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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-08-11
Lies and BuncOmbe.


The New York Sun says: On.
This Is q Republican Congress There IS
clear Republican majority in the House OF
Representatives, yet the House refuses by a
crushing majority To appropriate a cent for
CivL-Scrvce Reform. What then? Was the
reform resolution i'm tho platform of the last
buuCOmbcT'
Precisely "lies and buncombe -
nothing more and nothing less. Why,
the reform resolution was whistled down
the wind before It's ink was dry. What
did Garfield say about it i'm his letter of
acceptance, or Arthur i'm his? To what
extent was it brought forward in the
campaign? What prominent Repu Bile
an speaker urged il in his speeches.
what prominent Republican organ in its
editorials? What intelligent Republic
an attached the slightest Importance to
IL before the election or afterward?
What intelligent Republican did not.
nnd does not, know that the reform
plank in the platform was too rotten to
bear its own weight? And has not the
result so proved il? What did Garfield
clio when Inc was i'm the Executive chair?
What has Arthur done since he slipped
into Garlield's seat? A Republican Con-
greSs cannot be expected to be more
consistent in this matter than these two
Republican Presidents; and for a Re-
publican House, led by Robson. to vote
money for Civil Service Reform purposes
would be the very sublimity of the ri
diculOus. If the ex-Secretary's cheek
we're capable of such cutaneous con-
Vulsion, he could not afterward look Mt
himself in the mirror without a blush.
The Republican Civil-Service Reform
dodge is now taking its usual rest. and
must not be disturbed. IL will wake nm
for business about two years hence. and
then the farce played at Chicago will be
repeated somewhere else. The Repnb-
hcan party has never at any time. been
an favor of reform. There are some
honest reformers in its ranks, but not
enough To amount to anything. and
whenever they raise their heads too
nigh they are promptly sat down upon
by the anh-reform majority. What else
could oe expected in party of which
Conkling. Cameron. Logan and Robe
son are recognized leaders? These men
who make NO seorH OF their hostilitv-
can hardly be persuaded to let the re.
form-plank get into the. PLATFORM: and
their consent can only be obtained NV
giving them permission to treat II ss
"lies and rbuncombe', as soon as thu
Convention adjonrps How thoroughly
they avail themselves of'tlIis pein1lSsi56
may be seen by an examination OF their
campaign speeches. Those who re-.
member how vigorously Conkliny dashed
Gariield for his alleged reform. procliyi.
ties and how mecldy tho Republican
nominee bore the casti9atioh, REQUIRE
no further evidence of the true inward.
ness OF Repubhean reform. tits simply
n trap TO catch Notef. and the tran i
never set until the votes are needed
then a; | aside until the next time, And
we may remark. any voter who can Inc
deceived by this old and clumsy trick
would take stock liz n lunar cheese fac,
tory 81. Louis RepU6hcdn. -. :
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made all the alabaster crockery and
nutmeg-graters rattle off the shelves.
The floor was strewn with canned
peaches, cove oysters. homeless Goldfish
and pants buttons. The dust was so
thick that the excited audience couId,t
see exactly what was transporting with
in, but from certain ejaculatory SEN
fences overheard it was surmised that
some one was trying to sell Doolittle a
bill of goods on thirty days time, Eve
per cent. off for cash. But as he shot
out into the heart of the crowd. and Law
there in kind of soft, pulpy condition,
his face highly ornamented with dis
played ads. and cuts, and half pint of
teeth scattered around him. the assem-
bled multitude reverently made way
for a tall stranger who issued from the
store minus hat, with a flushed face
and long rent down the back of his
coat.-DenUer Republican.
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An Agreeable .StOrekeeper.

