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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
Forcing a Change OF Tongue.

The Latin races are almost insepara-
BILE, and the attempt Of Germany TO con-
vert Alsace and Lorraine into thorough
ly Teuton provinces is therefore pccul-
iarly interesting. The people of France
speak of Alsace and Lorraine as mourn
fully as mother speaks of her dead
child, and on their part the inhabitants
of those provinces cherish their French
traditions with the utmost loyalty and
make no effort to conceal their hatred
of everything Germln, although they
submit with prJmptness to the ordinary
Government regul; tons. AS an effect
i've method of making Alsace and Lor-
raine thoroughly German, the eradica-
ton of the French tongue has been
undertaken in those provinces, and
their Governor, Baron Won Mauteuffel,
has excited the b.tterest feeling by re-
voking the resolution of the District
Diet of Upper Alsace which allowed the
use of the French language in debate.
There is no way but TO submit to au-
thority, although the people must chafe
under what they regard as extreme
tyranny, and doubtless they long for the
outbreak of war provoked by Frame
for the recovery of her provinces. A.
the combination Bismarck is forming 10
render France impotent abroad is grad
ually removing the prospect of the res
toration of the provinces, the exper:-
ment of Germany in converting Gauls
into Teutons will afford the world a
long and att active study. To uproot
the French language and compel the
people of Alsace and Lorraine to use the
German tongue is a task which many
think Germany can not accomplish
~ Y Mail
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04

tinued Jones In hollow speech, land a.
] came out saw something gli.tering
on the walk. thought of what nv
good m-m-mother had told me years
before:
ITO see a pin and let il lie
You'll come TO want before you die;
To see pin and pick IL up,
You'll be sure to have good luck
Maria, l had no thought of evil
when stopped down to pick up the
pin, as supposed. but it was that mis-
cradle hair pin. I|I-wasn't il, An
thony?--and l picked it up-a thing any
man might do with perfect impunity."
"Is that alp" asked Mrs. Jones,
calmly.
THAT is ALL" asserted Jones, with q
truthful smile.
"Then where did this blonde hair
come from?' inquired his wife, holding
it up for his inspection. ibid you find
this on the sidewalk?r
Then Jones realized that the way of
the transgressor is hard, and he owned
up, and really did tell the truth; how
that he stepped into dry-goods store
on the avenue to get pair of new kid
gloves; how pretty girl buttoned chem
for him with hair-pin; how she gave
IL to him because it was more conven-
lent than a glove-buttoner, and that he
hoped to die if he'd know her again
from a side of sole-leather-a story that
any reasonable woman would see car
ried truth on the face of it.
Did Mrs. Jones believe it? A-hem!
The neighbors complained next morn
ing of the racket, and said if Jones
was going to rehearse private theatre
Gals again this winter they'd compel
MIN TO mOve-see if they wouldn't
Detroit Free Press.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
The Thirsty Eucalyptus.

Where there is surplus moisture to
dispose of as, for example, a cesspool
to keep dry, large eucalyptus will ac-
complish not a little, and a group of
them will dispose of vast amount Of
house-sewerage. But if you have water
which you do not wish t. exhaust, as in
a good we'll. it would be wise to put the
eucalyptus very far away. Daniel
Sweet. of Bay Island farm, Almeda
County, recently found curious root
formation of the eucalyptus in the bot
tom of his well, about sixteen feet be-
low the surface. The trees to which the
roots belong stand fifty feet from the
well. Two shoots pierced through the
brick wall of the well, and, sending off
millions Of fibers, formed dense mat
that completely covered the bottom of
the well. Most of these fibers are no
larger than threads, and are SO woven
and intertwisted as TO form mat as
impenetrable and strong as though reg
ularly woven in loom. The mat when
first taken out of the well was water
soaked and covered with mud, and
nearly all man could lift, but when
dry it was nearly as soft to touch as
wool, and weighed only few ounces.
This is a good illustration of how the
eucalyptus absorbs moisture, its roots
going SO far to find water, pushing
themselves through brick wall, and
then developing enormously after the
water is reached. Mr.. Sweet thinks one
Of the causes of the drying up of wells
is the Unsuitable thirst of these vegetable
monsters. Rural Press.
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A Fool Husband.

