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BARBER COUNTY INDEX'

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Plat Auditor K. I. W-t al

State Suportutrabnt II.C.rer

Barbear Ceanty Oftetrs.

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II '. Thintm

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T. C. MchoU.

Coroner.

Co (! loner

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John rj'p-nniin

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Oliver

Wallio-'" Hon'

T. A. Mc.NeAl

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laf stImmiI orrr Hinlitr nt p. ra. IViivrr

ovrtln rvrrr Tburp1ny rrrnln nt

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PU KH II VTKHT A X. H-nr1r on Koroiid nj

f i Mirth XiirxU)- of h month. tinly

n4ko at 1 1. M. A. AttJKK, 1'axtor.

CHRISTIAN. Ilmri'h mrrtln nl nrri

Btrut rrr Hun'Uf at II w'riock. turx1ay

rbool mi 10 o'l'lnrk.

TTKITKn nnrnitlKX-rr1rfitthM-hr1-LUn

rhurrb on tli Ui ItiinrtAjr riuh uuxitb

fey Kr. liiu.

fOSTAL.

Prwrtofflc at Mo1lin Ilr" on-n f mm 7am

to rw. HuntlMT on bMir on arrlml of tnitlL.

IIoimt onW ora-o. W. . V r"l.Ta. P.M.

Bmma YA!t.TKr.. AatTAST.

Tb Mailt:

From Mirprrmvl nil KiUt"in olnt, artivtn

tally al r m; l arrlally at 11 a m.

Town "tin City, lik ritr. SoMlcr I'n rk. Itr

f'rrk, Uutchin-oin. KlnvmMii. Urn, kl"w,

tvU. urtivm MoiKlart. wnlnt!T bikI Prk

l(r al 5 p m. Ih'faruTiHtxUje.Thiir!!!) nl

4itrl; al" A M.

Front luk. Kim MHIm ainl Hnrntoir rr1 -oi

riitlr mn rrl.Ujr nt S r m nnl ) pnrn on

H nluvMiar" nl hmunlaya lit "am.

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ATTOHNFiY 7. LAW

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Will prMCtl' In the iViirf f nim

laln'.nr oiiiitlr

c. w.

Att'y & Counselor Al Law,

Will prarih'U In MAtu uml l.'nttr.l

Htf ('viirl.

(rrrtoi l tub IlAhK llvn.Kixe.

K. ntJUXKV. 3I.D.,

Physician and Surgeon,

Medidne Lode, Kunsa.

fSTOmc t Smith lirntorc. A

nhtht 1 rftMrnr.

tCTAIt cU m't nnitJy. C'luir

rvanonaMv. .TJ

.W. TIaook,

1'aiia, Kr.

W. It. rou oti.

Mt-UU'lnu Lixlrr, Kc.

Cagge & Golcord.

B A V D L X

SHORTHORNS.

An Intlmalo aopirtlntnm r with the brt bn-l-rranf

KrnttH'tr p'rfort know4jr of

tho bulo"a, rualk- im to wiUsfa.ttu.

Kafrr to lit Northern Hank of Pari ant th

Mmkawaof tbo tMnilawort. -M

joa a ?r?r & co.,

noRhMTtn, rtu c., X.

JREElV:itH of an) 1-W rs tn

C1 - Short-horn,

Hereford,

V Polled Aberdeen

dJJ'GalloLuay Cattle

Jacks and Jennets. Ov"t'.on,1

Ttttllia. threx biintmt rho raltlo In nlf by

Jlrrrfonl anl IVJUtI Hull. Are pm-parrd to

i.iakM rontrartn for future UrtUtTy for any

rumbrr. 13

MT. PLEASANT

Stock I ftra.

J. S. HAVES,

I.Mt or.TI R AND DXKK'DKR 01

Thoroughbred

:HsrGford Cattle,

STOCK FOR SALE.

3J VISITORS WELCOME.

Q00O CLOTHZS.

PZRFIZT FITS.

MAT1SFACT10N GCARAXTEED

-nv

R. K ELLIOTT,

MERCHANT TAILOR.

Wellington, Kas.

