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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-26
SAN CLEMENT ISLAND.
Inhabited by One Man. Twenty Thousan
Sheen and Two Dogs.

Inhabited by One Man, Twenty Thousand
Sheep and Two Dogs.
Franz Morrison has kindly furnished a
reporter with some very interesting facts
concerning certain discoveries on the Island
of San Clement, which lies off the coast
from Laguna some twenty or thirty miles,
says the Riverside (Call Tribune. A party
of gentlemen, among whom was Arthur
Cheatham, of Santa Ana visited the island
by yacht from San Diego Upon arriving
near their destination, said Mr.. Cheatham,
the first thing that attracted especial at
tention was couple of dogs swimming out
from shore to meet them, exhibiting at the
same time unbounded pleasure at seeing
the faces of men once more. The dogs, 1t
was afterward learned. belonged to the old
man of the island, who has lived there con-
tinuously and alone for twenty-six years,
his sole companions being two dogs, a cat
and about twenty thousand sheep which it
is his duty to look after. The sheep are
owned by San Francisco company He told
his visitors that the dogs always exhibit
these signs of delight upon the approach of
callers, and also that they invariably try
to smuggle themselves on board when the
visitors craft leaves They don't like the
solitude well as their master, or else they
banker after a change of diet,
Besides the domestic sheep there are also
good many wild sheep and foxes TO be
found on the island, while around the
shores great numbers OF fish, seals, etc.
disport themselves. The size and beauty
of the shells found on the shores are most
extraordinary. All colors and sizes of
abalone and other varieties lie in heaps
Some of the specimens brought home by
Mr. Cheatham are most beautiful.
Another gentleman of the party secured
a couple of very handsome leopard seal
skins
OF all he'many strange discoveries made
by the party on the island, which seemed to
be land of wonders, none was 50 startling
as their coming suddenly upon level sort
of plain, which was strewn with the skele-
tons of abort five hundred human beings
They lie scattered about In promiscuous
manner. which suggests that the whole lot
must have been suddenly at once killed.
They were apparently Indians, and the
place where their remains now lie is a
veritable valley of bones"
The island itself is about twenty-eight
miles long, and has a width of several
miles. There are no trees of any sort TO be
found, and the sheep subsist largely upon a
sort of sage grass or bush. There is no
spring water on the island, that very neces-
sary item being supplied from a large
natural basin IN which sufficient rain is
caught to supply the needful in that hne.
Mr.. Cheatham was very enthusiastic
over what he saw, and declared that moth
ing would please him more than to spend
several months exploring this terra inoog-
nita.
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TO MAKE cnolce between them. One Off
cious friend told him to take the heart of an
onion and make poultice of it. After
using mp nearly bushel of onions he found
no relief, when another friend suggested to
him that If he tried plaster of soft soap and
salt mixed it would cure him in one night.
He tried it and thought he would die before
morning. At the break of the next day he
thought his hand would be burned off
from bathing the member in boiling milk,
the remedy presented by some one else.
Another told him to try poultice of witch
hazel, but he found no relief The last
"home remedy he tried was recommended
by an old lady whose husband, she said. had
a carbuncle just like his, and this cured him.
1t was to place the inside skin of an egg on
the carbuncle and hold it in place until dry.
He 3ried it, but it nearly unbalanced his
mind At last he sought a doctor, who,
upon close examination, said it ought to
have been lanced a week before, and, suit
ing the action to the word, cut it open. He
felt immediate relief, and that night he en-
ioyed sound sleep for the first time in
nearly three weeks.
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AN AUTHORS DILEMMA.
Obliged to Sit and Hear a Woman BE
little His Novels.

