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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
ADRIFT IN THE SOUTH SEAS,
Sailors Trying Experience with Ship.
wreck and Hunger of Coast
Of Australia.

London.-A walk Of 230 miles. the
weathering of cyclone on a bamboo
raft and an existence of three weeks
on turtle eggs and guanas are some
or the experiences which recently be-
lei Capt. Williams, in charge of the
lugger Nebraska, which was lost on
Green Hill island, 100 miles or there
about from Port Darwin, in the north
ern territory Of Australia.
When the lugger broke I'D Capt.
Williams swan to Green Hill island
and then tried to make the mainland
In dingy which he was able to make
seaworthy. He was caught in a squall
and after drifting for three days was
carried into the gulf and eventually
landed on Field island, off the mouth
of the Alligator river.
This island is destitute of water but
some rain fell, and he eked out an
existence for II days on the small sup
plies thus obtained and turtle eggs.
Both turtles and alligators were
numerous. He then re-embarked in
the dingy and made his way into the
mouth of the West Alligator river. but
could find no fresh water. He OBJ
tanned from the bark of trees suffi-
cient liquid to sustain life until rain
fell
Abandoning the dingy he made his
way up the east bank of the Wildman
river, living on sweet potatoes and
iguanas. His matches having been
exhausted, he carried firesticks with
him. He eventually crossed WiIdman
river and came out on what he thinks
was Lake Finnis, where he found
plenty of swamp turtles, iguanas and
other native food.
On striking the Adelaide river inn
gle, Williams saw plenty of buffalo.
but his only weapon being a revolver
he did not shoot any. He got down to
the Adelaide river near what is known
as Lawrie's landing. where he built
himself raft of bamboo and crossed
He had not long COON south when a
cyclone squall came on and blew the
timber down all around him. He mar
rowly escaped death, but pluckily re-
sumed his 230-mile walk till he reached
Port Darwin.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
Gives Reliable Test Of Brandy by
Sense of Smell.
F. n. GoodseII, Enelishman, Can De-
tect Differences Between Cognae
and the Product of Any Other
Grape-Growing Region.

F. H. Goodsell, the official faster to
the British war office, who gave inter-
esting evidence before the whisky
spirit merchant in the city of London.
He was good enough to give a cor
respondent some further particulars as
to his occult science. He is liquor
wise" by inherited knowledge and by
lifetime of study and application. His
family have been wine and brandy
merchants in the city for generations,
and he himself has been in the trade
for So years, succeeding to his fathers
business as boy of II.
Does the palate of the expert faster
give reliable test of the quality Of
brandy?" he was asked
1T is the only reliable test" he re-
piled
But cannot a chemist discover by
processes Of analysis the constituents
of brandy?"
ITO a certain extent, yes. The
chemist can ascertain what a sample
of brandy contains, but he cannot dis
cover what it will taste like. Between
two brandies of different class analysis
would detect differences, but between
two brandies Of the same class, one of
which was of a better vintage, the diff
ferences would lie too subtle for the
chemist to detect"
and you would never make a mis-
take?"
Never. Give me a brandy to taste,
adulterated with the smallest proper
ton of plain spirit, and my palate will
not only detect the adulteration, but
tell you the proportion of plain spirit
which has been mixed with the pure
grape product. And give me a sam
pie of grape brandy from any other
brandy producing country than Cog
nae, from Spain, or from Australia,
and l will tell you at once where it
comes from"
"And you make your tests blind
fold?"
Il am not blindfolded in the sense
that my eyes are bandaged But when
a number Of samples are placed before
me to taste, the bottles from which
they have been poured out are covered
up so that the label or any identity
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
EXPECT SPIRITS
TO REVEAL GOLD
FARMERS IN NORTH CAROLINA
SWEAT AND DIG IN VAIN FOR
HIDDEN TREASURE.
HOLES MARK FRUITLEss TOLL
Profane Ejaculation of Watcher and
Broken Branch Are Accepted as
GhostIy Message by Is-
norant Natives.

