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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-07-13
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN,

To keep dried fruit from becoming
wormy. scatter among it pieces of sas-
safras bark.
Hard putty around window panes
is quickly softened by pouring kerosene
oil on it.-Erchdnge.
Flour may be used instead of corn
starch in common jelly for the filling OF
layer cake. Stir all tho Jumps out and
use little more. say one-third more,
than you would of corn-starch.--N y
Post.
buns: Three cups of sweet milk,
one cup of yeast, one cup of sugar. Mix
soft at night. In the morning add one
cup OF butter, part of a cup of sugar. a
bit OF soda; then mix, Put in the pane.
and then rise till quite light. Bake
same as rusks. Currants NAV be added
If you like Ctitd News.
breakfast Rusks: Two cupfuls Of
sweet milk, two eggs, two teaspoonfuls
OF cream tartar, one teaspoonful of soda,
half cupful of white sugar, about four
small cupfuls of flour. Beat the eggs
very light; put the cream of tartar in the
flour, and add the soda the last thing.
Bake in a long pan in brick oven
The AdUdHce.
The secret of success in making
good pie crust Is to mix the lard thor
oughly with the flour before a drop OF
water is put with il; take both hands
and mix until you could almost make
crust of it and roll out without water.
A little lard goes a great way if proper
ly rubbed with the four. a tablespoon
full to a cup of flour being liberal al
lowance.-N y. Post.
Mr.. j. w. EversOn, Harrison, Mass,
who raises at least an acre of cabbage
each year, says such patch will hardly
have more worms than fifty plants in a
garden. There will be about the same
number in either case, and scattered
over the larger surface the damage will
not pay for the trouble of killing them. -
He is reported in the PiOuqhmnn as say
ing therefore that ''let them alone is my
policy"
"A correspondent of the Ne1C En-
gland Farmer says there is growing
disposition on the part of consumers to
seek after colored apples for Use in
preference to those that are without
color. A dealer remrrked upon this
point that he could not account for the
fact, but that it was nevertheless so;
that with colored apples, and uncolored
OF equally as good or superior quality,
the colored would be taken every time.
Most farmers, says writer, main
lain their garden spot too long in one
place for profit. In city or village lots
rotation is not possible; but with the
farmer it is. He should lose no time in
getting his old garden seeded, and this
year or next pillow up a clover sod AMI
manure it heavily for a garden spot.
Unless the clover is the main sod it is
not safe to put garden crops on it the
first year after blowing. Y. Herald.
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Choice Selections.

1T is not calling your neighbors
names that settles a question
Economy is no disgrace, it is better
living on little than OUTLYING a great
deal.
unseen fountain from whence they flow.
-Halburton.
God writes the Gospel, not i'm the
Bible alone, but on trees and flowers, on
the clouds and stars.-Luther. o.
1t is not until we have passed
through the furnace that we are made
to know how much dross there is in our
composition Cotton.
All devout Christians knoC that the
Scriptures are the word of God. They
may reach their conclusion in different
ways, but the result is the same in all,
viz, absolute certainty Chambers.
The tender words and loving deeds
which we scatter for the hearts which
are nearest to us are immortal seed,
that will spring up in everlasting beauty,
not only in our own lives, but in the
lives of those born after us.-Spurgccu.
Wait and Trust
When n sudden sorrow
Comes like IA Cloud ut night,
Wait for Gods tomorrow,
All will then be bright.
Only wait and trust Him
Just n little while
After evening tear-drOps
Shall come the morning smile
r. II. HdrerJdt.
People sometimes chafe because in
their circumstances they can not do
any great things; as if nothing could he
really a Divine mission, unless il is
something conspicuous. A mother, oc-
| cupied with her children, laments that
she has no time nor leisure for any
mission that God may have marked out
for her. Does she not know that car
ing well for her children may be the
grandest thing that could be found for
her in all the range of possible dutieSP
Certainly for her, for the time at least,
there is nothing else in all the world SD
great. Organizing missionary meet
ings, speaking at conventions, attend
ing Dorcas societies, writing books,
painting pictures-these are all fine
things when they are things God gives;
but if the mother neglccts her children
to run after these, she has simply put
out of her hand the largest things to
take up those that are exceedingly
small In other words, that which the
Master gives any one to do is always
the grandest work he can find. The
doing of Gods will for any moment is
ever the sublimest thing possible for
that moments. s. Times.
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well, beloved one, thou art gone, thou
wavest thy hand. All now is light.
The pearly gates are open, the golden
streets shine in the jasper light. We
cover our eyes. but thou beholdest the
unseen. Adieu, brother; thou hast
light at even-tide. such as we have not.
20 long-expected day begin,
Dawn on these realms OF woe and sin:
Fain would we tread the appointed road
And sleep in death, and wake with God"
-SDur0eon.
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Religious Reading.
SIN OVERCOME.

