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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-17

The sheep b lsines is looking mp. Sever
al thousand will be brought into the coun-
ty before cold weather. Stafford q wea-
ver's flock OF sheep was driven In Wetines-
day. There are abons 1900 in the fioclx,
and are looking well. -Kingman Citizen.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-17

Ihe Texas Live Stock Jodrnal saws that
every "Doss' on II stock ranch ought to
know som, thing practically of veterinary
Surgery. Valuable stock are constantly
getting down, ami might be saved IL only
There Was some one whose business 1t was
TO know how to 10 the business. II Il bad
emo ,gl to stand by and see faithful ami.
NAL Suffer, when we know what ails Il. and
Can ut least intelligpntly try to relieve it;
bat it is distressing i'm the extreme to Gee a
d"mb br.te writhing in pain, when we
cannot determine for ourselves what Is the
matter and it can't tell us. The usual rule
I'D shca cases is to pour some villianons
stuff down the poor crertilres throat ar SEQ
and torture it in a dozen different ways.
each one Of them alike inhuunn ar,,l Tina!
yaling. This is all wrong, and not only
can be remedied bit ought to be Study
anu experience should be resorted to. and
when man acquires Information In these
ways worth anything, he should be paid
for his knowledge. Make it worth while
for men aspiring to be ranch bosses to study
veterinary surgery. and they will study it:
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-17

Dodge City has shipped 2700 caIs Of cattle
to date, and Caldwell has shipped 9776 carr.
and more going every day.--Post.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-17

; HE causes leatiing to the defeat i'm the
East seems TO have been the bossism. Conk.
limgism. Cameronism, star ro. tie frauds aud
the RECKLESS eXpenlit re of money ID ring
the last session of congress. = yelling.
tonian.
| The tiger now goes round.
I The bLnl b..sin tospl,y, .,
The big Republican Elephant,
HAdbctter keep away.
Caldwell Commercial.
We 60 to press without having the re-
turns of the state election. Who the chy
Ones are, we do not yet know. This much
we are certain, somebody is left. and that
somebol ly is the whole democratic party,
We are pretty cert,in.-kingnmn Citizen.
The idea will probably work its way
through the minds Of some of the long
Paired. big-monthcd finatics of Kansas.
til it Is not the mission Of the Rep. blic-
an party TO fit men for the angel and the
golden harp business. -Cald. Commercial.
We hope the ST. John howlers are now
satisfied with their experiment of forcing
an Objectionable man Upon the party. Now
let the party have s,.ificicnt backbone to
set down pom issues which have no place
in politics, and kick to the rear fool fanatics
who want to run the party on the short
haired women plm.-Sterling Bulletin.
1t is grand and glorious victory for the
Democrats of the county who sailed under
the guiSe of peoples ticket, and will so
claim it. The minority for the ticket is
estimated at four hundred in the county -
Dodge City Globe.
A full vote Was pOlled in majority of
the precincts in the 90 lnty, and the result
shows that either the Republic lns all stayed
at home or took II good long pencil with
them to the polls. 1t is also very probable
that the result OF Tnesliy will show the
''grlnd old party" that itclnnot quite carry
everything as taIl that designing persons
may feel disposed to tack onto it.-Cald-
well Post.
We have large pet eagle which we ex-
PVClVu w puUilSn OH tlllS occasion. but the
late returns have, to some extent, diSgusted
the proud bird of freedom, anil he has fold
ed his wings, and with Il tear i'm his eye, waits
for the time when the leaves Shall come
again. He mourns for the Republican par
ty. anl refuses to be comforted. because it
is not. That is, it isn't that anybody has
heard of.-Medcine Lodge Cresset.
Six Democratic governors elected i'm Re-
p;blican states. to say nothing of 1.-The other
hearts that ache" in the matter of Demo-
cratic gains on congressman. 1t might be
worse, we suppose, but it is di:.cult TO see
how unless more states had dvotcd-Topeka
Capital.
Hnrrah for Glick-ick "A Glorious Dem
ocrAtic Victory.-Twcnty States 90 Dem
ocratic III one diy.-Republicans routed in
all their strongholds. and Con-
gressmen elected until yon can't rest
Kansas heads the list of states that rppildi-
ate the R.'p blicln party.-Boys. lets take
drink.-lf this were Democratic paper
its scare heads would look like the above.
o r old foes have whipped las badly and
there is no Use whining about it.-Ncwton
Republican.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-11-17
iE. BARBOUR CO. KANSAS, FRIDAY. NOVEMBER II, 1882

