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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20
Her Exclamation.

Officers on the coastwiSe and for
eign steamship lines are not limited to
their regular duties, but are expected
to answer the questions of curious
passengers besides. Sometimes. how
ever, the passengers take the matter
into their own hands, and instruct
others more ignorant than themselves.
The purser on well-known liner
tells of a lady who had made pass
age before, and who in consequence
felt a superior knowledge of maritime
things.
Several ladies were grouped In tho
stern, this one among them, when
their attention was attracted by the
log with it's long line attached to the
rail.
why, what can that be?" inquired
one Of the party.
'"That?" said the knowing one.
We'll, you see the vessel has to keep
in communication with the land, and
in order to tell just how far they have
got on the passage they keep one end
tied to the dock. and by looking at the
amount of line paid out they can tell
just how far they are from the other
side"
"Ohi" exclaimed the other, after
this lucid explanation. well, / have
always heard of the log, but never
knew what one was before. Thank
you so much!"-Youth's Companion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20

after the ,Thetis had voyaged $500
miles, small herd of 16 deer was Sc
cured. These were transported across
Boring sea and set free in Alaska.
After three years the results had
proved so manifestly good that con-
gress was ready to appropriate $4,000
to further the work.
From that day till this there have
followed successive appropriations I'M
til Uncle Sam has spent $1S3,000 for
the purchase and propagation of rein
deer in Alaska.
The enterprise has proved all that
its supporters hoped. The Alaskans
have taken on a new lease of life
since the reindeer were brought to
their shores. The fear of famine has
been removed, various simple indus
tries have been introduced, regular
postal service has. been maintained
even in winter.
The hardihood of these animals Is
such that with the temperature rang
ing from 20 to so below zero they keep
sleek and healthy on food which they
find themselves.
AS the herds increase, the natives
will be able to sell their surplus meat
to miners and others, receiving money
which means a large access fof all
sorts of comforts in that ice-bound
country.
A government official, after care.
full investigation, says: 1T has been
| proved to the satisfaction OF every
| fair-minded person, who has taken the
trouble to post himself on the subject.
| that reindeer are an unqualified sue
cess. both as a means of Transports
| ton and as a source of supplies FOR
| mosthof the necessities of life.
There are now over 5000 deer In
| Alaska.
Encouraged by such UNQUALIFIED sue
cess, DR.. Grenfell has attempted a
! similar experiment in Labrador. The
| conditions are so nearly alike as to
encourage large hopes Of equally
beneficial results. There, as in Alaska,
| are large tracts of cladonia moss, a
square mile of which is sufficient to
| support 80 reindeer. There the
| climate is suitably arctic, and there
the population would eagerly welcome
the addition of such an occupation as
that of reindeer herding to their pres
ent pursuits of fishing and the chase.
Grenfell has the same indomitable
| spirit as Jackson. He is the most USE
full man along that stormy coast. Few
men can combine so many functions
in one personality. He is surgeon.
preacher, master mariner, magistrate,
an agent of Lloyds in running down
rascals who wreck their vessels for
| the insurance, manager or q
string of cooperative stores and a
general counselor and a friend to
| everybody.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20
HOME LATE, STEPS ON CAT.
Man Who Sneaked in House Now In
Hospital.

Pittsburg, Pa.-Francis Carnahan of
North Braddock is in the hospital, and
the family cat, which is responsible for
his being there, is in disgrace, although
uninjured.
Carnahan was out late in the even
ing, and when he came home about
midnight he decided he could slip into
bed without turning on the lights. He
took OF his shoes in the hall and
started upstairs on tiptoe. On the top
stair was the cat She heard Carnahan
coming, and stiffened her tail like
rolling pin, believing that Carnahan
would shy to the portside But Carna-
han did not see her, and stepped on
her amidships.
There was an awful chorus of bowls
from the cat and screams from Carna-
han. as both tumbled downstairs to-
gether The excitement aroused the
household, and Mr.. Carnahan was
found to be so badly injured that he
was taken to a hospital, where he will
be confined for several days
The cat was found under the kitchen
stove purring softly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20
THE WORLD DODGES.

