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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
GLOVES OF HUMAN SKIN.
They Arc Soft, Pliable and Much Soueh
For in France.


''Gloves which are sold as kid are often
made OF human skin," said DR.. Mark L.
Nardyz, the Greek physician, to Philadel-
phla Record reporter. 'The skin on the
breast" continued the physician, sis soft
and pliable, and may be used in the making
OF gloves. When people buy gloves they
never stop to question about the material Of
which they are made. The shop-keeper
himself may be in ignorance, and the pur-
chaser has no means of ascertaining
whether the material is human skin or not.
The fact is, the tanning of human skin is
extensively carried on in France and Swift
zerland. The product Is manufactured into
gloves, and these are imported into this
country. Thus you see person may be
wearing part Of . distant relatives body
and not know it,"
Then the doctor drew from a drawer
bran-new pair of black gloves. There"
he said, sis a fine article made from
the skin Of a child. As the hide of kid
compares with that of a goat, so, of
course. does the skin Of a child compare
with that of an adult, and it is much sought
In France for glove purposes.
'The skin on mans back makes good
sole leather" said the doctor. Mature has
protected mans spine by skin which is
much heavier than that on other parts of
the body. Here is piece of we'll tanned
skin from the calf of a mans leg" And the
doctor displayed bit of white leather,
strong and thick.
In museum in Belgium are the bodies of
six members of one family. They were all
buried in lanyard, and when they were
exhumed, years afterward, the skin. flesh,
and even the bones were well preserved,
so thoroughly tanned were all the parts.
These specimens are in better state of
preservation than are the Egyptian num-
mics.
A few years ago General Ben Butler
efectually checked the tanning of human
skin in Massachusetts, and since that
time the business has ceased. The few
samples of tanned human skin now obtain
able were made by scientists as an expert
ment.
DR.. Nardyz formerly possessed a fine
pair Of slippers made of the skin of a
member Of the genus homo, but his wife
did not like the idea of her husband liter
ally wearing dead mans shoes, and so
one day they vanished. The doctor does
not say word, but he thinks he knows
who is responsible for their disappear
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
DEcEITFuL WIVES. =
How They Pull the Wool Over Their Fond
Hushand,a Rv~s

How They Pull the Wool Over Their Fond
Husbands Eyes.
"Some OF the funniest and even stran pesf
things that ever take place anywhere occur
in the lobby of a theater," said Walter Sipn
recently to Brooklyn Eagle reporter. ssIt
Will pay you as a newspaper man to hang
around here for awhile, /" he continued, stand
keep your ears and your eyes open.u
followed his advice, and the first thing I
heard persuaded me that some married men
pay much too heavily for their theatrical
amusementa. Two ladies' walked up to the
window where Treasurer Richardson pre-
sides with ability and patience One of the
ladies asked for two seventy -fve-cent seats.
She was shown the box-ofice sheet and the
location Of two good seats not yet sold She
said the seats would do very well, and began
TO look for the money for them. Her com
panion said:
wait a minute, mister. Say, Mary, why
don't you buy two ffty-cent ticketsl He
won't know the difference, and we can have
some ice-cream.n
The proposition was promptly agreed 70
On the evening Of the same day. lust as the
audience was leaving the theater, a man.
ms wife and lady friend stopped, and the
last mentioned lady stepped up to Maaager
oinn and warmly thanked him for some
kindness which she seemed to think he had
done her. All Of the three persons were en-
tire strangers to him.
The following day he go an explanation.
The lady had gone through her husbands
pockets and treated him to an evening at
tn9 theater, where she could never get him
70 take her. She practiced little deceit
upon him by getting her friend to tell him
that she lthe friend) had received the tick
cts as complimentaries from the manage
ment Of the Park. The profuse thanks 70
Mr. Sim were only . finale to the clever
little deceit.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
SNAPPED UP FOR WIVES.
impossible to Keep DOmestics In Montana
Who Arc Worth Their Salt.

