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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-11
The Cultivated Vision.

1t Is IN, excellent service to the bows
and girls. who are beginning to feel
longings for q wider life, to open their
eyes. to the inexhzustibIe wonders of
nature all aronnd them. and eontinualIy
changing and renewing. In one, village
school htteen minstes Cd inteTinisSion
betweerfessons from books has Seen
lately devoted 20 lessons from LIE, with
admirable effect. Some off the most
troublesome youngsters hsveherefound
a field that ex0ites all their afforts and
Ellis them with delight; Lfhey-Are out
eariy irfthe rneFning searching for speci.
mems, 3ndsau spring to the SIGNAL for
the6ubject Denomination for the dav
With ardenteagerness. At the hast of
winter, coais wood. the annual rims of
growth, the buds and fheir varied forms
ank arrangement, aud the cocoons.
eop5bs and eggsof insects, bones of ami.
nah, birds and-rhe ike. were tou;csl
IBE being confined to things found neal
home, In the early spring the catkins.
silk, pOllen-dust .efc., open the lis.
which soonS becomes innumerahle,
Jkert Is fnanya puzzle befofa 0l,g6FFs.
ton seizes The Distinguishing points "a
this or that variation but the children
thus learn to- use Hell0tRS w6naStftil
eyes that God has given them, and the
habt Of observationg grows. cThisIeads
hot only to exact knowledge, fmfnedil
ately useful in life, but to a conviction
of the existence of awise and beneficent
Creator, and desire TO be, hunbly. an
obedient co-worker in doing what Proyi-
dence has clearly laid out as to be done
upon the earth, filing It with beauty
and enjoyment, far above artificial irnf-
tation when we have once learned to
see through the veil or behind the thin
screen.-N y Tribune.
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MY little WIFE.

IN n.tlc niru sang ON my garden tree
1ut ne sang right checriy-
nuect, stccet. ~ sfsctl ~ srcc,r'
~ ms heart was full OF the Joy of spring,
MI what could he do but sing and sing
"Hn beating breast and flutterinR wing:
Steci, sire,t, ~ sircrti ~ srcsti''
uttlc vito sits by my own ircsiio,
~ ltiI little wife. my JOY aud pride.
owtrf, stregf. - sirrftf ~ stresff
eand "a watch her from dap 10 day.
Nerry and wise, and tender aud gay,
" nat can DO but sing and say:
HWcct, sWsst, ~ sircsti ~ sWccF'
Ior she, too. sits IN n hllssful roAt,
hockinH babe on her loving breast
o. hhcff, sucrf, 80 Nirscsi ~ sirecti
deuucrly cooling ~ COOS the dove.
Mhilc she dreams and softly sings above q
the cradle nest OF her mother love-
SFcet ,-strc,t. ~ 1rrcti ~ sircetr'
sing, little bird. in thy happy pride.
ollk, little wife. by thy own firC-ido:
-. ctctcf. sreff. ~ sirsff' ~ sTc-ff"
mltd y INC heart that has learnt the strain
= rue love never can -inK 70 IN vain. =
AhouFh II sing 10 over uud over Rgnin:
hrcef, strssf. ~ srrffi 80 srcfff"
--Ltr p brrr, IN " r. Ledg.v.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-11

