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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27

labor, the man who obligates. himself
to the railroad management is opposed
to anything that the employees ask for,
although the employees may have been
coerced into supporting him when a
candidate.
II the railroad employees want a
law making the railroads liable for
injuries to employees, they must find
their support from the farmers, labor
ers in the cities and the public gen.
orally, for the men elected by the rail-
road influence are almost as a unit
against such legislation.
And so If the railroad employees
want relief from government by in
junction, they cannot hope for it
from the men elected by railroad in
fiuence. They ought by this time to
understand that their real friends are
the people who want justice to all, and
who believe that the railroad en-
ployes are entitled to the relief which
they seek.
When an effort was being made to
secure reduction in passenger rates,
the railroad managers threatened the
employees with wage reduction, if the
rate bills passed, but reduced passen-
ger rates increase traffic, and in
creased traffic makes a demand for
more trainmen, and the employees will
find it to their advantage to favor
that which helps the public
So with the proposition to prevent
watered stock. If a part of the rail-
road earnings must go to pay divi-
dends on stock which represents no
investment in money, a smaller sum is
left for legitimate expenses. The rail-
road employees have interest in COM
mon with the general public, and they
need not fear that reductions will be
carried to point where honest rail-
reading will be injured. The employees
will be better off when railroad man
ayers are compelled to earn their
money by attending to the business of
the road and not by exploiting the
public through the stock market
The Democratic party stands for JUS
tice to railroad employees, to the stock
holders and to the public, whose
patronage enables the railroads to ex-
list. No legitimate business will be
injured by Democratic success, and
the railroad employees will stand in
their own light if they allow them
selves to be deceived by the men who
have been manipulating the railroads
for the building up of enormous for
tunes. All that the public demands is
that the railroads shall recognize their
quasi-public character and discharge
the important duties that devolve
upon them.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
PROPER CARE OF THE HAIR.
BriIliantine Restores Oils That Have
Been Dried Out by Dye.

Why will women continue to have
their hair dyed? The result is in
evitably deafness.
Let dyes alone. Many recommend
the use of brilliantine, for it is only
by the application of oils that a wom-
an can hope to make up those natural
ones dried out by the dye.
A mixture made of one ounce of
pure olive oil, half an ounce of cologne,
quarter of an ounce Of gum benzoin
and four ounces of alcohol is good
Dissolve the gum in the alcohol and
add the oil. Strain and add two
ounces Of castor oil and half a dram
each of oils Of geranium and berga-
mot
Al. night part the hair at close in
teryals and rub this into the scalp
with a narrow brush or the finger tips.
Omit, a night occasionally If the head
is becoming too greasy,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
Crossing Over the lettering Rem
nants of Bridge

path; the driver grips the steering
wheel with great steadiness. We
tremble. What if the wheels skid on
the slippery road? We are lost if the
car moves only one hands breadth to
either side. We are lost if our hands
or our nerves give way on these fear
full 200 yards.
The heavy car and ourselves would
fall and disappear. without any posi-
b1llty of rescue, in the wild stream or
in the soft, deep mud The passage
seems to last an eternity. Slowly we
creep forward
we are nearly on the other side.
when suddenly the car stops and is
dragged backward We all burst into
a shrek of terror. We realize what
has happened
The back wheels have sunk through
a hole in the bridge The front wheels
are lifted upward. But by a stroke of
luck in the midst of our misfortunes
the springs of the car have caught in
the obliQue planks of the bridge and
it is wedged fast.
A fresh activity seizes us. We
fasten strong rope to the front mart
of the car. There is no time to waste
A catastrophe is still threatening us.
The Lobeba natives are fetched back.
The bridge is repaired after a mighty
effort, and the natives slowly drag the
car forward. The rescue is sue
cess
The sun is now piercing through
the gray clouds, and before our ewes
CLEANS the fresh landscape. A few
miles drive and we come to another
river. There are many dangers he
fore us. Hidden in the tall grass are
numberless powders, branches, roots
and tree trunks.
Day after day the difficulties and
obstacles increase, and we nearly lose
the hope of ever reaching our goal
The car, however, has worked without
one break down since we left Abor.
corn. At last we see, on the hill in
front of US, the village of Kasama. the
buildings of the magistrate, and the
African lake corporation, appearing
above the green landscape"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
THE RAILROAD VOTE.

