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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-25
FAREWELL SPECIALIST.
How Melancholy LOafer Makes Himse
Useful to Busy Men.

How Melancholy LOafer Makes Himself
Useful to Busy Men.
Inc other morning, says Puck, as the de-
parting Cunard steamship was casting of
its lines and swinging out into the stream.
an elderly-looking business man hastily en-
braced lady who was one of the passen-
gers and rushed down the gang-plank to
the wharf.
Going hurriedly up to melancholy loafer
who was watching the busy crowd, the gen.
tleman drew him behind pile of freight
and said:
"Want to earn dollarf'
''You bet"
'You see that lady in black on the bridge
therel" said the citizen
"Cert.n
swell, that's my wife, going to Europe.
Now, of course, she'll expect me to stand
here for the next twenty minutes, while the
steamship is backing and filing around. SO
as to wave my handkerchief and watch her
out of sight. Seei'
II ketch on, boss"
"Well, I'm too busy to fool around here:
stock to buy, biz to attend to- She's little
near-sighted; so I'll just hire you to wave
this Handkerchief instead. It's a big one
with a red border, and as long as he sees it
she'll think it's the. Come up to 2O2 Wall
'NSoo "n0n 'u0y aIo WeLl OH ana Ill pay
you"
'S'posin' she looks through a telescope or
suthin'9"
"In that case you'll have to bury your
face in the handkerchief and do the great
weep act"
'That'll be fifty cents EXTRA
"An right. Time is money. Look sharp
nowi You can kiss your hands a few
times at, say, one dime per kiss" and snap
ping his watch the over-driven business
man rushed of.
We print this affecting little incident to
call attention to the fact that the man thus
employed has gone into the business regu-
lariy. He is now professional fareweller,
and business men and others can save valu-
able time and yet give their departing rel
auves an enthusiastic send-on by applying
to the above specialist any steamship day,
10 early To aunid the rl,Sh y
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-25
ProduotIOnli Of Cashmere shawl.,

1t IL said that 16,00O looms are kent in
constant employment in Cashmere. pro,
dueing annually about $1,000 shawls. The
shawls are woven on rudely constructed
looms, pair Of shawls sometimes occupy.
ing three or four n.en whole year in weav
ing. The Cashmere goat, which furnishes
the material, IS found in Thlbet, the hair of
It being me, silky aud about eighteen
inches long. 1t takes the fleece of ten
goats to manufacture shawl yard and 9
half square.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-25
An oId Yam R.ran,a..

A party Of four Sacramento anglers went
up the river the other day to catch 500.
nsn. They agreed Lat whenever one
should land fish each of the others sbouId
pay MIN quarter. One of the Quartet was
esteelAliy uniucky in his piscatorial vent
ere, ana was soon out Of pocket 81 25 and
aoWn 10 his last quarter He wanted to
oreak up the compact, but the others
Wouldn't let him. Just then he stole one
eI the nshes caught by another of the par
", sllpped it upon his hook and into the
water. He soon landed it with great deal
OF spintter and noise. and received six bits.
men the others were not looking he re-
placed it on his hook and again went
through the act Of landiag fish He man
ageo TO work the dodge until he had not
only got back his A-25, but broke the rest
Of the crowd.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-25
a very Astonished musician,

One adventure of dead Bot:esini's should
be remembered. He was playing one night
at Antwerp, and there was full room, and
considerable curiosity for his turn to begin.
He took his place keSife his colossal double
bass and commenced his variations. Yns
pubic were electrified and so was the
player, No one who knows the double bass
could say of the Instrument that it was
squeaky and shrieky. 1t has its faults. but
at least shrillness is not one of them. The
sounds came forth that evening piercing
and pathetic. The player looked terrified: !:
his instrument seemed bewitehed and the
sounds continued even when the boy was
not drawn across the strings. For mo-
ment Bottesinl faltered. and then piungine
his hand into the internal cavities of his big
instrument he drew it back very hurriedly.
De introduced it again very carefully and
took out and held up to the room cat. The
entertainment did not end there. There were
kittens TO follow.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-25
CARPENTER BEES NEST.
Tho Extraordinary Foresight Manifesto
In Its Construction.

