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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
PRICE OF PARIS FOOD.
Interesting Statistics Recently PubIIshe
by the Prefect of the Seine.

Interesting Statistics Recently Published
by the Prefect of the Seine.
The prefect of the Seine has pub
lished statistics showing the amount of
food consumed by the inhabitants of
Paris during last year. The yearly
consumption of meat per inhab-
liant Is lat pounds, and of bread 324
pounds. The average number of eggs
eaten by each person is 1S3 So pain
stalking are the city officials that they
discovered 741,622 bad eggs among the
supplies as they entered the city, and
very properly confscated them. The
beef and veal are mainly of French
origin, but it is distressing fact for
the Parisians that they must eat Ger
man mutton They are always pro-
testing against this Teutonic in-
vasion, and appealing to the gov
ernment for protection, but there
are not sufficient native sheep to take
the place of the German product. The
French, however. are showing an in
creasing fondness for this meat. not
withstanding its nationality. The num-
Der imported rose from 22, 900 in 1888 to
s4,625 in 1887, and to 22s, 12s in 1888.
Attempts have been made to introduce
frozen mutton from Australia, but with
out much success.
The Parisians are also consuming
more oysters than formerly. The con-
sumption rose from 1900, 600 kilo-
grammes to 1880, 600 kilogrammes last
year. The increase was mainly in
Portuguese oysters, which sell at
less than 81 per 100. The price of
good chicken in the Paris market
Is from 81 to SL5O. Turkeys bring
about 81; hares cost the same as tur-
keys, and pheasants 81 each.-N. Y.
Herald
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
MEDICINE LODGE. KANSAS, WE
5, WEDNESDAY, MARCH II, 1890.

the only way to do is to keep them in
spirits. which is just as satisfactory a
plan from the scientific point of view.
In that manner a great number can
De kept in small compass. You see.
my 1000 specimens take up no more
room than a little bookcase would.
And, at moments notice, can find by
the label any variety am looking for,
pull out the little frame that holds the
row OF bottles containing the repre-
sentatives of that variety and exhibit
them in orderly arrangement If it is
desired to examine any particular speci-
men closely She is spilled out upon a
little saucer and subjected to scrutiny
under the magnifying glass"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
Daniel webster,s Last words.

Catherine Rigdon, of Marshfield,
Mass, in the New York Tribune: I was
in Daniel Webster's room when he died.
! was helping the nurse. George T.
Curtis, "E b." of Orange, and ELI Per-
kins'' are all in error about Daniel
Webster's last words. He did not saw:
II still live" as Curtis said. Neither
did he say: I'm not dead yet; give me
some brandy" The doctor came in,
turned to the nurse and said:
81 guess he is gonep'
There was moments painful pause,
when Webster said, with choking
voice;
Mot dead yet-the brandy"
The humorist Perkins got it closer
than the historian Curtis, but give it
to you with utter accuracy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
HIS CREDIT WAS GOOD.

Twas winter night and the hour was late,
And the snow lay cold and white,
But she saw hin as far as the garden gate
To say 10 MIN there "GOod- night"
The moon looked down with a smiling eye,
And the bright stars wInked in glee;
They saw her blush. aud they heard her sigh
(FOr tImid and shy was she).
But they never heedcd tho stars or moon
The youth and the maiden fair;
They reach the gate. and a trifiing boon
Inc lover requested there.
what is the boohT' asked the charming
miss,
In musical voice and low,
cit IS that youll give me a sweetheart's kiss,
My darling, before go"
"Oh, no." she said as the lashes fell
O'er the eyes Of fathomiess blue;
you've wooed me long and love you well,
But can't give kiss ~ YOU"
Then loan me kiss, my-sweet one, pray,
And you never wIll know regrets"
Yes, l wall" she said, "for my parents say
You are prompt IN paying your debts"
boston Courier.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
CHURCHES

