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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23

When an old maid makes goose O.
herself it merely proves that she is no
chicken.-New York Times
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-12-23
. BYRON VII LZAMS

~ Fl BX 6XKON 1t1LLLAFIS
A N metropolis upon the heels of Tbanks.iv
Y Z ing eager exploit wares
lE The windows of the fneed
II Autumn leaves the gamu holiday goods
adgs capaous chineys and Toys and
run not upon the counters and appears ninciev in
long ases OF the vet any days for
making Chstnas choices of that
sc1alnng ar SO noticeable runaway season
N INC SUeets Santa works asking needy
cneer With the giving the take on happier s,c.
tne na is answering the earth" Inch bv
men we are drawn into the the spirit of the
e In our minds Meae problem of what
o ns dear one and what include those who
less day than are-and now comes b.
inc DONG of good
happiness! @c)| y 20 49,
There IS the little girl
who VIII be delighted with pretty Book boy sells papers
at the corner OF Hit and Miss washing
OUT IN inc suburb where we i've the jolly
ae VINO mas many things cannot present the
elevator who has morning with cbeerv ed
morning and respectful
the mother, father wife babiesi /
What galaxy needy ofor
nose VINO 90 not need food clothing something that
u the DAY conreoang
ncart is atdlned to- theirs gadness
And the holly appear upon the street corners
ana rusnang business
OF the green and the red to hang the windows
and from the chandeliers Jiving rooms
On and on the Spirit Christmas!
Like mighty enveloping shaft
everyday nlcolocry
ing glory into every home! Garlands
merry laughter echoes through the halls
OF inc crystal Spheres
sits entironed among meymaking and the praise!
Peace earth, to
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
GREAT GROWTH OF
MODERN STEAMSHIPS

The maximum size of ocean going
steamships has doubled withinsthe last
ten years. and prophecies are frequently
heard of continuous growth, alike in
size and speed. 1t seems probable, how
ever, that In the immediate future there
will be little increase in the size or
speed of steamships Speed does not
pay; and some regard must be paid 10
the depth of harbor channels and the
capacity of dry docks Before vessels
larger than the Lusitania are designed.
there must be some assurance that they
can get in and out of the ports which
they are likely to visit. Any demands
created by expanding commerce can
easily be met by increasing the number
of vessels to be devoted to 1t and by
increasing the frequency of sailing
dates
Every knot of speed added beyond a
certain point means more than pro
portionate expense. And speed is not
everything. More than one of the
transatlantic lines are noted for the
roomy comfort of their steady, slow
travelling boats, which neither pitch
unduIy In rough seas nor transmit
constant vibration from the engines
Scientific American.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
Rolling of Thunder.

In accounting for the rumbling or
rolling of thunder, which has hereto
fore been explained by the echo theory,
it is now stated that a flash of light
ming is made up of innumerable smaller
flashes. which go to make up the whole.
The rolling thunder is due to the pri-
mary sounds of successive discharges
or flashes. When we see a relatively
prolonged lightning flash, we witness,
in reality, a number of discontinuous
discharges following down the same
path, and the sounds of these success
sive explosives come to us like the rat
tie of rapid fire gun, only less rhyth-
micalIy. This discontinuity is quite
different from oscillation. 1t is very
doubtful whether long lightning flashes
are ever oscillatory. As has beer
pointed out by several inquirers into
the subject. it is probable that Iona
lightning flashes have too much re
sistance in the long wire of heated all
to permit of oscillation, Very short in
duced flashes are, for, the same reason
bound to be oscillatory unless extra
resistance becomes included somehow
in the discharge path.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
HOW ENGLAND DISAPPEARED
FROM OFF THE MAP.

BOLIVIA is the only country that ever
wiped England off the map" said
Frank Robertson. ut came about this
way. The British ambassador. several
years ago gave dinner for the official
and social circle people of Bolivia.
when they arrived at the embassy
they found that he was not married to
the woman seated at the head of the
table and they left. In the name of his
government he demanded an apology,
whereupon the government gave him
twenty four hours to get out of the
country.
"Inasmuch as little Bolivia Is way off
the ocean and practically lost in the
eternal mountains Great Britain could
not. by guns get the retraction that
she wanted. But her map makers. got
revenge by issuing maps wholly eliml-
mating Bolivia.
FINALLY this information reached Bo-
iivia, whereupon, with q stroke of the
pen. new maps were ordered for the
Bolivian government and the Bolivian
schools They showed more ocean than
any other maps ever printed. The Brit
ish isles had been sunk into the sea.
And so far as the people there and
school children of Bolivia are concerned
there is no Great Britain. Indian
apolis News.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
SUE HARTMAN
FOR PROFITS MADE
IN RAILROAD DEAL
Four Union Pacific Stockholders
Begin Fight to Get Their
Share.