Writing to the New York World, T.
X. VanDyke of Harrisburg, Pa, says:
Here are three questions for the
World to answer:
Il. Did the World support Bryan in
1896 and 1900?
80. Will the World support Bryan
in 1908 if he is nominated by the over
whelming vote of the national con-
vention?
''S. For whom does the World speak.
naming specifically the interests
which control it's utterances?"
Over Mr.. VanDyke's. letter the
World prints this headline. Answered
with Pleasure" and below the letter
appears the following:
Answers:
Il. The World did not support Mr..
Bryan in 1896. 1t supported him in
1900 on the issue of the un-American
policy of Asiatic colonial government.
80. 1t is not easy to conceive of cir,
cumstances in which the World could
conscientiously support Mr.. Bryan for
president this year.
%. The interests which control the
utterances of the World are the pub
lie interests.-Ed World"
But the World does not answer Mr.
Van Dykes third question. He asked
For whom does the World speak
naming specifically the interests
which control it's utterances." And
the only answer which this great
newspaper makes to this question is:
The interests which control the ut
terances of the World are the public
interests
But that by no means answers the
question. 1t is mere assertion and
leaves the reader dependent upon the
word of the editor of the World, which
in this particular, may be of no value
Let the World state the extent o.
the financial interests held by its own
er, Joseph Pulitzer. in railroad com
panies and in great corporations com
monty known as trusts.
With this information the reader.
Of the World will be in better position
to determine the special interests fol
which the New York World is carry
ing on its campaign of misrepresenta
ton with respect to Democrats WHIT
have not the favor of the World anC
its masters.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20

Suddenly the engineer heard soft
voice whisper in his ear:
The bridge is burned; the bridge is
burned"
AS quickly as possible Mr.. Seaver
set the air brakes and stopped the
train. In the coaches 1000 old sol
diers were sleeping. The conductor
hurried forward to the engine.
What do you mean by stopping
this train out here?" he demanded.
You would better go along the
track and find out" said the en-
gineer, quietly.
Only few feet ahead of the engine
was the river, and over this river
hung the charred remnants of the big
bridge, which had burned only short
time before The 1000 veterans were
saved.
This happened in 1890, and Mr..
Seaver was hailed as a hero all over
the country.
But it wasn't me that did it," said
the engineer, modestly. 1T was some
thing unseen, something that we do
not know anything about. l did not
deserve any credit at all 1 just
needed the warning that was given
me. There are numerous other in
stances where the same voice has
given me warning just in time to save
the lives of my passengers"
One of these instances occurred at
Grand Crossing, when Mr.. Seaver was
pulling his train out of Chicago. An.
other passenger train, running at a
high rate of speed, was approaching
the outgoing train on the same
track. The night was dark and again
Mr.. Seaver knew nothing of the dan.
ger until the small voice again whfs-
pered:
Reverse your engine; reverse your
engine"
Again Mr.. Seayer obeyed as swiftly
az possible. and startled the entire
trainload Of passengers by running
his train backward. He had made
only little Roadway when the oncom.
ing train crashed into his engine. Mr..
Seaver was not injured, and only the
mail coach OF the train was derailed.
This was said to have been the most
marvellous escape from q disastrous
wreck in the history OF the road.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20
GHOST AIDS Man
To GUIDE ENG|NE
sPEcTER HOLDS THRoT-
TIE OF FLYER AND GUARDS
PASSENGERS FROM HARM.
WARNED OF DANGER BY SPIRIT
Whispering Voice Tells Engineer of
Burned Bridge Ahead, Saving
1000 Lives-Bad Wreck Pre-
vented in Chicago.