DAPTIST-Prcacnlng each sunday at II a.
Dm. aud at : 80 y. m, at the courthouse sun
day school at 10 O'Clock. n III. Prayer meeting
Wednesday evening of each week. Rev w
Cain. Pastor. Residence ON Cor. Lincoln Ave.
and Cherry Streets.
OHRISTIAN.-Preac every Sunday NJ
- II O'Clock, n. m, and Z 80 p. m, by Elder
David Nation. Prayer meeting every We'd
nesday night. Sunday school at 10 o clock II. IN.
every Sunday.
METHODIST Observation-Disclosures every
GN4 Sunday at II 200 a. m. and : 80 p m. sun
day school every Sunday at 10 a. III. Prayer
mectinn every Wednesday evening at 1880.
Strangers invited. X. SANDERSON, Pastor.
DRESBYTERIAN.-Se every sunday at
y II a. III. and 80 p. IN. Sunday School at
10 a. IN. j B. NORTH, Pastor.
CATHOLIC CHURCH Services ON End
Sunday of every month at Sherlock's hall, at
1000 n. m. REV. BITTER Pastor.
GERMAN BAPTIST BRETHREN-Hold reg
" ular services at MinRona, Barber county,
tho second and fourth Sundays in each month.
At Forrest school house on the second Sunday {;
Cedar Creek school house ON the third Sunday.
BY Elders ShambeTger, Smith and Neher.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
TENACITY OF LEE.
The Contrast Existing Between the Ma
and Female Sexes.

The Contrast Existing Between the Male
and Female Sexes.
1t appears from the gathered statistics
OF the world that women have greater
tenacity of life than men. Nature wor-
ships the female in all its varieties.
Among insects the male perishes at a
relatively earlier period. In plants the
seminate blossoms die earliest and are
produced on the weaker limbs. Female
quadrupeds have more endurance than
males. In the human race, despite the
intellectual and physical strength of the
man, the woman endures longest and
will bear pain to which the strong man
succumbs Zymotic diseases are more
fatal to males, and more male children
die than females
neYerga asserts that the proportion
dying suddenly is about one hundred
women to seven hundred and eighty
men; one thousand and eighty men in
the United States in 1870 committed
suicide. to two hundred and eighty-five
women. Intemperanee, apoplexy, gout,
hydrocephalus. affections of the heart
and liver, scrofula and paralysis are far
more fatal to males than females. Pull
- -
monary consumption, on the other hand,
is more deadly to the latter Females
in cities are morH prone to consumption
than in the country. All old countries
not disturbed by emigration have a great
majority OF females in the population.
In royal families the statistics show
more daughters than sons. The Hebrew
woman is exceptionally long-lived; the
eolored man is exceptionally short
lived. The married state is favorable
TO prolongation of life among women
DR.. Hugh proclaims that there are from
two to six per cent. more males born
than females in the living population.
From which statistics We conclnde that
all women ought TO marry, apd that As
men are likely to become So scarce, they
.can not be sufficiently priced by the
other sex.-N. Y. Ledger.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
A Frank Confession.

Prisoner" said the Judge to q very
disreputable citizen who was brought in
by the bailia, ''you are to have the
privilege of being tried by a jury of
your peers.n
docs that mean my equals, judgeP"
"Yes, sir.''
Don't do it, Judge. Ye can't get
nowheres without sendin' back the van
to the jail for another load of prison.
ers. s."-Merchant Traveller.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
Why He rhou1bt So.

Landlord Ito tenant who is very de-
inquent in paying rent)-I am very
sure you played football while at col
lego,
Mr. oEehim-What makes you imag-
Inc that, sir2
Lanalord-Simply because you are al
ways q quarterback. Harvard Lam.
poOn.
accIuents VIII Harpen.
Miss Summit tat the ba1D--Pardoa
me. Mr.. Dashaway, but / believe thai
is my glove protruding from youl
pocket.
Dashawag teopfusedly) Why, won
DER how It got there?
Miss Summit tseverely)-I haven't
the least idea. remember giving it t<
Mr.. Cleverton at the last ball I at
tended.
Dashaway Ia few moments later t.
Cleyertonl- Look here, old man, whei
you hire another dress suit don't leave
any thing in the pockets. Remember
EiIatwe trade at the same place. Cloth
Ter and Furnisher.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
HE STUDIES MANKIND.
A Drummer's knowledge OF the Peculi,
tiles of His FellOw-Men.

