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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28
MASTERING A LANGUAGE.
Interesting Examples of the Acquisition
of Linguistic Knowledge.

Interesting Examples of the Acquisition
of Linguistic Knowledge.
MIR. X. l.. Stevenson tells story of one of
his friends, worthy blacksmith in Wales,
who, having heard a little of the story Of
Robinson Crusoe, became possessed with q
determination to read the entire book. He
could find no edition of it in Welsh, which
was the only language he knew; but he did
find an English copy, and then he learned
the English language in order to read it.
Devotion to purpose is certainly an ad-
mirabe quality, even if the object Of it be
only the reading of a story.
A more interesting example of the acqui-
sition of language for the sake of reading
single book is reported from Japan.
More than thirty years ago, when Japan
was closed to foreigners only one nation,
the Dutch, having a slight foothold on the
coast-there was in that country native
physician, Sho- Wo Murakami by name,
who desired to extend his knowledge OF the
sciences In the house of a Dutch family
he found a copy of treatise on chemistry
by Thenard, a French chemist. This book
the doctor set about mastering.
But how was he to read it! He knew not
French; there was no one to teach him, nor
was there 50 much as French-Japanese
dictionary in the country.
After considerable search, Murakami
found a French-Dutch dictionary. He knew
little Dutch already, and enlarged his
knowledge by study. Then he began, word
by word, TO puzzle out the French treatise
on chemistry, first translating each word
into Dutch, and then into japanese.
In order to master language, however
1t is not enough to get at the meaning Of
each word separately. Some knowledge Of
the grammar is essential. Murakami OBJ
tanned French grammar, and worked at
that and his Dutch lexicon for three years.
AT last he achieved his end, and by this
time he was quite as much devoted to the
study of the French language and itera-
ture and institutions as he was to the science
OF chemistry. For his use in his studies he
had made for himself French-Japanese
dictionary, and this he published. He had
the acquaintance of several public men, and
inspired them with an interest in European
science and Institutions which helped not a
little in the development of Western ideas
in Japan.
Murakami founded French school at
Toxic. He is still living, at the age of
eighty-two, and is known in Japan as the
father of the French language The
French Government has made him chew
alier of the Legion of Honor
Such an example may well be taken to
heart by students who, with every adyan
tage, find it burdensome 20 learn a foreign
language, even though it be closely allied
TO their own. An American student NAV
realize the difficulties of Murakami's task
by imagining what 1t would be if he were
required TO master the Chinese language by
means OF a German-Chinese lexicon.
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SENTIMENT IN BUSINESS.
A Drummer Discovers a Pawnbroker witt
Coincidence.

A Drummer Discovers q Pawnbroker with
Conscience.
/ have had occasion to call On 'smy uncle
in almost every large city in the country
said the drummer to a New York Sun Cos
slper, and I'm telling you st. Louis is the
hardest place ever struck. About six
months ago brought up there dead broke,
and, while waiting to hear from the firm,
l took dress coat over to a pawn shop to
get a loan of three or four dollars. 1t cost
me thirty dollars, and was almost new.
''How much do you want on dot?" asked
the broker, who was an old man.
ooh, about four dollars" he stepped
back, and held up his hands in amazement
and gasped:
my frendt, would you be so VERY kind
ash to walk oudti know yur doan' wish
me no harm, und treat you as a shentle-
maps"
"Why should go outl"
because my brudder will be in here
ferry soon, and doan ike him to find you.
He will look upon you ash crazy, and he may
proceed to fiolence."
''What makes you think I'm crazy7" ]
asked.
''Dot coat. May be you vas only foolish,
but my brudder doan' stop for dot. -Four
dollars on dot cost-a-h-hr'
ut cost $780,"
"Where?"
"ln Boston"
"Ahi Dot accounts for him. My frendt,
do you know what make sooeh coat fori
Three dollar, sir.'
SIS it possible ~
"Dot tailor make twenty seven dollars out
Of you slick ash grease. 1t vas poor CLOTH
poor make, und one shoulder vas Topped"
'Well, how much will you advance on
itqn
"Feefty cent"
''Whati That's an insultr
please doan' shpeak so loud. My brud.
der may come in any time, und he vas ferry
tiolent if you shpeak lout."
"But don't want to be insulted. Giveme
that coat"
'Of course; but please doan' go away
mat. like to please all customers. Dot
vas my way Of advertising my peesness
May be vas mistaken, und / ask you q
question"
What is iti''
'PIease doan' be mad, for I vas your
frendt. lik to ask If you want dot money
to run away onl May be you vas going to
abscont.'
"And may be you was an Internal old
liari'
s'Den you doan' run avaya My frendt,
dot lifts great burden OF my back. vas
afraid of you. vas afraid l might help
you on der road to ruin, und make a low
offer. You vhas all right, und now take
dot coat ind gif you one dollar. II my
brudder come in. doan' tell him how mooch
gf. He vas fiolent if / let sentiment in
duence me in peesneSs."
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ORIGIN OF WOMEN.
Remarkable Myths Concerning the First
of Earth's Angels.

