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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08
What Shall We Do with Our Coal. Ashes {?

Those who burn coal are often at a
loss to know what to do with the ashes,
which must be removed from the stove
at least once day. Many, for the want
of better place, dump it in the back
yard, where the first passing breeze will
scatter it, to the great annoyance of any
one who has occasion to pass by it, and
to the disgust of the neat housewife, who
can not lift window or leave an out
side door open to let in little fresh air
without having the furniture covered
with the finer portions of the contents of
the ash-heap. Those who live near the
street often dump their ashes in the
travelled road, to the great injury of the
public who pass by. To such extent
has this practice come in some towns
that it has become necessary to pass
municipal laws imposing fine on all
who shall thus Obstruct the public
travel.
One of the easiest, if not the best,
ways to dispose of coal-ashes is to build
vault to hold all of the ashes made
during the year; it may be built round
or square, as best suits the fancy.
Where rocks are plenty the farmer can
build it himself; it should be from three
to four feet deep and six to ten feet in
diameter, according to the amount of
coal burned. When complete it should
be covered with plank that can be easily
removed when the ashes are to be taken
out. A small trap-door should be made
in the center, through which the ashes
are to be dumped. The ashes thus shut
up from the passing winds everything
around can be kept clean.
If the vault be built in the right place
the waste-water from the house can
he led into it, and thus another nui-
sance can be disposed of, and at the same
time make compost that will be quite
valuable for many crops; for though
the ashes alone do not contain much
plant-food, when well soaked with the
DIR ainage of the house, acting as an alb
sorbent, it becomes valuable.
He who dumps his ashes in the most
convenient corner of his back yard, an
lets the waste-water from the house flow
over the surface of the same yard. has
a lesson yet to learn in both neatness
and economy.-MaSsa chusctts Plough
man.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08
Going Back TO the Floating Chip.
One of the earliest Eng lish poets ha
q sfanZa like this.

One of the earliest Eng lish poets has
q stanZa like this:
1e lodcstone on ye little chippe,
Doth serve to guide yc mighty shppe
BY ever pointing 10 we pole:
Thus conscience serves to guide tn soul.
'Is it true that tie orig nal ships
compass was ma lie of 'lodestone?
was asked of dealer in compasses and
chrOnometerS.
''Yes. Magnetic iron ore on n bit
of wood floating in a owl of water is
said to have been the original compass.
There are old sailors living now who
can remember when the needle was at
tache to piece of wood floating IN q
bowl. The first attempt at improve
ment was TO attach the needle to a card
on which the thirty-two points of the
compass were marked. The card was
balanced at its center on hardened
steel point or pivot, the cap that rested
on the point being made of agate, gar
net or sapphire, to reduce friction.
The pivot was erected from the center
of the bottom of bowl that was sus-
pended in what are called gimbals, an
arrangement of rings and pivots which
kept the top of the bowl, and therefore
the compass card, always horizontal,
whatever the ships position. The
great point at which the manufacturer
hoped to arrive was such an arrange.
ment of the various parts of the com.
pass as would leave the needle in its
position undisturbed when the ship
swung around. The most perfect con-
struction of the pivot and its cap was
found faulty in that the point eventually
wore down a collar, SO that the card
moved with the ship.
1.-THE latest device for compass is o
return to the old 'lodestone' and chip
principle. Instead of a single bit OF
steel, there are six ribbons of cast steel
secured to a card that is made of tin
with air compartments in it. This
card is foated on bowl of water
tinctured with spirits. The spirits are
to prevent freezing. The card revolves
on pivot of the best construction.
The pivot is to keep the card from
touching the sides of the bowl. The
water supports all the weight of the
card, except a few grains, so that no
wear comes on the pivot. If you ever
whirled pail of water with stick in
it you noticed that the stick rema ned
stationary while the pail went round.
The card in the bowl remains en- the
meridian while the ship jibes about OF
comes up into the wind. IN Y Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08
Wedding Fashions Among Canadian
Peasants.