T KEEP CONHTANTLTf OX- HAND a fuU

X tin cf Forpt and DoomwTIo CaahnMirea,

wcrt U and pk-o rood" iMMirally, ainl with a

full oorpa of rompotfol worhmro. I am prrpur

oil to ft up on abort notW tho brat atM Bnrat

clot bine. At rrnawr pnooa.

SAYS TOVXs 0X9XSJ

tcr W. A. Orffl'l. r"'1 tt tb'i bow, who wl'J

teak rrrular i1t UiMMtrlD IM

r 3 TtcronphDrefl

ikyi HirfGnie

1 DEVOTED TO THE UPBUILDING OF THE (3ITY, AND THE LIVE BTOOK INTEREBf 8 OF THE SOUTHWEST.

VOL. 4.

I. W. f AT2TE.

Prwldaat.

MEDICINE VALLEY BANK.

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The Business of Stock-men a Specialty.

S .1. SlIK.PLr.K,

ProlMtr J i. lir-.

SHEPLER & O'BRYAN,

REAL ESTATE AGENTS,

MEDICINE LODGE. KANS.

"f 7n.t. '-tiy acd frl d-tat tone cUiow, pay UX for BOi.-resMent and co'-

f l v. rnt. II ,tj nuoibr-r of tancb'n in tbta and adjoining rAuntiva wfciih

thr) i I. ell v-n tfi'inuble trrui AUo rit p-oprty in Mmicini LxJ-.

Bunt H.inir o'd ff tlra and well atquainted with the country, they can make it

l n.lre.t of partis rirairin . I cntirtn t rM ny or rarro-oond wth thrr. 3J

111!

1 P lilf i Sfi

i liilbii II

OF

ZEEIDICIZSrE! LODGE.

Keeps a Full Line of

DRUGS AND STATIONERY

O i hand nt all time. Q'llck "ale and inall roi.ts my motto.

C. IB. ZEEK,

WITH

QUINLAN, MONTGOMERY & 00.,

Livestock Commission Merchants,

KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS,

i. c. (jrisi.AX, i

I. MoNKiOMKHT, V

X. i. lL K.NM)l. )

M.irkrt lt'MrtH Ktirnlhvt Krte on Application.

II. I. lll'NTKi:.

A. (;.

HUNTER, EVANS & CO,,

LI VIS STOCK COMMISSION

MERCHANTS,

National Stock Yards, East St. Louis, 111.

MIiKKAL CASH ADVANCES ON (OXMiJXMESTS.

PREFER TO THE BANKS OF ST. LOUIS AND STOCKMEN GENERALLY"!

J. R. STOLLER & CO.

n007.tS6and 7 EXCHANGE BUILDING.

KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS.

SAM 7. RIAL Cattle Salttman.

)t ahkrt KttroHTs FritxiAHRD ox A tpmcjitiojc To Ast APDRrss.

MIZE & INGRAHAM,

Proprietors of the

NEW LIVERY AND

New and Safe Outfits, ff T T 1 fUTIl Q I T

A well of pure water for the txmeGt of our a LLU V flU LL

invited to water at our trough.

North Main Street, Medicine Lodgeu

KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS.

At reg-anla other markets and the gnzlag frouncU of tb West and Soataweat,

Higher Prices are Realized

llorv than In tb mart East.

Al! the Railroads from the West and South run directly

through the yards,

Tbaa affording the beat acoofimoatatlona poarlble for thoao comlna- from th gTMl g-razlDf

:'trtrta of Texan, Cuiormdo, New Mealoo and KanMui.

Tbe Company hare erected a

Large, Modern, Brick Exchange Building,

lociudina S4 oOora for oommlMloa mo ; two banhtna; ofBoea. occupied by the Daak of Sanaa

tlty and the Mcn haota National Bona, with ample capital for the trade. Parties wishing to

I in pro ra their atock will Had lUoodod Stock here at all timm. There are

Twa lalea a Tear af tae Tiaaet Blooded Iteck,

From the rboleat and beet herd of tbe country.

The bust o of the yard le done ayatmatk'sJly, and with the utmost prompt area, ao that

tbrre I no Klay and aoctaahlna. Id abort, theee yarda are

Dry, Roomy and Convenient

In erery arne of thq word, aad bre caulcmen hare found and will continue to and thai they

art all their cattle are worth, with the Iraat poaalble delay.