Remarkable Myths Concerning the First
of Earths Angels.
Woman's first appearance has been q
fruitful subject for the legend mongers,
says the Pail Mall Gazette. The Phenician
myth Of creation is found in the story OF
''Pygmalion and Galatea" There the first
woman was carved by the first man out OF
ivory and then endowed with life by Aph-
rodIte. The Greek theory of the creation
of woman, according to Hesiod, was that
Zeno, as a cruel jest, ordered Vulcan to
make woman out Of clay, and then induced
the various gods and goddesses oinvest the
clay doll with all their worst qualities, the
result being lovely thing, with witchery
of men, refined craft, eager passion, love
of dress, treacherous manners, and shame
less mind.
The Scandinavians say that as Odin, Will
and We, the three sons Of Dor, were walk
ing along the sea beach they found two
stick of wood, one of ash and one of elm
Sitting down, the gods shaped man and
woman out Of these sticks, whiting the
woman from the elm and calling her Emia.
One Of the strangest stories touching the
origin of woman is told by the Madagascar
renes. In so far as the creation of man
goes the legend Is not unlike that related
by Moses, only that the fall came before
Eve arrived. After the man had eaten of
the forbidden fruit he became affected with
a boil on the leg, out OF which, when it
burst, came beautiful girl. The mans
first thought was to throw her to the pigs,
but he was commanded by amessepger from
heaven to let her play among the digg;ngs
until she was of marriageabIe age, then to
make her his wife. He did so, called ner
Baboura, and she became the mother of all
the race Of men.
The American Indians myths relative to
Adam and Eve are numerous and entertain
ing. Some traditions trace back our first
parents to white and red Maize; another is
that man, searching for wife, was given
the daughter of the king of the muskrats,
who, on being dipped into neighboring
lake became a woman
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IRON CHAIN MAKING.
Hot and Noisy Work Requiring COnsid'
able Skill and Strength.

Hot and Noisy Work Requiring Consider
able Skill and Strength.
ALI readers have seen iron chains, though
it is TO be hoped that none of them will ever
have to wear one. For all that, they may
be glad to know something about the proc
ess OF making them, process thus de-
scribed by the Pittsburgh Dispatch:
The first operation is the making of the
links. The material comes In coils, each
containing from eighty to one hundred and
twenty feet Of round iron rod, which is of
uniform diameter and of various sizes, cor
responding to the different styles of chains.
A piece of this wire is placed in the
groove of a powerful machine, the wheel is
started, a twisting motion impaired, and
the iron comes forth in a spiral roll. looking
as the outer strand of rope might if sep
arated from the component parts.
The groove into which the iron is pressed,
and the spindle-like arrangement about
which the coil is formed, make the coil ex-
actly uniform throughout, the links being
the same distance apart, and of the same
size. The machine does its work rapidly
but little time is consumed in converting
the eighty or more feet of rod into shape
for chain links.
The next step in the manufacture of a
chain Is the cutting of the links. The
spiral coil goes from the hands of the
first workman to another who places it in
long sheet-iron trough, suspended as high
as mans head, one end being considera-
bly, lower than the other.
One end of the coil is then submitted to
the operation of the cutting machine, which
at single blow strikes of enough Of it
for chain link. The machine is regular
and rapid in its motion. The workman has
only to hold the iron in position, aud from
two hundred to two hundred and seventy
five links are cut every minute. They drop
into spout, and roll therefrom into a small
cart, which Is hauled away when full to the
welding department.
So far all the work has been done without
the agency OF heat, but the chain can not
be completed without the agency OF fire.
The final operation is welding the links
together. Standing beside furnace in
which hot natural gas fire is blazing, the
workman seizes q piece of the white hot
metal with his tongs, places it on a die, and
putting his foot on treadle causes spring
hammer to descend, giving shape to the
link.
Two other turns and two more blows Of
the hammer, and the link is completely
formed and welded together. Another
piece Is then taken from the fire, and the
open end defLly slipped around the link
just formed. 1t is then operated upon just
as the first link was; another is added, then
another; the chain is growing rapidly
so fast, indeed, that two feet or more of it
has been finished before the red glow has
died out of the first LINK welded.
OF the small chain, which the workman is
now making, the welding of three thousand
links is considered good days work. More
can be made of a smaller size, and less Of a
larger. It is hot and noisy work.
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WRECKED BY LOVE:
A BesOtted Tramp's History Told by Him
self in a Few yVorns