NEW YORK. March 13.-What was
said to he preliminary step to action
in the courts to compel f. II. Hartman
and some of his fellow directors in The
Union Pacific to make restitution 10
lie company of the profits they may
have made by selling securities to the
company was taken yesterday when
petition signed by four stockholders OF
The Union Pacific Company was served
uron Secretary Millar.
This petition calls upon the directors
10 commence without delay appro-
priatc actions at law or in equity" to
recover for the company the profits
made In the sale to the company pr
Mr. Isrriman's St Joseph and Grand
Islstnd stock, the stock of the Railroad
Securities Company and the stock OF
Tic Illinois Central. as brought out in
the Interstate Commerce investigator.
Mr. WalIenstein said that while he
he'd been employed by Stuyvesant Fis1
in his fight against Mr.. Hartman and
had helped Mr. Fish in Chicago, Mr..
Fish had no more connection with his
present action than he had with the
suit brought by the government against
Mr.. Hartman.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
STOCKS IRREGULAR,
SHOW STRENGTH,
BUT ARE NERVOUS
Opening Prices Were Off a Lit,
tie, but Turned Upward
Later On.

NEW YORK, March 13.-Opening.-
Opening prices of stocks today We're
shaded from last nights closing level
None of the declines exceeded half,
and the volume of the sales was gem
orally small. Prices turned upwards
Immediately after the opening, Amer
lean Smelling rising point.
Il a. m.-Fractional reactions fol-
lowed the early rally, which placed
some of the fayorites below their first
prices. The market then moved up
sharply again under the lead of the
copper stocks and other specialties. The
railroad list did not show much vigor
in the rally and Reading was sold on
all recoveries. Utah Copper advanced
~, Atlantic Coast Line. American
Smelling, Brooklyn Transit and Vir-
ginia- Carolina Chemical preferred lh,
and Toledo. ST. Louis and Western pre-
ferred, international Pump preferred
and Railway Steel Spring 1. Stocks
were declining again at IL O'Clock. chi
cago Terminal preferred lost O. Cana
dian Pacific ia and Southern Railway
preferred 1.
Noon--Advances of few special
stocks was in contrast with "a droop In
the general tendency. Union Pacific,
Great Northern preferred. Reading.
Delaware and Hudson and Baltimore
and Ohio declined ]. international
Mercantile MARINE preferred rose 1ss,
Allis-C Chalmers preferred 1ss, National
Lead IA and Denver and Rio Grande
preferred 1. Bonds were irregular
LIP. m.-The tone of the market grew
firmer under the influence of large
demand for United States Steel which
touched 33A Fluctuations generally
were much restricted, but some stocks
kept within measurable distance Of the
best prices of the morning. Federal
Mining preferred advanced Z. Colorado
and Southern second preferred and
Macllay Companies preferred declined i.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
MISCELLANEOUS STOCKS
11oATNH
GREEK HASHISH DRUG.
Culture and Expectation of This
Strong Narcotic Growth.

Consul Edward J. Nathan OF Patsas,
contributes the following report on the,
Creek preparation and expectation of tpe
hashish drug
"Hashish, that strange drug which has
given our language its word assnssin-a
man so frenzied by the drug that he ac-
complisles murder-and which is used by
the Persians, Turks and Egyptians in
manner akin TO the use Of opium by the
Chinese, is the product of a plant grown
in large ouan ntities in the Peloponnesns
(soutnern Greece) In the district about
Trpohtza. Tine plant grows 20 height
OF about four feet and its branches are
thickly covered with small leaves aud
studded with tiny seeds.
The entire plant, stalk and branches Is
cut within a few inches Of the root and
laid out in the sun to dry. The branches
are then rubbed to separate the seeds ant.
these in turn are ground INTO hne pow
der, which constitutes the drug. The bekl
variety of the plant grows in the district
OF Mantinea, and the centre for export Is
Tripolitza. from which place it is scri 10 the
ports Of kalamata and Nauplia and FROM
thence abroad. 1t Is estimated that aooiit
100000 okas (265. 900 pounds of the drug
valued at 1000, coo drachmas about $3.50 GOD
are annually sent from TripolitZa.
THE drug has the power OF inducing cep
and producing pleasant and fahtaStic
dreams Continued use OF hasbish reltlrds
its devotees wild and restless and results
| in a complete wreck OF their mental ann
7hyica constitution. For this reason the
| Egyptian government has prohibited the
importation nf the drug. and recently eli
i tered, into conven ton with Greece 10 pre-
vent its exportation from there to Egypf.
1 where the consumers OF hasbish arc very
numerous. The drug is practically never
used in Greece. but is now exported 10
! France and Italy. and from there much. M
! doubt, ultimately finds its way to Egypt
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
THE COTTON MARKET.

