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The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-01-17
Facts About Flour.

Flour is peculiarly sensitive to the
atmospheric influences, hence it should
never be stored in room with sour
liquids, nor where onions or fish are kept,
nor any article that taints the air of the
room in which it is stored Any smell
perceptible to the sense will be absorbed
by the -four Avoid damp cellars or
lofts where free circulation of air can
not be obtained Keep in a cool, dry,
airy room, and not exposed to freezing
temperature nor to intense summer, nor
to artificial heat for any length of time
above 70 degrees to rs degrees Fahren-
heit. 1t should not come in contact with
grain or other substances which are liable
to heat. Flour should be sifted and the
particles thoroughly disintegrated and
then warmed before baking. This treat
ment improves the color and baking pro-
perties of the dough. The sponge should
be prepared for the oven as soon as the
yeast has performed its mission, other
wise fermentation sets in and acidity re.
sults.-Ame75cna Miller.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-01-17
Cockroaches as Medicine.

A Philadelphia medical journal has re-
ceived communication from Louisiana
physician, asking if there is any virtue in
tea made from fat female cockroaches,
brandy, and sugar The following form
ula of a preparat on used by old women
nurses in the South was also furnished :
" One dozen fat female cockroaches, put
into pint OF. boiling water CATER being
bruised); let stand couple of hours,
then strain well; add two tablespoontuls
of brandy and one ounce Of crushed
sugar; stir till thoroughly dissolved.
Two tablespoonfuls every hou.."
The Professor of Materia Medica in
Jefferson College said last night that he
presumed that cockroaches were not en-
tirely unknown in the medical practice
in this city, and cockroach tea" may be
used with good effect in certain cases,
although, owing to the public prejudice
against the insect, it would not be a pop
ular medicine. The use of the cockroach
as a diuretic in certain diseases is almost
universal in Russia, and is very general
now in European medical practice as a
cure for Bright's disease. To what ex-
tent it may be used in Philadelphia is
not known. Physicians would not care
to have it known that they prescribe so
detested an insect in their practice, and
few druggists will acknowledge that they
keep it in stock. It's medicinal proper
ties are in many respects the same as
those Of cantharides, and when prescribed
are in the shape of pill, made with the
powder of the dried insect, or the cock
roach tea of the Southern grannies. -
A Record reporter, who visited several
of the leading drug-stores in the city yes
terday and asked whether powdered
cockroaches were kept in their stock, was
told that they did not sell it, but that a
prescription containing the active prin-
ciple (blattiden) can be easily prepared
by drying half dozen of the animals
and powdering them, so as to make a
pill, or solution can be, and occasionally
is, prepared by soaking fat female cock
reaches in whiskey. The, Professor OF
Materia Medica in Jefferson College says
that the cockroach is no more offensive
than the cantharides, which are of the
same class of animals, and their smell is
if anything, less disgusting than the
much-used Spanish fly. Several physi-
clans who were interviewed yesterday on
the subject said that, in their opinion, it
is only matter of time when cockroaches
or the active principle, will be in as com.
mon use in this country as they are in
Russia or Central Europe Philadelphia
Record.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-01-17
Women Spectators

The speculative mania which during
recent years has spread so wildly through
out the country has developed many Pc
culiar features, but in all its associations
there is nothing so curious or alarming
as the hold it has obtained upon women.
Wherever there is an exchange it has be-
come proverbial that the most reckless
dealers In speculative stocks or margins
are women, who, within easy reach of
the brokers, direct the purchase and sale
of securities in their interest and pocket
the profits or bear the losses with undis-
turbed equanimity.
1t has long been a maxim among gam
blers that the most desperate devotees OF
the cloth, are the women who by chance
or otherwise fall victims to it's seductive
influences. This recognized fact is
variously accounted for. The feminine
mind, though probably as acute as that
of the masculine, is less analytical, and
while the same impulse for accretion OBJ
tains in the heart of woman, the hazard
has less of restraining power than in
the sterner sex. 1t is not improbable
either that the conditions which these
statements imply are in some measure
accounted for in the fact that women
have less appreciation of the value OF
money than prevails in the mind of the
average man. Whatever the cause, how
ever, the facts are admitted and every
day gives it fresh illustration.
Of all the remarkable incidents of the
recent furry in oil none made so deep
an impression upon the public mind as
this single fact. At every seat Of oil specu-
lation during that memorable and disas-
trous period one or more women gained
or lost largely by fortunate or adverse
investments. From the well-to-do ladies,
who out of a spirit of banter risked sur
plus pin-money, the fever has spread
until servant girls, school teachers, shop
maidens, and all classes of women have
fallen victims to It's charms to an extent
that in at least one of the prominent
centers of oil the school board has been
compelled to enact an ordinance pro
hibiting speculation on the part Of the
teachers. 1t is to be hoped this measure
will check the mania in that channel, but
how it may be curtailed or prevented in
other directions is a subject worthy the
best minds Of philanthropy PhjJadeJ-
Phia Times.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-01-17
A Coal Economizer.

