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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
Women and UMBRELLA.

Dong-continued observation has con
vinced ms that the welfare of society dc.
mands immediate consideration of the
question as to whether women should
be allowed to carry umbrellas. 1t may
be urged in defense of continuing the
privilege that tn refuse IL won q be In
violation of the inalienable right of the
pursuit If happiness. But If woman
gets any happiness out of knocking of
people hats and gouging out their
eyes, to say nothing Of tangIing up the
points Of the umbrella ribs in the hair
of other women, she ought to be in
duced either by moral suasion or legal
compulsion TO pursue happiness in some
other way. 1t Is q well-recognized
principle that the rights of enc person
end where those of another begin; and
since woman seems to be unable to
keep her umbrella outside of the corpo-
rate limits of other people it is quite
evident thSt she ought to be. limited In
the exercise of her right to carry um-
brellas to the Sahara. the alkali plains,
and the Russian steppes. II woman
were capable of being educated in the
proper carrying of umbrellas there
would be some hope that with the proc
ess of education and Development she
might learn u weld her present death
dealing weapon above the dJnger-line.
But it is physical impossi5ility. She
Is born that way. She can no more
carry an umbrella as it ought to be
carried than she can throw q stone with
out those Undesirable gyrations, or
catch ball when she doesn't wear an
apron. 1t is too true, but she must ac-
cept the conscquences1ust rs she must
aceept the consequence of being unable
to throw straight, the inevitable conse-
quencc Of never hitting anything. This
being true. and moral suaslon having
failed 20 bring about the desired end
nothing remains but TO protect the hats,
eyes aud hair OF the community by legal
means And It will be seen at once that
this Is q fit subject for constitutional
prohibition. The aim Il 20 secure a
large portion Of the community in the
possession Of their inalienable rights q
wearing their hats on the tops Of their
heads and keeping their natural sysa-
Boston Herald
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
HOME RARM AND gARDEN.

"A dressing Of nitrate of soda IN
spring acts wonderfully on young
wheat-M 2. Examiner
To unite broken glass take q small
quantity of isinglass and dissolve in
spirits Of wine, by the aid of heat. This
will unite broken glass 50 as to leave
the crack nearly imperceptib.e and Il
equal to the best glass cement sold at
the stores.
Brown Bettie's: Two pounds of
-four. one pound Of sugar. threc-quar-
ters of o pound of butter, three eggs, a
small cup of milk. one teaspoontul of
saleratus; drop in small Jumps on this:
bavor with nutmeg or cinnamon; bake
IN q quick oven.-N T. Times.
"A towel folded several times and
dipped in hot water and quickly
wrung, and then applied over :he seat
OF the pain in tOOthache or neualgia;
will generally afford prompt relief.
Headaches almost always yield to the
Simultaneous application of hot water
To the feet and back of the neck.-N. 7.
Sun.
is it a fact that brown eggs are
preferred in market to white ones? III
so-why?-because they look heater by
showing dirt less? We can remember
some of us-spleening against brown
eggs when they first appeared, and il
the fashion has changed it will probably
change again as soon as vigilant man.
agement chooses to give its attention to
white onPs.-N Y. Post.
-Fall-plowed land intended for grass
q ha cd L. H.. a
get good surface Young grass don't
like hot and dry summer weather. The
finish of the new sward will depend on
how much we harrow AMI trample the
land. There is little fear of our doing toe
much of that il the soil is rich. for grass
of the finer sorts In particular-likes a
firm soil. Cleveland Ledfer.
"A Sure Cure for Bone-felon: Take
pint of common soft soap and stir in
it air-slacked lime until it is the consist
ency of GLACIERS putty. Make leather
thimble, fill 1t with this composition,
and insert the finger therein, and change
the composition once in two minutes.
and n cure is certain. This is simple
remedy for very painful disease and
will be found to be all it clairns.-N y.
Herald ...s
The seductive rhubaIu will soon
make its appearance in our gardens.
and il you like it well enough to add 10
it all the sugar that it demands. you
can preserve some of it for use nexi
winter; take it while crisp and perfect
" brittle and fresh; steam it SO as 10
do away with unnecessary juice; then
when 1t is tender put it in a porcelain
kettle with all the sugar you can afford
to use; let this gradually dissolve. AID
when hot put it away in cans Chicago
Journal
-Gentlemen's collars should be quite
dry before they are starched. Dip them
in warm starch and let them dry again
perfectly. They must then be dipped
into cold water. spread out smoothly
on a clean towel and rolled up tightly.
II the starch is properly prepared and
the above rules adhered to, the linen
will have fine gloss when ironed. A
little gum-arabic and common soda
added to the starch gives extreme stiff.
ness and gloss to collars. House.
| hold.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
Our Best Young Men.