rr '. 'CIIAPTER -CoSuSuED.
His eyes frightened a- II he had made
some marvellous discovery and was
proud Of 10.
'Scc what. sir?''
Don't YOU sce3 Why shs Is allo 10
speak about you now She has heard of
your engagement these things do ooze
"ut somehow, aithouyh rs i'm the pres
'nt instance. some 81 those most inter
'stcd are always the last to have the
news. She has heard Of IL and there
Tore feels herself ut liberty To speak Of
YOU now. thinking that she can not be-
mi'nndcr,tgod Very likely she is
ssorry,to ofcoursc | should congratulate
her upon her escape from such n scamp
ns my SON.
Sac might not be pleased by any
fTWetut, you do-DOl suppose am
@eh a TOOL rs you are-not To- see that
s.9nly my little iol,er Upon NV word.
liE,Ye become rs much excited over the
3ilar ~ II ] were myself to be the
bridegroom. fortune and position!-
my dear Maurlcc, / always predicted
That YOU would make hit some dav. -
~ have been very. luclSy.ii
And You deserve IL. There i NV
hand am proud ofymr'
II am glad, that sir sometimes
feared that You regarded me as hope
,lessly insane' ~ -
Me Calthorpc hsl,Itq' HE hauds,,Ie-
prrcatingly
No -raking zap OF old scurcs. IL YOU
please, l may give Guthlcrt hint. I
suppOsCf'
You may tell him all YOU know''
Then shall start ~ once"
4 T" am giving in your ,lircrtion. so the
ono cab will serve w. both" IfsE
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.RiRht.HnndRfIness.


Mr.. Charles Reade wrote one or two
letters some time agd to q morning pa
per cOndemning the practice of nurses
and Mothers Who discourage children
from using the left hand, and thus rem
der il comparatively unserviceable.
Nature, he maiptained, has made nc
distinction between the right and left
extremitieS of the bOdy : and, hut forthe
existence uf foolish prejudice in favor
OF the right hand, both limbs might be
rendered equally useful DIR. Gaetan
Delaunay has just Hcommunieated an in
terestlng paper To the French AnthrQp-
ofo9icaf Society, in which he seeks to
establish that 'right-handedness is not
an acquired habit but is a naturaf at
tribute characteristic OF the superior
raees- q Savage tribes, ne states, and
communities in an inferior state of civ
hlkAtion shows much largerproportion
OF lett-handedneSs than highly civilized
peoples do. Phe Annaniites. for in
stance, are noted as left-handed peo-
pie; and pegrpes, according to Hartino.
are Equally sdeyeloped onsboth Sides of
tlfe body, the right aAa~left extremiticS
possessing exactly the same power and
weight. Idiots and epileptics, again,
oter very largo percentage of. left
handed fndiTidnah; and thefa are NOR
left-handed women than men. Infants.
DIR. Delaunay-saYs- are left-banded at
first (Mr. Rende adduced this fact in
support of his theory; as they grow
older they become bOth-handed. and
eventually right-handed. IN old are.
however, there is a marked tendency m
both,handedness agzff1 q his general
conclusion is that in the evolution of the
species there hasbes9 kkteady tenden-
cy to the development OF the right side
OF the body at theexpense of the other,
and that The examples OF left-handed
4fSS stu to brmet with in the superiot
rsce s'frenreteF ''survivalS. So. James,
Gdzette.,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-05-11

. The whistling craze is. spreading
among the women Of Texas 80 RAPIDLY
that il IS now estimated that not leS
than thirty per- cent.-of the entire fe-
male population whistle like mockine
birds A young lawyer recently went
rom Palestine up 10 Jefferson to call on
his aflianced. . Thinking fosprprise him
she slipped up behind him as 10 sat ia
the Parl0r clapPed her, hands over his
eyes while she whistled the "Mockfna
Bird" beautifully. He was so disensted
when he saw who il was that, the only
words he uttered was: Good day"
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A HEARTS PROBLEM.

fC1IAPTER Mn C1NTINUED.

Author ~ "R,bin Cruz" For Look n Gssa.'
Ia Honor BpHf." "FT o.s .Etng,e
"Ctiesa ~ me n ldOto.' Etc.
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What have we been talking abouti
Peter Gooper',s conyersion.-N y l,s-
deDe,ade,t 1853 -" =
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Fashion Notes.