Mr. Pridgin Teale, who has written
book without words Dangers to Health J.
and pointed every moral with blue ar
row, has been delivering lecture before
the Philosophical Society of Leeds on the
economical combustion of coal. He says
truly that our present open fre-places
are all on the furnace system, and advo
Gates the adoption of remarkably simple
plan, which converts them at once into
slow-combustion CRATES. A plate of iron
to enclose the space between the hearth
and the lowest bar of the CRATE is all that
is wanted, or, in his own words, "a sim
pie shield resting on the hearth and ris
ing as high as the bottom bar of the
CRATE. 1t costs two or three shillings.
and requires no fixing or mans time.
The economizer makes three tons of coal
do the work of four. By its universal
use in the Leeds Infrmary it saves G10O
year in coal. 1t consumes all cinders.
and leaves at the bottom of the crate a
fine ash, valuable to farmers. 1t is
reckoned that if everybody in the United
Kingdom converted his fireplace into a
slow-combustioR CRATE on the principles
laid down by Mr.. Teale, there would be
saving in the consumption of coal OF
nearly 100000 tons in the year. Hav-
ing heard. of the economizer few
months ago, got Jones, Of Down Street,
Piccadilly, to put one into my kitchen
stove and drawing-room fireplace, and
have found no discomfort expression
below, and much satisfaction felt above,
as the fire keeps in regardless Of much
attention from the butler, and always
looks CHEEKY and bright when l come
home London WorLG
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-01-17
Horses' Feet and LEGS.

The feet and legs of horses require par
ticular attention. 1t is an old saying
with horsemen, Keep the feet and legs
in order, and the body will take care OF
itself" The legs are the first to fail
The horse, when brought in from severe,
protracted exertion, should be rubbed
down dry. His legs, from the knees and
hooks down, should be well hand-rubbed
50 that friction will create insensible
perspiration; that will tend to prevent
swelled legs, stiff joints, contracted ten
dons, and sprung knees. When the legs
are fevered from overdriving, they should
be bandaged with wet cloths, to take
away the heat and prevent wind-galls
that prove eye-sores, and which, without
diminishing his capacity for labor, ma
terially affect the market value of the
horse.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-01-17
KaIa Nuts for LAC prinkers.

An enterprising teetotaler, actively
engaged in the propagation of hisprin-
ciples, has secured a consignment Of Kala
nuts, and is now organizing a method for
them in the right quarters.
For the Kala nut, it is said, not only is
food and drink to all who eat it, but also
serves to render the very flavor Of alco-
holic beverages nauseous to those who
once taste it. Some thorough-going
Good Templars have suggested the way
laying of drunkards and the administer
ing of dose of Kala nut by main force,
while others propose to hold tea-fghts
for inebriates and get them to taste it
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-01-17
The Other Side.

