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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01

The .unfounded report that the
ameer Of Afghanistan had been as
sassinated by his tribesmen probably
grew out Of the fact that the ameer is
unpopular with some of the Moslem
tribes over whom he tries to rule.
This unpopularity grows chiefly out Of
his fondness for European fashions in
the matter of dress. For example, he
frequently wears a plug hat on state
occasions, and that sort of headgear
is an abomination unto the tribesmen.
When the Afghans say their prayers
they must do so with bare feet and
with their heads covered, and their
foreheads must touch the ground. The
brim of the plug hat, as we'll as the
crown interferes with this attitude of
devotion. Hence the ameer's seem
ing apostasy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01

turning toward the rock promcntory
that hid the train, though the rever-
berating whistle sounded from across
the gorge.
III start back" Stella said IF
Mr.. Vincent's not aboard-they may
have transferred him-wave to me
when come in sight under the hill"
The train pulled in. Alvin gave dis
patch and translation to Alfred with
a whispered explanation, and Stella
saw no hand wave from the doorway.
1t needed little time for him to read
and verify Stella's solution. He took
the shorter of the two messages first.
ID. B., San Francisco. To be called
for. Buy G. & c. at any price, con-
tiguous lodes if possible. Big strike.
Secret yet. G. P. 2 & f."
Alfred scowled. Secret information
for favored buyers. When did you get
this?"
"Wednesday morning before day
light
What were you up to at that time
in the morning."
Nothing. The stuff walked me 60
ing through, it was so queer. The
minute heard the signature l smelt
a mice
What do you mean?"
&C. P. 2 & f. is Blowhard Cabs sig
nature, I'm sure. 1 heard it once be-
FORE"
Those initials are ours"
Sure, they're Cabs, too, backward.
That's why he uses 'em, so anything
crooked he does will be charged to
u.s." Alvin grinned, but was quickly
serious again. There's worse-the
wires been tapped"
How do you know that?"
cause l asked every operator clear
down the line from Virginia if he
heard any Choctaw going through, and
not one clicker east of here had it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
Keep It up q little longeh, boys

Keep IL up q little longeh. boys.
Lights ahead-no. lights OUT Fly,
boys! The mountain falling! Po
Snorteh, down again! Git up, boy!
Pull up, there. Now, altogether,
Uncle Billy must stick-by the stage,
live-or die-save the treasure-don't
Stella, dear, The old man amt wo'th
a teah from-yo' sweet-good-bye, lit
tie one. Uncle Billy CANT go any
Stella's tears fell unheeded on the
stiff blistered hands while the story
of the awful drive grew out of his
feyered babblings. Towards morning
he was quieter. Stella declared she
could not rest, but Sally B. drove her
to her room; and nature and youth
soon prevailed. She awoke late in
the morning, depressed by dread her
rest had not banished. Her first
thought was of Uncle Billy; her next
was of Phineas; and from him her
mind flew to the strange dispatch.
She dressed hastily and ran down
stairs, attacking it at once Fruitless-
ly she searched for a clew, some pre-
science of its Importance holding her
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
Many a flnancier has found it a cost.
ly job to finance a fiancee.
? y y

Far be it from us to bore you, but
have you bought those Christmas
presents yet?
A mosquito that will bite a lady
through the drop stitch in her stock
ing is no gentleman.
Z = x
Anna Gould is evidently working on
the theory that it would be too bad
for her to spoil two families.
= 4 Z
Young men should remember that
getting married is cheap, but getting
a divorce costs heap of money.
z 4 Z
Texas resident has a front yard
of 600 acres. Almost room enough for
a china-aster bed and a hammock,
Z Z &
Talk about raisin' things, my linn.
burger cheese is coming up good and
strong this spring. It's hard to keer
q good thing down.
Z 4 4
N&pOdy hain't sent us no water
melon on subscription yet this spring
Time was, when I didn't have no rep
utation t speak on, that could go out
an hep myself, but now that l have
t. sustain a large and growing name,
have to wait until some kind-hearted
constituent calls around to this office
and leaves one on my desk. Come on
in, gents.-Hickory Holler Sprout
* 4 Z
The graves of our dearly beloved
dead were decorated as usual this
year to the echo of Kill the umpire!"
"Rotten!" Put him OUT" Those who
drove to the cemetery had an awful
time lodging the autos in the auto.
mobile race, while the bicycle endur.
ance test was pulled off at the fair
grounds just over the fence from the
resting place of the dear departed
But, then, suppose the slumbering lie
gions never noticed the sacrilege and
maybe the living have more rights
than the dead, after all. shall not
Judge.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01

