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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
How Oranges are PackeH.


n few years ago it was believed al
most indispensable to- wrap oranges in
tissue or other paper when packing the
fruit for long shipment. The argument
IN favor of this practice was that the
wrapper absorbed the moisture caused
from the sweating of the oranges and
also prevented a decayed specimen
from affecting the fruit surrounding il.
This old plan of wrapping oranges in
thIn paper Is now being superseded I'm
many localities by the newer one of
packing them i'm kiln-dried sawdust
made from wood as free as possible
from rOsin,. or in cork-dust, so that they
mot come in contact with one another.
1t has been proven that dry sand is an
eNcellant packing material for oranges
and lemons, and when the fruit is for
home use, dry sand is preferable to the
sawdust. OF course, sand is not to be
thought of when the fruit is to be
shipped on account of its weight.
frogrcsSive orange growers now I'M
ucrstand The necessity of sweating the
fruit previous to packing it. Great loss
Is sustained when oranges are shipped
before the moisture created during the
n system adopted by many is rs fol-
lows: First, clip the fruit-tlo not pull
it-and let the place of severance be rs
close to the fruit rs possible. This clip
ping Is done by hand, also by little in
strument called the clipper, which not
only cuts the fruit from the limb but
holds itsafely IN little basket attached,
SO that it-does not become bruised by
falling TO the ground.
When the fruit is gathered the next
step is to heap il up in dry place where
there IS good ventilation and let It re-
main three or four or more DAYS. ac-
cording rs the soil is low and wet or
there is much moisture in the atmos
phcre, and then spread it out for sew.
eral hours or until the moisture evan
crates.
Having harvested and dried the fruit
the next step is to assert il as to size
and color. placing in the same crate
only such oranges as are uniform in
these two respects The sizing OF
oranges is rendered easy and rapid bv
the employment of sizing-trou@hs. in
which at intervals are cut holes of
usually three sizes. As the ORANGES
roll down this trough they fall through
the holes, according to their size, into
boxes placed underneath to catch them.
Occasionally oranges are packed in
boxes IN which layer of cells made of
strips OF pasteboard are formed. The
fruit Is placed one in each cell, and over
each layer is covered n sheet of paste
board, and other layers added until the
box is filled.
When paper is used for wrapping
oranges the best sort is that treated
with paraiiine or oil. such as is used by
CONFECTIONERY. y World.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
Our Young Readers.
THE BABY,S RLnE EYE

/ know of a dainty blue sky,
And it is the baby's blue eye;
And we watch 1t to see
What the weather will be;
But we never can tell If we try.
We catch q wee glimpse of the sun,
And think such a fine day is begun;
And everything neat
And happy and sweet,
All ready for frolic and fun.
The rainbows are here without doubt;
And the robins and roses come out;
And gay bobolinkS
And poppieS and pinkS, s.
And butterflies Swimming about
The blue-bells are ringing chime,
And the fairies come marching i'll time,
Mother Goose and the rest,
In their tine Sunday best,
And dance in rollicking rhyme.
But 10. there's storm in the skyl
Then how the wee fairy folks fly!
And Mother Goose rings
For umbrellas and things,
AND tries hard TO keep herself dry.
The birds and the blossoms look sad:
For they wore the best coats that they had
To think such a shower
Should come up in an hourl
lis really, yes really too bad!
But look! while they worry and fret
The clouds are all gone and the wet:
And the sky is as blue
And as innocent, too,
As If it had never rained yet.
So we can not tell if we try
The signs of this dainty blue sky:
But its smile or its frown
Turns the house upside down
For Ii is the babyS blue eve.
-CdrTie w. Bronson, in " i. Independent.
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HUMOROUS.