The chief social event of their lives is
wedding-almost the only set Occa-
sion of festivities. The priest then per-
mits dancing among relatives. and al
lows unusual expenses to be incurred.
But, to begin at the beginning, boys
and girls generally see but little of one
another, separated as they are in col
leges and converts, and subsequently
having but formal meetings. closely
supervised by parents. The priest di-
and eircumspcct. 1t generally lasts but
lew months; engagements are made
very much after the pecuniary interests
followed in France, and the marriages
generally occur at from eighteen to
twenty-five years of age.
A widower of this place recently went
to spend the evening with neighbor,
whose sister was an old maid whom no
one had thought of marrying. When
he left the house her brother suggested
that he should marry her. They re-
turned to the house and went together
TO her bed, in one corner of the room,
and woke her up. Holding the candle
up to his face he said:
mile. C., take a good look at
me; I'm rather worse than l seem by
candle-light. and I've nine small chill
dren. and not a great deal of land.
Will you marry me?"
She rubbed her eyes, still half asleep,
looked him over moment, and said:
Yes" q
"Then be ready next Tuesday"
IN another case, the dag after the
banns of marriage had been published
here, the intended found his betrothed
crying by the window
What's the matter. Maria?"
"Well, Baptist, my sister Louise
wants very much to marry, because
she's older, and it's her turn first. And
it makes me sad to see her disappointed.
Now if you would only marry her! Ev-
erything is ready, you know, and it
wOuldbe such relief
'Well, well, don't cry about that,
said he, with a moments surpr Sc. 81
don't mind if l do. Go and tell her to
get ready"
The Church forbids the union oil
blood-relations, but it sells for a mod.r-
ate price permits for even first cousins
to marry, so thar consanguineOUs unions
are very common in these old parishes.
where families have kept increasing
and settling near the old homestead till
they form clans sometimes numbering
several hundred of one name More
over, the priest permits such marriages
sometimes in consideration of certain
circumstances. sucn as the needs of o
family for step-mother, or step-father,
the lack of beauty reducing the chances
of woman to get another offer, or the
advance of age, or the poverty of a
woman.-C. II. FdTnhdn. IN Hurper's
Magazine
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08
Wise Sayings.

Policy,' says Thomas Fuller.
consists in serving God in such man.
ner as not to offend the devil"
The Congregationdiist thinks that a
revival of practical Righteousness in
business should be prayed for and la
bored for.
To think we are able is almost TO
be so; to determine upon attainment IL
frequently attainment itself. Thus
earnest resolution has often seemed to
have about it almost SAVIOR of omnip-
otence. Samuel Smiles.
The Observer thinks it not an ex-
travagant demand that the churches
should have more money. Those of
New York cost but S3,0OO,000 a year,
while the places of amusement cost ST.
600, 600, and the city government $l3,-
100000.
Sometimes the heaviest wheat of
all " may spring up from seeds dropped
in an incidental way. What a motive
to the maintenance of a personal holi-
ness. The incidental is a shadow of the
intentional. Influence is the exhalation
of character. W. NJ. Taylor.
You may tame the wild beast: the
conhagTation of the American forest
will cease when all the timber and the
dry wood is consumed; but you can not
arrest the progress of that cruel word
which you uttered carelessly yesterday
or this morning. r. W. Robertson.
Mere complaint and expression Of
fear and. apprehension do but little. 1t
is action that tells. There are good
causes in The world about which excel
lent people are uttering the deyoutest
words, but they do nothing, and hence
nothing comes of their earnestness. :
United Presbyterian.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08
Faith and Prayer.

When the ais seems empty OF
Heavenly Father and when the universe
seems only an assemblage of materials
and chemical forces, no service is more
wearisome in mind and heart than
PRAYER. Its words sound like those
spoken i'm Observation-Disclosures TO ones
self, and the praying one feels ashamed
that words have thus been offered To
ones own car; but the instant faith
enters the scene all is changed from
barrenness to beauty; for to what being
could one speak with SO much blessed
ness as to God! The audience of kings,
of all the mighty Of the earth is of little
worth: Fin comparison with this pleading
with God. He is the Creator and Faith
er and Savior of the world, and when
the soul of man can 60 to His presence
and pour out its sorrows or its gratitude
it has reached the sublimest form oil
speech and an audience the wisest and
most loving.
Thus faith is not so much doctrine
as the inmost soul of all the ideas and
practices which are assembled around
the name of Christ or the Creator. Re-
ligion is an imitation. a so'emn play
upon stage. uxtil faith comes upon the
scene and transforms the drama into
life. AT its coming the Christ again
walks upon the grass and flowers and
also the thorns of our earth; His words
are audible in the silent night; His out
line is seen i'm the Garden of Olives: His
tears fall; He approaches the judgment
seat of.Pilate; He moves slowly up Cal
vary; He is dashed to the cross; the
heavens grow black: He dies: He is
borne TO tomb; He rises from the
dead: He is crowned King of the soul.
Belief is that grand moment when %
drea-l of glory begins to be fulfilled.
Saved, indeed, will be the soul that sees
the whole world of religion rs being a
blessed reality! A quality of this mortal
life lies in its being conceived of as a
sweet reality. We know the reality Of
the ocean and the hills and the fields
We are not afraid to speak Of their
greatness or charm, for we know they
will remain in the realm of reality and
will not on the morrow turn into a
chimera of the brain. So the friends we
see and love are realities. They will
take us by the hand. The mother can
take up in her arms her child and
shower her words and kisses upon il as
beloved reality. With its lights and
shadow, IFS birds and blossoms, its fields
and houses, its ornaments and homes
and friends and pursuits and happiness,
how real is this rolling world. The tri-
umph of humanity will come when il
shall have made the Kingdom of God as
real as the kingdom of time; for if the
reality of our little planet is so rich in
comfort and absolute iOy what will
be the blessedness of that soul or age
which shall rest as peacefully in the
reality of God!--PrOf Dacid Surfing.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08
HOME, FARM AND GARDEN.

