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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-28
Kindness.

Kindness occurs frequently in horses,
an, very greatly deteriorates their val
ue, rendering them useless for some
kinds of work, and only.half useful for
others. The causes of it are often too
obscure or-recondite to be detected be-
fors they produce their effect, or to be
even conjecturally counteracted by any
other means than the general good
treatment of the animals. Two COM
mon but quite incurable kinds of blind
ncSs in the horse are amaurosis and
the so-called blindness; and a
third kind is occasioned by ophthalmic
Inflammation. 49, 40 .
The blindness of a horse, when in
duced. may be known by the uncertain,
unequal, and hesitating manner of his
gait, by his occasionally lifting the foot
as If to step over an obstacle
when no obstacle exists, by his
pricking up his ears and moving
them in a peculiarly listful manner
when any person enters the stable, by
his hanging back timidly and hes:tat-
ingly in his halter, and especially by
the dilatation or contraction of the pu-
pill of the eve under sudden transitions
from light to darkness. or from dark
ness to light. But when blind horse
is mounted by an expert horseman, he
may show none of the symptoms in
hesitation of gait, but under the action
Of the whip, and from adroit manage
ment, may move with perfect resolu-
ton and freedom.
A horse blind in but one eve NAV, ac-
cording TO circumstances, either be very
little or very much deteriorated. The
loss of one eye does not enfeeble sight;
because the other acquires greater en-
ergy, though it must contract the field
Of vision. 1t is said to render the con-
oeption erring, and the case of misiudg-
ment of distances is the one commonly
brought forward to show this. But q
One-eyed horse may not be absolutely
condemned for the common business of
the road or farm.
Blindness is much more FREQUENT. but
far less inveterate among sheep than
among horses. II almost any flock of
sheep be carefully examined, the ewes of
many of them win either show symp-
toms of partial or total blindness. or
present indications of quite recent re-
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What q Man Is.

Nothing is more marked or more
beautiful in the life of Jesus than the
influence of His mere character and
presence. illustrated by His inter-
course with little children; the devotion
to His person of noble women; the
drawing to Him of the sinful and the
weary; and the general testimony of
friends and foes.
There is no effort to produce an inn
preston; nothing demonstrative or the
atrical. 1t is all unstudied, natural.
the spontaneous outcome of what He is.
i. 1t is what a man is that the Bible
lays the stress upon. Shown by (d)
the ceaseless reference to the state of
the heart; co. the doctrine of new
birth; (c) the placing of goodness in mo-
tive, desire and intent.
. Not what a man has, does, thinks, but
is! Blessed are the pure in heart.
the Meek etc.
III. 1t is as man really is that he
comes to be known. Character is one
of those subtle influences, or combina-
ton of influences, which you can no
more confine than YOU can an odor.
No imposture, deceit or mistake is
permanently possible. A strong temp
tation, an unguarded moment, a look,
a gesture, and the truth is out.
Character is felt. There is mys-
FERROUS sympathy and understanding
between souls.
iii. What a man really is determines
his influence; and
". Mainly his power A most sol
emn principle; our power TO do is large
ly conditioned by what we are. Are
we weak, mean, sordid? We shall fail
as the disciples failed to least him
out" and for the same reason. 1t
takes a sanity man to do mighty
work. tss
Let us aim after a greater depth and
reality. Professions, phrases, outward
acts, ceremonies, may only betray (can
not long conceaD spiritual poverty. 1t
is 1.-The man after Gods own heart"
who is so often spoken of as my serv-
ant David. London Freeman.
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A Donkey's Suicide.

1t has always been thought that man
possesses one point of superiority, if it
can be so called, over the lower animals,
in that he alone is capable of commit
ting suicide. Mans sole claim to this
sad privilege is now assailed from a
quite unexpected quarter of the animal
kingdom. The Paris Pair gives partic-
ulars of the suicide of donkey which
was witnessed recently by dozen per-
sons, who are one and all convinced
that the animals death was premedi-
lated and intentional. The unfortunate
quadruped, which was reduced to a
condition of skin and bone from eating
too little and working too much. man.
aged to escape from his stables in the
Rue du Chardonneret, and made for the
Seine, into which he entered near the
Pont. d Austerlitz. A man who hap
pened to be giving a Newfoundland
dog bath close by, perceiving that the
donkey made no effort to swim and was
on the point of drowning, dispatched
the dog to his assistance. SEEKING the
drowning animal IS ear in his mouth, the
Newfoundland managed 20 bring him to
land. But to no purpose. The donkey
looked round with his large, sad eye,
and quietly walked back into the water.
The dog was again seLt after him: but
this time the donkey kicked out so Wig
orously that his preserver could not ap-
proach. The donkey, once beyond his
depth, resigned himself to the action OF
the current. made no movement to sus-
tain himself, and was speedily drowned.
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PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

