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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
A TRAIN INCIDENT.
How the Man I'm the Blue Suit Che
OF EarmRr

How the Man in the Blue Suit Choked
OF Farmer.
AS the train left Dayton, south bound,
the conductor came into the smoking
car with a cry of Tickets, pleasep' and
as there was only one fresh passenger
he walked directly up to him. This new
arrival was from the farm, and in moth
ing of hurry.
Whats up, Kurnel?' he asked. as
the conductor halted before him.
Ticket, sir!"
eyes. Is she on time?''
eyes"
'Going right to Cincinnati?'
Yes. Ticket, if you please"
chad a ticket, but Say, how's wheat
looking along the liner"
Give me your ticket"
Wonder where put it? Been much
rain between here and Hamilton this
month? Fellor was telling me yester-
day that he never"
'I'm in great hurry, STRIP exclaimed
the conductor.
'Shoo! Haven't got any hay out at
the other end of the line, have you?
got caught once last week, and men
Bill had to work like nailors to beat a
thunderstorm"
''Have you got ticket?'
''Of course"
Then hand it over at once! l can't
fool away my time here!"
''Shoo! Wall, here's the ticket, and l
want a receipt for it, Feller in such a
hurry as you are might die suddenly.
Lands! but what a hired man you'd
make for a week or two! Never had
one who was in hurry. Say, if you"
But the conductor had gone, and he
turned to us with look of disgust on
his face, and continued:
That's the way with these monopo-
lies. They not only want all your
money, but they won't treat you decent
after they get it. Reckon I'll drop in
on the boss of the road when / git to
town and let him know that such con-
duct don't go down with a free-born
America n IN Y SIM
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
L. F. PEARSON & CO.,
>-REAL ESTATE & LOAN BROKERS. <
MEDICINE LODGE, KANSAS.

IL list of Eastern
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1890-03-12
leee Arch Street Phi adelpisa.. ,

ron tonsu fpIIun. ASinHa. Bronchitis Dys-
pepsia. Catarrh. Hay Fever, Headache, De-
biiity. rheumatism, Neuralgia, and all Chron-
ic and Nervous Disorders.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
Faith Cure and Diphtheria.

DR.. Dana, of the New York Sun, in
discussing the responsibility of the man
LARSEN, who was recently punished by
the courts because ne refused to use any
other means than prayer Tor the cure Of
his child suffering from diphtheria,
claims, sarcastically of course, that
LARSEN was justified in following literal
ly the exact instructions of st. James as
one of the inspired writer's in the
New Testament, and he quotes his lam
guage:
as any sick among you? Let him call
for the elders of the church; and let
them pray over him, amounting him
with oil in the name of the Lord: and
the prayer Of faith shall save the sick.
and the Lord shall raise him up; and if
he have committed sins they shall be
forgiven him."
DR.. Dana assumes that LARSEN was
justified in following James, injunc ions
unless we are prepared to admit that
the Scriptures have no divine or bind
ing authority. The intention of the
doctor evidently is to catch the church
on the horns of dilemma, but one of
his contemporaries catches the doctor
neatly on the hip with further quota
ton from James, as follows:
"What doth it profit, my brethren,
though man say he hath faith and have
not works? Can fai b save him? If a
brother or sister be naked and destitute
of daily food. and one of you say unto
them depart IN peace be We warmed
and filed, Notwithstanding We give them
not those things which are needtul to
the body, what doth 1t profit? Even so,
faith, if it hath not works, is dead, being
alone"
James himself, therefore, relieves the
brethren IRON their dilemma, routs the
faith curers and rebukes sarcastic DR..
Dana, tor he says the things which are
need I'll to the body must be given, and
as we'll to those who have diphi IBERIA as to
those naked and destitute OF food.
For if faith alone cannot provide gar
ments or fill an empty stomach, by how
much less can it kill microbes and cure q
al hit h ratic thrOat2
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
She Took Them Back.
From the Washington Post.


