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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-06
Barber County Index
Painter 6 Herr, Pubs.
MEDICINE LODGE. KANs.
government Heip in Flahtlna .FIre.

Government Help in Fighting Fire.
The methods of preventing forest
fires employed by the service are sim
pie and depend for their efficacy main
ly upon eternal vigilance. The areas
included in the boundaries of the re-
serves are constantly patrolled by a
force Of rangers and guards. During
the past summer the men thus en-
ployed numbered about thirteen hun
dred. The average area that each was
required to protect was more than
hundred and twenty thousand acres,
says the Craftsman. The forester rea-
Lies that this is too much ground for
one man to cover properly, but con-
gress has not made the funds available
for the employment of larger force.
Roadsfand trails are constructed in
order to facilitate rapid travel from
one part of the reserve to another and
to expedite the massing of large num-
bers, as well as to furnish vantage
points from which to conduct the fight
uSdluSI Iu0 udLuSS. 1elepUOQ0 lines
connect rangers stations with head
quarters in order that fires may be
quickly reported and prompt measures
adopted to extinguish them. During
the last fiscal year 100 miles of road,
80 miles of trail and $500 miles of tel
ephone line were constructed in the
national forests. The officers of the
service now receive the most ready as
sistance from persons living in the
vicinity Of the reserves, and especially
from stockmen and others who use the
forests under permits. The latter are
required by the terms of the agree
ment for grazing or numbering to ex-
tend all possible assistance in case of
fire; the former are beginning to ap-
preciate the fact that the forests are
the property of the people and that
any damage inflicted upon them must
entail loss to the people at large and
most directly to the local residents.
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Dogs as Suicides.

According to M. Camille Flam-
marion, the eminent astronomer and
psychologist, it is possible for dogs to
commit suicide. We ourselves have
heard Of such things aud take more or
less stock in them, but NJ Flammarion
believes that dogs suffer from grief
and despair ard kill themselves like
human beings. His remarks were &C.
casioned by the alleged suicide Of
Saint Bernard dog who threw himself
under a motor bus in the Place Saint
Sulpice recently, an hour after the
death Of his mistress. He argues that
the dog may be assumed to have
known as well as human being that
a motor bus would crush him to death,
and when he got in front of it's wheels
he probably did so as the quickest
way to end his grief at his mistress
demise. M. F1ammarion cites other in
stances which have come under his
notice Of dogs committing suicide, and
concludes that the stories are not so
incredible as they seem at first sight,
and adds that dogs may have even bor-
rowed the instinct from man. But hav-
ing given dogs credit for memory and
intense affection, says the Boston Her
aid, why doubt their capacity for men,
tai suffering? Maeterlinck, another OBJ
server Of dogs, has given them souls,
as well as memory and affections.
Many a dog has died of grief even If
he did not commit suicide.
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Daughter Mustered Logic to Answer
Fathers Objections.

Isaac L. Rice, the chess enthusiast.
whose daughter is a devotee Of the
motorcycle, tells story about the
way in which he was induced to buy
the first machine for the young wonl-
an. Mrs. Rice and Miss Rice were in
Europe at the time and arrangements
had been made to ship a machine
abroad. when a man was thrown from
a motorcycle in New York and killed.
The accident impressed Mr.. Rice SO
that. instead of sending the desired
cycle, he forwarded a letter saying
that he had decided not to buy one, as
he thought the sport was too danger
ous- By the next mail came back a
letter carrying inside a newspaper
clipping with the heading, "lHan Dies
in Theater." With it was the mes
sage: Now. father. do you intend to
keep me from going to the theater
because man once died there?" Mr..
Rice decided that argument was use
less against such an antagonist,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-06

Six professors of the State College
OF Agriculture are making a tour
through the farming regions of Penn
sylvania on a special educational
train" furnished by a big railroad
company. The trip combines instruc-
ton through lectures and object les
sons in the shape of all sorts of up-to-
date equipment for farm work, carried
on the train. One of various objects
in view is encouraging the cultivation
OF alfalfa, the hardy grass which is Pc
culiarly valued as a hay producer
There are also suggestions for increas-
ing the output of dairy products, the
care of live stock and other matters Of
practical moment. AS the people flock
to the train, view the exhibits and lis
ten with deep interest to the lectures
1t is apparent that they are quite will
ing to pick up hints that may be valu.
able in their business.
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CHAPTER VI.-continued.

