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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03
} object of my attentions to your

the object of my attentions to your
niece"
She tried to speak, but the words
died in her throat. She made an effort
TO thread her needle. Anxious to en-
gage her whole attention, Mr.. Hall
took her hand and uttered sharp ex-
clamation as the needle pierced his
thumb
Flo suspected this whispered Miss
Carson.
''Ha! She didP What did she say?"
oh. she liked you very much then,
but lately"
:. oh, know have been fool, but
with your consent / shall yet be the hap
piest man in Chicago"
land am the happiest woman" she
murmured. "Oh, Mr.. Hall, or Jacob.
suppose L ought to call you now.
shall do all in my power to be a good
wife,
In her agitation she covered her face
with tie stocking she had been darning
and wept. There was an awful silence
Mr.. Halls tongue was paralyzed Was
this an awful dream? Or was he going
mad?
"You must excuse me- said Miss
Carson. wiping her eyes. but the
news of FlO's engagement and every-
thing connected with il rather upset me
to begin with, and this coming, too,
was too much"
"Flo's engagement said Mr.. Hall.
in n voice so hollow that it startled
him.
ayes, they have been engaged ever
since the night you saw them in the
parlor, but Flo would not tell me be-
cause she says was un ust to Mr.. Fay.
There has been quite a change in Mr..
Fay $ affairs. He was quite poor and
was obliged TO send part of what
money he made to support his widowed
mother. The same day that he pro-
posed to Flo he had received a letter
stating that q fortune had been left him
by an uncle in Philadelphia"
Mr.. Hall waited to hear no more.
He seized his hat and rushed from the
hC use. His tenant was waiting at the
office to see him. "You minated that
you wanted the house. Mr.. Hall, but
l called for definite answer before
- ...
81 don't want the house. | lam going
to leave Chicago. II make out a lease
for five years if you like. Call this
afternoon"
Left alone he buried his face in his
hands and rejected deeply. Whether
he wished it or not, he was engaged to
Miss Carson. He tried to remember
just what he had said, but could not re-
call his words. Possibly in his confu-
sion he had proposed. Well. she was a
good woman, and might make better
wife than her niece. He remembered
how kindly she had nursed him through
the rheumatism two years ago. Yes, it
was all for the best. He went to one
of the large stores on State street and
bought handsome piece of velvet fol-
a dress. ''She shall have a pair of
diamonds to wear with it." he said,
with chuckle. His tenant called in
the afternoon. Mr.. Hall told him that
he had again changed his mind. The
tenant left, deeply disguised.
Elizabeth, | really meant what
said this morning." he said, as he laid
his presents in her lap.
do you suppose 1 doubted it,
JacOb?''
mo, no; of course not. Here comes
Flo. Give kiss TO your uncle that is
to be, and forgive me for meddling with
your affairs. You see was so devoted
10 your aunt that -"
IL understand replied Flo, with a
roguish SMILE Chicago Tribune.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03
A Young Traveller.