Chicago.-No danger turks in the
path of No. 15.
: Two drivers perch on the same
bench in the locomotives cab and
guide its destiny One is Horace L.
Seaver, veteran engineer and hero of
numerous hairbreadth escapes; the
other is the ghost of man that was.
Unseen, unheard, the specter has
oeen at the throttle for years, guild
ing and guarding the lives of those
sleeping in the darkened coaches be-
hind.
No 10 is the Big Four fast express,
which runs into Chicago over the Illi-
nois Central tracks from Kankakee
The train is pulled by an Illinois Gen.
trail locomotive, of which Mr.. Seaver
is the engineer. For 43 years the vet
erah has been handling the throttle
Of Illinois Central engines. He began
work as fireman when he was young.
He is now past 60 years of age, and is
known as the daddy of the road"
For 43 years Mr.. Seaver has been
a spiritualist, not one of the table
hlnu, UuI al
telligent believer that spirit bodies ex-
list He says he has had innumerable
evidences that spirit hand guided his
engine through fearful dangers and
happy escapes. Whenever he climbs
up in his cab he knows that the spec
trail engineer is sitting beside him,
ready to extend the hand of warning
in time of need
Mr.. Seaver was in the cab, gazing
far out along the track, one dark
light, wondering how many more trips
he would make before his good spirit
deserted him. In the train were more
than 1000 old soldiers going to re.
union at Champaign, Ill. The throt.
lie was out to the last notch and the
speed more than 60 miles an hour
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20
"Finds" Made by wreckers.

Speaking of the auction sales at the
Fifth Avenue hotel in New York.
which have preceded the razing Of
that historic structure, a man who for
many years has been house wreck
er" said: 'The antiques and curios
are not all offered for sale when
houses are to be torn down, and many
Of the most curious finds remain un-
known except to the wrecker and his
people. We actually found a skeleton
in a closet once, and sensationalist
might have made much Of it, but we
found the doctor to whom it belonged,
and who had articulated it. Only last
week, while pulling down a building,
we found bundle of old letters and
papers which would make extraor-
binary reading matter. This is
sample"-and the wrecker drew from
his pocket check which had been
drawn and paid about 16 years ago
for $39, 427.5S. The check was signed
by member of the present United
States senate.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20
YOUN6 WOMkN'S HAIR
IS CAUGHT IN SKATING
GIRL scALPEp WHILE WORKING
AT LAUNDRY MACHINE
PoMPADoUR THE CAUSE.

Fort Wayne, Ind.-Miss Edna Laem-
hermann, an ironer on the body ma
chine at a steam laundry, in this city,
had her scalp entirely torn of the
other afternoon, as the result of be-
ing drawn up and over a shaft by
means of her hair
The shafting was just above the ma
chine at which she worked, and before
the Mortified employees could get to her
rescue. she fell to the floor while her
scalp chung to the shafting. After q
temporary dressing had been applied
to her injured skull she was removed
to a hospital. where the doctors re-
placed the scalp, in the hope that the
tissues might unite.
Miss Laemmermann had climbed
upon chair to oil the pulley above
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20
1.-THE FULL DINNER PAIL"

The state labor department of New
York on April 10 issued a bulletin in
which it is stated that at the close of
1907 one out of every three union men
in the state was idle. The trades
union policy is to not only shorten the
working day. but to limit the number
of working days per week in order to
insure work enough for their men,
bers to provide against want For in
stance, the International Topographic
al union has law prohibiting a men,
Der working more than six consecutive
days if there is any member of the
union looking for work in the local
Jurisdiction. Many local unions
adopted a five-day law early last win
ter in order to distribute the work
among more men. Other unions do
the same thing. and this served in
large measure to tide many men with
families over the winter. But If one
out Of every three union men in New
York state is out of employment, what
must be the proportion of jobless men
in the unorganized trades and occu-
pations? The campaign slogan of 1.-THE
full dinner pail" would elicit more
jeers than cheers II offered to the
.0orixingmen OF New York to-day.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20
THE WOOD PULP RESOLUTION
FOR BUNcoM5E ONLY. \