A Drummer's knowledge OF the Peculiar
tiles of His FellOw-Men.
DO you see thatlittle group of men?"
said drummer in Washington hotel
corridor recently, as he pointed to a
knot of of1ce-seekers in a corner.
They seem to be enjoying themselves,
don't they? That one with the goatee
has been telling a funny story"
How do you know that that particular
one told it?' was asked.
because he is laughing the most"
replied the drummer, senten tiously. "I
am student of human nature and an
observer of the habits and particularly
the foibles of men. That's an indis-
pensible element of success in my line. I"
Now do you see that other man with
the clean-shaven. thin face?" he con-
tinued. That mans from Florida, and
not only that, but he's from a rural DIS
trict of Florida and is accustomed to
working on overseeing work in the
fields and brush"
''Oh, come now" said the drummers
companions; that's little too steep.
You can't tell all that just by looking
at him. What makes you think sop
Watch him the next time he laughs"
said the drummer, land you will see
him stoop forward, lay both hands on
his trouser legs below the knee, and
give his shins good scratching or rub
bing. Most of the Floridians do that
from habit 1t gives them pleasure be-
cause all of them who work out of doors
in grove or field are pestered with a tiny
insect called the red-bug, all but in
visible to the eye, which swarms on
fallen brush-wood, decayed weeds or
grass and makes itself most unpleas-
antly and lastingly apparent on the
legs of all who come near them. Sand
heaS and mosquitoes add their attentions
and on the whole Floridan cracker
gets about as much amusement out Of
good scratching as from yawn or
even drink. Watch him now. They
are going to laugh again"
Sure enough the clean-shaven man
began to smile, then chuckled, then
roared and in his ectasy reached over
and gave both his shins brisk rubbing
with a handful of his trousers.
Come with me-" said the drummer.
as he sauntered past the jolly group,
who had now stopped talking and be-
gan TO break up.
Can you tell me, SIR he said to the
scratcher, show the Florida orange
crop is this year along the lower Gulf
Goasv?'
Fair to middlin,' believe, sir was
the reply ''but nothing like ours down
on the In an river, sir. That's Gods
own country for oranges, you bet
N. Y. Tribune.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12

= EPi' ESFNi y tue ta~t '.ptn &. .mpauy dom. b.
1k business in Kansas and he j. .Jrt,li. red 10
make favorable terms all desiring farm
lOans. He cannot be beaten on interest.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
Increase In Human stature.

From archaeological evidence, an En-
glish writer contends that the human
race is growing taller, the increase in
average stature appearing to be about
and inch and quarter in each one thou
sand years. Measurements of old ar
NOR show a decided increase in the
height of the English aristocracy within
FIVE hundred years. Ancient coffins
found in Great Britain indicate that the
Romans could not have greatly exceed
ed five feet five inches in average stat
ure. Twenty-Five Egyptian mummies
give an average of 81 inches for males
and 55 inches for females. The mummy
of Cleopatra measures about 54 inches,
and the most ancient known mummy Of
an Egyptian King is only SO inches long.
Christian at Work
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12

The destruction of human life by
our railways is attaining truly alarming
proportions. According to the estimates
of the Interstate Commerce Com mis-
sioners, the mortality from this cause
in single year is as high as 5, 1898, while
for the same period the number of per-
SONS injured in railroad accidents
reaches ~, s9s. OF course great pro-
portion in both classes is made up of
railway EMPLOYEES.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12

In recent lecture Prof. Brewer, Of
Yale College, illustrated the idea that
imam is worth more than the land" by a
case which came under his own observa-
tion. A man bought farm for $40 an
acre. He SO improved it that in few
years he was offered $500 an acre for it.
AT his death it sold for $3.50 an acre. In
a few years the purchaser sold it for 500
an acre to man who finally disposed Of
it for S12 an acre. Here it was plainly
the men and mot the farm that deter
mined the value
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
S0CTETIFS

