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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20
Farmers Help.

1t is now recognized fact that the
successful cultivation of the soil is both
science and an art. A high degree of
scientific knowledge is not only requisite
to determine the character OF the crops
that shall be raised on different qualities
of land and TO preserve the strength and
fertility of the soil. but great skill is de-
manded in the art of planting. cultivat-
ing and securing the crops. Ignorant,
unskilled labor is as Improbable in
farming as it is in the mechanical in
dustries. The demand OF skilled farm
help is rs great in some other sections
of the country rs it is in the Southern
States. Experience has demonstrated
that skilled farm help is not to be found
among the majority of immigrants who
come to this country. The working
classes Of foreigners, unless they belong
To some of the mechanical industries,
have no aptitude for any special pur-
suit. For digging on the railroad. in
the ditch or canal. or for street labor,
where only physical strength and en-
durance are requisite, they do very
well; but when il comes to working on
the farm they are incapable of any in
telligent assistance. They first must
learn by experience, and the details Of
farm labor are not 10 be acquired in n
single year. Yet this class of laborers.
Notwithstanding, expect to receive the
wages that are paid to experienced farm
hands. What Is wanted everywhere in
this country. are practical farmers. And
there is no reason why there should be
scarcity OF this class, any more than
that there should be lack of workmen
IN any mechanical branch. IL has a.
ready been shown in these columns that
the remuneration OF this branch oflabor
IS equitable as compared with other in
dustries. The inducements are in every
way rs desirable. III farmers sons
themselves would only understand this,
the lack OF skilled labor for the farm
would in some degree be mitigated.
But LET young men generally be taught
TO believe that labor on the farm is as
honorable as any other employment,
and even more pleasant and desirable
than the majority of industrial pursuits;
that all the skill and knowledge they
may acquire may be put to profitable
use in the science and art of agriculture,
and that constantly they will receive an
increased reward for their experience
and industry, and the great scarcity of
skilled help for the farm will soon cease
10 be felt Philadelphia Record.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20
Locating a Fault in an Ocean Cable.

The work of locating break or flaw
in the cable-a process seemingly so alb
struse-is. with the present improved
instruments, comparatively quick and
easy. Discarding technicalities, we may
say briefly that the whole electric POI
tency of the cable when fully charged
is known. and the same can be quickly
ascertained of the two parts created by
n break. A delicate machine adjusted
TO the incest fractions discloses the cleo
trio units or .'OhnlS" in each part, and
q the number of ohms to the mile is
known, the miles and fractions OF miles
in both parts can be found out at each
end OF the cable. In the case of a clean
break the locating of it takes about fifteen
minutes. But very angular break. or
flaw, makes perturbations of the
measurement which it now and then
takes some hours to rectify. The usual
cause of breaks or flaws is attrition on
rocks or sand; and sometimes a break
In very deep water indicates that sea
currents of considerable force prevail
there, contrary to the generally ac-
cepted theory that deep-sea waters are
always placid. Most of the fractures.
however, take place in shadows. and
many OF them are due TO the dragging
anchors OF the fisher craft. In two or
three instances the cables have evident
w been snapped by enraged or hungry
hsh.-Cor. N i. Ecening Post.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

ONE Of the old veterans OF Wall street was
the other day giving some fatherly advice to
one OF his sons about to be married. and in
closing his sermon he said: directly after
the ceremony there will be q banquet, of
course. When your wife turns over her plate
she VIII ind a check FOR $4,000 under it. -
DO you think sof'' "Oh, know it That's
the prevailing style nowadays. The check
wlil De passed around and finally given to you
money on iti' "OA. mo- YOU WON'T "Why
nott Because there won't be any to draw.
Don.t make dolt of yourself by rushing to
the bank" but thought" a. No matter
what you thought. Save the check to frame
and hang up. When / was married thirty
years ago my wife found one under her plate
I've got II yet. thought too much of her
father to mortify his feelings aud know he
has always respected me for it. That's all,
my son. If you run short on your bridal tour
you can send q telegram to me."-Dstroit
Free Press
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20
The Wells In Sahara.

French enterprise is steadily perse-
vering in the work of redeeming the
Desert of Sahara by means of artesian
wells. A large number of wells have
been sunk along the northern border,
more than $50 In the province of Con-
stantine alone, and the work is advanc-
ing into the interior. One of the Curl
Gus phenomena which the digging of
these wells has brought to notice is the
existence OF fish and crabs at great
depths The learned engineer, III. Jus,
who for twenty years has directed the
work. AYERS that he once boiled and ate
a crab which had been drawn up from
n depth of 250 feet, and that. more
over. II was of an excellent flavor
Exchanges -. : -fA---.-'--@ 80.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20
USEFUL AND SUGGESTIVE.