"Do you call this a life-savin' sta
tion?" asked little eleyen-year-b boy of
Captain Devan, yesterday, after sizing
up the boat-house from one end to the
other.
That's just exactly what it is, and
there amt better one in the SERVICE"
replied the Captain.
Pshawi muttered the urchin, ''you
don't know what a life savin' station is.
You oughter see them on the ocean.
ION the ocean! What's little shaver
like you know about the ocean,"
"Well, l just made twelve trips over,
an back, and you bet yer life / know all
about it. I'd be on the ocean now if it
wasn't for my mother; but you see after
my father was lost at sea she wouldn't
let me ship any more.
"Where is your mother nowp"
She here in Louisville. Been here
over year"
"Where'd you live before you came
here?" p-1 tess, p
lin Germany" -.sis; - .lt'e
"Yousay you were a sailor and made
twelve trips on the ocean,"
No, didn't say was sailor, but
was a potater-peeler."
ION what Ship" a
"On the steamship Servia, running
between New York and Hamburg"
1" You must have been pretty young
when you started out?''
About eight years DID,
How'd you come to go on the
oceanpn
"Well, I'll tell you. My father was
mate on the steamship Cimbria. His
pane was Lewis Fuar. Ny names
Alexander Fuar. There was three of
us boys, and we wanted to 90 to sea.
| My father took one of my brothers with
him, and shipped us other ones on the
Servia as potater-peelers. After we had
shipped and made few trips he brought
ray mother to this country, and brought
her here to Louisville. Then he went
back to the Cimbria and crossed the
ocean in her. On her way back to
| America she was run into by another
chip, and my father and three or four
hundred passengers were lost There
wouldn't have been any need of any of
'em being lost, but they got scared and
jumped overheard My father and
| brother were both on one mast together,
but my father got washed of, and he
was drowned. guess he was drowned,
for we have never seen him since /
was on the Seryia then, and we, got to
| the Cimbria few days after she had
gone down. She hadn't gone all the
way down, but was still foatin' around
with little Of her hull out of the water.
We helped to raise her." st
| "Your brother wasn't lost then?''
"No. he got out all right, and he's
here in Louisville now. We made two
Or three more trips, and then our moth
er made US quit the ocean. She was
afraid that we would get lost like father
did"
Weren't you afraid yourselfp''
"Afraid of what?n
Afraid that you'd be shipwrecked
some day
| NAV. After you get used to it you
don't mind it at all
"Were you ever mistreated on board
Tie ship by the mate or Captain?''
They didn't have anything to do with
me. was potato-peeler. as told
you before, andI was kept in the cook
house most all the time. The second
cook was my boss.
Are you ever going to sea again?''i
'n my mother lets me viii. I'd 90
right now If she'd say so.
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Sou YOU SWIFT
'sWell, should say So / learned "a
swim when was six wears old
Jump overheard here,n said Cap
tain Devan, land let's see If you can
get out without us helping YOU"
mo. My mother might find it out.
She's scared to let any of us boys 90
near the water since father got
drowned"
Where do you live?'
'.Up here on jefferson street, near
Hancock" The youthful mariner
espied the cook-house of steamboat
lying above the station. "rm going
up there on that steamboat" said he,
as he started off, ITO see what kind OF
cooS-houses they've got on these little
fresh-water crafts.' In the course of
few minutes he could be seen aboard the
boat in earnest conversation with the
potato-peeler. No doubt he was relat.
ing to the latter his experience on the
ocean in the same capacity.
Alex, is a bright little German lad,
with large blue eyes and an honest ex.
preston of countenance. He will be
eleven years old on the Goth of next
month. He loves'to be about the water,
and can handle pair of oars like an
old tar. He is very small for his age,
and nobody would ever suspect that he
has had the experience on the Atlantic
which he says he has:-Loutsvitle Com
D,ercidL .gIt .t
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03
Loading Hay.

There is q 4" how to do it in loading
hay and pitching it upon the wagon,
which nearly all understand but few
practice. 1 do not refer now to the
various mechanical contrivauces which
are coming into use in some parts of the
country whereby the services of q
pitcher" are dispensed with, but tc
the old-fashioned, back-aching method
that ninty-nine out of every one-hun.
dred farmers are perfectly familiar with.
In our experience there are but few
hired men (and they almost always have
this part of the work to do) who know
how to pitch on aforkful of hay. They
stick tie fork into the hay-cock or wind
row, wherever it happens, and ther
waste their strength in Juggling at ar
unwitldly weight which is more Otter
delivered on the side of the load than or
the top. BY little care taken in in.
serting the fork well over on the oppo-
site side of the hay-cock but not toe
deeply, and by taking hold of the stale
well down toward the fork with one
hand and with the other grasping il
about midway, one can lift the weight
with less exertion than by any sort OF
leverage he can devise. In this way the
forkful may be laid on the load in an
Inverted position and the fork can then
be easily withdrawn. This is what the
loader" wants. for he then can place
It easily on any part of the load.
The forkfnl being on the load, it is
tor the leaders interest to take some
pains in laying it since he generally
Z" pitches of " One-half the frettlne
and Juggling could be ayerted by LAYING
each fork III in order upon the load be-
ginning. for instance, at the forward
ladder aud ioading around. and binding
with small forkfuls in the middle to pre-.
vent sliding OF. The farmers work il
hard CROUCH at the best, and whenever.
by using little thought, he can Tighten
his burden no one can blame him for SC
doing. -RxrR lNeae Yorker.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03
HER QUANDARY

