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Barbour County index., 1884-02-08

DIR. Aver adyertlscs his fine hog in anoth-
or column.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-08

The best, most fragrant and sweetest
the Jay-bird five cent cigars. Flemings.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-08

We saw a letter this week from Hon.
Frank Gillett, of Kingman, in which he
stited that he was in full sympathy with
the efforts being made to have all cash en-
tries OF government lands in this section
legalized by act of congress. He stated
that he had appeared before the L. 5. COM
missioner at Wichita for eight parties late
ly arrested iL Kingman county for alleged
violations of the Land laws and that he Sc
cured the release of all the parties.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-08

We are not able to make as favorable a
report on the weather this week as we did
last. The month opened Hp with clear.
warm weather. Last saturday, the End
inst, "ground hog day" was as warm as
May, and the sun was shining, so ii the
grounding did really come ont, he saw his
shadow, unless he was blind, and according
TO the old belief he will not appear again
for six weeks. Sunday night ii hard rain
fell, and before morning the mercury drop
ped considerably and the result was every
thing covered with zee; but by Monday
night this had all disappeared. But little
sunshine has been noticed this week. On
Wednesday night slight fall of snow and
sleet occurred, and this was on the ground
all of yesterday. Cattle are in good con-
dition to stand a spell of bad weather, and
1t might as well come now as any time
Old rdnchmen do not appear alarmed in the
least.
This continual talking about the wealth
er is for the benefit of our patrons away
from here. who are Interested ON this range.
They frequently write here tor information
and we know of no better way of keeping
them enlightened than through the INDEx.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-08
Notice---ReWQrd.


| will pay one dollar per head for notice of
whereabouts leading to recovery, or three dol
lars per head for delivery at my ranch, all cattle
of the brand with metal tag marked w & f
in the - left ear. +. ROCKEFELLER,
Click, Comanche, Co., Kans.
Barbour County index., 1884-02-08

Would announce to the travelling public that
he is now conducting between Medicine Lodge
and Lake City and Sun City, and all intermedi-
ate points, first class stage line.
Leave Medicine Lodge on Tuesdays Thurs
days and Saturdays ut O'clock A. N.
Returning, leave Sun City and Lake City on
Mondays, "Wednesday and Fridays.
Am prepared to take passengers to any point
OF the country from Sun City, al reasonable
rates. 4-S
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-08
Ancient Stationery.

Many were the expedients rcsorted to
by the early Greek and Roman scribes
to obtain writing materials. There was
no scribbling paper whereon to iot down
trivial memoranda or accounts, but
pieces of broken pots, crockery, or tiles
were used for this purpose. Fragments
of ancient tiles thus scrubbed on have
been found in many places The island
of Elepbantine, on the Nile, is said to
have furnished more than q hundred
specimens of these memoranda, which
are now in various museums. One of
these IS soldiers leave of absence.
scrubbed on fragment Of an old vase.
Still quainter were the writing materials
of the ancient Arabs, who, before
the time of Mohammed, used to
carve their annals on the shoulder
blades Of sheep; these sheep
bone chronicles" were strung on
together and thus preserved. After q
while sleeps bones were replaced by
sleeps skin. and the manufacture Of
parchment was brought to such perfec-
ton as to place 1t among the refinements
of art. We hear Of vellums that were
tinted yellow. others white; others were
dyed OF q rich purple, and the
writing thereon was in golden ink,
with gold bars and many colored decora-
tons. These precious manuscripts were
anointed with the oil Of cedar to pre-
serve them from moths. We hear of one
such in which the name of Moham-
med is adorned with garlands of
tulips and carnations painted in the
vivid colors. Still more precious was
the silky paper Of the Persians, powdered
with gold, aud silver dust, whereon were
painted rare Nominations, while the
book was perfumed with altar of roses
or essence Of sandalwood OF the de-
mand for writing material one may form
some faint notion from the vast manu-
script Libraries. Of which records have
been preserved, as having been collected
by the caliphs, both of the East and
West, and the former in Bagdad. the
latter il Andalusia, where there were
eighty great public libraries. beside the
vast one at Cordova. We also hear Of
private libraries, such as that of q physi-
clan who declined an invitation from the
Sultan Of Bokhara because the carriage
Of his books would have required 400
camels.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-08
Responsibility OF Inebrlates.