Tho following is extracted from 9
smart boys composition on Babies":
The mothers heart gives 18th Joy at the
baby's Isl 9TH"
AN old lady late at church. entered
as the congregation were rising fol
PRAYER. La. said she, courtesyinr.
don't rise on my account. - Chicago
Times.
"A credulouS man said TO q WAC.
who had Il wooden leg: How came
YOU to have wooden Lego" why. y
answered the wag, my father had one,
so had my grandfather. 1t runs in the
blood
A Yorkshire man whose well lately
caved in contrived to make the authori.
ties suspect that he had murdered 9
man and put his body at the bottom OF
the well. and took things easy at the
Jail while they dug his well out for him.
he now talks of suing the town for false
Imprisonment.
Wives ought really TO be more care.
full about telling all the truth 10 THEN
husbands. "Why do you start SC
whenever come into the room?" asked
".
is only my nerves, my poor nerves, -" she
replied, (which are SO very weak that ]
am startled by every stupid thing ]
see. "-ChicdgO Tribune.
A short time ago little boy went
with his father to see colt He patted
the colts head and made quite a fuss
over it, until the Stableman told him to
be careful that tie colt did not turn
round and kick him. When young
Hopeful went home his mother asked
him what he thought of the colt. u
like him pretty well,' was the reply.
''lIes very tame in front, but he's awful
wild behind. '-HGrper'S Bazdr.
Chorus of excited boys: 'Then the
lightning struck you?' Skipper Gin
ditferently): ''Oh, yes, was leanin'
agin the mainmaSt when it struck it. =
Excited boys: Didn't it kill yOu?';
skipper (more indiferently): wal,
no: it all ran down my back Excited
boys: ''And what did YOU do then?'
Skipper (most indifferently): Il had to
haul off my boots and pour the light.
ming out on the deck"
- Why do you put those horrid
things on the necks of those cows?''
asked the young lady-boarder of Farm.
or Furrow, IS he was driving.a yoke OF
oxen down the lane. That to make
'em keep still while I'm milkin' EN-, =
said the old man. rs he winked at his
wife. ''Oh, yes. " exclaimed the city
maiden; Il ought to have known
that Then she ran upstairs to enter
the information in her diary.-N T.
Dairy
How 1t Struck Her.
A little ragged orphan gill vino ne'er
Had had home nor known a parents care.
And who. with shoelcss feet aud hatless head
Newspapers sold To earn her scanty bread.
Was taken from the city far away,
With Others of her kind, one summer day.
To look upon the ocean. the sight
Her thin. sharp face WIS filled with grave dc,
light;
And some ono said: al wonder what can be
Her thoughts. poor child, about this mighty
sea-
She heard the words, and quickly turned heI
And in low tones, ais thinkin ma am she
said,
ais glad coined, because never sor
Enough of anything at wunst before"
--hdTgdTet ElfinOC
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The Hat.Sneak ExterminatOr.

The genial Will Wilson walked into
the Office of the argus last week anc
laid on the polished mahogany desk 6
little instrument made up of a col o.
brass wire, with spikes and spira.
spring.
VIII compressed the wires by laying
q book over the top and the moment he
let 90 out darted dozen pointers as
sharp as fish-hooks. 81
Ibid you" said VIII, did you ever
in blind confidence rest your beloved
tile on the hat-stand of country hOte,
and find by mysterious ,ldispensatior
of Providence it had gone, while in its
place was greasy, napless head-cover.
ing as old as the hills of Hebron?''
p "Alas, we did, we sighed.
"Well, here you behold an antidote
to all sch future affections. l call il
the Magical, Tragical, Melodramatic
Hat-sneak Exterminator. I've applied
for patent and expect to make mint
out of it, tl-.t- p
"How does il work?r ,.f.t.i -
why, you see, / wind the thing up.
These claws all pile up in bunch.
This wire sets round the leather lining
on his head the spring is loosened and
all these prickers drop on toh his Uranium
like the toe-nails of mad cat when
she's clawing on to the window cur
TAIN
1T must hurt?'' 4, ~:
''Hurt? You bet. First time I tried
it, thought I'd died with laughing.
was at the New House, Danville, and
set the trap nice. and snug Just before
went into dinner Well. when got
into the dining-room was disappointed
to find only one stranger present, and
he was an elderly gentleman of great
responsibility of appearance"
"' No 60, this time, murmured, as
| skinned the grease off the vegetable
soup.
The elderly stranger finished first.
and left the room.
Is Presently there was a veil in the
Office which lifted the tiles off the root
of the house.
81 ran out. There was the stranger
clawing his ears, trying to pull my hat
off his bald head, while tears of anguish
as big as Boston beans coursed down his
furrOwed cheeks.
The clerk was paralyzed.
'' Stand still shouted, let me help
you
Then tenderly loosened the spring.
got the nat of his head and cried
Hey. Scat, There he goes! Right
under the chair yonder, Hit him with
the poker,'
For I let on as If II was rat, and
they were both so scared that they never
found out the ruse. '-Erdnsrille (Ind.
argus.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05