A besotted Tramp's History Told by Him.
self in Few Words.
He shambled into the Fourth d; strict sta
ton house last night and asked for q nights
lodging, says the Philadelphia Times. No
more miserable specimen of the tramp could
be Imagined. His clothes hung about him
with the grip of despair, and his hat was q
mere suggestion of headgear. His shoes
were minus soIes and his breath was strong
enough to cope with any thing
Sergeant" he walled, ''give me nights
lodginglp
Cant do it Taking up the floors. You're
drunk
Drunk" he laughed in q mirthless way
as he clutched at the desk rail; drunk, YOU
say. 1 don't deny it. WHAT'S the usel Who
cares If l am!''
"What did you get drunk for9-
In answer the wretched being put his
hand into tie ragged recesses of VIVA,
passed for shirt and drew forth a photo
graph wrapped in dirty paper He threw
the picture on the desk and said:
There's the cause
It was the picture of q woman The face
was somewhat theatrical in It's arches aud
general outline, and was one of singular
beauty and fascination The eyes. large
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28
BARBER COUNTY INDEX
WEDNESDAY. AUG. %, 1889.
you AND I.

Some day, love, one ofus viii stand
And gaze upon the others happy face;
Who's found a haven in br ghter land
And left behind q dreary, vacant place
We can not know which one OF as will stay,
Or when the day.
II you, dear heart should look upon me there
In all yCur agony OF grief and woe.
Bearing burden that may not share
Feeling u torture that can not know
You Will forget the cruel words, now past
Remembering but the love gave at last
You will forget my hayward, cruel ways;
Forgive me all the pain made you bear
You Will forget the dark and oreary days,
And think ofthose alone that were so fair;
You Will forget the doubt that tween US lay,
Remembering that kissed the pain away.
But darling. should Isee you silent lie.
And liston for the tender tones and true,
The tears, unbldden, might bedim my eye
And might sink In bitter or Of for you.
do not know-I only know thatI
Should pray to die.
m v World
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Temperature OF Water.

DR.. William A. Hammond, in the North
American Review: Water for drinking
purposes should never be below fifty de-
grees. We can almost always get it even
in the hottest weather as cool as this by
letting it run for a minute or two from any
household faucet, or drawing it from any
county well. If not, there is no objection
to cooling it to the point mentioned. The
East India ''monkey," which can now be
had almost anywhere in this country, and
by means of which the contained water is
cooled by its own evaporation, answers the
purpose admirably. lam quite sure that if
ice water should be generally discarded as
drink the average duration of life would
be heightened and existence rendered more
tOlerable
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28
Nau Use OF Glrenrina.

Carpenters and other tool-users who
keep up with the times now use a mixture
Of glycerine instead of oil for sharpening
their edge tools. Oil, as is well known,
thlckens and smears the stone. The give
crime may be mixed with spirits in greater
or less proportion, according as the tools to
be sharpened are fine or coarse For the
average blade two parts of glycerine to one
Of spirits will suffice.
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Land Office at Larned. Kans.. July 10. 1850

Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice OF his intention
to make final proof I'm support of his claim,
and that said proof will bc made before the
probate judge of Barber county, Kansas. at
Medicine Lodge, Kansas, on September 2lst,
for the g 4 s-w u and W 4 &c 4 sec 4, twp 90
south, range IL west,
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land. viz
Stephen I. Dickerson, George Dickerson,
Robert Clay, Porter COPELAND, all of Elm Mills,
Barber county, Kansas.
ga HENRY w. SCOTT. Register
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ADMIRATION and Laurht.r.

Admiration and laughter are of such op-
posite natures that they are seldom Gre
ated by the same person. The man Of
mirth Is always observing the follies and
weaknesses, the serious writer the virtues
or crimes, of mankind; one is pleased with
contemplating fop, the other hero; even
from the same objects they would draw diff
ferent IDEAS
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1889-08-28

DR.. Cerni calls attention in La Normandie
Medicale to recent observations regarding
the treatment of variola by the employment
Of cocaine IN doses Of from two to five CEN
tigrams. The period OF sappuration is said
to be shortened 70 a remarkable extent, and
the general results produced ara most salts
factory.
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PEcULIAR STOMACH.