There are increasing indications
that some of the railroad managers
are going to attempt to organize the
railroad vote for the purpose of throw
ing 1t against any party which at
tempts railroad regulation. The rail-
road vote can be divided into two
classes. One class contains officials
those who collect and handle the
money which the railroads earn
these are the men who have made
railroad management odious by their
contempt for the public and by their
Indifference to the interests of the
stockholders. In the second class we
find those who are employed by the
railroad engineers, firemen, conduc-
tors, brakemen, trainmen. station
agents, freight handlers, etc. 1t is
customary for the managers to
appeal to the employees about cleo
ton time, when an attempt is being
made to elect some official friendly
to the management The usual meth.
cd of coercion is to threaten a reduc-
ton of wages if the railroad is not
able to select the officials.
The employees, however-and thew
constitute the real voting strength of
the railroad element-ought to know
by this time that the man selected nv
the managers is seldom friendly to the
employees. In all matters affecting
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
PERI[OUs AOTO :.
TRIP IN AFRICA
OFFICER OF GERMAN ARMY
TELLS OF HAZARDOUS EXPERT
ENCE IN DARK CONTINENT.
NEAR TO DEATH ON BRIDGE
Mozambi River Is Crossed by Means
of Shaky Structure Made by
the Natives of Sticks
and Branches.

London.-Lieut. Paul Graetz of the
German army, who is crossing the
heart of Africa from Dar-es-Salaam, on
the east coast, to Swakopmund, on the
west, is encountering formidable diff
ficulties in the tropics. His last stage
of 125 miles has occupied nine days.
He describes the journey as follows:
Leaving Aborcorn, near the south
ern end of Lake Tanganyika, we
reached Kasama in nine days through
the Chambezi valley. But we and our
motor car have had to go through a
horrible ordeal. We have faced fear
full trials and hardships under tropical
rains; we have been delayed by
raging streams and deep marshes.
I'VE have had to cross % swollen
rivers and swamps innumerable. We
have travelled on bad wooden bridges
built by the natives, and often We
have crossed over the wretched totter-
ing remnants of such bridges. We
have fought hard against flooding wa
ters
AT first we journeyed through
thick brush. Running and jumping
near our automobile, a number of Lo-
beba natives sing as they accompany
us. Then a terrible thunderstorm
bursts upon us in a fury, and streams
of water pour down like huge water
spouts. Now the underwood becomes
lighter. Halt! Water! The Mozambi
river is before us and rolls on its yell
lowish course in the middle of a
swampy depression 200 yards in
breadth
There is a kind of bridge over
swamp and stream, and it zigzags like
gigantic centipede. The natives rush
through the storm-beaten high grass
and gather sticks and branches. They
drag them forth and build a small
,bridgeway over the dangerous deep
mire; we widen the existing narrow
bridge and repair it as best we can.
Finally, after hours of strenuous
work in pouring rain, we proceed. The
car is pulled forward on the perilous
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27

The blouse worn beneath is of pale
blue chiffon taffetas, with yoke, and
mitten under-sleeves of chine silk. The
sleeves are ornamented with small
buttons, covered with brown velvet.
Pale blue straw hat, trimmed with
brown velvet and shaded brown feath.
er mount, the ends of the feathers
tipped with blue
Materials required for the costume:
TX yards 46 inches wide, 21k yards
velveteen, 31a yards silk for lining
Jacket
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
Stylish Mannish Shirt Waist.