The speaker of the national house
has introduced his resolution for an
independent investigation of the paper
trust and the allegations that have
been made against it by the publish
ers. The resolution was passed yes
terday and the speaker appointed an
investigating committee. But if any
Of the standpatters imagine that they
are fooling anyone their capacity for
self-deception is extraordinary.
Who takes the resolution seriously?
Who will take the investigation seri-
ously in view of the origin and pur-
pose? 1t will be regarded as an in
vestigation for "Buncombe county
only" The new trust busters are in
no hurry. Though there is nothing
doing" in congress, it is not expected
that the work will be completed be-
fore adjournment. And then the ma
tional conventions will monopolize at
tention, and no one will remember
wood pulp. After that the dog days
will furnish an excuse for a slow pace.
Out standpat friends intend to sex
plot" the resolution in their dee
stricts," to point to it with affected
pride as a statesmanlike substitute for
revision. They will run the risk Of
hooting and jeering. Their little game
is too transparent. Their only serious
argument-that they could not touch
wood pulp and paper without reopen
ing the whole tariff question-was
gone when it was shown that the adj
mitted need of forest-saving furnished
complete and convincing reason for
treating the wood pulp and paper du-
| ties as belonging to a separate and dis
tinct category. The house minority
is on record as acquiescing in such
| treatment of these duties. The anx-
| ious standpatters know that telling
quotations from presidential mes
sages and resolutions of manufactur.
ers and clubs and other organizations
were at their disposal to justify to all
minds the singing out of the schedule
in question for revision at this time
They are reckoning without the com
mon sense and the humor of their con
stituents.
(The above is not a Commoner edi
torial. 1t was not taken from any
Democratic paper. 1t appeared as ar
editorial in that devoted old Repub
lican newspaper. the Chicago Record
Herald-issue of April 22D
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20

her machine, because it had been
squeaking all the morning. Her
loose!Y-pompadoured hair caught
around the shafting and she was
drawn up and through the space Of
foot between the shafting and the cell
ing before her weight took off her
scalp.
The doctors believe there is hope of
recovery. The physicians will not say
what the result of the replacing of the
scalp is likely to be, but it is an opera
ton rarely performed, and then not al
ways with success. The operation in
this case is all the more doubtful be-
cause of the entirety with which the
scalp was torn off. Her skull was laid
bare from the brow of her head to the
nape of her neck.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20

Glenwoods Springs. Col. - Almost
dead from hunger and unable to buy
food. Patrick Flynn, a laborer, hit
upon the novel plan Of pawning his
false teeth. He raised one dollar by
the transaction, but now that he has
money to buy food his teeth are gone
and he has nothing with which to
chew his food. 1t is case of out Of
the frying pan and into the fire with
Pat. He is unable to figure way out
Of his dilemma. The teeth are in the
possession of DR.. T. ]. Koran Of Glen
wood. and he has attempted to returx
them to Flynn, but the latter declares,
that bargain is a bargain. and thas
1t would not be honorable.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20
Trlek. in All Trades But Ours.

Ever notice" asked salesman for
a grocery house. that makes business
of supplying hotels, that If you stroll
uptown and look at any Of the big
hotels you will see them all pretty
well lighted up? Plenty Of rooms oc-
cuUied, apparently. Well, that Is
sometimes a bluff. The help has or
ders to light up number Of ths front
rooms every evening. just SO that the
hotel won't look like a graveyard."-
New York Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20
Like a Bows Pocket.

On killing a Plymouth Rock fowl at
Charlton. in Kent county, Eng, Mr.
Charles Downs found the following
extraordinary collection in its
crop. About 20 pieces of glass.
one cartridge. six nails. one tin tack,
111 inch screw, a IL inch copper
rivet. one bone collar stud, one shirt
button. six t1ouser buttons. one brass
stud. FIVE pieces of coal. one clock
screw and one boot button.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20
UnaIterabIe.

MY wife's word is law" said
skinny little Mr. Henhypeck, speaking
in confidence to the friend of his boy
hood. and. unlike many of the en-
actments of our tyrannical but ex-
tremely fallible legislative bodies,
there are no ,jokers' concealed any.
where in, it'-Puck
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20

The United States steel corpora
tons 1907 earnings were the greatest
in it's history. You would look long
while for a tariff revisionist among the
managers of that corporation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20

Indiana Republicans have warmed
up to Mr.. Fairbanks" declares a con,
temporary. Yes. And what is warm
ing up to Mr. Fairbank: would be q
red-hot campaign for almost any other
man. s
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20

The proposed plan to have COM
mission revise the tariff is not nearly
so good as the plan of letting the
people elect a congress that will re-
wise it In the interests of the people.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-05-20

About the poorest kind Of rsputa-
ton is the kind man gets foe beina
sarcastic.
The Nome daily nugget., 1908-02-01
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The Nome daily nugget., 1908-02-01

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The Nome daily nugget., 1908-02-01

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