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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-12-08
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? The jet button craze already shows
signs of waning.
Rough homespun is intended for mo-
tor coat and outing wear.
Bullet-shaped buttons are more In
use now than lozenge shapes.
The toque still reigns supreme for
walking in Paris and is seen in wide
variation.
Kimono silks that have large wa
tered silk blotches of blurred tints
are fashionable.
Fur is to be generously used on
many of the afternoon as we'll as un-
dress tailormades.
Smart tailored suits are being made
of the new diagonals, which are very
rich in coloring.
The newest fur muffs are finished
with dangling heads and tails that al.
most sweep the ground.
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USE RATS IN WARFARE
Animal Pests Were at One Time EN-
pIoyed to Destroy Powder Mag
azines.

The presence Of cats on the French
war Office staff, writes a correspon-
dent, might have led to trouble in the
old days, when it is quite possible
that detachment of rats formed
part Of the army. An old military
dictionary tells us that rats were
sometimes used in war for the pur-
pose Of firing powder magazines by
means of lighted matches tied to their
tails. We cannot offhand recall any
historical instance Of this, but pre-
,sumably 1t did occur, seeing that Mar
shall Vauban laid down special rules
for counteracting it. Anyhow, the
dodge is as old as Samson, who, you
may recall, used foxes in similar
way for a somewhat similar purpose.
AS to that royal rat catcher, we
may add that he had special official
livery. According to Pennant's Brit
fish Zoology" it consisted of scarlet
costume, embroidered with yellow
worsted, in which were figures OF
mice destroying wheat sheaves. BY
the way, rats were not the only anil
mails honored with a special catcher.
Leicester, for instance, used to pay
yearly salary of Ell lis. Cd. to its
municipal mole catcher. - London
Chronicle.
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A Relic of EnqIish Rule.

That many of the things we cherish
are relics of former English institu'
tions-slang, grammar and cigar store
Indians-is commonly known. One
more may now be added to the list, as
is shown by the following excerpt
from the Daily Chronicle of London:
Besides the marrow pie alluded to
dn Bleak House, which is said to have
been a mixture of bread, pounded al
monds, cream, eggs, lemon peel, sugar,
nutmeg and marrow, one can recall
many other delicacies that have prac
tically vanished from the Londoner's
bill Of fare. Take, for instance, the
once popular "a la mode beef In Dick
ems time shops for its sale were dot
ted all over London, while now the
present writer knows only one estab-
Ilishment, in Fleet street, where 1t can
be enjoyed, to the accompaniment of
potatoes in their jackets, and the
whole washed down with porter served
in its native pewter, after the fashion
OF our grandfathers' time."-Harper's
Weekly.
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The sewing screens are in many
ways the greatest comfort a sewer can
have, for everything is ready to use
the moment 1t Is wanted. They are
made with either two or three panels,
covered on the outside with brocade,
cretonne or some such firm material.
The covering may be fastened on with
brass-headed nails or finished with a
gimp. On the inner side are the vari-
Gus pockets and straps to hold the ar
ticles used In sewing.
The pockets are made of the same
material as the outer covering, put on
with little fullness, and an elastic in
the top. They may be of any size one
chooses. On the middle panel Of q
shree-panel screen or one side of a
iwo-panel Is a little wooden shelf,
fastened with chains at the outer cor.
aers. This folds up when the screen
IS put away and hangs IN a horizontal
position when in use. serving as q
table to put things on. Two little
cross bars of wood have small spikes
% hold spools, and under these is q
strap. sewed across In many places, e
hold papers Of needles. Over the sheh
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After the Barcelona Riots.