"A daughter of General Winfield
Scott is the wife of Virginia gentle
man named Winfield Scott
The Public Library of Boston con-
tains 422, lie bound volumes. 1t stands
as No. 10 of the great Libraries of the
world.
Henry Wizards true name is Helm
rich Hilgard. He assumed willard"
as a non de plume when he was writing
Western letters to a New York paper.
The Buffalo newspaper man who
married the widow of millionaire
Fargo, the express company magnate,
has started morning paper.-Bufaio
Express.
Henry Clay Thurston, of Mount
Pleasant, Tex, the tallest man in
America, is seven feet seven and one
half inches high, fifty-three years of
age, and weighs 280 pounds.
-Raceo Nina, an Italian author. who
has dedicated book to Postmaster
General Gresham, now asks that official
to send him enough money to cover the
expense of printing the first edition.
Bronson Howard, the dramatist,
who is living on royalties from his PLAYS,
in England, is the possessor of double
tricycle. on which he and his wife, and
and whatever supplies they feel like
carrying, make twenty-mile and thirty
mile trips about the country.
Mrs. Harriet Beecher Stowe saws
that the novels of the day lack romantic
interest. Human passion has come to
be synonymous with mawkish hysteria,
to be photographed without grace, and
by what strikes her as dry process,
which takes the victim in the middle of
an emotion, as horse is caught with
all his feet in the air.-N y Graphic.
For some time Miss Louisa Nj. AL
colt has been at work upon a new story
for boys and girls. 1t is sequel to
Little Men," and is to be called "Joe's
Boys. and How They Turned Out"
Miss Alcott hoped to have the book fin
ished for the fall, but owing to the i'll
ness of her father she has been obliged
to put off its completion indefinitely.
Boston Post.
Will Carleton, the popular verse
writer, is thus described by reporter
in indianapolis, where he has been WIS.,
lting: ''He is nearly six feet tall, of
slender build, with a bright, rather
youthful face, blue eyes. aquiline nose
and short wfiskers, which cover only
his chin. His hair, which is slightly
tinged with gray, is combed smoothly
back, and this, combined with the some
what clerical cut of his clothes, gives
him rather the appearance of a well-to-
do young minister on vacation"
One of the most interesting subjects
discussed by the American Library AS
sociatiOn at Buffalo was the practice OF
changing the original title of book, or
of giving book more than one title.
Sometimes the change is effected by
fraud, often by thoughtlessness, but in
either case it causes annoyance. As
examples, John Habberton's Just One
Day." became, with a change of pub
fishers, Mrs. Mayburn Twins: with
Her Trials in the Morning, Afternoon
and Evening of Just One Day" Mrs.
Fetherstonhaugh's story. '.Kilcorran,"
is enlarged to ILL, Fair, Fair, with
Golden Hair; or, Kilcorran.''
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A NM az 90 SHOES