"She never said no such thing"
says. "She wouldn't swear if he was
her. husband four times over; she
amt that kind. And she amt his wife
nor his sister nor his sister-in-law
nor his grandmother's cats aunt Meth
er. She's no relation to him and
neither's the boy.< Who's been giving
you all this rigmarole?"
1t seems he'd heard 1t from a teller
that lived next door to Ebenezer; and
the Teller had heard it from somebody
else that had got it from somebody
else and so on and so on. highs /
could find out it had started from
Hartley's telling me that the boy was
brother outcast." Some idiot with
poor ears and worse brains had
thought he said brother Oscar" and
the whole string of yarns had sprout-
ed from that. Shows you what good
soil there is for planting lies down
our way. If lies was fetching ten
cents barrel the whole neighborhood
would have been rich years ago.
All the time me and Nate was pow
wowing this way the yawl was sailing
up the bay towing my skiff behind
her. There was nice fair wind and
a smooth sea and twas so clear after
the rain that we could see the hills
across the bay. But no sign could
we see of the Dora Bassett nor her
passengers. l was getting more wor-
ried every minute.
W oil <rof oh ocf
Of the point from where the Old
Home pier was in sight. But the
sloop want at the pier No use going
any farther, so we come about and
begun to beat back again the way
we'd come. Scudder was worried
too, but his worriment had caught him
in the pocketbook; proves how dis
ease will always get hold of feller's
tenderest place.
Look here, SOL" says he; do you
dal'late Hartley IL want to stay to
my house If his chum's drowned?"
Il don't know" says, impatient.
mo, 1 guess not"
"Well now, he agreed to take it for
month and there's five days to run
yet Amt he liable for them days?"
he says.
I was feeling just mean enough to
want somebody else to feel that way,
so I answers:
well, you can't hold a lunatic,
'cording to law. And you and Hubby
Ann have agreed that he's crazy"
He thumped the boats rail. Crazy
or not" says he, Il can't afford to lose
them days. shan't give him back
none Of his money" Then he thought
a minute and begun to see a speek
OF comfort. Maybe the shock OF
tothsr fsllsTs drowning II make him
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INToLERAsLEI
Fearful Eczema All Over Baby's Face
professional Treatment Failed.
A Perfect Cure by cutlcura.

when my little girl was six months
old l noticed small red spots on her
right cheek. They grew SO large that
l sent for the doctor but, instead OF
helping the eruption, his ointment
seemed to make it worse. Then
went to second doctor who said It
was eczema. He also gave me an oint-
ment which did not help either. The
disease spread all over the face and
the eyes began to swell. The itching
grew intolerable and 1t was a terrible
sight to see. 1 consulted doctors for
months, but they were unable to cure
the baby. paid out from $40 to $50
without relief. One evening I began
to use the Cuticura Remedies. The
next morning the baby's face was all
white instead Of red. l continued until
the eczema entirely disappeared. Mrs.
P. E. Gumbin, Sheldon, "a, July 13, '0S."
Potter Drug s Chem. Corp, Sole Props. Boston.
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WHAT The DoLLlEs HAD.
Small Wonder That the Little Mother
Was Really Alarmed.


Little Mary was really very Ill.
Mother said she was sure it was an
attack of appendicitis, but Grandma
was equally sure the little one was
threatened with commissions.
The argument waxed warm In
Mary's presence, and appropriate RENE
dies were used, and the next day she
was better.
Coming into her mothers room dur.
ing her play she said:
Mamma, two of my dollies are very
sick this morning"
Indeed. dear, am very sorry. What
is the matter with them?'
well 1 don't really know, mamma,
but 1 think Gwendolyn has "a pint
o'spiders' and Marguerite is going to
have 'envulsions.'
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HoRRoRs!
his Absent.Mlnded VIeW.