Old jim Doolittle used to keep store
IN Cottonwood, Neb., but he is now out
OF the business. He was very peculiar
salesman. If customer didn't buy
everything he looked at Doolittle re-
garded him rs an open enemy. He
took very little stock in the motto: No
trouble to show the goods In conse-
quencc of his peculiar method of trans
acting business Doolittles trade dwin-
died until he was able to enjoy all of
that solitude for which his nature seemed
to yearn.
One day q lady strayed into Doolittle's
store and timidly asked the poor boon
OF looking at some cheap calicos. Doc
little chung heroically TO his nail keo.
and kept right on whiting.
Ter want to look at some prints. do
yer?" he slarled.
If you please" replied the lady.
well. now, eff yer air going to buy
some, I'll show 'em down; eff yer amt
L don't propose to unlimber the goods
and muss up the counter
The lady fed.
A man from the North Loup stumbled
on to Doolittle's store and went in to
buy pair Of boots. The stock of men $
foot wear was not very extensively sort
ed up. and every pair the Loup Fork
man tried were too small for him. The
last pair of split leather lips were
mournfully laid aside. and with a sickly
smile he said he guessed he had better
go somewhere else. -., ~ -
Then you don't want no boots Ter
day." snapped Doolittle.
% Yes, I've got to have sum butes.
pardner. butt seems these air are ali
too small enough ~ rtEF Z
|"' Yer don't act like man as wanted
any boots,n said. Doolittle, alarin0 at
him like wounded hen,hawk. h = \
,."They're too small, ,pardners, 4.
dom you call me pardner. you old
iahtern-jawed snoozer. Yer one of
these finnicky chaps as can't be suited
nowheres, that's what yer air. What
do yer have Tsaeh cussed big feet for,
:" guess I'd better be a-goine.n said
the Loup Fork man, pulling on his old.
pair of meeeasiRs and starting for the
door. Frv r - rw -rr- - rvr =.
: Eyer had that. yer splav-footed old
mud-dobbler. Here, hadn't Won better
come back and try on the case, AIebbe
it Il tit one Of your hog-fat feet.,'
Something like a crowd gathered in
front of D0olittle's store Immediately
after this colloquy. There seemed to
be a kind of theatrical entertainment
going on inside. Anon the Loup Fork
man would swing, something. over his
head few times. and then he would
fetch the floor thwack with il which
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RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

"A Methodist church In Attleboro,
Mass, has organized an Anti-gossip So.
ciety. hse &!5s Sc = a1~s.-4l
Friends of Yale College are endeav.
oring to raise $3.50 for the erection
of building in which to hold religious
meetings. -
"A majority of the newspapers OF
Mississippi indorse the action of the
Trustees of the State University in open.
ing its doors to the woman of the State.
ST. Louis Globe.
Rev. George q. Barnes. the Ken
lucky evangelist, has ended his work in
Frankfort, Ky. During his preach
ing in the city ], 249 persons, it is said,
protested conversion.
Mr., George ]. Seney, the BROOKLYN
philanthropist, has given another check
for $4,000 to the Wesleyan Female
College, of Georgia, making his total
gifts to that institution 1925, 600. o9t' 9
4. Eleven missionaries have recently
left England to join the Livingstone
Inland Mission in Central Africa, which
has already twenty-five missionaries at
its four stations on the Congo River.
-"No Mohammedan is ever convert
ed" it is said again and again by the
enemies of the Christian faith. Yet at
Peshawur a church of ninety members,
composed wholly of Moslems, may be
shown, with converted Mohammedan
as their pastor. Detroit Post. Ha.
The money given to the Presbyte
rian Board of Church Erection by the
brothers Robert L. and Alexander Stu
art. of New York City, in the last ten
years. has secured the building of 276
churches. in which at least 2S,500 per-
sons worship every Sabbath.
The Rev. DR.. John Hill, the Amer
lean who died in Greece recently, was
very active in forwarding female educa-
ton in Greece. He established school
for girls in Athens fifty years ago, which
has been sustained by the Protestant
Episcopal Church of the United States.
M T. Independent.
The Ministerial Union of San Fran
cisco, composed of clergymen of differ
ent denominations. have formally re-
quested the Board of Education of that
city to arrange for the admission of all
duly qualified Chinese children to the
public schools. There are already a
few japanese children in the schools.
Christian Union. eeat
"A Christian Chinese preacher learn
ing that some 1000 of his countrymen
were heather coolies in Guiana resolved
to 60 to their aid. In order to secure
money for the passage he sold himself
as a coolie for five years, undertaking
field labor to which he had never been
accustomed. q Some English people,
hearing of his self-sacrifce. bought the
remaining two years of his time, and he
is now pastor of church in Guiana
with about 200 members. ~ Y Erana-
iiler. -.
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LOck.JaW.