"Wha's airs talk bout tina. Texas
fellah and this Lasker business?" asked
one OF our best young men, as he stood
with his friends inhaling the madden
Ing fumes of the destroying cigarette.
A long silence followed, which was
at length broken by the best young
man who makes living by sucking the
head of cane. After pondering the
question fully for a long time, he said:
"What Lasker y talkin' 'bout?"
The first best young man was evil
IDENTIFY annoyed by the question. He
looked sadly at his toothpick shoes,
hoping for some inspiration from them,
but none came. He sighed heavily,
cast an appealing glance toward the
well-informed best young man, who re-
manned silent, however, and the first
speaker replied:
"Same Lasker-fellah that got into
trouble with Texas fellah-Duubiltree
was Texas fellah's name, b'lieved.
Some kind Offer ah--trouble, b.
lieved."
The eyes of all the best young men
now turned toward the well-i1formed
best young man. He was always looked
up to in political discussions, because
he once drew salary in the custom
house for doing something or other-he
had forgotten what it was that he did
in the custom-hOuse, but he did it for
several years. In answer to the chances
bent upon him in mute, but intelligent
inquiry. the well-informed best young
man said:
"Aw-yaas, know. said at the
time thcre'd be trouble. Said when
Secretary Steward"
Who's he secretary OFF" asked the
hest young man whose mother takes IN
washing.
dash if l know" said the well-in-
formed best young man, after a painful
silence; "some club or othah-rve just
forgotten what. Well, said when Scc-
rotary Steward bought Alasker of the
Proos ans said then Bismarck make
trouble bout it some day, n he has,
"Wha'd he buy it for?' asked the
best young man, who generously al
lows his sister, who teaches school,
nearly one half of her salary.
Don't know" said the well-in-
formed best young man. 'Spect want
ed Ia build on II. or or--or-some-
thing" he added, with sudden CLEAN
of knowledge q ut dazzled him.
'Wha's Texas fellah got To do with
itg'' asked the best young man who
used to assist at the ribbon counter.
"Why," explained the well-in!ormed
best young man. Texas fellah's some
thing To do with Government; he's
Land Commissioner. l b'litve; some
thing 4 that kind; he's ia with Govern
ment someway. anyhow. Names
Oglesby, Texas fellahs name Is. Has
some interest in Alasker, reckoned."
And the best young mep wandered on
To place thnt sold scented cigarettes.
marveling greatly at the breadth and
depth of the knowledge of the well-in-
formed young man. Still. 1t isn't every
young man who could enjoy that young
mans opportunities. But these are
stirring times. and when we reflect that
by ard by the youth Of to-day must
man and guide the ship OF state il is
very gratifying TO see our best young
men taking an active interest in poll
tics.-Ro6ert j. Bar dette, in Brooklyn
Eagle.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
A Choir Anecdete.

In the Century. Rev DIR. Charles s.
Robinson continues his discussion of the
annoyances and humors of the musical
service in churches, and relates this an
ecdOte: GLORIOUS Easter was Mt hand
and great preparations were made i'm the
rural parish for its celebrations; boughs
were twined in the aches of the build
ing; flowers swung in wreaths overhead
and shone in beautiful baskets among
the aisles; children had been rehearsing
carols. All the town came in on that
notable morning. IL was q scene never
to be forgotten. The minister was ra-
diant; his eyes beamed with delight
But thought struck him: this audi
ence. so happy, So generous, so enthus-
iastic--would they not hear him a mo
ment for a stroke of business? After
the invocation and the first song, he
surprised them with q proposition to
bring Easter offerings now ut once to
Gods altaR and lift the dear old church
out of debt; oh. then there would be
resurrection! The congregation would
como IN from underits great stone into
new life ii they would roll 1t away!
Then the plates went their course, and
hearts were touched, and purses were
emptied, and the heaps of money Law
before the moistened eyes OF the relieved
pastor as he TREMENDOUSLY thanked a
good God for his peoples fidelity in re-
spouse. The money is here. l am sure
II is, he exclaimed. sIfthere be a little in
arrears il can be made up in q day, and
now we are ready heartily to go on with
the worship of our risen Lord. So the
fixed programme proceeded. A little
German had been procured from the
metropolis for an annex to the tenor;
his solo came in at this exact crisis of
grateful emotion; he rendered il with a
fresh aplomb. though the consonants
were awkward: An de det sail be
raised-de Diet sail be raised-an' de Diet
an de det-sall be raised-salI be
raised In de twinkling of an ay-ee! q,
Now II Is quite safe to say that after
the congregation went home, the theme
OF the day was dissipated. and the two
events uppermost 10 everybody's mind
were the surprise which the eager min
lister bad sprung upon the people. and
the ridiculous appropriateness of the de-
clamatory solo which followed il. On
general principles. we-hAve no Oh &c
ton to the collection of money to dis
charge religious obligation. even in Ill.
vine service; but IL does seem q pits
that humorous episode should be TIE
chief "reminiscences OF such . solemn oc-
casion."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
The Care OF Callas.