The difficulty of plctorially represent
ing Biblical stories in way that NOR
al behind the story is properly support
ed found ample Illustration in this city
within week. A most estimaDle young
lady, the teacher OF Sunday school
class in a prominent church in the
northwest section, saw in an art store
three engravings representing the his
tory OF the prodlgal son. Everyone
has seen them. They are admirably
done. In the first the prodigal is sur
rounded by his boon companions. Girls
in bacchaDalian costumes entwine their
arms about him, while he holds alott
the wine cup. Others are casting dice
and whlrling in boisterous dance. He
is wasting his substance sin riotous liv-
plcted herding swine, and would fain
cit of the husks. Tattered and dis
heveled, he is picture of abject mis-
cry. The third shows him returned
home. His aged father clasps him to
his bosom and gives thanks at his re-
turn, while his brother goes out behind
the barn to kill bob veal.
In her innocence of mind the sweet
young lady reversed the pictures, and
got first in the third place. She had 1t
al fixed to explain the parable to her
class when her big brother discovered
the scheme.
"Why, sis," said he, ''you don't in
tend to go into detail with your Sunday
kids on this story, do you ?''
Certainly, Arthur. l think it is very
nice and appropriate, especially after
Thanksgiving. You see here is the
prodigal in this first picture, all rag
ged and miserable, poor fellow. He is
right nice looking, too, but deserves all
the punishment and hunger he is get
ting. In this second he has returned
home, and his poor father Is just rs glad
to see him as if he had been a good boy
all his life, and was just coming back
from California, or Australia, or Omaha
There is the brother going to kill the
fatted calf, as he ought to; and here Is
the third one, where they are all eating
the tatted calf and having family re-
union. Just see how affertionate his
sisters are. Their costumes are a little
decollete, but I suppose that was the
fashion in those old times"
The big brother groaned. and then
kindly and gently but firmly explained
that she had got the pictures reversed,
and that those girls weren't his sisters
at all, but some other fellows sist- rs.
The next day she took those pictures
back and selected a "Rebecca at the
Well" Rock of Ages" and photo
graph Of Moses
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
How to Close a Watch.
From the Chicago Inter-ocean.

From the Chicago Inter-Ocean.
One OF the group pulled out hand
some gold watch, evidently new, looked
at its face, and closed the case noise
lessly.
"Never do that" said the man next
to him. ''You make the me error
most people do with watches That is a
new watch you have there. and you are
careful Of it. Let me have it a moment
and I'll show you something"
The watch was handed to him.
''In closing hunting-case watch, -
continued the second speaker, opening
the one in his hand, never push the
spring back so that the case will shut
without click. Shut it right down on
the spring, like that'-ne closed the
case with sharp click-'and your case
will not wear out in hal the ime that it
will If you try to save it by pushing the
little steel spring out of the way of its
gold notch.'
elbow do you know all this 2" asked
the owner of the watch.
'I've been watch salesman for many
moons, and know whereof speak," was
the reply.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08

the milky stage, and SOW the ground
with Hungarian grass, the thicker the
better. These crops will keep the
ground we'll shaded, and kill out the
grass.
F The best way to apply salt to land is
to mix 1t with the lime or ashes, one
bushel of salt to ten of the lime or
ashes being the proper proportion. 1t
renders the lime more soluble, due to
chemical action.
MEADOW land needs manuring as well
as tor other crops. II not plowed up in
system of rotation, a good application
of manure should be given, taking care
to have it we'll rotted and fined.
LET there be no setback in the growth
of any of the young animals. Butthere
Will be If you are not careful along
about now. Il standstlll in growth is
just so much lost.
GERANIUhts for winter bloom should
be cut back one-fourth, sset in shady
place tor a few weeks, and then moved
into the sun, the foliage being sprinkled
lightly several times day.
If you have any ears CT more or less
danger with trees set out in the fall of
being injured by thawing and freezing,
draw up a small mound of earth around
them ana remove again in the spring.
A NEW process of butter making is re-
ported from Australia in the American
Agriculturalist. Air is introduced into
the cream in the churn through
an intermediate vessel. in which is
stored water and a harmless solution,
which purifes the air and otherwise
renders it suitable for producing the
desired effect upon the cream. The air
pipe opens into the churn near the bot
tom, through which the gases are
driven out. The butter runs to the top
of the churn, and the hnttermilk is run
off from tap at the bottom. The pro-
cess lasts from twenty minutes to forty
or sixty minutes, according to the con-
dition of the cream and other circum-
stances.
Buy your trees and have them deliv-
cred in the fall, and then heel them in.
This will be found much the better plan,
while the additional cost is very small,
being only the interest on the money
and the work Of heeling them in.
BE careful about the sweet potatoes.
If not properly stored they will not
keep. They are easily affected by any
change of temperature.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
His Honest Opinion.