The fact that there have been thir.
teen deaths of boys between the ages
OF ten and sixteen years this week
from lock jaw (tetanus), and nearly all
from wounds in the left hand from the
toy blank cartridge pistol, has attracted
general attention to the subject. The
toy pistol most generally in use by boys
this summer is about four inches In
length. and explodes a blank cartridge
in a metallic case, with a paste-board
or other thick paper wad. but carries
no ball or shot in the cartridge. In or
der to insert the cartridge the breach of
the barrel is raised by pressing on the
finger-piece forward of the trigger, but
to do this the boy takes hold Of the bar
rel with his left hand, the muzzle press
ing against the palm of the hand, near
the ball of the thumb frequently, and
raises the hammer with his right hand.
In loading, however, unless the utmost
care is exercised, the hammer slips
from the finger and explodes the car
fridge, while the barrel is held against
the palm of the left hand. The full
minated powder, the wad, or the metal
lie case of the cartridge, infiicts the
wound, which is often so slight that a
physician is not called in, even if the
boy does not, Spartan-like, conceal his
wounds from his parents until he is
past relief. Many physicians saw that
it is not any special pungency or acrid-
ness in the Illuminating powder which
causes lock-jaw, but that lacerated or
Jagged wound in the palm of the hand
is more likely to result in lock-
1nxr - e
nerves and the numerous blood
vessels which concenter there and
radiate from that point. One of
the largest of these nerves, near the
thumb, connects with the muscles of
the back of the neck, and susceptibility
to lock-jaw follows an injury to the
nerve near the ball of the thumb, espe-
cially, as well as to the other nerves in
the palm. Some physicians also sus-
pect that the Illuminating powder used
in the manufacture of these cartridges
has poisonous property which, infect
ing the blood, incites lock-jaw. One
at least of the fatal cases from the use
of the toy pistol came from hurt so
slight at first that the skin was hardly
grazed. One physician is of opinion
that there is an epidemic condition in
the atmosphere which causes lock-iaw
to follow so rapidly such wounds as are
produced by the toy pistol. The toy
cartridge pistol referred to sells at retail
for about twenty cents apiece. There is
a smaller make of toy pistol selling
from one to five cents. which has no
barrel, and, instead of cartridge,
small; wafer-shaped chemical explosive
is laid on round plate on which the
hammer falls. No serious accidents
have been reported from these, though
sometimes when carelessly held too
close to the face the illuminate has in
flicted slight singing. In reference
to the more dangerous instrument, an
intelligent merchant says that as long
as they can be bought boys will have
them. For his part he would be glad if
the sale could be stopped everywhere,
but, perhaps, the only way to effect that
purpose will be to prohibit the manu-
facture of the pistol by severe penalties.
baltimore Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-08-11
Parasites OF the Fly.

A microscopical discovery. which NAV
prove highly important in sanitary
point of view, has been made by Thorn
as Taylor, NJ. d., microscopic of the
Department of Agriculture. About a
year ago, while disSecting out the pro-
boscis of a common house fly, DIR. Taylor
discovered minute snake-like animals
moving quickly from the proboscis.
Continuing his experiments from time
to time since then, he found that house
flies are very frequently inhabited by
these animals. He has found them gen
orally in the proboscis of the fly, al
though sometimes they are found in the
abdomen, and he thinks that since flies
are carriers of these minute snake-like
animals, they may in like manner be
conveyers of contagious germs, much
smaller bodies. These animals meas
ure about eight one-hundredths to one
tenth OF an inch in length, and about
two one-thousandths of an inch in di-
ameter. They are classed under the
Nematoid9, genus Anguillula. They
are much larger than trichinR or so.
called vinegar cells. Mr.. Taylor has
found as many as seven of these ami
mails in the proboscis of one fly, and
three more in the abdomen, ten In all.
Sometimes none are discovered, some.
times one only, but frequently four are
seen.h Their presence is usually indi-
Gated by q rolling movement in the an
tsrion portion of the proboscis. When
this is observed. if drop of water be
placed upon it, the animals will readily
leave the proboscis and take to the
water. They are frequently observed
passing in and out of the proboscis, &c
and from the water, as if the proboscis
was their natural home. A power OF
twenty-five diameters is sufficient to OBJ
serve their general movements, but for
examinations of their structure from 25C
to 500 diameters is necessary. They
are perceptible to the naked eye in Ger.
tain light. Mr.. Taylor proposes to make
the experiment of feeding flies on tri-.
chinosed meat to test the possibility OF
trichin9 or the eggs of trichine being
taken up by fiies.-Scientifc american.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-08-11
Change In Food Essential.

