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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-14


The other night policeman who was
patrolling Grand River avenue and try
ing the doors Of business houses came
TO grocery and found the door I'M
locked and the key In the lock. He
sprung the bolt, put the kew
in his pocket1 and : saunfercd on,
and in the course of an hour found op-
portunity to send word and the key TO
the house of the proprietor. He didn't
expect any particular praise for his
action. but he was hardly prepared for.
the storm. which soon swooped down
upon him. The grocer himself, with
battered hat, torn coat and two fingers
bleeding. suddenly appeared before him
and said:
of I've any influence in this town
I'll have you Oh the force inside Of two
daysl'' n Is ac,,,4 .;s..s.. -,
why. what's the matterp',
Matter? Ask me what's the matterp
Oh! III fix your & s's
FOR what? For finding your store
unlocked and sending the key. 10 your
housep',
eyes, sir! Twas down there hunting
up-mustard for . sick child at horue'
and what do yon do but lock me in and
promenade off?'' -..5.
lis il possibleP''
..And there Two been for an hour az
more, and would be vet Il I hadn't
crawled through cellar Window Obi
~ Lay Tor you. old guardian Of the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-14
PERSONAL AND LITERARr.


Carrie Wilcox, of Bradford, Pa, re-
bounced her religion to marry her He
brew lover.
Andrew G. BOYD, of Hagerstown.
Md. whipped al editor for calling him
a"penny-a-liner.'
"A novel is being written in England
by nine different persons, the object
being to give individuality to each char
acter.
Mrs. Susan Fenimore Cooper, n
daughter of the novelist, is educating
one hundred orphans at her home, in
Cooperstown. n. " ~ ast
l--B. p. Shillabcr, better known as
Mrs. Partington, is now over seventy
years of age, and lives quietly in Chei-
sea, Mass, occasionally writing for the
press. So ss7
Chinese Gordon, as is we'll
known. is man of profound religious
convictions, and studies the Bible with
an enthusiasm that is usually supposed
to belong to the tEeologian more that to
the soldier.-N T. Post.
Mrs. Joseph Cook, of Boston-wife
of the reverend Joseph has entered the
lecture field, taking for her theme.
" The Temples and Tombs of Hin
dostan." and illustrating her remarks
with stereopt;con views. --Bosion Post.
Henry Ward Beeeher in his new
lecture, "Thc Circuit of the Continent. :"
boasts little. 1t is descriptive of his
trip last summer across the Northern
boundary, down the Pacific coast, and
back by the Gulf and Southern Atlantic
States. He travelled 1860 miles, re-
turned upon the very day set. had
seventy-five appointments, and filled
every one o. them.-BrooEiyn Eagle
:" Extra Billy" Smith, the veteran
Ex-Governor of Virginia, has written to
relative in Troy, n. Y. giving a
synopsis of the events of his life. In
the letter. he finds occasion to say:
Although / Shave with my fight and
write with my left hand, | vet am SO
nervous in both that write with great
labor and difficulty" He was born
two Years before the dc tn of General
Washington. Times.
Bishop George F. Pierce. of the
Methodist Church South; celebrated his
golden wedding recently ct Atlantis,
Ga. He was one of the first members
of the Georgia; Conference, which was
organized in 1891. In speaking of his
early labors, he said: my home seemed
tn be constantly in the saddle. |
preached twenty.four sermons every
twenty-eight days, besides sermons on
extra occasions, such as weddings,
funerals and household services In
1889 Bishop Pierce was appointed
President of the first female college in
the world, situated at Macon.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-14
THE AFTER.DIYHER oRAroR.