Tho Extraordinary Foresight Manifeated
In Its Construction.
We sometimes find in old oaken rails and
the like, the nest of the carpenter bee-a
curious receptacle, well known to many per-
sons; but yet it merits attention, because it
seems to be a construction upon which
more than usual foresight has been mani
rested, 1t not being merely an asylum in
which the young may be matured In quiet.
but secured against external annoyance
from its most destructive enemy by q con-
tr1vance so unusual and effective that it ap-
pears formed from the result OF a reason
ing upon probabilities.
This creatures short, stout, plain bee
mines tubular channel into some decaved
woody substance, post, pale, or such thing,
boring In the direction of the fber, making
her repository at the bottom, being SUM
GENTLY deep for her purpose. She cuts
from the leaf OF rose several large pieces,
often half, conveying them to the bottom
Of her cave, and rolling them up so an to
form case; in this she deposits an egg.
The mouth of the cave is then covered with
ave or six circular patches of fleaves; frag-
ments Of wood like sawdust are then lodged
eySf them, and the remainder Of this chan
mel hlied up with other patches Of the ieai,
complish It. This requires no great effort
or time to effect, this active creature labor
ing with great assiduity; but the convey
ance of tha fragments which form the nest
seems to be attended With much fatigue,
for the bee has often been observed, with
IT. burden drawn between its legs, to retire
70 rest against the boil Of q tree, or upon a
wall, the abdomen contracting aud diiating
With q Fapidity like the sides Of q creature
after ezeftiaR. Having acquired strength,
her labors are resumed.
All these layers and sawdust are designed
to secure the larva from punctures by the
ichneumon fly, which is constantly seeking
for caterplllars Of various insects in which
TO deposit her egg; this matches and grows
with their growth, feeding on their vitals,
consuming them, and perfectipR itself.
But ell these guards effectually prevent
tho purpose Of the fly, the larva remaining
safe In its asylum until perfectly matnred |;
1t then penetFates through all these layers,
assuming the form of the parent beA.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-25

DELPnIA LODGE, No. 40, Z. of p, meets on
Monday evening OF each week, Mt Odd Fellow s
ted to attend l.. NJ. AxLINE. g. e.
II. A. BROWN. X. OF X. K =.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-09-25

10. o. F., Pioneer LOd q
M No. l19.-Regular meetinYs
NyyE< ~ every Tuesday evening" V f.
ltingbrethren I'm good stand
ing cordially invited.
w. ID. VANSLYKE, N. q.
J.C. WAIIsTAD. Sec.
ENSIGN ENCAMPMENT No. 50, I. D. O.
Meets nrst and third Friday ~ each month
Visiting PHtriarchs cordially invited tO attend
l.. e. HUBBARD, II. p. JOHN DOLLAR, z. =.
s. l.. ALLEN, ). W. W. i. ROUSE, ..
NAOMINo. 81, REBRCCA DEGREE. 1. o. OF.
Meets the I'd andIth w ed. nights, each month.
l.. Il. HUBBARD, N. q,
n. NJ. BYERLEY, Secy.
X D ELDRED POST, No. 174, meets
VI a. M the last Saturday In each month
OF the court house in Medicine Lodge, at p. ~.
All comrades cordially invited.
LOREN EDWARDS, Post Commander.
JOHN MCCOY, Adjutant.
A. O. U. W. ESs'y MS$s "a lsSd' %ad .,S s. Friday s
night w. s. FINNEY, NJ. ".
w. SINGER. Recorder.
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R.rhar cnnntu nmnarn
Medicine Lodge omcers.
aOmRTTRA-

a A. F. l. A. NJ, Delta Lodge No. IL
~ Regular communications, first and
third Saturday evenings in each
M month. G. 7. FREENAN, w. NJ
l. w. STOUT, Secretary,
CYPRUS CHAPTER No. g, r. A. NJ. meets
in Masonic Hall every I'd and 4th Thursday.
Visiting brethron cordially invited.
p. A. SIMMONS, II. p.
X. SANDERsON. Sec'Y.
n n @ LORRAINE CHAPTER, No. 30.
Os b1 Os Regular Communications, FIRST
and third Monday evenings In each month.
Mrs. EVA l.. MERRELL, W. NJ.
Dr. II. YANT, Sec.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09