impossible to Keep DOmostics In Montana
Who Are Worth Their Salt.
Perhaps the demand for domestic servants
Is as generally unsatisfied in the North
west as In any other section. have yet to
visit the happy, happy land where the
servant-girl problem does not exist as the
principal source of domestic gloom, but
here 1T is certainly to be found at it's worst.
II is utterly impossible to keep a girl, saws
Montana correspondent of the New York
Tribune. The female half of the popula
ton, while large and growing, is still in
considerable measure the smaller half, and
young women of every degree are quoted
at far more than they would fetch east of
the Aiieghanies. This remark NAV not be
gallant, and yet it ought to be valuable
TO such young women in the East as
1eel themselves unappreciated. The cases
are counted in hundreds where a girl
has entered family as cook or chamber
maid and thereafter renamed as daughter
in-iaw. 1t is highly Improbable to fetch
girls from Eastern cities. If they are
worth their salt they go of and get married
often before they have earned the price of
their railway fare. Servants wages are
100 per cent higher in Montana than in
New York The cooks on the railway din
ing-cars receive $50 month. In private
families $50 is the lowest wages offered,
and some are paid as much as 800
The girl experiment IS so generally un-
satisfactory that many families employ
negro men and Cinnamon. The.way to get
Chinaman is to tell another Chinaman
you want one He will spare you all the
trouble and expense of dealing with an en-
ployment agency. An officer at Fort Gus
ter who had imported girl after girl only
to have them come TO him within q month
or two and simper out that they were 60
ing 10 get married, was at last advised by
a friend TO procure mongolian. 81 have
one" said the friend, ''and he Is a perfect
jewel. II you like, I'll tell him to find one
for you.'' The officer gladly consented,
aud in the course of a day or two when his
wife went 10 the kitchen to prepare dinner
she founda Chinaman, cue-ed and white
vested, already at work among the pots and
pans. She cheerfuily retired in his favor
About week later, when the officer and
his wife sat down 10 dinner, they observed
that the heather in attendance upon them
was not the heathen who had been serving
them for the past week, but an entirely
new and different one. They also observed
that the dinner before them was much
superior TO the dinners their late heather
had supplied They presently inquired Of
their new heather what had become of their
old one.
He no good, answered John. HE some
washee, but he no cookee- Wing Ting tells
him 60 and he say nae comeg''
Wing Ting, it appeared, was the heathen
belonging TO their friend.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
Health REQUIRES Action.

That action Is necessary for the nainte-
nance OF health is not only demonstrable
from the fabric Of the body, but evident
from observation Of the universal practice
OF mankind, who, for the preservation of
health, In those whose rank or wealth ex-
empts them from the necessity of lucrative
labor, have invented sports and diversions
which, though not OF equal use 30 the world
with manual trades, are vet of equal IA
tigue to those who practice them. and differ
only from the drudgery Of the husbaudman
or manufacturer, as they are acts of choice.
and therefore performed without the pain
full sense Of comDulsiou-
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Irving's Sincerity.

Washington Irving was good natured and
delighted to do little deeds of kindness; but
he was also sincere man and would not
pay even conventional compliments unless
they were merited. Once, while in Lon
don, he and literary friend were invited
by a merchant to drive to his country
house AMI spend day or two there. The
carriage stopped at the gate Of the mer-
chants park. The host alighted, and asked
hls guests If they would walk through the
grounds to the house. The friend started
to get out, but Irving held him down by
the coat, and they both drove on to the
mousse; the merchant followed on foot 81
make u q principle" said Irving, when they
were out of hearing, ''never to walk with a
man through his own grounds. have no
idea OF praising thing whether ike il or
not You and will do them tomorrow bv
ourselves - g
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
A CALMucK.s YARN.
How SchamyPs Scimiter Came Into tn,
Possession of q Russian.