Tie s.ts amid the s1cial thronG.
A Rioomy, silcut mani
lie scarrciy once has sTpokc OF smllcd
Since nrst the feast began.
We seems u sufferer uudor some
Mysterious. cruel ban.
The -oup ha-pss-cd uatased By
n was not 20 his wis1s
lie taxes no Interest IN the plate
That bears zee OF rsh: ...I
rho same IL subsequently true
OF cvury other dish.
In yaip the laiy At his siIc
Ter Kindness would display;
lie hiaukiv looks her in the face.
Aud nothing has 20 sav.
Or answers. ~ he speaks ~ al.
some Inappropriate va.
The hand strikes up = merry tunc;
IL only makes him Fruani
A vice OF mOckinK Laughter seems
To sound in esery toncs
b Iicl ~" ronarks the ncndish flute:
Hoi hoi the deep Z oinhonii
A speaker rises row tospcax
With clio tuCnCc ana wit:
Hi- every No 4 draws smiles or tcara
OR thuudcrs iOtcr o.,
That writhing man in agOuv
Morv dreadful acc NJ o. 4.
Elch moment his sad spirit seems
Ia dcbpvr CO .Iths 10 sax:
30 fain wonld lake n Kla OF uifc:
nut no. n max not drink!
He mu.tcru. Wine o. MT friend
To IN Jught; aud must thinA!'
Omcmery. mother OF thu Musc!
How drar at thou 20 cuth
And Whit voc invudc the soul
when thou art out OF rcachl
This naples vr Itch has got O. speak
And has fofEOt his speech.
hut fate will never pause for Woe:
And Pate. n accents 'frim
That Issue from tn cdalfm ms lips,
soon tnnkf's u oM fec him
AZ " the table ucrcF s.rcan.
The faces seem % swim
lie feels moro like "a drown taan swim.
Nc clutches M q chair;
With trembling nngUrs he essiys
To smooth his startled hair,
And then. WIZ oil his might and main,
Assumes ~ ctsy air.
BE sayr he sou,d have been prepared
~ they Lad ict him know:
Nut catching here tac Chalrnans eye
Vie lcte that sta'Cment 20.
And nFyn tho chairman u his friend,
II lie may call him sol
Re pau ac-. and 10 pas the tImo
Repcets a.snln the sime:
lfe HioNs nut NOT with heat pro iuccd
by tho right kini OF tame.
EUr osplntiou be has yUarnod.
Aud pcrspiratiOn came
Al. yea! that story that had seemed
80 Humorous 10 hifn Orsti
he tells. ~. lJatinE cat the point
An DutiinR WONG end INST.
OF al t1C failures IL the nRht,
MCthinks this Is the wort!
he kindly listeners say: Here. hear
when he II most distressed:
And where his afOry'a point should hc,
~ near az can bc gucssed.
Ihoy spread hugh. Ike charity.
THAI cOvvrs al thc rvst.
Al last he tskrs hls aeat. Put 10.
What won iruus chanre u thisy
N smiles h. Elps. he chats. he seems
No ohancc OF mirth to miss:
Ia abort. the into unhappy man
IL bcaminv nov With bliss.
Unto hls IN ly's sDft remarks
We rnily answers hack.
SAYS she; a diuner srcoch must lie
A torturu like t,e rack
" ~ uo, says no. ITS tiof ~ hartI
Hhen 0ncs H,H hsr utc hEacIr'
-h""stfT W. RdHm0Hf, IN The CoHiineHA
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-14
Last "reminiscences OF Anthony Troll
Va lOpes

IT was at the close of a lively morn
log visit that he first told one of his
greatest friends that his life was in
danger, saving in the most converse
tional tone, II hare Ind a terrible YER
dict pronounced against me since saw
you last. They saw have got angina
pectoris. 4 am TO eat and drink, and
get up and sit down at my peril, and
may drop down dead at any moment"
He subsequently consulted DIR. Murrell,
the well-known authority on angina
pectoris, who did not indorse the YER
dict, bat found that his heart was weak
and that hard work had made an old
man of him. For more than a year he
remained under the same medical care,
and got comparatively well. He was
enabled to resume his favorite exercise,
and his usual animated life, being, how.
ever, fairly warned. and that impress
lively. that he must neither overwork nor
overexert himself. The Injunction was
perfectly vain. He was extraordinarily
impatient and reckless of his own con-
dition; would still dash out of railway
carriages before the stopping of the
train, would hurry in and out of cabs,
and give way in all things to his usual
impetuosity. The end was grievous as
IL was sudden, and is briefly described
in the preface: '4On the evening of the
Sd of November, 1882, he was seized
with paralysis of the right side, ac-
companied by loss of speech. His mind
also had failed. though at intervals his
thoughts would return to him. After
the first three weeks these lucid inter
walls became rarer. but It was AWAY
very difficult 20 tell how far his mind
was sound or how far astray.''s He was
moved from the rooms in Suffolk street.
which he had taken as soon as it was
decided that he could not live ut Hart
ing, and where tho doors were bcsiegee
with anxiotisly inquiriDg visitors. TO :
quiet house in Welbeck street, where
be died nearly i've weeks from the
night Of his attack. The wish he hac
expressed so strongly in his days oi
health and strength was granted. Tn
power of work was over. and be WA
taken from the world In which. accord
ing to bis own view. there could be m
longer any joy.--zsnpls Bar
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-14
HUMOROUS.