They were engaged in purchasing
shoes for the children. The husband
was a former teacher. but the wife
was very intelligent and practical
person, relates the Chicago News.
For school purposes 1 don't want
and dull kids for they roughen up 80
easily" said the wife to the sales
woman, adding: What do you think
Of 1t, dear?"
WELL" he said absent-mindedly. az
have known good many dull kids at
school, but 1 never regarded them a.
any rougher than other children"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-06

The wife of Gerhart Hauptmann-
Margaret Observation-Disclosures her mar
riage to the dramatist was for long
time a popular member of the Lobe
theater at Breslau. She has now gone
on the stage for the second time, but
not as an actress. At a recent con.
cert given by the Verein der Musk.
freunde at Hirschberg Frau Haupt.
mann played Grieg composition.
showing that she is an accomplished
violinist.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-06

SICK" he says. "Then he'll have to
stay longer than the month"
Trust Nate Scudder to see a silver
lining to any cloud-and then rip
out the lining and put it in his
pocket.
By this time he was beating in to-
wards where the Neck Road comes
down to the beach. And there on the
shore was a Teller hailing us. And
when we got close in it turned out
to be Hartley himself.
He was glad enough to see me, but
when he found that Van and Lord
James had turned up missing he was
in state. He'd been kind of scared
when we didn't come back during the
night and had walked down to the
beach in the morning to see if he
could sight us.
We headed off shore again. Nate
watched Hartley pretty close and 1
suppose when he seen that the Twin
didn't show any symptoms of getting
sick, he begun to worry again. He
got out piece of pencil and an old
envelope and commenced to figure.
'Mr. Hartley" says he, after awhile;
about them lady friends of yours
over to Eastwich. Do you caplate
they're going to like where they are?
Seems to me a place that's as easy
to run away from as that amt the
best place for a boys school If they
was on an island now, the scholars
couldn't run off. I know a nice island
they could have cheap. Fact is, 1
own it-that is, Hubby owns 1t; it's
in her name. That's it over there"
Hartley didn't answer I looked
where Nate was pointing.
"Oh!" says 1. "Horsefoot Bar.
That's a healthy place for a school.
Might do for reform school maybe,
If you want particular how the re-
forming was DONE"
Horsefoot Bar is little island about
five miles from the Old Home House,
a mile and half from the mainland,
and two foot from the jumping-off
place. By the help of Providence, de-
cent weather, horse, two whips, and
boat, you can make it from Well
mouth depot in three hours. And
when you have made it, you can set
in the sand and hang on to your hat
and listen to the lonesomeness. I'd
forgot that Scudder owned it. When
him and I sailed up that morning we'd
passed 1t on the outside; now we was
between 1t and the beach.
Its nice dry place." says Nate,
oh
forever and nobody could run away"
"Humph!" says I, thinking of some
thing I'd seen in newspaper; "HelTs
got all them recommendations"
Hartley was looking at the Bar now.
All to once he grabbed me by the
arm and pointed.
SOL" he says, what's that stick
ing up over the point there? There,
behind those trees? Isn't it a boats
mast?"
1 rocked, and looked once more.
From where we was you could see
part of Horsefoot Bar that was out Of
sight from the rest of the bay. As
1 say, looked. Then 1 gave the tiller
a shove that brought the boom across
with a Stat. 1t took Mates hat with
it and cracked him on the bald spot
like humping ripe watermelon Nate
grabbed for the hat and drove the
yawI for Horsefoot Bar. I'd spied the
Dora Bassett's mast over the sand
spit.
In jiffy we see her plain. She was
lying on her side in little cove, just
as the tide had left her. Her canvas
was down in a heap, partly on deck
and partly overheard, but she didn't
seem to be hurt none. l beached the
yawl just alongside Of her, dropped
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-06

Starch, like everything else, is be-
fng 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 discovery-Defiance 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, 1909-01-06
Beware of Ointments for Catarrh
that Contain Mercury.

as mercury Will surely destroy the OF smell
and completely derange the whole system when
entering 1t through the mucous surfaces. Such
articles should never be used except on prescrip-
tons from reputable physicians. the damage they
will do Is ten fold TO the good you possibly de-
rive from them. Halls Catarrh Cure. manufactured
by F. j. Cheney Co., Toledo. o., contains no mer-
curry and is taken internally. acting directly upon
the blood and mucous surfaces Of the system. In
buying Halls Catarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t Is taken internally and made in Toledo.
Ohio. by F. J. Cheney Co. Testimonials free
Sold by Druggists. Price. 75c per bottle.
Take Halls Family Pills for constipation.
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OF for the Woodshed.

