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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23

the service to secure the guilty ones
as well as ia destroy the product. 1
had a description of White from the
contract, and, depending on it's being
correct, l believed could pick out my
man when he returned to the city.
From this time a strict watch was
maintained on the engraving estab-
lishment. This surveillance was re-
warded few weeks later by my see
ing man answering the description
of Lucius A. White enter the building
of the engravers. Satisfied that he
assistance a deputy United States
marshal and from the time he emerged
from the building till his arrest he
was never out of our sight, unless in
his room at the Moser hotel. He
made more than one trip to the es-
tablishment where the work was being
done, and in leaving he would pursue
zig-Zag course, as though he feared
being followed. He was waiting for
the completion of the work, and put
in the time sightseeing.
AS the work was now about ready
for delivery, believed the time was
at hand to take White into custody.
In company with a deputy marshal
we went to his hotel and followed him
into the dining-room at dinner time
After he had taken his seat the dep
uty and sat down at the same table.
AS soon as he had given his order 1
slid my chair close to his and said, in
a voice that would attract no attention
at the next table:
you may consider yourself my pris-
oner. 1t win do you no good to make
a scene"
Great beads 81 perspiration stood
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23

the agent at Bloom, Tex, requesting
him to deliver certain package to
Joseph White, and had Lucius sign It.
Deputy United States Marshal Wheel
er and Assistant United States Attor-
ney Drummond were then FASTENED to
Texas by the first train for the pur-
pose of piping" Joseph White az he
took the package from the expresC ~
fee, and, later, of arresting him with
the counterfeits in his possession. The
package and telegram were sent, CIV
ing Wheeler and Drummond sufficient
time to reach the destination first. It
seems that after all this planning to
establish the fact that Joseph White
received the package, he was allowed
in some way to take the package from
the express office without being seen
by the men who had been sent to
watch him commit this very act Jo-
seph White took them to his home on
his farm near Bloom and placed them
in a bureau drawer. Knowing the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23
Marine Insurance.

Marine insurance is the Oldest kim.
OF modern insurance. It's principles
we're first employed in the fourteenth
century by the merchants of BARGE
Iona, in Spain, when that city was
the capital of the kingdom of Cata-
lonia and when its hardy mariners
were second to none in the world.
About the same time, and also at
Barcelona, the famous code of mari
time laws known as the consulate
del mar" was promulgated. which is
the foundation of the present shipping
laws of every country.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23
THE SAFE WAY TO BUY PAINT

Property owners will save a deal
Of trouble and expense in keeping
their buildings properly painted, IL
they know how to protect themselves
against Misrepresentation and adul-
iteration in paint materials. There's
one sure and safe guide to a pure and
thoroughly dependable White Lead
that's the Dutch Boy Painter" trade
mark which the National Lead Com
pany. the largest makers of genuine
White Lead, place on every package
Of their product. This company sends
a simple and sure little outfit for test
ing white lead, and a valuable paint
book, free, to all who write for it
Their address is Woodbridge Bldg.
New York City.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23
Laundry work at home would b.

Laundry work at home would DO
much more satisfactory if the right
Starch were used. In order to get the
desired stiffness, it is usually neces-
sary to use so much starch that the
beauty and fineness of the fabric is
hidden behind a paste of varying
thickness, which not only destroys the
appearance, but also affects the wear
ing quality of the goods. This trou.
BILE can be entirely overcome by using
Defiance Starch, as it can be applied
much more thinly because of it's great
er strength than other makes.
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sheets were in his possession, al
though they had not seen him receive
them, the officers went to Whites
home, placed him under arrest and
searched the house.
In the meantime Lucius A. White,
having seen his plan fall miserably
and himself a prisoner, gave the au-
thorities complete confession. While
in Brazil he and his brother had con-
ceived the idea of manufacturing in
the United States large issue of Bra
lillian currency and returning to that
country to float it. Lucius admitted
that he was the originator of the idea
Lucius A. White, after pleading
guilty, was taken to Texas as a wit
ness against his brother. Lucius was
33 years old at this time and his
brother was man of so. AS I have
said, the elder brother also had stood
in the relation of father to the
younger man, and the scene in the
Waco courtroom when Lucius was
placed On the stand and told the story
that meant a penitentiary sentence for
his brother was most affecting one.
Il would rather suffer than have
Lucius suffer; he's only boy to me-"
After the evidence was in and
Lucius was being led from the court
room by the deputies. Joseph grasped
him by the hand and with tears in his
eyes said:
"Good-by. Lucius. God bless you"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23
Ii Came Of

