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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-11-14
COFFEE AND BLINDNESS.
How tho Fragrant Narcotic Is Said to
Affect the Human Vision.

Affect the Human Vision.
| am satisfied that defective visions and
blindness wlll pretty soon be a prominent
characteristic among the American people,
the same as rotten teeth have been during
the last two hundred years, says a writer in
the North AmcITcUl RsuielC. / make this
assertion without having seen any statis-
tics whatever on the subject of blindness.
| found out long ago that a cup Of coffee
leaves night-shade on the brain longer
than an eclipse of the sun. / had long
noticed that the eyes of old coffee drinkers
had drv and shriveled appearance.
Having discovered seme years ago that
my own eyesizht was surely weakening, 1
then ceased to drink coffee as freely as had
used it. and became a moderate and more
observant patron of the fragrant narcotic.
But / have learned that moderate coffee
drinking is hard thing to manage, being
pretty sure to developinto the regular habit
again with insiduous ease, especially at
those times when the physical system feels
TO be in need Of some elixir. Besides. it IS
quite distressing for person TO be fighting
of powerful habit at each meal ] now
feel free of the coffee drinking vice. and
will have no more trouble with it unless
shall again fall a victim to some church sup
per or TO the magnetic Establishments of
some buoyant hostess.
Having long worked at trade which re-
1uires almost as exact a use of the eye as
The occupation OF ieweler. made the DIS
covery that a Single cup of coffee would
have a perceptibIe effect upon the eye.
This fact was more apparent because nv
eyesight was originally very gOod-iR fact,
about the best. After having used coffee
with indifferent frequency aud copjousness
for many years my sight became aonor-
mally weak. and began to feel horror Of
darsnss-. wishing that the sun would never
set, and desiring instinctively 10 go to
some place where the nights would be
short during tho entire year. Bat now I
have quite little OF this feeling left Ny
eyes have rer1ined, 70 a curious extent,
their former range and spontaneity.
again enjoy the long panoramic views Of
nature which are Afforded from the baby
mountains that skirt Council Bluffs on the
east like an encanpncnL can take these
long telescope sweeps Of visions again
without blinking or feeling the weakening
rniaxnnou wficn alarmed znS = rC-- :
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Fish Living I'm Hot Water.

There is pond on the hay rancke of Col
conda, Col, fed by the waters from the hot
springs. This pond has an area Of two or
three acres, and the temperature Of the
water is about So degrees, and in some
places where the hot water bubbles up from
the bottom the temperature is almost up to
the boiling point Recently the discovery
has been made that this warm lake is liter
ally alive with carp, some of which are
more than foot long. All efforts to catch
these with hook and line have failed, as
the fish will not touch the most tempting
bait. A few Of them have been shot, and
contrary TO the general superstition. the flesh
was hard and palatable. How the fish got
into the lake is a mystery unsolved. With
in one hundred feet of il are springs which
are boiling hot, and the ranchers in the
vicinity use the water to scald hogs in the
butchering season.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-11-14
BORING MOLLUSCS.


briuRO In lnOla.
The story of the maggot which bored into
the metals on the German railways is re-
called by the following paragraph in Liv-
erpool paper: Down at Leasowe, at the
mouth of the Mersey, there are soft, muddy
banks left uncovered at low tide, which are
full of boring molluscs of a most peculiar
appearance. On HIber Island there is
larger shell-fish which bores into the sand
stone, while the limestone rocks at Puffin
island and the Great Ormes Head are
almost riddled by the curious borers. 1t
used to be thought that they made their
dweliing-place in the rocks by means of a
chemical secretion, and many students still
hold 10 that idea in spite of the existence Of
such borers in mud and sandstone: but
note published in Indian Engineering casts a
new light On the subject. A bridge built
IN India scarcely year ago has been at
tackled by these sholl-hsh, and the bricks
between high and low water have been
bored to depth Of / u inch from their ex-
posed sur face. A specimen brick shows
forty-five small holes Of about l=16 inch di-
ameter: but if the inside of the brick Is ex.
aminsd, it is found that these small per-
forations lead to chambers about liz inch
in depth by one-third inch in diameter, bored
at right angles to the race of the brick
The Titriied, over-burnt parts of these
bricks have been bored as well as the softer
parts, so that the attack Of the moliusc Is
not entirely due 70 bad burning Of the bricks.
The work Of the ship worm tTeyedo napdlts)
Is done in the same way as is the work Of
this brick pest
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-11-14