If one boy were to say to another that
he could not .eat one quail, or part
ridge, day for thirty days in success
sion. very likely the challenged bow
would reply that he, could, AT first
glance such thing would seem not only
possible but a desirable task, for the
quail is a very toothsome Bird Never.
theless, many have tried to do it. and
there is only one instance ON record
wherein the eater succeeded. I'm Feb
ruary, 1870, two men, both of whom
lived in Washington, made a wager ia
regard to the matter. The man who did
the eating was broad-shouldered mus
cular person. He selected the hour be-
tween nine and ten in the morning. an6
ate partridge. in the presence of many
people, during that hour every day, for
thirty days. On the last day he was so
nervous as to be almost unable to write
his name, and since then he has suf-
fered great deal. OF co Irse.. such
wagers are foolish 10 a certain extent.
but we learn from this experiment that
change in our food is absolutely necaE
sary. sfss - s,se
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Hired Help.

| Much has been written and many az.
ferent plans proposed as to the best ana
most economical plan of hiring neces-
sary help about the farm. The old saw
ing. Z" if you want a job half done, sendI
if well done, 90 yourself" is very appli.
cable at the farm, but, alas for hsmau
endurance! there are times when on an
ordinary farm no one man can begin to
keep up with the work to be done, and
the farmer is obliged to look to some
one else. On many of the larger farms
only two, and many times three or four,
hands are kept busy all the year around,
and especially is this the case where
much stock is kept, and where it is the
rule to feed all that is raised on the
farm and sell the products in condensed
forms. Where this is the case hiring
by the year is best, as by that means
you are not expecting a change at the
end of every month, your help gets
better and better posted as to your way
of working and manners of feeding and
attending to your stock. while the help,
knowing he is sure of his place, takes
more interest in his work and is better
satisfied and will look more to the in
terest Of his employer than if. he were
only working by the month. He soon
understands what is required of him.
and is better prepared to perform his
part.
On large farms where help is required
continuously the surest and most rela-
bic help is obtained by having men with
families, furnishing them with a. small,
comfortable house and q garden patch
and paying them by the year. Labor
ers OF this class are. as rule, better
content, less likely to want to change,
and more trustworthy, and they will
look more to their employers inter-
ests, as they know that their living and
that of their families depend upon their
faithful performance Of their work and
onthe success of their employers finan-
cially. as. p.r sst
Day help is generally the dearest of
all, as the laborer demands higher
wages where he works by the day than
if he is working by the month or year.
Then he has no interest except to put
in the time as easily as possible, as he
has no assurance of anything further
when night comes. hence he does not
accomplish as much as if employed per.
manently. Then, generally speaking,
the class who 90 around working by the
day are those who have not been able
to secure work by the month or year
generally the poorest of the laborine
classes as regards ability and willing.
ness to work. This is not always the
case as circumstances sometimes COM
pei the best of hands to be working by
the day A good, reliable hand can
generally obtain steady work with very
little trouble, and if he has reputa-
ton for doing good. honest work, no
will find very little difficulty in securing
work by the year or month. Cor. Rural
NelO Yorker.
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-UsEFU6-AND- SUGGESTIVE.

4
Governor Bloxham,e OF, Florida, re.
ports that one of the most marked ip-
dustria1 features of that State Is the ten
dency stoya I'd small farms @1A" =.
/. The present high prices are con-
vincing proofs that farmers have not
been able to oyerstock the market yet
There is plenty of room for more farm
ers in this country. fs.s'a = s
Good spice cake: One cup Of sugar.
one half cup of butter, ryelks of four
eggs, one-half cup of molasses, one-haH
cup of sour milk, two-and-a-half cups
of flour, one teaspoonful of soda. and a
teaspoonful each of ground clover, Gin
namon, allspice and nutmeg. - The
Household.
! Fish fritters: Remove the bones
and skin, from any cold fish. Make
very fine by pounding in mortar, add
ing equal proportions of bread crumbs
! (not too dry) and hot mashed potatoes,
Str in half teacupful of cream, two
beaten eggs; season with CAYENNE pep
per and salt; form into small cakes, and
fry in butter or lard.
According to the Germantown Tele-
graph a good rcmedy for Kidding the
bushes OF the currant worm, and one
that has been tested, is 81 to wet the
| bushes with a watering pot, and then
dust them thoroughly with sieved coal
ashes. Repeat both one or two consec-
utive mornings should it be deemed nee
essary." 49,. So,
Every cook knows how disagree
bic it is to have the nutmeg or CHINA
mon which is added to cream and
sugar for pudding sauce rise to the, top
of the sauce, and when it is served to
have the first spoonful taken out too
highly favored and the rest without
taste. To remedy this mix the nutmeg
or cinnamon with sugar before pouring
on the creams; it will then be gradually
distributed through the sauce. Pour
the cream on a little at time, and the
spice will tend to dissolve. N Y. Post.
Mr.. Nelson Ritter, who has handled
many. thousand dozen eggs in his time,
tells the, Rural NeWi c,Yorber that the
largest he ever saw measured 81 inches
around one way, Y the other, and
weighed 64' ounces. The next was a
trit1e smaller. weighing five ounces.
Inside each of these was an ordinary
sized egg, with shell hard and COM
plete. Mr.. James j. H. Gregory says
in the same paper that the sugar
pumpkin is a trustworthy cropper,
nearly as fine grained as the marrow
squash, and very sweet.
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Americas as frog Eaters.

