Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1885-01-16

"a colorcd family fn Georgia are
handicapped BY having ak fingers 10
Workers IN bieachcries whero
chlorine is largely used are sin1ularly
exempt from all germ diseases. hsit
suffer from special ailments induced by
inhaling that gas. ,.s.
The Eoston Commonwealth saws
that there are now . larger number of
Young persons from all parts of tho
country Studying music IN that city
than has ever been known before.
"A burglar who went into house
In East 81. Louis 20 do a little busfnose
complains that. he was held sup by ths
owner and robbed of SIS and q rold
watch. Thing Is sworkin' y asuund
all right. -" Detroit Free Press s.sFs
,a--The bnrrashuta, = carniycrous fiy
heretof re contined to South America,
has niade its appearance in, Florida.
It's bite. though not poisonous. is pain
fl.l, an thc 10 OF blood comparatively
great. k'-@ &C - -
-ln the province Of saa Pedro, Bra
zil the destructi0a 'd sH eucalyptus
trees ha been ordcfed 10 appexrs that
the tree favors the gcne-ation of q tor
ribly dangerous dragon fly. which at-
tacks NIL living creatures, and whose
sting il fatal withiA few minutes.
That is u fine social feeling which
causes the man To keep carrixee Who
can not Keep his family, put .up coats
OF arms when he can hardly keep arms
to bis coats, aud induces the cashier or
bookkecper TO enter into secret part
ncrship with hisemploycr. IN. Y. Sia~.
The alarmist views as to the In.
crease of insanity. which have lately
been forced into prominence. are not
countenancod by the Commissioners In
I.unacy Of England. They state Ia
their report that the apparent increase
is due almost wholly 10 accumulations
In asylums of tho chronic insane.
"A citizen of Burlington. Me-, manv
years ago promised his sons that IL they
would abstain from the use of liquor
and tobacco until they were twcnty-ono
Years of age he would give them each
five hundred dollars on their twenty
first birthday. The e:der son attained
his majority recently. and, having faith
fully carried out his part of tho agree
ment, his father presented him with fiye
hundred dollars. = Boston Journal.
Our scientific visitors will hardly be
able 10 re 'ogaize tho Canadian snow
shoe idiot in his summer clothes, but no
Is here all the same. We mcan the indi-
vlt!i.al who has himself photographed
in fur cap, great-coat and. snOwshoes
Whenever he wants to send = picture to
his friends across the Atlantic. His
idiotic practice has had no little effect
in giving to the Old World false Inn.
prcs,ions of the Canadian climate and
the Canadian poople.-7orontO Globe.
-..:Subscriber" asks for directions
for ebonizing wood. The following re-
ceipt Is used by = furniture manufao.
turcr, and is said to be- entirely satisfac-
'ory: Logwood chips. eight ounces;
water. 4. g.; coppcras, half an ounce;
boil the logwood in one gallon Of water
or half an hour, and add the copperas.
Apply to the wood hot. giving two OF
three coats. In vanishing ebonized
wood little "drop-black" must be
added. or the yaruish Is almost certain
to give brown shade. Y. Post.
A funny incident recently occurred
In the New York Opera House after the
performance of the play ''The Pulse of
New York" The final curtain was
rung down. but the audience sat com.
placcntly and made no movement 70
leave the house, being unaware that the
play was ended. In this embarrassing
situation, nothing was left the manager
but to announce that the play sd come
to an end. He might have recited
Thackeray's verses. beginning Tho
play Is done.''--Ncw York. San &s
- DIR. George T.. Post. medical mis-
sionare from America TO Beirut, Syria.
has acquired on ehviable reputation for
skill among the Turkish officers, and
wo,dd have large income if he was
willing to receive pay for his services,
But his work il almost wholly among the
very poor. His npmerou: text books OF
medicine and surgery arc printedin Ar
atic, and he IS now prepsriRg work
descriptive OF the flora OF Palestine and
Syria. which is said to be the first work
OF the kind on this subject in any Ian
guage.