Now this, | Judge, is the scientific
treatment to give the Gala. Let it have
lest from June to September, but do
not suffer its rootlets to die or become
withered. Look closely at q Gala root.
1t is like cord of flesh, and each deli
cate hair is q mouth, through which
nourishment is To be drawn for the
plant If the bulb is found stripped of
its live and healthy rcotlets wien time
for reporting comes, then two or three
months will be taken in supplying a
new network before there will be any
extra energy TO pat into blossoms
Here is seen the error of the drying
process" 1t is a waste of strength and
time 10 suffer the roots to become i'm
paired
The method / have employed for
years is TO place the plots outdoors in
their erect position, this 'nsuring to
them the watering of the dew and oc-
easional rains, no more, un' ess there
be long drouth. during which they
should be sometimes sprinkled. In
September the plants. having then one
or two short leaves, are repotied, taking
care to preserve all the healthy roots
unin ured; regular water NO is COM
menced; two or three new leaves are
thrust out and blossoms are secured
within month after reporting. Few
callas, under the drying process, ~
will blossom before january or Febru-
airy. Under the plan here advocated,
the resting process, they are secured
in October, and are reduced during
the longer period in equal plenty and
luxuriance.
have had thirteen blossoms within
a twelve-month from single bulb with
but one crown and stalk. Who can
show better results than this? l do not
permit the younger bulbs TO Q, ow, but
force ali the strength of the plant into
one stalk. and am repaid y aving my
lilies come in pairs, two ont of each
blossom leaf. one generally showing
itself before the other is gone. With nv
five pots, of single stalk each, have
had seven blossoms in ght ut once,
and never less than three.
Single stalks grow in greater luxuri.
ancc, producing larger blooms and
leaves. BY crowding the pots with
| many stalks, more blossoms will be Sc
|. cured from the same space at your win.
dow, but they will be of an inferior. or
der. The true window gardener is moi
anxious to have SO many plants, but
strong, and large. and blooming ones
Give me one large Gala that blossom.
freely rather than dozen tiny pots.
| Do not water callas at the bottom
for no matter how warm the water is
it will be cold when it reaches the roots
| 1t is better TO use as warm rs the hanc
will bear, and pour in Mt the top, let
ting the old and cold water run off al
the bottom. The whole pot is thor
thoroughly warmed through. Use q.
little water as may be. else the richnes,
of the earth will be carried off by that
which escapes. A little ammciia in
the water adds greatly to the vigor and
productiveness Of the plant-M Y. Ia,
| dependent.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
TRE ANcIEYr mNKRs sroRE.