A Yankee Woman Who Grows Fat ON y
Diet OF Slate-PenciIs.
Show much are slate-pencilsl'' asked q
woman as she stepped into stationery
store yesterday morning
''Ten cents q dozenp
Give me one dozen"
Then, pnwrapping the package. says the
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Land ONCE at Larncd, Kans,, Aug. 7, 1889.

Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has filed notice of her intention
to make final proof In support of her claim,
and that said proof will be made before the
clerk of the district court of Barber county.
Kansas, at Medicine Lodge, Kansas, on Sept.
30. 1889. viz: Miss Emma Hookstra. q ID lS)0,
Tor the e of e o, and W OF W 10, twp.
20, range IL west.
She names the following witnesses to prove
her continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land, viz:
John G. Johnston, Isaac O. Bailey, Eugene
Bannistcr. Milton II. Clements. all of Sun City,
Kansas.
ELY ID. &c. HENRY W. SCOTT Register
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Land once at Harmed. Kans., July 10. 1859,

Notice Is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make final proof in support of his claim.
and that said proof will be made before the
probate judge OF Barbcr county. Kansas. ut
Medicine Lodge. Kansas, on September o. 1899,
viz Charles B. Bowen. .. ID. s. No. 2sl59, for
the Y NE Il and g II sc y section q, twp ~,
south, range II west.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of said land. viz
K. J. Tailaferro, p p. Cole, Charles Porter,
George Wiley, all Of Medicine Lodge. Kansas.
GA HENRY ". SCOTT, Register.
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Laud osiceatI Harmed. Kas.. July "A! lssa.

Notice is hereby given that the following
named settler has fled notice of his intention
to make final proof IN support OF bis claim,
and that said proof viii be made before the
clerk of the district court Of Barber county.
D. 1879. viz: Jacob G. Hullenhore. q u s No.
40Ss for the e NE see. -. and " new sec.
%. twp. 81, south, of range II west.
He names the following witnesses TO prove
his continuous residence upon and cultivation
of. said land, viz:
s. k W. Field, r. NJ Woodward. Aug.
schmidt. w S. Finney, all of Medicine Lodge,
Iel5 HxsliY W. SCOTT. Register.
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First Published August :, 1889.
sHERIFF's SALE
STATE OF KANSAS
BARBER COUNTY. .

STATE OF KANSAS,
BARBER COUNTY, %.
by virtue of an order of sale, issued I'm, ,f t,e
- District Court of Cowley county. Kansas
70 me directed, in favor of Morris HosenheiTn
Leo Lows and William Sukoeki, partners corn
posing the firm of Rosenheiul, Lewis q Connie
nv, and against F. L. Day. Robert BaRhv n
Is Bagby and l.. l.. Bagby, partners. cofnpos-
ing the firm of e. L. Day & Co., will, on
SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER :, 1850.
at z o clock p. m, of that day. at the front door
OF the courthouse. in the city of Medicine
-louge, Barrier county, Kansas, sell at public
ahuStlon, under appraiser ent, for cash to the
nIEnest bidder, TO satisfy SAID order of sale the
iouoWinR described real estate situated in Rar.
per county, Kansas, and all the right trio
ana interest OF said defendants therein fo-xrsf.
Lots seven, eight, nine ten eicven 80
Twelve q, y, 10, ii Il, in block sevenfo-ss,
I'd; ana lots three, four. five and six "a q 4 &
- in block nineteen, (l9l; also lots one. two-
three, four, five six, seven, eight nine fen
eleven and twelve. Il. =. 3, 4, 3, O. s @ hi
III and II, in block eighteen, QSl: also lots
fourteen eighteen, nineteen, twenty, twenty
one. twenty-two, twenty-three, twenty-four
twenty-hv aid twenty-Six, ia, Is H. 20 sl
% "A, p 26). in block fifteen, u5l all i'm
barber County Land Company's addition 10
the town of New Kiowa
Given unccr my hand, at my Office, in the CITY
OF Medicine Lodge, this, 5th day of August
GEO. W. STEVENS,
lilo Sherlf OF Rarbcr county. Kansas
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Land Office at Harmed. Rams. Aug. :. Isso.

