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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
A Novel Shower.

A dozen girls who lived for years
as neighborhood friends showered one
of their number, who is to be De-
cember bride, in this unusual manner:
The hostess asked them all to meet
at her house informally at two
o'clock, the bride-elect was asked to
come at three. In this way the host
ess explained her scheme, which was
as follows. She had material for each
one to make the following articles:
A busting cap. three busters, broom
bag, ironing holder. laundry bag, kitch-
en- apron, clothespin bag. roller towel
and a case to wind linen doilies on.
The entire cost was added and divided
equally and then each article was
wrapped in tissue paper, tied with rib
bon and hidden throughout the rooms.
When the honored guest arrived, they
chatted awhile. then the hostess an
nounced that fairy godmother had
confided to her that there were pack
ages Of value concealed within the
portals of the room, to be discovered
only by bride-elect and to the tune
of bridal music. Whereupon the host
ess sat down to the piano and played
wedding marches while the merry lit
tie bride hunted the hidden treasures,
guided by the loud or soft tones on
the piano. All the packages being dis
covered. they were opened and the
girls all set to work on which ever
piece they chose. They pronounced
this a utility Shower" and it certain
ly was practical, for the guest of honor
said her mind was so in the clouds
that she had never even dreamed of
the articles presented. Besides it was
a jolly afternoon. Refreshments were
English toasted mullins, orange mar
malade, preserved ginger and delicious
tea, brewed by the hostess.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
instructions to the Neiqhbors.

So many women have called at the
home of Lysander John Appleton to
see Daysey Mayme's wedding lingerie
(the society name for underclothes)
that the time of the family is entirely
taken up with visitors when more i'm.
portant matters demand their atten.
ton. For this reason, Mrs. Appleton
desires to announce that the lingerie
will hereafter be on exhibition Thurs
day only from two to six p. N.
As the undertaken says at funeral,
friends will please walk through the
front parlor to the back parlor, tc
take last look, and OFT through the
conservatory to avoid confusion
Mote: Conservatory is put in tc
sound good. The Appletons haven't q
conservatory, unless one palm, two
ferns and a small geranium can be
called one.)-Atchison Globe.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
DOG A CENTER OF MYSTERY
Peculiar Actions of Collie Have
Proved Puzzle to Residents of
New Jersey Town.

large dog-a collie-has spent the
most Of its time before the Sussex Ma
tional bank. The dog stands all day
long, unless disturbed, looking into
space. as though it expected its lost
master to came and claim it. But the
master never comes.
The dog wears tag with number
and the initials N Y. S. P. C. A." but
the New York society is unable to
give the name of the master or tell
anything about any dog of that de-
scIiption.
Residents of this locality have been
attracted to the dog, which is friendly
enough, though never cordial, and some
of them have tried to adopt it, but
failure has met every effort of that
kind. Archibald Hough took the dog
tc his home, in the suburbs. The dog
was tied up over night, but the next
day the collie was down in the village
again at the old post
Ex-Assemblyman Levi H. Howell
sent the dog out to his farm, two
miles from Newton. They chained the
collie to pump that night. Next day
the dog was before the bank, chain
and pump handle and all
Cats and other dogs may come and
go freely and never receive so mucn
as the raising of an ear from the
stranger. The police do not want to
dispose of the dog, and the dog war
den won't touch it, so it is becoming
the problem of the town.
The superstitious say it is a strange
dog, and that there are many things
which are apparent, but not real
Newton Dispatch to New York Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
lIAGSg1lES 0Em.
:. TMSl6r1G1N .NP

Skeleton bodies are popular.
There is quite fad for opal matrix.
The Japanese wash silks are love-
lier than ever.
Foliage colorings abound.
Enormous black cherries are used
on some of the hats.
Coats for girls suits are plain and
almost straight.
The latest Partisan novelty is the
hand-tucked waist.
Some of the standing collars are
hemstitched around the top.
Belts will match the skirts instead
of the waists this season.
Most of the new crepe blouses are
inset with Irish crochet lace.
Pretty little neck bows are made of
colored open-work embroidery.
Swiss embroidery, whether hand
done or machine, gives excellent eff
fects.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
SOME HARD KNOCKS
Woman Gets Rid of Coffee Heart"