!; Beads Of all kinds and sequins, are al
most as profusely used as ever; pearl
or mother-of-pearl sequins hanging In
lattice-work of silk cords or pendant
from strands Of chenille fringes are
among the most effective ornaments on
white or pale haed evening dresses,
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-27

In It's Issue Of Deosmber 20, the ioufh's
Companion urges thoroughness by au
sneodote: -.--s
General Butler hus said that lawyer
of large practice should be well informed
man, for his Cases compel him to ma ter
subjects in almost every department of
knowledge. An incident, illnstrative Of the
generals point, Is told in the life of Lord
Lyndhurst He was employed ss counsel
in case which relSte1 to Mr.. HestheOte' :
famous invention Of the bobblu-ust ma
chine.
That he might conduct tle case sue,
cessfully, he determined to understand
the working of the machine. Accordingly
he went to Nottingham. and took his
place In the mill at one OF the looms. Ii"
did not leave it till ne could make piece
OF bobbin net with his own hands, aud
understood perfectly the details OF the
manufacture, as we'll as its principles.
When the case came on in court, he
produced q model machine, and worked
1t with uch ease and skill and explained
the nature of the invention with suoh
clearness, that judge, jury and spects-
tors were alike aetOnished. He gained
the case, because, in the opinion OF all, he
had mastered the principles and details
OF the invention.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-27
The Innnence of a MASON.

A working msaea died q fsa days
ago at Chantenay, near Paris, who CON
tFibuted "a much, though In an indirect
way, TO the making of modern European
history, as Prince Bismarck himssli.
Jean Michel Badipguet. the individual in
question, wss employed on some repairs
~ the fort Of Ham when Prince Ionic
Napoleon was . prisoner there. He
facilitated the princess esospe by lending
him his cap, blouse, canvas psntsloon
and his short black pipe Thus dis.
guised, and carrying u board on il
ahondrr, the future Emperor made Liz
@ay out Of Ham, unohallenged by q
single one Of the warders or sentrieE
whom he had to pass, Badiaguet was
rot so fortunate. He was arrested and
KEEP; tor some time in prison. After the
coup d'etet he came to Paris, and the
! Emperor allowed him an annuity of ], 20t
francs ont OF the privy purse. Napoleon
Ill, IS ia well known, received the sobri
quiet Of BsdiDgu+t, aud the Original
bearer OF the pa,ue prudently dropped it.
az il was anything Int popular with the
GLASS win which he associated. II,
assumed the surname Of Rudot, by which
alone lie IVES subsequently known and
il was only az his death that his identit,
was discovered.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-27
Involuntary Dancing.

Bites OF yarious kinds have been known
to make people dance but Chambers
journal tells peculiar story OF such
cases; The earliest mention of t,rautis-
mus lie found in the works of Nicolas
Perottl, who died in 1850. 1t appeared
first 10 Apulis, and at the time OF this
anshor, seems to have fairly we'll estab.
lished itself Sc disease in that province.
II is spoken of as having been produced
by the bits Of the wolf-spider, an earth
species of light brown color, with biack
stripes, known to science rs the Lycosa
ta5da,uia hpuiic1. This creature is iunnd
generally distributed throughout Italy
ahd Spain, and many an old traveller h 81
told wonderful stUries of the effect of Its
bite, which Wac accredited rs poisonous
The patt bitten, according to common
belief, became swollen, and smarted the
victim became low spirited, trembled and
was anxious he wss troubled with
tansea, Riddiness, and at length fell
down in BwoOn. All exterior oireum-
stances powerfully affected him he was
easily excited TO ftsiz y or depressed to
melancholy, and bsLsyed generally as a
hystericsl subject woald do. The
strsugest feet, or rather supposed effect.
of the bits was the behavior of the
patient at the sound of muaio for ne i'm.
mediately fosa aud danced as inadly as
DO the wicked people in the fairy tails at
! the sound OF the hero's enchanted nina.
However the patient may haze been
Affected Al the outset, he seems invariably
10 have fallen into a swoou--ths result Of
nefVons exhaustion from which mnsir
|
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-27
ART and ARTISTS.