Doctor T. ID. Crothers describes
the Popular Science Monthly a semi.eo,
scious, trance-like state, which som,
times follows hard drinking. A perso
in this condition may carry on his r.,
ular business, or may perform unusn
acts and even crimes, none of which "
be remembered when he RECEIVERS n
consciousness. Concerning the lee,
treatment of drunkards, Doctor Crothe,
says:
/. 'Tnebriety in oil cases must be q
garded as q disease, and the paties
forced to use means for recovery. nd
the victim of infectious disease, his bel
sonal responsibility is increased, and d
community with him are bound to,ia
sist on the treatment as q necessity.
2. "Inebriety must be recognized as
condition of legal responsibility toll
certain extent, depending on the circuu
stances of each individual case.
3. tAll unusual acts or crimes COZ
mitted by inebriates, either in state
partial stupor or alleged amnesa Tor
of memory (which come under legal reco
milton, should receive thorough study
competent physicians, before legal
sponsibility can be determined.
A. when the trance state is esta
lished beyond doubt, the person is b
physiologically and legally irresponsi
for bis acts during this period. Bute
case should always be determined I'D
the facts Of its individual history.
In the light of science the pres
legal treatment of .inebriety is but lid
else than barbarism. The object Of
law, in punishment, benefits no one,
makes the patient more incurable-a
stroying all possibility Of recovery
return to health again. Inebriety in
form may be no excuse for crime
legal sense, but it is still less an exc
for punishment, which destroys the
tim, or makes him more helpless
hopeless. A vast army of inebris
lowering along these boarder-lands
disease and crime, who are unknd
and unrccognized, except ''as vicious
desperately wicked, are perpet
menace to all progress and civilizaii
unless they can be reached and checI
by rational, effective methods. Ard
luton Of sentiment and practice is
manded. In which the inebriate and
conditions which developed his NAL
shall be understood: then the means
prevention, restoration. and recovery
be applied along the line of natu
laws
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-08

cockatoo Is ever VS. seen to Patti : ~.
ago Cor $3.50. ssa
American robins usually are ann.
ciated most highly in cooked state ~ n.
they IRE susceptible of high derressS y
education. I have one that wh;s,av.l
selections from Fra Diavolo.p vs,"s
him at $50. Ordinarily canaries ara @ s.s
expensive, though very popular pets -.
educated canaries bring high prices - !
have one that have taught to clea,,a
and tasfefully whistle airs from ~
operas. / would not sell him for l.a
than 500.
~ good clear-v histling English blacl
bird Is something Of rarity. LISA q,
handsome bird. and worth from SO !,
SO. a thrush will bring about $40 !
bullhnch owes everything to educatioe
and when he can pipe two airs withm,
making a mistake he ought to sell 4,
$50. lie is q patient learner, and whss
he detects himself in an error he d..
not Immediately correct it. He whistls'
the whole piece over again.
ssThere's an immense variety of almo,,
voiceless small birds that ladies FAM,
and take home with them. You kpOs
there are many persons who like to see n
pretty bird in cage, but 60 distracted
If they hear him sing. One magnihces
singer has only just been introduced her
and IS hardly known at all yet. He NJ
the Mexican canary, and though his not,
is not SO loud as that Of our yellow ne
it is incomparably softer, sweeter, an
even freer. He is small and very hand
some bird, with o yellow head and
black back, notified with white. Thu,
can be bought for about S. each, an
are certain to become great favorites +
America before very long"
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-08
FoR LOVES SAKE

II you had known tho day left you, daar,
With what sal pains quelled the rising tear,
How hard strove with al mialeadinx art,
To hide the impulse Of my breaking hcart.
xon would have spoken words might not
hear.
IIoosed your hand because loved yot1 50.
Loving yor well could not wish yon woe
saved You from yourself, at any cost,
said you should be saved tho sgero
lost.
You called ms heartles All, that bsster,
blow
y harder than all else: for loves dear sake,
! have won loves despite; they do mistake,
Who pray for earth's weak onss; Kervent
and long,
Should be the prayers for those the world
calls strong,
Those sad, brave souls FOR whom Gods heart
must ache.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-08
Household Hfnan.