The injurious action of Coffee on the
heart of many persons is well known
by physicians to be caused by caf-
feline. This is the drug found by chem
lists in coffee and tea.
A woman suffered long time with
severe heart trouble and finally her
doctor told her she must give up cof-
fee, as that was the principal cause
of the trouble. She writes:
My heart was so weak it could not
do its work properly. My husband
would sometimes have to carry me
from the table, and it would seem that
1 would never breathe again.
THE doctor told me that coffee was
causing the weakness of my heart. He
said 1 must stop it. but it seemed
could not give it up until was down
in bed with nervous prostration.
For eleven weeks l lay there and
suffered. Finally Husband brought
home some Postum and | quit coffee
and started new and right Slowly
got well. Now do not have any head
aches, nor those Spells with weak
heart. We know it is Postum that
helped me. The DR.. said the other day,
I never thought you would be what
you are | used to weigh 90 pounds
and now weigh 15S.
Postum has done much for me and
would not go back to coffee again
for any money, for believe it would
kill me II kept at it. Postum must
be well boiled according to directions
on pkg. then it has rich favour
and with cream is fine"
Read The Road to Wellville. - found
in pkgs. There's Reason"
Ever read the above letter. new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuIne, trues and fun Of human
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
A Guessing Contest.

This clever little stunt was the I'm
ale at shower given for a November
bride. A table was brought into the
room having on it a lot of things, each
one representing cake; cards were
passed bearing the duplicate numbers
of those on the articles. Great fun
was had in the guessing. Here are
some Of the objects, and a hostess
may enlarge the list as she desires: A
sponge (sponge cake), little toy hen
for layer cake" a chocolate lozenge
Chocolate cake), two little Cupids
(angel food, picture of a bride in
full wedding costume (wedding cake),
bit of gold and silver gauze or rib
bon (gold and silver cake), etc. For
prizes there were recipe books and
several beautifully decorated cakes.
MADAME MERRI
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
The RemarkabIe Trimming.

Jimmy" said the pretty actress to
her actor husband, won't you run
down to the milliner's and get me
the hat l ordered?"
Sure l won't make mistaken"
queried Jimmy, somewhat obviously.
with a caution born of an utter ig-
norance of millinery.
ooh, you won't laughed the spouse.
"My hat is the white beaver trimmed
with orchids. You can remember
that"
Gamely he went to his doom. En-
tering the millinery shop, he asked.
valiantly: Is my wife's hat ready? l
mean the white biffer, trimmed with
oh-you-kids?"
And the French girls in the shop
made funny Partisan giggles at him.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
Settling the Preliminar.es

"Oh. jennie said the other girl, 81
had such a queer dream about you
last night"
Don't say another word If it was
the unlucky kind" Jennie interrupted.
1T wasn't. l dreamt l saw you GO
ing up the great white way to the
pearly gates
wait. How was 1 dressed?"
All in shining white"
And did / have on my white pic
ture hatT
Yes"
Go on"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17
Lost in Antiquity.

A little fellow who had just felt the
hard side of the slipper turned to
his mother for consolation.
Mother" he asked, Ibid grandpa
thrash father when he was a little
boy?"
"Yes," answered his mother, i'm
pressively.
"And did his father thrash him
when he was little?"
eyes"
"And did his father thrash him."
Eyes"
A pause.
well, who started this thing, any
way?"-Cassell's Saturday Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17

The surest proof of being endowed
with noble qualities is to be free from
envy.-La Rochefoucault.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17

Sentiment" cards. After the guests
have paid this pretty tribute the cards
are to be collected and put in box
covered with cloth of gold and pre-
scented to the aged couple.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17

He that does a base thing in zeal
for his friend burns the golden thread
that ties their hearts together.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-11-17