The Banner has from time to time
published letters from the West, most oil
them of highly favorable character
And as these have come from responsible
sources they may be considered reliable
but there are two sides to every question
and one man may meet with good for
tune while another, equally deserving.
may suffer hardship and disappointment
in the West as well as the East 1t Is
the duty of the press to consider and sci
forth every side of a question, and there
fore the following extract from letter
of one of our old subscribers in Iowa is
inserted:
"The corn crop this year was almost
a total failure. What little corn was
raised is so soft that it will have to be
fed up before warm weather, otherwise il
will be lost altogether. The corn belt,
embracing Iowa, Illinois, and Indiana.
where much corn for feeding and export
is produced, failed greatly in rroduc-
ton this year. Some wealthy farmers,
who till hundreds of acres of corn land,
have not enough corn for their stock, and
many poor ones have none at ALL The
outlook for all, until another crop can
be raised, is gloomy and forbidding
Our taxes Cn Appanoose Co.. have
greatly increased within the past year
and our land has been assessed at an in
creased valuation
" If any one of your readers desires to
emigrate to Iowa tell him to come by all
means-a fat soil, arctic weather, and
huge taxes await him. If l could do so
| would assuredly return to dear old
Pennsylvania, that blessed old State oil
low taxes. Ny taxes this year are $3.50
when they should only be $50
Kansas is worse than Iowa as to
taxes. There are some counties in that
State where all the real estate and per.
sonal property could not pay the county
bonds which have been issued to erect
buildings that should have been the work
of thirty years instead of one
Dakota has come to the front lately
Discount seventy-fve per cent of the
'blessedness that is paraded in paid ar
ticles In the newspapers, and you will
have the truth. Think of the tempera
ture at thirty degrees below zero anC
thirty miles to haul fuel One of my
neighbors, who has lately moved to thai
State, has to do that. Three years age
the snow drifted over the telegraph poles
in that Eldorado. Five or six families
there would combine, live in one shanty
and chop up their other habitations tol
fuel to keep them from freezing tc
death"
The experience to which our CORES
pondent and his friends have been sub
iected may not be that of most dweller.
in the West, but it is certain that exag
gerated reports are often circulated con
corning the healthfulness, pleasantness
and productive power of some of these
regions, and every would-be emigran
should carefully consider all aspects o
the question of sttlement before taking
the advice of Horace Greeley and "goin@
west for good.-PreSbyterion Banner
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-01-17
farm aud 6arden.
American and English Hay.
ADVICE TO GROWERS IN THIS COUNTRY
FROM AN ENGLISH EXPERT.

ADVICE TO GROWERS IN THIS COUNTRY
FROM AN ENGLISH EXPERT.
Mr.. William Richards of Middlesex
England, addressed special meeting OF
the Manhattan Hay and Produce Elk
change, of New York city, on the 5tl
inst, upon the subject of " American Us
English Hay and Feed" He said thai
from many years experience in the Eng
fish hay and fodder trade he was con-
vinced that many and most valuable i'm
provements could be made in this coun.
try in every way, alike as regards
quality, quantity, and vastly superior
class of food for horses and cattle gen
orally. "I fnd," he said, "that two
sorts of grass alone constitute the class OF
hay here-viz., timothy and prairie
grass-both coarse, devoid of saccharine
matter and very badly harvested at the
best. Of the former-timothy-it il
commonly known in England as fox tail
grass, and looked upon as unstable, ex-
cept for the commonest of purposes
Eight dollars per ton would be considered
good price even in a scarce season fol
it, The hay crop in England is as closely
looked after and as great pains taken to
produce it in perfect condition as wheat,
oats or the cereals, and it amply repays.'
The speaker then described the nature
and mode of cultivating sanfoin, lucerne,
tretollum, trefoil, rye grass, tare hay,
and other grasses raised in England. He
said that there is in use in England a
hay saving machine which is most ex-
cellent In its way. 1t consists of port
able engine, furnace, and revolving
heated cylinder. If, after grass is cut,
stormy, wet weather sets in and the hay
gets soddened and wet and to all appear
ances spoiled by the use of one these
machines, it can be rapidly dried,
stacked and saved and made into most
excellent fodder.
FOREIGN HAY
In bad seasons" the speaker con-
tinued, when there has been a short
crop in England, we have bought as a
makeshift Dutch hay 1t varies much
in quality, some being very scant of her
bage and some rich in it; but it is vastly
superior to any l have seen in this coun-
try. 1t is usually cut into chaff. When
the market price of good English hay
ruled high-say $25 per ton-Dutch hay
NOUlu NC DOuSuG lOI dUOuG DAO, anu was
eagerly sought after by certain class of
buyers-.supply not equal to demand
What with wet seasons and seasons OF
drought there seems to be no dependence
upon the English hay crops, and we'll
grown, sweet produce of the kinds have
enumerated would, l am certain from
long experience, meet with ready and
profitable market. 1t could be grown
cheaply here. There is an increasing
demand and worse supply in England
year after year. The last few seasons
have been very bad ones; all the good
stock, with few exceptions, has been
cleared out, and it will take several first
class hay harvests to replace them"
" Y Herald.
We think Mr.. Richards is greatly mistaken
as to the little value of timothy In this country,
at least-EDs. c.. P
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-01-17

