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Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1883-08-03

ST. dance. Orders c,ll:e to Agents
McGllIcudy and Wright this year
TO prevent Its occurrence, Iut it was
impossible to so.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-23
A Tunnel Resents Being a Tunnel.

In Cattle District, point about five
miles north of this city, is a tunnel that
may be called an eX-tunnel. 1t is
tunnel that demonstrates against n
tunnel. 1t was run about four years
ago into the side of a steep hill, and was
originally about forty feet in length.
When in about fifteen feet the tunnel
cut into soft, swelling clay, very diff
cult to manage, After timbering and
striving against the queer, spongy ma
terial until it had been penetrated some
twenty-five feet, the miners gave up the
fight, as they found it a losing game
Being left to its own devices, the tunnel
proceeded to repair damages. 1t very
plainly showed that itresenled the whole
business, as its first move was to push
out all the timbers and dump them
down the hill. 1t did not stop at that,
but projected from the mouth of the tun-
mel pitch or stopper of clay the full
size of the excavation. This came out
horizontally some eight feet as though
to look about and see what had become
of the miners, when it broke off and
rolled down the slope. In this way il
has been going on until there are some
hundreds of tons of CLAY at the foot of
the hill. At first it required only about
week for a plug to come out and break
off, then month, and so on, till now
the masses are elected but three or four
times per year, yet the motion continues,
and to-day the tunnel has the better of
the fight by about four Virginia
(NeU.) EnterDrtse.H
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-23
Waists.

Women. especially those of the upper
classes. who are not obliged to keep
themselves in condition by work, lose
after middle age sometimes earlier) a
considerable amount of their height, not
by STOPPING. as men do, but by actual
collapse, sinking down, mainly to be at
tributed to the perishing of the muscles
that support the frame, in consequence
of habitiial and constant pressure of
stays. and dependence upon the artificial
support by them afforded. Every girl
who wears stays that. press upon these
muscles. and restrict the free develop
ment of the fibres that form them. re-
lieving them from their natural duties
OF supporting the spine. indeed incapaci-
tating them from 50 doing, may feel sure
she Is preparing herself to be dUmpy
woman. A great pity! Failure of health
among women when the vigor of youth
passes away is but too patent, and but
too commonly caused by this practice.
Let the man who admires the piece of
pipe that does duty for human body
picture to himself the wasted form and
scanned skin. Most women, from long
custom of wearing these STAYS, are
really unaware how much they arc
hampered and restricted. A girl of
twenty. intended by nature to be one of
her finest specimens. gravely assures one
that. her stays are not tight, being ex-
actly the same size as those she was first
put into not perceiving. her condemna-
ton in the fact that she has since
grown tivc inches in height and two in
shoulder-brcadth. Her stays are not too
tight, because the constant pressure has
prevented the natural development of
heart and lung space. The dainty waist
OF the poets IS precisely that flexible
slmness that is destroyed by stays. The
form resulting from them is not slim, but
piece of pipe. and as flexible. But
while endeavoring To make clear the out
rage upon practical good sense and sense
OF beauty, 1t is necessary to understand
and admit the whole state of the case. A
reason, II not a necessity, for some sort
OF corset may be fonnd when the form
Is very redundant; this, however, cannot
be with the very young and slight, but
altthat necessity could demand. and that
practical good-sense and fitness would
concede, could be found in n strong elias
tic kind of jersey. sufficiently strong and
even stiff, under the bust TO support it,
aud sufficiently elastic at the sides and
back to injure no organs and impede no
functions. Even in the case of the young
andslight an elastic band under the false
ribs would not be injurious, but perhaps,
tho contrary, serving asia constant hint
70 keep the chest well forward and the
shoulders back; but every stiff unyield-
ing machine, crushing the ribs and de-
stroying the fibre of muscle, will be fatal
TO health, TO freedom of movement and
lt9 beauty; it Is scarcely too much to say
that the wearing of such amounts to stu
pidity in those who do not know the
consequences Qor over and over again
warning has been givenl and to wicked
ness in those who do.--Niiaeteeith Ceat-
Il lIy-D
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-23
A Humbugging Monkey.