Not native gentleness of heart,
Untaught submissiveness of viii.
The softly tones, the manner still,
The yielding grace, the placid part;
Not perfect trace of lineament,
Not rose on cheek, not light in eye,
Or finished form, or bearing high,
Or smiles or tears to others lent,
Most profit; but n tempest Quelled,
The rebel passions reason swayed,
A turbid spirit crystal made,
And all self-centered, self-upheld.
A human win divorced from sin!
Not over-prone to do the wrong
But merged in His to whom belong
The worlds without, the soul within.
w c. Wilkinson
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The Popular Science Monthly has
directions How 10 act in a tornado, -
but fails to tell a man just how to CON-
port himself in case he should hurliedly
pass lady friend about two thousand
feet in the air, both on the top wave of
a cyclone. Would it be proper to dofi
the hat. or would the cyclone care for
that little courtesy? Hartford Post.
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KING Hn-,ho-. of Italr /;

king Humbert, of Italy, in CONVEX
sation with an American correspondent.
concludes his remarks with the declsra-
ton: Were / not King, | should
wish to see the world as a reporter. .
The latter should have reciprocated the
compliment by declaring that if he
were not reporter he would like to be
King. But that would not have been
true- No real reporter would exchange
his place for throne. Indianapolis
IoHTn0I.
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"But rather think that idea will
haunt him, nevertheless" unused Mr.
Quest, and he was right. II did come
back to haunt him when time grew
older.
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fro re coNTrNUu.1

The dog-tax netsthe different State
Governments about $4,000. 600 per an
mum, and the Commissioner OF Apri-
culture says it costs $50, 00O, 900 to feed
them.
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on MOLLIE, now I LOVE YOU,


As dcwy daisies No your feet.
=, ~ birds that sing above you,
hou arr ~ pure. and hlithe. aud sweet
On, Mollic. how love you'll
Tho words are few,
But they are true
Oh, Mollic, how love you'll
The poet sings his sweetest strain
To love and loves dear duty:
can but gaze and ruxc again
Upon your grace nud beauty.
can not sing
A single thing
But, Mollio, how love you'll
The rich man brings u splendid Elftg
The soldier talks Of glory;
Ny face 10 yours I can bat lift
And tell tho same old story.
The song D. odd
Hut true us gold
oh, Mollic. how I love you'll
can not call you nymph or queen;
49, MY lips nrr ~ unwary,
Your Own sweet uumc SLIPS Ia between
You're MOllic. not 70 fairy.
oh, Mullic. how love you'll
The llvclonr day
I can hut say.
oh, Mollic how love you'll
Lille =. Bur. iH ". y. Ledger.
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Its estimated that the pawnbrokers
Of New York City, collectively, have
fully go. 600, 600 of pledges in their pos
session.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-07-13

The French are very fond Of eating
snails, and snail-farming is a profitable
industry in Burgundy.
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HER LIES SECRET.
ny JENNIE DAVIS BURTON.

~ Nv VIE IN 40
Auth0r ~ Strangely VOL" Ths Th0rnhUrst
Mystery "The Md esi HdrTidyc Err
Was," GERS secret" ~ Mer-
clSss Boo d" efc., etc.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-27
A Lover Of Shakespeare.