How often does the average Ameri-
can, possibly destitute of any special
training which would enable him to en-
Joy the beauties of art, express his hon.
est opinion when visiting places of his
torical interest in Europe? asks the
Youths Companion.
One such man, at least, was honest
enough to choose the simple truth.
When Gen. Grant was in England, q
gentleman took him and his wife to Wis
it Holland House, that well-known spot
of historic memories. After q quiet
luncheon, they strolled across the lawn
to the wonderful old mansion, and
when they had reached the door, Gen.
Grant told his friend that if he would
take Mrs. Grant In, he would remain
where he was till they came out.
Mrs. Grant was Qnite shocked at the
proposal, but the friend was not. AS he
afterward said:
Holland House was thing of the
past, while Gen. Grant was a man of
the present. He felt no interest in it.
and he was too honest to assume any. :"
Gen. Grants honesty and simplicity
of character is still more clearly shown
in his criticism of Venice, which he de-
clared to be "a rickety old town, with a
lot OF open sewers running through it."
Now no one would be likely, in listen
ing 70 such an opinion, to think it praise
worthy CIR valuable in ITSELF it is only
noteworthy as being that OF an honest
man. Neither Gen. Grant nor lesser
parsonage is to be congratulated on a
lack OF culture, though if he be actually
lacking in that direction, he may con-
graduate himself on being man enough
TO stand by his colors, pretending to no
interest which he does not feel.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
Gems OF Thought.

Ny first word to all men and boys
who care to hear me is, Don't get into
debt. Starve and go to heaven, but
don't borrow. Try first begging, don't
mind, if it's really neediul, stealing
But don't buy things you can't pay for
-Rs.skin.
When the songs gone out ofyourlife,
you can't start another while lisa ring
ing in your ears; it's best to have bit o.
silence, and out O. that maybe
ps ANIL come by and by.-Edscard Gar
rett.
The maelstrom attracts more notice
than the quiet fountain, a comet draws
more attention than the steady star. but
it is better to be the fountain than the
maelstrom, and star than comet, follow
ing out the sphere and orbit of quiet
usefulness In which God places u.s.
John Hall.
There is light enough for those whose
sincere wish is to see; and darkness
enough to confound those of an opposite
spOsition.-Pdscai
Every man deems that he has precise
~ the temptations and trials which are
the hardest of all for him to bear: but
they are 80 because they are the very
ones he needs.-Richter.
Every human being must put up with
the coolest civility who has neither the
charms of youth nor the wisdom of age.
--Sydney Smith.
No man can afford to set his chrome
Beecher.
Most people would succeed ia small
things if they were not troubled with
great NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..
Prayer moves the Hand which moves
the world.-John Aakmon Wallace.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
DOMESTIC MATTERS.
TO WARM A BOILED PUDDING.

