas
City firms alone.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
SEE WHAT YOU BUY
DO NOT TAKE THE CATALOGUE
STATEMENT FOR 1T.
CASE OF A MAIL-ORDER BUGGY
The Purchaser Was Ashamed to Use
u and Sold 1t to His Hired
Man-lt Pays to Buy
at Home.
Copyright, by Alfred c. clark3

Copyright, by Alfred c. Clark.)
The East End of London is an ex-
ample of what the city does for hui
mainly in creating poverty, misery,
disease, drunkenness and crime. JEFF
ferson was right when he said: Great
cities are great sores upon the body
polite" Is it any wonder that lovers
OF their kind are horror-stricken at
the grinding of these gigantic mills
whose grist is the bodies and souls Of
men?
But there is another movement, con-
nected with this current setting citv-
ward which, like it, is full of grave
menace to the welfare of humanity.
This is the dry rot now invading thou
sands of villages and towns. 1t is not
lack of capital or, business energy in
the towns, or discrimination in
.freights or exhaustion of the soil in
the surrounding country that is bring.
ing about this change, but a new and
dangerous form of competition, and
the caprices of those who buy. Go
into these towns and you will find
them at a standstill or going back.
ward Inquire of their business men
or commercial travellers and you will
learn that business is not as good as
formerly and that the prospectus for
continued shrinkage in trade. An
observant commercial traveller said
to the writer: II believe the day OF
the village and town is over The big
fish are everywhere eating up the lit
tlesf1sh. A few small lines of business
that cannot be done by mail, such as
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Made Two Appointments.

Gov. Hoch has announced the re-
appointment of John B. Baker as state
live stock sanitary commissioner Mr.
Bakers commission runs for two years
beginning April l. A |. Davis was al
so named by the governor as probate
judge of Linn county. The regularly
elected judge died recently and Mr..
Davis appointment will hold until the
next election.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
A Bio War Balloon.

now under construction for the War
Department will be brought to Fl
Leavenworth and kept there. This
balloon will be SO feet in diameter
and will contain $4,000 cubic feet of
gas. 1t will lift more than half a
ton. The car will be feet long, 5
feet wide and Al feet high and will
carry 10 men.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Worse Than Supposed,

We received notice from a post
master this week to discontinue send
ing. our paper to a certain address,
says the Larned Chronoscope. The
reason given was: Party dead-re-
moved to Jetmore We always did
believe there was "a hereafter, but
never before had definite informal ioh
as to where it was to be spent b!
delinquent subscribers.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Killed Without Ceremony.

The female suffrage resolution was
killed in the house committee of the
whole without ceremony. The reso-
luton was introduced weeks ago by
P. J. Potts of Morris and promptly
recommended for passage by the COM
mittee on the political right of wo-
men. 1t had been on the calendar
without a hearing ever since.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Leaves $1,000 to a Church.

BY the terms of the will of Arthur
Connolly, who died in Seneca, all the
property belonging to the estate is
to go to Saints Peter and Paul's
church in Seneca, after obligations
are paid. The property is valued at
more than $1,000.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Webster Doubles Refinery Capacity.

The Webster Oil refinery at Hum
boldt has received a still which it
will install directly south of the pres
ent still as soon as possible. The re-
finery has been getting more orders
than it had the capacity for and the
new machinery is needed to take care
of the business. The refinery Is
now the largest purchaser of oil in
this field, and is at least worth SIS 900
a year to the producers of the Hum
boldt field, as the price it pays Is
that much more than is paid by tho
Standard.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
An Interesting Case.

Ed Hill, editor of the Tyro Herald,
is also a deputy sheriff. In a fight
with two men who he thought were
burglars one night recently he was
saved from serious wound by bull
let striking his watch. This adds inter
est to the case, which was probably
of gun metal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Property at one-Third Value.

The assessors of Dickinson county
voted ia assess personal property at
one-third it's real value, with the real
estate on the same figures as last
year-one-fourth real value. Tax
ferrets were employed last year, but
the experiment is not to be repeated.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
The story of Howe

Sundays Philadelphia North Amer
lean had full page story about Ed
gar Watson Howe and the Atchison
Globe, with pictures. 1t was headed:
"Atchison's Town Government Is an
Editor" Leigh Mitchell Hodges was
the correspondent.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
New Metric Chart.

A new metric chart representing
geographically measures of the inter
national metric system OF weights and
measures has been prepared by the
bureau ofstandards Of the department
of commerce and labor, and win be
furnished free to any school teaching
the system.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Bank Closes Its Doors.

The State Bank of Arlington, At.
Gibson county, has closed its doors.
The action is said to be the result
of disagreement between the own
ers and it is expected that the af-
fairs will be Strengthened out and the
business continued.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Property FIGURES.

Kansas property has increased in
value from 4,737, 500 in 1861 tos46s,-
S29,749 in 1906. The amount of the
state taxes raised last years was
$1,919,09
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Natural Gas in El DORADO.

The long looked and wished for ma,
tural gas has been turned into the
mains leading to Ell Dorado and they
now have cheap fuel
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Oldest Postoffice in the State.

The postoffice at Fort Leaven-
worth, which is the oldest in the
state, was. established May %. 1929.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
When Heating Irons.

An old tin teakettle with the bot
tom cut out makes an excellent cover
to place over irons heating on gas
stoves.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Latest Kansas Events,
A New Bank Record.