Oh yes TIM liked a. solid. cir. a. most Of folks
A. IeS., the cayots Poverty has ceased to snIn
rhss mine a worth million dowD-that ia it
What y misit cost tomorrow, though, 1
oouldnT crafty say
n boz 10 Old conncctIcut-this dream fused
D. hold
what II the collar % our house should spring
q leak with gold.
And from there AZ any time . shining lump
i've ECt cellar In this rock that's Just that
sort o. thing.
The sum my father shaved himself for twenty
I've tsken o,itof that there hole In Ices than
half day;
nIoo11 lead Slm up yOn path. I'd make him
Dut NJ Old Labor. hardened hands are mold
bring In the East.
70 pack my mother up this hill. and open to
her view
IEnouEh 20 give a bcnoat to all the poor she
ia pan heap o happiness out OF hor dear
hut mothers struck a lead OF gold In quito n
diucrpnt place.
Ny giril Well maybe thi. a. soft; but since
u WOULDN'T ~, this 10 any one except "a ton
We u-cd =, climb tho.e Eastern hills tshc was
warming witch,
And Vospcct on wbas We would do WHOM I
Sad struck u r,oh.'
DW her old father h, Il ~ the heart to lot us
marry pour.
And 80 shook or Yankee dust and took a
Ny trip u ia.tod several yoars. Tue old man
Griovcd NO DOUBT
Iswore nevor would come back tul could
buy him out.
fou don't know what IL IL 90 hunt and dig
go from Jay 10 dnt,
To strike tein that almost shows. thon
dodfoa clcan away.
fou dot Ven. yes; but have you starved. and
,,,., seErtd. and almost dlod
WIN trehsurct thnt you couldn't nnd hcapcd
W on every sidcf
N"P',nen her isttcrs wandered. IKE: then Ia
'Fondc,ed ON q foe whIlo, thon wrote q
aohOOl-bOy friend.
And Just a. hal struck this mine, and my
oil heart beat high,
Thor came letter up The guloh-:i was my
frionds rupiys
'Sho's boon IA wandering I'm her mind. tho
other afternoon
Sho went , within tuo asylum walls. as crazy as
rush across the barren plains, n snailIsh
And was in tho asylum. too. a.kneoling at
her side.
iViought she knew me. just at first; but soon
she shtank away
And never looked NJ mo nunfn whafcvor n
- might soy.
she wRndCrA rpsind or crouches In n ,.oato-,,
window nloho
And SSs 1. MY loyo WIN come to me whom he
No word or look Zoe me. On. TUT ia, Ea~tsrn
bills were cold!
ana EOUCthiig soomcd to always say: eco
nyJk anu love yOuc Roldi'
ana came bnok: uni Ia this hut my unrno AZ
~ 20 stay
n miscr, with his treasure bright already
slowed away.
wealthy hank H''O ="
With none oxeepf nnvaoif a., ,,lcosc-..,,, -
one Clso To tlhnk; -"
nut nothing mazt's my heart boat fast--,ud I
- am grow nv old
with MT thing TO lovo or leave Oxcopt tbis
pile OF rold. MS
nut Ihav1 learned a thing or two; know as
- suret fate. -
when wy!ock up ourllv for wealth. the gold
~, cones too late:
Ana v at IN poorer now than through tho.e
, happy days in which
I OW ned "A heart. and did not know 1hat hoa
"struCk n richF'
IVA areton, IN ISdrper's Weekly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
Fonr Boys Did II.

II was nothing nothing but the body
of a laboring man suspended to limb
of tree on Seventh street, moving like
pendulum as the ght wind swayed
il. A woman who was return ng from
the grocery caught sight of the CHASTITY
spectacle and dropped two bars of soap
and a pound # candles on the walk.
and ran sore ,ming away. Two boys
came along and took skip through the
mud and raised q yell, and the driver
of milk-wagon stopped his horse and
rang his bell in q way to br ng a dozen
householders out doors. A half circle
W 8 formed about the tree, policeman
sent for, and a sudden hush fell upvn
the crowd.
Probably out of work and driven to
it." whispered one.
"No doubt he had trouble with his
wife," sighed second.
.'I>ooks to me like q man who had
drained the cup of sorrow to its dregs."
said o third.
By-and-by policeman came hurry
ing along, putting and blowing and fol-
lowed by a crowd of boys.
Stand back ali of you stand backr'
cried the officer.
Nobody stood back. OF course.
SHOW somebody get me q step-lad-
der" -
Fifteen or twenty persons suggested
that somebody run for the Coroner, but
no one started. A dozen others sug-
gested that it was against the law to
cut a body down unless the Coroner was
present, but the ladder came and the
officer mounted il and opened his knife
aud commanded:
"Now, then. three or four Of you como
here to ease the body down when cut
the roper' 80 .- IS
Four or i've men stepped ont. but they
had no sooner seized t1e suicide's legs
than they fell back In half minute
more The officer backed down .ihe lad;
der Then general litter ran though
the crowd, and q small boy called out:
81 seed EN- when they did It! Itss q
strsw-ma and four boys ung him up
aad rpnn'd wsy."-Rs!rQt IRE Ersss,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18
Ine,erSvll's Hone.