NEW YORK. March 1s.-Thc cotton
market opened easy, at a decline of a.
points, and Immediately increased the
loss to a matter Of 10a1S points on the
active months. under bear pressure
liquidation and stoo-loss orders. The
downward movement was encouraged
by weak cables and unfavorable trade
reports. but the decline was checkee
by covering and buying of May by spo
houses, with prices during the middle
Of the morning or 4 points UP fror'
the lowest, although the tone of th'
market continued nervous and unset
tied.
Before midday May had declined u
1888 and July to 1920. or 14q1S points
not lower, but prices were rallied from
this level by covering. and the marke
at noon was steadier. although still
showing net loss of 11G14 points.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
1,rasI. of Meteors.

The visible trails left by meteors as
they shoot across the sky have been
investigated by Prof. c. c. Trow-
bridge, who concludes that they are
clouds of self Luminous gas combined
with very minute particles of meteoric
dust. AS these trails are usually seen
at heights of fifty to sixty miles-sel-
dom or never above sixtyflve or below
forty-fve miles--it appears that their
formation must depend upon encounter
ing certain degree Of atmospheric
density or pressure. The trails are
often visible for ten to twenty minutes,
and usually contain volume of sew
eral cubic miles.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
NEWS AND NOTES
FOR INVESTORS

A bill has been introduced In the
Canadian Parliament, which will place
an export duty on pulp wood. THIS Is
a scheme to force United States miiis
to move to Canada for manufacture
instead of importing the pulp
Chicago bankers report brisk move
nent of funds to New York. The con-
dition causing this is similar to that
of year ago, whom banks sent about
$4,000 900 OF money to New York dur
ing the first half of March, and -
verified by the high premium for K
change on New York. now quoted at
all Western centres. Idle funds mere
are now being sent Eastward. and
there have been large shipments oil
actual cash in the past ten days.
The Pennsylvania Railroad Company
may, in the very near future, mill their
own steel rails, owing to the United
States Steel Corporation turning down
their recent order for $1,000 tons Of
sound steel rails. If the Pennsyl-
vania decides doing so there is no ques-
tion but what all the railroads in the
country will patronize their plant, ana
IL may extend to greater proportions
Ian Ia. e,'e ohlleo o.a'es oeee, VI ~
eui a. any ra'e' "ou'u et1.t,.
a.iee' 'he ia''er coii'pans uoil'7''''
INC pan lof lhe reorsahizatiol ol lhe
Soiiso'iuateu 9tea'iisHip LINES lpss mo-
pe eoiii1leteu 'nuen oeiore nusuS' =
ooioie whieil ,iihe .ile aaie u the piop-
eir,es ca''iio. pe eilec'eu,
p'aus'ieet reports ti,e approAlllist'e )
in,ueA iuiiper "a oca eoii'inoui.y plioes oi.
n.aici as %',seo@' ueeiedse VI -
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
oARL1sLE AT SOLITAIRE.
How the Game May Have Cost the Ex-
Secretary the Presidency.