Winalow Homer has sold 90 ont of so
water coiors now on exhibition ia Boston.
Lsrkin j. Mead, the brother-in.law Of
the novelist, has forwarded to America a
bronzs bRs-relief Of Mr.. W. D. Howells.
The Boston art club has appropriated
81 900 for the purchase of one or more
paintings shown in its annual exhibition,
At San Francisco the large painting BY
De Haas, "Farrsgut Passing the Forts at
New orleans," has been offered for sale
by its owner.
A portrait of DR.. +. M. Hedge, lately
professor of German at Harvard, and
painted by Miss Cranoh, the daughter Of
c. P. Crsueh, the poet, has been given TO
the university by one of his admirers.
Forty five artists of Boston sign a
round-robin addressed to whom it may
concern urging The purchase OF the great
painting, "Au.omedou and the Horses OF
Achilles" by the late Henri Regnault,
for the Boston Museum of Fine Arts. This
picture the Metropolitan Museum was
urged to buy when it wss sold by Mr..
Morton in New York. Had the museum
shown any determination II might have
been got for IS, 600 or Sc, 600. A western
dealer picked 1t up, and his price for 1t is
now double what he paid-some $12 600
or $4,000.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-27
CHAP TER III.

His lips do move with inward mutterings,
Aud his fixd eye is riveted fearfully
On something that no other sight can see.
Beffrdn.
To the outside world everything seemed
serene and tranquil at the big brown
stone mansion on Brooklyn Heights The
summer which had just passed was q
drsary one 10 Bsryl She had spent most
of the time at Long Branch flirting with
her old admirers, while her husband
haunted the beach at Brighton during the
day and made the air hideous at night by
praetcing on a hurdy gurdy.
The first Sunday after her return from
the seaside Beryl wanted her husband to
take her to Plymouth church. She hunted
high and low for him, but he was no.
where to be found.
sit is one of his outlandish freaks, 4"
she said, as she called her father and
drove off.
Before they reached the church they
noticed large crowd surrounding an OBJ
ject which appeared to afford them inh-
mite amusement. As they approached
Bsryl looked out of the carriage and saw
the count.
There he stood, clad In his dress suit,
bending over an ash. barrel and clawing
the contents with long poker, mean.
while jabbering to himself and gestiou.
lating wildly with his disengaged hand.
"Merciful heavens! shrieked Beryl.
"Ho's mad Aud with wall of anguish
she buried her face in the velvet cushions
of the coach.
Just then, strange to say, smiling
policeman came up, oollared the coun
and waltzed him off to the station house
Neither Mr.. Beaumonde nor Beryl pro
tested, for they were both glad to get rit
| of him.
As they returned home Beryl said to he
father. with bitterness born of hate:
THANK heaven He will never agail
scratch up my flower garden with hi
| cane"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-27
CHAPTER ".

. With wild surprise,

AS II to marble struck, devoid of sense,
A stupid moment motionless she stood
Thomson
"Beryl Bsaumonde's imported husband
is in the lunatic asylum" was the rumor
which caused considerable comment in
the City of Churches
"What made him crazy 2'' was the Oft
repeated question
But no one could tell, not even Beayl
One day,in conversation with her father
concerning the counts eccentricities,
which everybody attributed to his genius
and gigantic intellect, Beryl said:
Papa, wonder what turned the brain
of my unfortunate husbsnd?"
Don't know and don't oare," growled
her grutf parent who had long been
heartily tired and sick of his distinguished
son-in-law.
But, papa, don't you remember how
he acted the first time we had amateur
thestrioals at our house1"
"Um," grunted her father.
''He did look SO funny, too" continued
Beryl, laughing in spite Of her SORROW
''Why, he came in the parlor with an ole
bag of rags On his back and a poker in his
hand, and he looked Just like an
litiG ouc Phuocl hb IL d TtNelH
ton overcame her. With wild look il
her eyes she screamed:
II see it all, nowl"
What is 1t, darling?" tenderly in
quired her father, greatly affected by he
strange conduct.
"0h, papa know why he used t.
scratch the floor so much with his can,
aud look carefully around as ii in searcl
of something"
"Well my daughter ?'' T.
''He claimed to be count, you know
when we first met him -
Eyes, yes, my dear.
And he was nothing but nasty, Nes
politan rag-picker"
1t was too true. Count Claudio Con
stsntino, like many another Italian noble
man, was fraud of tine first water.
He is nov closely confined 10 an esylut
for the feeble minded. aud he is never 8
happy as when his keeper permits him t
walk around the grounds, with huge ba
of rags on his back, industriously clawin
the ground with poker.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-27
ONE aAoaEIoB or srANr.
M. h.


