davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
, 1884-12-09

Fashionable dressmaker, late Of Kansas
City, Mo. Room Is, over Cowhick 4
Whitcomb's store.
, 1884-12-09

whitehall Times: When luck knocks at
the door, the inmate Is often too lazy to Lift
the latch and admit him
, 1884-12-09

Longmont Patent, Longmont Patent,
Longmont Patent.
, 1884-12-09

Rough on Itch" cures humors, erup-
tons, ringworm, letter, salt rheum, FROST
ed feet, chilblainsLi
, 1884-12-09

Stock pastured and fed hay for the
Winter season on liberal terms. Address,
IA LEADER Office.
, 1884-12-09

II you are losing your grip on life, try
wells Health Remover. Goes direct
to weak spots.
, 1884-12-09

Use Model Mills Patent Flour, manu-
featured by Hungarian rolls from select
cd wheat.
, 1884-12-09

The ladies approve of your smoking
Little j oker."
, 1884-12-09

Ellis is making the finest candies svsr
offered in Cheyenne.
, 1884-12-09

l am selling Boys clothing lower than
ever. Polsck.
, 1884-12-09

Legd blanks at the Leader .aiss.
, 1884-12-09

Globes for gas or electric
tight, best glass and pOrce-
lain at the Warren En-
, 1884-12-09

q ar the AUCTION
Room.
, 1884-12-09

Reserved seats now on sale 81 Rhodes &
T1oxsns.
, 1884-12-09

Absolutely tbs greatest performance ever seen
under one roof.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-12
Seaweed and Its Uses.

In tropical climates the little air
bladders which support the seawrack,
are of great service, for the masses OF
aud of considerable height, having
stems the thickness of mans tn Oh,
and branches and dropping stems which
support innumerable forms of animal
life, such as corals, crabs. worms of
different kinds, together with MOSES
and weeds of the sea. and being be-
side place of deposit for innumerable
eggs OF various creatures. In Scotland
the tender parts of the seawracks.
known. as tangles. are used as food,
aud when cooked are considered fine
diet for cattle. The stems of very
hard, horny variety of the seawracks
are used as knife handles. They are
cut in short pieces. and while moist or
green the blade is forced in ~ one end.
When the stem dries it clings firmly to
the knife-blade. Being gnarled and
horny it resembles bucks horn, and
when tipped with metal and fully fin
ished forms an expensive knife-handle.
The rose tangles are higher up In the
scale OF vegetable life, and their deli
cate tfnss render them very beautiful.
OF these, dulse is an important variety
to the Scotch and Irish, who, beside
using it as food. both in its raw state
and cooked in milk. find in it substi.
tute for tobacco. Carrageen moss is
another kind OF rose tangle, from which
a nourishing jelly is made. The Chi.
nese use one variety of rose -tangle a:
a chief ingredient in other glossine
preparations: 27,0o0 pounds are
brought annually to Canton and sold
from six to eighteen pice per pound =
So. Louis Republican,.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-12
A Bad Speaker.

Arcbbishops are not made for their
eloquence, but on account of their
judgment and executive ability. One
of the archbishops of Canterbury,
Howlev, who died in 1S48, was distin-
guished as. bad speake1
The following anecdotes illustrate
what he could do in the wayof spelling
a speech. With most delicate and
almost fastidious taste as to style, he
was always making corrections in his
speaking as some writer's do on their
manuscript, fatal fault in speaker.
Thus presiding at an anniversary OF
the Clergy Orphan Girls school at st.
Johns Wood, he delivered himself
thus:
mo one can see ee-(coIrcc.s h'n,self)
can look upon-these respectable
looking girls -(corrects himse I )-these
nice-looking girls - (corrccts himself y
these good girls = (corrects himseL -
these female girls
Here taere was a suppressed litter.
under cover of which the speaker hur-
ried on to the conclusion of his sen
tence. not recorded.
lie used To rub his hands anyiously
together while speaking, as if he were
washing thert. L have seen him twice,
aud once saw bishop initiate him to
the life.
There is a story that he used to be.
vail his own nervousness as a speaker,
and that one of his chaplains recon
nended him to shut himself UP in Tie
Addington dining room, and address
the chairs, imagining people in them.
"How did your grace get on?' he
was asked after tho first experiment.
'.Well, YOU see, think / got on very
nicely at first. but all at once caught
sight OF that high-backed chair there In
the corner. and he looked so fornida-
BILE that he put me out, and then broke
down" - Youths Companion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-12
Vegetarian Cats.