she began to wish, too. She wished
she hadn't threatened him. but had
held hold of his hand instead, when she
was talking with Mrs. Coleman on the
sidewalk. Then he never would have
run away.
at was all her fault she Thought.
with deep self-reproach, ..that She
hadn't looked after him better''
After while she got so worried that
she lit the lantern, and she and Jasper's
father started out on a search for theii
runaway son.
"We had better look around the ward
first" said the father, who did not seem
very much alarmed himself. "Perhaps
he is here somewhere, and don't like Ia
come in"
So they looked there, and of course
they found him-for the dog-kennel was
not much of place to hide in. There
ne was, fast asleep, with his head on
Rover's leg, and grimy tear-marks on
his cheeks.
"Well, do declare! The poor, tired
little darlingr' said the forgivine
mother
And the father picked him up and
carried him into the house, and the
mother gave him three poached eggs ON
toast and glass of milk, and never
even scolded him.
Jasper was soon in bed and asleep
again, though he had thankfully won.
dered why he didn't " catch it But
if he had heard the conversation he.
tween his father and mother. before he
came in that evening. he might have
understood better. He would have heard
something like this:
Mother, anxiously-"I am mortallv
afraid he'll get killed some of these
times, running off to fires and thinos.n
Father" Pshaw! Boys will be boys!
Ill tell you what, Sarah Jane-you
needn't expect you can keep in boy
as big as our Jasper from a fire. Let
him go to the fire. 1t don't hurt boys
does 'em good"
Mother, signing. and giving up the
point don't see what they want to
60 for, though"
Now, wasn't he really splendid
father?
But the reason of it was this:
You see Jasper's father had been a
boy himself once, and Jasper's mother
never had-and that makes all the diff
ference in the world, you know.
But it seems to me that Jasper ought
to have been punished for his disobedi-
ence, and then, the next time there was
a fire, his mother could say:
"You must not go TO the fire,
Jasper!"
And I'll warrant that he would obey
her.-G0lden DAYS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

The London Athen9uD1 states that
The grandfather of President lincoln
vas a resident of Norwich, in ENGLAND.
In six months 1858 books in the
German language have been published.
making an average of 40 works a dat.
"A Mrs. Cox, who is said To no a
sister of George w. Cable, the novelist.
s making reputation for herself in
New Orleans as a painter of animals.
"Shakespeare's Bones is the nm
canny title of olume by DR.. Ingleby.
who, despite the poets curse, wants TO
dig up his bones in order to settle some
questions about the busts, portraits and
death-mask.-Ch Chicago journal.
&C. p. Huntington, the great rail.
road magnate, was a poor boy and a
Woodworking young man. He did not
begin TO accumulate his immense fort
une until he was past forty, when he
staked all his savings on the scheme Of
the Pacific Railroad. - Indianapolis
Journal.
Mr.. John r. French, ex-Seroeant-
at-Arms of the United States Senate. is
delivering throughout the country a
lecture entitled Ten Years Abont The
Senate" 1t contains a series of inter
esting and clear-cut sketches of the lead.
ing Senators during the period between
1869 and 1879.
The library of the British Museum
has over 100000 volumes by actnal
count, and the sum expended annually
IN purchases amounts to over $50. 600.
besides, under the copyright act a
copy of every book published in the
United Kingdom is sent TO the library.
Chicago Inter Ocean.
The domestic life of Etelke Gerste,
shows that she is home-loving woman
as well as great artist. Her uncle,
Anton Gerster, is carpenter in Pros.
pect Park, New York, and he saws. not
withstandiug the fact Il at she has been
teted by all the principal potentates in
the world, she has not grown proud and
is just the same as he knew her when a
child.-N y Nal.
. "A gentleman who was very in
innate with the late Judge Black saws
the dead iurist's literary productions
will be published in book form, and
will comprise three large volumes. The
lirst volume was ready for publication
before his death, and the others will
probably be compiled soon. Literary
men arc already familiar with the
great force displayed in everything the
eminent iurist wrote, and will welcome
these volumes as valuable acquisitions
to their libraries. Detroit Post.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-10-05
Exercise for Boys.