"A smooth sidewalk is thing 90 ne
desired and is generally approved, but
people are apt TO get down on slippery
pavement.
-Paradoxical as it may appear. the
law prohibits keeping men in lunatic-
dsyluuis when it is admitted that they
are insane.
The greatest oleomargarine fraud
yet perpetrated is the labelling the buck
cts with ferocious- looking billy-goat
to indicate genuine butter atlanta
Constitution.
"A freshman wrote home to hi faith.
err: Dear papa: ] want a little
change The paternal parent replied:
Dear Charlie: just wait for it. lime
brings change to everybody C1licge
Journal.
LET us play we are married." said
little Edith, "and / will bring my dolly
aid Say: see baby. papa?''' ayes"
replied Johnny, lard Twill say: Don't
bother me now; want to look through
the paper. 'n-Punci. -
81 say, Jenkins. can you tell a
youfS; tender chicken from an old.
tough oneP" "Of course I cam
"Well, how?" BY the teeth" s-Chick-
ems don't have teeth" mo, but /
have. "-Harttord Times.
"A writer on electricity lucidiy OBJ
serves that.ia cufrent Of ono ampere
results when one volt passes through q
conductor offering resstance of one
ohm" We don't see how it could do
otherwise. - Norris 'own Herald.
The father gazed ut the triplets, tile
first born. snugly reposing in the Graz
die, and remarked to the nurse: care
they boys or girls?'' .'4All girls, the
little dears. What treasures they arer''
Yes. little fortunes. as it were; little
Miss-fdrtunes. - Detroit Free Press. 3
A young man who had been going
with Vermont girl for some time, and
had made her several presents, asked
her one day il she would accept a
puppy. He was awful mad when size
replied that her mother had told her, if
he proposed to her, to say no. - BurliaJ-
ton Free Press. -
A Cool Conundrum.
Carfst thou not tel the diTeranee''-
Said Yeast the other night
Twixt clcnr ard running watcr-
And when Its frozen tiybt?" :.
can.r his wife made answer
I'll tell you in trice-
The ones a flow of water ''iI'- -
The o.her q foe OF ice'' .7 ie
-YOnkers Stdtesn.dA
Ibid You hear the news about
Blimffier?h inquired De. Smythe of
O'Jenks this morning. mo- What's
happened to him. old boyP'' Commit.
led Involuntary, suicide before break
fast" lyon dent tell me! How?"
HE swallowed four gallons and half
of fog, and died In the blessed hope OF
sunshine beyond.n ~..Good morning.
Hartford Post. iiot
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-14

,r; IA witness was objected 20 in the
Baltimore, Md, on account ~ hi- ~
iglous belief The presiding Justice
salo that the Constitution of the STAT
provides that q witness sb.iI hsi,.-. 4.
,Sbs, ~. uoes not undertake, to define
$50 - = meant y that word II q man
$3.50 es J. 70 moral responsibility and 9
s'sm o. rewards and punishments il
ms MS woria OF one 70 come. he e q com,
s'sn. wi,ness The witness said tbas
~ .ssr Slo 80 believe. and TIE Judge sid.
nee you are a. competent witnass
As any man IN Aarylaad' y
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1884-03-14

"A writer h the Earpsers' journal
says an animal should b fattened but
once
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-04-05
FARM AND PRESIDE.