Notice is hereby given that the following
MINED settler has filed notice of his intention to
makefinal proof in support of his claim and that
said proof will he made before the probate
Judge of Barber county, Kansas. at Medicine
Lodge. kansas on October 8. ISs9, viz: James
y. Mcconnell. o. ID. 3. No. 1890, for the lot 2.
and Il ne u sec 4, and s-w "a n-w u section 3.
twp ~ south, range II west.
He names the following witnesses to prove
his continuous residence ur0n and cultivation
of said land, viz:
II. G. McGrath, L. s. McEiwain. of Deerhead,
knnsas; Free Sexton, A. Beckwith, of Sexton,
Kansas.
I2-l4 Henry w. SCOTT. Register.
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No. 1851. First Published July 81, 1859.
SHERIFFS SALE.

STATE OF KANSAS.t
RARBER COUNTY. ss'
e. Belle Brown, Plaintiff,
versus
Robert Al. brown. Francis Brown. and
Z. H. Brown, Defendants.
In the District Court of Barber county i'm the
state of Kansas.
QY virtue of order of sale to me t,ircc
~ ted, issued out of the District Court of Bar-
oercounty, hans, dated the 20th day of .JlIIy
1881 l, Georgc W. Stevens, Sheriff of Barher
county, Kansas, WILL on
SATURDAY. AUGUST. 3Ist,
A. d., 1889, at the hour of o'clock i'm the after
noon OF said day, at tbs front door of the
courthouse, in the city of Medicine Lodge in
Barrier county, Kansas. offer for sale, at pull
lie auction. to the highest bidder, for cash ia
hand, all the right. title, interest, claim and
estate Whatsoever of the said defendants in
and TO the following described lands and tenc-
mcnts, to-wit:
The north half of the northeast Quarter of
section nineteen Cgl and the northwest quar-
Ter OF the northwest quarter of section TWEEN
~ GU ana the southwest quarter of the south
west quarter of section seventeen I'D in town
ship thirty-one (3D south of range eleven uD
west of the 9th y. NJ.
Given under my hand at my Office i'm the city
OF Medicine Lodge, this, the 18th day of july
A. D., 1889.
GEO. W. STEVENS,
1O-H Sheriff of Barber County KANSAS
Il. a. McNeal, Atty. for PItn.
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ENCOURAGEMENT That Counts.

Employers as GLASS are prone, we think,
not to let their employees know that they
value their services; this we believe to be q
mistake. The winning man is the man who
loves his work, and to him who loves his
work there is no encouragement so encour-
aging as the assurance that his employer
likes him and likes hiR work
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10. AGO. First published August {, 1889.
SHERIFFs SALE.

STATE OF KANSAS, COUNTY OF BARBER, IS.
James Hutchins and c. L. Hunter,
Plaintiffs,
versus
James b. Ely, Defendant
pY virtue of an execution, issued out of the
~ District Court of Barber county, Kansas
i'll the above entitled action, and to me direc-
ted, WILL on
SATURDAY, THE 1TH DAY OF SEPTEMBER
A. D., 1889, at two O'Clock i'm the afternoon of
said day, at the front door of the courthouse,
in said county, offer for sale, at public auction
and SELL under appraisement. to the highest
and best bidder, for cash in hand, 10 satisfy
said execution, all the right. title and inter-
est whatsoever of the above named defend
ant, and of all persons claiming under him.
in and to the following described real estate
lying and situate in said county of Barber, to-
wit:
Lots thirty, thirty-two, and thirty-four, 60.
~ and 80, on Kansas Avenue, east, Medicine
Lodge, Barber county, Kansas.
Together with all and singular the tene-
IN ents, Entertainments and appurtenances
thereunto belonging Or in any wise appertain-
ing.
Given under my hand, at my Office i'm the
city of Medicine Lodge, in said county, this
9th day of August, 1889.
GEO. w. STEW EMS, Sheriff.
e. NJ. MARTIN, Attorney for plaintiff Ills
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OEO. w. SIbf Ems, Sncr1U.
u. NJ. MARTIN, Attorney for plaintiff. Ills
No. TIA. First Published August IA, 1889.
sHERIFF'S SALE.

DY virtue of an order of sale, issued out of the
- district court of Barber county. Kansas to
me directed, in favor of George w. Hendrick-
son and w. c. Mills, and against John Andrews,
Agnes NJ. Andrews, j. o. Davidson. William II
Hastings and Eliza l.. Hastings, JOhnathan Is.
Jones and Ellen Jones. o. c. Ewart, w. w.
Standford, E. Youmans and Charles III. e.
dred. partners, as Standiford, Youmans & Ri.
drpd / will