The anthropoid apes are somewhat
taciturn race, but a chmpanzee's muir
muir of affection is very expressive. and
quite different from his grunt vf discon-
tent. A sick orang-outang sheds tears,
means piteously or cries like petteG
child; but such symptoms are rather de-
ceptive, for the Orang, as well rs the
chimpanzee, is great mimic, not OF
men only, but of passions and patho-
logical conditions. Two years ago !
took temporary charge of young chin
panZee who was awaiting shipment &c
the Pacific coast. His former landlord
seemed to have INDUCED him in pen.
chant for rummaging boxes and Golfers,
for whenever attempted to circumscribe
the limits of that pastime my boardel
tried to bring down the house, mot
phorically and literally, by throwing
himself upon the floor and Juggling vio
lently at the curtains and bell-ropes. II
that failed to soften my heart, Pansy
became sick. With groans and sobs he
would lie down in corner. preparing
to she'd the mortal coil and adjusting the
Dathos of the closing scene to the degree
of obstinacy. One day he had set his
heart upon exploring the letter depart.
ment of my chest of drawers. ami after
driving him off several times, locked
the door and pocketed the key.
Pansy did not suspect the full meaning
Of my act till he had pulled at the knobs
and squinted through the key-hole. but.
when he realized the truth, life ceased
to be worth living; he collapsed at once,
and had hardly strength enough left to
drag himself to the stove. There he lay,
bemoaning his untimely Fate. and
stretching his legs as if the rigor 1,orti'
had already overcome his lower extrem-
tiles. Ten minutes later his supper was
brought in, and directed the boy to
leave the basket behind the stove, in full
sight ofmy guest. But Pansy's eyes as
sumed far-off expressions; earth had
lost its charm; the inhumanity of man to
man had made him sick of this vale of
tears. Meaning to try him, l accom-
panied the boy to the staircase, and the
victim of my cruelty gave me q parting
look of intense reproach as / left the
room. But, stealing back on tiptoe, we
managed to come upon him unawares.
and Pansy looked rather sheepish when
we caught him in the act of enjoying an
excellent meal. DR.. OsWdld, Sn Popular
Science MO,sthiy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-23

One hundred and twenty tniec years
ago-in the year just before the first OBJ
served transit of Venus--there was a
.ookng-glass maker in Yedo. who was
made happy by the information: ..it's
ooy." Neighbors and friends rushed in
to con graduate Mrs. understand, the
happy mother whose son North-house
(Hokusai) was to become the most
famous artist in Japan.
AS the boy grew up he was fond Of
drawing, and always had pencil or
brush-pen in his hand. He made pict-
ures of babies on their mothers backs,
of chubby children playing, of the
ownerless wolfish dogs and, bob-tailed
cats of Yedo. Nearly all the Japanese
artists before North-house had painted
only lords and ladies of the court, MOBILES
costumes and gorgeous silk dresses. and
gold-lacquered vases and palanquins be-
longing to the Mikado. Many of their
subjects were Chinese, but silken curtains
and red temples and pagodas, with
abundance of gold clouds in the picture
to cover up the plain or common parts,
were what one saw on most famous
works of art. s, .-s.,ss
But Hokusai was man of the, people.
He cared next to nothing about Chinese
heroes, or high lords of the court-ex.
cept to make fun of them-and so he
struck out in new line. He pictured
farmers and mechanics, matched cot
tages and shops and markets, pack
horses and street dogs, and everything in
humble life. He especially entered into
the juvenile world-which is only as
high as a yard-stick-and while his
brother artists scored into the mount
aims and clouds Hokusai kept on the
ground, with the result that ever
the babies understood his drawings, and
dyers bought his books for their pat
terms. To study some of the dainty
pictures dyed into a lady's skirt, or to
read japanese fairy tale on a brides
robe is often to. recognize Hokusai's
pictures reproduced in color.
I Hokusai opened a studio in Yedo in
1910, and labored steadily with the brush
until 1S49-about five years before Com
modore Perry entered the Bay of Yedo.
His chief books of pictures are his
aaangud, or album of sketches. Occa-
iiOnally he made journeys, and the fruits
If his travel were his Hundred Views
Of Fuji-Yama," besides many pictures
Of natural scenery. His drawings are
more simple and less finished than ours.
but are much clearer than those of most
Japanese draughtsmen, so that, of them
Ill, HOkusai is best understood by for
signers. tas
Hokusai is dead, but thousands of
Japanese still chuckle over his carl
catures; and in American metal-work,
'ilverware, wallpaper, silk, emb1 oidery,
and hundred forms of decorative art,
The strokes of his pencil are visible, with
character all their own.-- William El-
Iot GTtt7fS, an So. Nicholas. 90 f,tr
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-23
A Munilcent Wedding Fee.