ToswARM A BOILED PUDDING.
Plunge it into cold water for moment.
Then set it in hot oven for about
twenty minutes. Or put it in colander
without wetting, cover tight, and set it
over the steam of the teakettle tor half
an hour.
BURNED SUGAR FLAvoRING.
Put one tablespoonful brown sugar ID
to pan; stir it till it becomes dark as
taffy. Add one cupfui of boiling water;
let 1t and minute. Use enough of it
to give good flavor, and bottle the rest
Tor use another time.
BREAKFAST CAKES.
One pint Of flour, one pint Of water
and two eggs. Take half the water and
stir in part of the flour to prevent lump
ing, then as it thickens add the rest of
rest of the water and -four. Beat the
eggs thoroughly and add last with a
small pinch OF salt. The pans must be
very hot and the oven quick.
PLAIN RICE PUDDING.
Scald two tablespooniuls of rice to re-
move the earthly taste. Add one quart
of milk, little salt, half teacupful of
white sugar, one teaspoontul vanilla,
small piece of butter cut in bits and
scattered on top. Bake in a slow oven
two hours. Half an hour before it is
done our over. it halt teacupful Of
cold milk; this will make it creamy.
LIGHT DOUGH DUMPLINGs.
Make very light bread-dough into
small balls the size Of eggs. Have ready
pot of water, boiling last. Drop in
the dumplings, taking care to have the
water more than cover them. Cover
the pot, and boil for twenty minutes
steadily, without lifting the cover. fit
stops boiling for moment. the dump
lings will be heavy. Serve hot with
butter and sugar for dessert.
40 PREPARE swEET-BREADs.
Veal sweet-breads are best. They will
not keep long. Soak them at once in
cold water Tor about one hour; then
parboil them (about fifteen minutes) in
salted, boiling water, after which put
them into cold water again for few
minutes. This will make them firm
and white. Remove the skin and little
pipes, and put them in a very cool place
until ready to cook them again.
ANGEL CAKE.
In making angel cake the whites of
the eggs should be beaten to a stiff.
while troth, then the sugar beaten
gradually into them, and finally the
flour and cream of tartar should be
added and the mixture beaten thor
ughly. Now place IN a very moderate
oven and bake slowly. Thorough beat
ing and slow baking are what give
fine, moist texture. The cream of tar
tar gives the cake that pearly whiteness.
and neutralizes the peculiar flavor OF the
whites of the eggs.
RICED POTATOES,
Boil dozen potatoes till they are Just
done; drain OFF the water; mash them
in the pot till every lump is gone.
Then add half a cup of boiled milk, a
large, heaped tablespoonful OF butter,
and tablespoonful of salt. Beat the
potatoes now with wooden spoon till
they are light and creamy, and pass
them as lightly as possible through a
colander into the dish IN which they
are To be served. Set them on tue slide of
a hot oven for five minutes to be touched
with brown, and serve. They may be
Drowned with salamander or red
hot-shovel.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
Making it Right With the Court.
From the St. Louis Republic.

FROM the 81. Louis Republic.
An amusing incident occurred in
Judge Fishers court the other day.
which has just been made public,
Judge Fisher is very dlgni6ed man
while on the bench, and if ever before
smile was known to sweep across his
solemn countenance during court hours
the fact is not of record.
A juror failed to answer to his name
when called, and an attachment was is
sued for him. He was brought in two.
hours later by a deputy sheriff. and
standing before the Judge received Sc
we're reprimand.
Your Honor" said the juror, in self
justification, Il have been very sick
and the doctor forbid me to come"
The man evidently spoke the truth
and Judge Fisher replied: "Wel, that
being the case you will not be fined, bat
must pay the cost of this attachment.
You may go then and report here again
promptly Monday merning."
''Bmt Your Honor. my doctor saws /
will not be able to sit on a jury for two
years"
"All right" good-natnredly replied
the Judge, make those statements
Monday, and If you are not able to
serve | will excuse vou."
That seemed to satisfy the gentleman,
ana yet ne ala not 60 as he was per-
mitted to do, but began fumbling in his
vest pocket, as if looking Tor something.
"You may CO." repeated the Judge.
eyes, Your Honor, thank you; youwill
excuse me; l haven't got cigar with
me, Your Honor. or I'd be glad to give
it you, thought had, but I haven't.
If ever meet you
"Mr. Sheriff." but before he said
more the juror realized he had made
bad break and retreated in good order.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
A NECESSITY.
BY SUSIE M. BEST.

Some there must be who must bear the burden
and the loss
Some there must be who must wear the thorny
crown and cross.
Some there must be who must pace thro' battle
and thro' blood.
Some there must be who must face the over
wheaming flood.
Some there must be who must drain the bitter.
bitter lees,
Some there must be who in pain must wrestle on
their knees.
Some there must be who must feel the fierce on
slaught of fate,
Some there must be who must kneel unhearu
outside the gate.
Some there must be who must work nor goodly
guerdon ask,
Some there must be who must not shirG the un-
rewarded task.
Some there must be who must lay their hopes
the altar on,
Some there must be who must say "Thy will,
not NINE be done"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08