There's one thing to the ladies' l plainly wish
to say:
I'm man Of no pretenses Tn sfty,if day;
N neither gay nor amiable, I'm fussy, and
lin PLAIN:
But, girls you needn't plot for NEAL
plotting ID ia vain.
/ never see the brightest eyes, and all their
witchery
IL wasted ammunition, il Its aim is hurting me;
l never see the reddegt lips, I'm proof against
all smiles
/ rather think I'm not the man for any
womans wiles.
! can sew on my own buttons, my stockings
can mend,
And women's hands around my room are not
what intend
/ want no knitted, netted things, no travelling
bags, no wraps,
No clippers and no comforters, no painted
plaques, no caps.
l buy the things that l require; so, ladies',
boar me say,
All ouch attentions spent on me are simply
thrown away;
SO shake your curls and give your gifts,
bewilder all you can,
But just remember il you please, that am
not the man.
I've heard there's twenty-one old maids
consider me their "fate,"
And clever widows i've or six that wish with
me TO mate
There's pretty schoolgirls who insist
must have had some loss"
And say I'm $50 romatic," when I'm only
tired or cross
But, ladies, ali attentions from this date ]
hope sill cease
The only favor that / ask, is to be left IL
peace;
For consider one thing sure as anything
can be-
Twill not marry any girl, and none shal
marry me.
That's just exactly what he said about
year ago.
Now, if you could but see his rooms, the,
are a perfect show
OF netted things, and knitted things, ant
painted plaques and screens,
OF photographs oi famous men, and Beauty
living queens;
While on the hearth-stone sits his wife
she's sweet aud good, know.
And ii you tell him of the words he said
year ago,
He answers YOU without blush, "0h that
the usual way;
No one believes single word old bachelor
may say
When the right angel comes along, the
marry any day"
Hdrper's Magazine for .Janupry.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-27
what made Him hurry.

A Buffalo janitor kicked can Of nitro
glycerine, and right then, for the FIRST
time in his life, became really active
man, iuauguratlug proceedings by turn
ing double somerssult and knocking
ont hodful Of mortar and brick with
the back of his head at one end of the
room, and continuing the performance by
kicking over the stove, pulling down the
chandelier, olawing of lath, chewing
door castings and blowing up plaster With
his nose. When the nitro glycerine goi
tired and let the old man ait down and
take rest, he looked mournfully at tbs
remnants It tin that once held the chair
lightning and said to the doctor: "Wsl
drst my luck II that Amt the blsmedesi
quickest tempered stuff / ever saw !"
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-27
GEN j. b. MAaRUpER.
A Remarkably Attractive man
Phystcairy and Mentally.