Bee hives should be raised occa-
sionallv in the winter. and the dead
bees and dirt swept out.-Erchange.
If potatoes are to be cooked in
their Jackets, coarse cloth put into
the water to rub them with, not only
makes them cleaner, but saves time
and the hands.-7roy Times.
The want of pure and fresh water
accounts in many instances for the lack
of eggs during the winter season.
Fowls require a constant supply of
water. and without it will not lay
Prairie Farmer.
Feeding baby: Young mothers
may not be aware that if the point of
the spoon be held against the roof of
the mouth it is almost impossible for
the child either to choke or eject the
iluid.-The household.
An exchange recommends the fol-
lowing as an unfailing remedy for
"splinth in horses: Take oil of amber.
oil of spike. spirits of turpentine, equal
quantity of each. Apply twice a day
and grease with little lard.
Sauce for Game or Poultry: Put
into a stewpan and set on a slow fire 4
quarter of a pint of vinegar, three table.
spoonfuls of olive oil, u bunch of sweet
herbs. and spice to taste. Add to the
whole some good gravy, and serve hot.
boston Globe.
The fact has long been well known
that wood ashes placed in kegs or
wooden boxes and set in wooden out
ha hi
rven many hours afterward. Hence the
Importance of putting such ashes in
iron vessels, and of storing in buildings
Of masonry.
1T is, the american Cultirat0r says,
fact that the wheat crop in some of
the older States is now twice and often
three times as large per acre as it was
fifteen years ago. 1t ascribes this inn
provement largely to the buying of
superphosphates and other commercial
fertilizers.
Soda water: For the syrup take
two pounds sugar, two ounces tartar
ic acid; over this pour three pints boil
ing water. When cool add whites of
three eggs beaten stiff, one-half cup of
flour stirred very smoothly in eggs,
one-half ounce wintergreen or other
f!avoring. Put two tablespoonfuls of
this syrup in glass. fill nearly full of
water, then add one-half teaspoon of
soda.-D Detroit Post.
Lovers Of that sturdy old New
England dish, baked beans, may be
glad to know of a new wrinkle in
preparing it, suggested by Mr.. Phil
brick in the NeW England Farmer. Il
believe" he says, '.if people generally
knew what q delicious dish celery
makes with common baked beans, there
would be larger sale for it. Chop up
the celery fine and mix it with the baked
beans; season with vinegar and mustard
to taste; you will call for second plate
of it every time"
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-04-05
Fertilizing Fruit Trees.

1t appears ut first sight strange
practice to root prune with view to
check luXuriant growth and then to
manure the soil to encourage the tree
To recover its strength by the applica-
ton of fertilizing agent. But this is
the practice that many excellent cult
where root-pruning has been carried
out. The explanation is that root-prun-
ing properly performed only sewers the
largest roots and it is acknowledged
that these large roots are only useful
in promoting an undue luNuriance in
the branches, which, in the case of trees
with limited fruit-bearing surface. is
not desired and therefore their removal
is n necessity. But anything that will
promote the formation of tibrous roots
within reasonable distance of the sur
face is essential to promote fruitfulnesS.
For this purpose many have found. in
dealing with soil that is not naturally
rich, that it is necessary to apply
dressing of farm-yard manure over the
roots TO encourage them to increase in
number and extend in usefulness.
Very much depends upon the char
dctcr OF the SOIL anu the way III WHICH IL
is treated When the soil is good and
deep. and manure is freely applied to it
for the use of vegetable crops grown
near the trees, no surface manuring
will be required. But in the case of
gardens where space is set apart for
fruit trees of this form, and where no
manure is applied for the use of other
crops, it is often necessary to give the
trees the benefit of layer of manure
on the roots Immediately after the root
pruning is completed. The proper way
to apply the dressing is to remove four
or five inches of the soil over the roots
and then lay the manure on them,
placing the soil back again on the top
of it. Unless the soil is very poor and
the growth weak, once in three years
will be often enough to apply the dress
ing. But in an extreme ease it may be
applied annually. In our own case. in
one part of the garden where the soil is
not very good, we find it necessary to
take notice of the growth of trees, and
if we find any OF them not quite so Wig
orous as they should be, we apply the
manure oftener than on the better
ground where the growth is of average
yigor.-EngliSh Gardener.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-04-05
Remarkable HOrse.Flesh.