A Philadelphia clergyman was called
upon the other day by handsomely
dressed couple. who asked him to unite
them in marriage. AS they gave sat
isfactory account of themselves he had
no hesitation in complying with their
request, thinking with pardonable inter
est of prospective handsome fee. After
the ceremony the bridegroom handed
him an envelope which obviously had an
inclosure, and-he made out and gave to
the newly welded PAIR an expensive
marriage certificate. On their departure
he opened the envelope wondering
whether he should find ten dollar or
twenty dollar bill inside. He found
found neither. but instead this pathetic
and pious note: Reverend Sir-Allow
me to thank you from the bottom of my
heart for the service you have rendered
me this evening. And in time to come
hope that will be able to compensate
you in a more substantial manner. 1
am poor man and have to work every
day for my living, and that is the reason
1 cannot offer you more than nv heart
felt gratitude. May God. in His infinite
wisdom, keep you and bless you"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-23
Kerosene and Diphtheria.

1t is known that blood is purified by
the oxygen inhaled in breathing. The
blood is brought into contact with the
air OF the lungs at every pulsation of the
heart. The oxygen burns up the dele
FERROUS matter in the blood and leaves
it in n healthful condition. But if the
air Is deficient in oxygen, this office is
not performed, and blood poisoning NAV
result. The conditions in which modern
life differs from that of forty years ago
consist mainly in much closer houses.
and the substitution of coal for wood.
Beside these, there is in the country dis
tricts the general substitution of kero-
sene for candles. There can be but lit
tie doubt that burning kerosene in close
rooms is very unhealthful. especially il
the light is left to burn through
the night. The offensive smell
which kerosene gives off when burned
low is the least Of its evils. 1t NAV be
that this gas from charred kerosene is
especially injurious to the throat; bat
whether the lamp is burned high or low,
whether the offensive smell is or is not
present, the oxygen of the air are ex-
hausted, and the room is filed with car
bolic acid. 1t is noteworthy fact that
malignant diphtheria has mostly pre-
vailed since kerosene was introduced.
and generally in families where it is
left burning through the night. If a
light is needed frequently, il is better to
light it half dozen times through the
night than to leave the lamp burning.
The odor of sulphur matches, though
offensive is less injurious than the fumes
OF burning kerosene. Country Gentle
man.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-23
The COttOn.Seed Industry.

To say nothing of up-growth of cotto,
factories and other industries the plantc
has received a big lift" from the cot
ton-seed industry. Before the war prac
tically all cotton-seed went to waste
except a small fraction used as a manure
and what was reserved for planting
Every bale of cotton represents about
1000 pounds of seed, worth at the gin
say, six dollars. Assuming that each
acre grows half bale of cotton-a low
estinate-and that half the seed product
is reserved for planting, there will be 6
net product per acre of 9 so, which was
substantially lost in the old times. Within
few years the industry of making cot
ton-seed oil has increased immensely,
until the manufactured product in OF
and oil cake is estimated as worth Sl0,-
100000. AS is well known, the otl is
often substituted for olive oil in table
use, while the cake is exported in large
quantities to be used for cattle feed. The
industry is peculiarly ingenious one.
First, the seed is taken into fine
combed gin and the short cotton left
by the plantation gins hulled away.
This produces about thirty pounds OF
short staple cotton to each ton of seed,
worth six cents pound. The seeds are
then pulled by machinery, the kernels
grouad into meal, which is heated to a
certain point, then placed in tough sacks
and run into hydraulic press, which
extracts the oil, leaving the yellow meal
in hard cakes. This meal is not I'm.
pleasant to the taste. much resembling
buckwheat -four, and have heard of its
use for human food. Each ton of seed
ultimately produces about thirty gallons
Of oil, worth forty-fve cents a gallons,
300 pounds of cake, worth S22 a tom lint
cotton, worth $3.50, besides soap mate.
rial derived from the refining, and the
hulls, which may be used both for fuel
in the factory and as compost. Both the
home and foreign demand for oil seed
products is increasing rapidly, and the
factories are said to pay large dividends
But like cotton itself, cotton seed is a
crop much wasted and abused Every
sack of seed seems to have leaking hole
in it, and at Memphis, all along the
sloping river-bank, one has to fairly
wade through several inches of putrid
decaying seed ere he reaches the wharf.
boats. AS TO cotton, single glance at
the tattered, half-covered bales, soiled
with mud or soaked with rain, is enough
10 prove how shiftlessly the crop is
treated.-NeU Orleans Cor. ". Y. Even.
ing Post. a4e
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-23
rhe ssltatIon ARMY N swIt.esrIand..