planting Is an independent mode OF
making living. / am strong ad-
vocate for all tenants to obtain their
supplies from the landlord or owner
of the lands that they work and rent,
as he let's them have their supplies at
reasonable rates, and is sure of good
living for himself and tenants, and
something over besides for both
parties Whereas, these country adj
vance merchants sell the negro
tenants advances at dollar for dollar,
and an old WORKOUT horse or mule at
prices that the best stock could not
sell for cash down; and with break
neck debt to start out on, the purchas-
er becomes a 'renter" and the sequel
isis closed out in the fall by these
obliging country merchants, and by
this unwise step causes breaking up
of labor on the plantation, and general
decentralization, for If one mans labor
ers go off, like sheep, the rest follow,
and as | said above, when the owner OF
the property advances to the tenants
himself, he and they are both sure
of good livings, and the result is that
he loses no tenants that he desires to
keep and has applicants for every
vacancy. One thing is certain, l think
that the above statement settles, with
out a doubt, this fact, that a go-ahead-
landlord makes Industrious tenants,
and prosperous tenants make prosper
Gus landlords.
Nowadays one hears much COM
plant of the labor, and while it is
really unreliable, who's fault is it
that lazy lack of order and system
prevailsP Simply, the managers, for
as he or she does, acts and leads, they,
the laborers, are forced to follow.
Negroes, as class, are shiftless and
unreliable, but my personal expe-
rience and observation is this, that
under the watchful eye CT "de cap'in,
as they style their overseers, the ma
jority of their labor can be made profit
able, but when we neglect our own work
and duty, how can we expect or require
a negro to be more careful of it,
and no one can expect to make money
at planting or any other business unless
they look after it closely and give
their every moment to its interest and
promotion, With the careless, indif.
ferent handling of labor that univer-
sally prevails, large crop costs all it
is worth to make it, and small one
leaves the planter in debt, and it is i'm
possible for one farmer to have all
system and order, a place for every
thing, and every thing in its place,
while his neighbor is heller SHELTER
don't care how tomorrow dawns, so he
drags through to-day. AS failure,
they have made quite mark in the
world. If they desire success let the
farmers, as body, cooperate to.
gether, and work by rule, order and
system; attend to their own labor, and
let others labor alone, and above all,
give up their God-forsaken, familiar
equality with the negro; and until this
is done, farming will be an uphill
business, framed in needless luminosity
unlzind, ruinous jealousy that is be-
meath intelligent men and women Il
indulge in.-Arma Hunter Perrine, il
Dixie Farmer.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09
An Unceremonious Introduction.

An amusing incident occurred lately
In Baltimore street-car. Several
quite well-known ladies, meeting on
their way to or from the shopping
quarter of the city, were talking in
rather a loud manner about preachers
and their wives. They finally came to
speak of the wife of a prominent pas
tor of one of The Methodist churches.
All kinds of things were said-some
truthful, others the boldest magma
tions. All said they had never seen
the lady; but they had heard she was
a blonde. and all said they would like
to see her. All in the car enjoyed the
talk; none more so than the lady
talked about. who happened to ne sit
ting opposite them. When she ar
rived at her destination she pulled the
bell to stop the car; and, having a
sense of the ludicrous, went to the
rossipers and said: Ladies, you have
expressed desire to sa> me. Here
am. Let me give you a piece of adj
vice. When next you gossip In a
street-car don't do it in such loud
manner; it may be heard by some che
who will not enjoy it as / have. Good
day." The gossipers showed great
astonishment and chagrin, while the
other passengers laughed immoderate
" at the proceedings IN. 7. Inde
pendent
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09
HINTS FOR HoRsEMeN.

FEED your horse three times daily, bu,
never overfeed.
WATER before feeding, but not while the
horse is hot from work.
USE the whip very little, and never when
the animal SHES or stumbles.
NEVER leave horse standing nnhitched.
It is tie way to make them runaways
Do NOT storm and fret. Be quiet and
kind, and the horse will be so, too, in most
cases.
GIVE the horse large stall and a good
bed at night. 1t is important that he lie
down to rest.
Do NOT expect your horse to be equally
good at every thing. The horse, like the
man, must be adapted to his work.
NEAR the close of journey let the horse
walk II covered with sweat rub off with a
rag, to prevent too sudden cooling.
KEEP horses bedding dry and clean
underneath as well as on top. Standing in
hot fermenting manure causes thrush.
COLLAR gals and bruises are benefited by
washing with salt water Wash shoulders
daily when using the horse. Brine is good
also for stiff joints.
LET your horse stand loose, if possible,
without being tied up in the manager. Pain
and WEAKNESS from q confined position in.
duce bad habits.
NEVER allow any one to tickle or tease
your horse In the stable. The animal only
feels the torment and does not understand
the Joke. Never beat the horse when in the
stable, as nothing so soon makes him per
manently vicious.
Use the currycomb lightly. When usei
roughly it is source of great pain; brush
ing and rubbing are the proper means to Sc
cure glossy coat. Let the heels be brushed
out every night Dirt, If allowed to cake
in, causes sore heels.
WHEN horse comes in from q journey
the first thing is to walk him around uuti
he is cool. The next thing is to rub him
dry This removes dust, dirt aud sweat
and allows time TO recover and the appetite
to return. Also have his legs wen lubbec
by the hand; netting so eoon removes {
strain.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09
Lack of System in Farming,