High Shoals, n. C.-They've been
nearing strange noises in the thin
woods on the right bank of the Cataw-
ba, northwest of here, and if you
drive out that way you will see
lot OF fresh holes in the ground.
They were made by searchers for hid
den gold, for men live hereabouts who
think there are spirits that tell where
money, bushels Ot it, has been buried.
Two college boys who had stspped
mere while tramping across the state
from Chapel Hill decided that they'd
like to see the workings of a spirit
so powerful as to make the very
indolent farm folk work hard at
digging. The Chapel Hill boys saw
what they wanted.
Larry and l had the luck to
strike the scene of one of those gold
hunting operations. We climbed a
tree so as to be out of sight, and
waited.
We thought they'd never show
up. 1t must have been ten o'clock be-
fore they did. There were three men;
1t was dark, and we couldn't see
them, for they had no lights, but we
could hear 'em talking. They made
SO much noise at first that we
couldn't make out what they said
Then we caught:
You-all bettah set down there
now and stay STILL
I'VE didn't dare move. guess
1t must have been half an hour
without a stir from those fellows
under the tree, then Larry reached
over to feel if | was still there.
wasn't expecting it, and my nerves
were so taut that 1 started and
came near losing my balance.
"A small branch broke and tum-
bled down. Larry said Damn! in
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

blocks of the avenue. Mrs Schu-
macher and her daughter we're asleep
on the second floor. 1t was supposed
that everybody had escaped by the
stairs before the firemen got there.
But Spot, who had run up a ladder
ahead of Capt. Riley and the men of
truck 81 to front window, followed
his usual custom of running right
through the house regardless of the
smoke and flame. By the time the
firemen had followed him through the
window the dog was in the rear room
barking for assistance. Capt. Riley
and Fireman Mcmahon responded
and found Mrs. Schumacher half
way out Of rear window and try
ing her best to throw herself to the
ground.
But the little girl, who was either
more afraid of a fall than the fire
or who had kept her wits about her.
was clinging to her mothers ankle
and with her own feet braced
against the wall was lying on her
back and holding her mother back
with all the energy and persistence
OF terrier. She had begun by seiz-
ing her mothers night gown and when
that had given way in the struggle
the child had transferred her grip to
the ankle. When the firemen entered
the room the little girl was crying:
Wait, mamma. wait till they come"
The child's faith in the flremen was
justified in time for both she and her
mother were taken down the ladder in
safety.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

in gold, and will hold for the year the
handsome Suter trophy hung up for
the All-Alaska sweepstakes. Winners
time, so hours minutes; distance,
412 miles. Blatschford was II minutes
after Allen.
Although there was some hope that
F1nks team, winner last year, would
pull into second place, the final course
became a grueling contest and ended
in the order given. Hopes pinned to
the strength and fleetness of the ST.
berian team, upon which 100000 was
posted to win, were dashed when the
team became snow-blind.
No sporting event in the history of
the north or south held so much in
terest as that of the Nome-Candle
Creek dog race, and few events in any
sporting line have seen the changing
of as much money on single event
as the All-Alaska sweepstakes.
Starting on course lined with en-
thusiasts watching the beginning of
great contest, IA teams entered
In the big race. which now has passed
into history. Business houses closed,
all Nome turned out in gala attire,
and at the crack of the pistol the dogs
and their drivers were off in a biz
zard for better than 40G-mile run in
temperature ranging from 10 to 20
degrees below zero
Then commenced the long DAYS and
nights. while Nome slept not. but
waited and received bulletins from
over the long course furnished by the
telegraph company. Saloons kept open
ind were crowded to the doors for
more than so hours, while anxious
men and women received the news of
the progress of the race.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
Mrs. Howe's Opinion.

Mrs. Julia Ward Howe's sense a
the ridiculous has always been a %,
wing grace, leading her to avoid grand.
iloquence. On one occasion a lady
at Newport, trying to get fine senti.
ment out Of her, said, one moonlit
evening on a vine-hung veranda:
Mrs. Howe, do say something lovely
about my piazza!" Whereupon every
one listened for the reply. In her
delicately cultivated voice Mrs. Howe
responded: 81 think 1t Is bully
piaz. York Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
NOT DRUGS
Food Did 1t.

After using laxative and cathartio
medicines from childhood a case Of
chronic and apparently incurable con-
stipation yielded to the scientific food,
Grape-Nuts, in few days.
From early childhood / suffered
with such terrible constipation that I
had to use laxatives continuously go
ing from one drug to another and suf-
fering more or less all the time.
"A prominent physician whom con-
suited told me the muscles of the d.
gestive organs were partially par
alyzed and could not perform their
work without help of some kind, so I
have tried at different times about
every laxative and cathartic known.
but found no help that was at all per-
manent. had finally become discour-
aged and had given my case up al
hopeless when began to use the pre-
digested food, Grape-Nuts.
Although had not expected this
food to helpsmy trouble, to my great
surprise Grape-Nuts digested imme-
diately from the first and in a few
days 1 was convinced that this was
just what my system needed
THE bowels performed their func-
lions regularly and I am now COM
pletely and permanently cured of thin
awful trouble.
Truly the power Of scientific food
must be unlimited There's q
Reason"
Read The Road to MELVILLE" in pkgs.
Ever read the above letter. new
one appears from time TO time. They
are genuine. true. aad full of humaa
interest.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
Use for Irish "wiId FIax.v