When a man tells a young widow
that she is the only woman he ever
loved she is sure he is eligible for
membership in an Ananias club.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-12
GLOBE SIGHTS.
rFrom the Atchison Globe.l

[From the Atchison GIobe.1
Agents make you do lots Of things
l. you don't want to do.
The men are not in Lent, except as
they appear in women's prayers
These days, you occasionally catch a
girl looking wistfully at an Ice cream
saloon.
No one dares to be original in max
| ing arrangements for a wedding or a
funeral.
We admire the man who carefully
conceals the fact that he has promi-
nent kin.
Never tell a secret to a bride or a
married awhile.
No woman has treated her men
folks right If she has any jam left at
this season of the year.
When a woman is of fashionable
shape, how is the man who has a right
to hug her, to know where her waist
| is?
Don't let your enemies worry you:
agents, wolves and English sparrows,
with more enemies than friends, get
along pretty we'll
| Every boy looks forward to the day
when he will not be scolded by his
mother for putting two spoonfuls of SUI
gar in his coffee.
| Even in the face of the kind of hats
they are wearing this spring, there are
some women who claim they haven't
their rights
| Agree with people more. 1t is a good
way to get rid of an argument. Besides,
the people you agree with will always
like you better.
| For some reason, no holiday, sacred
| or otherwise, has any connection with
| the men, For instance: No man is
ever pictured holding Easter lilies.
| When people of so marry, they marry
for a companion or a home, or for some
| one to wait on them. They talk about
lmarrying for love, but that feeling is
crowded out by rheumatism by the
ltine people are so.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-12
AYHAWKER JOTS

Chasing jackrabbits with auto
mobiles is said to be a popular sport
In the vicinity of Ottawa these days.
One Kansas editor urges his read
ers to remember that the people
voted to have the tariff revised by its
friends.
An Ottawa man wants boat line
for the Marias des Cygnes. Now
there is a project "as is a project"
says the Hutchinson News.
The Kansas City Star credits this
defense to Kansas man who shores:
"At least the man who SHORES is at
tending to his own business
"A good whist player" observes the
Howard Courant always abuses his
partner for mistake in the game.
If he is polite to his partner in such
an event it is a sign he is not a good
whist player
Here's one from the lola Index:
The advocacy of the bee sting for
rheumatism is being revived again.
We don't know what virtue this
remedy possesses but we are afraid
that whoever uses it will be stung!
when a mortgage and a man got
on the same Kansas farm the man
used to be the one who had to leave;
but since alfalfa came it's the mort
gage that has to leave" sageIy re-
marks the Jewell County Republican.
Three or four hundred Atchison
people spent Sunday on Doniphan
lake. Some found the fish wouldn't
bite on Sunday and some found there
was no luck when the wind blew, and
failure fell alike upon the just and the
unjust.-Ottawa Herald.
The sheet iron lady who stands on
the new court house in Butler coun-
ty and who is supposed to represent
Justice, is bowlegged. What a shock
this will be to Grant Pauley Morris
Ables and Ed Foutch when they visit
Ell Dorado.-Wichita Eagle.
Attorney General understands
decision that the national banks can
not avail themselves of the pro-
visions of the Kansas deposit guaranty
law" says the Coolidge Enterprise,
sis in line with the well known rule
of financial law: When in doubt,
give the people the worst of it, !"
Because of the high wind and the
dust Sunday. Thomas Benton Muir
dock couldn't go to church. SO he re-
manned at home, took his pen in hand
and wrote: when the wind blows,
as it blows today, and the dust flies.
as 1t flies today, we think we make
mistake in driving the Indians, the
buffaloes, coyotes rattle snakes, praf-
RE dogs, bats and owls out of the
country We should have let them
had It,"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-12
POINTED PARAGRAPHS.
[From the Chicago News.l

A tug is the only thing that has its
tows behind.
A bee hasn't much to say, but he
usually carries his point.
Mirrors, unlike some people, never
force their reflections upon us.
If YOU look for pineapples on a pine
tree your search will be fruitless.
The sun sets only in the west, but an
old hen is willing to set anywhere. .
A worthless man always seems to
have more friends than a worthless
woman.
A woman never knows what a man
thinks of her. although she thinks she
does.
Some people are noted for their abil-
ity to recollect things that never hap
peIed.
For a practical Illustration of econ
omy, watch small boy when he has
occasion to use soap.
The family with a 16-year-old boy in
the house has no earthly use for q
thirty-six volume encyclopaedia.
If some people were to marry for
brains instead of for money they would
probably get left just the same.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-12
An Expensive Game.