The fair bather was in the greatest
danger when the heroic rescuer seized
her by the hair. 1t came off, Puffs
and coils and waves and rats 1t
strewed the shuddering sea.
For moment the rescuer was
iaZed.
Then he grasped the tiny knob Of
real hair that remained on the lady's
mead and drew her into shallow water
Did she thank him for saving her
life?
She didn't-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23

Starch, like everything else, is be-
Ing constantly improved, the patent
Starches put on the market 25 years
ago are very different and inferior to
those of the present day. In the lat
est Observation-Disclosures Starch-all In
furious chemicals are omitted, while
the addition Of another ingredient, In
vented by US, gives to the Starch q
strength and smoothness never ap-
preached by other brands.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23
BOUGHT crusoe's FireIock.

Hulda B. White of Philadelphia has
purchased the firelock used by AL
exander Selkirk, Defoe's original Rob
inson Crusoe on the island Of Juan
Fernandez, at sale in Edinburgh.
The relic has an authentic pedigree,
and for a long time was in the pos
session of Selkirk's relatives in Fife
shire, Scotland. The price paid for
the gun was $780,
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Dark Subject.

I'm all in the dark about how
these bills are to be paid" said Mr..
Hardup to his wife.
"Well, Henry" said she, as she
pulled out colored one and laid it on
the pile, you will be if you don't pay
that one, for it's the gas bill"
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HOW'S This?

We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward for any
case of Catarrh that cannot be cured by Halls
Catarrh Cure
f. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
We. the undersigned. have known F. J. Cheney
for the last ID and believe him perfectly
orabe in all business transactions and financially
able to carry out any obligations made by his firm
WAIDING, kINNAN & MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists Toledo, o.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken Internally acting
directly upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF the
system. Testimonials sent free. Price IS cents per
Sottle Sold by all Druggists.
lake Hairs Family Pills for constipation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23
A Revived Version.

poet who has been known to tell
the truth recoun:s this story OF lis
little daughter:
Her mother overheard her expound.
ing the origin Of the sex to her family
of dolls.
You see, children" she said,
Adam was man all alone and was
very lonely, SO God put him to sleep,
took his brains out and made a nice
lady of them."-Illustrated Bits.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23