C. T. 1I0K8K, H. P. CHILD. X. X. aMCHASDfOT

Oaaaral Xaaafer. . BaperiateadeaL . . Aas't Trtaa. aad Aa'tlee'y.

T S.GKKGORY.

GREGORY SON,

WHOLESALE GHOCEBS

Cor. Main and 3rd Streets,

KANSAS CITY, MO. : :

V-rR!.Y SIlKKtT Rt t(Sti rCKyiSHTD

W. W. COOr, 010. 0X77XXT.

TicA-yrMldmt. CaiMtr.

MEDICINE LODGE. KS.

I CAPITAL STOCK. $100,000.00.

Hkferenckm :

Bank ofKaiiH-. City.

Citizen." .National ttanfc, Kansas City .

Stock-ram of tbe South nest.

Dos a finer al aellectioa bvslaau; buyi amd

11a eoaatj erlpt aad pays taxaaforaen

"idaau.

DIRECTORS:

W. Pan; W. W. Cook.

Geo. Ctpptrt. 0. Stith.

W. P. Ewing. H. C. Thompson.

P. H. Chapin.

T. L. O Bryan.

Live Stock CoininUfclou.

mm.

XAHIAI CUT.

KVAN3.

M. T. BUEt,.

II

8 Ail GREGORY.

OJT ATTt ICATTPy In A5Y AMTRM?.

MEDICINE LODGE. BARBER GO., KANSAS. NOV. 3', 1883--

D. Vahslyke,

New Grocery

Has now and will at

all times haVe every

thing that is to be

found in a first-class

Grocery Store.

Everything is Fresh

and New. Come and

examine my stock and

note prices before buy

ing elsewhere. Hess'

old stand, East side of

North Mlain Street.

Medicine Lodge, Kas.

D. VanSlyke.

J.M.Dinsmore.

BLACKSMITH And

VAGONMAKER.

SUN CITY, Kas.

Anytb!njr in tbe blackamlthlnx or woodworking-

Hue promptly attended to

At Itraanuable Price. 13

GRADE

Hereford Bulls !

QnAKTTU GOOD GRADE ITKBEFORD

ZiJJ DCIXS. to U moatba old. for fall

or aprlna-delirery. Heoor atork before par

cbaaloffrleewbere. Breeding g-uaraateod.

Addreoa,

E.S. SH00KEY,

A rent for the Sale of lire Stock.

LAWRENCE, KANSAS.

Office opposite the Lawrence Hocae. 17

F. A. Whitaker,

PROPBIETt

Sun City

Proprietor op Tins

UVERY, FEED

& SALE STABLE

TToreee fed by the day or month.

I.lrery outfit a to any part of the country.

Will tmy, at 11 or trade for borw aad

moke. u

TURKEY CREEK

Springuale, Kans.j

Aurust 1,13

We are now prepared fo f arnlah sAt eeWbrar

tod Flour in larffor amaD quannrJea, af bot

tom price. We warrant erery aack' eT our

Flour and ruaraatee it cxjuaX not awpcrior to

any Flour manufactured In the State of Kan'

aa. StandifordToumaaa 4 Korera' la bead-

qnarterafor our Flour la Medicine Lode. They

win fx youbottom prtcee, f

Very Truly Tour,'

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THE 'BARBER COUNTY IN 5 EX

MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS.

E; W Payne, propwhor.

labacripUoaprice.

S2 00 A Tear.

Office : OTit the Mcnictxc Vaxjjct IIaiik.

To Oar labtcriberi : If from any cauae the

broax doea not reach you reamlarly. you are

requested to notify us at once. We are care

ful about sending- out the paper, and want to

know when subscribers fall to s;et it. tf

Gen. Bob. Toombs has joined the

Methodist church, and Georgians lost

her most accomplished swearer.

Prof. Newton says that the earth re

ceives about 8,000,000,000 of meteors

every year, but they only increase the

size of the earth one inch In 100,000,000

years.

A gentleman who signs himself "Ex

Snorer" writes to the New York World

that he cOred himself of the bad habit

by inhaling spirits of ammonia after

going to bed, and sleeping on his right

side.