1t costs six European nations 81 ,000,-
900, 900 a year to prepare for war, while
protesting that they want nothing but
peace. Moreover, instead of decreasing
the cost OF this material preparedness
is all the time increasing.
The plain, if not brutal, facts appear
in the report of the French army
budget. Russia, France. Austria, Italy,
Germany, and Great Britain together
are spending thousand million dollars
annually perfecting their fighting ma
chimes. Together they can put more
than 100000 men in the field. But
they want to put still more. They
want better men and better guns. They
want to make war, if it ever comes
again, many times more Internal than
it ever has been. While their philoso-
pliers are family expressing the hope
that the world has seen the last of
sack and carnage, their warriors are
shouting for more money to spend on
new ways of playing the old game OF
International fratricide. The noble lords
applaud fiery Little Bobs," Germany
adds $13, 0o0, 900 to her yearly stakes
making a grand total of $210.000, 600
France is worrying about her eligibles
Her army is smaller than Germany's
though she has fully 100000 men under
the colors at the present time, not
counting the volunteers. But the birth
rate is falling in France. A smaller
number Of prospective poets and priests
is coming in every twelvemonth te
cheer mankind, and. worse luck. q
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-12
SOUTH AFRICAN CORN.

News which will not be hailed with
much glee by the farmers in the west
ern section Of the country who are
waxing rich on the returns from their
corn crops is found in the reports which
are current in the large grain markets
of the likelihood of the importation of
South African corn On an extensive
scale. 1t appears that an unusually
high grade of corn is now being raised
in South Africa where the conditions
surrounding labor make it's production
exceedingly cheap. The crops of corn
are increasing with rapid strides each
year and have now reached the point
where an immense surplus over what Is
needed at home is being grown there.
The crop of last year was marketed at
about 20 cents a bushel and it is esti-
mated that the crop of this year, which
will be larger, will not go any higher
than &c cents a bushel. At that figure
1t could be laid down in New York city
with all freight charges and duty paid
at 5S1a cents bushel while the price
of July option in corn at New York now
is IA cents a bushel.
The representatives of a large house
in New York which handles vast guam
titles of corn has just returned from
Cape Town and has expressed his opin-
ion on the corn situation and the posi-
bility of the importation of it from
Africa in an interview published in the
New York Journal of Commerce, as fol-
lows:
1.-THE outlook for corn here is
no more promising that it was last year
when the price reached so cents. The
crop carried over from the previous
season was insignificant and farmers
are not rushing their corn to market
with any degree of activity, so that we
| have no reason to believe that condi-
lions will be any better this year than
| last. The feature that appeals to users
here is that the South African corn
is of unusually fine quality and will an
swer our purposes fully as we'll as any
American corn raised. Conditions on
| the other side of the world favor the
production of cheap corn of fine quality
and when it is remembered that there
| will be no difficulty in securing tonnage
| in this direction, as comparatively few
vessels find return cargoes, 1t will be
seen that it opens up a source of sup
ply not to be ignored.
| st would not be surprised to see a
| number of cargoes headed this way, ar
| irving here about July. Our own crop
is likely to run pretty low about that
| time and it will be late October or No
vember before the new crop is avail
able so that there will be three months
| when these importations will be posi-
| BILE and profitable"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-12