pnige on nature. Natural increase Is all
righrwhere it does not have to compete
withecience:
l. Jlst went to Mr.. Tmin and said, .Look
mere, Timin. I want to sell you INV little
Danch of cattle at Il fair figure. want to
see yc, have them because you deserve
.hem. A imam who can Bring science to
MS ad as yoa can ought to have this herd.
anu ! believe you will ultimately have the
oatiit anyhow. Things seem to point that
way now and want to facilitate matters bv
selling yon my little bunch before II a
e,erLstihgly To latr. My cows feel Inst the
same as l do about 1t, They are willing 10
de everything they tiae aeishonorable n
order to forward the cattle interests OF the
country, bat they cunt compete with your
craftsmanship. They feel hurt aud very
mich depressed by it. and so do /. inst
want TO hasten the res.lt by letting you
have the cattle before they get too much
red cad."
dc saw that was feeling very unhappy
over my cLttlc deal, and he kindlv took
them of my hands. / have never owned
any cattle since that. have ssen many of
my nelshbors accumulate large herds of
cattle ana big fortunes, bit It has no tenn
t'tion for me. know with nothing tn
start with bit the wreck of "A bull train and
oneof those self registering branding irons
men VINO DON'T know the difference between
maverick and the Venus Of Milo, have
o'come millionaires, but that don't affect
me any. squeeze along the best I can
anu RAISE sheep alta profit of thirty.fiee to
lorty per cent. 1t is not so rapid of course.
us the cattle business under careful MANAGE
h'ehf' o'ta man feels bettler when he meets
tne vigilance committee.-Fpe Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-27
A Substitute for Black Walnut.

Black birch, which is rapidly coming
into favor, is a close-grained and very
handsome wood, and can be easily
stained to resemble walnut exactly. II
is just as easy to work and is suitable for
nearly, if not all, the purposes to which
black walnut is at present applied. Birch
is much the same color as cherry, but
the latter wood is now very scarce, and
consequently dear. 1t is difficult thing
to obtain cherry at $50 per 1000 feet,
while birch wood can be had at any saw
mill at 81 per 1000 feet. When prop
erly stained it is almost impossible to
distinguish the difference between it
and walnut, as it is susceptible of a
beautiful polish, equal to any wood now
used in the manufacture of furniture. In
the forests throughout Ontario birch
grows in abundance, especially if the
land is not too Doggy. There is great
difference in the wood of different Sec
tions. Where the land is high and dry
the wood is firm and clear; but if the
land is low and wet the wood has ten
dency to be soft, and often of blush
color. In all the Northern regions it
can be found in great abundance, and as
the tree grows to great size, little trouble
Is experienced in procuring it in large
quantities. Globe.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-27
Stopped the Wrong Man.

Among the spectators at the Demo
cratic Convention, recently, for short
time in the afternoon, might have been
seen the benevolent and handsome coun-
tenance, even at his age. of DR.. C. V.
Williamson, of Lodi. The doctor no
longer takes an active part in politics,
but he has been a war-horse in times
gone by, and little of the old fire could
yet be seen to sparkle in his eye when it
came to making nomination or casting
vote. In ante bellum days he was
Representative of ''Old Tuolumne'' in
the Assembly for one term, and this calls
to mind an incident of the period when
he was practicing physician in Sonora.
In those days the doctor was one of the
''boys''-an Apollo in feature, took his
toddy straight and often, fought the
tiger and played monte, although his
favorite sport was " draw poker" in
game of which he would leave the
dining-table any time to take hand,
nor would he leave so long as he could
get anybody to play with him; indeed,
it was proverbial fact that he never
sought his pillow so long as he had a
cent in his pocket. But Just here it
might be well enough to state, paren-
thetically, that the doctor has long since
settled down, got married, attends
church regularly and has class in Sab
bath school-in fact has gone through a
general reconstruction. To continue
with the story: One dark, dreary night
he was called out several miles into the
country to see patient, and on his way
back was stopped by some highwaymen
and ordered to surrender his wealth.
The doctor reined in his horse, looked
down at the road-agents, and said: 81
guess you do not know who am, do
you?'' The leader of the band informed
him that they did not, nor did they care,
but if he didn't hurry up and hand over
his money and valuables they did know
he would soon be corpse. Well, by
gosh," he said, ''my name is DIR. VIII
hanson, and 1 was never known to leave
a gambling-room so long as had cent
in my pocket. Have you got any chawin'
That name was sufficient. |
The robbers knew they had stopped the |
wrong man. and the chief courteously |
rendered the professor of physic chew
of tobacco and told him to pass on
Stockton (Cal.J Independent.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-27
Brother Gardnerss Philosophy.