And the people are the brightest in
the kingdom. They are restless and
uneasy under Alfonso's government;
they are more republican than mon
archical
'The riots began on Monday at 9
a. m. July 25. Before night the revo-
luton has revealed itself in all it's
luridness. On Tuesday the mob be-
gan to burn the converts; they burned
ten that day. Wednesday was the
worst day of all; it was day of fight
ing, or incendiarism, of bloodshed, of
revolution in the typical sense. That
was the 9th. Barcelona was cut off
from communication with the world
by land and sea.
'Ninety-eight were wounded in the
fight that day. There were 275 corpses
buried as the result of the four days
struggle between the mob and the civil
guard, who accomplished the pacifica-
ton. On the 31st the pacification be-
gan to be effective. Stores opened
and there began to be movement of
life in the streets.
81 had been living in a pension fire.
uuented by Americans and French on
one of the principal avenues. Natu-
rally, we did not go forth while the
storm ragged for fear of being COM
promised between the two forces.
When the air cleared 1 took a walk.
A civil guard stopped me and asked
my name, address and business.
gave them. He marched me to the
station house and had me searched.
81. Jock this man up he said. The
next day l was brought before the
| judge l said that 1 was an American
citizen. The United States consul
came and testified to the truth of my
claim. Then they released me. II
/ had not proven my citizenship 1
should have been sent into the army.
1T is not generally understood in
this country that the fury of the mob
was directed against the religious or
ders Through all the disturbance the
churches remained open; the secular
priests came and went as usual, and
performed their duties. 1t was the
friars and nuns that the people were
furious against"
side mahogany stand and drew from
low shelf thigh bone of an adult
This is a bone l picked up in the
street 1t was a part of the mummy
OF a nun. The mob tied ropes around
them and dragged them through the
streets.
1.-The reason for it? Oh, the people
believed that the bombs which have
} been exploded in Barcelona at inter
J walls during the last two years were
| made in the converts. In one of the
J convent schools they found a chem
, ical laboratory, which anybody NIGH
reasonably expect, but it did not 81
strike these people, who saw in 1t only
, a bomb-making place. The people re
! spect the secular priests whom thes
; meet, but they know very little Of thu
; monks, whom they seldom see
: hence, their misapprehensions and un
J warranted attacks"
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are number Of hooks on which to
hang scissors, pincushion, emery bag,
tape measure and other little things
one needs.
Another very useful article is a case
fer embroidery silks or thread.
stitched In sections, the threads rum
ping through 50 they can be easily
pulled out. This must be hung fat
OF the screen by its two upper cor
ners.
II girl has small room and vet
would rather have sewing table than
one of these screens, there Is a very
attractive little mahogany table that
will flt in any room. 1t is a perfectly
straight square with two little drawers
ard four straight legs. Some of these
little square tables are quite plain ana
others are handsomely inlaid.
One great convenience In any sew.
ing table is to have the drawers d.
vided into compartments SO that the
different little things may be kept sep.
arate. When lot of small things ara
loose In drawer it almost inevitably
follows that they soon get into good
deal Of confusion.
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Rather Quaint.

{; Apropos of divorce, Judge Simon L.
Hughes of Denver said at a recent
dinner:
"a marriage likely to end in d.
vorce was celebrated last week in
Circleville. A minister told me about
1t.
"An oldish man-70 or so-was led
rather unwillingly to the altar by q
widow of about As.
HE was a slow-witted old fellow
and the minister couldn't get him to
repeat the responses properly. Finally
in despair, the minister said:
"Look here, my friend, / really
cant marry you unless you do what
you are told
But the aged bridegroom still re
manned stupid and silent, and the
bride. losing all patience with him
shook him roughly by the arm ant
Missed:
go on, you old loot! Say it afte,
him just as II you were mockinl
him"
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Paris "saIad Rasketn Doomed.

The streets of Paris are to know the
salad Basket" no longer. The Salad
Basket" is the French equivalent of
the BLACK Maria" Who first gave
this striking name to the prison van,
says our contemporary, we cannot say.
THE French vehicle is Basket" mas
much as 1t collects criminals, and
Salad" by means of its green color.
In future 1t is to be motor driven, and
the door will refuse to open until the
driver pulls lever. From the old
fashioned vehicle, 1t is said, escapes
were frequent and rescues by friends
of prisoners were not unknown. The
most famous instance of an escape
from an English BLACK Maria" &C.
CURED in 1867, when the Fenian lead
Ier, Col. Thomas Kelly, and another
were rescued en- route to Manchester
the constable on guard being killed
lAs is well known, three of those con
cerned were hanged.-London Law
Times.
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Out Of the Christmas Jar.