What fools those husbands be is the
obvious moral of the following: A Be-
gian bridegroom, being about to start
for Paris on his honeymoon tour, Was
informed by his bride that she thought
OF concealing several thousand francs
worth of lace about her, hoping by its
sale to pay the cost Of their journey.
The bridegroom was not, however,
smitten with this frugal project. and
pointed out that there were custom
house officers and female searcher al
Ercquelines, who were sometimes
struck with an unaccountable fancy for
examining passengers pockets. This
he said, being n timid man, and his
bride, TO humOr him, promised to give
up her plan; but, of course, she secreted
the lace all the same without telling him
anything about it As the train APP
preached the French frontier the hus-
band reflected that IL his wife were not
searched his fears would be Knocked AT
as having been groundless, and he
would start on his marriage career with
his prestige impaired This was not
desirable. The rather was IL essential
that he should from the outset assert
his infallibility. So when the train
stopped at Ercquelines, and the passen-
gers alighted, the Belgian bridegroom
left his wife's side for q moment, and
siding up to q custom-house officer,
whispered: II think If YOU search that
lady yonder you may find some lace
The oticer winked, and the happy
bride was accosted with an invitation
TO walk into the female searchcr's room.
She turned pale and tottered, but was
led away. and five minutes later dismal
sounds Of Mysteries were heard. Thez
the officer reappeared and said to- the
Mortified husband: Thank you, sir; 4
is = good capture. The lady win b
taken 70 prison and bali the fne willeu
70 you"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
RingwOrn.

One of the medical names of this all
ment is herpes circinatd, which is near
~ the same as our familiar term. They
each refer to the way in which it moves
like creeping circle, a ring constant
~ enlarging itself outward from It's
ceRer
The disease is caused by a parasitic
plant of cOurse-lodging
on the skin and then getting down into
its substance. 1t then propagates its
kind. Each new brood develops lit
tie further from the center of the circle.
The first things noticed arc an itch ;ng,
a burning. a slight redness. These are
soon followed by small number OF
vesicles minute elevations filed with
watery fluid. Some of these vesicles
are constantly drying up, while others
are forming.
Among other animals, sheep arc sub
ject to this ailmeEt. The plant, or its
spores (seeds), may adhere 10 the wool
in spite of the washing. and the disease
may be thus communicated to persons
employed in wooden mills. 1t Is now
believed that many of the contagious
diseases are due TO microscopic
plants, but these do not take root and
grow and ripen their spores unless they
find congenial soil. The .congenial
soil for ringworms is low state Of the
human system. Mill girls are peculiar
ly exposed, because they are seldom in
vigorous health.
The ringworm may be upon the body
or upon the head. In the latter case
its appearance is different, and it bears
a somewhat different medical name
herpes tonsurdns. The latter term is
from Latin word signifying to shave
Yet whether on the body or head, It is
the same disease, and due 10 the same
parasite. On the head il works down to
rhe hair bulb, and there plants itself
The hair loses its vitality, and is easil'
broken of. The eyebrows and lashe
may wholly drop out. The patches are
circular. They show repuls.ve-looking
sores, with a red, raw appearance
Some have a crust-like formation. The
slight discharge FROM the yesicles mats
the surrounding hair. Both varieties
are contagious. Children with ring
worms should not be allowed to play
with other children.
DIR. Weir, Professor of Dermatology
in the Philadelphia Medical and Chirur-
gical College, who has been long ex-
perimenting on curative applications
for the disease-we repeat it for the
benefit of the medical profession says
he has never known the oleate of cop
per to fail in a single case. The gener-
al health usually needs invigorating.-
Youths Companion. 4 = 5 q .
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not break the spell. Send me away Il
you like! Blame me; I can not reproach
you If you do. But try to forgive me,
for Rupert's sake
Mrs. Lascelles would have succmbcd
to that appeal, had it been needed, but
il was not. She clasped Margaret in
her arms, calling her her child, her
daughter. her self-sacrificing benefac-
tress. Even in the midst of her pain
the girl had the consolation of this
deep and disinterested regard. In ex-
planning TO Mrs. Lascelles. in trying to
account for her sudden grief and vio-
lent agitation, Margaret had unwitting-
" revealed more than she had intended
had hesitated a little. and had then,
with anguish that she could not con-
ceal, related what had passed between
her and Louis. She had told Mrs. Las
celles of her amazement ut his hard
ness and narrowness, of her own indig-
nation, and had said she could never
see him again. Mrs. Lascelles had often
been little puzzled, wondering at Lou.
is hard and ungenerous words. Atlas
she had said:
He is n perverse nature, Margaret,
but he loves you. taxed him with il
once, and he could not deny it. He
would not confess il, because he is sc
intensely reserved. but he could not
look at me and deny il. And If he does
love you, he will never care for anybody
else. He must have been terribly cut
up to have said such things to you. YOu
must remember how strongly les d.
fdUts dc SeS qualities come ont. I have
often lectured him upon his morbid
pride and sensitiveness. The shock Of
finding you rich and independent when
he thought you poor and under the ne
cessity of concealing even your name,
has been too much for him."
FRO mr. CoNTTNT-Fn
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OdOrs and Their Action on the Health.