State Auditor McCabe, who has re

cently visited his old home in Graham

county, reports that every negro famtfy

possesses from five to fifty head of cat

tle, have comfortable homes and an

abiding faith in the country. They are

supporting a good school at Xicodemus

with a white woman of culture and re

finement for teacher.

Karl I., king of Siam, is an extraordi

nary looking man, or rather boy, for he

is but 20 years of age. The most re

markable fact concerning him is the in

ordinate length of his nails, each of

which measures about half a yard. This

deformity is considered by the Siamese

as an attribute of sovereignty.

This week W. E. Treadwell brought

home from the Kansas City fat stock

show, a fine Hereford bull which he

purchased for use upon his farm in this

county. Those who are competent

judges declare it the finest animal of

the kind ever brought to Harper coun

ty. Harper Sentinel.

A gentleman who has recently spent

several months in those states says :

"There are eighty-seven counties in

Georgia where a man cannot beg, bor

row, or steal a drink of whisky, and

none can be purchased in the state ex

cept in the larger towns. People are

fanatical on the subject, and in Missis

sipi they have gone to such an extreme

that they tax billiard tables 1.000 each.

under the opinion that they are a device

for the encouragement of drinking."

A story was recently published in an

apparently authentic form, to the effect

the body of Abraham Lincoln had been

removed from the sarcaphogus atSpring

field to prevent the possibility of any

further attempt by gravt robbers. The

story runs that the removal was made

within a few days after the attempted

desecration of the grave a few years

ago. That the body was placed in a

lead lined, air tight, cedar casket and

placed in another portion of the monu

ment, and that its location is known on

ly to a few immediate friends.

A bold explorer who has recently re

turned from Arkansas, says: 4,In

Southern and Southeastern Arkansas

there are hundreds of farm houses in

which there has never been a cookinz

stove, the entire work of cooking being

done in pots and kettles of the most

primitive pattern, in the wide fire-places

of chimneys built of mud and sticks.

Just this morning a civil engineer in

formed me that he had surveyed 170

miles of railroad n the state and had

stopped for fifteen days continuously at

the bouses scattered thinly alone the

way, without seeing sugar, milk or but

ter.7

Wichita Times: We have come to

the conclusion that the whole and sole

trouble on the temperance question is

in 'the everlasting fact that men who

drink to excess are fools, natural born

dura fools. They may go on in life

withont going to the penitentiary or

the poor house, but the one great and

awful truth stares us in the face that

they are fools. The man who ponrs

whisky into his stomach for anything

more than medical purposes is a fool

And, when it comes to medicine, no one

except a lunatic would even think of

taking ten or fifteen doses of strong

medicine in as many minutes. But will

men ever be cured? We think not.

You cant cure men of inherited idiocy

Of course, once in a while, men come

to their senses on this subject, but not

often.. If there could be an amendment

to the 'constitution prohibiting the

breeding of fools, and if this prohibi

tion would prohibit, the temperance

question could be settled in a few more

generations.

A eircnlar was sent out last week b

Secretary Haren, setting forth a project

by which the Kansas Cltr Fat Stock

Show could be placed upon a permanent

footing. As to the desirability and im

portance to our live stock interest of

keeping up such a show there can be no

doubt. There was no one here laaiu-Aek

from this section but appreciated and

rejoicea m the enterprise. But to keep

up these shows eorts a great .deal of

money and it can oaly be done by all

helping. The plan for perpetuating

them is to organize a stock company un

der me laws en the state of Kansas

with a capital stock of $20,000 to be di

Tided into 200 shares. Twenty-fire per

cent of the par value of the stock to be

payable when certiflcafeS are Issued and

twenty-five per cent annuafty thereafter

nntll the stork la fnTTv rxtT Trt- t- .

; - iuu i m

matter" In which etery breeder in this

enure section is" interested and ahnnM

subscribe for at least one share of stock.

Of the 2 to shares. 156 of them KhonM

be taken by the breeders of western

Missouri and Kansas and the enterprise

conirouea, as it should be, by our home

people. L.ive Stock Record.

llWMh

Koto Ruffianism.