Trade and scientific journals, as well
as newspapers throughout the country
are quoting what local manufacturer
OF Detroit, Mich, has to say about the
development of the automobile indus
try. He gives large share of the
credit to the rich buyer of the early
motors, who bought the crude product
at fancy prices and spent his money
tinkering and improving it. He kept
mum about it's weaknesses instead OF
exploiting them. Instead of knock.
ing he boosted even when he had very
little to boost" The rich not only
placed their money where it would
help development. but actually sug-
gested some of the best improve
ments that have been made. They
made possible the manufacturing Of
good cars.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
CHAPTER XII.

Alvin saw Stella coming and sprang
to the door. Heard the news?" he
shouted before she could peak. "Vir-
ginia & Truckee railroads a go this
time, sure No sardines behind it, like
before, but men; money, too. They'll
build from Virginia to Reno. and we'll
meet 'em there. It'll help us like
sixty"
All this was poured out impetuously
as she came toward him, her mind
scantily comprehending the import of
his words, though a mental flashlight
told her that the complexion of the
roads would make forever unnecessary
such drives as Uncle Billy's latest
stormy trip.
"Oh, Alvin" she painted; that
cipher dispatch-it means-it means
death! What shall we do? If the
chief knew you showed it to me"
NO matter what happens to me!
Tell me, quick, what's in it,"
But l mustn't get you discharged,
Alvin" She had the woman's mind,
that delays, protects, conserves; and
she hesitated.
But Alvin had the masculine cour-
age that destroys boldly to build again
boldly. THE discharge of one or more
two-bit operators don't count 1ongside
of this matter Mr.. Vincent's due on
the extra in minute. He's o. K. for
company's inside business if he is only
a brakeman
Every minutes precious" Stella
said. What if the trains late? If
Mr.. Vincent is not. A whistle in
terrupted her.
There, SIZE is!p Alvin exclaimed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01

One who was drawn as a juryman in
Brooklyn asked to be excused from
duty on background that "the present
method of juggling the law" seemed to
him to be a waste of the jurors time.
The judge retorted, You are not fit to
be citizen, much less qualified to
serve as juror" Most people will
agree with the judge, because al
though the juror as a citizen has
right to his opinion on court methods
and the administration of the law, he
was wrong in offering that opinion as
a reason for Directing to do citizens
duty That a man believes the exist
ing method of taxation to be wrong
does not excuse him from paying his
own taxes. A congressman may hold
that a declaration of war is immoral
and vote against it, says the Youths
Companion, but he cannot on that ac-
count regard himself as exempt from
military service. A most noble and
stimulating discussion of these prob
lens will be found in a recent book
by Prof. Josiah Royce, THE Philoso-
ply Of Loyalty" wherein a mans duty
to his own beliefs is held to be subor-
dinate to his duty to beliefs which are
greater than the individual.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
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Didn't Need Glasses.