A knowledge of fortunes reaches To
the most remote antiquity. The JPps
made use of them in the time of Moses.
They were highly esteemed by the
Greeks in the time of the wise but
rigorous Scion. Their use was carried
TO excess by the Romans; and finally,
in our times, they appear to have ar.
rived at their utmost perfection and
delicacy. 1t had been reserved also for
the present day to use them in the
greatest profusion. But if the perfumes
that are everywhere found, and can be
extracted by certain processes, may be
used with safety, this can not be said in
every case OF the odOrs that are natural
ly eXhaled by flowers, leaves or fruits.
Their action on the economy in linn.
tied space, and especially during the
night in n closed chamber, deserves to
be noticed. Itmanifests itself by serious
disorder. headache, syncope, and even
by asphyXia if their action is too long
prolonged. In nervous persons numb
ness may occur in all the members,
commissions and loss of voice. but iu
general only state of sOmnolence, &C.
companied by feebleness and retards-
ton of the action of the heart. This
state is often associated with well.
marked diInness of vision. Amongst
the flowers that are most deleterious
may be mentioned the lily, hyacintke,
narcissus, crocus, rose, carnation, hon,
eysuckle, jessamine, violet, elder, OF.
In addition TO the danger caused by
their smell should be mentioned Their
acton on the air. During the pigki
flowers actively produce carbonic acio,
which is injurious to health. Magc2.
die even cites n case of death caused by
a large bouquet of lilies which the sui
ferer, previously healthy woman, had
slept with in her bedroom. Amongst
the more dangerous plants may be mea.
toned the walnut, the bay tree and
hemp. The action of these is weir
known, the latter indeed producing
kind of drunkenness. EEschdnge.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

-Plums thrive best on soil which
is rich and naturally moist, but which
has also been well drained. - CHICAGO
Tribune.
Veal should be white, fine and fat.
The kidneys should be full of fat. When
veal is red or yellowish it is no good.
Good veal must be two months old; il
younger than this the meat is insipid
and fiabby; if older than two months
the meat becomes hard.-LG Cuisine.
"A good insecticide for garden
plants is made by boiling four ounces
of quassia in gallon of water, and adj
ding two or three ounces of soft soap,
diluting as may be necessary, so as to
be fully thrown over the plants with q
syringe. This answers we'll for aphides.
Chicago Times.
--Apple-ice is made of grated apples.
The correct proportions for waterloo
are one pound of sugar to one quart OF
water; to this may be added any fruit
to flavor it--grated apples or canned
peaches, pears, etc. Some novelty lov.
ing cooks put in some whole Malaga
grapes. IN. T. Post.
If you forget as many woman
has and Will to put the ilavoring en-
tract in your cake, it is not too late to
remedy the matter, if you think of il
while the cake is hot, for if you wet
your clean hand with the extract and
rub it over the top of the cake 1t will
penetrate the cake, and will give very
delicate flavor. Loss may be gam il
you wish to flavor the cake with vanilla.
for less of this extract will answer, and
vanilla is to great extent destroyed in
baking or boiling. = Boston Post.
1t usually happens that in every
garden there are some cabbages which
have not formed solid heads in the fall.
BY planting these in trench, and Civ.
ing them proper covering, they will
form good heads by spring. Plow q
trench by throwing out three or -four
burrows like wide dead furrow; set
the unheaded cabbages in close double
row in this trench; insert an upright
stake at each end and at proper dis
tances between to hold rails or poles
for the peak of the roof. Lean short
pieces of board against the poles, like
roof, and cover first with straw and
then with few inches of earth, with
ventilation at each end. 1t is well IL
partly close the holes i'm coolest weather.
Detroit Post
"A farmer who has tested five differ.
ent varieties of peas, according to the
catalogue from which he made his sc.
lections last spring. now finds that there
is not the slightest difference in any OF
them. In earliness, manner of growth,
height of plant, length of pods, number
of peas in a pod-in fact, in every par.
ticular, the allie led different varieties
proved to be one and the same The
farmer thus victimized pertinently asks
Have seedmen the right - give new
and catching names TO old varieties anc
to bewilder and mislead the public by
Offering the same article under five
different names!"-N y. Examiner.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
Venice and Her Glass Bead Industry.