A new shirt waist model claims dis
tinction because of the way in which
the sleeves are set in. The waist is
perfectly plain-not an atom of full
ness, sign of tuck or even decoration,
for it closes down the center front,
under box plat, holes being worked
for studs. The sleeves are modelled on
the order of mans shirt and set in in
the same way, the shoulders overlap
ping the sleeve. 1t blouses a little
over the belt
Made up in madras, it was pretty,
but. fancy it might be decidedly smart
If, fashioned from French flannel. 1t
is mode that will appeal to the man.
nish girl. =
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
PIES BREAK MANS FALL.
Tight-Rope Trick on Roof Ends in
HeadIong Plunge.

lphia.-While trying to dem
batic tight-rope walking ability which
had won him fame in circus life some
years ago, Frank Velloski, 25 years
old, fell from the third-story roof Of
his home, to the alley below and was
taken to the hospital, suffering from
conclusion of the brain. His condition
is serious, the doctors say.
VellosN occupies the fourth floor
Shortly before noon he stepped out
of his window on to the roof of the
third floor extension, to get breath
Of fresh air. Just across the alleyway,
on the roof of No. 116 Spruce street,
was one of Velloski's friends.
Guess I'll come over for while"
he said. I'll show you the way we
used to do when was a circus man."
he added, as be mounted a., thin
clothes line which stretched between
the two houses across the alley.
He had successfully gone to the mid
die of the rope when suddenly it
snapped Velloski went crashing
down to the hard pavement of the al
ley below.
A woman in No. 116 had been bak-
ing pies and half a dozen specimens
of her art were out to cool in the al
ley. Vellosk landed head first into
them.
The hospital doctors say that it was
due to this fact that the former circus
mans skull was not fractured.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
skirts with Front Panel.

A good many of the new skirts are
made up with front panel. the goods
OVERLAPPING it-really an echo of the
overskirt-and in nine cases out of
ten infinitely more becoming.
When striped fabrics are used tho
effect will be much better II the ma,
terial composing the panel is cut so
that the stripes form ''Vs." Especially
is this so when the wearer to be Is
either stout or short. Such an arrange
ment necessitates seam down the
front, Of course, and amateur dress
makers must take care to match
stripes exactly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27

lions of the Jail inmates his attention
was called for some reason to this
man.
What is your name?" inquired the
sheriff
''ElecX Lenchack"
What are you in prison for?"
Il don't know"
How long have you been here?'
More than year.
The sheriff examined the Jail regis
ter covering year and longer, but
could not find the name of Lenchack.
He did the same with the commit
ments. but with equal unsuccess.
Then he questioned the prisoner more
closely. Lenchack could not handle
English very we'll, but he managed to
explain that all he knew about it was
that he had been walking across field
at one of the coking plants not far
from this town when two men ac-
costed him, took him before a magis
trate and then brought him to Jail.
1t is the Sheriff's theory that Len
chack had been committed to iail I'M
der one name; that he had got on to
the Jail register under another name,
and on the trial docket of the court
under still another name, and that
when the name on the trial docket was
called during sessions of the court
there was no prisoner to answer to it,
The poor fellow was so glad to get
out that his expressions of gratitude,
so far as he was able to make this SEN
timent clear, were most pathetic A
foreigner, knowing little or nothing of
the habits and customs of this coun-
try, not understanding the language,
homeless, friendless, knowing no one
to apply to, he had got into Jail for
trivial offense. There, forgotten, I'M
able to confide in any one even if he
had wished, ignorant of how to take
steps to get free, he had put in more
than year of his life in a place to
which he should not, perhaps, have
been sent at any time.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
Dotted FouIards Are Jauntv.

Gowns of black and white-dotted
foulards are jaunty and are even be-
ing worn by young girls. An attract
i've style is a full skirt trimmed with
insertions of baby Irish lace.
The black and white stripes and
plaids are just as popular for tailor
made suits. A nobby design is a new
redingote Of plaided mohair. It has a
plated front and back and circular
sides. The collar and cuffs are
mounted On. taffeta
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
WALKING COSTUME OF BROWN.
Features That Give Distinctive Touch
to These Garments.

For the costume shown here cigar
brown face cloth is used. The skirt
is slightly full at the waist, and at
the foot is trimmed with a band of
velveteen about five inches wide.
The blouse jacket is open in front;
it has fichu-like trimming, bound
with velvet, and another fold of velvet
carried over the shoulder; the three
quarter sleeves are bound with velvet.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
DEMOCRATIC CONGRESSIONAL
COMMITTEE.