Last Tuesday a party of cowboys

workiug on some of the ranges south

west, while on their way from Caldwell

to camp, took occasion to indulge in

more of the same kind of ruffianism of

which the people along the road have

had to complain during the past sum

mer. Stopping at the Mayhew school

house, they forced the teacher, young

Mr. Beals to drink whiskey out of a

bottle they had. Arriving opposite the

next school house, tltey tired several

shots at it. Oil the other side of Bluff

creek a few miles of Donaldson's ford,

is the school house of district No. 144.

Here they amused themselves by shoot

ing the lock off the door. Oiling the door

full of bullet holes and shooting lights

out of several windows. They fired

several shots into the next school house

west, doing but little damage. At the

school house in district No. 72, they

gave the teacher, John Lowry, about

the same treatment they did Mr. Beals,

compelling them to drink their villain

ous whiskey.

It is about time measures should be

taken to put an effectual 'stop , to pro

ceedings of the above kind, and we

know no other way than for the people

living along the route on which the ruf

fians do their devilment, to ascertain

the names of the parties, and have them

arrested and punished. While the ras

cals are in town our marshal and his

assistant can make them behave ; but

between town and camp it devolves up

on those living along the line to see

that they are forced, in one way or an

other, to conduct themselves properly.

Caldwell Journal.

Cherokee Strip Association.

The semi-annual meetinzof the Cher

okee Strip Live Stock Association met

at Caldwell last week, with all the mem

bers present.

M. II. Bennett, the treasurer of the

association, made the following report:

Collected on ftiemberships, $ 1.399 00

On assessment for lease, 10o,76. 16

Total,

Paid on lease $.30,XW 00

Rewards, inspec

tors, etc., etc., 4fi,702 60

$107,155 16

Total,

f 96,702 60 $90,702 60

Balance on hand $10,452 06

D. It. Streeter offered th following

resolution, which wds adopted :

Resolved, that it is the sense of this

meeting that the board of directors of

this association shall Issue an order to

the effect that all parties shall pay alike

for building and keeping in repair all

fences dividing their respective ranges.

Maj. E. C. Moderwell offered the fol

lowing resolutions, which were unani

mously adapted :

Resolved, That the officers of this

association be requested to take such

steps as shall effectually prevent the

driving through Texas cattle over tho

route heretofore used to some extent.

extending from theBullfoot ranch thro'

the Cherokee Strip to Dodge City.

Resolved, That said officers be re

quested to notify all parties concerned,

through the Texas stock papers and

otherwise, that said route is fenced, and

can no longer be used as a thoroughfare

for through cattle.

n. R. Johnson, the inspector for the

association at Kansas City, reported

that he had caught 108 head, amount

ing in value to $3,773.06.

Adjourned to second Tuesday in March

181.

The lie Sale la a HntshaU.

The Kansas Live Stock Indicator, of

last week, published a table showing in

concise form the averages for which the

cattle, male and female of the different

breeds, sold at the different sales durinsr

the holding of the Kansas City Fat

Stock show, as follows :

shobt-iiorjjs.

T. W. Ragsdales :

21 females, average

8 bulls

eio6 oo

131 00

108 00

102 00

128 00

66 60

122 60

$118 50

J. C. Garlands:

28 females, average

7 bulls, "

Robert Hall's:

41 females, average

4 bulls,

C.G:McHattons:

3 females averaged

SUMMART.

01 females averaged

19 DUI1S

110 Short-horns averaged

XXEREFOKD8.

W. B. Ives':

104 74

l6 25

6 females, average $600 00

i dwu 400 oo

Adam Earl's :

31 females, average 69) 60

7 pulls " 608 00

BUXaiAItT.

37 females, averaged &5 80

u duiis, 682 60

45 Herefords averaged $560 55

OALLOWAYS.

A. B. Matthews':

38 females, average $395

Dulls, " 422 00

L. & Chas. E. Leonard's :

3b females, average 358 00

8 bulls. . 494J00

M.H. Cochrane':

15 femeles, average' a-a 00

15 duiis, -si 00

.!!.& Leonard's :

19 females, average 31 1

6 bulls, 434

8UMMA-BT7

108 females averaged 362

64 bulls 44 as7

162 Galloways averaged . $370

A NOUS-ABERDEEN;

Estill Jc Elliott's:

19 females, average $439'

8 bulls . 44 Tfiio

G udgell & SimpaorCs :

13 females. avnrAra "rii hn

27 bulls, 44 - 4J2 00

Geary Brothers':

15 females, average fifa m

6 bulls, 44 313 00

W. B. Ives'r

17 females, average 519 40

SUMMARY.