In the late COS the movement for a
Democratic government in the empire
of Brazil had taken on great strength.
Stories of the marvellous resources of
the country and of the unlimited pos
,sibilities for achieving power and
money were reaching the United
States. A political upheaval in a
country of great natural wealth is al
ways tempting bait to soldiers of
fortune the world over, and the ac-
counts of Brazilian conditions that
reached southern Texas about this
time were not to be resisted by the
more adventurous. A party was made
up for Brazil, and in this party were
two brothers, Lucius A. and Joseph A.
White. Lucius was a mere lad in his
teens, while Joseph was nearly 20
years his senior and more a father to
the boy than a brother Joseph was
married. The Whites were the sons of
Judge White, who settled in southern
Texas in 1889 and who was a noted
lawyer and jurist of that section.
Judge White was a man who was held
in the highest esteem on account of
his strict integrity and learning, and
his sons grew up respected in their
native state. Lucius had studied civil
engineering and was an engineer or no
meager ability. Joseph was farmer.
But in both the brothers there was a
strong spirit of adventure, and after
listening to the stories of gold and
diamonds to be found and fortunes to
be made easily in rubber, coffee and
general agriculture, told by returned
Texans, the brothers decided to join
the party bound for the South Amer
lean empire, which finally landed al
Rio Janeiro.
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on the mans face, but he collected
himself almost instantly and said:
Il don't want scene; what do you
want me to do?"
Come with u.s. / said
We all arose quietly and walked out
of the dining-room without attracting
attention. White was taken to the
federal building and subjected to an
informal examination. When
searched him l found documents bear
ing on the milreis transaction and
placing the firm that did the work in
a peculiar light. One of these papers
was the formal bid made by the firm,
offering to engrave an exact facsimile
of the front of the 200 milreis bill on
stone for $3.50 and facsimile of the
back for 1910, or facsimiles of front
and back on steel for $50. Another
discriminating paper was a receipt
Of the Cigar labels" and for 200
milreis Brazilian bill, to be returned to
White. According to the papers found
on White, he had increased the size
of his order from 1000 to 5000 sheets
of bills, four bills on a sheet. At first
White denied any part in a counter
feiting plot. but later broke down and
admitted his guilt. He claimed to
have a partner named Lane, but re-
fused to give detailed information
concerning him further than to say
that he lived in Texas.
shall always question the propriety
of the course followed by the federal
attorney in making his case against;
Joseph White, which was as follows:
A package was made of $40 of the
sheets I had brought in. Attorney
Bliss then wrote out telegram to
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| ana settled down to the life of a Tex
as farmer.
In the early part of the summer of
1888 the United States district attor-
ney at st. Louis received an anonym-
Gus letter stating that a certain en-
CRAVING house of that city was pre-
pairing plates from which were to be en-
graved large number of slips which
mad the appearance of being imita-
lions of the currency of the Empire of
Brazil.
The letter in question pointed out
that which seemed to be a crime in
process of execution, and, anonymous
or signed, the letter was not to be
ignored. 1t was turned over to me-
and l went to work on the case.
l found the manager and was
informed by him that he believed
his firm did have a contract
to engrave plates for and print
some Brazilian matter; but he
claimed to be ignorant of the iden-
tity of the party with whom the con-
tract was made and of the exact char
acter of the commodity contracted for.
was told to return later and consult
with the official of the concern who
had made the contract and who was
conversant with all the details. This
l did. This gentleman, after learning
who was, told me that a man named
Lucius A. White had contracted with
the firm for plate of Cigar label"
-, to be used in the Brazilian trade. The
work was under way at that time.
With this information the Brazilian
| consul was called into consultation.
The appearance OF the plate was de-
scribed to him and he pronounced it a
! duplicate of the front of the Brazilian
"Duzentos Milreis' note, or a treas
ury note of the Empire of Brazil rep
resenting 200 milreis. AS a milreis
OF Brazilian money was equal in value
to approximately SAG cents of United
States money each one of the labels
would be worth in Brazil S1O9.2O.
So far as 1 could learn the order
left in st. Louis by the mysterious
Mr.. White called for the engraving of
but one plate. If currency note were
to be produced there would of neces.
slty be two plates, one for the front
and another for the reverse side. The
spokesman for the engraving firm
claimed to take this as evidence that
the plate was to be used for the pur.
pose set forth by the man who had
made the contract, and in this claim
the engraver may have been honest
l Immediately came to the conch
sion that the men who were pIannine
to initiate the Brazilian currency had
made contract with one firm for the
front plate and impressions printed
from 1t and with another firm. prob
ably in another city. for the plate
and impressions of the reverse side
FROM the engraving firm I learned
that White had reached st. Louis Nav
2S and had asked for a price on tbe
work he wanted done. He said he
was going to New York and woul6
return in a few weeks. He kent his
word and closed the negotiations TO,
the front plate. These negotiations
were under way two weeks before
they were finally closed, and after the
contract had been signed White dis
appeared.
1t would have been an easy matte,
at this time to have confiscated tht
plate: but it was always the plan O
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Name Spelled in MANY WAYS.