IIarper'S Magazine.
One of the most noted characters on
the border twenty years ago was old
jim Bridger, of Fort Bridger, in Utah.
On one occasion he came to New York.
and was pleased with the theaters, and
expressed the utmost delight at per-
for1nancc of the Midsummer's Night,
Dream. lie had no clear idea who
Shakespeare was, but conceived and
developed the most extravagant ad-
mirati0n for him.
Returning to the fort he sold old
stock and supplies to emigrants and
other travellers as in time past. One
day man wished to buy some oxen,
jim said he could have any except one
yoke, which he had made up his mind
to keep at all hazards. In the morn
ing messenger came to say that the
man wanted this yoke, and none
other.
''He can't have 'em," says Jim.
DWELL, he wants them, and is just
a-waitin' for them" said the messen-
ger. "He's a-settin' there readin' q
book called Shakespeare"
I'm, yelled Jim, jumping 10 MS
feet. "Did you say Shakespeare?
Here, - you, give me my boots"
lie ran to the corral.
stranger" said he, 'jest give me
that book and take them oxen"
ooh, no." said the man. 81 only
brought the book to read OH the way.
l will give it to YOU"
stranger" said Jim resolutely,
':jest you take them oxen and give ME
that book" And so the man did,
Jim hired q reader at $50 per month
ana listened to Shakespeare every
evening. All went well until one
night, is the reader came to the pro-
posed murder OF the princes in the
tower. jim sprAng lro.n his seat with
biazin.g eyes, AM yelled Ill thunder
tones:
Hold on there! jest wait till I cit
my rifle, and I'll Shoot the - scoun-
tirel !"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-27

the finishing touches, but more hairs
stood out against her will these she cut
off also. This operation she repeated
number of times before she announced
to Earl that it looked Just right. Earl
did not question Edith's taste, but
climbed down from his exalted seat and
renewed his attack on the corn, while
Edith brought Rose, beautiful golden
haired wax doll, and began barbering
her.
"Why, Edith, you'll spoil Rose, if
you comb her hair. Dolls hair isn't
made to be combed."
"Why, yes it is didn't you see the
dolls sets of brush and combs when
you and I were down town with mamma
yesterday?"
So Edith set Rose up in her lap and
began to dip her chubby little fingers
into the water and dampen her hair
then she began at the end of one Of
Roses long curls to comb the tangles
out. Just rs mamma did with hers
meaning to make the curls smooth and
SHINY as they we're when she first saw
Rose.
Edith had made two or three attempts
TO get curl cOmbed out smooth when n
particularly vigorous stroke OF the comb
brought Roses hair all Off III piece like
q wig. Edith dropped the comb and
began to CRY IS hard as she could cry.
Earl locked up and saw Edith holding
Rose in one hand and the wig in the
other, and gazing at them through her
tears. His first impulse was to laugh
as hard as he could. Rose did look so
funny with her fine clothes and bald
head, and Earl thought the wig looked
funny TOO; but little Edith's tears did
not look funny to him, so he smothered
the laugh before his little sister saw
him, and went over to her with "Don't
cry, Edith; 7 can fix that; come on, and
I'll paste the hair right back as it was.
Edith caught at the hope Earl held out
to her, that Dolly might be restored
to something of her former beauty, and
brushing the tears away with corner Of
her apron she took Rose and her hair
and followed Earl into the pantry. Earl
got little flour in cup, mixed some
water with it and made paste; then he
gave Roses head good coat of paste
and set her head back just as it had
been at first. It did not look very
smooth, and there was streak of paste
all around the edge of the hair, and the
part was not quite in the middle. But
poor little Edith's heart was so reioiced
that Rose had her hair again that she
could not be critical, and smiles chased
her tears away as she took Rose up ten
derby and carried her into the sitting
room to sit in her little chair till her
hair should he dry. BY this time
Bridget had got home and their fun in
the kitchen Was over till another rainy
day should happen on Bridget's day out.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-27
A Story Of Fapny E!lsler.

While on the subject Of actresses
and their habits let me tell you an am
ecdote of the celebrated Fanny Els
Ter which [ have never before seen in
type. Her dressing room was spaci-
Gus, we'll ventilated. and we'll furnish
ed. save that the furniture was uni
formly covered with chalk dust
Chalk was everywhcre-on chairs,
floor and toilet table. One night as
the author of the "Diable Boiteux"
entered Fanny's loge, he found her
storming and painting in q passionate
fury most magnificent to behold.
"My dear Burat," she cried Burat
was her managcr), II am i'll q fearful
rage. Just fancy! my passeM is at
hand and the corps de ballet have
stolen my chalk"
"What, stolen it! Can it be posi-
ble?"
possible? l have looked evervr
where and questioned every one-N2-
tllalie, Fits james, Noblet, her sister
iii deny knowing anything about it.
lis a conspiracy, that's clear. Burlt,
you'll come to the rescue and get me-
soWe chalk, will you not?"
My dear young lady," urged Buvat,
''Where ain [ to get it?
N onsense, set ont and get it some
where" petulantly pleaded The daRs-
ease. ''Never mind the cost. You've
a quarter OF al hour before the cur
tain rises. Go, please" and she push
ed him through the door.
1t was II p. M; the shops were
shut. The unfortunate vaudevillist
was more embarrassed to discover the
desired chalk than he had ever been
to invent Il plot. Nevertheless, he
did not desp.,r. In twelve minutes
he came back, lis checks flushed, his
voice thick, ,remor in his gait, but
twenty pieces IF chalk in his pocket
handkerchief.
BRAVO! BraYo!" gleefully shouted
Fanny Ellsler. GLOW much do lowe
you?"
"The price of ten glasses of Co-cog-
nac," hiccoughed Burat. II had to
patronize ten cafes fore l could steal
Ill that chalk"
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-27
How Bows Marbles are Made.