64 females aVcraged 637 60

41 bulls 4t ,438 22

105 Aberdeen-Angus averaged ,f97 00

Have you gotqnail oa toast ?" asked

a seedy looking party aa lie entered a

Market street restaurant the other day:

Mave yoisf. got au eagle on silver ?"

asked the proprietor. And the confer

ence adjourned sine die.

$2 A YEAR;

NO- 25

Reports from the western nart of the

range are to the effect that the grass is

good and the cattle In better condition

than they were this time last vear. The

rains, which it was foared would rot the

pM grass, while on the other hand tin y

have had a beneficial effect upon the

winter grass, brinirinsr it out in fine

shape.

R. D. Cragin. while in Kansas Citv.

bought five head of imported Polled

Angus bulls at (Judgell & SimpSoil's

sale. The blackies arrived here on Fri

day night, and on Saturday morning

were brought up town, through Main

Street, and taken to quarters, prepan

tory to being sent 'down to the Cralgin

cattle Co. pasture. During their march

up the street they created quite a sensa

tion and were greatly admired by everjT

body who saw them. Caldwell Journal.

At the annual meeting of the mem

bers of the Smoky Hill pool the follow

ing named gentlemen were elected to

fill the offices for the ensuing vear : Mr.

Evens, chairman and director; V. A.

Stoweberg and Samuel Bowman, direc

tors; Geo Bowman, of Lamed, was

elected superintendent, - and Mr. Alc-

G rath was chosen treasurer. We are

informed by J. Z. Rider, of Lamed who

is a member of the pool, and who paid

the Cowboy a very pleasant visit, that

there are now about 8,ouo head of cat

tle in the pool and that the expense of

keeping them for the past year was

about 121 cents per head per month; and

that several parties had made applica

tion to become members of the pool.

but had been black-balled; the members

concluding that it was better to have a

little too much grass than a( few too

many cattle ; or in other words, that it

would be better not to overstock the

range. The pool has the south side of

the range now fenced and pait of the

east. Private individuals will build the

fence on the west, and will extend it to

the K. P. railroad, thus rr.akintr an en

closed range of about thirty m'ilcs

square. Cattle are in excellent condi

tion. The bulls, 200 in number will be

taken out on the 15th inst. Kansas

Cowboy.

The Law of Sex Discovered.

The author claims to make known "a

new discover' cf ! great law of natiue

nothing less than the law which gov

erns the sexes, and whereby the sex of

offspring can be controlled." He has

worked for twenty years on the subject

carefully counting the number of boys

and girls in all the families of his ac

quaintance, carefully summing up the

characteristics and taking the portraits

of the parents and read ing Darwin and

other authors who have handled the

question. The great discovery is 'the

law that sex is determined by what I

shall designate as the superior parent ;

also that the superior parent produces

the opposite sex ;" that is to say, if the

husband is superior to the wife the fam

ily will consist mostly of girls, and vice

versa. Hence, as the . author explains,

results the preservation of the balance

of the sexes; for in the next genera

tion the Rirls, inheriting their father's

superiority, will in most cases produce

families with a larger proportion of

boys. In future there will be no need

to pry in order to determine who rules

the roost in one's neighbor's family it

will only be necessary to coutit his boys

and girls to determine the point; hence

it is expected that the desire for male

offspring will scarcely remain so strong

ly developed in fathers as heretofore.

Dark complexion is superior to light,

dark plants and trees are the most har

dy, and dark horses the best. A square

forehead and prominent veins are ( "su

perior;" a large and prominent eye

(which ''indicates conversational pow

ers,") is the reverse. But the best in

dication of superiority is a large and

prominent nose, Roman or aquiline, full

a third the length of tho face. As an

illustration of the method of summing

up the characteristics of parents from

the rules laid down,the several portraits

of opposite sex are given in the plates,

are hypothetically married pair by pair,

and their superiority or inferiority is

estimated numerically, 100 being taken

as a standard number ; hence the num

ber of children of either sex which such

pairs ought to rf oduce,according to the

new theory, is arrived at. One of the

most ill-favored, of the ugly women is

mated for example to the man whose

head i the biggest at the top, and the

result is that if the pair have twenty

children they will all be girls.