Obliged to Sit and Hear a Woman Be-
little His Novels.
A writer in the Pau Mall Gazette tells the
following amusing story about Will1ie Col
Inns: Mr.. Collins, some years since was a
guest at large dinner party The master
of the house presented him to the lady
whom be was to escort to dinner, saying
soto voce: "There's devilish good din
ner to-day; leave it to the lady to do all the
talking" Unfortunately, in the confusion,
neither had caught the others name When
they had arrived at the second act in the
drama Of dinner-the fish act-the lady
began to talk Of novels.
"To man who has been hard at work
all day writing novel;" says Mr.. Collins,
" this interesting subject fai especially
IN the hands OF amateurs-to produce the
efervescent freshness that stimulates the
mind. l listened languidly The lady's
method of criticism divided the works of
my colleagues into books that she liked and
books that she hated. On NV side / made
such polite answers as are consistent with
proper attention TO ones fish, and l really
thought we three-I mean the lady, the fish
and the present writer-were getting on
very well, when she turned on me like a
person inspired by new idea, and said: Il
hope you don't like Wilkie Collins novelist
The envIable faculty which can say the
right thing on the spur of the moment is
possessed by few people, and am not one
OF that qulck-witted minority. The nearest
visible refuge could see presented itself
under the form of prevarication l had
only to remember that / had written the
novels and the reply was obvious: j
haven't read them"
The talk then flowed into other channels
and all seemed well. But black care pur-
sued Mr.. Collins and finally fixed upon him
n the drawing ROOM when we left the
drawing rOom,n remarked the hostess,
''the lady you took down to dinner men
toned you to me as a pleasant, intelligent
sort OF man. didn't catch the name,"
she saId, ''when your husband introduced
US; who is he!' / innocently told her who
you were, and provoked, to my utter amaze
ment, an outburst of Indignation 1t seems
that she had expressed an opinion about
your books. Mr.. Collins and his hostess
laughed, but the serious part of it was still
70 come. "A wellbred man." the angry
lady said, ''yFould have mentioned his
name.n Mr.. Collins thought this was a
matter of opinion, and persisted in claiming
tor himself the modest merit of good inten-
tions. He wished TO save the lady enbar.
rassment he said; bat he does not saw
whether ne succeeded in making his peace
with her or not. The curious thing was
mat waen azka1 by the hostess why she
aisllked Mr. Collins book, the reply was !:
: 'eOh, how should [ know.r Mr.. Collins has
subsequently discovered that in this respect
she formed one Of a numerous class OF
u,.aslarg
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SHE HAD IT PLANNED.
When Woman Maps Out Her Programme
She Follows LII.

When Woman Maps Out Her Programme
She Follows 1t.
The female mind is largely given to su-
perstitions, and, says the Boston Courier,
Its ways are past finding out; but perhaps
none Of its eccentricities are more remark
able than its reverence for the mysterious
process which is called planning" y
When woman is found to be following
course of action in despite of all reason,
eXpediency and common sense, it is usually
safe to decide that if she were asked why
she does so, the answer would be: "Well,
you know, l had planned it,"
a few instances will illustrate what is
meant. We saw young lady the other
day coming home in a drenched and drab-
bled condition after days shopping in
dreadful rain When asked why she had
chosen this particular day she acknowl-
edged that another would have done as
well, but. she added, with the air of one
who settles every thing by advancing an
unanswerable argument: "But, then,
had planned to go to-day" Another wom-
an laid out in her mind scheme of attend
ing garden party in a new gown TO be
procured for the occasion, although she was
at the time much out of health. She OBJ
tanned the material for the dress, made an
appointment with the dress-malxer, and ac-
cSpleu Tue lnNlLaI1On Wnlcn she mad received.
Her husband demonstrated. Her physi
clan positively forbade her making the
attempt. but she persevered up to the point
of falling in dead faint under the hands of
the dressmaker while trying on her gown.
The disappointment of missing the fete
seemed TO trouble her little. but she was
deeply afflicted to have failed in carrying
out her plan. II had it all planned OUT
she said. pathetically. land l went till /
dropped" OF course she was assured that
nothing more could have been expected,
though why it was necessary to proceed to
such eXtremities in a matter about which
she really cared so little remains an in
scrutable mystery.
1t is perfectly idle to demonstrate or to
reason with woman who has come under
the influence of the mysterious fetch of
planning" She is no longer responsible
for her actions, but is swayed by the power
of superstition too highly to be wlthstood.
When once the zeal of inner appreciation
the oath before the inner duties of the fem
mime mind-has been placed on any project,
however tri1ing, no considerations have
weight to restrain woman from following
it. She will go
Through hush, through brake.
Through flood, through fire,
and when a woman once says she has
planned" thing it is just as well to give
her her head at once and abandon all hope
OF stopping her, unless one IS prepared to
go to the extent of a strait jacket and the
padded cell
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-26
MOTHER RIckERpYkE.
An Old Army Nurse Who Is Almost W,
shipea by Western Veterans.