Muslng she sat IN the moonlight.
sat thinking OF exquisite things,
Resting her face upon n hand
Thnt flashed with beautiful rings.
Wistful aud pure | thought she seemed.
Nearer 10 Heaven than mon have drcamod-
20 love. could share I'm your thoughtsl
prank dear u1u would not understand"
81 know too well am rough and dull,
Only one OF the COarscr baud;
Hut N you would let me try" said.
signing. she sadly shook her head.
Aud I saw that plying glance,
Aud the far-on look An her eyes,
III YOU were only woman, Frankl
Fur man. when he hardest tries,
Gan never be- made 20 feel or share
such anxious doubts a. now bcur;
"If you were only woman. Frank,
You would comprehend my fear;
Men are 30 difCTrnf I dare say
Nou would feel like laughing, my dear.
80 swDctosf, no. Though Conrscr ana dun,
I love the pure and beautiful
IAN day I've thought Of nothing else,
I wakcd and thought ell night.
what should { DO u ! " ~ wrons2
Yet still think I'm tight."
iOu can't be- wrong" Z" We'll. think 80, dear;
But then mems tastes are rather queer.
"You cant Judge as n woman could"
d" know. Celeste. but let mc try
wet Frank then tell inc honestly,
~ You were me- which would you buy,
Thu D. a. usf ihs ntr 10 nc sttr.
Jr sGmc ylrsct hing Gi lace AMI sirdrf"
-IidI1srs Rdxdr.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03
NOME, FARM AND GARnrr

--Stings of insects are relieved nv tbe
application of ammonia, or con,r,o .O
table salt, or a slice of onion 10 the
part
To beat the whites of eggs m;ctlv
put in pinch of salt; salt cools. and
.he cooler the eggs the quicker tbcy
will froth.-BostoH Transcript.
Baked Eggs: Break eight eocs =, =
well-buttered dish; put in pepSey sol,
and butter, and thres tabiesnoons 90
cream. Bake twenty minutes.-Ex.
! change. -1
The Minnesota horticulturis,s O.
their late convention declared the Wi.
son the best strawberry for the farmer
as well as the best berry for market;ng
Chicago Tribune.
SCOT is one of the best manures for
house plants, and if It can be had in
quantities large enough it is excellent
Tor out-of-door use. For the latter II Is
best mixed with one-tenth its bnllr NJ
salt.-CinciTV7ati Times.
The cucumber, says the German.
town Telegraph, will always produce
more abundantly if furnished with a
trellis of laths and string for its SIM.
port, as it is a climber, and not a Green.
ing plant. Brush laid on the oround
around the hills is better than no sun
port.
An agreeable and appetizing dish rs
made by cooking asparagus and peas
together. Cut tender stalks of asnara.
gus in small pieces (both vegetables re.
quire the same length of time to cook.
season with cream. pepper and salt. or
in place of cream use milk with a lump
Of butter melted in it.-M y. Post.
In gardens and greenhouses, where
boiling water can not be poured on,
ants haunts may be easily removed by
using picked bones. which viii be soon
covered with ants, which may be de-
stroyed in hot water. Repeat the pro-
cess and the ants will soon be cleared
out, if number of bones are used, which
may be placed in out-of-the-way spots
where they will not be seen, but where
the ants will soon find them.-N. Y
Examiner. .,-. go. --- ..
Pigs luxuriate on clover, and will
do better on it than any other feed. II
cut and thrown into the pen fresh twice
day, they will do better than to let
them run in the patch, and they will
not destroy near so much. If they run
in the patch they will tramp down and
root up more than they eat. When fed
in the pen, what they do not eat makes
an excellent manure, and that is where
the economy of the plan comes in
Toledo Blade.
The Scientific american gives the
following rs waterproof branding
ink for sheep that will do no injury to
the wool: Shellac. two ounces; boray.
two ounces; water, twenty-five ounces:
gum arabic, two Oun .es; lampblack
sufficient. Boil the borax and shellac
in water till they are dissolved, and
withdraw froLl the fire. When the So
luton has become cold complete twenty
five ounces with water, and add lamp.
black enough to bring the preparation
TO suitable consistency. When it is to
be used with stencil it must be made
thicker than when it is applied with q
brush. The above gives black ink
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03

James
"Yes, pa"
There were seven California pears
in that cupboard. Six of them are
gone. Do you know anything about
it?'
II never took one of them.'
"Sure?n
Certain, pa. Wish | may die,
If"
"You wicked. bad boy; how often
have / told you never to use such an
expression. Here comes ma; let US see
If she knows anything about it.
Mamma says she saw James take at
least five of them
s.You little rascal! How dare you
tell me you never took one, and here's
only this little one with the grub-eaten
side left?''
.'Oh, pa, don't hit me. said I didn t
take one of m-and-and - and
that's the one / didn't take. ''-Ecans-
pile Argus.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03