The Geneva correspondent of the
london Times says: 1.-The proceedings
of the Salvation Army in this part of
Switzerland are attracting considerable
attention and provoking serious disturb
ances and much angry controversy.
Here at Geneva. ware their meetings
have been interrupted and their process
sions attacked by organized bands of
rioters, NJ. Heridier. head of the De-
partment of Justice and Police, has
peremptorily refused them, the 'protec-
ton of the law. When questioned on
the subject in the Great Council, he de-
clared that he would not move a single
gendarme to help people who We're so
stupid as to give themselves military
titles and seek to obtain converts by
talking about blood, battles and fire;
and his declaration was warmly ap-
plauded by majority of the members.
At Neuchatel . man who had been
arrested by the police for disturbing q
meeting was rescued by the crowd; and
an EngIishman, wrongly suspected Of
belonging to the army, was hunted
through the streets and seriously NAL
treated. Similar scenes have been en-
acted at Chaux-de-Fonds and Bienne."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-23
Strange Evidence.

Mrs Sargent, aged eighty-four. LIVING
alone at Fort Ann, was found beaten e
death about two years ago. Large re-
wards were offered for the arrest of the
murderer. A man named Stewart was
arrested on suspicion, but as there was
no evidence against him tho case was
dropped The strange aud almost in.
credible revelation has now been made
that photograph OF the dead woman's
eyes disclosed upon the retina a picture
Of Stewart holding chair over her head
and Just in the act Of striking her. The
matter hes been brought % the attention
of Tho grand jury. and Stewart. who has
enlisted In the regular army. viii prob
ably be re-arrested.-7roy On ~
zSDlca SEE
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-23
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.


faa There are GO.OOO colored Baptists in
Tennessee, with 100 churches. +
The first editions Of the Gospels OF
fluke and John ia the Corean language
has been published by the Nationa'
bible Society Of Scotland.
-Parson Jones says he doesn't obiec,
10 his pensioners sleeping in church
bait il is discounging 20 see whole
congrt CATION intent upon shutting theil
eyes 20 the truth.
Rev. DIR. Judson recently preached
"a. IN on behalf OF the New York Baptist CitS
Mission, in Calvary Church, and the col
lection at the close amounted to S14,
A q 4 200, the largest ever taken for that OBJ
iect.-N Y. Times.
A fan made of bank notes was tn,
refreshing gift made to Methods
pastor at Newark N. j.. the other eve
ming This method of raising the vino
shoudbe adopted at all donation parties.
-NeUdrk Register. - 49, "a.
-.'AstronomjcaI Christians Is VIVA;
the Christias al Work calls those people
who resolve to turn over new leaf abou'
the time tho sun enters the winter sol
stice. "Religion." il saws ''should no
be made thing OF dates and times anc
seasons" Z.
"A Philadelphia philanthropist has
begun n crusade against the use of to
bacco among the pr bic school children
and will direct his especial attention tc
stopping the smoking of cigarettes. He
Is q principal In one of the schools ano
has petitoned the Board oil Education &c
take official interest with him. -Phiia.
dclphid Record.
Samuel j. Browne. n wealthy Gin.
cinnatian. who died several Years AGO,
loft large part of his estate TO fund 2
Brown University" The heirs tc
whom small sums were left, have sue.
cceded in breaking the will. and now,
by agreement 5l0J,0O0 from the estate
goes. Oue-thir1 ID Lane Seminary and
two thirds TO the city OF Cincinnati. for
university purposes. l'.lelI
"A college student, whose father
makes him render an tented account
of his expenses. received an order for
him 90 'eNplain how the large sum for
'incdentals was spent, aud then car
Judge whether you are having enough
fun for your money. for have been
there, YOU young scamp" That is the
sort of father the average college boy
likes h,Tdgo Herald
President Alice +. Freeman, OF
Wellesley College. says that the cause of
the breaking down OF the girls in that
md other Institutions OF learning is the
lack of proper physical care before en-.
tering "EXpcrience shows she as
sorts, that in the boarding schools
where proper amount of exercise Is
compulsory the students improve i'm
health. but the college is not place for.
nvalids, and those who 90 there with
weak constitutions aud nervous prostra-
ton are likely to become i'll. Girls have
not rs vigorous physique rs boys, but
they arc capable of greater endurance,
and with proper care can sustain "a
thorough n course of mental TRAINING
with benefit, rather than detriment tC
their healthy Y Sun, b.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-23
A Man in STAYS.