How SchamyIs Scimiter Came Into TIN.
Possession of q Russian.
Here is story told by an esteemed fel-
low-cltizen to New York Star reporter: ::
when sat down to breakfast in belmont.
co.'s noticed at the other side of the table
qucer-looking, gaunt-faced old man, who
did not seem at ease in his suit of New
York clothes. After time made friend
ly approach to him by offering him a small
courtesy at the table, accompanied by few
words. He did not unders stand English. but
found that he spoke French in a curious
way. We struck up an acquaintance, and
before our coffee pots were empty we were
on confidential terms, which seemed to give
him great pleasure. He was a stranger in
New York, to which place he had Just come,
and did not know any body in the city.
HE grew so friendly that after break
fast he invited me to room which he had
taken the previous day. He there told me
that he was Calmuck in the Russian sery-
ice, and that during leave of absence he
had come to New York, which he had been
anxious to see. 1 noticed pair of Turk
ish trousers hanging on the wall, and
beside them curved short sword of
peculiar form, and destitute of the reg
ulatlon hilt or handle. As I looked at
1t he said: Take it down, draw out
NhAN SNAAHAeO'S anu yOu IL u1u q Glum0
ring by which 1t can be used, I did
as he directed, found the ring spoken of.
grasped the weapon and began to handle il
While doing so bent it, and noticed that.
instead of springing back when the press
ure was taken OF, 1t returned gradually
to its proper form. 1t had evidently beeh
forged from an untold number of steel
rings welded together like old Damascus
blades. When asked about it he told a
curious tale.
Zone day. he said, forty years ago.
when was in the Caucasus under Voronz
of, cloud of Circassian cavalry under
Schamyl suddenly came upon us in a pass.
A A:Circassian with drawn scimiter gal
loped toward me, and raised nv sword to
guard my head, but he cut it in twain with
single stroke as he would have cut a car
rot At that moment his brain was pierced
by one OF our Calmuck bullets, and sprang
from my horse to get his scimiter. Next
morning Schamyl sent messenger to our
camp to ask General Voronzoff for the BODY
OF his brother, who had been killed in the
previous days fight, and he asked also for
the scimiter, which, however, could not be
found. That is it. 1t had been an heirloom
In the family of Schamyl, the Mohammedan
prophet, was said to be seven hundred or
eight hundred years old, and had probably
been made in the Caucasus out of Damas-
Gus steel.'n
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
NO JOKE AFTER ALL,
How . Country Boy Fell Into an Excel
lont Position.

lent Position.
~ will tell you how youth fell into
soft snap and finally got to the head of a
big concern" said an old timer to a Boston
Globe man the other day. at was all the
result OF joke and happened in this way:
Myself and friend were standing on
Washington street one day when we were
accosted by boy of about fourteen, who
said he had just come from the country and
was looking for work. l asked him what
he could do, and he replied that he was
willing to do any thing for an honest dol
lar. thought over every one of my &C
qualntaDceS in business, but was in doubt
feeling that none of them needed a boy
Finally told the young man that couldn't
think OF any one to recommend him to. Ny
companion, who was wag of the first
water, here put in his oar and said:
"'Scnd him to He is going to dis
charge his boy, and guess he'll hire you
Keep stiff upper lip, tell him you won't
take no for an answer, that you must have
work and are willing to work hard. He'll
try to put you of, but don't let him. If
necessary tell him said he wanted a boy.'
my friend gave the boy his name and
the lad departed. When he was gone nv
friend informed me that he felt sorry for
decelving him, as he was bright and hon
disappearing young fellow. ! gave the
matter little attention, save to reprimand
my waggish friend.
"About ten years afterwards my friend
was sitting in the waitlng-room at Parker's
when young gentleman approached him
and said:
az believe your name isl
"'That's my name said my friend, sbut
you've the advantage of me; l don't know
yours
Do you remember telling boy once
about somebody who wanted helpi You
were with another gentleman in front of a
store on Washington street.
'''I believe l do SAID my friend, after
some hesitation. I was speaking about it
the other day. 1 lied to you, sir, l know,
and have felt pretty sore for it slnce'
"'Oh, no, you didn't lie,' said the young
man. That is to say, Mr.. - did want to
hire boy. He hired me, and / am now his
manager. Here IS my card. shall be
happy IL can repay yOu.'
.sMy friend showed me the card few
days later. The firm whose name was on
it is doing a business of several hundred
thousand dollars a year in this cityo
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
MENTAL CONTAGION.
Epidemic Outbreaks That Seriously Ar
feet the Ns.xs.