The most unobserving observer
through any portion of the farming
section of the Southern States can not
be otherwise than most unfavorably
impressed with the general appear
ances and sloven carelessness that is
universally characteristic with Ala
bama farmers. They woefully lack sys-
tenn. order, and any thing pertaining to
neatness and economy in their fields
and around theit. premises, aud ee-
pecially their lots, where their farm
ing implements are dropped, become
their general resting place until
needed for future use, consequently,
every year new supply has to be
bought Wagons one place, bodies an
other, and everything in corresponding
disorder, regardless to- every rule of
neatness, system and order. Their
stables are only excuses for shelters of
horses and mules, while their lots are
loblolly of mud and filth, making
Que wade through the mire to get to the
crib TO distribute food to the stock,
which is dashed into a heap, and into
the trough, not caring an iota whether
tom" eats all from "Billn or "Bill''
gets all from Tom so the feeding in
''some sort of way is cotton rid of.
Hence, when a mule dies with collie,
they can't imagine what on earth
killed Il, and neither can they I'M
derstans why "Mollie" is so fat and
'Sallien is so poor, forgetting that
success to any and all business depends
entirely upon common, practical sense,
energy, industry, order, system, neat
ness. Until Alabama farmers learn
that there is a place for every thing,
and then keep every thing in its place,
farming will be an uphill business,
that will be rain to the man who I'M
dertakes it, and want and starvation
TO their families; and the sooner
they realize that they are in the midst
of an agricultural people who lack
system and order, to make their bust
ness success, the better for them and
all concerned.
Cotton is our chief staple, and is in
universal demand, while that of rails
ing corn comes next Potatoes. peas,
pumpkins, oats, ground peas, or more
commonly called peanuts, are easily
grown at very little cost, and with but
Little labor, develop into a plentiful
crop as well as useful one; but cotton
and corn are the chief market crops oil
this section. and when a first-class
managers economical and practicable.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09
HERE AND THERE.

AN axle that needs oiling, or a
piece of machinery that needs oiling,
is wearing out ten times faster than it
would if proper attention was given it.
Foul odors in milk contracted from
the foul air of stables, from unsuitable
food or from filth introduced into the
milk in the process Of milking or other
wise, can not be entirely removed by
aration. In these cases prevention
is the best.
The fastest member of the Blue
Bull family is the PAGER Georgetown,
that made record of 2:l6l last year,
and it now transpires that he has a
full brother called st. George, that is a
natural trotter and capable of beating
$3.50.
There are two ways of artificially
manuring the soil: one by the direct
use of chemical fertilizers, the other
by feeding farm animals the foods that
are rich in fertilizing elements, such as
nitrogen, phosphoric acid and potash.
There will be no crop OF onions il
the ground is not rich and well pre-.
pared, and but little time remains be-.
fore the onion sets will be planted.
After the sets begin to start they will
not thrive if grass or weeds grow
among them. They must be clear Of
all obstacles.
| ---Ualeaaehed ashes possess fertiiis.
ing qualities far beyond the estimated
value of the potash therin, as lime and
phosphoric acid are also constituents.
Leached ashes may also be used with
advantage on soils deficient in lime or
potash.
An acre of fruit, especially OF
Strawberries, will sometimes pay bet.
ter than five acres of grain. 1t should
pay the farmer to have a sufficiency OF
fruit for his own use alone. A large
quantity can be canned for winter use,
and it affords an agreeable change
without much cost.
Very often the opinion prevails
that most any kind OF quarters are
good enough for the pigs. Other
animals are given plenty of room and
| plenty of fresh air, while the pigs are
huddled in close and crowded pens.
Make the hog-horse rooray and con
struct it in such a way Us to admit the
light.
Some crops require an early start
in order to get ahead of the weeds
and also to have more time for growth.
Among such are carrots, parsnips and
beets. Get the seed in the ground q:
early as possible. and keep the plant:
free from weeds in order to have then
well under way before summer.
The veteran horticulturist, T. +
Lyon, stakes his reputation upon the
assertion that, other circumstances be
ing eqaul, the planter OF one-year-olt
pear trees will, when they are at tn,
usual age of bearing, have healthier
more productive and profitable planta
ton than if he planted older trees.
1t is unwise to grow hay TO be solt
off the farm. Stock-raising and grass
growing are joint occupations.
higher price can be obtained for hs,
by converting it into beef, while tbs
manure remains behind to add to tbs
fertility of the soil. When the hay i
sold of. the farm viii sooner or late
be impoverished. and the prices 90
tanned viii be less than If stock Is KEEP
| to consume the hsy.1
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09
No Chemicals.