Almost all the "marbles" with
which boys everywhere amuse them
selves in season and out of season, on
sidewalks and in shady spots, are
made at Obcrstein, Germany. There
arc large agate quarries and mills in
that neighborhood, and the refuse is
turned to good account in providing
the small stone balls for experts to
''knuckle" with. The stone is broken
into small cubes, by blows of light
hammer. These small blocks of stone
are thrown by the shovelful into the
hopper of small mill, formed of q
bedstone, having its surface grooved
with concentrate burrows; above this
is the ''runner," which is of some hard
wood, having level face on its lower
surface. The upper block is made to
reyolve rapidly, water being delivered
upon the grooves Of the bedstone
where the marbles are Icing rounded.
1t takes about fifteen minutes to finish
half bushel Of good marbles, ready
for the boys knuckles. One mill will
turn out 10000 marbles per week.
The very hardest CRACKERS" as the
boys call them, are made by a slower
process, somewhat analogous, howev-
er, to the other.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-27
Use of Slang.

Now, girls, do not use slang phrases.
There's little wit in them; and they
mar the beauty of conversation. 1t is
delightful to meet a lady VINO uses
good language, knows how to pro-
nounce her words, and never uses in
elegant expressions. Surely the art
of conversation is worthy of cultiva-
ton. The use of slang is becoming SO
common that ladies' use it when con-
versing with gentlemen. With what
degree of respect does gentleman re-
gard lady who in his presence makes
use Of language such as is used i'll the
very lowest class of society? He GER
tainly cannot accord her the same re-
spect which would be hers if her ideas
were expressed in chaste. ladylike
terms. 1t is true she may not mean
to use words that will make her seem
unladylike, but she cannot use slang
i'll any way without saying something
never intended for the lips OF q true,
pure woman. A gentleman owes
more respect to a lady than to use
slang i'll her presence, and if she re-
Trains from its use he will be more
careful OF his oWE language. Respec t
yourself, girls, and others will respect
YOU. Avoid even the appearance Of
vulgarity. Remember that it is like
a harsh grating sound tor polished
ears to hear the slangy phrases OF the
time passing the lips OF gentle woman
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-27
BostOn's Free Baths for Elephants.

Boston Transcript.
The wallowing Of half q dozen elc-
plants in the frog pond this morning
was the wondrous sight that viii lon5
be remembered by the thousands OF
Bostonians of all ages and conditions
who thronged the knolls in the vicin-
ity. The picturesque strangers from
India and Africa were not less de-
lighted. They seemed to quaff the
Cochituate and sport in its wave with
as much gusto as if they were revel-
ing in some remote tributary Of the
Ganges OF the Nile in their native
iungles. Seen at little distance the
huge gray backs of the tropical beasts
doomed up like Cape Ann rocks at the
head of the pond. At first they stood
almost motionless, but as the reality
of the treat and their liberality came
to be fully believed in, they grew
quite demonstrative and willing not
only to wet their ''overalls" but to lie
down and roll-all except the yenera-
BILE leader, who seemed to have some
thing akin to religious respec t, like
a fakir of India, for the ancient dirt
on his shoulders, and carried it back
to his tent unprofaned by the ablution.
The younger elephants trumpeted,
curved up their trunks, stuck out
their tails straight as pokers, as in the
pictures Of elephant combats, and fl
nally stopped down and buried their
immense heads under the water, there
remaining SO long that people who
did not see the tips of their trunks
above the surface thought they were
drowning. Two OF them got 10 twi-
ming their trunks, one round the
other, SO rs to bring their fabby lips
into clumsy OSCILLATION. For mo-
ment the show business was forgot,
and the proboscidians returned to
their native sports, and yet mot wholly
forgot, for one degenerate youngster
of the herd went round the plashy
margin of the pond holding up the
end of his trunk like contribution
box for the apples and peanuts of the
small boy who was on hand in his usu-
al force on such occasions. After
some enterprising photographer had
secured several pictures of the bath
ing monsters they demurely followed
their trainer back to their tents.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-27
Several benevolent persons are raj