Mr. James T. Lloyd, Democratic
member of congress from Missouri,
has been made chairman of the Dem
ocratic congressional committee, and
has in charge the campaign that is
being prosecuted for the election of
Democratic congress. The work OF
this committee is scarcely second to
the work Of the national committee,
for without house of representatives,
a Democratic administration is help
less. With a Democratic house o. rep
resentatives the president is able to
bring pressure to bear upon the SEN
ate, for the president and the house
working together can present issues
to the senate and focus public opin-
ion upon remedial legislation.
Mr.. Lloyds committee is a dem,
ocratic committee-a committee COM
posed of real Democrats who are
welded to Democratic ideas, and who
are making a fight for Democratic re-
forms. That being true, the commit
tee has no disposition to collect funds
from predatory corporations, and
could not secure such contributions if
it desired to. 1t must make it's fight
upon the contributions sent in by the
Democrats who are interested in Dem
ocratic success. The Commoner.
therefore. appeals to it's readers to
send contributions to Mr.. Lloyd for
the carrying on of this work. The
Democratic fight ought to be made by
the rank and file of the party; a small
sacrifice on the part of each Democrat
would enable the committee to sup
ply the necessary literature and get
the party records before the public.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27

Admiral Evans also thinks the
armor belt too low" says the Phila-
delphia Telegraph. The admiral re-
fers to the position, not to the price.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
SECRETARY TAFT MIsoUoTED.

Secretary Taft claims that he has
been misquoted. He did not say that
I'VE must look forward to a gigantic
controversy between labor and cap
ital;" he was quoted as saying this.
but as expressing the hope that it
would be peaceably settled. What
he said was: That unless laborers
united into organizations, the labor
er would stand no chance in that in
evitable controversy that we always
hope will be peaceful, but that must
exist-that inevitable controversy as
to how labor and capital shall share
the Joint product of BOTH
The Commoner is glad to aid in set.
ting Mr.. Taft right before the public.
for it can appreciate the annoyance
of incorrect reports of speeches.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27

Look at the doughnut, not at the
hole" is the latest Republican slogan.
All right; but the doughnut would ba
bigger If the hole were smaller.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27

When Mr.. Tener Of Pennsylvania
takes a seat in congress he will find his
former experience as baseball pitch
err handy. He will have to perform
some mighty curves in order to get
anything worth while past Speaker
Cannon.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27

Strange that some of those admins
tration legal lights never thought of
getting out an injunction against
Castro.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27

The war department has issued an
order that no officer shall be chosen
who stands less than five feet five
inches in height. Time was when
such an order would have barred a
couple of men who made big military
reputations-Napoleon Bonaparte and
Phil Sheridan.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
The N.t,,r. ~ th. er,,+.

Ex-Did you ever see an Indian
idol?
WY never saw one any other
way.-Cleveland Leader
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-27
what Are You in Prison For?"

tions of the Jail inmates his attention
was called for some reason to this
man.
What is your name?" inquired the
The Spanish Fork press. [volume] (Spanish Fork, Utah) 1902-current, 1908-10-01
Truth and
Quality

appeal to the Well-Informed in every
walk of life and are essential to permanent
success and creditable standing. Accor-
ingly, it is not claimed that Syrup of Figs
and Elixir Of SIENNA is the only remedy of
known value, but one of many reasons
why it is the best of personal and family
laxatives is the fact that it cieanses,
swcetens and relieves the internal organs
on which it acts without any facilitating
after effects and without having to increase
the quantity from time TO time.
1t acts pleasantly and naturally and
truly as n laxative, and its component
parts are knewn TO and approved by
physicians, as it is free from all objection
able substances. To get its beneficial
effects always purchase the genuine
manufactured by the California Fig Syrup
Co., only, and for sale by all leading drug
gists.
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PRESCRIBED cuTlcURA
After Other Treatment Failed--Raw
Eczema on Baby's Face Had
Lasted Three Months--At Last
Doctor Found Cure.
giists.