Great Scott!" snorted the irritated
old gentleman, as he dropped his pa
per, what is all that noise in the IL
brary?
Its me, grandpa" responded Tom
my. I'm playing l am ship pound.
ing in the surf"
Playing you are ship, Ell? Well.
young man, think you need spank
err"
And the next moment grandpa was
slipping of his slipper.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-06

A decision OF the board of general
appraisers in custom ease is that q
typewriter signature is legal. 1t will
be a long time. probably. before type
written signatures on checks are &C
cspted by the banks. but the habit of
afnxing an illegal signature. written
with a pen, to an ordinary typewritten
letter, not involving contract of any
kind. Faight happily fall into general
disusat
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-01-06
Marriage Service" Defined.

A Boston cynic of the female per.
suasion defines the marriage service
as waiting on ones lord and master
In the capacity Of cook, laundress,
seamstress and maid-cf-alI-work."
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He isn't much of baker who eats
All the bread he kneads.
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The way to gain a good reputation
is to endeavor to be what you desire
to appear.-Socrates
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1t Is better to begin late doing our
duty than never.-Dionysius.
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Lewis Single Binder Cigar has a rich
taste. Your dealer or Leviy Factory,
Peoria. Ill.
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PILES CURED IN TO Ii DAYS.
PAZO OINTMENT is guaranteed to cure any cass
of Itching. Blind, Bleeding ProtrudinR Piles IN
6 to IA days or money refunded. 6Oc.
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A singer doesn't weigh his words On
the musical scale.
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GOOD HoUsEKErprp.

Use the best. That's why they buy Red
Cross Ball Blue. At leading grocers S cents.
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Curestsred aching sweating feet. Sc Trial package
free. A. ). Olmsted. LIE Boy. n. Z.
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KNEW SOMETHING OF ARGUMENT

(TO BE CONTINUED.)
Evening star., 1909-02-12
LINCOLN EUlOGY IN HOUSE
MR.. NYE MAKES SPEECH ON
LIFE AND CHARACTER.
Gettysburg Address and Letter From
Ambassador Bryce to State De-
partment Read.

Representative. Douglas of ONO today
endeavored TO have the House of Repre-
sen tatives adjourn out of respect for the
memory OF Abraham Lincoln He was un-
successful, the vote on his motion being
65 to 6S.
Mr.. Douglas made this formal sugges
ton Immediately after Representative
Boutell had concluded the reading, from
the clerks desk, of Lincolns memora BILE
address on the battlefield OF Gettysburg
in 1863. When Mr.. Douglas motion had
been voted down Representative Tawney
of Minnesota asked unanimous consent
that his colleague. Representative Nye.
be granted thirty minutes for the purpose
Of addressing the House on the life and
character of Abraham Lincoln. The re-
quest was agreed to, and republicans and
democrats poured into the chamber 20
hear Mr.. Nye. who does not often lift his
voice on the floor. although he is a hard
working member of several committees.
Mr.. Nye made a splendid speech. and
at its conclusion the applause lasted for
fully FIVE minutes.
Representative Burleson of Texas asked
unanimous consent that speech by his
colleague. Representative Shepard of
Texas before the New York Republican
Club on the subject of Lincoln be pub
ished in the Record SO to show Mr..
Lincoln from a southern viewpoint. This
request was also agreed to.
Upon motion by Representative Cousin
chairman OF the House committee on for
eign affairs. a letter from Ambassador
Bryce expressing to the State Depart
ment the sympathy of the government Of
Great Britain with the celebration of the
one hundredth anniversary of the birth or
President Lincoln was read to the House
from the clerks desk.
In his invocation today Chaplain Cou-
den paid a beautiful tribute to Lincoln.
Evening star., 1909-02-12
CANDY TRUST IS CHARGED
BALTIMORE DEALER COM
PLAINS OF ANNOYANCE.
Declares That Efforts Were Made 70
Coerce Him in Management
of His Business.