'tH I had q chance to lib my life owe
agin," said the President of the Lime
Kiln Club, as q solemn hush fell upor
the meeting, 81 should chalk down sartiI
fngs dat l should 'spect to come to pass
an ] should chalk down some oddel
sartin' fings dat I shouldn't reckon OF
onless cyclone got loose an tore dowr
de fences. should look fur:
"De man who eats onions to stop an
argy wild cherry man he meets gwine
down town.
81 should 'spect men who owed dc
moas' an war de least able to pay t.
war de bes' clothes an have de moas
change when circus comes along.
81 should 'spect my nsybur to empty
his ashes on de spot moas' convenient to
himself widout any reference as to
wheeler de spot was on my land or his.
81 should 'spect dat broadcloth an
silk would be worn on de street by PEG.
pie who fill up on cold Eaters at home.
81 should 'spect de enmity of men
whom I did not lend to, an be beat by
nine outer ten of SIGH as favored.
81 should 'spect to be looked upon as
fanatic by men belongin' to different
church from mine, an to be abused an
called a fool by men votin' de opposite
political ticket.
81 should 'spest about so much bad
weather-about so much sickness-about
SO many pains an aches, an hungry
days an lonely nights, an knowin' de
world as know it now, I should 'spect
de boats to run, an de trains to 60 out,
an de stores to open wheeler was in
bed wild de ager or ober in de cabbage
lot in de bes' of health.
Gas fur de fings should't look fur,
dey am almoas' too numerous to men,
shun.
81 shouldn't look fur laborin' man
workin' fur ten shillin's day to permit
his whisky to cost mo- dan his -four.
II shouldn't look fur girl airning'
TO dollars a week to dress like bank.
er's wife nor put on de agony of prin-
cess.
81 shouldn't look fur my naybur to
sweat his collar drivin' cows outer my
garden, any mo- dan he would expect
me to bust my suspenders keepin' de
boys away from his harvest apples.
SuOuiuu y lOOh AuT NY CIlll cu tC
come up widout faults, nor nv family to
lib widout bein' hit by malice or wounded
by gossip.
Il shouldn't look for any mo- room in
de street kyar dan I paid fur, nor better
suit of clothes dan my circumstances
permitted.
81 shouldn't look fur any mans word
or promise to STAN good onless he was
sartin dat he would be de gamer by
maxim EN- so. 1t am now time to pro-
coed wild de bizness which has reinstated
us togeder, an de triangle will be strick-
en- in due form an a colleckshun taken
up to defray the expenses of obsarvin'
de transit of Venus from de northwest
co'ner of de City Hall Market. "-Detroi,
Free Press.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-27
A Relic Of PCmpeii.

Mr.. Eustace Neville Rolfe, writing
from Naples to the London Times, says
IAN important painting has been
found at Pompeii, and was yesterday
placed in the Naples Museum among
the Pompeian frescoes. 1t represents
the judgment of Solomon, and is the
first picture on sacred subject, the first
fragment either of Judaism or Chris.
tianity, that has been discovered in the
buried cities. Ihave, therefore, studied
it carefully this morning and forward
you description of it. as l Think the
discovery of such painting is matter
of public interest. The picture is five
and half feet long and nineteen inches
in height, and is surrounded by black
line about an inch in width. The scene
is laid upon terrace in front of house
adorned with creeping plants and shaded
with white awning. On dais (rep-
resented as being about four feet high)
sits the King, holding a scepter and
robed in white. On each side of him
sitsa councillor, and behind six soldiers
under arms. The King is represented
as leaning over the front of the dais
toward a woman in green robe, who
kneels before him with disheveled hair
and outstretched hands. In the cen.
ter of the court is a three-legged ia
BILE, like a butcher s-block upon
which lies an infant, which is held
in recumbent position, in spite of hi
struggles, by woman wearing turban.
A soldier in armor and wearing he'll
met with long, red plume holds the
legs of the infant and is about to cleal,
it in two with his falchion. A group o
spectators completes the picture, whic.
contains in all nineteen figures. Tn
drawing is poor, but the colors are par
ticularly bright, and the preservation is
excellent. As work of art, it is be-
low the average Pompeian standard,
but it is full of spirit and drawn with
great freedom. The bodies of the
figures are dwarfed, and their heads
tout of all proportion) large, which
gives color to the assertion that it was
intended for a caricature directed
against the Jews and their religion.
This may be so, but my own impress; on
is that the artist was anxious to develop
the facial expression, and. to do this,
exaggerated the heads. There is moth
ing of the caricature about it in other
agony of the kneeling
mother, the attention of the listening
King, and the triumph of the second
woman, who gloats over the division OF
the child-are all manifest. and to my
mind there is no attempt, in entionaily,
to burlesque the incident, but this is
matter of opinion"
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-27
a WOMAN.