A friend of mine has been telling
me that his wife's eyes are troubling
her a bit and he believes he will have
to get glasses for her. Yesterday
morning, however, he met me at the
train much excited. He was evidently
enduring some mental stress and
asked:
Whats the matter. Frank"
You know about my wifes eyes?"
eyes,"
well, yesterday put a roll of bills
in my trousers pocket and on top OF
the roll l placed bunch Of yellow re-
ceipt slips. Last night, along about
1880 O'Clock, my wife got up and took
down my trousers"
EYES,"
"She took down my trousers ard
while was watching her from under
the covers, she put her eye to the
pocket. slipped in her hand. lifted the
bills and"
"Yes"
"She never once touched the vel
low receipt roll! Now if a woman can
see the difference between yellow and
green in the middle of night and in
mans pocket at that, don't believe
she needs glasses."t
'N-no"
But, say-what gets me is that /
don't know whether to be glad because
she doesn't. need glasses or mad be.
cause her eyesight didn't fail her and
induce her to take the other roll"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01

to the task needless of breakfast and
of Uncle Billy. Suddenly the signifi-
canoe of the paper she had picked
up on the hillside after her encounter
with Phineas flashed upon her. She
found it and began her work anew, re-
warded at last by a message that
whitened her cheek, unsteadied her
hand. Waiting for neither breakfast
nor wraps, she flew up the hill to the
station.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01

According to Mr. William Barclay
Parsons, civil engineer, the $4,000, 900
sewerage system for Havana, work on
which will begin in October, will be
Ideal, and when the American govern
ment withdraws from Cuba in January
the island that was once a hotbed of
yellow fever will be as sanitary as pos
sible. How long will Cuba libre keep
It so?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01

The Carnegie hero commission has
had So cases for medals before it since
its last meeting. Thirty applications
were granted and 55 rejected. This is
discouraging. In country of so many
millions this is mighty small hero
percentage.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
Advice to a YOUNG Man.

What do you say to young lady
at dancer" queried the youth who
was about to attend his first ball.
"Oh," replied the society man, talk
to her about her beauty"
But suppose she hasn't any?" said
the youth.
In that case rejoined the S. m,
talk to her about the pgliness Of
the other girls present"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01
Entertaininu the Iadie.
1908. by Byron williams.1

Entertaining the Ladies.
While the lights were glowing rosy
Like the flush within the wine.
While the ladies smiled and waited
And the grand entree was mine
Say. set my number .leyens do-n
upon the chairman's flowing gown.
As she led the way so sweetly
Just to tell 'em it was
VINO had Journeyed from the city
Well-to speak a piece or die
~
Lord! put my number levens down.
Upon this lady's dainty gown!
Yes, despite the boasted knowledge
How to button up my wife,
And despite accustomed skippings
over stepping stones of life
Shh! I put my number 'levens down
upon the lady's trailing gowni
Darn the luck. I've lodged a million
Trailing gowns that didn't count
Just to break the crystal pitcher
On the cobbles at the fount-
u
Yep! I set my number 'levens down
Upon the chairman lady's gown,
CERTAINLY. I begged her pardon,
Ana she smiled winning smile.
But the tale she told her husband
That will hold me for awhile:
N.
oh. the brute he set his brogans dowr,
Upon my brand new party gown
rrivoIlty.
Many f1nancier has found it a cost
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-07-01

While serving admirably as a foil
for one OF the newer battleships the
old monitor Florida has shown that IL
could put up small fight against srv
of them.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-14
ITCHING HUMOR , ON LITTLE BOY
His Hands were a Solid Mass, and
 Disease Spread All Over His Body -In Four Days the Child was
 Entirely Cured Mother Strongly
RECOMMENDS CUTICURA
 SOAP AND OINTMENT

cone day we noticed that our little boy was all broken out with itching sores. We first noticed it on his little hands. His hands were not as bad then, and we didn't think anything serious would result. But the next day we heard of the Cuticura Remedies being SO good for itching sores. etc. that thought l would get them By this time the disease had spread all over his body. and his hands were nothing but a solid mass of this itching disease went to the drug store and purchased a box of Cuticura Soap and one box of Cuticura Ointment, and that night l stripped my little boy and took the Cuticura Soap and lukewarm water and washed him well. Then 1 dried him with a soft bath towel. and took the Cuticura Ointment and rubbed him thoroughly with it. l did this every evening before I put him to bed and in three or four nights he was entirely cured. You have my permission to publish this because anybody who suf- fered as my baby did ought to know of the Cuticura Remedies. I will surely and gladly recon nend the Cuticurs Remedies. for they are gOdsend tO all suffering with skin diseases Mrs Frank Donahue. POS Fremont St.. kokomo. Ind, Sept. Is, l9O7.
Arizona republican., 1908-01-14

