Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-02-16
MISCELLANEOUS.


TO remove warts on horses. take a
piece OF concentrated I've as large as a
walnut. put it into bottle with rain
water enough to dissolve it, and apply
with feathen-Chicago Herald.
On the night of the Presidential
election OF 1880 some boys built a bon
hre ON q hillside at Troy. and the fire.
making its way into a bed of coke. has
been burning in honor of Garfield's suc-
cess, ever since.-froy IN. ~ Times.
1t is said that Baptist preacher
was the inventor Of the Japanese s.iin-
rlki-sha," sort of cab propelled by
man power. Fifty thousand of them are
are in use in Toxic. 1t is said to be a
fact that the literal translation of Gin
riki-sha'' is ''pull-man-car."
The combined wealth of the mann.
bers OF the. California Senate rs ahont
500, 100000. The Senate is composed
OF four editors, eight farmers. one
miner, four capitalists, two merchants.
hive mechanics, one contractor, one
physician, one vinegrower and fourteen
lawyers.-Sdn Francisco Chronicle.
An Ohio editor, who is down among
the orange groves of Florida, describ-
ing his visit to one of them, says that
appetite seemed to feed upon mex
haustible supplies. and the sweet succu-
lence OF the golden bulbs spurted in
shining sprays from pressing lips pouting
with pulpy fragrance" .
"A lawyer in Auburn. Wy. has q
mania for collecting ten-cent pieces,
and for the past three wears has mot
spent one. The consequence of retain
ing all specie of this denomination has
been the accumulation of between six
and seven thousand pieces, and he will
soon begin to measure his wealth by the
bushel.
"A small boy and tin horn, the
latter Christmas gift. combined tc
drive a. North Carolina cow into in.
sanity. She broke down fences, plunged
through windows, upset interior house.
hold arrangements, and raised hob gen.
orally. Her malady was not of the tenn
porary sort, for twelve bullets put ar
end to her existence before she hac
time to recover.
Tender care and comfortable quar-
tiers should be given young stock. There
is not only humanity in it, but money.
During the first year the foundation WA
laid for the mature animal. If it il
dwarfed the first winter it will at matur
| ity be only dwarfed scrub. The time
to make large frames is the first year, an(
without frames no profitable superstruct
ure can be reared.
The annual report of the Massachu
sets Prison for Women gives in detail
the results of the system of releasing
prisoners upon probation after the expi
ration OF the larger portion of thei
sentence. The results of this expert
ment are considered very satisfactory
and this system of releasing, under re
straint, prisoners committed for tn
petty offenses, is demonstrated to be
wise one.-BOStOn Post.
Representative Phineas Jones, O
New Jersey, child of his fathers oil,
age, was the son of Revolutionary sol
der who entered the service during tn
last year of the war, when sixteen year
old. He, in turn, by his present mar
riage, has beautiful little daughter tw'
years of age. When this child reache
the years of her bellehood, in 1900, sh
will probably be almost the only youn;
lady of the period who will be able t
say that her own grandfather fought il
the Revolution.
"A good story is told about Mazzini
While the notorious Italian agitator wa
in London, he went out one day with al
English friend and bought lot of rust
old swords and pistols. what on cart
are you going to do with them?'' aske,
the Britisher. Nothing at ALL" reptile,
Mazzini; "only when the police hear O
my purchase, kilograms will be sen
everywhere, and not a King or Queer
will sleep quietly tonight" And tn
Italian chuchled.
When, says DR.. Squib, the fxet
stopper of glass bottle resists all man
agement-such as warming the necl
with cloth wet with warm water, tap
ping. the wrench; or all these in comb
natiOn-there is another means .whic
will almost always succeed. Let tn
bottle be inserted so as to stand on tn
stopper in a vessel of water so filled tina
the water reaches up to the shoulder @
the bottle, but not to the label. Two O
three nights of this treatment may be re
quired sometimes before the stoppe
will yield.
After a st. Louis attorney ha
thanked jury for verdict in favor Q
his client the presiding Judge called hir
to the front and said to him: 81 hope
shall not see another such exhibition il
this court, SIR" The surprised lawye
demonstrated mildly. arguing, at tn
pleasure of the court that politenes
should find place anywhere. "You ar
mistaken, sir" continued his Honor
Your right to return thanks to jur
for rendering verdict acquitting you
client implies corresponding right t
damn the jury If they convict the de
PENDANT, which is patiently improper. Il
future you will refrain from these exhi
bitions.-St. Louis Globe.
Pure Air.