The poets laurel wreath she doth not wear,
Since in her busy life she seldom writes
The poems that she lives; yet on the height
With native sympathy her soul doth share
The poets Keen delights.
claims,
face;
More proud is she to I'LL her simple place,
and wear what seem to her the dearest names
That womanhood can grace.
Her Joy IL is TO guard her loved from pain,
TO take from them the burdens hard to
bear;
To give her days, her nights, her life, to care
FOR those who loving her, yet entertain
Their angel unaware.
And more than artists patience she doth give
To tasks of motherhood, since not alone
High dreams are clothed in color, form, or
tone;
live
Is highest beauty known.
On such as she the world may not bestow
It's vain applause; far from all vulgar strife
She dwells content, If through her hidden
life
Her loved the meaning of the name shall
know
Of mother and of wife.
-Grucc s. Weas.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-27

The Chief of Police at Somerville,
Mass, has not forgotten that he was a
boy once himself, and has made shrewd
use of his knowledge of boy-nature. The
lads employed in the Somerville Glass
works struck for an increase of pay
recently, but quickly came to terms
when they were told that they must go
20 work or go to school. This was hit
ting them in their weakest spot. Now
we know the boys opinion of the COM
pulsory education laws.-Boston Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-27
CTo BE Continued
Course, Speed and Heat Of the Gulf
Stream.

Increasing quickly in bulk, and
spreading out more and more on both
sides of the equator, it flows rapidly
due west toward the coast of North
America At the eastern point oil
South America, Cape st. Rogue. the
equatorial current splits into two, and
one portion trends southwark to defect
the isotherms of pc, 15e, 5.1Oo, and
4o.5 c. into loops upon our maps, thus
carrying a scrap of comfort to the Falk-
land Islands and Cape Horn; while the
northern portion follows the north
east coast of South America, gaining
continually in temperature, under the
influence of the tropical sun. Its speed
has increased to sixty-eight miles in
twenty-four hours, and by the union
with it of the waters of the River Amazon
it rises to 100 miles (6.5 feet in a
second), but it soon falls off again
when it gets into the Caribbean Sea.
Flowing slowly through the whole
length of this sea, it reaches the Gulf
of Mexico through the Strait of
Yucatan, when part of it sweeps i'm
mediately around Cuba; but the main
stream ..having made the circuit of the
Gulf of Mexico, passes through the
Strait of Florida; thence it issues as the
Gulf Stream in majestic current up
ward of thirty miles broad, 200 feet
deep, with an average velocity of four
miles an hour. and temperature of $50
Fair. (3Oo CO." The hot water pours
from the strait with decided though
slight northeasterly impulse, on account
of its great initial velocity. Mr.. Croll
calculates the Gulf Stream as equal to
a stream of water fifty miles broad
and a thousand feet deep, flowing at
rate of four miles an hour, consequent
ly conveying 5,575, $50. 600, 900 cubic
feet of water per hour, or 1873. SIG, $780,
900, 900 cubic feet per day. This mass
of water has a mean temperature of 1S9
G. As it passes out of the Gulf and on
its northern journey it is cooled down
to 49.5, thus losing heat to the amount
of 1925 c. The total quantity of heat.
therefore, transferred from the equa-
torial regions per day amounts to some
thing like 154, $50. 800. 900, 900, 600, 900
foot pounds.
> This is nearly equal to the whole of
the heat received from the sun by the
Arctic regions, and reduced by a half
to avoid all possibility of eXaggeration
it is still equal to one fifth of the whole
amount received from the sun by the en-
tire area of the North Atlantic. The
Gulf Stream, as it issues from the
Strait of Florida and expands into the
ocean on its northward course, is prob
ably the most glorious natural phenome-
NJ ha 70 ~ TIo
ter is of clear crystalline transparency
and an intense blue, and long after it
has passed into the open sea it keeps it
self apart, easily distinguished by its
warmth, its color, and its clearness; and
with its edges so sharply defined that
ship may have her stem in the clear
blue stream while her stern is still in
the common water Of the ocean.-Cor.
N. Y. Post.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-27
A new use has been discovered