st, Louis Republican
He liss buried In an obscure spot In
the grave yard at Houston, Texas. a
subsoriptiop Ia now being taken up TO
Inolese his grave, and put something
npop it In the shape Of token that he ID
still remembered by the people among
whom he fought and died.
Msgruder was wonderful man. He
stood 6 feet four inches in hight, and had
form which the men enyjed and the
women adored. His nerves were all iron'
Foreign travel aud comprehensive oui'
ture had given to bis wit zest that was
always crisp aud sparkling. He never
lacersted. 10 thu sting of the repartee
he added the honey Of the clover. He
could fight all day and dance all night.
ia the morning glass OF brandy and q
good cigar renewed his strength, and
caused the cup of his youth to run over
with the precious wine of health and high
epirits.
He loved magnificent uniforms, msgnih'
cent horses, magnificent riders aud mag
nifloept women,
Gifted and graceful in conversation, he
was pet Ia the boudoir and logicisn
in the barracks. He bad studied French
in Paris, Italian in Rome, and Spanish
in the halls of the Monte2umas. His
Craftsmanship was of the English kind,
that is to say, not graceful, but impossi.
bic to be surpassed for firm riding and
endurance. He wrote little love songs
that were set 10 music one OF them
"lmogene, had in 1t the plaintive re-
pipings OF soldier love and the sad
rhythm OF burial bugles.
In the Crimea he astonished the
French officers by sleeping at the front
with the Chaeseurs under fire. In Mexico
he sent back to the archbishop lady e
periumed glove be had found in his
palace when the city wac won, and in 1t 9
note which read at is pretty enough tt
have belonged to queen. Would sht
have psrdoned me il had appropriated
itf" As the arch bishop sent him thu
next day basket OF delicious wine, 1t II
supposed that the fair owner of the GLOW,
must have looked lenieptly upon tn,
handsome American soldier.
Later, and he WAS riding with Genera
Scott down the long street OF lturbide
General Garnett Joined them, and Magra
der drew little back for his superiors Il
consult. A white puff of smoke onrlet
out from an open window, a sudden re-
port followed speedily and Garrett apt
horse went down together. An ounc
ball, intended tor Scott, had broken Gar
nett's thigh, and killed the charger
Fearing another fire, Magruder galiopec
to the side Of his chief and covered hi
body with his own. Tho old mans eye
never dropped nor his voice changed al
1 Itou alton.
How long will 1t take you to bate
down that house %
He spoke curtly to Lieutenant Ma
gruier, pointing with q sweep OF hi
finger to the nearest, and from which tn
bullet came.
"An hour by the watch, general"
"Then open fire at point blank range
and leave not one stone upon another"
II was done, and we'll done and thos
who saw Msgruder soonest afterwsrt
noticed that he had another bar on hi
epauieltes, and had been made captain
War was his element, the bivouao hi
delight, and the battlefield his perfec
inspiration.
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-27

Only line in the paper,
That somebody read aloud
At table of lsnguid boarders,
To dull, Indifferent crowd.
Market reports and marriage,
And the reader reads them ALL
How could he know hope died then
And was wrapped in funeral pail?
Only line in the paper,
Read In a casual way,
But the glow went out OF one young life
And left 1t cold and gray.
Colder than bleak December,
Grayer than walls of rock
The reader paused and the room grew full
or laughter and idle talk.
Ii one slipped off to her chamber,
Why, who would dream or know
That one brief line in the paper
Had sent her away with her woe
Away into lonely sorrow,
To bitter and binding tears2
Only a line in the paper
But it meant such desolate years
Delaware gazette and state journal. (Wilmington, Del.) 1883-1902, 1883-12-27
A Man Who Eyer.,sas

Hlrpe. Is Weekly recently printed the
following mir. William Blaikie, author
o. .How to Get slrong.' "Our Children >
B}diss," sud ether hygieric manuals Of
Importance, eYprssses his conviction that
30 Tar rs The taking OF bodily exercise
goes Mr.. Gladstone is the ideal man. The
pTemier's practice being in winter to
walk an hour daily out doofa, and in
summer to chop down trees M hou, dsiIy.
Ar. blsikie has long maintained that In
lot weather q properly cared for person
should feel rs vigorous So IN cold weather.
and sheuld sat 60 much and drink ss
much, the fuid, OF courae, being non
alcoholic Race horses, he says, do their
bsst when the mercury Is in the
rinatiys. F"