Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1891-03-11
MISCELLANEOUS.


dred Thousand tons of ice still remain
stored around Lake Champlain.
An Illuminated vellum fan will last
for centuries. Illuminated paints are
body water colors that preceded the dis
covery of oil paints.
81 wish could vote" remarked
Pittsburgh girl to her bashful admirer.
'You can't do that" replied the Young
man, but You can-you can" Can
what?" Pair with me- ''-Pittsburgh
Dispatch.
We know now that arctic and polar
creatures depend ultimately for all
their food upon the swarms of little
pelagic or open sea animals which are
carried northward by warm currents to-
ward the frozen regions.
The violet has often been the en-
blem of royalty and was also the Napo-
leonic flower. 1t has been mentioned by
Homer as the lovliest of blossoms. and
it nestled in fragrant banks against
Pliny's villa at Rome.
Somebody with a worm-eaten brain
wants to jump from the top of the Wash
ington monument, simply to enjoy the
sensation of falling. To man like that
we should think mother-in-law would
be downright luXury.-Rams Horn.
Mr.. Sapmind-'' pawdon. Miss
Clawa, but 1 wather awnticipated
more fiattering weply. Cawn't you love
me more than just very little?" Clara
How can l. Mr.. Sapmind? It's i'm
possible for me to love any more of you
than there is?"-Boston Courier
$50 that's the An-ge-li-us," re-
marked spectator, adjusting her eve
glasses; then after pause, my! Isn't
it sweet? He's just proposed" Yes"
returned her companion: land don't
she look shy!'-Harvard Lampoon.
AT a fire at Augusta, Ga. recently.
man ran into the burning building,
and, Notwithstanding the peril of the
situation, rolled out large cask of gas
ollne. The cask was surrounded by
flames, and when gotten out was pretty
hot.
Ladies were not always excluded
from Parliament. In the reign of Henry
III. and Edward |. four abbesses were
summoned to Parliament and in the
reign of Edward III. great many coun-
tesses were represented in Parliament
by their proxies.
"A Sharp Proceeding.-''W are
you doing Thereof he asked, coming in
just as the other was taking the razor
from his foot. been guilty of cutting
an old acquaintance, was his answer,
putting bit of corn plaster on the spot.
-Philadelphia Times.
benjamin Capen, of Eastport, Me-,
in his seventy-seventh year, is able to
outskate any man. young or old, in the
town. Every afternoon and evening he
can be seen on the ide, and the Ameri-
can eagle he cuts on the CLASSY surface
is done in thirty seconds and is perfect
in outline.
In the year 1872 John Wilson planted
pear tree upon his farm in West Vir-
ginia, a few miles above Wheeling.
Judge Gibson L. Crammer of Wheeling,
says that the lower branches of the tree
are still in bearing. 1t is still in the
possession of the Wilson family.
q have an answer to my advertise
ment for childs nurse" said Mrs.
Smithers. cit is from an English girl"
"Well, you want to be careful she is not
cocllney. We can't have baby drop
ping his his No" returned Mrs. s.
Its all right. I've looked the letter
over, and the rs are all there liar
per's Bazaar.
An expert declares that no pick
pocket can touch man who exercises
reasonable care. They never try to,
Their victims are the half drunk, half
asleep, careless portion of the public,
who are half the time losing their
watches and wallets without any aid at
all. Not one posted man out of every
10000 is ever touched. detroit Free
Press.
One of the children won ring in
prize package of candy, and it made her
excessively proud, She changed the
ring from finger to finger, and in such
artless ways as child of six or seven
can compass called attention to the bau-
BILE whenever she got IA chance. whats
all that noise about?" asked pater fam
HAS as the wearer of the ring was re-
citing for the hundredth time the story
of her great good fortune 80. it's onlv
Julia and her brass bandr' replied An
elder sister.
"A prisoner was in the dock on n
serious charge of stealing. and the case
having been presented to the court by
the prosecuting solicitor. he was or
dered to stand up. ''IIave YOU q law
yer?' asked the Court. mo, sir" "Are
you able to employ one?" NO. sir"
do want a lawyer to defend the casep"
Not partickler, SIR" well. what do
you propose to do about the casep''
'We-ll--n," with a yawn. as if wear;ed
of the thing, I'm willin to drop the.
case. fairs I'm concerned
There is no doubt that mvopia
(Shortsightedness) is increasing. It is
also hereditary. The British Medical
Association gave good deal of atten-
ton to the discussion of this disease
By some physicians myopia was taken
to be the index of intellectual supe-
riority; both students and studious
races, instanced by Germany and
France, being prone to the complaint
by other doctors myopia was quiteother
than an index of superiority by being
the sign of imperfect illumination,
and the result of the thousand abuses
to which students and studious races
are accustomed to subject their eyes.
Probably the best aI-round exer-
else for developing the muscles is
wrestling. 1t is the only form of exer-
else except swimming which calls into
play the entire muscular system of the
body. Sparring is sure to give IA man
good lung room and plenty of shoulder
muscles. Rowing builds up the fore
arms and back, and bicycling develops
the legs only. In wrestling there is
scarcely a muscle of the body that is
not called into play. The grasp of the
fingers the suppleness of the ankle, and
the strength of the back arc as important
as the power of the arms and legs The
exercise, however, is SO Severe that only
the most hardened and literally en-
dowed athletes venture to practice it,