.'atIt... Q. tatl. 500. .... ~
aJudry evening Ot ,'tCa IS elk. 81 tu' II 4.
hHli. Visiting knights 81 cool -tvnd",E inVi-
sed tO attend. S'OTr RUNE sr. G
4. :. ,4. tvN IS a
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-03-06

surd. To keep the body comfortably
warm, and with soft, roomy clothing, is
the essential. A WOODEN undervest,
preferably knit, so as to secure elias
ITCHY, reaching to the hips, should take
the place of the old-fashioned 'band."
AS for the clothing, DR.. Yale makes
some very wise suggestions. He recon-
mends three garments, beside the nap
kins, all covering the neck and shoul-
ders and reaching ten or twelve
inches below the feet. The
outer garment, as we'll as the
middle one, is little larger in
every dimension than that beneath it,
so that no binding shall take place.
They are all cut in the girdless pattern
called princess" The inner one has
sleeves, and may be of cotton flannel or
very soft wool flannel. If wool is used,
care must be taken against shrinking in
washing. The next garment has no
sleeves and no seams at the arm-holes
to insure against pressure there. The
material is wool flannel. The outer one
is the usual dress, with high neck and
sleeves, the details of which may be
modified to suit taste. Thus, except
the sleeves, the thickness is the same
throughout. At night garment like the
one above described and napkin only
are worn. These three garments are
placed one within the other before the
dressing commences, pains being taken
to avoid wrinkles and folds, and they
are put upon the child as but one gar
ment with very little trouble. They
are removed with equal ease Boston
Herald
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-03-06
The Sweet Potato.

If a sweet potato crop could be planted
with the same ease as cotton crop; il
the potato produced abundant seed like
corn or peas and could be dropped" as
readily, the crop would become one of
our leading food crops for man and ami
mails, If the more thrifty Yankee
could make sweet potatoes as easily as
we of the South, he would fatten his
hogs and beeves, feed his horses and
mules, his cattle and sheep, his poultry
and-his wife and children; and ship
them by the train load to the
Southern cities. The number of bushels
of potatoes ''saved for seed" and bedded
for slips in February or March, usually
controls the area planted, with greater
or less supplemental planting with
vines. The man who will discover
cheap and effective, and always relia-
BILE, method of preserving sweet potatoes
during the winter and spring, will de-
serve an enduring monument to his
memory, and the everlasting gratitude
of the farmer. But even if restricted to
the'use of the potato in its fresh state,
it will repay four-fold more attention
than it ever has received. Dixie
Farmer
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-03-06
PERSONAL AND IMPERSONAL.


Uncle Rufus Hatch was fireman on
the Boston & Maine railway when he
was young man, and in 1851 was a
member of the corps of engineers that
did the'frst days railroad work in Wis
consin.
"A family at West Bethel, Me-, con-
sists of couple of eighty-fve and
eighty years of age respectively, who
live alone and do most of their work.
But they do not lack for music or ex-
citement-they keep fifteen pet cats.
Mrs. Angelo Rusconi, said to be one
of the richest women in Kentucky, was
recently frightened to death by an al
legged ghost in store at Bellevue. Close
inspection proved the ghostly visitor to
be reflection from an electric light
some distance away.
DIR. Oliver Wendell Holmes, Rev.
Samuel May and Rev. S. +. Smith re-
Gently dined together in Boston. They
were graduated from Harvard in the
famous class of 1929. Eleven members
of the class survive, the greatest OF
whom is the genial old autocrat.
"A man named Powlikowski, who
died lately at Wloclawek, Poland, and
who worked in the fields until last year,
is said to have been 115 years of age. 1t
is further related that his brother died
at the age of 116 and his father at 1876,
while three surviving sisters are aged
respectively 1902, 90 and 93 years.
An item that has been going the
rounds of the papers stating that DR.. W..
M. Baird of New York City, formerly
Speaker of the House of Representa-
tives of New Jersey, was street ca
driver in that city has been found to be
incorrect. The gentleman is practic-
ing physician of New York and is said
to be well off and highly respected.
Many English actresses have made
aristocratic marriages since 1900. Har-
riet Mellon married the ninth Duke OF
St. Adams; Kitty Stephens, the fifth
Earl of Essex; Eliza Farren, the twelfth
Earl Of Derby; Louisa Brunton, the first
Earl of Craven, and Maria Foote the
third Earl of Harrington. Besides
! bucSe, UDb DetuJllul MISS " Nclll Dc-
came Lady Becher; Mrs. Nesbitt, Lady
Boothby, and Helen Faucit, Lady Mar
tin.
The King of Corea, says writer in
the Pail Mall Gazette, is little man.
dressed in handsome dark-red silk, rich
ly embroidered with gold, wearing a
pot hat of similar material. His hands
he kept hidden in voluminous sleeves
His face is pale, but very pleasing
brimming over with good nature, and
each of his questions he chartered out
with ripping, nervous laugh like &
girls. And each time he laughed we
could see large yellow bead of some
thing he was chewing.
Farmer John Macy, of Uniondale
n Y, is clearly entitled to the cham
pionship for corn husking. He was re
Gently backed for one hundred dollars tx
husk one hundred bushels of corn il
seven hours, taking the corn as it stood
stacked in the field. He was to pull
down the stacks himself and tie and Sc
up the empty sheaves. The wager wa
accepted by number of persons, VIII,
considered the task an impossibility, bu
Farmer Macy won, and had thirty min
,,tac and Siy capopdc to cnara
Savannah courier. (Savannah, Tenn.) 1885-1979, 1890-03-06
"a LITTLE NONSENSE"
In times like these the doctor skilled
His hopes of curing offers,
His pockets are with money filled
T,o,yn frn,,, tin MIL f.So onnul,nr,