unawares in the cup that cheers But,
at least, it would seem to be the duty OF
every good teetotaler to carry his Kala-
box about with him, ready to administer
pill or two of the nut to any drunkard
he may meet.-London Figaro.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-01-17

Bad words are soon learned by con-
verse with those that use them, but not
so soon unlearned.
The central Presbyterian. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1856-1908, 1883-01-17

Taking $4,000 pounds as an average
load, the ordinary freight car holds
Corn, $50 bushels; barley, 400 bushels :;
oats, 800 bushels; rye, 400 bushels !;
wheat, 425 bushels bran, 1000 bushels ;
Aax-seed, $50 bushels; apples, $50 bush
els; potatoes, 48G bushels; whisky, 60
barrels salt 10 barrels lime, 70 barrels;
-four, 90 barrels -four, 200 sacks cattle,
l8 head hogs, so head sheep, 80 head !;
hard wood, cords; soft wood, cords /;
shingles, 10000; hard lumber, 10000
feet green lumber, $4,000 feet joist,
scantling and large lumber, 1000 feet
The Boston CllJttUator says that new
varieties of corn are produced from the
small nubbins that grow on the end Of
the tassel.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

We again cal attention to the fact
that there will be a meeting of demo-
Gratis in the differeRt townships on the
18th, inst. for the purpose of selecting
delegates to county convention to be
held at Medicine Lodge, October 9Th.
Every democrat should take an interest
in this matter, and see to it, that none
but the best men are selected as candi-
dates, men who are in every way COM
petent and responsible. The victory of
last year over the republican party
which has of late wandered off after
strange gods and put itself on record
on questions that four-fifths of the vot-
ers of the state are opposed to has Civ
en- the democracy new life in Kansas.
It's true this election Is only for county
officers, but the state and presidential
election coming on the heels of it make
it one of more than usual Importance.
Democrats everywhere are putting
their best men up to be voted for and
doing it with that determination and
confidence that insures success. Should
this spirit actuate the democracy of
Barber county, we feel confident of
electing our men. Many republicans
have become tired of the party bosses
who are only working for the leaves
and fishes, and feel that in order to pu-
rify and purge the corrupt system of
bartering and trading Offices that has
been in vogue in this state so long, it is
necessary to cut loose from that party.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

The Cresset charges that we have
misrepresented it in connection with
its article in opposition to ex-confeder-
ate reunions, and it attempts to
squiTm out of its unkind article of last
week. The idea it conveyed to every
intelligent reader was that the south
ern soldiers were in the wrong and that
though they were conquered, badly
whipped. they now have no right to
meet together to talk over old times.
We quote paragraph from the article
in question, and leave it TO any reader
to say If we have misunderstood what
the editor of the Cresset meant
1t is well enough To forgive the
deeds Of the dark and bloody past, but
this thing of hOnOring an assembly
which IS gotten up in cOmmemoratiOn
OF the most infamous rebellion the world
has ever known is repulsiye to patriotic
minds.n
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