AA cid army nurse Who Is Almost Wur.
shipea by Western Veterans.
"Gentlemen in the rear of the house niust
come TO orderl 1t is impossible to TRANSACT
business in this confusioni'' shouted the
president of the Soldiers convention In To-
peka, Kan, rapping vigorously with his
gaveL But fifty voices shouted, in expia-
nation: Mother Bickerdyke is herePs
Inc announcement brought every man to
hls feet; cheers rang through the hall, ana
tnere was an end to all business until tho
boys had welcomed their old army nurse.
why, boys, how you behaver' she ex-
claimed, trying to release herself from
gray-haired men who were hugging and
Kissing her. The feeble, white-h haired,
crippled Old woman to whom the boys gave
this more than royal welcome, was one OF
the most heroic, enthusiastic, self-sacrific-
ing and original of the women who took
care of the sick and wounded of the Union
army. She gave herself to the "boys in
blue" and they loved her.
That homely figure clad In calico.
>-s1rfpped in shawl and surmounted with A
Shaker bonnet is more to this army than
the Madonna to Catholicl', exclaimed AN
officer, pointing to Mother Bickerdyke. as
she came out of the Sanitary Commission
headquarters in Memphis, laden with hos
pital supplies. To the army Of the West
In My Story of the War; Mrs. Liver
more tells several anecdotes illustrative of
the Mothers" original methods and pow-
erful influences, one of which is as follows:
Between the military authorities and
the Mother there was harmony, and they
gave her any aid she asked for But sha
she was not unfrequentlyat at variance with
the surgeons and medical directors AZ
Memphls young army surgeon was med
lcal director. He was able and punctilious.
but he did not approve of the Mother. be,
cause she would not revolve in the orbit
he had marked out for her.
"Once, in passing through a hospital
ward, he espied half-dozen hard boiled
eggs under sick mans pillow. They had
been placed there by Mother Bicker-
dykes orders, because the sick soldier. he
ing babyish, found comfort in fondline
them-and in thinking he might eat them
when well enough.
Take those eggs into the kitchen. will
not have hens nest under patients
pillow ordered the medical dictator.
The sick soldier was so weak that be
cried over his loss, which a nurse imme.
dlately reported to Mother Bickerdyke. who
caught up large pail of eggs, strobe into
the ward, and said to the medical director.
Doctor, what harm does it do to humor q
SICK man in an innocent fancyl Let this
ooy nave the eggs where he can see them.
Ihere, John, there's a whole pailful of eggs,
pushng them under his bed, and you NAV
keep them there until they hatch if you've
q mind to-
She walked out of the ward The doc
TOR dld not choose to answer her; but the
eggs were not again removed
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-26
Quick umhrena Making.

Not improved workmanship but rapidity
IS the Distinguishing fe2ture Of the me-
chaaicsi ARTS and trades nowadays An in
stance Of tais was Noticeable in the expert
ence Of a lady who went into an umbrella
makers store and asked for an umbrella
OF peculiar size and make, which she
wanted 20 take with her at once to Liver
pool Inc dealer did not have Que in
sock, but said he could make one IN short
order i she would yais. She sat down in
anticipation OF dreary afternoon. but in
precisely twenty-five minutes departed
with the flashed article. 1t had been made
up entire from the raw materials.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-26
How to Kcen Cider sweet.

The best aud only method Of preventing
fermentation in early-made cider is by heat
ing to one hundred and seventy five degrees
Fahrenheit and placing in an air-tight pack
age and sealing up while hot, following the
usual method Of canning fruit. Cider put
up by this process have kept through the
second summer as sweet as when il ran
from the press. The objection 70 this
method is that It changes TO some extent
the flavor of the cider, and when opened
for use it fer1nents Just as does canned
fruit. A method of preserving late-made
cider is to add some antiseptic advertised
in the cider journals, which has as its active
ingredient either sulphur er sslieylic acid,
the latter being the most used, one ounce Of
the acid 70 thirty-two gvlIons of cider being
the ruIe
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-26
THEATRICAL WEALTH.
Ahe money Capital OF Some Weu-Knov
Actors and Managers