He was naturally cruel, and he told an
acquaintance one day that he had new
trick to play on the puble-something
entirely new. He had long string and
brass key tied to the end of it, which
he said was the instrument of torture
Over the front sidewalk large tree
sent some pretty strong branches, max
ing seat hidden by leaves. Into this,
after dark, the boys climbed.
Now watt said that awful boy,
till the first victim comes. and don't
make a noise" 17f'''s"
came along, and, just as she had passed,
walk, Immediately pulling it up again.
Both now watched Developments.
+ The woman came to a sudden stop,
began fumbling in her pocket, and won
dered what she could have dropped.
She started on, but had not gone far
before she came back, impelled by curl
osity, and began a careful search of the
walk. -iH
Meanwhile the boys in the tree had
stuffed their fists in their mouths TO keep
from spelling the game. and dared hard
ly look below for fear of laughing.
A sympathetic sister came along, and
together they picked up stones, and
turned over all the bits of wood and
paper and orange peel on the walk.
No money, no key, nothing did they
find, and SO went on to their homes,
perhaps to worry all night; OF perhaps
a giggle in the tree turned their looks
of disappointment into cheap smile,
and laugh from the same place made
them have awful wicked thoughts about
bows.
One victim found piece of tin, and
laying the cause of the noise to that,
was saved great deal of worry. But
when she picked it up, and threw it
down several times TO test the sound,
the boys nearly fell out of the tree.
A man, when caught. would slap all
OF his pockets. and glance around a
little, but it was seldom that he was
brought to right down thorough
search.
When any one saw the trick. after
searching half an hour, and saying all
kinds of little things for the amusement
OF the boys, he simply went away
hurriedly. To get out Of sight as sooD
as possible seemed to be most desirable.
That awful boy is still around. Beware
of him. Eugene Field. in Carl Pretzers
Weekly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03

The matter Of securing foreign i'm.
migrants for South Carolina has beer
placed In the hands of the State Com
missioner Of Agriculture. who proposes
to make vigorous effort to attract set
tiers The Charleston Neps says: 1--WE
want good foreign settlers, who will aid
IN developing the resources of the State,
improve the condition of labor, and,
while growing rich themselves win con.
tribute to the general welfare of the
commonwealth. The immigrants who
have remained in the State long enough
to feel its advantages are wen pleased
With then experience, and, as . rule,
are 0oiugwel
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03

"A drove of four thousand sheep,
lately from California, and all raven
ously hungry, were driven recently into
q canyon forty-five miles from Eureka,
New, for feed, when, after eating
greedily. all took sick. They seemed
crazed by what they had eaten, and the
whole flock staggered and ran about,
bleating sometimes piteously. In day
and a half all but one hundred and
twenty got well and fell to eating again
as though nothing had happened to
them.-CAicago Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03

"A man has died after eating apine
apple. 1t is fair to say, however. that
he ate the pineapple forty-nine years
ago, when be was q boy Chicago
zr1bu1ge,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03

lin the suit of Mrs. Matthias Wohl
fahrt against Charles A. Beckart, 8
druggist of the town of New Lots, L. L,
to recover 5000 damages for the death
OF her husband, the Court of Appeals
has given a decision in favor Of the
plaintiff for the full amount and costs.
Deceased, while i'll, obtained from do
tendant bottle of sBlack Drops" i
was not labeled poison. and the sicz
mzn took an oveydoss.-M r Tunes
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03

TO keep flies of gilt frames boil
three or four onions in . pint of water
and apply with soft brush.-ChscGgo
JoErrdl,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-08-03