Use your ashes in your orchard or
Keep them for the next potato crop. for
which they viii be found profitable.
~ y Herald.
Larger loads can be hauled with
broad wheels, and IL the meadows are
soft these wheels do not sink into the
sod and cut il up as the present narrow
tires will do.-LiUe Stock Journal.
For n good lemon pudding take one
pint OF sweet cream, six eggs beaten
very light; mix the cream with one
cohee-cup Of sugar, and CRATE the rind
OF two large lemons, and add the Juice
Ut one lemon. Line a dish with paste,
pour the mixture in, and bake in a mod
crate oven.-ErehdRge.
To remove freshly-spilled ink from
carpets take up as much of the ink as
possible with teaspoon; then pour cold
sweet milk on the spot and take up with
teaspoon as before. Keep pouring
IN the milk until it becomes only slight
ly tinged with the ink; then wash with
sold water. rubbing only a little.--N. y.
Times.
As early as the time of Alexander
H., OF Scotland, n man who let weeds
90 To seed on farm was declared to be
the n ngs enemy. In Denmark farm
ers are compelled to destroy all weeds
on their premises. In France a man
may prosecute his neighbCr for dam
ages who permits weeds to 90 to seed
which may endanger neighboring lands.
AS one travels over our beautiful
country. and meets on every hand sturdy
well to-dO farmers. who began life with
out dollar, cleared their farms, and
now are spending the evening of their
days in peace and plenty, one can hard
lyhelp thinking that worse things might
befall man than to be compelled 10
start life on bush farm Toronto
Globe.
If animals are allowed to get pinched
with cold they will run down rapidly in
condition. Exposure TO one cold storm
in autumn will take of more flesh than
n weeks feed will make up. Sheep are
especial sufferers from rain, as their wool
Is long time in drying. Bring your
stock under shelter every night and dc
not turn them out during a Stormy.
T. Herald.
"A quality Of California redwood is
its ready absorption of water when
heated. which for time makes IL al
most fire-proof. The quickness with
which fires are extinguished in San
Francisco has often been remarked. and
the CELEBRITY with which blazing build.
ings are often transformed into charrcd
remnants is greatly facilitated by she
entire lack of the resinous element in
the redwood lumber.-.San Francisco
Chronicle
"A convenience for almost ever wo-
man, but particularly for the one who
hires her washing done by the dozen. is
the movable skirt bottom. How many
times IL happens that the upper part il
not soiled when the rufile or hem is too
dusty to be worn. and this, perhaps. aft
or once wearing. The movable part is
10 be buttoned TO the upper mt the knee.
or tribe below, and il is allowable to
have three of them to one upper. Use
small buttons, and rs close together as
IL Is necessary TO keep the skirt in place.
Always take the precaution to examine
each button before putting the garment
on.-M y. Post.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

hereby certify that my boy, 10 years Of
age, was taken sick with typhoid fever, fol-
lowed by congestion of the lungs. DIR. DYER.
an eminent physician of this place, stated that
ne thought the boy would run down with
quick consumption. A Mr.. Patterson told
me that Goes Cough Balsam was curing sim
liar cases, and advised me to purchase it.
When carried it home my wife laughedat
me; but / knew that Mr.. Patterson meant
Just what he said, and determined to try it.
Two bottles effectually cured him, SO that
now ne Is as tough and healthy as anybody.
LYNN DoRMAN.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20
Nearly Miracle

E. Asenith Hall, Binghamton, n. Y, writes !:
81 suffered for several months with dull
pain through left lung anu shoulders lost
my spirits, appetite aud color, and could with
difficulty keep up all day. Ny mother pro-
cured some BURDoCK BLOOD BirTRRs; | took
them as directed, and have felt no pain since
6rst week after using them, and am now
quite we'll" Price, 81.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20
KALAMAZOO. Mich. Feb. .. 1880

IAaLaAIaHOO, =,
know Hop Bitters will bear recommends
ton honestly. All who use them confer upon
them the highest encomiums, and give them
credit for making cures-all the proprietors
claim for them. have kept them since they
were first offered to the public. They took
high rank from the first, and maintained it,
and are more called for than all others COM
bined. So long as they keep up their high
reputation for purity and usefulness / shall
continue TO recommend them-something
have never before done with any other patent
medicine. j. j. BABCoCK NJ ID
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20
ymn0FfRnH.