Actors and Managers
Dld you ever reflect that this is the oplv
country where dramatic art ever fiourished
as business pure and simple2 In all other
countries, in every age down to TO-DAY. the
theater lived largely by subsidy or in En-
gland, as at present, by patronage In
france, a nation without dramatic Itera-
lure, the chief theaters are subsidized and
the actors are to that extent paupers. In
England the same system of patronage
which Goldsmith and Garrick endured pre-
walls to-day. This is the only country in
the world where the dramatic art has ever
grown, developed or existed without ex.
traneous and 1t follows that those who in.
vest successfully IN the drama as a specu-
iatlon IN this country should become az
tensive capitalists,
nave mac occasion for years past writes
New York correspondent, to make the
ratings OF managers and actors for COM
mercial agency, and while l quote from,
memory you may set 1t down that tho
hgures l give you as to the wealth of man
ayers and actors is very nearly correct.
must give them in order, however, as thew
occur to me:
Oliver Doud Byron is worth $3.50. 600.
Ihomas +. Kelly, Philadelphia 500, ,OoO:
isaac y. Rich, Baltimore, $250OOO: John.A
Hamilton, St Louis, Sl50,OOO: Richard a
Hooley, Chicago, 100000; NJ B. LeayitA
San Francisc9, $l500OO; William F. Cody
tBuffalo Bid ,Hs150,0OO Augustin Daty, New
YORK, 100000; Eugene Tompkins, Boston.
SJOo,ooO; Henry c. Miner, New York, sso0,-
OOO; Agnes Booth, 100000; A. M. Palmer.
New York, 100000; Tony Pastor. New
York, 100000; w. Edward Harrigan. New
York, 100000; Louis Aldrich, New York.
100000, Edwin Booth, S1,OOO,OOO; Law
renee Barrett, S725,000; Joseph Jefferson.
SbOO0OOi Mrs. Thomas w. Keene, 100000:
Mrs D. P Bowers, sl50,OO0; Kate Claxton'
Sl2500O; Fanny Davenport, $50, 900: Clara
Louise Kellogg, 100000; Mrs. Lily Lang
try, S550,0o0; Maggie Mitchell, $1O0, ZOO:
Helena Modjeska, 1000; Nellie McHenry.
$4,000; Rosina Vokes. 100000; James
Lewis, 100000; Ada Rehan, S15O,OOo; Mrs
Crabtree Notta's motherl. $500 000
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-26
HOME oocToalNe.

4 Few Reasons why an should Consult
Reputable Physicians.
''If, when person feels i'll. he should go
at once 10 physician instead Of poisoning
his system with the haRdred aud one rem
edies which fr.encs are only TOO eager to
recommend, hc would save lot OF money
and run no risk OF endangeFiag his health.''
This bit OF good advice wGs given to
New YORK 1EaH osld Erpscss reporter the
other day hy a well-kueygn medical man.
Eeiastanccd the c2se OF a friend who suf-
feres uns nsPca.lzaeic agony for weeks with a
caTbunc!e on his hand before he sought
skilled advice There were 50 DAny tLjngs
recommended to hIsn that be had dif3c lltv
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-26
A PRETTY SQUATTER.
HOW She Improved the Farm Given I
by the Governments.

How She Improved the Farm Given H.r
by the Government.
rive miles out in the country, away from
Jennings, La, on the open prairie, | saw the
other day tiny home-a little. angular
Jack-ln-a-box kind of home-set in a match
OF ground that measured on each of it's four
sldes Just half a mile, writes correspond
ent OF the New Orleans PicdHune. A wire
fence was around the place and in another
lnclosure some sleek, fat Creole cows were
grazing Behind the house, over which
vines grew plentifully-not the insect bar-
boring honeysuckle, but the scarlet-blos-
somed tendrllis known as 'sVenus -hairs,-
there stretched good garden and young
orchard OF beautiful pear trees--seyenty 10
the aore-that when they shall be five years
CID ought TO be yielding each year SIS n
tree. Wire screens were at the doors and
small windows.
plump young woman was feeding
chickens in the yard. She was girl SQUAT.
ter, and this was her homestead land given
her by the Government. Two years ago
sne took possession of her claim, her 16O
acres OF prairie land. and at the expense of
about ESQ put up a small house, and with
her young brother went into it to live. They
| made garden, set up small poultry ward
put out their orchard and dug q well They
sell vegetables and melons and eggs. They
work oravely, and their orchard is growing,
ana tfeir two or three cows have increased
In number. From the first year they have
raised enough chickens, Vegetables and mel
ons to support themselves.
In few years that pear orchard will
yield them at least 300 or $500 year, and
their fine garden should bring them in at
least $500 more. In few years that girl
will be rich, and some young man in New
Orleans will be wanting to throw away his
cigarette and marry this brave and splendid
young pioneer, and hope TO goodness she
won't have him at ALL
"nen think about this young lady and
ner homestead-this fair-haired squatter
from the snow ocxatEy-I am ashamed of
our young men
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-26