To make the department especially
helpful, Nine. Merri will give the de-
partment to-day entirely up to ideas
for the approaching Christmas sea-
son. The daily papers for some time
have been warning US to make our
purchases early, but there are always
some who by force Of circumstances
or habit are late. For some weeks
past every available suggestion for
the holidays has been jotted down,
hoping that every reader would in
this way be able to find something for
her own special need. Many of these
are merely hints upon which to en-
large as each individual deems best
The first off the spindle is a now
and jolly method Of distributing pres
ents, suitable for a Sunday school,
club or large party for children. Ar
range stage with a curtain, which,
when raised, will show a windmill re-
volving with Santa Claus in his usual
costume, but acting in the capacity
of the miller. Swarming around in
busy manner, Brownies, in costumes
of the dude, policeman, the Irishman
and the Indian, all dumping the con.
tents Of paper sacks into the hopper
from which Santa explains the
gifts for all, both great and small
will soon emerge" AS the arms of the
mill turn, out of a big spout will tum-
BILE the tissue-paper-wrapped parcels,
much to the establishment of the spec.
tators. During all this performance
music played softly adds to the mys
terry, and the proper lighting of the
stage is also important To give q
touch Of seasonable interest the mill
might be represented as being on TOP
Of the north pole, using quantities OF
diamond dust and cotton for the back
ground and having two figures dressed
as Cook" AID "Peary" as "Santa's'
assistants. Just the right person
must be chosen to impersonate
Santa" one who can keep a string OF
nonsense going and mystify the chill
dren.
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SUMMONS GHOSTS
TO OCEAN LINER
PASSENGERS ON THE PRIMES
IRENE MYsTiFIED BY ME-
DIUM'S FEATS.
FILLS SHIP WITH SPIRITS
Signora PaIadino Holds Thrilling Sc
ance in Lighted Room and Brings
Spectral Forms That En-
brace Guests.

New York.-Signora Eusapia Pala-
dino, the medium who has amazed sci
entists and laymen of Europe by the
marvellous things that have taken
place during her seances, arrived here
recently on the Princess Irene of the
North German Lloyd line.
The passengers on the Princess
Irene looked upon the medium with
awe. Especially was this so of doz-
en- who had sat around table in a
well lighted stateroom during three
different nights of the voyage and wit
messed remarkable phenomena.
Signora Paladino, small, unintelli-
gent looking and poorly dressed,
would tell nothing about herself when
an attempt was made to interview her
on the steamship. She seemed afraid
something was going to happen to
her despite the assurances of her fell
low passengers.
Her presence abroad was not gener-
ally known until three days after Ma
pies was left behind.
The first seance arranged did not
turn out well because the table in the
room of the surgeon was too heavy.
A lighter table was found and the
next night a meeting was held in the
stateroom of the Italian commission.
er. Besides three medical men and
Mr.. Herman, there we're in the room
around the table Giuseppe Bonfiglio. a
ballet master who is coming to the
Metropolitan Opera Company; his
wife, ballet dancer; Mrs. R. o. John
son of Memphis, Prof. Manila Smera
gliuolo, an artist, of Naples; Mrs. Raj
fetto, and another woman.
They assert that two of them held
Signora Paladinos hands and had
their feet on her feet during the Sc
| ances, while the room was we'll light
ed, and they could give no reason fol
| what they saw.
1.-TWO electric lights were burning,
said Mr.. Herman. The door wa.
closed and locked and the ports were
closed. We sat down and placed oul
hands on the table, our fingers con
Meeting so as to form complete
chain. 1 held one of her hands, ant
held it tightly, too.
Immediately l felt three raps OF
my chair and one on the back of m!
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North Pole Table Center.

For any function with a Christmas
flavor this centerpiece would be suit
able. Take large uneven block Of
ice, place in low tin receptacle; on
the ice place tube covered with cot
ton dipped in glue, then in diamond
dust for the pole. Then use diamond
dust on the ice and on the table.
Have couple of toy white bears and
two figures to represent the two latest
contestants for the pole, one holding
an American flag. Trim the room
profusely with green's sprinkled with
diamond dust.
MADAME MERRI.
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SECRET WORKERS
The Plan Upon Which Coffee Operates.