Epidemic Outbreaks That Seriously Ar
feet the Nerves and Brain.
The illustrious French philosopher, Es-
quirol, first clearly defined, under the term
moral contagion,' that in the study of
mental phenomena there may be detected
variations of action and Emergencies from
the ordinary or natural conditions, which
are excited by contagion in the same way
as physical arrangements are excited bv
physical contagious. Despine, of Mar
seilles, who in many respects may be com
pared with his great master, Esquirol, has
followed this line of study with wonderful
success, and has given to US history of
moral contagion which claims the attention
OF every social scholar. For my part, OBJ
serves a writer in LongmaHs Magazine,
like and approve of all that these teachers
teach except the term they use to set forth
their argument Iprefer the term mental
contagion 10 that of moral contagion Moral
contagion can not conceive as conveying
any sense OF variation from a standard
health OF mind, and any contagion moral in
its nature would to me indicate a contagion
that was good, and therefore contrary in
its nature from the idea of contamination
usually connected with the word contapion.
therefore choose the term "mental con.
taglon" as being more TO the point and as
most IN accord with the commonly accepted
expression. We will study this division of
our subject under that title
The unhealthy mind affected by mental
contagion presents itself, when it is care
fully observed, over much more extended
Held than is generally supposed. 1t is, in
TACT, representation of series of phe-
nomena so widely spread that its very ex-
tent is cause of its obscurIty; we are so
familiar with it that we do not recognize it;
we are so familiar with its results that we
come TO look on them as occurrences SUM-
GENTLY common and natural to be unayoid-
able 1t is only when we are critical in our
analysis that the obscurity begins to pass
away, and the character Of the phenomena
appears IN all its clearness and extensive
ness. When these phenomena are recog-
nized it is astonishing how contagious
affections Of mental origin are seen to re-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
A Quiveriue Tree.

Front of Macedonia church in Columbia
County, Georgia, is a quivering tree
Years ago, the negroes of the neighborhood
say, murder was done under its branches.
Two men had accompanied woman to
church and after she had entered the edifice
they quarreled about her and one cut the
other to death. The murderer escaped and
ever since every limb, small or large, on the
tree trembles as if in fear or as suffering
animal would quIver. This occurs when
not breath of air Is stirring. No negro in
Columbia County can be induced to pass the
so-called haunted spot alone at night.
Prominent gentlemen say they have noticed
the phenomenon, but no explanation of it
has ever been volunteered.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
AN OCEAN HEROINE.
She Conquered Mutiny on Shipb0ard and
Saved Her Husband

Sho Conquered Mutiny on ShipbOard and
Saved Her Husband.
On the river Byram, little stream which
divides the States of Connecticut aud New
York, in the village of Port Chester, In a
pretty cottage, resides a little woman of un-
assuming manners, whose deed of heroism,
says the New York Press will live as long
as stories OF the sea are read and deeds Of
prowess cited for the emulation of others.
January s, 1885, q little after midnight,
and on the ocean nearing st. Helena, was
the good American ship Frank N Thayer
commanded by Captain Robert K Clark
Soon after the midnight watch was changed
the cantain was reused from a sound sleep
by hearing his name called in a tone Of
alarm.
Fearing that all was not right with his
ship he hurried up the companion-way in
his nlght-clothes. AS his head appeared
above the companion-way he received a
number Of stabs in the face, neck and head,
but Lie managed to see that his assailants
were two Manila Indians, members of his
crew.
He fell to the floor beneath, where the In
dians followed him and plunged their knives
into his side, leaving him for dead. The
carpenter, the lookout man and mate were
killed. The balance of the crew were
locked in or terrified, and the captain, his
wife and daughter were left to the mercy of
the lnfuriated Manila Indians.
The captain, faint from the loss of blood.
was assisted to the cabin by his wife One
of the lungs of the officer was protrudinp,
Inc brave woman, with nerve as firm as
adamant and with care as guarded as that
OF the skilled physician, forced the vital
parts back and sewed up the frightful
wound She then bandaged his face and
head and set herself to the task of making
their position safe by securing the windows
to the cabin, arming herself, and placing
the wounded captain in a position to defend
or assist in the defense of the cabin.
The precaution was taken just in time.
Tor, tlrlng OF the vigil they had kept about
the captains cabin, they determined to
nnlsh MIN. But he and the intrepid woman
at his side repelled the mutineers, who had
broken open the cabin window.
What words can describe the courage of
this wife, who stood with firm hand by her
husbands side, ready to do or die, hearing
meanwhile the tread of the Indians thirst
ing for his blood
The skulking crew, by the courage of the
Vile and captain, were at last urged to ac
ton. One of the Indians jumped overheard
The other sought refuge in the hold, and
when dislodged it was found that he had
set the ship on fire. He jumped overheard
and was lost.
Then came renewed heroism on the part
OF the wife. Tenderly the loved captain
was placed in boat, and after long and
tedious sail of seven hundred miles they
reached the island of st. Helena. having
been nine days adrift in boat insuficientlv
provisioned, with man almost cut to
pieces. But the brave woman was the
master spirit of the shipwrecked, and to-
day she is pointed out as the brave wife of
the equally brave Captain Robert <. Clark.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
ESTABLISHED IN 1880.
TRIFLES.