The people of New York are great
frog eaters. They consume more of
them than do the people of Paris. At
present the regular. supply is about 800
pounds per day. But frogs are scarce
and dear at the present. When they be-
come plenty there will be a demand of q
ton of frogs meat daily. The best article
comes from Canada in the Ontario dis
trict- The general method of catching
them is with hook and line. using a bit
of red flannel to dangle before the eyes
of tie victim and attract his attention,
when the hook is slipped under his chin
and he is snatched up. After being
caught they are killed and skinned and
packed in tubs, holding about fifty pounds
each. Ice is put around them. Nothing
but the hind legs and part of the side
and back are sent TO the market The
fore quarters have little or no meat up
on them. The hind feet are not cut Oft.
At this season of the year frogs retail at
sixty cents per pound. AS the season
advances and frogs become more plenti-
full the price declines to thirty-five cents
pound. This demand for frogs has
all been developed within ten or twelve
years. Artificial propagation in the
vicinity of New York has failed. it is
said because of difficulty in getting suf-
ficient cheap food on which to feed the
tadpoles and young frogs 4 he con-
sumption of frogs in Boston !, is also
greatly on the increase. The New York
Truth learns that the largest dealer in
Boston sells about 10000 frogs per
year at an average of sixty cents per
dozen. In the busy season he employs
twelve to fifteen men. who go through
Massachusetts and even into Maine and
New Hampshire. catching frogs, which
are shipped alive in boxes prepared for
the purpose. Prairie Farmer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-08-11

NAL flesh Try a bottle. ...s,t s-.ts !.
As these cuts Indicate the Oil Is used successful
for all diseases OF the human, fOtUl and ussts
flesh Shake well before using.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-08-11

The shipment of strawberries from
Long Island TO Boston this season was
light when compared with former
years. The total shipments were $780,
490 quarts, which sold for an average
of ten cents per quart. GROVER S33.Oo0
The crop was less profitable and the
season shorter than usual.-N. Y. Times
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PASSENGERS.

For windward ports, per Iwalani,
Dec Mrs Dood, 2 Misses Shaw,
S l Shaw, G Macfarlane, DR. Ollino,
W II Cornwell, Mrs Lee and child,
Mrs Simmersly, S Macauley, w II
Davis and wife, S Alderman, Capt
Cook and 20 deck.
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VESSELS LEAVING THIS DAY.
Stmr Jas Makee for Kauai
Blk Ii w Almy for San Francisco
Schr Pauahi for Waipio
Schr Kauikeaouli for Honokaa
Schr Moi Kciki for Christmas Island
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TELEPHONE.

Dimond Head, Dec. s, $3.50 am
Light S w wind.
Brigtine j d Spreckels off Dia-
mond Head.
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DEPARTURES

Dec. T.
Stmr Iwalani for Kona & Kau
Schr Catarina for Anahola
Schr Kaluna for Kipahulu
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ARRIVALS.

Dec. Z
Schr Liholiho from Punaluu y
Schr Mary + Foster from Honuapo
Schr Kulamanu from Ookala
Stmr Waimanalo from Waimana1o
Schr Mana from Lahaina
Schr Pohoiki from Puma
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VESSELS IN PORT.

Am schr Claus Spreckels
Bark Helen w. Almy, Freeman,
Ger blk Livingston
Haw brig Ninito, Cameron
Am bark Hope, Aspolet
Bktne Discovery,