Coffee Is such a secret worker that
It is not suspected as the cause of sick
ness or disease, but there is very
sure way to find out the truth.
A lady in Memphis gives an inter-
esting experience her husband had
with coffee. 1t seems that he had been
using it for some time and was an
invalid.
The physician in charge shrewdly
suspected that coffee was the Worm
at the root of the tree" and ordered
It discontinued with instructions to
use Postum regularly in its place.
The wife says: I'VE found that was
the true remedy for his stomach and
heart trouble and we would have glad
~ paid a hundred times the amount
of the doctors charge when we found
how wise his judgment was.
"The use of Postum instead Of cof-
fee was begun about a year ago, and
II has made my husband strong, well
man. He has gained thirty-five pounds
In that time and his stomach and heart
troubles have all disappeared.
1.-The first time prepared 1t did
not boil It long enough and he said
there was something wrong with 1t.
Sure enough It did taste very fiat, but
the next morning followed directions
carefully, boiling it for fifteen minutes,
and he remarked this is better than
any of the old coffee
I'VE use Postum regularly and never
tire Of telling our friends of the bene-
ft we have received from leaving OF
coffee"
Look for the little book, "The Road to
MELVILLE, " in pkgs. There's Reason y
Ever read the above letter. A new
one appears from time to time. Thex
are genuine true. and fan Of hunar
interest.
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A Postcard Hunt.

Most children are ardent post card
collectors, so this party will appeal
to them. There should be enough
cards to permit of each guest having
three or four when the final distribu.
ton takes place. Use ordinary cards,
inexpensive, with few colored ones
and a half a dozen with Christmas
symbols. Hide them throughout the
rooms, explaining that uncolored
cards score one, colored ones count
two points, and Christmas cards score
three. Allow ten minutes for the
hunt. then blow a whistle, which
means that all turn in their cards to
have the score made up. The Christ.
mas cards go to the winners, and the
remaining cards are divided equally
between the guests, after reading of
the scores.
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CURIO DEALER TELLS
OF BARCELONA RIOTS
NEW ORLEANS MAN DESCRIBES
THRILLING SCENES IN SPANISH :
cITY-IN PRISON "a HOURS.

New Orleans.-Henry de los Ruelos,
cealer in curios and objects of art
has returned from collecting tour in
Spain. He was in Barcelona during
the recent riots and on emerging from
the house where he had been immured
for six days was arrested and impris-
oned for a day and a night. His
account of the state of popular feel
ing. and particularly of the reasons
underlying the feeling against the re-
igiOus orders, cast new light on the
obscure history of those tempestuous
days.
Said Mr.. de los Ruelos: Il was in
Barcelona from the middle of July to
the 10th or 18th of August 1t is a
most beautiful and prosperous city
the finest in Spain, nicer than Madrid.
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JOY OF THE WILDERNESS
Small Piece of String Would Have
Rendered Prospector's Long
Journey Unnecessary.

There are situations worse than Gall
Hamilton's famous Twelve miles from
a lemon" The man in this New York
Telegram item seemed to have found
one of them. A party was encamped
on the Bear river in eastern Utah,
when a prospector came along one
morning on a mule. He had his jaw
tied up, and at first seemed inclined
to pass on without a word. On Sec
ond thought, however, he halted and
gruffiy Queried:
How fur to Salt Lake?"
Three hundred miles"
"Humph!"
Travelled far?"
About 200 miles"
Get your jaw hurt?"
mo. It's just an internal toothache,
and I'm riding 500 miles to get Ii
pulled"
We invited him down and one Of
the crowd got piece of string round
the tooth and jerked it out as slick as
you please. After the overjoyed man
had ceased dancing about l queried:
why didn't you try the string be-
core starting on such long rider"
Best kind of reason, sir. l hadn't
aary a string. Companion.
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Ihese Shirt Were Loud.

"You can't beat an Irishman for
wit" says Robert Edeson, the actor.
az was in Washington one day last
winter. and while standing near a
mems furnishing store. owned by one
O,Flannagan, my attention was ar
rested by a display of shirts and ties.
I aich. for variety of color, far ex,
celIed a Turner landscape when the
srn ia red and gold. Every color Of
the rainbow was represented and
some colors that never saw any
where On a large yellow card was
printed the single word: Listen!
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Jack Horner,s Dream.