Colonel Bob Ingersoll is a good deal
like circus in some respects. He al
ways draws a crowd. lie makes the
people laugh very much as the trick
mule does. He gives q certain kind of
''show" which passes with many for
magnificent oratory, and he takes good
care that the man at the door shall have
fifty cents or dollar for every person
who gets in. There is no crawling I'M
der the canvas at the Ingersoll circus
1t is purely a matter of business.
1t would be idle to say that this great
| travelling exhibition is without influence
for no show that can draw two thou
sand people and keep them in a crowd
ed hall for two hours is destitute of at
traction. but it must not be supposed
that all these interested and amused au-
dit0rs are believers in the Snowman s
peculiar ideas. He is a rapid talker and
| a good story teller. and he Is tolerably
quick with species of well-studied wit
which is some degr, es above that sup
piled by burnt cork minstrel troupes.
The fact that he ridicu,es things pop
| ularly regarded as sacred does not, in
the eyes and ears of the unthinking or
| irreverent who attend his exhibitions,
detract from the entertainment given.
If anything falls harshly upon them
they reject that he must suffer for il, II
they reflect al all. and they follow him
eagerly to his next tight o. humor or
sentiment. Like A. Wards kangaroo.
he is IAN amoosin' cuss, and, If APP
pearances are not deceitful, that is all
he aims TO be. & az 81
Persons who have taken the trouble
to follow this extraordinary Snowman
for q number Of years can not fail to
have noticed that he has changed his
doctrine very materially since he FIRST
took the road In his earlier perform
ances he turned his bald oratory ON
the Christian hope Of immortality, and
did his best to chatter that com. orting
faith OF the believer. Eternity was 70
him Q shoreiess sea unilIumined by
beacon or star. Man died As dog dies,
With no more chance Of zesursvctiou
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

The Mobeetie CTex.) Panhandl,
gives a graphic description Of the recent
r'dry cyclone At that place The SKY
was without \ fleck Of cloud the WIND
attained velocity Of sixty miles N
hour. the sand whlsiled in eddies IN chs
air several hundred feet deep. three o,
four houses were torn to atoms and 9th
60 injured more or lesI.
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I,ar;d - ctro,h.- 49, -

David Fl. Strother. who was once
on Banks staff, and is by courtesy a
Colonel, has been United States Consul
at the City of Mexico long enough
TO have been forgotten as the
delightful Porte Cray M of twenty
years ago But he is coming home in
May and viii again take up his pen and
pencil. = CHICAGO Iater OCEAN, g
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-04-18

Deacon Weeks, of Hopkinton. n.
n, Mt the last Town meeting cast his
sixty-frst consecutive annual ballot, and
Deacon Curries his slxtieth. Eosten
Ppsk
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-03-06

The union printers complain that
they were-not advised in advance of
the impending reduction. Some time
since when we asked the union to re-
duce to forty cents for day work they
treated the proposition with scorn,
and were insulting in their reply to
the proprletors. With the light of
that experience 70 guide its footsteps,
the STATESMAN would have been
foolish indeed to have placed itself
again in their power, or to have re-
fused to profit by the chance to relieve
itself when it was presented. We
stand upon our reserved rights. We
fight only in self-defense. We do not
interfere in the business of the mem
bers of the union. We only refuse to
permit them to interfere in ours. But
what is the use of discussing the
question of the mode of their dismiS-
sal from this Office, when there is not
a single one of them but will readily
say that they would not have reduced
to 3715 cents. Forty cents would not
have suited us at all, and if we had
the right to reduce to that figure, it
surely follows that we had the right
also to reduce to 371a cents. They
would not work for that and we
could not afford more.
The Austin weekly statesman. (Austin, Tex.) 1883-1898, 1884-03-06
GALVESTON.
speclal relegram to The statesman

Special Telegram to The Statesman.
GALVESTON, March 1.-The circuit
Of 4Gyen and half miles for public
eSlectric tights, contracted for by the
city, council, for tff outlying residence
DISTRICTS was completed to day, and
lights Were turned on fUl the -Gss'
time tonight. The thirty lights, each
of which is mounted on forty-foot
pole, gave entire satisfaction from tht
outset, and from tfseir brilliant ray
added not a little to the city's beauty
J.F. Galway, Editor of the new
catholic weekly, to be issued here
left New York for Galveston to-day.
The first number of the paper will
appear about Easter time.
Ali active work on Galveston Har.
Dor was discontinued today.
COURT OF APPEALS.
Acknowledgment VS.. the state
Lavaca; Hill ct al. VS.. the state, For
Bend; Mason VS.. state, Llano.
Reversed and Smissed-MathenS
VS.. state, Matagorda.
Reversed and remanded-Land VS.
Freiberg ct al, Galveston; Castellov
VS.. state, Lavaca; Davis VS.. state
Lavaca; Dixon VS.. state, Dallas.
Motion for rehearing submitted
Leediker VS.. Ratio, Galveston; Fdrciolt
VS.. Bachelor, Galveston; Caldiron e
al. VS.. state, from Erath county, wer
reversed and bail granted applicant
| in the sum of $1,000.