Boiled starch can be much improved
by the addition Of little sperm o. lit
tie salt. or little dissolved gum arabic.
Did you know that milk which has
turned Or changed, can be sweetened and
made fit for use again By stirring in 4
little soda.
Cold rain water and soap viii take out
machine grease. where other means would
Mt be advisable on account Of colors
running. etc.
Many cooks consider it q great inn
provement upon ordinary apple sauce
which is to be served with roast goose or
with pork. TO rub it through colander
and then beat it with spoon until it is
very light and almost like pulp
White muslin tides with pictures
worked in outline stitch are very pretty,
and one does not tire of them unless the
design be grotesqne. Scroll work is the
best of all, and If the colors be nicely
blended its effect is charming
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-08
Sc Treasures.

The list Of the treasures lost in The
would, indeed, be long and me
cho'v one, instancing for example
Madagascar from Australia, which
the early days Of the gold fever y
having on board the precious yellow
in enormous quantity, was never q
Of, and left not even the faintest cla
speculation az to her fate. And in
years the Thunderer, steamer from
cutta to China, with some 500
worth Of silver, destined never to
the expectant consignees was supp
to be lying abandoned among the
sandbanks af the mouth of the Hoe
river, but, in spite Of rumors, never
seen there. These are instances o
many. Of treasures never heard OF.
wreck Of the Royal Carter steamer
Australia, lost in a frightfuI gale q
Angelsea coast in October, 1850,
some es00,0 900 Of gold on board
doubtless occur to the readers
coupled as It was with such lam
bic loss Of life. Ia this case. haPF
great deal Of treasure was recoverea
sequently, but there IS still a fOrtuD
at MOelfra for the fortunate being
can find It. In old days Vigo Ds
always an attractive sound to 2
seekers from the reported weal'
beard the Spanish feet DESTROYED
"a 1862 b. Sir g. Rookie. but the
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-08
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.


An excellent whitewash for fences and
buildings 10 made ~ follows: Slack half
. busheI Of fresh lime in barrel with
boiling water and cover il meanwhile to
keep II the heat. Afterward strain
Through fine sieve and add che follow
ing: Seven pounds d salt dissolved il
hot water, three pounds Of ground rice
boiled TO thin paste, one-half pound Of
Spanish whiting. one pound Of clean
glue which has been dissolved in water
and boiled; finally, five gallons Of hot
water, and stir we'll Keep It covered
for few days. When used Il should be
made and kept hot. One pint covers q
square yard For dark brown color
and burned lumber. Nep Fork Times.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-12-08
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS

With the drunlxard life is reel.
A last resort-The cobbler's shop.
An open question Who viii shut the
doorg
A sound reason-A fog-horn conclu-
sion. Neso Yorb journal.
LucIfsr is the name Of Kansas paper.
Who dares make light of its
A provisional request-"G imme some
thin'to eat. -" Marathon Independent.
A tie game Pretty girls begging gem
tIemen's neckwear for crazy quilts
New York Journal.
The girl who is looking for a place in
church choir must have the key to the
situation. Boston Budget.
"a train behind time,v remarked
Jones, seeing an elderly maiden tricked
out In full lowing robes. Philadelphia
Neps.
NY bow is all unstrung,: warbles q
lair poetess. Wonder If her bean had
been out on o racket Darlington Free
Press.
That's very musical bird. . said the
groceryman, pointing to an ant that was
running upand down the scales Boston
Times.
You may fool your friends with cheap
silver plated ware, but you can't fool 3
burglar Ho won't touch it, kilddel-
phiu Call.
Why Is cornet player like signal
service storm observers One blows the
notes, and the other notes the elbows. ?
JSn00.
Bridal cakes arc sometimes Kept for
fifty or q hundred years, and nc wonder.
Il the bride makes it herself shc does not
want to throw it away, and nobody will
eat It. Philadelphia Call.
A Fifth avenue New Yorker keeps
COW IN his back yard, and up TO date
452 milkmen have been spotted peeping
over the back fence to see what the ami.
NAL looks like. LososU Citizen.
Il is said that the grasshopper has pro-
portionally one hundred and twenty times
the kicking power Of d man. Nature
evidently did not intend to have grass
hoppers sleep two bed. Bufliagtoa Free
Pros.
Ouida says: = girls love must never
be begged, but conquered That's all
very well, but how to subdue tho thick
soled parcnt Of the period is what's
bothering our young men n0ws San
francisco Post
You'll excuse me, said Fogg TO the
milkman, with whom he had been having
! long discussion, but your arguments
are very unlike your milk. How's
that e. why, they won't hold water
B0slon Transcript.
There il nothing impossible to the
determined spirit. says q philosopher
Evidently that philosopher neves tried
70 reach up behind his shoulder to ret
hold 81 the end of 4 broken suspenaer
Samereills Journal.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-08-29
ACCIDENTS.