nave no doubt but what this weakness OF
the eye which results from coffee-drink.
ing is due TO the sympathy which the
optic nerve has for the nasal cav
ity (the latter being continuous with
the membrane of the MOUTH. The
nasal cavity, with its first pair of brain
nerves, Is naturally principal place to be
affected by any drinking habit. For in
stance, to partake of a dish of soup Will
sometimes cause persons breathing to be-
come thick and decidedly labored. All of
the sensory nerves are much affected by
cotfee-drinklng = those gentle and highly
refined threads of sympathetic force which
enter largely into the sense of smell, taste,
sight anu hearing. The entire sympathetic
system is likewise involved Immediately in
the coffee-drinking habit The brain, again,
is intensely affected thereby, because the
principal. nerves of the brain branch off
from the nasal cavity.
COffeedrinking is especially injurious
when it is resorted to as a backing for
strong food. There are plenty of robust
persons among US who have drank coffee
pretty freely for a lifetime, but who are
seemingly uninjured by it. To this fact
reply that appearances are sometimes de-
ceiving to Impractical eyes, and that vice
does not in all cases show its effects plainly
in the hrst generation. The free use of cof-
fec dates back only one generation in this
country. But this will say, that no person
Is as stout for three hours after he has
drank coffee as he was before
AS long as a person remains endowed
with latent constitutional strength he can
participate in different vices with seeming
impunity but he is gradually using up his
capital and will reach his limit ere his life
Is fully prolonged. His chIldron and grand
cnlldreE VIII show degeneration of the
family stock, though they doubtless exhibit
at present premature brightness of mind
Children that are allowed to partalze freely
of coffee will become restless, fussy and
noisy, half wild with mischief They prob
ably advance in their school studies with
abnormal rapidity. But they hate work
AT times they are Indifferent about educa-
tion. Their strength goes to the brain.
They grow rapidly, but not Alright. They
develop into men and women three years
too soon. Yet their eyes dance with angelic
splendor, and their cheeks glow with YER
million, providing that they started in life
with robust constitutions. If they began
life with puny physiques, however, coffee
will make them SLIM and ghostly, and their
eyes and features fiat. Coffee will seem to
improve those persons only who have a sur
plus OF constitutional vigor. These individ-
uals will seem possessed with forms and
faces of marvellous grace and finish, yet
they will fade all TOO soon, and fall into the
hands of the doctor Coffee has magical
effect upon the heart and circulatory sys-
TEN. aud for awhile produces intoXication
which approaches that of opium or cocaine.
1t causes swift growth and swift decay. 1t
produces beauty and exhilaration, but not
endurance. 1t gives a sentimental strength
the strength that pertains to runts.
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Punn,ng AZ nenlh:. Door.

i story is told Of man whe suffered
severely from ague, which neither medicine
nor charms could alleviate, but being ad-
Vised TO devote himself TO puuning became
so interested in the pursuit that he speedily
laughed himself ints robust health. 1t san
not be denied that hearty laugh, 0ve6 at
the cost Of bad pun, is no mean thing in
itself, and has often been known to be of
inestimable service at the crisis Of serious
malady. A physician visiting one OF the
rotherhOod, who was in extrcmis, apollo
gized for being late one day, bat said be had
been 20 see a man who had fallen down a
wPn. "Did he kick the barEet, aoctOTi"
eroaned the punster Again, the story Is
told, IL we remember rightly, Of Theodore
Hook, who. as be lay dying. encased Ia
mustard poultices, was visited by friend,
to whom he remarked; Plenty Of mustard,
my boy, but very little beef
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Actual weighing of Thoughts.

Starting from the idea that the hand
varies sensibly in size with .sIe amount OF
blood present in it at arg moment, Prof.
Mosso, the Italian Psychologist, has made
some most interesting Investigations In
his first experiments the hand was placed
in closed vessel of water, when tho
change IN circulation produced by the
slightest action of the body or brain, the
smallest thought or movement, was shown
by rise or fall in the liquid in the narrow
neck of the vessel. With a large balance, ON
which the horizontal human body may be
poised, he has found that ones thoughts
may be literally weighed, and that every
dream or the effect OF a slight sound during
slumber, turns the blood OF the brain suf-
ficiently 10 sink the balance of the head.
The changing pulse even told him when u
professional friend was reading Italian and
when Greek. The greater effort for the
latter duly affecting the blood flow.
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CORSET PRESSURE.
Ten Scientific Conclusions as to the Effect
of Tight Stays.