Moments make tho year. and triHes life"
II was only a word
Spoken TO ono IN pain,
Yet sweet as the song of bird
1t returned again and again.
II was only a few simple flowers
Touched with the breath OF spring.
Yet they whispered of sunshine and
showers,
or new life on the wing.
II was only tender caress,
touch OF peace and calm,
Yet upon q souls distress
II fell like healing balm.
Itwas only gentle letter,
From out the heart of q friend,
Yet all the hours grew sweeter
That the message had been penned.
II was only q warbling note
From one Of God sweet birds,
little eArth-breasted blue-coat
Singing his songs without words.
II was only some soft feecy clouds,
White ~ the wings OF a dove,
Slowly sailing in crowds
Ger the iRfinite blue above.
II was only a sentence or two
From the page of favorite book,
Yet all the long day through
A heart fresh courage took
1t was only.-so on and on,
For life is a chain of rings,
And earth's purest pleasures are won
by needing the little things.
Lisa A. Fletcher, In Good Housekeeping.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
How to Build Chinneys.

To build chimney that viii draw forever
and not fill up with SCOT, you must build it
large enough, sixteen inches square; use
good brick, and clay instead of lime up 70
the comb; plaster it inside with clay mixed
with salt; for chimney tops, use the very
best brick. wet them and lay them in ce-
ment mortar The chimney should not be
built tight to beams or rafters; there is
where the crack in your chimney comes.
and where the most of the fires originate.
as the chimney sometimes gets red-hot. Al
chimney built from cellar up is better and
less dangerous than one hung on the wall.
Don't get your stove-pipe hole closer to the
ceiling than eighteen inches from il.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
Social R.nnement Out West.

According to the Kearney County Demo
crat, onion parties are fashionable in
Nebraska. Six girls stand in a row, while
one bites small chunk out OF an onion and
young man pays ton cents for guess as
TO which one IL was. II he guesses right
he gets TO kiss the other FIVE. but If he
doesn't, he is only allowed TO kiss the one
that bit the onion. This amusement is said
TO be highly popular with Nebraska young
folks
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
How Turkish Ladies Dress.

A traveller recently returned from Turkey
says that the dress of the ladies Of Con-
stantinople has become so much like that
OF their ''infidel'' sisters that wife of the
Sultan would attract very little attention in
an American street The "feridje," the
large, shroudlng mantle, is shaped al.
most like dolman, and its flap at the back
has diminished to collar which is fastened
by knot of ribbons in front, and is some
times trimmed with lace. The 'yashmak,"
or vail, is very thin, and long gloves are
NwoPn
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
How to Expel nIo.ouiio..

Those living in locality in which mos
quItoes are troublesome may make a trial
OF the following recipe for expelling these
pests from the house, Take a piece of
gum camphor, in size about the third Of q
hens egg, and slowly evaporate it by hold:
ing it In shovel or tin vessel over lamp,
taking care that it does not ignite. The
smoke will soon I'LL the room and expel the
mosquitoes, and II is said they viii not re
turn even though the windows should be
left open all night
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-14
A Flatter.ne Remark.

gentleman was once lamenting to q
friend the conduct of his son. ssYou should
speak to him with firmness and remind him
OF his duties," said the other. "He pays nc
attention to what l say He listens only to
the advice OF FOOLS" Then, with a sudden
thought: 81 wish you would sneak tn him