"Our baby boy broke out with &C.
zema on his face when one month old.
One place on the side Of his face the
size of nickel was raw like beefsteak
for three months, and he would cry
out when l bathed the parts that were
sore and broken out. | gave him
three months treatment from a good
doctor, but at the end of that time the
child was no better. Then my doctor
recommended Cutlcura. After using
a cake of Cuticura Soap, a third of a
box of Cuticura Ointment, and half a
bottle of Cuticura Resolvent he was
well and his face was as smooth as any
baby's. He is now two years and a
half old and no eczema has reappeared.
Mrs. M. l.. Harris, Alton, Kan, May
IA and June IL, 1907"
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His Mind Was Made Up.

1t was during a trial In an Alabama
city more than 20 years ago that one
of the jurors suddenly rose from his
seat and precipitately fed from the
courtroom. He was arrested in his
fight before he had left the building,
and brought back.
What do you mean by running off
in that way?" asked the judge. who
knew the man to be a. simple, honest
farmer.
ITS like this, your honor" said the
man, earnestly. when Mr. Hobbs
finished talking my mind was all
clear, but when Mr.. Clayton began |
was all confused again, and i said to
myself I'd better leave at once, and
stay away till he's done for to tell the
truth, l didn't like the way the argu-
ment was going, your honor.
Youths Companion.
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He Could Moi Read IL

While visiting In small town in
Connecticut, seven miles from tho rail-
road station, deceived occaolobally
in kind of shorthand of our own.
One day when a cousin was going to
the post Office I asked her to Inquire
II there was anything for me. She re-
turned, saying there was nothing. The
next day she made the same inquiry.
when the postmaster showed her a
postal card addressed to me and said.
EN-. can you read this?" She said
mo" The:eupon he sald Neither
can /, and have been trying ever
since yesterday" This illustrates the
fact that curiosity is not confined to
the fair sex.
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The bomb went off with dull and
deafening roar and Second-Story Bill'
the NOUS burglar, gazed into the black
recesses of the vault.
AT last" he muttered, hoarsely'
my prayers are answered Fortune
is mine" =.
He went in, but in moment ne
enlarged his face white with the rage
of disappointment.
Curse them" he cried in his wrath
"The receivers have been here before
me" But he was wrong. the Vaui'
had contained the FIRMS collateral ior
sneculators loans and the recent fall
in the market had completely "lpeu
ont the margins.-Success.
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vouNesreR AN APT pupll.
Every indication That Tommy would
Be Successful Politician.

The children, especially Tommy.
were very much interested In the
game of politics, and father was de.
lighted with their precocity. The
other day there was more than the
usual whooping in the playroom, and
their mother found the two smaller
children assailing Tommy vigorously,
Whats the matter?' she asked.
Tommy, what have you been dolng?"
'Nawthin; Only playing politics"
We'll. but what did you do TO the
children2"
Just playing convention. We
adopted the unit rule and was chair.
man OF the delegation. Then we intro
duced resolution to decide whether
they should take my apple or should
take theirs"
"Well?"
II cast the vote OF the delegation"
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Too Rounh for the Gown.

Mrs. Rorer, of cookbook fame, tells
of seeing a maid drop and break a
beautiful platter at dinner recent
ly, says Everybody's Magazine. The
host did not permit trifle like this
to rufIle him in the least
"These little accidents happen most
every day" he said. alphabetically
You see, she isn't trained waitress.
She was dairymaid originally. but
she had to abandon that occupation
on account Of her inability TO handle
the cows without breaking their
horns"
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Style REQUIRES Dash.

IT wish | had as many clothes as
my bachelor girl friend" said the i'm
pecunious girl "She always Is get
ting something new every time ! go
there"
"Yes," said her companion, but she
never looks stylish. You are more
stylish than she is with all her clothes
She is too neat. Her excessive neat
ness stamps her an old maid. You
must have a sort Of reckless dash
about your things to look stylish"