RAIN put ont the forest fires near East
Tawas. Mich.
A FIRE has been raging for three days
in Rawa, Il town in Austrian Galicia.
Three hundred houses have been des.
troyed, and 5000 persons are home
less.
G. DEwITr'S barn, five miles from
Eaton Rapids, Mich, was burned, with
two horses, carriages, wagon, grain and
tools. Loss, $500; insured for $3.50.
THURSDAY night fire broke out thirty
miles from Wheeling. in Ohio b. 4. and
c. Road, and before assistance could ar
rive folty-siN houses were consumed.
The loss will amount to $4,000.
THE United States naval steamer Tai
lapooSa. was run into by schooner, off
MATTHIAS Vineyard on the 22nd, and
sunk. Three lives are reported lost, one
being the surgeon of the vessel. She was
on her way To Newport after Secretary
Chandler, ut the time of the accident,
FARAGINo CIIAkoN, a French Cana
dian. sent to state prison i'll Boston
from Taunton. Mass. in 1882, for life
for killing his wife at Fall River, COM
mltted suicide in his cell by cutting
his throat with his knife. He was 30
years of age.
Pollock. WILSON & Sons establish
ment at Sixth and Carr streets, ncin-
natl, for the manufacture of saddlery
hardware and chain, was DESTROYED by
fire Friday morning. Loss, $4,000, in
Sured.
DURING hailstorm Thursday after
noon several houses were struck by
lightning in Lansingburgh, n. y. At
Greenbush lightning struck the house
of Clark Lape, and Miss Ida Lee, one of
the inmates. was badly burned. The
house ot John Mattison, at Cambridge.
was struck. Sarah Allen killed. and a
daughter of Mattison fatally injured.
BY the explosion of steam launch
engaged in the government works in
the river at Memphis, Tenn, Thursday
morning. Paymaster n. Golden was
killed and four other persons serisasly
| scalded.
A FIRE broke out Wednesday in the
Buck Ridge Mine slope, near Shsmokin,
Pa, 1000 feet from the furface, and,
while men were engaged ia drilling a
hole for the purpose of turning creek
into the mine to flood it, gas suddenly
poured in from the burning mine, and
before they could escape seven men fell
victims to the deadly vapor.
BESIDES the loss of property by the
| fire at the Abdallah Park stables, James
Homan, employed in the stables lost his
life, and w. h. Wilson, owner of the
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-08-29
Growing PansieS.
Germantown Telegraph.

This is one of our most popular
flowers, and though it is popular and
to be found in most gardens, compar-
atively few people understand its pro-
| per cultivation with a view of obtain
| ing the finest flowers They will go
into the grounds of the florist and
/ express amazement at the great size
and beauty of the pansies they see
there, will forthwith purchase a sup
ply for their own planting, and will
be charmed with them, and be deter
mined to grow the same on their own
premises, though their previous
efforts have SO signally failed. When
asked how they had been growing
them. they often reply, 20, | got
some from a neighbor, who has large
beds of them, but they are all 50
small When told that they should
SOW the seed of the finest of those OBJ
tanned from the florist as soon as the
seed was maturcd-say, some time in
August-and that that was the only
way to have fine, large flowers, the
idea was jumped at. That is the way
tc get them. Every August the seed
of the largest and most desirable
shauld be sown, and the old ones dug
up and thrown away. And we should
say that this is easy enough to do
when it is once known. In the win
ter the plants should be lightly COW
cred. There are new pausies adver
tised every gear, but any one, grow
ing them carefully and taking, as we
say, the seed from the best every
year, will be as likely as anybody TO
have large new kinds, and will thus
save the expense of purchasing them,
which, at most, last only for single
blooming.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-08-29
Flower Garden and Lawn.
American Agriculturist