of Tight Stays.
Conclusions with respect to a few of the
most palpable changes brought about by
corset pressure have been tabulated by the
1nlcriedR AHOlyst as follows:
l. The maximum pressure at any one point
was CPS pound TO the square inch. This
was during inspiration. The maximum in
quiet breathing was over the sixth and
seventh cartilages, and was 0.625 pound.
2. The estimated total pressure of the cor
set varies between thirty and eighty pounds
in a loose corset about thirty-five pounds,
and in a tight corset sixty-fve pounds.
B. Within half minute after hooking the
corset such an adjustment occurs that a dis
tinct fan IN pressure results.
4 The circumference of the waist is no
criterion of tightness. The difference be-
tween the waist measure with and without
corscts gives no direct clew either to the
number of pounds pressure or TO the dininu-
ton in vital capacity. Relaxation ard nabit
seem 70 affect these factors largely.
). The capacity for expansion of the chest
was found 10 be restricted one-ffth when
the corset was on.
6. The thoracic character of the breathing
in women Is largely due TO corset-wearing
z. The thoracic cavity is less affected by
the corset than the abdominal
s The abdominal wall Is thinned and
weakened by the pressure OF stays.
9. The liver suffers more direct pressure
and is more frequently displaced than any
other organ.
10. The pelvic floor is bulged downward
by tight laclng one third of an inch
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-11-14
THEODORE HOOKS JOKE.
How He Made q Quiet street tho Talk Of
All I.onflou.

All London.
Theodore Hook was a famous practical
joker. and once, at least, he perpetrated
jest that disturbed all London and amused
all England, writes William Shepard in Lip
pineotts Mdgdzine This was the famous
Berners street hoax. Berners street in
1s10 was quiet street. inhabited by we'll
to-do families living in genteel way. One
morning, soon after breakfast, a wagon
load Of Goals drew up before the door of a
widow lady living in the street. A van
load Of furniture followed, then a hearse
with a coffin and train of mourning
coaches. Two fashionable physicians, a
dentist and an accoucheur drove up as near
as <hey could to the door, wondering why
so many numbering vehicles blocked the
way. Six men brought a great chamber
organ; brewer sent several barrels of ale;
grocer sent carload of potatoes. Coach
makers, clock-makers, carpet manufacture
ers, confectioners, wig-makers, mantua-
makers. opticians and curiosity dealers fol-
lowed with samples of their wares From
all quarters trooped in coachmen, footmen,
cooks, house-maids and nursery maids in
quest Of situations. To crown all, dig
nitaries came in their carriages-the Com
mander-in-Chief, the Archbishop of Canter-
burg, the Lord Chief Justice, Cabinet
gland and the lord mayor. The latter-one
among many who speedily recognized
that all had been the victims of some
gigantic hoax - drove to Marlbor-
ough street police Office, and stated that
he had received letter from a lady
in Berners street to the effect that she had
been summoned to attend at the Mansion
House, that she was at deaths door, that
she wished to make a deposition upon oath,
and that she would deem it great favor if
his Lordship would call upon her. The other
dignitaries had been appealed to in simi-
lar way. Police officers were dispatched to
maintain order In Berners street. They
found it choked up with vehicles, jammed
and interlocked one with another. The
drivers were infuriated The disappointed
tradesmen were clamoring for vengeance.
Some Of the vans and goods were over
turned and broken; few barrels of ale had
fallen prey to the large crowd that was
maliciously enjoying the fun. All day and
far into the night this state of things con-
tlnued. Meanwhile the old lady and the in
mates of adjoining houses were in abiect
terror. Every one soon saw that hoax had
been perpetrated, but Hooks connection
with it was not discovered until long after
ward. He had noticed the quietness of the
neighborhood, and had laid wager with a
brother wag that he could make Berners
street the talk of all London. A door-plate
had furnished him with Mrs. is name,
and he had spent three days in writing the
letters which brought the crowd to her
door. AT the appointed time he had posted
himself with two or three companions in a
lodging just opposite, which he had rented
for the purpose of enjoying the scene He
deemed it expedient, however, to go of
quickly into the country and there remain
illeo0. for some time.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-11-14
CONCERNING NOISE.
One OF tho Most Injurious Influences OF
City Life.