Beads are largely made in Venice,
where glass-making has always been 8
principal industry. 1t is said that the
invention of beads dates from the thir.
teenth century. and is due TO two Vene.
tians-Miotti and Imbriani-who were
urged to make the experiment by the
celebrated Venetian traveller, Marco
Polo. Under the Venetian Republic,
aud for some years after its fall, says
our Consul at VeniSs. the expectation
of beads had not reduced the impor.
lance it has now attained. This was,
perhaps. owing TO the smallness of the
furnaces and TO the difficulty and
length of the technical processes re-
quired for tine composition of the paste.
The Nlorelli, however, who in 1910
were the principal bead manufacturers,
had four ships at sea carrying beads &c
the East on their own account, and they
became Sd rich that in 1860 they entered
the ranks of the Venetian nobility or
paying the sum of 100, 900 ducats to the
Republic. Since 1915 this industry has
become so important as TO give at the
present time employment to about
$4,000 persons. The traffic is carried or
with all the world, but the principal
expectation of beads is TO the ports o.
Asia aud Africa An extraordinary
stimulus was given to this industry 8
few years ago by the prevailing taste
for beads for trimming ladies' dresses.
A great extension of the manufacture
took place, and the labor was paid SO
high that all who could do so gave uI
their usual trades for bead-mak ing. But
when the demand for beads declined,
most of the workmen who had been al.
lured by fancy wages to the bead man.
ufacture were thrown out of work, and
compelled TO return to their former oc
equations. Whatever be the cause,
bead-making has always been the spe.
cjal privilege of Venice, in spite of al
foreign attempts to manufacture the
article elsewhere. The wages in glas,
works are for a first master about 81
a day, for \ second master 4If., anC
for the ordinary men from II. to Of
a day. During the last five years the
average annual expectation of bead.
has been $4,000 quintals, of the approx
innate value of $500, O0Of.-Scientif,
american.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
How to Tell a Cows Age.

To tell a cows age by her horns, count
three for the tip down to the rings, and
one year each for the most prominent
rings. emitting the little ones. Some
cow jockeys file these rings down
smooth with the horn to make the COW
look younger than she is, and thus de-
ceive the raw purchaser, but the prac-
ticed hand can generally tell. better
after the filing is done, as the rings are
pictured on the horn. The teeth are
also indicators of age, but, like the
horns, there are conditions under which
they are misleading Cows that are
bred young or are vicious by nature us
ually produce abnormal growths oil
horn. while those that live on sandy soil
and crop close wear their teeth down.
To our own taste the best test is the
general appearance of the cow. espe-
cially the eve. In animals either well
kept or young there is q freshness about
their looks that proves them either
young in fact or young in labor, and sc
far as actual usefulness is concerned
is immaterial which--Anerieaa DJirG
man.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
How a Hair-Pin Made Trouble for Mr..
Jones.