Do not NOW the lawn too often in
hot and dry weather. Keep the mar
gins of beds, cut in lawns, well de-
fined. Run a sharp spade into the
soil, along the margins of the beds, to
cut off grass roots.
Ribbon or other beds planted in de-
signs need care to keep the lines be-
tween the kinds Of plants distinct,
and all at uniform height; this may
be done by pinching and the use of
the knife.
Sticks and strings will be needed by
dahlias, gladiolus, and other tall
plants. Keep the supports out of
sight.
Remove flowers and fow er-ciustcr2
as soon as they commence to fade,
unless seeds are to be saved.
As soon as flowers on the summer
blooming roses fall, cut back the
shoot to strong bud.
Chrysanthemumssh should be brought
into shape by pinching. When buds
are formed, pot those intended for
house blooming. Look out for cater
pillars and plant-lice
Lilies, especially the tall growers,
may need stakes. II thin spots ap-
pear on the leaves, a caterpillar will
be found on the under side. If seeds
are not wanted, cut awsy the young
pods
Carnations, to bloom in winter,
should have flower stems cut away as
they appear.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-08-29
Early Days In Australia.
New York Star.

Lord Bradbourne, after many years
collecting, has brought together a
series of papers relating to the early
history of Australia. These have been
purchased by the New South Wales
government. The batch consists
mainly of letters, formerly in the
possession of Sir Joseph Banks, long
president of the Royal society. and
deeply interested ia New South Wales
since he accompanied Capt. Cook in
the discovery of that country. The
letters cover period between 1772
and 1915 Among them are letters OF
Capt. Cooks, his companion Capt.
Clark, and many from later discover
ers and visitors to the new lands.
Especially remarkable are a series
that depict the last days of the great
navigator.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1884-08-29
FROM THE CAPITAL.

| IT is thought that the Hoq. r. f.
Crowell, Of Minnesota, Deputy Sixth
Auditor, will he promoted to fill the
vacancy caused by the death of Mr..
| Ella
| The body of a man with a bullet
| in his abdomc was found at Little
| Falls, N. j., Thursday. and from papers
| in his possession he IS supposed to be
Samuel Lavner, q jew ish rabbi, belong
ing to Oh cago.
| A REPORT has b1en received at the
treasury department from Lieut.. Hcaly
| giving the details of the cruise of the
| revenue steamer Corwin in Behring's
sea and the Arctic oceans, from June 8
tor July "a. He made diligcnt search
| for the schooner Alaska, which sailed
! from Goodwin bay for San Francisco III
| October, 1888, and says there can be EO
doubt of her loss, with all the passen-
gers and crew. Capt. Healy suggests
the establishment of life-saving sta
tion at Point Barron for the benefit of
the American vessels that frequent the
Arctic ocean during the whaling sea-
son.
THE probabilities of war between
France and China create considerable
discussion here as to the effect it will
have upon American commerce with
China. A gentlema. who is thoroughly
posted on this subject stated to re-
porter Friday that such war would
prove of great advantage to the United
States by increasing the demand for all
kinds of manufactured goods, hereto
fore supplied through French agencies.
China will embargo the importation of
French COOS. China will also need
munitions of war and commissary, sup
plies which can be transported from
New York to San Francisco and thence
to China by the Pacific Mail and Acct
dental steamship lines. China would
continue to purchase of England az lcng
as the trade is safe, but her natural
high way is by way of the Pacific to San
Francisco.
ASSISTANT Land Commissioner Har-
riS IN Will early next month 60 to D4-
kota for tho purpose Of looking into
and Strengthening out some surveys of
public land there. 1t seems that parties
whom the government contracted with
a number of years ago to make SURVEYS
of public lands in Dakota made returns
of platS, etc. without really making
the surveys. The result has been great
confusion in that region. Settlers have
taken and located upon lands in ac.
cordance with the fraudulent surveys,
and now the fratd on the surveyors is
developed by the complications arising.
Instead Of doing the work the old con-
tractors simply looked at the lands.
drew lines made field notes, etc, and
sent the work to the department.. The
government had no means Of knowing
the pretended survey was Il fraud, and
it proceeded upon it in good faith.
Now the boundary lines of the different
sections are complicated, titles confus.
ed etc, and Mr. Harrison and Major
Baxton are going out to straighen the
matter UD