Your correspondent, S. Jepson, of
Riverton, K. L., wishes to hear the re-
suit of those who have tried feeding
sweet corn to their cats. can speak
from sixteen years experience with our
net cat, and can vouch for his love for
it. l think our pet cat can be called a
vegetarian. His fondness for almost all
cooked vegetables is very marked.
String-beans, peas, Lima beans and
squash disappear rapidly before him;
he will eat of beets and beet greens
with greater relish than meat: cab
bage he cares but little for, but all
kinds of greens, like dandelions, mus
tard, etc, he eats as though he loved
them. Potatoes are not special favor
ite with him, although he will eat them.
have noticed that cats of Maltese
blood are very fond OF potatoes; one
that | owned years ago would even eat
them raw. know their tastes differ
as much as human beings. for some of
the kinds of food mentioned above J
have placed before hungry cats and
they would not touch it. Hartford
fConn.) Times.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-12
Sharks as Food.

In view of the number OF sharks that
have made their appearance on the
Atlantic coast this season, attention has
been turned TO their adoption for cuIi-
nay purposes. The Ichthyophagus'
Society at their dinner at the Murray
Hill Hotel. partooS of shark, and pos
sibly their example may be followed by
persons .lesiroas of emulating such an
epicurean example. As the Chinese
are notoriously fond OF sirurk's fins,
which are rich in the gelatinous matter
that gives body to their favorite soup.
there may be some chance OF turning
tho present superilnity Of sharks to a:-
count, though fhe trI,e' Celest al epicnre
is content only with the lins of the
great white shark, the fe.ocioas man
eater, who is happily unknown in
American waters. = BostoH Transcript.
Out of about six hundred cases OF
sunstroke noted in New York the past
summer, at lea two hundred and
fifty proved to be drunks. IN Y. SIN.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-12
Sand Wich Island HOuses.


Tho houses of Honolulu. are always
open. day and night, as the tempera
tIIne is so warm that one has to sleep
out of ooocs. as it were, to get enough
fresh air. They are built mostly OF
wood, though many of the oldest aud
moro subs tantial houses are built of
COAL stone. few of lava stone. and
many may yet be seen within the limits
of Honolulu made of grass aud occupied
by the natives.
These native huts or houses are built
by making q framework of bamboo
poles, covered with LAYERS of the ba-
mana tree the trunk of which can be
removed in layers. This, again, is COW
cred with grass and trimmed on the
corners and top by weaving the grass
into different patterns. One opening
or door usually admits enough light
and air for the average native, though
some huts are divided of into several
rooms. with two and sometimes three
doors. A mat hung down on the inside,
covering the opening, is the common
door. Mats made of broad grass inter.
woven or braided. and sometimes flags,
form the carpets, and a pile. of from
two 10 ten, and sometimes even more,
mskes the bed on which the natives
and invited guests sleep.
Furniture there is none. the natives
always sitting on the ground with their
legs crossed beneath them. Their
kitchen is outside and is composed of a
heap of stones and ordinarily an iron
pct--Cor. Boston Transcript.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-12
TIE OLD REAPER.
Mld the brown haired and the bluck-halro


Aid the brown haired and the blnck-haired
men.
With ruddy faces aglow,
The old man stood I'm the harvest 6eld
With a head rs whito as snow
Let me cut shear my boys" he said,
Before IL Is time to go.''
They put the sickle within his hand;
lie bowed 20 the windy wheat:
Pleasantly fell the golden ears,
With the corn flowers at his feet
lie lifted a handful, thoughtfully:
IL was ripe and full and weet.
Many and many n sheaf," he said,
have cut In the years gone past:
Aud many and many sheaf these arms
On the harvest waina have cast.
Bat, children dear. | am weary now,
And think this is-the last
Lot me rest awhile beneath the tree;
or like TO watch you 20,
with sickies bright, through the ripe, full
wheat,
And TO feel tho fresh wind blow"
And they spread their working coats for him
'Moug the grasses sweet and low
when the sun grew high they came again,
FOR drink and their bread and meat:
And IN the shadow he sleeping lay,
With sunshine on his feet
Like child at night outspcnt with play,
HE lny IN slumber sweet
when thoy came again. he family said:
Il have crossed the meadow stile.
Ny work Is doue: tits nearly dark:
shall rest In little while
That night II was Harvest Home with him.
but he went away with a smile.
-Ameiid y. Barr. IN ". y. Independent.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-12
FLEMING BROS.