rough water of the thip, was the eldest of the trio. 3s years old.
 When Monett's boat was smashed into fragments in the rapids only five miles above here the men at first thought they must abandon their at tempt to make the entire 752 miles of their planned trip. Finding, however. that by sitting on the steel covered deck of the little boat still remaining, Monett could ride with his companion through all but the toughest water, the couple decided to continue their fight against the river.
 Except for Major J. W. Powelrs trip in 1869 in which he used four boats and ten men. and for Robert B. StansOn's expedition twenty years later, in which Is men and six boats were en- gagged, every attempt to make the pas sage down the Colorado river has end ed in disaster to the participants Both Powell and Stanton found it inipossi- ble to duplicate their records when each, two years after his first trial, tried to cover the same distance a sec ond time
 Earlier Attempts.
 In both these earlier attempts a def mite object was in the minds of the explorers and both expeditions were backed by capitalists who saw to it that their proteges were thoroughly outfitted to withstand and overcome the perils of the journey. In the case of these latest adventures (they are both miners with no ideas of geology beyond that of the ordinary prospect
 in, ~ the passage of the 75O miles or the widest water known to man is to dis cover the possibilities of placer mining along the river bottom. It has taken nine years for these miners to make their preparations and perfect their plans to a point where they felt safe in starting. The money with which they bought their outfit and provisions
Arizona republican., 1908-01-14

Bright Angel, Grand Canyon, Ariz., Jan. IO.-(Special Correspondence of The Republican )-Some where in the bottom of the Grand Canyon and be- low the foot of Bright Angel trail two men in one siXteen-foot rowboat are being hurled through the rapids of the Colorado river with their destination. the Needles, California, more than 300 miles distant and their starting point, Green river. Utah. more than 400 miles at their backs In this one flimsy craft these two men are attempting to perform a feat which has been ac- complished successfully only twice in history-and then by large, well equip ped parties with much heavier and bigger boats.
 Behind them up the river. five miles above here, lie the remains of one oi their boats. wedged fast between two boulders at the foot of the famous Sockdologer rapids-where the river plunges down in a continuous series of cataracts for ten miles with total drop of 21O feet. Two hundred fifty miles further north. just where neither man knows, is the third boat with which the little expedition started. It's occupant. the organizer of the trip, has disappeared. Whether a vicSim of the river which has claimed for its own almost every man who ever dared to conquer it's fearful rapids or a desert CT. travelling over land to the nearest habitatiOn in southern Utah-the fate of this third man is as yet unknown to his quondam companions.
 The Expedition.
 The two men who started down the river from here are Charles s. Russell of Prescott, Arizona. and F.. R. Monett Of Goldfield, Nevada. The third man was Albert Loper, native of Louis Gana, Mo. Russell is 31 years old and Monett only g. Loper, whose enthu- siasm over the expedition seemed to suffer a serious setback after the first
Arizona republican., 1908-01-14