e The Rural NetC Yorker saws that
horses are subject to diphtheria, and rec
ommends the use of chlorate of potash
in such cases. giving two drachms, in
solution, at a dose.
Handle seed potatoes carefully. II
the skin becomes bruised the ewes are
apt to have their vitality injured. This
is sometimes the cause of partial fail
ure in the potato crop.-Erchange.
Insect bites, and even that of a rat
tie snake, have proved harmless by stir
ring enough of common salt into the yelk
of good egg to make it sufficiently thin
for plaster, TO be kept on the bitten
part.-BoSton GLObe.
Pig feet fried may be a new dish
to some one. Make batter of flour
and sweet milk, season with salt. The
batter should be quite thin. Dip the
feet into it and fry in hot lard. Serve
with drawn butter, or with sour sauce.
N y. Post.
"A gentleman seeing many of his
squash plants wilt and die last season,
mixed two teaspoonfuls of kerosene in
a pail of water, throwing enough on
every hill to wet the soil and stems.
Every plant so treated lived and pros.
pered. Chicago Journal.
The Gdrdener's Monthly saws weak.
ly and weatherbeaten evergreens are
improved by cutting. But in their case
the leader must be cut at the same time,
even if we have to train up a side
branch to make a leader. Evergreens
sometimes show little disposition to
make leaders, but they will do it if they
are severely pruned.
The Farmers MAGAZINE saws
Next year when YOU are putting ir
your seed remember when two plants o.
the same kind are growing together
one is a weed. The most dangerous
enemy plant can have is another o,
the same species growing by its side.
for they both feed on the same food,
and competition is the result.
"A writer in the Druggists Circuld,
offers the following remedy for earache
which, he SAYS, after repeated trials.
never fails to afford almost instant relief
"Olive oil, one ounce; chlUroform, one
drachm. Mix. and shake well together
then pour twenty-five or thirty drops
into the ear, and close it up with piece
of raw cotton to exclude the air and re-
tain the mixture"
An entree specially designed to &C.
company roast pork is male in thi:
way: Peel as many potatoes rs will
cover the bottom of deep pie-dish.
Sprinkle half teaspoonful of drie1 sage
over them. Cut a small onion in thin
slices, and spread them over this. Add
salt and DeDDer and little lumDs al
butter, according 10 your taste. Cover
the bottom of the dish with water, anC
| bake in a moderate oven.-BoStOn Post
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08
Shutdown.