"A new use has been discovered for
potatoes. They can be converted into a
substance resembling celluloid by peel
ing them and after soaking in water, i'm
pregnated with eight parts of sulphuric
acid, drying and pressing between sheets
of blotting paper. In France pipes are
made of this substance scarcely distin-
guishable from meerschaum. BY SUBJ
jecting the mass to great pressure bill
lard balls can be made of it rivaling ivory
in hardness.-N. T. Herald.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-27
The Manufacture Of Sheet Lead In
China.


The making of sheet lead for the lin
ing of tea chests, etc., is somewhat inn
portant industry of Hong Kong. 1t is
made principally in sundry establish
ments to the westward. On entering
one, the workmen will be seen with
shears employed in cutting out the sheets
of lead into the required sizes and shapes.
The shears are simply a large pair Of
scissors, firmly fixed to solid block of
wood some two feet in height. The
lower blade of the shears terminates in
square piece of iron, instead of being
pointed, as is the upper blade. The
sheets of lead will also be observed to be
of small size and somewhat irregular in
shape, and this arises from the method
of manufacture, as will subsequently, be
seen. Going further into the shop will
be seen an iron pan raised twelve inches
or so above the ground and carefully
finished off. Beneath this iron pan is a
furnace, and at the side of the pan next
the wall is flue communicating with it.
In this pan the lead is melted, and when
judged to be hot enough, the workman
takes two of the large square paving tiles,
which may be seen almost anywhere in
the colony, and these are then smoothly
and carefully covered with several layers
of unsized paper. Having placed these
two tiles before him, one above the other,
the workman raises the upper tile with
his left hand and. taking a ladle of the
proper size, in his right, he dips it in the
melted lead and then pours its contents
on to the lower tile. He then drops the
upper tile and quickly presses the lead
out into the form of sheet. The paper
being bad conductor of heat, the lead
does not solidify Immediately after it
leaves the ladle, and. as by long prac-
tice the workman always ladies out ex-
actly the same quantity oflead, the sheets
vary but little in size or thickness. Age
of Steel.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-27

1t is well known by those who have
worked on brass to any extent that the
system becomes so permeated by the
dust arising from it that all the secre-
tons become vitiated by it. So much is
this the case, indeed, that brass-workers'
shirts in summer are stained green;
green perspiration exudes from the
pores of the skin and stands in beads
upon it; the expectoration from the
throat is of the same color; cuts or
wounds upon the fingers become very
sore. much inflamed, and are slow to
heal. A remedy is needed Chicago
Tribune.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-27
Fifty wears aoo a Dover N n h,

Fifty years ago Dover, N. H., boy,
who was on the Island of ST. Helena
cut some sprigs from willow tree which
grew over the grave of the great Napo.
leon. He afterward gave them to Win.
lam B. Lyman, of Dover, who planted
them at his residence, and willow tree
was the result. This tree was destroyed
during a high wind recently.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1882-10-27
CHAPTER VIII.

Mr.. Alfred DeVries did not quite like
the new servant at Montford House.
One thing particularly he did not like,
and that was the way in which the en-
gagement was made. TWAS something
quite unusual for Mr.. Montford to take
business into his own hands in this way,
ard Mr.. DeVries felt as If his rights
had been invaded.
Perhaps l might as well say here, as
anywhere, that Mr.. Gilbert was not as
clever as some people-his private Sec
rotary, for instance. He was one of
those people who are characterized as
having "more money than brains"
Therefore, to make up for that lack,
Mr.. DeVries, who was in exactly the
opposite condition, had taken upon HIM
self the charge of his affairs. Perhaps
he made good thing out Of it, at least
he appeared well satisfied, generally;
and being high in Miss Mon tford' 8
good graces. who was Lady Superior in
all social and domestic matters, there
really seemed no reason why he should
not be.
ITO BE CONTINUED