'Let her alone" she said quietly;
'.iet her alone"
And presently the big machine
whizzed away, and the Big Clown was
left alone beneath the stars OF the
spring night.
He sat down on his trunk in the
middle of the deserted ring and plan
ned how on the morrow he would get
his money out of the bank and build
house and begin a new life as a
substantial citizen.
But all the joy had gone strangely
out of his plans, when he could not
see the face of the Little Clown at
his table, or her slender figure in the
big chair in front of the fireplace.
And even while he yearned for ner
she came to him, running over the
know she was there until her arms
were about his neck.
ct made him let me out" she.
sobbed. "Oh, I hate him. He is so
sure of himself and of me. And the
Bearded Lady got out, too, and she
is coming to play propriety, only she
is so much slower than 1 am. And
I want to live In a little house with
you and have chickens and cow
"And a fireplace and cat. The
Big Clown had her in his arms. and
there was deep Joy in his voice.
"And you shall be the mayor some
day." planned the Little Clown.
And you shall make bread and
hang your clothes on the grass,
laughed the Big Clown.
"And you'll both live happy ever
after" prophesied the Bearded Lady.
who just then came up, painting, and
gave them her blessing like q very
hairy ther.-(Copyrighted 1909,
by Associated Literary Press.l
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-12
HVlNOQ or THE Day

In s soe sS%y these
body carrying home garden tools, you
puncture. kansas City journal.
why marry at all?' asks Lady Arthur
ladies insist upon it.-Chicago Record
Herald.
Myer-In writing to the Secretary of the
Navy would It be proper to address Shin him
Warship'' would be more appropriate
Chicago News.
| shall need on our motor trip well. sup
pose we say two gallons Of gasoline and
three gallons of Scotch.
Club Doctor with view to diagrosisl..
And now my man ghat do you drink drink?
I'll leave it to you.-Bystander.
That IT WAS. was bad q. J., break ak, Dr.; Green
and travel for h his health III Detpoit Free
Press. N $3.50 &c 80
IF I were you I wouldn't be fool.
Diggs. True" replied Diggs, com
that you are yourself. ''-The Circle.
my daughters music" said the proud
parent. Cost US lot Of money" In
neighbor sue youTS-chicago News. sumo
Mrs de Crimp (day after election In 1915,
Where did you get the new hat? Mrs.
Poll Worker-My husband gave me S.
yesterday for my vote.-Brooklyn Life.
THE insurgents have more men than
we have" But they're outgeneraled, just
the same. Why. we've got two generals
to their one.'-Louisville Courier-Journal.
Mother-And when he proposed, did you
tell him to see me? Daughter-Yes mann
times, but he wanted to marry me just the
same.-The Sphinx.
Teacher-Correct, Tommy Timson; the
person who signs a note Is called the
maker, or promissor. Now. what's the
person who writes his name on the back
of the note called? Tommy-A sucker, or
fall guy.-Puck.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1909-04-12
QUAKER fluctuations.

GF'rom the Philadelphia Record.1
The man who takes pot luck shouldn't
call the kettle black.
The race is not always to the swift
especially in the case of the fast young
man.
It's no hard matter to make a name
for oneself. Even the crook can ADOPT
an alias.
When singer is off the key, her au-
dience can't be blamed if they make a
bolt for the door.
1t Is perhaps better t. remain a
little seedy than to blossom out too
soon in a spring suit.
Wigg-"He boasts Of being a man of
IRON" Wagg-"I don't doubt 1t. He
looks a trifle rusty now"
A watch has IT'S parts, and II you
give a boy one his first impulse is to
see if any of them are missing.
To be in the soup is more nourish-
ing, and no more uncomfortable, than
to be kept constantly in hot water.
The woman who makes her own
clothes doesn't have to boast of it. The
other women know it without being
told.
1.-The climate is considered very
healthy here. believe" remarked the
tourist in Arizona. yes. IL you mind
your own business" replied the native.
(which do you think is the best
month for wedding?" asked the Phil
adelphia woman. We'll" replied the
fair one from Chicago. 81 always get
married in June"
Blobbs-"Over in Paris it certainly
riding bicycles in their peg-top trou-
sers." Slobbs-'I should think peg
top trousers would be just the thing
for spin"