City Life.
:" / can bear the heat very WELL" said q
student forced to spend summer in the
city, "but l can not endure the noise"
Possibly he did not stop TO consider that, in
making such declaration, he placed him
self in illustrious company. Thomas Car
Isle "could not abide noise, especially
that of the morning Growing of cocks.
Wallenstein, accustomed as he was to the
din of battle, had an unconquerable dread
of the barking of dogs, and even the clatter
of the large spurs fashionable in his day.
In order to ensure quiet, he engaged twelve
patrols to make regular circuits about his
house night and day.
Neither Julius Caesar nor the philosopher,
Kant could tolerate the growing of poor
chantisleer, who, indeed, seems to have
very few friends among the studious and
sensitive.
Schopenhauer exceeds almost all low
ers of quiet in the extravaganza of his
denunciation of noise. He declares that the
amount which man can bear with ease is
in inverse ratio to his mental power.
"lf hear dog barking for hours on
the threshold of house." he writes, ~
know we'll enough what kind of brains
may expect from its inhabitants"
A writer in the Popular Science Monthly as
serts that noise is one of the most Injurious
influences of city life. 1t may not be suf1i-
ciently loud to attract the attention of those
accustomed to it. but, If continuous, it acts
as inevitably epon the nervous system as
water in dropping upon stone.
Experiments made upon animals show
that when they have been subjected, for a
number of hours, to the vibration of a
tuning fork, their nerve centers became
irritated, as certainly as muscular fibers
would be affected by an acid or an electric
shock
The injurious effect Of ordinary noises
has been recognized by the authorities Of
European cities, and, in some cases, the
nuisance has been suppressed. Heavily
laden carts are not admitted to certain
streets of Berlin and in others they are only
allowed TO pass on condition that the horses
walk. The street-cars of Munich have no
bells, and those of us who live in places
where these bells are not used on Sunday
can testify TO the relief attendant on the
consequent ''peace and quiet"
The amount OF the matter seems to be
that the city dweller must regard noise as
one of the necessary evils of his condition
one to be borne philosophically, and reQuir-
ing large stock of grace and patience.
Happy, indeed, are they who, through the
long, hot months, are only disturbed in their
morning slum bers by the song of the birds,
or the Growing of cocks.
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Two Dozen Compressed Facts.

There are 2, 40 languages
square mile contains Gao acres
barrel Of rice contains COO pounds.
The average human life rs 81 years
The first steel pen was made in $780,
barrel Of flour weighs 100 pounds.
barrel of pork weighs 200 pounds.
span is ten and seven-eighth inches.
hand (horse measure) is four inches.
Watches were first constructed in 1916.
A storm moves thirty-six miles per hour.
The first lucifer match was made in 1924
The value of q ton Of silver Is t37. .t04.s4.
hurricane m owes eighty miles per hour.
The first IT on steamship was built in 1890
Modern needles first came into use In
I545
Coaches were first built ia England in
1869.
The first horse railroad was built in 1876
q.
One million dollars Of gold coin weighs
3,6S5 pounds ayomdnpois.
One million do liars Of silver coin weighs
IS, pounds avoirdupois.
The first complet e sewing machine was
patented by Elias Howe in 1885,
Glass wi ndows were first introduced into
England in the eighth century.
Albert Durer gave the world q prophecy
Of future wood engraving in l527.
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KISSED HER SHADOW.


T. the ward, among the wounded,
By The dyng soldier cot
Woman was more than nero,
Ay. au angel. WIS she notf
A. tue front where death and vict'ry,
And the worlds arplausye cheer;
Pam, IL dlsclsc and death ungloried,
Woe aud woman. az the rear;
Telling as of home aud mother,
Tili the weakest longed 10 1--we:
Balm for sun ring. bringing comfort
That no other hand could give;
Waiting, watching for her coming,
For her voice and angel face.
How We honored, how we loved her,
Worshired at her throne OF graceI
As II fell upon the pillow,
BY the golden sunbeams cast,
Turning over, the sick solder
Kissed her shadow AS she passed
Ahi the glory Of the hero
First 70 scale the parapeL
Is but timely, and 50 trans ent
Zen his Country will forget;
But the fame Of her who follows
Saving life, like One OF old,
j. eternal. and m Heaven
win he angel suns and told.
And the Toys IN blue remember,
By the scars that tell her name,
Aud the empty sleeves remind them
And the crutChcs, too, the same,
How among the scenes OF horror,
Ever would AN angel come,
And the means were hushcd 10 listen
To "a voice that seemed from home;
And face that sm lei | kc mothers
Ia the hospital appeared,
And the presence Of a woman,
Was 30 welcome, so revcrcd-
When II fell upon the pillow,
Though the act might be his last
Turning over, the sick solder
Kissed her shadow as she passed.
IL u. CIkf. "a CnrrSn
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-11-14
c,GARETTE.SMOKINC.