when the curtains are drawn. ana the baby's
And the older boy dreams on his couch up
the stair.
While The clouds and the moon.beams are
Then truce 20 the day 5 weary struggle with
And welcome. tried friend, sturdy foe to the
True comforter. welcome. dear. easy old
shoes!
Though two, ye are ono. o most matohless OF
twins.
And OFT. thrust In satchcl. have Travelled
When. condemned To do pcnanoo for earlier
Tho poor feet have achcd In the rich palace
How Liissful the moment when. reckless to
The pilTrim IN torture drew forth tho old
shoes.
We were new hong ago. and in dITnlncd state.
No mortal had vputurei 90 prrsaRo your fate
Loose iointcd. AMI jolly. and hopelcssly big
set never till now "a biithc theme for the
y beautiful. lovablc pair 90 old shoes.
Though business may ,cv with IT, ups and IT,
Thourh ships mny delay, and though bills be
postponed.
SIN, man. lrt hs home bo In fields or I'm towns.
FINDS often wcarisom" trouble condoned.
when, easy chair waiting, lifo's rOsc-tintcd
hupa.
Return with the advent ~ homcy old shoes.
Come wife, drop the mcnding. aud slt by my
side.
Let va build ~ a castle, my sweet one. I'm
spain.
For our hove grows the stronger, whatever be-
tide.
And Nc are together for sunshine or min
Aud somehow tlrr glamour 'twcre ruin To- Ioso
NomcS back WHOM I reach for these easy old
shoes.
-Aargnr,i n. Sdngsicr. IN God cheer.
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The sovereignty of God has been a
strong support and consolation to the
children OF God in their work and trials
and Affections and sufferings. 1.-The
Lord reigneth. let the earth rejoice, y
has been the text from which the Joy Of
many believer has sprung. .Thy
Kingdom come" the word of our Lord
Jesus, has been the longing of saints in
all ages. The prayer Our Prophet, the
Faithful and True Witness, taught us,
begins: "Our Father, who art in Heav-
en- and continues, Thy Kingdom
come. Thy will be DONE" A royal
Father, a Father who rules, meets the
needs of man. Men trying to live right
eously in sinful world, often engaged
in seemingly doubtful conflicts, often
abused, misrepresented, maligned and
even prosecuted, are sustained and
chez ed by faith in the royal supreme
cy of God. 1t is not only that God is
their Father, but that He is an Inde-
pendent, almighty, everywhere pres
ent, perfectly righteous, omniscient,
and fires stible Sovereign, glorious in
holiness, that is their strong staff, their
encouragement, their consolation.
Knowing this and believing ii, they are
willing TO be patient and to wait for the
promised end.
This faith in the government of the
God of the Bible has made strong, hero
ic Christians; has inspired songs in the
night: has been handspring of hope
full, beneficent activity; has infused con-
fidence in prayer, and has been as the
shadow of a great rock in a dry and
thirsty land. The new theology may
babb1c as it viii about medieval fig
ures, and about striking out the king
ship of God from the confessions, but it
will never succeed in convincing the
Church. The moment there is pros
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covery from blindness of some kind.
Inc most common causes are prolonged
Iatigue, hard driving, chasing about by
dogs, burying beneath the snow. warm
days followed by frosty nights in win
ter, and, as some think. the blowing
Oh the pollen of flowers into the ewes,
ana sometimes either infection or some
underlined description of epidemic in
tiuence
In some kinds of blindness. the
Wnoie surface of the eye-balls' has
llght blue color, resembling the color
Oh deep salt water when seen perpen-
uicuiarly in clear sunshine; but in the
more common kinds, a white film
gradually spreads over it till the whole
SURFACE seems a pearly whiteness. All
the Kinds, however, appear to be pre-
ceded or accompanied by inflammation;
and when properly treated, or even
sometimes when they are merely let
alone, they, with few exceptions,
gradually and speedily disappear.
Blindness not unfrequently attacks
poultry, and may, in general, be easily
cured. 1t is generally consequence
or an accompaniment of roup, and dis
appears when that disease is cured. II
IS sometimes the result of pure infam-
nation of the eye, and may consist in
either cloudiness, liberation or enlarge
ment of that organ, and may be cured
by few lamentations with warm
water, each followed by the introduce
ton of a few drops of very diluted
laudanum between the eyelids. 1t is
sometimes also the effect or symptoms
of some other disease, and consists in
the closing up of the eye with mucous
matter; and, in this case, it may be re-
moved by such simple means as the
cleansing of the coop, and a slight pro,
lection in any manner from cold winds
and chilly air.-Prdirie Farmer.
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HUMOROUS.