Mr.. Richard A. Proctor, the we'll
known lecturer on astronomy, once tried
the experiment of wearing corset. and
thus describes the result: ..When the
subject of cOrset-wearing was under dis
cussion in the pages of the Engiisk
Mectalatc. was struck" he says, with
the apparent weight of evidence in favor
Of tight lacing. I was in particular
struck bv the evidence of some as to its
use in reducing corpulence. Twas cor
pulent. also was disposed, as l am
still. TO take AN interest in scientific ex-
pertinent. / thought weuld give, this
matter a fair trial. read aallT' the in
structions, carefully followed them, and
varied the time of applying pressure
with that perfectly stiff busk, about
which correspondents weres enthusias.
tic. was foolish enough to try the
thing for matter of four weeks. Then
laughed at myself as a hopeless idiot,
and determined to give up tie attempt to
reduce by artificial means that super.
abundance of fat on which only starva,
ton and much exercise, or. the air OF
America. has ever had any real reducing
influence. But L was reckoning with
out my host. AS the Chinese lady suffers.
am told. when her feetrbindings ARE
taken off, and as the fiatrheaded baby
bowls when his ,.fhead-boards are, re-
moved, so for while was it with me. j
found myself manifestlv better in stays.
laughed at myself no longer. was too
angry with myself to laugh. would as
soon have condemned myself to using
crutches all the time as to wearing
alwavsa busk. Butfor my one month
of folly had to endure three months OF
discomfort At the end of about that
time was my own man again. i agE
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1883-03-23

He is the greatest artist alive. and
the one. courtel most by society, who
can caTelcssly drop lot Of mar<ino-ink
ON piece OF cardboard, and after draw
ing whisp broom across Il. cau II
symphony OF twilight. and sell IL 70,
$1,000. PEEK
--''It seems to me [ have seen your
physiognorhy somewhere before" said q
Top To a stranger whom he met. "but I
cannot imagine where" Every likely, e"
replied the other; 81 have been the Gov.
crnor OF q prison for the last twenty
years'-N " J,cdger. w
roto is crying very hard. 'sWhat
a the mattcre'' asked one Of her father
tricnds. ~ have lost two cents that
mamma gave me-" THAT Is not n
difficult loss to repair" replied the
friend; "herc are two cents" An in.
slant afterward Toto was CRYING harder
, than ever. " What are you stiil cryino
for?" asked tho gentleman I" L am
crying" said SO artful baby. "bccause
IL had not lost two cents 1 should now
have four"
"A young man who had just returned
from n seven days vacation, being re-.
quested to carry a box up stairs. replied
that he could not, because he HADN'T
strength to do II. ''Haten't strength,
said his employer; "how is th.lt?',
Why, you see. I've been of for seven
days. and it's fact. you know. that
seven DAYS make one wcok.n The younn
man wasgiven aperpetual vacation from
That establishment. rT
-" Wouldn't you like tohave a bow?'
said n bold young archer, as they saun.
tcred down the field. and she rnurmurcd.
.t'Ies," and the absorbed archer said.
(" What kind OF bow would you pre-.
ferp' She quivered a little rs she replied
archly, al think I should prefer YOU. y
And the young man took it in. AMI
though he was n narrow chested youth
--hc wcntto the target and heaycd bull:
sigh.-De,rOI Post.