Prof. Young on the Component Parts of
little Half-Cent Smoke.
Prof. William P. Young, the welAImown
Maryland chemist, has this 10 say of cigar.
cites and cigarette-smoking As . COM
mercial venture in the United States the
cigarette business started at = aud now
some OF the factories count their daily out
put by the millions. The tobacco looks
harmless enough IN its white paper
wrapper. and you get ten smokes for i've
cents 1t seems to be q cheap smoke, but
If you win take the trouble to weigh pack
age or two you viii find that you are buy
ing tobacco, wrapper, box. picture and cou-
non at the rate Of one dollar Der Donnd- with
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-11-14
Hc Ke-n. a Litllc Ii.t.

A lumber dealer in Minnesota, whose
given name Is Isaac, has 4 list Of the differ
eut ways N which his name has been spelled
BY correspondents. Hero are few OF the
ways Isiac, lisac, Icaack. lscac, sac, lsaag,
Izic, Isiace, Icac, isach. Isle, Isaac, Isaace,
Icaas, lexis. Iaasic, Aisec. Isaar, Iaasac
Iceic, Isaas, Isica, Iaac, Iassac. Izk, Sic
Issach, Isac, Isick, Issacc, Issaace, Iseka,
Issick, Isaak, Iisace. Isak. Isaack, Icaac,
Sick, Isich, Isaac, IssaC, Isace, Isosc, Isice,
Isaac.
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rrlrrrnnh rnr alarinrr.-

A novel spectre photographic apparatus
has bccn constructed by Dr. Paul n Cour.
a Danish physicist. u projects a steady
vertical spectrum. on which, with a special
telescope red and blue dots AID liues are
seen 70 appear end disappear These are
Morse signals, produced oy tho breaking Of
the spectrum BY the opening and shutting
OF httlc Sits, displaying the colored dots
and lines This Is effected by an electrical
arrangement having lettered and numbered
kevs.
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A Mighty Long Family.

Longevity: Longevity? l should say
longevity did run in the family" said Mrs.
SpuggIns "Why, John was six foot two,
Bill was six foot four, and George he had
more longevity than any man ever see
He was six foot seven if he was foot"
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Farm Loans.

T1ARNfFus should patruuire home instilu
flnna ami rot their YARN Leans from the
TI.<rAI MORTGAGE CO. Money Away
.,...lr. principal and fntcrVsf payable at theif
cII'cr. a. Ciil1cns National Bank. nm3
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-11-14

Didn't i see you With your arm around
girls waist the ether nightsv Eyes,
was making haste to reach her heart by the
the belt hne,n
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1888-11-14

urfrufA tpugr. so. 800, X. of r. nDl's IN
Nurdby rt ming ul ruch week. fi Iil Fellow =
hall, Nta'tIur kulEht. iu ru.' tfudluE luNi-
eel o. Httrnf. i. Ist.Hf, q. 4.
HAuuY PLN4dAv. X. Of lt. IS s..
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CHURCHES

BAPTIST Preaching every sunday evening
ID at o'clock. az the courthouse. sunday
school ut ~ o'clock, a. M. Pruycr meeting
"Wednesday evening Of each week, over store Of
llycricy. Dark kunyan. Rcv. w. a. Cain,
Pastor. Residence ON North Walnut street
OtHRiSTIAN- N-Prcnching every Sunday at
~ n o'clock. n. m, and 1880 y. IN, 10y Elder
". NJ. Embfcy. Prayer meeting every We'd
ncsday night. sunday school ut 10 o'clock a. IN.
every sunday.
NEETHODisT EPISCOPAL.-Services every
INl SUNDAY az 1 20 a. m. and 7: 30 p. IN. Sum
day school every sunday az 10 a.. m. Prayer
meeting every "Wednesday evening ut t.jJ.
strangers invited. n. SANDERsON, Pastor.
DREsBYTERfAN.-S Services every sunday at
= ~ a. m. nnd 20 u. M. sunday school at
f0a.m. Raw. MCELuoy, "astor.
tAIVDt CHURCH -- Services ou 'od
SUNDAY oi every muutn 900 shrriUc.t ht.i no
.IW a. ul. Nth. iI'. j.. i..
ffEWIAN Efpr.-. H.'l.. .. -IiN'.
" uIIr .Urt .... .t ITO ... I.I
100 81. 'rI fri ..IfIa -I..
Sc Fnrtrt .thu.' n ..r. .I .'.
G.fHI ru.k .N..| ..
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