An earthquake usually causes an
active movement in real estate.--SOnl-
crrilic journal.
Some one who believes that 'sbrevity
is the soul of wit" writes: Don't eat
Q cumbers. They'll w up"
Adele Yes, your poem, "He loves
me very dearly" is remarkable pro-
ductiOn; but if you want those pleasant
relations to continue, don't let him see
it. As for the copy sent hither. it will
be carefully placed in little basket,
not necessary for publication, but us a
guarantee of good faith. - Exchange.
60 feel SO worried about Charles?"
sighed Mrs. Wildhusband. ITS get
ting late sure enough said sister Kate,
looking at the clock; '' but guess moth
ing unusual has happened That is
what frets me- replied Mrs. Wild
husband, Il am afraid something usual
has happened to Charles. - Detroit
Post.
Last week the Governor of Rhode
Island packed his State in hand bag
and took it down to Cape May for
holiday. This was kind of the Cover
nor, and makes the Governor of Texas
hide his diminished head when he con-
trasts the generous action with his own
selfishness. Catch him taking his State
anywhere. Bless You, it's as much as
he can do to keep it at home.--Burling-
ton Rankeye.
Ingratiating photographer (after
carefully posing little Violo): "And
now you are going to be very good
little girl. and sit as still as a mouse for
few minutes. Vioio (who, though
but mite, has n mighty will of her
own, quickly imposing and assuming a
most determined eypression): 90, in
decd, Mr.. Man. That's all you know
about it! Pm going to be as naughty as
possibler' Y. Herald.
-Cmsar's mistake: Boss, will you
tell me how to make root beer?' asked
a colored man of clerk in drug
store, day or two ago. sYes. / will:
Take hickory stick, three gallons of
water, an old hat, quart of molasses,
paper of tacks and a pound of cayenne
pepper, aud boil and skim and set in a
cool place" ''Say dat again, boss, SO
/ can disremember. The clerk re-
peated his directions and the customer
brought his fist down on the counter
with the exclamation: Il sees where
spilled my hull hatch! / left out de
tacks! ''-BoStOn Gazette.
-Honors were easy: A German citi.
zen, approaching the window, re.
quested that a check payable to the or.
der of Schweitzercase be cashed. ia,
dots me- he nodded reassuringly, in
answer to the teller's look of inquiry.
.'But l don't know that you are Mr..
Schweitzercase. You must get your
self identified said the teller. Glow
vass dot?" asked the German citizen,
with a puzzled look. ''You must get
some one to identify you," repeated the
bank officer. '.Ah, JAZZ cried John,
much relieved; dots all right. 1
dom know you neider. "-Bu6ato Com
merciaL.
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rTo BE Continued
How II Feels to Kill a Man.

81 believe | must have killed at least
dozen of the enemy during my three
years service in the army,n saws Gen.
eral Charles +. Henderson, of Nebraska.
'One gets used to- that sort of bushes.
just as surgeon becomes hardened and
calloused in his profession. The first
man that killed was before Richmond,
when Mcclellan was i'm command.
was doing picket duty late one night
near the bank of creek, and had been
cautioned to beespecially watchful, as an
attack was expected. carried my
musket at half cock, and was startled
by every rustic the wind made among
the trees and dead leaves. 1t was some
time after midnight that | saw n Con-
federate cavairyman dashing down the
opposite side of the creek in my direc-
ton. As he was opposite me fired
upon the borSe and it fell. The caval-
ryman regained his feet in n moment
and had drawn his pistols. called TO
han TO surrender, but his only reply
was p discharge from each revolver,
one bullet iniiicting flesh wound in my
arm. Then let him have it full in the
breast. He leaped three feet in the air
and fell with his face down. ] knew |
had finished him. i ran and jumped
across the creek. picked him up and
laid him on his back. The blood was
running out of las nose and mouth and
poured in torrent from the ragged
hole in the breast. In less time than il
takes to tell it he was dead without hav-
ing said a word. Then my head began
to swim, and was sick at my stomach
L was overcome by an indcScribable
horror of the deed l had done. / trem-
bled all over and felt as faint and weak
as a kitten. 1t was with the greatest
difficulty that l managed to get into
camp. There they laughed at me, but
il was weeks before my nervous system
recovered from the shock. Even in my
dreams / saw the pale face of the dying
cavlryman, and the specter haunted me
like a Nemesis long after had got
over the first shock of the affair. 1t was
simply horrible, but in time recovered,
and at the close of the war l was quite
as indifferent TO the sacrifice of human
life as you could imagine"
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Choice Extracts.