HIS hopes OF curing offers,
His pockets are with money filled
Drawn from the public's coughers.
Washington Capital.
--''This is somewhat of twins
trust,'" said the young man as his best
girl wound her arms about his neck to
whisper sweet nothings in his large left
ear.-Kearney Enterprise.
-Papa-''If / have to speak to you
again I'll whip you The Terror-"Say,
papa, what did you have little boy for
if you can't get along any better with
him than you do?"-Philadelphia In
quirer.
-Newly-Accepted Suitor-"Well, Bob
by, you will have a new uncle soon; am
your Aunt Mary's choice for husband"
Bobby surprised )-"Well, that's strange.
heard her tell mamma, only yesterday,
that you were Hobson's S choice. Life.
The only man whose melancholy
trip to the bottom of the sea ever stirred
the sympathies of the people as much as
Dan McGinty was the lamented Pharaoh,
who went down in his best Sunday cha
riot some thousands of years ago.-Chi-
cago Lyre.
-Tramp-"Will you give me permis-
sion, lady, to go into your barn to COM
NIT suicide?" Lady (filled with PITY
Poor man! Here's piece of mince-pie
for you" Tramp-"Thank you, marin,
but I've got some Rough on Rats that
will do just as well."-N. Y. Sun.
Mrs. Dolliver Ito the new girI-
''Noreena, throw this water out of the
window; but be sure you look out. (Ten
seconds later.) What's the matter?"
Noreena-'I looked out, Mum, and 1
saw the water go all over as fine gen.
tleman as you'd care to meet, Puck.
First oflicer-''What's wrong wild
him, Jimmy? Can't yer lift him?" Sec
ond officer-''Not a hair can / move
him." Party who has fallen-"It's no
use, gentlemen; you might just as well
leave me, Eve been at the .West-side
cooking-school dinner, and 1 ate four
amateur doughnuts. Judge.
DO you remember Jones who went
cut West?" said one travelling man who
I Nsts "ttu dHbbitI III Etlll-
niscent vein. Very we'll" HE was a
high strung fellow" ''IIe was when 1
/ last saw him." 'What do you mean?'
~ vigilance committee had taken
charge of him. Merchant Traveller.
Lucy (aged eleven, who is reading a
papcr)-''It is perfectly dreadful!' Fa-
ther-''What's dreadful, Lucy?" Lucy
-"Another faithless wife, the mother
of six children, runs off with married
man, who leaves large family behind.
Dear me, if this doesn't stop pretty soon,
there will not be any parents Left
Texas Siftings.
Guest at eating house tgrumblingly)
Bring me some reed birds. Seems to
me fifty cents is good price for them,
though" Waiter-''Yes, sab. Reed
birds is expensive. They are hard to
get. sab, and we have to bring 'em a
long distance" behind the screen
some minutes later Lively. now.
Hurry up them English sparrows"-
Chicago Tribune.