When you visit or leave New York City, save
baggage and expressage and carriage hire, and
site the Grand Central Depot. $50 elegant
rooms, single and in suits, fitted up at an ex-
pense of one million dollars. Rooms reduced
to 81 and upward per day on European plan.
Elevators. Restaurant supplied with the best.
Horse cars, stages and elevated railroad to all
depotS
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

LADIES of all ages who suffer from loss of
appetite, from imperfect digestion, low spirits
and nervous debility, may have life and health
renewed and indefinitely extended by the use
OF Mrs. Lydia f. Pinkhams remedies for all
complaints incident to the female constitu-
ton. We have not only living faith in Mrs
Pinkham, but We are assured that her medi-
cines are at once most agreeable and effica-
ciOus.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20
Deaf as n Post.

Mrs. W. j. Lang, Bethany, Ont. states that
for fifteen months she was troubled with
disease in the ear, causing entire deafness. In
ten minutes after using Thomas EcLEcrRIc
OIL she found relief, and in a short time she
vas entirely cured and her hearing restored.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

r NJ. BUXTON, Of Columbus, Ind, writes
" Fer kidney complaint, Indigestion, and
weak lungs | can conscientiously recommend
as reliable cure DR.. Guysott's Yellow Dock
and Sarsaparilla- have used it myself and
recommended it to my friends, with most sat-
isfactory results"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20
Personall

TIE VoLrAIo BELT Co., Marshall, Mich, win
send DR.. Dyes Celebrated Electro Voltaic
Belts and Electric Appliances on trial for
thirty days to men young or old) who are af-
kindred troubles, guaranteeing speedy and
complete restoration of health and manly vigor.
Address as above. N. B.-No risk is incurred,
as thirty days trial is allowed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

For dyspepsia, Indigestion, depression of
spirits and general debility in their various
forms; also as preventive against fever and
ague and other intermittent fevers, the
Ferro-Phosphorated Elixir of Calisaya,"
made by Caswell, Hazard q Co. New York.
and sold by all druggists, is the best tonic /;
and for patients recovering from fever or
other sickness, it has no equal
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

Nature win allow man to live long and be
happy on condition that her laws of life. and
health are obeyed. Keep the blood pure, keep
the bowels regular, keep the kidneys strong,
keep the mind clear. These are her four chief
commands DIR. Guysott's Yellow Dock and
Sarsaparilla Is great help In maintaining
these conditions
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

WHEN is a vegetable not vegetable! When
1t is what you caulifiower.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

THE great distinguishing feature Of Redding's
Russia Salve is its power to reduce inflammation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

Iowa claims to raise more onions than any
other State in the Union, and she says SO
with weeping eyes.-DetT0t Free Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

THE milking stool is the latest in the ''dec-
Grating" line. 1t is affected only by the
"cresm Of society"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

ONE pair Of boots or shoes saved every year by
using Lyons Patent Metallic Heel Stiffeners.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

IT doesn't do to engage in n dispute with a
chemist, for he always has a retOrt ready
Rockldld Courier Gazette.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

The snob who wears an eye-giass for the
looks of the thing might as well walk lame
for the same purpose.-N o. Picaysse.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

The feeling between ague and quinine is
exceedingly bitter.-Brecke1trid1 NeacS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

The potato crop in Switzerland is
said to be total failure. The demand
for American potatoes is expected to be
brisk.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

A YOUNG country lady of Missouri slashed
an insulting fop with knife. She PROBABLY
wanted to cut q sweil.-Courier-To Journal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

The composition who tortured "Old Bay
Line" into "Old Baby Nine" has been given
fifty years ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Herald
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20
That Husband of Mine

Is three times the man he was before he begaI
using Wells Health Remover. 81. Druggists
Send for pamphlet. E.S Wells, jersey City, NJ
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20
Hale.s Honey of Horebound and r

Cures a cough, cold, or influenza without any
bad effect Pixies toothache drops cure in one
minute.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

81 MEANT" said he, "to buy a new hat-a
stoye-pipe; but it ended in smoke The
Judge.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

JOSH Billings says that natur luvs phuu !;
II she doesn't she never would have made a
munkey.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20
We DO NOT LIKE TO SEE

man who knows so much you cannot ten him any
thing
Ayellow saffron colored skin. when Burdock Blood
Bitters is guaranteed TO restore the complexion
One man occupying a section in q railway car. and
his valise and grip sack half another, while modest
people squeezed In and packed away sardne style
live business man who Is oftener ineapacItated
from business account Of dyspepsia when Burdock
Blood Bitter Is guaranteed to the worst case Of
this insidious man killer
The man In the who sits and waits for some
other fellow to get up and give lady the seat
person who is always complaining Of bilious at
lacks, and sick headaches when the trouble can 20
easily be cured by using Burdock Blood Bitters-
nirniny priminy Lah-di dah-d cigarette smoking
specimen of Miss Nancy. who parts his hair in the
center and tries to pass for nice young man.
person that we like, but whom we would like much
better II he did not come close on account Of his
disagreeabe foul breath and who won't take Burdock
Blood Filters to purifyit
person who win succeed in proving to every lady
In the land they look perfectly hdeous in head gear Of
huge proportions; especially at theater.
The man who reads this and who fails to prescribe
Burdock Blood Bitters to bis wife, who Is martyr to
Eick headaches
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

A RAcE-HoRsE, like the law, must always
take its course.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

An extraordinary thing in lldies' bonnets-
Q cheap one.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

KEEP your feet dry, by using Wise's Axle
Grease on your boots.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

The best thing to take before singing
breath.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20
THE GENERAL MARKETS..