Boys who take n great interest and
an active part in outdoor sports often
bring needless illness upon themselves
by over-eXertion and want of proper
care after violent exercise Attacks of
pneumonia or inflammation of the lungs
frequently occur from getting very
warm and then cooling off too sud-
denly.
When about to engage in a game of
ball or any sport that requires continued
activity, it is best to lay aside the outer
garment, and put it on again when the
game is finished; and instead of sitting
down to "cool off, it is safer to walk
around for awhile. 1t is also danger
Gus to drink large quantities of water
when very warm. as the system receives
shock which may lead to sickness.
To go in swimming after Il long walk
through the hot sun is also injurious, as
the blood is driven TO the internal organs
from the surface of the body. and pro-
duces congestion, and cramps are liable
to occur, which in many cases have
been the cause of death by drowning II
is always safer 10 wait until the body
has cooled before. plunging into the
water, which is generally of lower
temperature than the body.
Violent exercise taken occasionally
will not develop the strength Is well as
regular amount continued every day.
If a boy wishes to develop his muscles,
let him play ball or row certain time
every favorable day. Let him cease at
the moment a sense of WEAKNESS or
Discrimination seizes him. The next
day he will be able to stand a little
more eXertion, and so by degrees he
will attain TO certain standard, and
have Il reserve force of strength that
will be the foundation of continued
good health in the future 1t is neces-
.sary that the growing body should have
exercise. Air and sunlight are neces-
sary to growth, and active outdoor
sports are the means by which their
benefits can be obtained.
Let boys have all the outdoor exer-
else they can. Ball-playing rowing,
horseback riding, swimming, all are
prime factors in muscular development.
and with care and judgment in their
proper use will tend to stronger and
healthier growth.
The word needs strong men as well
as wise ones, and indeed the mind will
develop more rapidly in sound body
than in sickly one. 1t is grand
thing to be able to satnd hardship and
privation in the search for truth and
knowledge, and any man with good
physical strength is equal to the
task of combating the world if with il
he has the stimulus of strong will.
Let boys then seek to build up in their
growing days sound constitution, and
life will be more than doubled in value
to them.-H. &. Van GieSon, NJ. d., In
HarPer's Young People.
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How Boston Newspapers Were De.
ceiyed.

Here is mystery. In the announce
ments OF Sunday services in the Trap
etter Saturday afternoon was n notice
that Rev. Brooke HEREFORD would preach
at the Arlington Street Church on Sun
day, and the text and the subject of the
discourse were given. At the church
on Sunday morning there was no sign
of life except the presence of a number
of persons who waited in vain for the
church TO be opened, and were not sat
isfied until it was proved to them that
as Mr.. Herford would not reach Boston
from Europe for nearly two weeks, his
preaching of the sermon announced In
the Arlington Street Church on Sun
day, September 9, would be an imDos-
sibility. All might have ended there
with the verdict that the announcement
was a mistake, but this morning a re-
port appears in the Herald which be-
gins:
Sat the Arlington Street Church. in
the forenoon, Rev Brooke Herford
preached upon the Christian Value OF
business Life, taking his text from
Proverbs xxii:29: 'Seest thou man dill.
gent in his business? He shall stand
before Kings The preacher began"
etc.
And then follows half-coIumn re-
port OF the sermon. The advertisement
is easily accounted for, but what about
the report of the sermon? Here is the
best explanation that can be given. The
Contmerciy Bulletin had in It's posses.
SION copy of the sermon in question.
which was preached by Mr. Herford
some time last spring. 1t was an
nounced last week that the Bulletir.
would publish the sermon in full on
Saturday. From that announcement
must have come, in some way, the no
tce that the sermon would be delivered
on Sunday. But how about the reports
The only way TO account for that is that
the Herald, possessing copy of the
commercial Bulletin Of Saturday. made
a neat abstract of the sermon, brought
the time OF its delivery down to date.
aIter the fashion o. recent Paris SER
mons received by cable, and published
it.-Boston Journal. - :.
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Royal ROutine-What the Princess Of
Wales Has TO Do.