Then comes a series of cases' from

the personal experience of the author.

Mr. B., a man of genius, with large head

and slender body, witka corpulent wife

of moderate intelligence has five daugh

ters. Mine. A., a strong woman, with

masculine voice and slightly bearded

chin, had seven children, all sons.

tkI becxrfe acoiainted with rtfan of

good address, with a well-shaped head

and a Roman nose. His wife was of

consumptive tendency, of literary taste

but with an infantile nose and an ex

pression of general inefficiency. Imag

ine my surprise when I found they had

three boys."

But the law remained unshaken: "All

was satisfactorily explained." The

husband was extremely illiterate and

addicted to drink. "Nothing more

surely degrades the nature."

Philosophers, lawyers, editors, poets,

literary men and brain workers general

ly have a large excess of daughters.

Wine merchants, tavern keepers, small

retail detail dealers.orators, physicians

and musicians have preponderance of

boys. Clergymen appear just to Strug,

gle through the ordeal without incur

ring the stigma of inferiorty ; being

equally intelligen'tober and moral with

their wives, and producing an equal

number of boys and girls. London

Alhensrntf.

"Well, what's the matter now?" ask

ed Simpkin's wife, as he staggered in

about two o'clock in the morning.

"Well, (hie) an' he said r -Putslr stick

rn 4m so (hic soda.' So I says :

'pMtsh stick in mine.' Then I gesh "

. a " Well 1 guess," said Mrs. Sitopkins,

laying considerable stress on the per

sonal pronoun, "that he put a Whole

cord of wood in vour soda.f -

BARBER COUNTY INDEX.' ,

.... ." . A&rerfisiBf Bates.. :, - :

. . Irhry Sny wq receive prO'6oVals for advert!,'

Wr apace fron .patent tnodlclu men. eewln -ftmchino

compcjiioa, book pubUdwr. adverthn;''

luo- atfout. oto. .To all cucb wo will eay: The "

tpwee In thU paper, can bo fiUd wttb homo art

&UlwmeuU at rood prtooa. We have a rood, vy

circulation anion aa Jntolliswt class of poople.

We li!r uo f orebjrn ati'e in lb pHrcr, and don't -care

to have tmkvw Uicy pay in CAttR our rcirulaf ,

raw.. ,Thesares- - i

1 oolunui tour MMatlon), per yoex, fL&Oq

1 Inclj; lOiAj

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Allmdlnff tiotloea 10 cehtt per line xach ik- '

fERTIOX

Caum QuAi(tBiu.r ix Auvanc:

In Philatielpliia the old and broken-';

down horses and mules are purchased :

by those ip charge of the Zoological.

garden for foi-d for their carnivorous

animals. Broken-down horses are purf

chased for f i-om $2 to $0 each."'

The other .day a grocer sold ah old

farmer a gallon of tar through mistake; ,

for molasses. Alter discovering tho

mistake he waited to hear some com

plaint, but, fiearing none, wrote to the

ok! fellow, who replied as follows : "I'm1

much obliged for th5 c'reckshum,but it

come too late, as all of the stuff is done

sopped up." Wife she 'lowed that thar ' ;

was suthen out of fix with the 'lasses,'

but I 'lowed sho must be grcgedist."

That there is not a pacing horse in all '

England may seem incredible, but'ac

cording to good authority such is the

case. It must have seemed wonderful

to English horsemen to think that

horse would be able to establish such a;

gait, when Yotiatt, one of the best of

their authorities declared that ho never

saw a pacor,and doubted Whether it was "

possible for ahorse to move the two feet

on the same side at the same tinio with

out falling down. Now that the, fast'. ,

est mile in harness has been done by a

pacer, our cousins across tho sea should r

be encouraged to introduce at least

enough of this blood to greatly improve

their riding horses.

A Boal Comedy of Errors.

A remarkable story comes td-uig'ntj

from St. IIolc'V'vhich 3 Wfel vouched

for. About six months ago, twin broth-! :

ers Alfred and Henry Grove arrived

from Kansas and settled neat St. Helen.