"A man never knows what a weak,
tickle and uncertain master he has in
himself until he is at liberty to govern
his own life as he pleases.
In the light of eternity we shall see
that what we desired would have been
fatal to us, and that which we would
have avoided would have been essential
to our MISUNDERSTANDING.
In dispute with an infidel the
purity of the Bible is an overwhelming
argument. The Sermon on the Mount,
if all the circumstances be considered,
will be regarded by any profound
thinker as greater miracle than the
raising of Lazarus
Exaggerated speech makes one
careless of the truth. The habit of
using words without regard to their
rightful meaning often leads one to dis
tort facts, to misrepresent converse
tons, and to magnify statements i'm
which the literal truth is important to
be told. You can never trust the testi-
mony of one who in common converse
ton is indifferent to the import and
regardless of the power of words.-Pea-
body.
Atheism in any form is more credu-
lous than Christianity hundred-fold.
1t requires less blind faith or credulty
to accept every miracle ut sight than il
does to accept any positive position as
sumed by any atheist who has ever
written or spoken. The atheist thinks
it a terrible thing for us to believe that
Christ could raise one dead man, but
he believes there are millions Of souls
called into being each year with no di-
vine agency whatever Golden Rule.
We all feel the need of help, and of
help that no human source can supply;
for the deepest needs of our natures can
not be met by merely human agencies
But it is blessed to know that the
Divine Helper is always near, and al
ways ready to bestow, from His mex
haustible resources, Just the help that
is needed. One of the old fathers said:
mo man can despair who remembers
that his Helper is omnipotent. There
need be no suicide if men will take their
burdens to Him who is mighty to bear.
Christian AdUOcdte.
You can not reason your heart into
purity. A single days work in such
task would make more progress than o
century's words. If thinking is not fol-
lowed by doing it is like plant that
promises well, but never comes to fruit
fulness. it is very easy matter &c
think of doing great things, of making
great sacrifices for others good, of be.
ing charitable and helpful to your fell
lowmen, but to have this thinking
blossom out in noble deeds is quite an
other thing. Many think of doing good,
while the few set ont to frame their
thoughts in living deeds. -Erci,ange.
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The Arkansaw Cow.

The Arkansaw COW is, perhaps, the
most athletic animal of her species.
She may be reduced in flesh. but her
horns are always in fourishlng condi-
ton. She seems to have been intended
more for the production of horn than OF
milk. Her milk receptacle is always
small, pale and delicate. If her cali
has lost its appetite, she may give milk
enough to satisfy the stomach, other
wise the calf must go hungry. II
would seem that the milk done I'D in
such a small, almost silken bag, is rich
and of fine flavor, but it is not. The
bag is so thin that in summer the milk
gets too warm. Ii is favored with pen
nyroyal and herbs that have never pos
sessed any attraction for the human
family. The native Arkansaw cow does
not long for hay or corn; she wants the
buds of the sassafras sprouts and the
twigs of the dogwood tree to mix with
her pennyroyal. You might bring her
from the hillside and present her with
bundle of fodder and bucket of
wheat bran for dessert, and she would
shake her horns in disapproval. She
thinks that such nick-nacks" are
good enough for the bloated cows of
the North, but for the feet-footed COW
of Arkansaw such stuff is degrading.
Her great pride seems TO be in her fleet
hess. Some time ago party of gentle
men came from New York to this State
for the purpose of engaging in an ex-
tensive deer-hunt They went out
among the hills and turned loose their
hounds. A wild and exciting chase
Immediately began. The gentlemen
were in luck; they had not dared 10
hope for such easily-acquired sport.
The deer fed along the hillside, and,
strange to say, kept in the paths. The
excited dogs howled and exerted every
nerve, but they could not catch the
wild antelope. Along toward evening
a farmer came upon the party and an
grily exclaimed:
I'm great mind to shoot You fell
lows. You amt got no sense"
1--WE did not know that this land
was posted" replied the leader of the
party.
Posted! vociferated the farmer;
"you are chasing my milk cows"
The Arkansaw COW has one virtue
that can not be denied. Her butter IL
never strong. 1t is always weak and
delicate. The older it gets the more
gray-haired it becomes, the weaker it is,
until at last its white locks are brought
down in sorrow to the grave.-Arkd,s-
sd,C Traveller.
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Why He Didn't Go.

E "Uncle Abe, amt yer gwine ter de
funeral?" asked colored woman OF
an old man who stood on the street as
a funeral procession passed.
mo, chile, l amt got time"
81 thought dat yer was great hen
ter 60 ter funerals. Dis is de fust one
dat | ebber seed yer miss"
wall, dar was a little misun'er-
standin' twix' me an de man in de
hearse, an 1 thought dat 1 wouldn't
60"
dat doan make no difference. Yer
ken forgive him now dat he's dead. ~
Vas, l. could forgive him easy
enough, but fears dat he couldn't for
give me. Yer see owed de gentleman
seberal dollars, an If was ter 90 out
dar, when da open de coffin at de
grave-an' dat's what da's gwinter ter
do-Id forget myself an say: PAY yer
dat money in day or two, sah.' No,
chile, Use so absent in my mine dat I
speck I'd better stay away. Dar'n be
anuder funeral putty soon, mebbe,
an den I ken make up fur los time
arkansas Traveller.