NhNtkh"
Mr.. Hall became jealous of Mr.. Stowe,
OF Mr.. wilkins, of Mr. Crane, and mad
ly jealous of Mr.. Fay. That the latter
was the handsomest man in the house
he could not deny, and Mr.. Hall hated
him bitterly.
Finally matters came TO a climax.
Mr.. Hall peeped into the parlor one
evening when he knew Flo and Fav TO
be there alone. lie heard the word
"Darling"-he saw Mr.. Fay kiss her
handl
IL was enough. He went TO Miss Car
son with the whole story. II was inn
proper, il was shocking. Who knew
4 anything about Fay? Who knew that
he had not n wife already7 Miss Car.
son agreed with Mr.. Hall as 2 matter OF
course. She was severe with her niece
for tho first time.
What do you know against Arthur
Fayp" asked the girl.
''Well. nothing definite, but Mr.. Hall
does not like him, and"
Flo's eyes flashed. Mr.. Halls med.
| ding was uncalled for, she said, and
when his advice was needed, she would
let him know. 4.
After this she snubbed her elderly
adorer numerically. II he ventured .
remark she answered so curly that hi:
breath was almost taken away.
Mr.. Han became WTetched. He re-
solved 20 lay the whole case before Miss
Carson. With her aid be might yet win
the wayward girl. who perhaps after al
was only flirting with Fay. He found
his 1andlady seated at the dining-room
window pensively darnihg q stocking.
Miss Carson" be said. drawing q
chair 70 her side. 81 want to speak TO
you abont something that has laid on
my heart for the last four m1nths."
Miss Carsons hands trembled 80 much
that she could scarcely hold her darn
ing-needle.
You are q shrewd womAn.r he re-
! sumed "You csp not be6iud as to
Fort Worth daily gazette. (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1882-1891, 1883-07-05

though they came To the church doors
i'm carriages, with silks and satins and
hne brJadcloih."
How &re the Hebrews on paying
tl,e rabbit"
II understand they are very liberal.
particular IL the parties are in good
circumstances. The rabbits stt from
$40 to 500 for their services.
"The fees are considered to be higher
at such churches as Trinity, Grace, st.
Thomas AID many of the like stand
ard. The Clergyman considers these
small perquisiles, and either gives
them To his wife as pin money or
provides for himself q handsome libra
ry hy degrees.
"Many curious stories are related in
the way of how c,ergymen Of all de-
nominations are dupei or not paid a
fee at all, and perhaps no man can tell
more stories IN this respect than DR..
+ Houghton, the genial and obiging
/ clergyman of the Little Church
Around the Corner y
"How much does the sexton expect
to receiver was asked.
WHAT THE SEXTON EXPECTS.
"All depends on the church lhe is at
taehed to. As ixe yhe mory fashion
able the church H. higher t, e amount
paid is eXpectedfo BE. Sen(e of them
4 max a good rA6n3 sum, aud ii is inN.
Dat9d that iWohe eases /wbere The
IGeJSyman' sGet \ hlndeJ toYthe SIX.
ftoB by the Mlefrogni me does not al
! Ways han, HoKef the actual tips In
Ihis way lfe secures double fee. III
such churches as Trinity, DR. Halls
and the like, the sexton expects from
so 10 $50 rs his fee for opening Tho
church and cleaning up afterward.
Then there are what are termed Incl
I dental expenses. such rs the orgauiSt
assistant ushers and gas bills, whici
easily run mp an account of from Sil
TO $50 outside of the clergyman's fee. =
/ When Catholics marry Protestants !.
f, iispensation has To- be obtained from
the Bishop or ardinal In thes q
cases n fee of $40 or thereabouts is a.
ways demanded rs ''dispensatior
! iee.N
sometimes the mayor is requested 1t
receive fee from the inlerinarrvinu
! parties. When Mayor \, Oakley Hal
I was IN Office he used 10 hand The
amount over TO the boy in The II .
but II is said that Ex-AiayCr l....e.
meyer used to pocket the amount So
That his clerks should not get exhila-
rated over the event, and very fire,
qucntly he would steal kiss from "A
young bride Mayer Edison does not
receive any fee, but a zee is paid to the
clerks for making out the marriage
certificates. This is divided among
them for lunch and cigars. Therefore
tnese ceremonies are never oh;ectiona-
ole,, Mayor Edison performs bis duty
with becoming and serious dignity
nut has not yet been known to ioueh
me MS OF any fair young bride or
Ih1ld wto has appeared before him TO
nave me marriage ceremony per.
formed.
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Our Schools Next Year

J, ne bound OF School Trnsleas MN -.
ute new second Ward S,hool.b,w,ii meet az
s,s u ~ .ne slsi day OF Jul,', ats o'elocn i-
~ pun pose Of examining applican. :ti',,
lie ens,n "s teachers In the Public schos,s ~
/. Ahpiieaiions must be made In yy,,,,,
a AZ 70 J. II. smith, Mavar ~ and
Prssident 81 the card. "'''' OF u The
Fort Worth, June 3, S isl ""o"N' sec'y.
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COsf OF BENZ WED.

ness. aud hi, trip to 81, Louis is L
further the ends OF that enterprise.