death dealing waters between him and the shore before he finally caught the rope and let Russell drag him to safe ty. He had been in the water more than twenty minutes and was nearly exhausted when Russell lifted him to his feet.
 The Explorers Undismayed.
 The loss of the boat seemed at first to mark the end of their attempt to equal the record of their predecessors. But Monett insisted that they try the plan of his straddling the stern of the boat still remaining.
 If We strike to rough water I can always swim overheard" he urged. And we've needed a drag that wouldn't get fouled in the rocks all along"
 It was a magnificent exhibition of this young mans entire ignorance of the word fear.
 Before proceeding further the men pitched camp at the foot of the rapids and made their first comprehensive investigation of the formation in the granite. Although neither man would divulge the nature of their discoveries it is interesting to note they spent ten days at this point.
 It was noon, January 6. that the trail party from the hotel on the rim at Bright Angel. forty men and women eating their luncheon at the river shore. saw two men swing out of the rapids two hundred yards up the river and row leisurely toward them. In the thirty years that tourists have of hn ar this point it is safe to assert that not one ever saw sight like this.
 Two horses were placed at the dis posal of the miners-their clothes torn and soaking wet. their faces covered with an undisturbed growth of beard of no days accumulation. While they had planned to climb out of the can yon here to mail and receive letters they had no intention of remaining. With all their provisions now confined to the limited quarters of one boat and with other incentives to make them push on with all speed possible it was with difficulty that they were persuaded to remain at the hotel three days.
 During their stay they were feted and made the heroes of the hour by both the men and women guests. Through all they displayed an equan- unity and unfailing good nature which surprised those who expected to find these rough looking adventurers taci- turn rather than so entirely at ease.
 The Last Stretch.
 Yesterday the entire community guests and employees of the hotel. ac- companied the two men to the river edge and bade them an enthusiastic farewell as they pushed off into mid stream and headed down river.
 From now until they reach the Needles they will see no living human being. Not a house stands within twenty-five miles of the river bed throughout the whole 332 miles of the journey still before them.
 According. to both Powell and Stan ton the most dangerous and unman- ageable rapids of the river are about a mile below here. The walls of the canyon there are so precipitous that not a mountain sheep could find foothold. Until the next four weeks are passed there will be no way of finding out if Russell and Monett sue ceeded in making the passage through this greatest fall. At the end of that time they may be expected to arrive
Arizona republican., 1908-01-14

represent the combined savings of the men over a period of many months. They told of their scheme to no one To no individual did they turn for help.
 The plan originated in 1899 in the mind of KusselTs fellow worker in a mine in Cripple Creek. Loper. In 1893 Loper had been attracted to the san Juan river. a tributary of the Colorado in southSastern Utah, by the excite ment created by the discovery of placer mining there He had never forgotten his experiences and confided to Russell in 1899 his belief that the larger Colorado offered proportion dtely greater chances of much richer placer mining. At least no prospector had ever gone over the grounds statement true of very few localities in all this western country.
 The two men planned to make their start in the spring of 1900. But the dangers and almost insurmountable difficulties of the task they had so lightly undertaken slowly appeared to them-and they decided to wait until they were properly equipped in point of money and information. At the out set they found they must get at least one more companion if they were to be successful-and four men were preferable to three. According to Rus sell their eight years search disclosed no individual with the necessary quail ifications who was willing to make the trip.
 The Third Man Found.
 Al, of last year that their long laid plans began to materialize. Loper met Monett, a boy in appearance, not seemingly strong and unusually quiet as he did his days work in the Mo hawk mine in Goldfied. But that Monett was not y&lng. in courage at least. and not as weak as a casual glance revealed was presently evidenc- ed when the young man expressed not only a willingness to share the dan gers of the trip with the two others but urged as proof of his strength his work in the mines-a daily physical test ealing for no little endurance.
 Loper notified Russell, then foreman of mine near Prescott. that the third man was at last a reality and a meet ing was arranged for Green river early in September. To this point the three sheet steel rowboats Russell and Loper had determined to pin their faith tO and three months supply of provisions were shipped. As an indication of their own mental attitude as to the remarkable aspect of their undertak- ing the fact that they gave the boat company no intimation of the test to which they were to put them Is illum- mating.
 The start was made down the Green river September 20. Four days later the trio had reached the junction of the Green and Grand rivers, the be- ginning of the Colorado, having cov- cred the 120 miles in less than five days. From this point 10 Hite. a small town near the Arizona line. the first bad water was encountered in the il miles of Cataract Canyon. Loper's boat met with disaster here-dashing on rock ,he other two had escaped and puncturing a long rent in it's side. The party managed to reach Hite. however, towing the damaged boat, and there made the necessary repairs.
 One Falls Out.
 Loper had acted as photographer of the expedition and had the camera and plates in his boat when it was