Have decided to lead in the matter
O. holiday goods, and have SO arranged
it that for SPOT CASH they have pur-
Chased the most complete stock ever
exhibited in Southern Kansas. They
have ALREADY OPENED a consid.
cradle portion of their purchases and
are receiving NEW GOODS by express
EyERY pAY.
"a. - 49, Z - -s
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-12
FLEMING BROS.

Have just opened a SUPERIOR
QUALITY of fine TOILET SETS,
CUT-GLASS GOODS and LAMPS,
SHADES and FIXTURES. New and
elegant designs, nothing old or common
place, and this stock is selling at aston
ishingly low prices. A visit to their
store viii be the occasion of SUR
PRISE TO an~cre.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-12
FLEMING BROS.

Are making n specially of EXTRA
FINE STATIONERY, in boxes, fancy
packages and by the .quire. This line
of goods IS SUPERIOR in every way to
anything Of the kind ever before shown
in the town. Go and select 4 PRES
ENT for your lady friends.
e. MOURNING GOODS, such as
rapeE.erslcpes. cards, etc, q speciality
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-12

The figures produced by Mr.. Cham
berlain in his speech in Parliament on
the Merchant Shipping bill show that
in twelve years $4,000 English seamen
were lost; that ID each year, on the ay-
erage. one seaman out of seventy-two
is drowned, and that taking the aver
age service of seaman at twenty-four
years, one out of every three must eX-
pect to meet his end in that way.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-12
FLEMING BROS.

Guarantee that they have more Nov
ELITES in the matter of toilet sets,
perfume cases, work boxes, in plush,
satin, morocco and leather-ranging in
pricc from the cheapest TO Che most
expensive. When ANY PARTICC-
LAR DESIGN in these gooca iswantel
they will order it for you iritime to have
II here FOR TIE HOLIDAYS. RE.
MEMBER THIS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-12
TIE B16sER COUNTY YmOEx.

1y,s IrpRx "A n progressive newspaper, pub
Fiahod al the county sent, and n the odbcinl Pc
m Ave stook industry In the Southwest, and
numbsrp arnuug lts patrons every rancnman
81 fmportance In this section of the grazing
diefrict. II reaches nearly every GOV camp ~
torv aOufh of here, and has n spieu'iid circuinr
Hon among tho stockmen OF the Eastern states.
AZ nn advertising medium u has no snpcriors
ami few couala among Western periodicals.
. PolIticnily the TNDEN Il ncmOcrnuc, and viii
hvar be found advocating the principles laid
down by Jefferson. -, -.
bndselcct FIRMLY reading matter, and nothing
10 offend the most fnstidious.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-12
FLEMING BROS.

Have ethe inestassortmento of Albums,
of all sizes and the latest makes, rang
ing in price from ONE DOLLAR TO
TWENTY DOLLARS, bought espsc-
iaus foE the holiday trade. These muss
Ae.sc,d cut sss even a aacrsoe.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-12

"A Volcanic tree is reported to exist
in the Japanese village of Ono. It is
sixty feet high. with girth Of ten feet,
and said to be centuries old. Every
lay white smoke-like mist issues from
thekop, lasting from early afternoon
till evening.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-12-12

In London bank directors know
something about the affairs of the bank
Each one serves in turn short time as
practical manager of the institution.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
A Foolish Fraud.
New Orleans Times Dem,