Some local men of enterprise, in
Connemara, Ireland. are wondering if
the plant known as wild fax" which
grows extensively in the mountains of
Connemara, could be developed into
a native industry. 1t is said that If
the fax was put through a proper
course of preparation it would stand
the test of the best manufactured
rope or Irvine. Steps are being taken
to organize a syndicate to try to de-
velop the growth of the plant by the
peasantry. 1t is thought that the
texture being SO good in its wild state.
cultivation would greatly improve 1t.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
LADDER CLIMBING DOC
HELPS FIRE RESCUERS
spots" BARK CALLS ATTEN
TON TO PERIL OF WOMAN
AND LITTLE DAUGHTER.

New York.-"No meritorious act"
said the report on the blotter
of the De Kalb avenue station
concerning a fire on Gates avenue
early the other morning But that
merely meant that neither Patrolman
Young, who made the report, nor any
of his brother cops had done anything
heroic.
II Young had been more thorough
in his report he would have highly
commended ten-year-old Mary Schu-
macher for saving her mother and
given honorable mention to Spot. the
ladder-climbing dog, mascot of truck
company 81.
The fire was in a two-story brick
dwelling house on one of the best
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
They Dug and Dug.

sort of whisper, and l thought sure
we were in for trouble. for the men
under the tree jumped up and one of
them shouted: Did you heah?'
Yes another said, in a low tone
1t said damn" just as plain as could
be-
Well said the first speaker.
that means toward the dam, 1 reck-
on. Light the lanterns, Sales. and
well see II there's some other thing
around here to go by
The lantern was lighted and the
three men began scrutinizing the
ground. one Of them on his knees.
Here's the pointer!' shouted the
kueeling man, and they gathered
around with the lantern tilted so
the light shone on the ground. This
was sent to show us the way; 1 heard
it fall-didn't you-aI?'
They said they did. One of them
stretched out his hand toward ii.
Don't you dare touch that, ex-
claimed the man who held the Ian
tern. Veal got to go by that
Look! It's pointed straight to the
dam. and that's where the spirit said
dam
Sales placed his heel carefully
at the tip of the branch I had
knocked down and marched off
counting his steps: 'One-two-three-
four-hve.' and stopped.
You never saw a North Carolina
farmer work so fast in your life as
those fellows did then. They dug and
dug and dug.
Daylight was just beginning to
show when they gave up the lob
climbed ont of the deep hole and con-
cealed the shovels near our tree. They
were a sad faced lot as they walked
of. but they didn't look ashamed over
their performance. They seemed to
think they had done something very
proper.
When they were out of sight we
got down and looked into the holes
Larry jumped down into the second
one dug. He could just reach the up-
per edge of it when he stood on the
bottom.
mo. there wasn't anything in it but
dirt and some stones-just like any
other hole, like all the six or seven in
that neighborhood."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

prepared to say at once what it was,
and what it was worth?'
No; l would refuse to do anything
of the kind. l only taste in the morn
ing when the palate is fresh, and when
1 am tasting forgo my after-break-
fast pipe. Later in the day l would
not attempt to make an important test,
and after heavy dinner with one
or two kinds Of wine it would be alb
surd."
Mr.. Goodsell's delicate sense of taste
and smell enable him, he says, to de-
rive an exquisite pleasure from a
perfect bottle of wine But he suffers
agony when from politeness or COM
placency he is compelled to drink a
glass of mediocre wine, which the or
binary palate might approve.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
All Over.

While work on new building was
going on in a southern town not long
ago an old negro employed as a hod-
carrier suddenly slipped while near
Ing the third story and plunged head
long to the ground. Several passers-
by rushed over expecting to find .
man dead with a broken neck, as the
old fellow had struck squarely on the
top of his head. Finding the old man
still alive some one emptied the con-
tents Of whisky bottle down his
throat. In few moments the old
negro sat up and looked around.
How do you feel now, uncle?''
asked bystander kindly.
well, sah," came the reply, 81 wu1
sorter confused when l fust started,
but now dat rs hit Is all right"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
PRIMITIVE RAIL LOCOMOTIVE.
First Engine Used on Narrow Gauge
Line in Texas Built by SpanIards
Still in Good Condition.