In one year the deposits of all
classes in both state and national
banks in Kansas have increased S1S,-
100000, according to the report of
John Q. Royce, state bank commits
sloner. The statement is the COM
bined statement of the state and ma
tional banks made January 20 and it
shows that there was on deposit in
Kansas state banks SOS, 863, 44204 and
in national banks SCI, 1872 ,49623. This
is only the deposits of individuals,
the total being increased by the re-
serve deposits of banks and bankers
amounting to S1,9O9,9S211 in state
banks and to $11, 747, 44O.6S in nation.
al banks and to S1,830,321S4 deposit
ed in national banks by the govern
ment. In the year covered by tile
report there have been 81 new banks
put into operation in The state. In
the. report issued by Mr.. Royce he
says that this report sets another high
water mark in the deposits in the
banks of the state, as the banks have
never shown so large an amount or
so great an increase in one year.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27

FREE

Our mammoth l4s-page Seed and Tool
Catalog is mailed free to all intending
buyers, or send &c in stamps and receive,
free samples of new Two Foot Long Oats
and other cereals and big catalog free.
John A. Salzer Seed Co., Box w, La
Crosse. Wis
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
Sugar Cookies.

One and one-half cups of white
sugar, one cup shortening, part lard
and part butter, one egg, one cup
milk, one teaspoonful of salt, two tea
spoonfuls of cream tartar, one tea
spoonful soda, little nutmeg, vanilla
or caraway seeds for favoring.i Mix
in order given enough -four to thick
en-, roll thin and bake in quick oven.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
The Steam Pillow in Thomas County.


Steam plOws seem 70 be taking
the lead in Thomas county. There
are no less than 20 in use already,
and more will come. They can turn
the prairie over at a great rate, from
80 to 50 acres each, daily. In addi-
ton TO the 100000 acres now under
cultivation in the county careful
estimates say no less than $4,000
acres more will be put under cultiva-
ton during the year 1907, and the
steam pillow has made it possible for
this increase of farm area which the
farmers of Thomas county are GO
ing to put into crops. The steam
plows have made great changes in
converting the raw prairie of a few
years ago to well cultivated farms
Buffalo grass is fast disappearing.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-03-27
To Remove Shine from Black sin

Lay the silk upon the table, and
with q sponge wet with cider vinegar
or ammonia, rub the shiny places
until they disappear. Then hang up
in warm, shady place to dry, and
the silk will look like new.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-05


House Bill No. 159. which is of the
same purport. He advised legislating
for the Territory rather than single
county. The motion to defer action
carried.
Senate Bill 80 was called for second
reading. This provides that all per-
sons working in the service of the Ter
ritory or any subdivision thereof shall
be citizens. The committee reported
adversely. AS the measure was being
read Senator Kalama moved that ac-
ton be deferred owing to the absence
of the introducer. Senator Coelho.
House Joint resolution calling for an
inquiry into the ownership and con-
dition of all wharves and landings In
the islands was read. The committee
reported ION the bill In the morning.
Senator Makekau moved to indefinite
ly postpone. This carried and the bill
was SO disposed Of He then moved
reconsideration OF the vote. The mo-
ton lost. This effectually and finally
disposes of this resolution and 1t is
the first time during this session that
this method has been employed to kill
a bill.
House Bill No. $50 passed second
reading.
Senator McCarthy's reapportionment
BILL Senate Bill No. is. was called for
second reading. The report made some
time ago recommended tabling the
bill. The report was adopted yester-
day and the bill tabled.
Five House bills were introduced and
passed first reading by title.
Adjourned at sos p. m. ]
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-05

The s. S. Arizonan is scheduled to
depart at 8 p. IN. tomorrow for Ka-
anapali.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-05

A. the bill u long one u vas moved
10 cons der u IN the committee ~ the
whole after two House bills were dis.
t.....l ar
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-05
bill passed first reading.
GOVERNOR SILENT.

Sheldon asked if any answer had
been received from the Governor to
the House communication asking for his
reasons for holding up appropriated
parts of the loan money. He was told
that no answer had been received.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-05

Senate Bill SO and Senate Bill s5
were presented for the consideration
of the House after the noon recess and
passed first reading by title.
Rice gave notice of the Introduction
of q bill to create q sinking fund for
the redemption of territorial bonds and
Rawiins introduced a bill creating
general law for the formation of elee.
The Hawaiian gazette. [volume] (Honolulu [Oahu, Hawaii]) 1865-1918, 1907-04-05
TIIInn NEADTNu.

Senator Kalama moved TO reconsider
the oil bill. There was discussion
as to his right to so move. The motion
to reconsider carried and Senator Hay
selden moved to defer for two weeks
Senator Chillingworth amended to fix
the date for IL a. m. Friday. Carried
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A NAVAL REBUKE.
Two Admirais. n Captain aud n Fool
Ia Manila bay.

III nay
When Deweys feet was at Manila
the late Admiral Chichester was then
captain On one occasion Admiral
Diedrichs. the German. sent out the
Irene on an unrevealed errand and
without the customary notification to
the commander Of the blockading feet
Admiral Dewey had suffered, be
thought, sufficiently from that sort OF
thing. ana 81 the admiral sent a vessel
across the Irene's bows and notified
her captain that she would not be per-
mltted to depart without a statement
as TO her destination. Ii was not Ad-
mirai Diedrichs' mission TO quarrel
with both the American and the Eng
llsh fleets on this critical occasion. so
he sought TO lind out Captain Chiches
ter's purpose In case Of collision. Co
Ing on board Chichester's ship. he an
grily exclaimed. Did you see what
Dewey did Ia my shipg
Eyes" replied Chichester,
"What would you have done II 1t had
been an English ship"
well" said Chichester. convenient
ly assuming that the Irene's captain
had sailed Without orders from Die
drlchs ia have put my captain In ar
rest. and then I'd have gone on board
the Olympia aud apologized TO Admiral
Dewey for having such fool In com
mand OF one OF my ships.
" >ekly.