new orleans Times Democrat
"You would he surprised" said a
Post Official recently, "if you could
know how frequently stamps are used a
second, Oh ever a third time. And what
is the most surprising thing about it is
there is no lcoft for q person using q
stamp the second time, as it requires
more than two cents worth of applica-
ton and ingenuity to cleanse a stamp;
but the loss to the Government is very
considerable. I would be content to
receive q sum equivalent to that stolen
from the department every year in this
way for my salary. Post Office clerks,
by long practice, become very familiar
with the appearance of good and bad
stamps.
"They acquire perhaps the same de-
gree OF ability in the detection of the
irregularities as do clerks who handle
money, but in large offices there are so
many letters ana the work of cancelling
is of necessity so rapid that very few
chances are offered for detection. It is
only when letters are deposited in Of
fees where the mail receipts are small
that there is any considerable danger of
detection in using stamps second time.
But the use cannot be profitable; pack
ages or heavyweight letters having suf-
fciently large postage stamps on them
to justify their cleansing for a second
use are subject to a somewhat rigid
inspection and fraud can be detected.
As 1 said, however, the use of smaller
stamps a second time is large enough
to make hole in the department funds"
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
Hollands Fight with the Sea.
From Good Words.

From Good Words.
After a delicious breakfast of coffee and
thick cream, with rusks, scodes and different
kinds of cheese, always indispensable in Dutch
breakfasts, we took to the railroad again and
crossed Zealand, which chiefly consists of four
islands, Noordt Beveland, Zuid Beveland,
Schouwen and Walcheren, and is less visitedby
the rest of the Netherlands than any other part
of the country. The land is all,'cut up intovast
polders, Us the huge meadows are'called, which
are recovered from tho sea and protected by
entertainments. Here, if human care was with
drawnfor six months, the whole country would
be under the sea again. A corps of engineers,
called "Water-staat," are continually employed
to watch the waters and to keep in repair the
bikes, which are formed of clay at the bottom,
and matched with willows, which are here
grown extensively for the purpose. If the sea
passes a dixie ruin is imminent, an alarm bell
rings, and the whole population rush to the
rescue. The ome one dixie is even mon
aced the people begin to build another inside
it, and then rely upon the double defense
while they fortify the old one. But all their
care has not preserved the islands of Zealand.
Three centuries ago Schouwen was entirely
submerged and every living creature drowned.
Soon after Noordt Beveland was submerged
and remained for several years entirely under
water, only tho points Of the church spires
being visible. Zuid Beveland has been sub
merged in the fourteenth century. Walcheren
was submerged as late as 1868, and Tholen
even in 1925. 1t has been aptly asserted that
the sea to the inha bitants of Holland is what
Vesuvius is to Tore del Greco. De Amicis
says that the Dutch AVE three enemies-thc
sea, the lakes and the rivers; they repol the
sea, they dry the lakes and they imprison the
rivers, but with the sea it is a combat that
never ceases.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
Kidney Complaints.

The kidneys form q very important channel
for the outlet OF disease from the system, car
rying of a%ccumulations that poison the blood.
AS the lungs remove the carbonic acid, the liv-
er the hillary acid, SO the kidneys romove the
uric acid. The undue accumulation of this acid
is the poison that often produces rheumatism
and other chronic diseases. The kidneys are
often effected and cause serious disease when
least suspected If there is weakness, heat or
pain in the back or loins, WEAKNESS, nervous
restlessness, and any unnatural condition of
the urine, a hot, dry skin, hectic fushes,
bloating Of the body or swelling Of
the limbs, annoying headaches, obstructed
circulation, with sediment or gravely or al
luminous deposits in the secretion from the
kidneys; or if that secretion be either extreme
ly pale or high colored, then the kidneys are
evidently not doing their natural work. Many
suffer from serious kidney trouble without
knowing what ais them. No matter in what
form the kidney complaint may exist, there is
no better purifying regulating diuretic and
tonic than Burdock Blood Bitters; its action
upon the kidneys is at once manifested.
Working upon this and all other channels of
publication in a prompt and permanent man
nor
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
Starving a Cold.