Ii is marked period of the day
Then the children must come in from
play; for in summer !. will be high
time to be tired out, and i'm winter il
Will be too cold to be out of doors any
longer. Then, too. the cattle must be
sheltered for the night, and it is also
time that business be suspended for
the day. 1t is going-home time. There
is n certain suggestiveness in all these
things, pointing to some simple fact
easy of recognition. Night is coming
on, and at shutdown there are visible
preparations for its stiffness and dark.
ness and rest.
1t is noticeable that different persons
look forward to sunset or night with
widely different sensations. To many
it is the most welcome part of the day.
The heat and burden of the hours OF
light are passed, the retirement and
quiet are grateful and needed, and sun
down is eagerly looked for as bringing
release from much that is wearisome
and trying. Then again, evening oft
en- brings amusement, recreation anU
change.
But there are those, watchers,
sufferers and afflicted ones, who
look forward to the night rs
to some nightmare-like horror. To
them it brings only darkness and gloom,
pain and loneliness. But to all alike il
brings the end of day. And as surely
as shutdown brings the end of day so
surely old age brings the end of life,
anticipated by the few, dreaded by the
many and welcomed by some. To the
business man evening often is welcome
or dreaded according as the day has
been prosperous or unfortunate. The
young determine the prospects of the
evening according to the pleasure looked
forward to; the old according TO its
promise of relief from toll or suffering.
And much as we look forward to the
close of day we look onward to the end
of life. To some il will be welcome; for
others 1t seems of a nightmare gloom;
by few it is heartily anticipated.
But it is sure TO come. Would IL not
then be wiser to prepare for this in
evitable setting of life's sun? Shall we
he more wise, and show more provident
care in preparing for the short darkness
of the nights of life, than in making sure
the comfort of the soul against life's
cer,ain waning? How can we prove SC
short-sighted, so careless concerning
life's one great import and need! Be-
cause safety and comfort are so easily
insured, we slight their rare advantages.
Because God of great mercy prolongs
life that we may prepare suitably for
its ending, we put off to long the all
important consideration. The warnings
of Scripture are brief but significant.
Behold non is the accepted time! To-
day, harden not your hearts! To be
wise is but to do ones duty, and the
greatest wisdom man can possibly ex-
hibt consists in looking well TO it that
he is ut peace with his Maker Let
there be peace at shutdown. At night
let there be Light Golden Rule.
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Religious Reading.
TIE WEAVER AND HIS WORK.

The Weaver sat in the dying light;
AT last" he said, II have finished my
.piece:'
The restless shuttle may stay its fight,
The clickity -clackity loom may cease:
For am weary in every limb.
My hands are cold and my eyes are dim.
Long have sat in the sun and gloom,
Weaving the wonderful web OF life;
In JOY and sorrow, in peace and strife,
Throwing the shuttle from day to day,
Weaving my life in my piece Away.
. know not how IL will stand the test, s.
For the Masters eye 10 very clear;
The warp was not of the kind that's best
The weft was tangled and rough. l fear;
il is marred, no doubt, with many knot
With many a break that I've forgot
But the Master also ID very Just:
He knows have done the best could;
That the weaver's hand was only dust,
The yarn that ne worked with not all good (;
He knows l have toiled from youth to age,
And I'm sure He will pay me my full wage.
q Some only work with q cotton thread,
And sit all day in the weaving-room;
Some work with the feecy wool instead,
AMI some have the richest silk in loom;
Wool. cotton. or silk, none need e. care,
" So sit tonight in the waning light,
And my life sinks low with the setting sun:
My weary hands and my failing sight
Tell me the web of my life Is done.
Give me, d Master so good and true!
My wage-and some better work to do"
-Ameiid Z. Barr, IN Christian Union.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08

"Duble money also carrie with you. and ~.
carrie that you founde in your sackes, lest Issr.
haps It was done by an errour."
The publication OF the New Revision Of the
Old Testament will be looked forward to with
| interest by many. That IL win show many al
| terations from the authorized version Is GER
tam. but IL is probable they will not be as
striking as were many of those in the New Re
vision or the Now Observation-Disclosures En-
Quirer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08
THE 0IRL IN MoURNING.



A SUDBURY BALLAD.
a simple child. dear brother Jim,
That lightly draws IL breath
An feels IT, life iu cycry limb
What can 10 know OF dcuthl
-UOristr0rth.
asked "A little simple child,
That wore black ribbons on her head,
Whom She WIS mourning for. She smiled,
And mentioned that aunt was deal.
where did your aunt reside, my dcarl
"OvCr 90 MarlbOry,' she replied.
j. She hal hecn fcc bic more u year.
Aud In Z Thank -Riving Day she died;
And sIc died OF the shOcanum' palsy
My heart within begun 20 mot
\ sudden tourdrop forced itf wur.
You saw your aunt In Marlborough dwelt.
And died upon Thanksgiving bay;
Hut what your aunt died OF, my dear,
did not fully understand.
Well. she was sick about "a year
She had tho rinRworm on her hund;
Hut she died OF the shocanum palsy.
what sort Of palsy. lover said 7.
That name ] never heard before.
This wa my little maids reply:
i've told you twice and won't no more"
I prithCC. sweetest once uguit.
What was 10 killed YOUR suffering HunU
she answered II viii tell you. then;
liut " YOU usk again, ~h1ut;
She died of the -hOciuum palsy
Happy condition. not to know
More than this child at dviuw-
Iumh-likc 10 So your Mn ltid low,
without "a thought OF siEhing'
The creature know no moro Of grief
Hut the hluck rihiu ON on her head
Nor ct parall sis-in bricf
she only knew her aunt was dead,
And del ut the "shOcauum palsy
'"ShoCk a. numb palsy" un old-ftShioncd
form OF speech in New Eu1ltud. 80 distin-
xulsh pariplcgia or hcuiplcpin from shaking
palsy"
II ". Pirsops IN Bpton Trtqsr TIT
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08