In THESE DAYS when food adulteration is
so common, it is a comfort to find an article
for the table that is thoroughly reliable.
Walter Baker & Co.'s breakfast cocoa is
eminent In this limited class. No chemicals
lutely pure. 1t forms moreover delicious
and healthful drink, as refreshing, and more
nutritious, than tea or coffee, and free from
the injurious effects that those beverages
sometimes produce. And 1t is very cheap
withal. The house of Walter Baker & Co.
has maintained for more than 100 years q
great and honored repute by the excellence
and purity of its manufactures.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09

FoR an evil-doer we ought to have pity.
Fo. evil itself We ought to have adherence.
Ones evil-doing is almost sure to bring
sorrow and suffering to others; but there is
no sad result from evil doing TO be com
pared with that which comes TO the evil
doer himself While we shrink from sin,
let US think ter.derly and regretfully OF the
wretched one who must bear the heaviest
burden Of his own SHINING. IS. s. Ifmes
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09
Fortune Seeking Tmicrnnts.

Many poor family that seeks the west
ern wilds in the hope of winning fortune,
is preserved from that insidious foe of the
emigrant and frontiersman-chi and
fever-by Hostetter's Stomach Bitters. SO
effectual does that incompatible medicinal
defense fortify the system against the COM
bined influence of malarious atmosphere
and miasma- tainted water, that protected
by it the pioneer, the miner or tourist pro-
vided with it, may safely encounter the
danger.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09

Down Baltimore, where they are al
ways doing odd things, an author recently
committed suicide because book which he
considered important proved to be a failure.
There are other authors, though, who are
not so sensitive.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09

HB wasn't used to it. Mrs. Mslaise-"l
do wish you'd stop fidgeting, Hyacinth.
The guests will come in moment. What
is the matterfn Mr.. Malaise-''Nothing
my dear; only you do look so terribly un-
natural with your hair combed and that
bright dress on. If YOU don't mind I'll just
60 up stairs and take look at your old
wrapper to brace me UNI
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09

Four young men were fined five dollars
apiece in Washington the other day for
making some remarks about white morse
while red-headed girl was passing. The
magistrate did not state whether his sever
itv was due to the antiquity of the joke or
a desire to teach the offenders better man.
pers.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09

II is rest many Americans need, rather
than gymnastics or other exercises, accord
ing to ANNALS of Hygiene and that
journal halls sthe bed cure as 'sthe great
est discovery of the nineteenth century.
Perhaps if more people took it in time,
there would be less hears about nervous
prostratsoa.s
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09

REV DIR. BELL, Editor of the Md CONT
nent, Kansas City, Mo-, says in its issue of
Oct. 1st, 1887:
1t is to be believed that DIR. Shallenberger,
of Rochester, Pa, has sure remedy for
Fever and Ague. A gentleman in our en-
ploy suffered greatly from Malaria, and tried
many remedies to no purpose; when, seeing
this ANTIDoTE advertised, tried it, was i'm
mediately relieved, and finally cured. This
was two years since, and lie has had no re-
turn of his trouble.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09

SHE-"I am sorry your sister is not hero,
Mr.. Blunt Mr.. Blunt--"She didn't feel
quite able. She went to the cooking school
this morning, and you know after the. girls
get through cooking they have to cat what
they've maden
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09

CANNED goods dealers In California, hav-
ing been unsuccessful in securing reduc-
ton of overland freight rates, have de-
cided to charter sailing vessel and ship
round the Horn the three hundred carloads
of last years fruit now on hand.
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1889-05-09

HARSH purgative remedies are fast CIV
ing way to the gentle action and mild
effects of Carter's Little Liver Pills. If you
try them, they will certainly please you.