DR.. @. r. in Popular s;ience Monthly.
Though a lifelong sufferer from the
disea: in various forms. from the
%"snufles" Of infancy to the "hay-fever"
Of adult age, together with occasional at
tacks of neuralgia, rheumati.m throat
and lung affections, etc. L now find it i'm
possible to excite any of the "well-
known symptoms" or in fact, any form
of disease, though subjecting myself to
what many would consider the most
suicidal practices in thematter of expos
ure to the elements so long as I live on
frugal diet, chiefly cereals and fruit,
served p!ainly-nominally two meals
a day; holding myself ready to "skip"a
meal when ever necessary-i. e., when
ever any of the symptoms of Indigestion,
as acid stomach, flatulence. pressure in
the region of the lungs or stomach, etc,
warn me Of having carried the pleasure
Of the table a triie beyond the needs of
tic organism.
have. in my efforts to "catch" cold,
submitted myself to exposures that to
the minds of r.ost people would appear
of a suicidal character, wearing low shoes
and walking in 10 and slop until both
socks and shoes were saturated, sitting
an hour in that condition and going to
he'd without warming my feet; removing
flannel undergarments liz mid winter on
the approach OF colder weather, and at
te ding to outdoor affairs without the
overcoat habitually worn; sleeping with
n current of air blowing directly on my
lead and shoulders; sitting entirely max
ed in draught, on a very cold, damp
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18
The Welded Life of Charlotte
Broute,

Lucy Hooper in Philadelphia Telegraph.
Since I last arrived in Yorkshire I
have heard it generally asserted that
the brief welded life of Charlotte
Bronte was by no means the roseat,
dream of happiness that her biogra-
pliers have described. Mr.. Nicholl APP
pears to have been o harsh, if not posi-
lively unkind husband. and certainly
his actions after the death Of his first
wife prove him to have been an unlov-
ing one. Perhaps it was better so
that early death with the dim eyes
turned to the bleak moors that the dy-
ing woman loved better than the grand
eurs of London or the loneliness of
Paris. That strange, morbid nature
was not created for happiness. The
last supremest chance that a woman
ever has afforded her.-nanely, that of
conjugal bliss-seems to have failed her.
Fame and glory and the applause of the
world found her Indifferent and unre-
sponsive. She had outlived the sister
whose nature was so like her own-the
brother that she had idolized in spite
of his shortcomings. What was there
left then to the lonely, unsatisfed
heart, save the one repose that may
never be troubled? Yet to how many
of us would not her life have appeared
one of unspeakable happiness? To
have written Jane Eyre-to have been
received as one of the greatest authors
of the day-to have been welcomed as
a sister by Thackeray-to a healthy APP
preciative nature such q destiny would
have seemed resplendent with the
choicest gifts of heaven.
The Dickinson press., 1884-10-18

night in the fall, for fifteen minutes be
fore getting into bed: wearing cotton
nightsh;rt and sleeping under light bed
covers on the night following the use of
flannel gown and heavyweight bed
clothes; rising from bed on a cold, rainy
morning, and sitting naked for an hour.
writing, and then putting on shirt and
trousers only, the shirt almost saturated
with rain and the trousers quite damp,
from hanging by the window-these and
similar experiments | have tried repeat
eddy, bnt without catching cold; l become
cold, and become warm again, that ia all.
In The course Of my experiments,
whenever | have fed my cold az far as /
wished or dared to go, I have, in every
instance. banished the disease by alb
never known this remedy (f applied at
the very onset) to fail of''breaking up a
ommon cold in twenty.four to forty
eight hours, whatever the age sex or
occupation of the patient. However we
may differ as to the origin of the dis.
order, whenever I can prevail upon a
sufferer to try this remedy. we come to
De OF one opinion as to what will most
surely and speedily "cure" it.
OF course the size of the "dose" must
bear some relation to the severity of the
case. On the first appearance of the dis
ease-the symptoms of a slight cold, so
familiar to all-skipping a single meal,
in the case of person who takes but
two meals a day habitually. or two meals
in the case of a three mealer, will some
times suffice, if the succeeding meals be
very moderate ones. 1 have usually, IN
my experimentation, been satisfied
to turn" at the .'one-meal
bouy." not often being obligedto abstain
longer than twenty-four hours. When
however, 1 have chosen to prolong the
experiment by continuing to eat heart
lily, as is the custom with people in geo.
eral at such times, l have found my ex-
perience identical with theirs the symp.
toms would increase in severity, and 10
nasal catarrh, headache, slight feverish-
ness and languor would be added, sore
throat, perhaps, with pressure at the
lungs, h%oarseness, increased fever, and
entire indisposition for exertion. In
this case two perhaps three days fasting
would be required, with a little extra
sponging OF the skin, to completely re-
store the balance. Outdoor air is de.
siiable. and when not demanding too
great efort-exarcise. Air baths when
there is much feverishness of the skin,
are comforting and curative.