While John G.. Carlisle was Speaker OF
the House. Senator and Secretary of the
Treasury, ne solved at solitaire all ques-
tions of great pith and moment that both
cred his wonderful intellectually, and he
was familiar with a dozen or more Varie-
ties of the game, says Success Magazine
Now, in the practise OF law, he works out
his points and prepares his briefs in the lay
Of the carus. Mir. Carlisle does not walk
or travel more than necessary, nor does ne
iudnlgc In golf, tennis or any other ath-
letic sports. In tact, he takes no exercise
whatever, and never did and at Y Is ap-
pnrcutly Il healthy and vigorous man. lie
claims that solitaire is his only recreation,
IL such It can be called.
lf Ii had not been for a game of soll-
taire Mr.. Carlisle might have been Presi-
dent of the United States. The first winter
after he was made Secretary of the Treas
In the Cleveland administration, In which
several members OF the Cabinet, chiefly
Mr.. Carlisle and j. Sterling Morton, could
not agree with MIR. Cleveland.
The contemplated hond Issue was the
main point of disagreement. After a louG
night session nj the White House, Carlisle
and Morton talked the matter over, and
before parting had about made up their
minds TO resign. Mr.. Cleveland had an
intlmation that there Was danger In tue
air. and sent messenger for Mr.. Car
Isle TO return to the White House, as
he wanted To go over the matter ngain
with him. After the second conference,
Carlisle returned to his Is street residence
somewhat plncated, but not satisfied over
the situation, and jumped into his most
difficult game of solitaire, which he played
| furiously until daylight. In the meantime
! he had gone all owes and under the queS-
| tion, and threshed It out clean and made
| up his mind to stand by Cleveland. though
not fully harnsonlzing in the policy of his
chief.
| The friends of Carlisle Senators Beck
| Morgan, Voorhees, Henry Wattcrson ant
many others, asserted at the time. ;ant
| often since. that had Carlisle resigned II
the winter of 1894. as he thought 80 strong
! ly OF doing, he, and not Bryan, wou![
| have been the Democratic candidate II
| 1896 and might have been elected.
Mr.. Carlisle, in speaking of the incl
dent years afterward. said: ''Ah. we'll,
Is one of those might have beens. Any
how, when Cleveland put it to me 3
| strongly. l felt as an honQrablc man
| could not desert him, even il desertio.
had been step toward the presidency.
/ The refusal of Carlisle to resign market
| the real political birth of w. J. Bryan
! who up to that time was only a grail
above one of the boys in the trenches. J
| Is now agreed that Mr. Cleveland's finan
| cial policy split the Democratic part
| wide open, and had there been no Clcye
land there would have been no Bryan
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
PAY-AS-YOU-ENTER CARS
IN NEW YORK BY APRIL

NEW YORK. March 1.-THE receiv-
ers Of the New York City Railway CONF
pany announce that 165 YOU
enter cars will be installed on the Fourth
and Madison. avenue line before April l.
The new cars, the company announces.
are larger, heavier and in every way
better adapted TO the comfort and con-
venience of passengers than are the old
type. cars. The platforms of the pay
as-you-enter cars are seven feet. six
inches long by six feet broad and large
enough TO accommodate twenty persons
comfortably. These platforms are di-
vided into two compartments. one for
entrance and the other for exit. The
conductor stands on the rear platform
and takes the fares as the passenger
goes in.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
STEEL TRUST TURNS
DOWN BIG PENNSY ORDER

PITTSBURG, Pa, March 13.-The
Pennsylvania Railroad Company. whose
order for $1,000 tons of steel rails it Is
reported, has been refused by the
United states Steel Corporation, Is said
here to have sent letter to other steel
companies of the country asking for a
conference in the steel rail situation. 1t
being considered by the railroad that
the refusal of the corporation to handle
its order was arbitrary.
The reason given for the refusal OF
the steel corporation to take the order
for the Pennsylvania Railroad is that
tho railroad insisted that the corpora
tion make sound" rails, the railroad
according to the corporation, being
ready to fight on the word sound
over each ton of rails delivered.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
ny THE cur or HIS coAr.
Thus Ono May Know strangers
Nationality.

A mans dress invarisbly procsms who
and What he Is; Il IS an index. says ihe
hser ses and and Gfr s S s and wbd m
making a too absuuse study It IS possible
to indicate those features which proclaim
the nationality OF the wearer
or course. there is ali arstocracy OF the
nations which is difficult 30 distinguish
except by some popularity of face or ha-
ure. Their clothing is refined and tasteful
and leads one to believe that thRir gar
ments are London made. as they are free
from those glariDs pecuiiar1tles winch:
characterize the products OF other conn
tries.
The Americans garments arc generally
quite. two sizes too large for him, the COZ
the shoulders and back excessively wide
His trousers pegtops finished with raised
scanis. His fayorite garment are the
lounge and Chesterfield. and these arc
often flushed In some extraordinary way
which he fancies to be original.
The Frenchman is dressy, his gar
"waisty He favors the frock. and the
morning coat. which he has finished with
as much ornameniation as possible. SUE
facing braided edges. and fantastic
flaps are ali characteristic of his dress.
while he pays n good deal of attention TO
his hat, tie and cuffs.
The German is IN many ~. instances stance, e 3
room. especially nbout the chest, which
/ part uf his anatomy he delights to make
seam seam M the e" front OF his coat from the
waist. In cut his garments are angular.
and in style he faVors the morning coat
and lounge. There is a lack Of PERSONAL
] ity about his attire. and one can inyari-
/ ably detect the result of his military
training In the uniformity Of his gar
ments
The Spaniard Is modified form OF tho
| Frenchmcn Fills garments are tasteful
ana neat. If the weather is suitable he
dscards vest. and his jackets arc Gloss
fitting and finished with a low roll Gen
4 orally speaking. there is less popularity
to note about the Spaninrd's dress than
| with many others.
The Austrian and Hungarian participate
( in the characterstics of the German. but
are more tasteful in the cut and finish,
suggesting a skillful blending of French
4 and German notions. On the other hand.
the Italian type is Germanized French
style, so that you get more OF the artistic
finish OF the French in their clothing than
you find In the Austrian or Hungarian.
The Norwegian and Dane are seldom
disting guishable from the Englishman as
far as their clothes are concerned, except
! 1t be In n preciseness that Is apt to suc-
eest stiffness in place of that ease and
grace which mark the English garments
Phc Colonial Is invariably attired in util..
tafinn garb. tweed lounge suit in modi-
fed English style. cut for comfort and
made. up for strength: He has no desire
for show, and cares little for decora fjons
90 that be Is rarely seen In frock 81
morning coat.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
STOCK cOMpARIsONs.