He stood looking at Mehitable, where
she still eat in her chair with her work
worn hands folded tightly on her lap.
81 guess it'sall settled, amt it?" he
said.
She looked up at him, her honest, pa
tent eyes having an unusual appear
ance under her huffed hair.
81 guess it's" she said feebly.
Gall right then" he responded with
briskness, CPL be a-goin'," and he
walked out of the room. She heard
him busting on with his coat and.talk-
ing to her mother; then the outside
kitchen door shut, and soon after came
the sound of horse and wagon leaving
the yard.
She was engaged. She kept telling
herself that she was engaged, while she
was doing the little things she did ev-
cry night before going to bed.
In halt an hour she was upstairs.
Her M .ther had continued amiable.
She would try to inform her in the
morning. It would be time enough in
the morning.
She stood moment and looked in the
glass. She had become engaged since
she had seen her own reflection last
Finally she blew out the light and crept
in between the homemade flannel
sheets.
1t was between IL and l o'clock in
the night that Mrs. Green became
aware that her daughter was standing
beside her couch, With a bed comforter
wrapped about her, and holding the
lighted lamp in her hand.
Mother" exclaimed Mehitable with
explosive force, ''you tell him can't do
it, can't do it, / can't do it, m l won't,
/ WON'T
Mrs. Green smiled as soon rs she
could recover herself sufficiently to do
$50 you've ben an ingaged yourself,
have YEP"
Eyes, but amt goin' to stay engaged
/ can't bear him. I-oh-mother, you
tell him ~
Mehitahle showed symptoms of hys-
terical sobbing.
Her mother reached out and patted
her daughters arm.
Don't you worry" she said, 'the
Farnsworths amt afraid of nothin', m
! amt lived to this day to be afraid ofthat
Parrot Smith, guess. I'll tell him
want goin' to let him git We, anyway.
He's arter this farm. l'll tell him it
was left to me, m en- will It where I
please, m / sha'n't will it to Parrot
Smiths wife. Sakes did We think l
didn't know what was up to? Go to
ourselves a spell longer, / reckon"
Must it BIZ confessed that,as Miss Green
again climbed the narrow, yellow stair,
in the midst of her sensations of relief,
there was dull pang that her mother
Should have thought, and have said,
that this gentleman friend was carter
the farm?
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08
The Electric Piano.
From the New York Sun.


The electric piano is now being used
for concert purposes in this country. 1t
is an ordinary piano, fitted with an
electrical attachment by means of
which the keys are operated, just as if
moved by the fingers of a performer,
and the most brilliant performance of
the virtuoso is thus reproduced with
perfect accuracy. No part Of the cleo
trical attachment is exposed to view,
and the keys thus invisibly operated
appear to be worked by some magical
means. The time is regulated by slide
stop, and is under control.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08

SOME men are djsastrously supersti-
tious. a Burlington swain came to the
determination To propose ON certain
evening. Entering the parlor in con-
siderable trepidation he picked up q
book and glanced at the title page. 1t
was copy of Don't" He didn't. and
on the v. ry next ternoon his girl con-
sented to be Mrs. Somebody EIse.-Bur-
hngton Free Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08

A FASHIONABLE journal states that
petticoats are worn shorter. It might
have added that the longer they are
worn the shorter they become.-PAsla-
delphia Press.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08

WHITE undressed kid mousquetaire
gloves are worn with white evening
gowns, and are even used extensively
with colored dresses. White satin slip
pers should always be worn with white
6lOves.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08

HENRY IRVING thinks of acting in
Australia.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1890-01-08

HORSE RADIsH is a weed in some Sec
tons and a profitable crop in others. 1t
sells at cents per pound some seasons.
1t Is readily grown on rich soil, out
when once it takes possession OF the
land it is not easily destroyed.
THE milking should be done at regu-
lar periods. The cows would soon be.
come accustomed to the regularity.
They could in that manner be taught to
come up from the pasture at certain
hours.
A SUCCESSFUL dairyman for many
years gives 1t as his conclusion that q
well-fed COW that does not earn her en-
tire value in single year is not worth
keeping in the dairy. Says he: ga COW
that has cost S75 should make net
earning of $75."
SEVERAL dairymen who have been
successful in feeding ensilage TO their
cows do not recommend the use of any
variety OF corn for the silo which will
not fairly ripen a crop of ears before
cutting. Corn thus matured furnishes
in part the grain ration needed with the
| average ensilaee.
Corn put in the silo makes great deal
better feed than hay, and makes as good
butter as ever was made in June, and
the change from summer to winter
dairying costs almost nothing. 1t may
be done gradually; the cost is nothing,
and there is all the time an increase Of
production.
The best way to kill wire grass is by
shading the soil. First pillow the ground
in the fall 30 as to allow the frost to
pulverize it,. In the spring pillow again
and SOW oats thickly. Cut the oats in