Wade Ellis assistant to Attorney Gen-
eral Bonaparte and trust expert of the
Denartment of Justice, will make an IN
yestieation Of an alleged candy trust.
Matthew &. O'Brien, Washington at
torney, has conferred with Mr.. Ellis as TO
the operations Of the reputed trust, ana
I'm a few DAYS will file formal complaint
as to the existence and operations OF that
concern.
The case grows out Of the dimcuities
that h0ve been experienced by Ferdinand
e. Fox, proprietor of a wholesale ana re-
tail candy store in Baltimore. Mr. FOX
claims to have had some annoying ex-
periences with the trust. He opened his
store in Baltimore without consulting the
trust He secured good patronage and
was doing we'll, when he began to receive
letters from candy manufacturers telling
him it would be we'll for his business If
he would Join their ranks and limiting
that If he did not do so something Woulo
happen He ignored these letters, but IN
a short time he discovered that he could
not buy candy anywhere. VARIOUS excuses
were given, but nowhere could he buy sup
plies direct from manufacturers. tie mas
had to obtain his supplies through third
nerson in another state, thereby having
TO nav double freight and sufrer delay.
The Baltimore Confectioners Associa'
ton, which Mr. Fox was advised to join.
is said to be the Baltimore end OF the
trust In addition 10 having the federal
officials go after the combination, Mr..
O'Brien will institute a suit for 100000
damages on behalf of his client
Evening star., 1909-02-12
The Bayonet Poker.

From the Atlantic Monthly
To transform a sword into pruning
hook. says the author is a matter for a
skilled smith. but to change a bayonet
into a poker is within the capacity of
the least mocha nical. All that is needed
is 70 cause the bayonet TO forsakc the
murderous rifle barrel and cleavc a short
wooden handle. Henceforth its function
is not to thrust Itself into the VitalS OF
men, but to encourage combustion on
winter nights.
The bayonet poker fits into the phi
!osophy Of Christmas, at least into the
way ! find it easy TO philosophize 1t
seems better symbol OF what is happen
ing than the harps of gold and the other
beautiful things OF which the hymn writ
crs sing. but which ordinary people have
never seen. The golden harps were made
for no other purpose than to produce
celestial harmony. They suggest scene
in which peace and goodwill come magic
ally and reign undisturbed. Everything
is exquisitely fitted for high uses. 1t is
not so with the bayonet that was and
the poker that is. For it peace and good
will are afterthoughts. They are not
even remotely suggested in its original
constitution. And yet, for all that, It
serves excellently an instrument of
domestic felicity.
Evening star., 1909-02-12
Curious Wills.
From GII.Rifs

from lit Bits.
The Irish gentleman who has left
E 600 to a religious house on condition
that his wife enters it and spends the
rest of her life in prayer is another ex-
ample OF the quaint methods by which
the dead sometimes endeavor TO control
the living.
1t was blunt farmer who drew up his
will leaving e1OO to his widow. When
the lawyer reminded him that some dis
tinction should be made in case the lady
married again he doubled the sum. with
the remark that ''him as gets her'll de-
serve it,
1t was a wealthy German who fifteen
years ago bequeathed his property to his
six nephews and six nieces on the sole
condition tat each of the nephews mar
ried woman named Antoine and each
niece married a man named Anton. The
first born Of each marriage was 10 be
named Anton or Antoine. according to
Sex Each marriage was also to take
place on one OF st. Anthony's days.
What happened to the nephews and
nieces is ''Wrapt in misery in the Office
Of the German registrar general
Evening star., 1909-02-12

were away fighting. and he observed
how, when messenger was wante'i.
the official took man out of tine
prison and sent him off. with no fear
that he would not return. One such
messenger was sent to Cattaro. in Aus
trian territory. with 5000 horins tor
the bank. and duly came back. Another
asked a Russian at Cattaro to intercede
with Prince Nicholas for his release
from prison. But you are not in
prison, said the Russian. oh" said the
man. II have only come down for a load
Of skins for So-and-so, but l must go into
prison again when | get back 10 Get
inie. One guard watched all the pris-
oners wien they summed themselves out
of doors. and if lie were called away a
prisoner would take his rifle and duty for
the time.