A GOOD way 70 use up bits of cid boiled
ham: Chop the meat nicely, put into fry
ing-pan, teaspoonful Of butter rolled in
brown flour, tea-.poonful of vinegar,
httie pepper. a quarter of teaspoonful Of
mustard, let it boil and put in the minced
lam, stir until very hot, turn into pie
| dish, set it IN the oven and break on the
surface five or six eggs. shut up in the oven
and bake five minutes, or just long enough
to s.set'' the eggs and serve in the pie-dish.
MINCED SANDWICH. = Chop and pound
| thoroughly some well-roasted or boiled NUT
ton; season to taste. add four ounces Of
butter to each pound Of meat and beat
till quite smooth. Make pastry as for pic
crust, roll out thin and cover one-half with
thick layer of the minced meat: fold over
the other half, pinch the edges together and
mark with knife where the sandwiches
are to be divided when cold. Bake in q
brisk oven.
OYSTER PATTIEs.-Put a quart Of oysters
with just enough liquor to cover them on
the stove. with salt, pepper, butter and
three spoonfuls of sweet cream. When
just boiling thicken slightly with a very
little corn-starch. Have ready some small.
round tins, lined with good pie-paste-the
paste should extend over the edges Of the
tins slightly. Put into quick oven and
lightly brown. Remove, iii two-thirds
with the oyster mixture, cover with cir
cular piece Of paste and return to the oven
until tAis is cooked. Serve at once In the
/. tins
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-26
Swallow Song.

Under the dripping caves,
Where the rain came dolsfully down,
Where drtfted the autumn leaves
All golden, scarlet and brown,
heard the chirp OF a swallow
From his shelter overhead
may have been only dreaming,
But I'm almost sure he said:
"Spr ngtimes come and pass
Summers soon are over;
Withered lies the grass
And the brown, sweet clover.
We swallows, one and all,
Are birds OF tickle feather
When the cold ran fall
We seek sunny weatherI
'on yonder window sill
There leans little maiden;
Do thoughts OF coming i'll
Her young heart ever ladeni
Wait till the May winds bring
Unto her feet a lover
Then Will we swallows sing
Our song OF faith above heri
await till the summer air
Beneath the sunshine quivers-
Do songs OF his sound fair
AS the rush OF ripping riEersf
Wat till the eyes droo3 low
Seeking the prisoned fingers
TIL the red cheeks deeper glow
Burns where the sunlight lingersl
Wait till the summers gone,
And dying leaves are falling
Wait IL the winters dawn
Brings bitter north winds callinRI
Wen show (waen Clouds above
Hang low n fearful weather)
Bird wings and wings OF Love
Are both Of ficllle featherPi
Like the memory or dream
Comes - me the swallow song
Springs can not be what they seem,
Else the swallows all were wrong
For though HES sDring retarneth never,
Love is sweet and true foreverl
--EUG Eest, % Detroit Free Press
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A Prosperous Young Girl.

Rosa Wiss, ayoung girl of Meridian, Miss,
had five cents given her as a joke for a
birthday present. She bought a yard of
calico with 1t and made sun bonnet, which
she sold for 10 cents. This she invested in
more calico, made it up, sold the garments
and reinvested the capital until she had SO.
With this she bought potatoes, planted
them, paid for the cultivation of her crop,
for gathering and carting to town and made
$50 clean profit
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-12-26
Even In.

Ny love, I" he said, and parted back her hair,
That tossed in golden mists above her eyes
Ask me no more, but hear me while swear
You. you alone, love. VIII that suf1cei
have had fanees-yes-like other men
Youths blood is sw Il, and youths warm
dreaming rcves-
My heart at last 70 fixed. All. spare me then
These questions as 10 other, earlier loves
"'Tis not for you, whose innocent young heart
Stin hears the music OF your childhood $
chimes.
To understands
She stopped hin with q start
Don't 90 so fast I've been engaged fear
timesI'
-ladeIiR< s. BRIGGS.
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ParauIlraSe.


Wives feel where nus stands think said Brown.
Whom thoughts OF welded life appalled,,
And this informs US why the crown
Ofmany benedict is bald.
Give me keepsake, love, he said,
Then smiled the charming elf
With blushing cheek and dropping head,
She murmured, take myself
with skill she played the wifely part
Her cookery her lord bewitched
She's happy, for her husbands heart
She through his dainty stomach reached
II you would woeful be alway,
Think how the world would do without you.
Try TO find out what others say
And think about you.
Man, speak no good about yourself;
Your statements will be deemed untrue:
And speak no evil, for be sure,
Your neighbors will do that for you.
Boston Courier.