The gentlemen at a recent leap
year party wore toilets of surprising
richness and elegance. shone in all their
lovely and radiant beauty, and made
themselves utterly and entirely ire
sistihle. The young ladies all wore
handsome hand-me-downs, purchased
at fire sale Of damaged goods at Usage
City, and were simply enchanting in
their loveliness--Jeterson CITY (Mo. }
Tribune.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08

General Butler found the State
House of Massachusetts, destitute of a
Bible He should be given credit for
eaying handsome copy for the study
If his successor. Ben is one of the best
Bible scholars in the United States
CHica2o Inter Ocean.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08

Hot tallow will remove bad ink
stains.-BostoB Globe,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08

'"ShoCk - numb palsy" uu old-ftshioncd
form OF speech 'n New E14Itud 80 distin-
xulsh garuplCRia on hcluiplcpin from shaking
pHlsy."
II d. HIrann.. On nl.lnn Trln.- -ilL
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-02-08

A simple child. dear brother jim,
That lightly draws IT, breath
Ani feels IT, life iu every limb
what cun IL know Of death
- UOrisr1Ffh
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-29

Ladies' s. hlldren's Shoe s. Slipper
Dept
Gents and Boys Boot and Shoe +"
Millinery, Fancy Goods &;Parasol /"
Carpet, Linoleum and Shade /"
Ladies Dolman, Raglan s. Cloak "
Gents aud Boys Clothing
{" /" Suits to Order {"
4" 4" Hat and Cap 4"
" ;" =" Furnishing Goods "
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1884-05-29
Ever quoted in this oty all of the following Departments

pix, Satin, lBrocsde snd Velvet Dept
French snd American Dress Goods "
White Goods and Table Linen "
Zephyr, GinRhsm snd Domestic +"
lannel and Ladies' Cloth /"
fuFtsiR, Drapery and Tidy !"
p8ee, Embroidery and Trimming >"
Hosiery, Glove snd Button u
fsdies' Underwear snd Corse! -
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-02
Tuesday, December 2, 1884.
FOR TOWN OFFToRRs.


 For Se1ectmen. LOUIS FEH4DMAN, JOHN L. TREAT, WILLIAM s. BEECHER. For Board OfRelEef. H. E. MARSH, o. w. HEMINGWAY.
 For Town Clerk. CHARLES H. R. MOTT.
 For Treasurer. ALEXANDER McALISTER, For Collector of Taxes. GEORGE R. BILL.
 For Auditor. JAMES M. MASON. For Registrar of Voters. EDWARD F. MERRILLS. For Registrar of Births, Etc. WILLIAM E. THOMPSON.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-02
FOR CITY OFFICERS.

For Mayor HENRY F. PECK.
 For City Clerk. WILLIAM F. STERNBERG.
 For Auditor. HERBERT c. WARREN.
 For Treasurer WILBUR F. DAY.
 For Sheriff. THOMAS c. HOLLIS,
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-02
EHoriha Oranees.

WYE received our first direct shipment this
 w morning. We shall have them by nearly every steamer through the season. The trade sup piled at lowest rates. The crop is large and the no19 EDw. E. HALL & SON.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-02

The Republicans have made excellent nominations for both city and town officers. Show your appreciation of their work by voting for their nomines.
Morning journal and courier., 1884-12-02
RECIPROCITY WITH MEXICO.

During the past year the increasing good
 will between our own government and that
 of Mexico has been variously manifested. The treaty of commercial reciprocity, con- and awaits the necessary tariff legislation of Congress to become effective. This legisla- tion will, doubt not, be among the first
 measures to claim your attention. A full treaty of commerce, navigation and consular rights is much to be desired and such
 treaty have reason to believe that the Mex ican government stands ready to conclude. x =