There must be good deal of same.
ness in the royal routine of existence,
after all. / was struck with this in the
park yesterday while observing the
Princess of Wales as she was driving
along the sweep which extends from the
Marble Arch at the Oxford street en-.
trance to the park to the gorgeous
statue of the Prince Consort on the
Kensington side. In response to the
bows and salutations of the assemblape
she bows her head, first to the right
and then to the left, continuously.
There is almost no cessation in the OK.
ercise. 1t is part of her duty in life.
And the bow is a study--a wonderful
medium between listlessness and cordi-
atty. The features remain quite smile
less. there is no suspicion of the smirk
Of the popular favorite of the footlights.
for instance. But the eyes are full OF
interest as they light on every passing
face, and it is impossible to entertain .
doubt that one has been bowed, to, dis
tinctly and directly, by the Princess.
This is what so enchants people-not
only people of certain position in life,
but the poor people, the hard toilers of
the busy town, who stop on their way
to have a look at. the dear. Princess.
There seems almost as keen a look OF
interest in them upon her face as she
sees in theirs concerning her. No one
can see her without feeling an admira-
ton for her. t,srs.s
But one who looks beneath the sur
face of things must know. although SC
well dissembled. that this is only acting
out the royal part. 1t can not be that
Alexandra really feels the interest heI
features indicate in every passing
stranger who bows TO her in the park.
And it must be a considerable depriva-
ton TO her in the way of talking with
those who accompany her-this con.
slant bowling. Yesterday her eldest
daughter was with her, and also one OF
those cousinly grand German Ouch
observation-disclosures on visit. The
ladies were reduced to helpless silence,
for so continuous was Alexandra's bow
ing she could not find time to talk to
them, and no doubt it is contrary to eti-
quette for lesserlights converse with each
other when the great one can take nc
part How simple and elegant Alex
andra' s toilets always are! Always SC
neat, compact and trim, During the hoi
weather she has been wearing simple
washing prints to the park Yesterday
the sky was slightly overcast, and she
was appropriately dressed in black silk
with small brocaded flowers in natural
colors- She wore q tiny white lace bon
net, with black spotted net veil. Her
appearance of girlishness is one of the
most marvellous charms Of this stainless
Princess London Letter
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Az ETERKDAY GIRL.


she's only an everyday Elri,
without any scmh'ancC of ART,
This widc-awukc. sensible maid.
To whom have given my hcHrt.
Shcs wotnunly. rrutlc and Kidd,
The lcpst lHtlo be Of u prldc,
Vince dlHnity isu rubuko
To those too familiar, or rude.
She's honest ami frank as the day,
li1s never been known o. deceive,
AMI everything shU NAV usacrt
Her bsauty + not Of the Kind
10 sot any heart in whirl.
Aud liIht-hcadCd friendships are not
The choice OF an cycry day girl.
Ilcr taste In tl,c maitor OF dress
a. neither too showy nor grave.
fiuf such a. VIII lcnd YOU Co guess
she Il not ~ fashion "a slave.
Yet many one has turned round
ON meeting her out in the street,
To admire tlIc'rH cry day girl
Who hoSdso rcmirNabiy sweet.
Her Gifts ana hcr graccs arc not
~ct ont len attractive array
To dazzle. or envy excite.
ur yer FOR public display;
but sittInr besidc her alone.
ur w.fi ~ choicc few. YOU viii find
How euUd nnd how rrc1t l. her heart
How richly endowed Il her mind.
To her you may 20 IN your grief.
Aud freely your troubles tchcurso;
on ltcr ~ your ickn.ss depend.
Dor she is "a capital nurse.
Whatever the strut you are ln.
ThOufh uthers may give yuu NO heed,
You'll Ord thgI 1n everyday Fih
Will furnish the help that you need.
she's patient. furhc tring und wise,
Guutl-nuturo J. klId hcartc I AMI true.
And duC- with o. rUaulttte win
The tasks that uc 80 hCr "a do
All. huupy iutlCo I. n has lot. F.|
without an Orra-iuu Tor strife.
u Nhopkifh such uu eNCry-duy uirl
NJ. tdh kpCud every day ~ his 4 fe!
Josephine it8iGpl h v. y. LsiyeT.