There was a very strong resemblance

between them, in fact so strong that in

timate friends could scarcely tell one

from the other. Henry was married;

but his Wife was livfffg in Kansas. He

soon' made the acquaintance of Johii

Avery; living near, including their

daughter, Lottie Avery, aged nineteen.

One night almost five weeks ago in jest

le asked ftef to become his vife, and to

his utter surprise she accepted, inform

ing her mother, immediately. Tho

mother, in a practical way broached the

subject of tho date of the marriage,

etc., and before Grove could recover

from h surprise, th'e details had been"

arranged.'

llo immediately went to his I'fother

Alfred, told the story and asked his ad

vice. Alfred offered to personate the

brother and stand for him. Tho cere

mony look place Octolwr 21, the couple

remaining at the home of the bride's

parents. Alfred fell in lovo with the

girl and a week after the marriage told

of tins deception.,, In her indignation

she ordered him from the house. She

then informed her parents, and the old

man started after the son-in-law with a "

shot gun and has followed Alfred to tins'

city, where he is supposed to have lied:

Portland Oregonian."

A Coote s Sac Tor Life'.

On Monday afternoon as the train

coming from Mono Mills turned a curve

a coyote came in view standing in tie'

middle or the track a short distance

atiead. The curve in the road bronght

a straight piece of track ahead a couple

of miles, and when the train approach

ed the vicinity of the coyote's wherea

bouts, the latter started off down the

ties on a tfot, occasionally looking back

at, his iron pursuer, which was thunder

ing down upon him with a twenty-five-miles-an-hour

jog. Altera short trot

the coyote discovered that it was not to

be a trotting race if he was to have a

hand in it much longer, and his gait

was soon qiriekenod to a dead rftn. The

throttle on the engine was pulled out

till the hair on the loconYottvc's cylinder

head stood on end, and the felAgraph'

poles went into retirement like the

shadows of a nightmare's colt. Tho

haunted aspect of a fleeing animal ahead

still kept a distance in fJlie lad,althouglr

the train was tuned up to forty miles'

an l:Mir, and f6r five miles the contest

ants in that race kept an interested

audience amused by the proceedings. It

was a cold day for the coyote when a

section hand left a discarded overshoe

between the rails, for he atubtad his'

toe on the wearing apparel, and with'

the echo of his death yell yet penetrat

ing the still afternoon, he went under

the relentless wheels of Xo: 4. Bodie

Free Press.

The Condition of tho Ban re.

We have-taken gret pains to secure

reliable information as to' the grass and

water prospects of the great grazing

fields of north and western Texas, and

our advices up to the 10th are as favora

ble as we could wish. The heavy and

continuous rains in the early days of

October, ceased after leaving the water

holes and streams fully supplied with

water, and the ground in prime condi

tion to yield a: bountiful supply of grass.'

A month's sunshine and growth has'

.pushed the grass forward to such an ex

tent that its maturity is bejond the

da ntrtges of frost. A good winter range

is an assured fact. Ijoshcs of cattle on

the range from lack of grass and water

will not occur. The only dangerwecan

see threatens cat tie that haVe been ship-"

ped late from the coast country and:

the portions of southwestern Texas'

were the drouth of summer had placed

there at starvation's point. Deaths have

occurred in removal and after reaching

northern range. Cattle thai have sur- '

vived a month' after arrival from the

coast are taking on ffertr rapidly and the

prospects now are that th'ey Wi!? rive anT ;

come out all right in the spring. : - The

rains have been the means of opening ar

large area of grass fanrfs, that lack of

water bad in thesummcf and" early falf

prevented grazing. Late calves, their

mothers, and thin cattle should now be

given the best range to be - had. The'

losses in winter will be found greater

than otherwise, if this cfa&tfof stock itf

not attended to. ... We regard, the. skies"

asbrighi and the prospects flattering:

for range catltle t!o' winter well. : So far

do' damaging frosts or chilling blasts

have come, The weather has beea fa

vorable, the grasses forward ' and .roa-'-tnring.

.Water is abundant and the

cattle, except the classes referred to. in

line flesh and healthy condition. Texaw '

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