Houston, Textile narrow gauge
railway which was built between
brownsville and Point Isabel, Tex,
many years ago by a syndicate of
Spaniards is said to have possessed
more unique and picturesque features
than any railway in this country up to
the time 1t passed into American
hands about five years ago and was
modernized. both as to equipment and
management. Under the old regime
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
An Error,

He had dined exceedingly well and
was standing in the hotel lobby, hat
less, and looking exactly as IL he were
quite at home there. It was no won
der that the hotel guest walked up to
him and inquired imperiously:
Where's the news stand?"
Dunno"
The guest glared
"I'll report you for insolence," he
Kissed.
HUH" inquired he who had dined
well. "R'port m'?"
Say, what are you? A bellboy OF
detective or-what?"
I'm a haberdasher," answered the
other, with a pleasant smile.
The other snorted and withdrew.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
faster OF LIQUOR

ing mark upon the bottle shall not in
fuence my Judgment"
And do you drink a little of each
sampler"
Il drink none at ALL If take a
little into my mouth l spit 1t out as
soon as have judged the effect upon
the palate. But first, and chiefly, /
rely upon the nose. and it is very rare
ly that the nose fails"
And at any moment II sample
were put before you, would you be
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
ECZEMA COVERED HIM.
itching Torture Was Beyond Words
Slept Only from Sheer ExhaustIoa
Relieved In ~ Hours and
Cured by cutieura In a Month.

Il am seventy-seven years old, and
some years ago was taken with &c
zema from head to foot I was sick
for six months and what I suffered
tongue could not tell I could not
sleep day or night because of that
dreadful itching; when I did sleep Il
was from sheer exhaustion. I was
one mass of irritation; it was even In
my scalp. The Doctors medicine
seemed to make me worse and 1 was
almost out of my mind. I got q
set of the Cuticura Soap, Ointment and
Resolvent. 1 used them persistently
for twenty-four hours. That night I
slept like an infant, the first solid
nights sleep had had for six months.
In month I was cured. w. Harrison
Smith, Mt. Kisco. N. Y. Feb. 3, 1908.
Potter Drug Il Chem. Corp. Sole Props, Boston.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
Trials of Society Man in Colorado

Trials OF Society Man in Colorado.
Al. Morgan had to walk about a mile
and a half last Saturday night. He
was on his way to the Strassburg
dance with four-horse load of young
people when he ran into a fence post
that dislocated a wheel and broke the
tongue out of his wagon. They fin
ished the trip on foot and had good
time at the dance a. Terwillingec took
a wagon up from Byers Sunday morn
ing for Mr.. Morgan to deliver his cali
co back where he got them.-Deer
Trail News.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
Gardens with Schools.

The school-garden idea has been 70
markably developed in San Antonio.
Tex, which is said to have more
gardens attached to its schools than
any other place of its size in the
world. There are 949 Of these cult
waited plots attached to the 20 schools.
the gardens varying from one-tenth -
one-Quarter of an acre.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
GIVES TAFT HIS DAILY SHAVE
Monico Lopez Lara, Filipino Valet of
President, New Barber of the
White House.

Washington.-There is a new barber
at the White House-Monico Lopez
Lara, the bright, young Filipino, who,
as Mr.. Taft's valet, now lives within
the walls of the executive mansion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
Fortune Bet on the Outcome
of Contest.
Fleet Animals Driven Alp Miles in
81 Hours While the Temper
ature Ranges from 10 to 20
Degrees Below Zero.

Nome's classic dog race, the Derby
of Alaska, on which at least 100000
changed hands, is over Berger's
teams, No. 1 and No. 2, driven by
Scotty Allen and Percy Blatschford,
respectively, finishing first and Sec
ond, have pulled down the $1,000
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
AMBITIOUS.

Emplcyer-What! want another
raise? Why. you're getting s.
month!
once Boy-Yessir; but I'm engaged
now. and my girl wants to be took
about
Der Deutsche beobachter. [volume] (New Philadelphia, Ohio) 1869-1911, 1909-10-28
2amDaDiNdker.