No fewer than az different ways Of
spelling Ypsilanti have been copied
from envelopes and recorded by q
postmaster Of that town.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23

Lewis Single Binder straight SC cigar
made of rich, mellow tobacco. Your deal
er or Lewis Factory, Peoria. Ill.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23

Platonic love is a good deal like
the gun we didn't know was loaded
Smart Set.
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IzXz1E C2EEZC.E<SC c5ZEZEISCAEo ZZELE
Ez2CVZE <zZTo <0SlEc0 ZzEE< 900 [CHEEZzcS(

RIOR TO the year 1884 there
was no law of the United
States that prohibited any
one from counterfeiting in
this country the money of
a foreign nation. Out of
the lack of legislation on
this point had grown
many cases of much i'm
portance to other govern
ments, for your counter
feiter is a man usually
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23

While in Rio Janeiro Lucius White
met young woman who was visiting
there and whose home was in Florida.
He courted and married her. and three
children were born to them. In 1884
he decided to return to the states to
live. and brought his family to Florida,
where he stayed few months. going
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The only way some people know IL
the other way.
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& One Of the most notable of these
cases was that of the manufacture in
this country of large amount of the
currency of CHINA job that was
cunningly conceived and cleverly car
rled to the point where the counter
felt currency was manufactured and
'eady, for shipment to the Orient for
. circulation. Another plot of great in
,ternational Importance was that con-
ceived by Mcdonald, Scott and Sheri-
dan, who made and threw into circu-
.lation a counterfeit Bank of England
note to the amount of about $5,0OO,-
900. The criminals in this case were
Americans and their daring was shown
by the character of the task they set
for themselves.
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from there to Whitney, Tex, where
he bought a 90-acre farm for $4,000
and settled down to the life of Tex
as farmer
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23

well versed in the laws bearing on his
trade and he had not been slow in
perceiving the possibilities Of large
and quick gains in using the United
States as a place for manufacturing
bogus currency and coin to be circu-
lated in other countries.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1908-09-23

GOOD HOUSEKEEPE3s.
Use the best. That's why thew buv Red
Cross Ball Blue. At leading grocers cents.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-06

write definitely what is wanted. The
demonstration work begins In the Of
fee the first of this month, lie, the
outlines for the tours of their agents
are planned, so the farmers who
would like to get in touch with this
movement should waste no time.
On account of space the following
was held over until today's Journal
from last weeks Broken Links" All
Journal readers are of course inter
ested in Mrs. Thomas's story of Vel
lowStone Park, and it's attractions,
and this should be read as a contin-
uance of her interesting article of
last Sunday
We took our fun with the bears, sat
with tbem& on a cushionless log,
laughed at them, cheered them when
we dared until the stars came out
And somehow one does not get weary
of 1t. us that DR. Thomas the divine
watching the beaTs2s was whispered
somewhere in the rear Divine or not.
ne is nightly interested in them"
And so he was. Nov" he and our
friend Mr. NJ, whose guests we were,
would say: Now, you ladies may go
out and watch as long as you please"
as though 1t were a feminine weak
ness to see bears. But we are
through with bears" And just as
often and with stronger emphasis
would come, Get your hats; hurry
up, Now is the best time" and on
we would go.
Mr. Bruin appropriated the garbage
dumps for his banqUeting hall 1t
was near the forests to the rear OF
me hotel. At first i1alf-grown. black.
clumsy fellow would loaf in from the
brush and unconscious of an audience
would tumble the cans and dead fish
over with the assurance of one who
eats with his feet under his own table
Then another about his size and build
appeared, twins, likely. and the two
would work away in peaceful enjoy
ment. Then the ears of something
peeped over the bushes This seemed
worth while. We held our breath
and so did the twins. A large bear
we thought, and so did they. The
ears moved forward. but no sound from
the padded foot, no sound to dull ear
of man. but to the bear ear or the
bear nose, I do not know which, a
mighty ticklish condition was ap-
preaching. The BIackies lifted them
selves on their launches. heads erect.
ears forward, and swung as on a
pivot from side to side as gracefully
as q gull sweeps the sea. The bear
is clumsy only in Incidence or con-
fRement. Give him his freedom and
wild conditions and be is the equal
in grace of any Of the forests kings.
Suddenly a big Cinnamon came forth,
thick, brown glossy coat, fat and
sleek and marched right toward that
supper table. The twins snoTted and
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-06
FLORIDA S BATTL ESHIP
NAMESAKE TO BE BEGUN