With Mother Goose in mind, have
little Jack Horner sound asleep on
the stage with a big helf-eaten pie
beside him; turn out the light and
announce Jacks Dream" the lad
still asleep, but with two enormous
pies (made from washtubs) beside
him. A fairy appears, who wakes him
and he proceeds to cut into the pies
and deliver the "plums" (gifts) to
little miniature Santa Clauses" who
distribute the presents, much to the
delight of the children, and grown
people, too.
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sure he would be recognized immedi
ately. Then he unlocked the box and
Jack leaped out with a spring, his
arms full of packages; Jack" is push.
ed down into the box with a great
deal of difficulty and Santa" com.
mands him to look for more presents.
and hooks the box, in moment un
hooking. when Jack" springs up with
more parcels. This act may be re.
peated several times.
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Millions shun Physicians.

There are, it is estimated, 1900, 900
persons in the United States who, in
stead Of calling in a physician when
they are sick, resort to some one of
the many forms Of drugless healing.
OF these systems at least two-thirds
are mind cures" Ten years from
now. Judging from the rate of increase
during the last ten years, there will
be 55.00O.000 persons relying on non.
medical methods.-van Norden's Mag.
azine
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neck. One of the young ladies was
changed places with her and let her
hold the hand of Signora Paladino.
Then this girl said there was hand
on her shoulder and one on her ankle.
We broke the chain and the feeling
passed over.
"a few seconds after we joined
hands again a CHASTITY hand appeared
just outside the curtain that hung
from the upper bunk. The lower part
of the hand was dark and Informed
The hand moved around the room and
rested on the shoulder of the ships
surgeon.
I'm Italian, at the request of the
surgeon, l called for the spirit of his
father. In a second the surgeon
called out: am being embraced Is
that his father? asked. There were
three distinct knocks on the end OF
the table opposite where Signora Pala
dino sat. She had told us three
| knocks meant yes and two no. Their
came a gust of wind, although the
door and window were closed, and the
| curtains were blown around the sur
geon's neck. He jumped out of his
seat, leaving the ring, and would mo-
| Join us again.
| "Dr. Oteri sat IN the chair vacated
and called for the spirit of his ia
| Their. A mass of something appeared
| It was like vapor and seemed at frs
| to be a head with one side of 1t dark
| It was unsightly. I was scared. ant
I guess the rest were too. He asked
"'Are you glad to see your SON!
There came three knocks in answer.
"sWell, father, bless me- His fac
/ expressed delight and terror by turns
| and he said he was being squeezed"
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Schools for TubercuIous Children.

Special schools for tuberculous chill.
dren have now been established in
Providence, Boston, New York, Roches
ter, Washington, Hartford, Conn, Chi
cago and Pittsburg. New York has
three schools and Washington, D. c.,
two. The board of education of New
York city is proposing to establish
three more, and similar institutions
are being planned in Detroit, Buffalo,
Philadelphia, Cincinnati and Newark.
". j.
In cities like Providence, Boston and
New York, where outdoor schools have
been conducted for two years, the re.
suits obtained from the treatment OF
children in special tuberculosis open
air schools seem to show the great adj
vantage of this class of institutions.
This, coupled with the experience Of
open air schools in Germany and Eng
land, proves that children can be cured
of tuberculosis and keep up with their
school work, without any danger to
fellow pupils.
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Jack In the Box,

At club party for children last
year they had a big box on a plat
form covered with red cambria to
which sprays of holly were pinned. At
Just the right moment Santa Claus
appeared, saying he had an assistant
this year who was so popular he just
had to keep him shut up. He said all
children loved him so that he was
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Both neIono to california.

The highest and lowest elevations
IN this country are in California.
within 100 miles Of each other. The
Hottest is Mt. Whitney. 14.499 feet
high, and the lowest in Death valley.
about $50 feet below the level Of tha
sea.
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The Likeness,

"He says he knows her like a
book"
Yes, so he does; like a Henry
James book He simply does not un-
derstand her at ALL"
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After a Lono sIttIno.

Mr.. Tardy-Has your father any OBJ
lection to my visits?
Miss Weary think he would
rather you would make them on the
tnstaliment plAn.