Gie idmmtliden Ganoiooten fir
GanoabIhdBer tomnen in aipbabeti=
lh,r &eibenfolae. ohne 3iifliht anf Die
Bartei. ouf Elm beipnoeres Slfei uno 1T
es bic pflibt Der Wdbler. Dor ben yia-
men Der @onOloatsn. fiir Die ie ltim=
men mollell ell areu3 au MAIDEN.
Wiiroe Elm Siilnm0pber bier fir mebr
als fiinf Ganoibaten itimmen, 10 miiroe
oies ieinen Stilnmaettel lmeiiltia nc.
den. 8ie 8emofraten haben iiinf lebr
quite @anoioaten i'm ssetoe. .Sobn Ga=
oerIp. gBilliam aiinsli, Samss &. 30.
lpers. s. 8. gDenaer uno S. u. 3seb
lino Mdnner. netde boles Yertrauen
Deroienell unO melhe es lih sur Nuf-
aabe MAIDEN weroen. nod bsltem Wli1en
uno 8ewilleu ibres Nnltes gu lpallen.
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Gd)3ntcit TT 0efmmotrit.

Mls Wtabame gaeramier bie5e 8ebanptuna anf.
itelte einte iie bamit baB fir ne tuie fur 10 piele
nerleiht fpnoern bic GhBmbet NatiirIi fpirb cine
berort9e Yebanptnng aber nnr aus benz Wtinbe eines
gsenfd2en fDmmsm, oer oa nidt peiB, mas eissntlib
beimeeindbt pirb. pereibt 9ar balb bic 8erednuna.
NIT feinem Aenberen Mnfeben aa erreqem Suuieiit
perftat er ioaor In Dos 8egentbeil feline llm9ebuma
ein 9ebonfe beberrfht Der 6m bic eiaene OnoI. Gs
berabrn ib eben ftets bic Grtrsme ilebermutb unb
Soifnnnesfreubisfeit nnb Alutb-
9erlten. gDer Fb unippbl fiiblt belie oem Rbrper.
Die 3iilfe btftcbt b0rin Dem Rbrper neiies reines
@tnt on Gee Der per8iieten Gdfte, bic i'm lnnqiau
0biDoten. 3u perf40en DnS Mittel einer MeintQiinu
bes RbIpeTs, her GrunoteDingung aIIer Weiunbheit
bieten bic ct Bernard 2rdnterpilen; unb spor fiji,
JeOerMaun, sd ite IN Apotbeten Sn babsn Fnb, uul
wer ne aebrnrtbt tuiro ntstp balb piebsr az nsnt,
nebenSfrait unb 3pifnnng gelan9tn All ne,isr GbBu
dndb ia6n.
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anlann.


Sn 'Fairiielo. einem Stdotden in
Greeltone @OuniD, 5eras. miro bon
Dem @eieb bic 3abl Der WirthihaIten
auf ie cine fur 500 Ginrpobner BE-.
ihrdntt. grlt Dor turasr 3sit lieatsn
Die .Nalien" in iener eiaot in elmer
2ocal. Options Wabl. Gofort tpuroen
4pplitaiionen snr grtbeiluns bon
Yiribihaftsli3enisn eineereibt. uno oils
Die geisBlitb erlaubte 3abl BON M3en=
len ausgefelt mar. Helte es lid bsraus.
| bob Die Mpplifanten iammt nno ion.
oers probibitioniften maren. Dieie
meroen natiirlid bon ben 2isenlen tel
men @ebrauh MAIDEN. uno bic eiaot
miro oeBbalb auf peiteres troden
bleiber.
giner Waidirau in Cmaba. Nebr..
muroen ibre ganaen griparnilfe aum
Betraae bon Sc. 800 geitoblen.
Mm ssreitaa tpuroen in Nem Sort
|neun 5isilianer unter Der Mntlage oes
&lnoerraubes Derbaftet.
Sin 9her3. ben lih III Yeespile.
2a.. einiae iunae Mdnner erlaubten.
onrfte oieien nod tbeuer gu ltshen tom=
men. I'm leBten Eonnerliaa ainaen
einiae Greunbe. G6bne anasiebener isa.
|milien. auf Die Dpoliumssaeb. Die
mad alen .0e9eln Der aunn" eans
lin 5inne otter DpoHum.Sdger oes
Giloens aus9efibrt mnroe iinD aud
IerfOlQreiA mar. Gins Der 9efanQenen
Gpoliunl iuurDe bon ben iibermiiibiaen
Sdaern in Der ildhlten Naht nit e;.
mem 3ettel li,ll ben Dals. auf BEN
pdlioent 3afi's Norsiie ltanb. in bie
padeiabt6eiiuna oss No1 bei6rbert.
GDri fanD es an ndhfeu Morgen Der
pDimtilier. 3u9IsiA nuBie 1t bic
libm is6r unlitbiame Gniosdnng MD.