Try the new brand, "spring Tobacco.s
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

TAKE from your Grocer only National Yeast.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

W1sE's Axle Grease is the cheapest.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1882-10-20

Use Wise's for economy.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-06-07
Eskimo Weapons.

If you were to examine the queer
weapons by which the Eskimos manage
TO capture their seals, specimens of
them are in the National Museum at
WashiDgton,-you would be sstonished
at their roughness. 1t is very difficult,
especially for the northern bands, to get
any wood. excepting sticks that are
washed ashore, and piece long enough
to make good spear-handle is extreme
" rare. In most cases. Therefore, they
are obliged to splice two or three short
pieces together. and this they can only
do by slanting both ends, and binding
the pieces at their iuncture with strings
of raw-hide or strips of intestine. The
striking end of the spear usually con-
sists of a long and pretty straight piece
of bone, such as can be got from a
whales or walrus's skeleton, and this is
tipped with sharp point OF bone, ol
hInt. or nowadays generally of iron.
Sometimes this tip is movable, So that
when it penetrates the prey it will come
off and only be held by the line, while
the handle floats, secured by q loop
Other spears have each skin buoy at
tached, this making it more Difficult
for the poor apimal to swim away, ant
also helping to float the weapon if th'
hunter misses his aim. The stout line
are made OF sea-hide. or sometimes o
braided spruce roots. The ''hooks'
mentioned above have wooden or bon,
shafts, to the end of which curved An,
sharpened hook of bone is firmly bound
Besides, there are other rough weapons
and kind of net, in all of which tn
seals hide and bones contribute to hi
tribes destruction, and which are mar
yels of savage ingenuity.
Many of them are used later whel
the ice breaks up and the Esquimos ca
go out in their kayaks. The kayak
about twenty fest long, but can be car
ried by the one man who forms til
crew. 1t is all decked over, exceptin
la little round hole through which til
young Esquimo squeezes his legs an
sits down. Then he puts on tight OF
skin coat over his garments, and ties
down to the deck all around him, s
that no water can pour in "'twee
decks" But, on the other hand,
must unite the knots before he can z,
out; so if by chance he capsizes, /
must either be content to navigate hea
down and keel up, or else must rigl
himself by sort of somersault, whic
! shall bring him up on the opposite sic
and this he often actually does.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1882-06-07
A Great Bull Fighter.

The greatest Spanish matador of the
day is Cordovian, by name Lagartiio.
He works the principal Spanish plaza,
but his services are retained for the
capital on all great holidays. he Is re-
puted to be temperate, very industri-
Gus, very saying and, as consequence,
very wealthy. He was pointed out to
me one day on the sidewalk at Madrid
a slender man, little over the common
height, perfect form. dark complexion
and having the eye of a hawk. His age
is given at AZ years. but he looked not
over 80 or "a. He is said to be a won
der of litheness and nerve and some mar
veIous stories are told about his per-
formances. This is one:
At combat held at Madrid on a
great holiday, two or three years ago,
when the amphitheatre was crowded to
its utmost, the bull had been turned
over by the bandlleros to LsgartiIo,
who, for some reason not apparent, pro-
longed his play unusually. He touched
his brute enemy repeatedly with the
point of his sword, waved the red flag
perplexinsly against his very eyes, and
over and again skipped back and hither
and thither, until tie bull had become
fairly crazed with worry, pain and rage.
The matador had Mt last described q
great circle and stopped. The bull
started madly and in straight line for
him, when Lagartiio, by a sudden in
spiration- mesmeric intuition of power,
l1kely-threw one foot firmly in ad-
vance, placed his flag quickly out OF
sight behind him with his left hand,
and, holding his sword aloft with the
right, stood immovable, like statue OF
defiance, awaiting the onset. The still
ness of death fell upon the great multi
tude. 1t was an act of madness. But
the mans instinct was true the brute
came only few yards further, When,
again sighting the motionless bravo, he
seemed to stagger uncertainty and then
actually fell forward on both knees IN
his endeavCr to stopl Such shout as
went up next from the breatnless,
watchful multitude the like of it was
never heard before, nor has it rang SINCE
from the plaza de torros.