81 owned horse" said the president
of the horse club, ..that would insist on
walking in the gutter and stopping
whenever pretty girl came along"
Ibid slim own him?" inquired the
coachman
mo. but he might have. He was
the safest beast l ever knew. Let him
see a runaway and bed either stand
stock still or turn around and 90 the
other way. l got him from mounted
policeman.
81 tended horse that was terrible
animal to keep. His shoeing cost SAG
in ten months. Iron was up and the
gelding came from Chicago. In the
next stall there was horse which
always would stop in front of station
house, but would run like mad by every
oyster saloon. He imagined the green
light was red and the red green. We
cured him of his color blindness,
though"
"How?" asked the president, in
credulously.
1--WE painted his oats red and the
whip green. but it killed him, after all.
He finally thought that red was per-
fectly harmless, and one night he
dropped into sewer they were
digging"
"Around on Fifteenth Street." said
the coachman, ''there was a horse you
could take anywhere. You could hitch
him to ocomotive-indeed, 1 once
nearly lost him by doing it. The train
started, but it happened to be on the
Long Island Railroad, and he was a
good 'un. He used to feed from cir
cular manger, and one Fourth of July
he stuck his head into the mouth of =
cannon, pulled it out just in time 10
escape the shot and then stuck it in
again, looking for oats. In spite Of all
his bravery he could never see cow
but the sweat broke out on him and he
trembled all over. Inever could under
stand it until 1 found that he once had
been driven on milk route
The club adjourned after electing
Tom Ochiltree and Gath honorary
members. r Journal.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-04-05
The Kind Of Potatoes for Seed.

The time is arriving when the peri
odical questions which are not and
never will be settled come up for annu-
al discussion. One of these is inn
portant Just now-that Is, what is the
best kind of potatoes for seed. Some
think large ones are the best, some
believe small ones are as good as any,
and others fancy the medium size are
to be preferred. No doubt all are
right, for as small cion grows to be n
large and vigorous tree as quickly as a
large one. and a small bud makes rs
good a branch as large one, so a
small potato, which is really a small
branch or small bud, is as likely to
grow as vigorously and produce as
well as large one. A skillful garden
err once grew more than thousand
pounds of potatoes from one tuber.
He sprouted it in hot-bed in the Win
ter, pulled off the sprouts and ported
them as fast as they grew and were re-
newed from the eyes, and as the young
plants became large enough, they were
made into cuttings and these ported,
and so on until the season for planting
potatoes was over. Several hundred
plants were set out in all, and the prod
uct was the largest ever grown from
one potato. If potatoes can thus be
grown, and rs matter of fact they can,
why cannot very small cutting, or
even the eve itself be planted and pro-
duce a crop? If this, then, can be
done, it certainly seems waste of time
to dispute about the kind of seed that
is best to be used for planting. BIT it
is best to be safe, and it is entirely
safe to choose the very best and sound
est of the medium-sized tubers for
seed; keep them cool and dry, so that
they will not be weakened by sprout-
ing; and then, when the time comes,
plant them in good soil. give them the
!cleanest cultivation, and protect them
from the Colorado beetle.-N. y. Times
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-04-05

Noticing the increase in the lee
lures, papers. addresses. ETC., that are
presented to the pubic by the bright
thinkers of the day upon all sorts of
scientific, economic and literary SUBJ
jects, an exchange remarks that sit is a
comforting set-oif to the intensified
worldline.s of fashionable society, PROV
ing that the butterfly business has not
yet monopolized everything
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-04-05
"A gentleman while passing along a

"A gentleman white passing along a
Hartford tConn.) street recently no.
ticed the singular actions of what first
appeared to be couple of sparrows in
the frozen sleet of the gutter, tied to-
gether. neck and legs. Upon further
examination, however. he discovered
that one bird was feeding the other.
The benevolent bird started off when
the gentleman came too close. and at
tempt d to carry off its helpless conn
panion. but was of course unsuccessful.
1t was n clear case of sympathy for suf-
fcring helplessness; pure bird philan-
thropy.-HartJ0rd Post.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1884-04-05
12J Years Old.

Messrs. Francis Newberry s. Son, LON
don, England, established for 125 years,
write: As testimonial from one of the
old st drug-hous IS in Great Britain, re-
spectins Your household remedy, will no
doubt be of interest to you, we are pleased
to make the statement that we have sold
st. Jacobs Oil with satisfaction to the pub
lie for several years, and t1at owing to tho
extraordinary merits of the article, the de-
mand is continually increasing, and that
We have heard of many favorable reports
regarding its great virtue as a paiE-curing
remedy,