A year ago Wednesday was the day
before the March panic In the Year
which has intervened, security values
have been subjected to depression
which was quite unprecedented. In
view of this fact it is natural that the
prices at Wednesdays close should
show a decline in comparison. but this
loss is much smaller than it has been
during the year owing to the recovery
since the November panic. The follow
ing shows Wednesdays close and those
of a year ago with the loss for the year
Of ten leading railroad securities and
FIVE industrial stocks:
RAILROADS
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
ALWAYS IN FASHION.

Vice triumphs now and then. of course,
and N-ickedncss at times holds sway;
And men permit the rule of force, and
rancor has its little day.
We have of rascals quite brood and
each town nolds it's local rogue.
But don't imagine, friend, that good is
ever going out of vogue.
Zach rogue at length must come to
grief: that IS rule which cannot fail,
In time the most audacious thiet VIII
find himself in sight of jail.
Wrong flourishes more than it should
and victories are won through guile;
Rut don't imagine, friend, that good is
eyer going out of style.
Louisville Courier-Journai.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
THE PRODUCE MARKET.

NEW YORK. March 1s.-Flour-Ele-
ceipts 1880; sales, 1,400. Dull, with
buyers and sellers apart.
Receipts. $4,000; sales, 1,300,-
zoe Yielding TO enormous Argentine
shipments. wheat broke. &c bushel
this morning. followed by slight rallies
with corn. May, 1.OlA@1o1ss; July,
96096ss
Rye-DuI: No. . western, s7@sS +. o
b. New York.
Corn-Receipts, 1,O75; sales, none.
Beet--Steady.
Lard Barely steady; Western prime
7.T0M7.sO.
Sugar Raw. firm; fair refining, 3.55i
sugar. $50. Refined, steady; crushed
$40; powdered. $40; granulatcd, 500.
Petroleum-Steady; refined, all ports
s.7o@s.75.
Coffec--Quiet; No. Rio, s}sas 3-1e
No. 4 Santos. SSs.
Molasses- Steady; New Orleans, .
Q42.
Poultry-Alive dull; fowls IA; tur
keys. l.. Dressed easy; turkeys, l30
IS; fowls, fOWlSia.
Butter Irregular; receipts, 2,iS5
Western factory first, q; do held, II.
Butter Irregular; receipts 2,4sV
Western factory. first. 21; do. held. q
Cheese Firm, unchanged; receipts
2.521
Eggs-Weak; receipts, 1894 State
Pennsylvania and nearby fancy, Sc
| iected, white, 2S@24; good to choice
20ma2; brown and mixed extra, 1870
20; first, 1s@1SA: Western and South
ern and Southern first. is; seconds
1TQ1Tls.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
remnerntnrn in Fishes.

whether fishes have any temperature
worth mentioning was discussed the
other day at the Edinburgh Royal So,
ciety in a paper on the Body Tenn
perature of Marine Animals" 1t may
be taken as established by tests that
in the larger fishes tcod, ling, etc.) the
body Temperature is slightly higher
than that OF the water, indicating a
feeble attempt at heat regulation and
slight development Of a heat -regu-
lating mechanism, but in the smaller
species there Is practically no differs
cnce.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
womANs SENTIMENT.

Woman is queer creature, always
sentimentalist. most often an idealist.
And man who wooes her finds some
kind of corner in her heart. He may
be as ugly as a satyr. have the repu-
tation Of Mephistopheles, and yet gain
and hold the affection Of the incest
woman in the world. simply because
she throws over him, as it we're, the
glamour OF sentiment London World.
The star and Newark advertiser., 1908-03-13
NOTICE TO READERS.

THE STAR viii be pleased 20
publish any information regard
Ing any inactive general ana
local securities not quoted IN
these columns. as we'll as any
other negotiable paper now OH
t,s markets Of the world. by an-
dressing the
FINANCIAL EDITOR