Shawnee county democrats met in
convention at Topeka last Saturday and
nominated county ticket and adopted
a platform of principles. We copy part
of the platform To show the sentiments
of the democracy i'm the capital city.
We believe that in this platform are ex-
pressed the views of ninety-nine out of
every hundred democrats in the state:
Resolved, That time continues to
demonstrate the folly of the prohibitory
liquor law, and we favor well regula-
ted license law as the best means of
controlling the traffic in intoxicating
liquors, and To that end we recommend
a re-submissiOn of the amendment To a
vote of the people.
Resolved, That we heartily and unre-
servedly endorse the present admins
tratiOn Of Governor George w. Click,
as being honest and faithful i'm every
particular; that i'm the administration
of the affairs of the state he has dem
Onstrated that he is of the people and
for the people, above reproach and con-
taminatiOn, and beyond the control of
cliques, sects and corporations.
Resolved, That wecordially invite the
cooperation of all liberal-minded voters
OF Shawnee county who approve the
| principles here announced, without re-
/ gard to party, and urge their support
for the ticket this day placed in nomi-
nation.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

Since Dodge City agreed To reform
and observe Sunday, stop the dance
houses and other demoralizing infiuen-
ces, the Santa Fe railroad company has
promised to build up the town by spend
ing large sums of money in the erection
of machine shops, etc. From the noisy
rollicking don 't-care-a-continental from
ter town, then, Dodge is to be trans
formed into the home OF the mechanic.
Where the festive cowboys were wont
to practice with six-shoOters with each
other as targets, now will dwell peace
able, though greasy and BACKED face
men. a short time since, two years,
perhaps, il was desired to have a re-
spectacle dance in Dodge, but count
Of the ladies in the town showed that
there were not enough to make one set;
So 1t became necessary IL send down to
the Fort for another lady. All these
things will be changed. We wish
Dodge City good luck and hope it may
yet see the day when it is as perfect and
as righteous as our beloved Medicine
Lodge.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14

The activity that we have predicted
in the cattle market for stock as well as
feeding cattle, has been plainly visible
this week. Quite number of buyers
for feeding cattle were OH hand, and in
almost every instance they were sup
piled, and at satisfactory prices.
Messrs. Menefee & WOnsetter, of
Hamilton, Mo-, who have for the past
two years corn-fed extensively in Reno
county, bought of w. w. Cook, $50
head of 3 year old half-breed and do
nestle steers that were raised and OWL
ed by James Wilson, south of this place
They are reported to-be first-class lot
of feeders and brought SIS per head.
These gentlemen want as many more.
Quite number of sales of stock cat
tie have taken place in the past two
weeks, and buyers are taking hold free
ly, having come to the conclusion that
the supply is being exhausted.
Word from other sections of the graz
ing country is to the effect that stock
cattle cannot be bought at any price,
and when the shipping of beef cattle
commences in earnest from this section
very few days will record the same
state of affairs here; for every shipment
Will demand few stock cattle to take
their place.
Prices are about the same as early in
the season. Cows and calves selling at
SS5 and $40; dry cows S25 to 81. 80; year.
lings SO; two-year-old steers S2S to
$3.50; threes and fours $35 To SIS, ow-
ing to grade and quality of flesh. There
are a few ranges and stocks of cat
tie selling; but as ranges are becoming
scarce they bring good prices.
Considering the recent heavy losses
i'm this county and the shortness of the
calf crop and the number of cattle be-
ing driven out, there will not, in our
opinion be more than half the cattle
here this winter that were last winter
The range never promised better win
ter feed than at present, and with the
usual dry weather during September
and October the profits in herd of cat
tie the coming twelve months will be as
great as any in the history of Barber
county.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-09-14


When we dO get railroad into Bar
Ter county it will be but short time
until there will be talk of establishing
immense slaughterhouses for the prep
aration Of refrigerator beef. No coun-
ty I'm the state is better suited for this
industry. Our pure streams could be
turned into immense ice ponds, and be-
ing centrally located, near the agricul-
tural and feeding districts there would
be no difficulty in getting fat beeves at
any season of the year if the industry
was once established. We expect to see
within the next decade the present sys-
tenn of shipping beeves changed, and
expect to see the animals killed and the
carcass shipped east instead of the live
animal. They are talking Of this even
as far south as San Antonio, Texas; it
is being tried in the far west, and why
not i'm Barber county,