From Naval Constructor Baxter down
to the humbleSt apprentice the feeling
was rampant that the only thing TO b.
done to have the vessel built here was
to show good results in the VeStal
Now that the giant collier is finish
ed and all records for quick and cheap
construction are broken, the men a.
tne navy yard are waiting with inter
est for the keel Cf the Florida 20 be-
laid. Although the building of A bat.
tleShip is "A greater task than the C0I-
StTUctiOn of collier, the workers ar
the navy yard have no fear that they
viii not make as good a record on the,
FLORIDA as they did on the VestaI. for
they have also built the battleship
Connecticut, now the pride of the
navy.
The new fighting monster is so
much larger than the Connecticut that
the ways on which the IaUcr was
built will have 10 be heightened a hun
dTed feet To do this part of a store
house will have to he RACED. as there
IS not room fer the extension Of the
ways on the Landslide After the
building is RACED and the ways length
ened, they will he undermined so that
the railroad of the navy yard can pass
beneath them
Another interesting feature Of the
building of the new battleship is the
fact that a new monster cantilever
crane will be erected. so the steel nj
other material viii be hauled to the
workers nearly twice as fast as they
were while the VestaI was being
built. The crane is now in the course
of construction and will be ready soon
after the Florida is started.
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-06
This Month Will See Keel of
New Warship Laid in the
Brooklyn Navy Yard and
Work Will Be Rushed on
Huge Fighting Vessel.

special TO re Journal
New York, Sept st is likely that
the present month will witness the
laying of the keel of The Florida. the
biggest and most powerful of the yes
sells OF Uncle Sam 5 navy. The 10000
ton leviathan of the seas will be con-
strUcted at the Brooklyn navy yard
and when completed will be the mon
arch of the United States navy and
the equal in fighting power and ton
mage of any other ship afoat.
The contract to build the Florida
was given to the local yard after one
of the greatest campaigns was waged
TO force the navy department to LIT
the workers at the Brooklyn yaT1
build her. Boards of trade, congress-
men, senators. and every one tlai
could exert any influence with The
Washington officials were fighting
night and day to get the battIeship
built here.
The argument of the experts I'm
Washington was that the private build
erS could construct a warship or al,
other kind of vessel cheaper and quick
or than government workers A. the
time all this was going on the collier
Vestal was started at the navy yard
The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1908-09-06
BROKEN LINKS
BY
Springs,

much in danger, religion is likely to
carry on quite a Irritation with poll
tics. To be sure these other things
usually relegate it to the rear, but /
am speaking of what might, and some
times does, occur on the sly. II is suf
ficient at any rate to found a tradition
which fingers lovingly over the soil
as generations come and go.
Tom Johnson II a democrat, but he
is a great deal bigger democrat than
most of you. 1t would take about a
carload of the ordinary stuff to roll
into one of his little fingers. IN fact
he is SO large that the party hardly
knows what to do with him. He be-
longs in a class by himself. Bryan
understands him, and Folk, and a lot
of people without titles know him by
heart, but the old party itself does
not feel exactly at home with aim. He
has a knowledge of things that il
wots not of. The new age has brushed
against him and the cobwebS and
clingers nave rolled away. He isn't
afraid of anarchy. He knows how TO
spell socialism and can define it with
out the help of Webster. The truth
is, ne Is a half-brother of it. He is
versed in the philosophy of Henry
George and perhaps is the most infiu-
entail advocate of single tax in the
country. But where his activities have
led him most is in the field of public