Several benevolent persons are rails
ing funds for the establishment i'll
Washington, d. c., of home for sick
women whose circumstances do not
enable them to secure suitable care.
Owing to the character of the popula-
ton OF Washington, largely made up
of female clerks of small means and
dependent for support upon the favor
of persons i'll power, an institu ton
such as is proposed will find useful
field of work. Mrs. Hayes and Mrs.
Waite have each agreed to furnish a
room. The home will be under the
care of Miss Rebecca S. Hart, who
will be assisted by some Of the female
physicians OF the capital.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-27
Antoine Brisbois was found muir

Antoine Brisbois was found MUIR
dered in his trapping hut, in Ontario.
His furs and money were missing, and
so was his partner, Patrick Hennessey,
upon whom the crime was laid. That
happened years ago. Hennessey was
never discovered. Lately, Felix Raj
cot and Cyrus Greenover, lumbermen,
were crushed by a heavy log. Raicot
was told that he would speedily die.
He then confessed that he and Green
over murdered both BrisboiS and
Hennessey, concealing the latter's
body. Those who heard this revela-
ton hurried out to fetch Justice, and
in their absence Greenover crawled
from his couch, though dangerously
hurt, and pulled the bandages from
the dying Raicot's wounds, SO as to
silence him i'll death before the offic ial
came to write out his confession.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-27

J,''o IL! Cheese OF Tic Ancien.s.
f." the TACT tliat ancient writer's
%: to 3rrW aid Greek schools Go
10! H4.i: inu butter or cream. some
it!ro concluded that neither was
|.novn or a..ei up to nearly the close
OF the Gr>t century OF the Christians
era; bit this must be q mistake, fog
no doubt one OF the oils mentioned iII
the Old Testament was OF butyrl-
ceous description. The milk Of herds
and Of goats is spoken of, consequent
ly there must lave been cream, and
butter also, produced by the convey
ance Of milk in skins on camel back.
as it is frequently carried in what Is
called the Holy Land to-day. In
climate, in pa;riarchal times, rs 8,
present, would not allow butter to re-
main long i'll a solid state: and hence
its mention as oil. Tnis is, however,
speculative. though more than proc
able. Pliny speaks of 'coW-cleese, -
which he calls butyrum; and the no
mad Arabs made what they callrd
kymac," which is thickcned pre-
paration Of cream almost like bGlter
1t is made by shaking cream Of goat
milk i'll calabash. The native EaSt
Indians made butter from buff.liocs5
milk, which they called ''ghee," which
is simply butter OF thick, oily COLI
sistency. Homer and Virgi! both
mention cheese, the former that could
be cui by II Embellishments being
describe in the Illiad as having shred
and scrapcd goat's cheese into a posset
he p,rei for the wounded Machaon,
Vr- Iii leaves cheese with no greater
consistency than curd, which the Scy-
thian; used TO mix with mares blood
and feast upon. Long before the Chris
tian era, TIC buttery extract from
milk was used by the barbarous na-
tions and by the Romans as an ONT
ment, with which they Amounted chill
dren when teething, and applied 10
their skins to defend them from the
sun. This was butyrum, ghee, OIL
melted butter; and, ii it looked then
no more tempting than when present
ed forty years ago, under an Arab tent
it must have been then a very repul-
sive appearing article OF food.
Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-01-27

Robert Bird, a colored employe OH
the Charlotte, Columbia and Augusta
railway, in q fiji o. jealousy killed his
wife by chopping oil her head with
an axe. Lie Liien fed several IN lies
told some colorel people what he had
uone, jumped into 4 n!ill-pond, and
was drowned. Bird is supposed to
nave committed murder III Alabama a
year and a half ago, Dut escaped BIZ
charging his brother with tie crime.
A bout u year ago lie attempted sui
eide by hanging himself to 3 grape
vine, but was cut down III time 10 be
resuscitated. There were 40 witness
es to the murder OF his WIG.