"Jeptha, what is this?" asked Mrs.
Jones, suddenly confronting that gen.
tleman as he sat reading. RIA
THAT is ahair-pin, " answered Jones,
quietly, apparently absorbed in his
book.
lis it, indeed?" retorted Mrs. Jones.
and not one of mine, eitheri A twist
ed hair-pin! May Task what has become
OF the rest of the woman?"
Maria" exclaimed Jones, looking
up with the fearlessness of conscious
guilt, "why these unnecessary. zad
disagreeable questions? What is that
hair-pin to me?n f.fr rt,
"That is Just what I would like to
know-what 4 am trying to find out"
said his wife. turning white around the
mouth, and leaning family against the
manteL
"Where did you find it?" asked
Jones, looking at it as if it were Cat
ling gun directed toward him.
II f-f-found it in your overcoat
pocket, " sobbed Mrs. Jones, "that's
wherer
"Then you put it there!' suggested
Jones, carrying the war into the en-
emy's camp. II don't use hair-pins!
What do you suppose want of the
thing?n and he assumed an obstinately
yirtuous look that might have deceived
syen woman. But it didn't deceive
Mrs. Jones. who suddenly changed her
tactics.
"Jeptha," she SAID, in a soft, per-
suasive, seal-skin-cloak tone, IF Won
ever loved me in the s-s-sweet DAYS that
are past -if-if-you have the. least re-
gard for me now. tell me-tell me
whero you got that hair-pinr'
She could not have chosen q more
forcible way of appealing TO his feel
ings- The wretched man twined his
fingers in his gray hair, dug his toes in
to the Amsterdam rug, and gritted his
teeth as he nerved himself to tell the
truth, the whole truth and nothing but
the truths help me Mriai''
He began. with his eyes cast down,
and IN low. troubled voice, that trem-
bled with canned and condensed mis-
cry.
1T was only yesterday" he said.
feeling as If it might have been a cent
ury before; II had been to the restau-
rant"
''Ohl OH OIL you told me YOU never
ate Iuouthful all day. interrupted
Mrs Jones
Ito collect q bin owing me- con-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-01-04
Applying Sand to Grass Land.

Those who have meadow land that
has been drained and seeded down &c
the better qualities of grasses, often
find it necessary 10 apply a dressing Of
sand; experience teaching that 1t very
much improves the condition of the
grass roots and increases the crop OF
grass; sometimes quite as much as o
dressing of manure. The reason why
this is SO, few stop to inquire.
The application of sand to meadow
often accomplishes double purpose.
First, it lightens up the soil and gives
the water a chance to drain of, and
second, it furnishes silica to the grass
which is necessary to strengthen tn
stalk.
Meadow land that is composed entire.
ly of partially decomposed vegetable
material, settles together sometimes 30
closely that water will not readily pas
through it, except in small stream.
This is very unfavorable to the growth
of any crop that the farmer desires K
grow. Unless there are numerous pas
sAgeways for both air and water, the
roots of plants fail to get the material
ne essary for their growth.
In retaining meadow land the frs
effort is to drain off the surplus water
bitches are dug low enough to draw the
water, perhaps two feet below the sur
face; but if the meadow be composed
entirely of decayed vegetation. adj
vanced to just that stage which makes
it so compact that the water can not
pass through il, for some time after the
litches are dug the water fails TO read
ly drain of, except near the banks Of
the bitches. Such land needs few
inches of sand to hiring 1t into favor
able condition for vegetable growth.
When it can be done without too much
expense, the application of sand will be
much more beneficial IL mixed with four
or five inches in depth of the soil, because
by mixing the sand with the muck il
secures combination of materials that
Is highly favorable TO rapid decompo-
sition, thus soon bringing the soil into
that state which encourages q rapid
growth of grass. While surface appli-
cation is not as good. it is often bene-
-cial. especially If a good dressing Of
manure is applied at the same time,
and liberal quantity of grass seed sowD
and well narrowed in.
The winter season is the most favora-
bic time to apply sand to low land, be-
cause time is worth less, and the mead
ows are frozen so that full loads can be
carried over 1t without danger of cut
ting the land up. = Massachusetts, Plough
man