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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-12-14

A novelty in counterfeiting appeared
In Sioux City, whero II young man took
new silver quarters. cut ont the quar-
and changed the last l. TO y. making it
read "ton dollars" and plated tho coins
neatly with gold. lie bought five or ton
cent articles 10 get the change till lao
vas egusht,--St. Louis Republic.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
A RUSSIAN CARRIAGE.
Very Moe for . Man and Girl-The Far
Not q Fixed Quantity.

Very Nice for . Man and Girl-Th0 Faro
Not q Fixed Quantity.
The one-horse drojky is meant to hold
two persons. Our experience, says .
writer In Temple Bar, was that Il bald
one and a bit. 1t is common and en-
amusing sight TO see some gallant Of
hcer deftly encircling the waist Of his
fair companion in one Of these convey
ances. His arm gets in the way %. he
explains, and this is the only means Of
disposing of it that he can think Of. The
horses are first rate, small In size, but
able to do a great deal Of hard work,
and keep their good looks in spite Of II.
Nearly all of them are stations, and
are bred in Russia.
The driver, who is sometimes mere
boy, wears a dark blue dressing gown
kind of coat, curiously shaped hat,
and hiRh-topped boots, and makes quite
Q picturesque object. His dress seems
to be q very hot one for summer, but
the average driver is too poor to buy
cooler clothing. It is astonishing what
an amount Of heat Russians seem capa-
bic Of bearing. Even on the hot days
Of August a great many Of the officers
wear their thick military cloaks.
There are no fixed fares for the
drojky. Every time you hire one q long
course Of bargaining ensues between
you and the driver, until at length the
latter consents to take about half what
he first asked. Sixpence will take you
a long way, and on one occasion got a
drive for twopence In the absence Of
an agreed fare the driver charges what
he likes. Once we paid two rubles -four
shinings) for a drive of few hundred
yards in a two-horse carriage.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
GOOD MEMORY.
IL Is Not an independent Faculty OF tn


IL Is Not an independent Faculty OF the
Mind.
Whatever may BE said in regard to
training the memory, it must be re-
membered that me nory is not, as used
to be supposed, an independent faculty
of the mind that in some mysterious
way may be directly strengthened by
exercise, as the blacksmith strengthens
his arm; but that memory is retentive
is due to the plasticity of nerve sub
stance, and to the property of nerve
centers by which they retain, In
growth, their functional notifications;
and that recollection depends upon
physiological conditions, such as the
cerebral circulation and the proper
functioning of nerve cells; moreover,
that a complete act of recollection is a
complex process involving compari-
son, inference and the like.
Hence, says Scribner, whatever in
general In conc ucive to vigorous
health, and whatever tends to habits Of
clear and orderly thinking-such con-
ditions will aiG recollection. And
whatever is detrimental to the normal
functioning of the nerve cells-fatigue,
intense emotion, or the Hke-and what
ever blinds the judgment, will hinder
recollection. In short, all psychologist
cal beatitudes are on the head of him
who has good health, sane emotions,
and trained power of attention. But
no amount of study, nor all the pre-
scriptions of mnuemonic doctors, from
Simonides to Loisette, Except SO far
as they train attention. can atone for
aneemia of body or lack of the power Of
attention
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
FOGS ARE HEALTHFUL.
They Are Impregnated with Sulphur
Which Makes Them Antiseptic.

They Are Impregnated with Sulphur,
Which Makes Them Antiseptic.
John Athens theory of fogs is gain
ing credence, says an exchange, and it
is certainly one that has much to rec
ommend it. There can be no question
that it covers the ground better than
any other.
Mr.. Aitlen attributes the production
of mists, fogs and rain to the presence
of particles Of solid matter in the at
mosphere. Prof. Tyndall was the first
to demonstrate how the atmosphere
could be filtered and to show it in o
comparatively pure state.
Mr.. Aitken is of opinion that water
vapor clings to and condenses on these
particles, either bringing them down as
rain or remaining suspended with them
as mist or fog.
Chloride of sodium derived from the
sea is the most extensive fog producer,
but sulphur is the common base of town
fogs, and he suggests that it is well that
1t should be so because the sulphur has
an antiseptic effect on the staguant air
and saves us from worse evils than fog.
This is good news to sufferers from
an annoyance which, if the theory
preached be true, cannot be got rid of.
There Is no special cause of uneasiness
as to the sulphur fogs, and on the whole
they are blessings in thick disguise.
All the same, If we strained our
smoke little SO as to get rid Of the
dirty carbon it would be more clearly
and altogether better for US.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
JAPANESE COURTESY.
Often It Il Mamie sted Under Seriou
Disadvantage.

OFTEN It Il Manifested Under Serious
Disadvantage.
Every act in japan is performed with
courtesy and consideration for others.
Even the administration Of justice is
stately ceremonial compared with the
haste and harshnCss so common in more
civilized countries. Henry Norman
says, in the Real Japan, that no police
man in that county is ever known to
smile, and when he finds it necessary
to arrest law-breaker, his face be-
comes clouded by an absolute pail of
sorrow and solemnity.
Grasping the offender firmly with one
hand, with the other he extracts from
an invisible pocket of great capacity a
roll of strong cord. Whispering minute
and polite directions in the ear of the
victim, who obeys them with scrupu-
lous consideration for the feelings of
his oaptor, he winds the cord several
times about the mans waist and then
attaches his wrists to the small of the
back.
Six feet Of cord remain. The police
man grasps the loose end, and bowling
to the prisoner with an After YOU,
sir" the pair march away in touching
union of sadness and security.
The neighborhood is paralyzed dur
ing the performance, business Is sus-
pended. traffic is stopped, but the mo-
ment the polite policeman and his DO
liter prey have disappeared round the
/ corner, all the spectators burst stimuli
! taneously into lau ,hter, and two min
utes afterward the affair is forgotten.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
Ants Know Their Friends.

1t is seldom, if ever, that ants belong
ing to the same formicary quarrel with
one another Ants of different form
icaries are always hostile to one an
other. Sir John Lubbock once made
some ants very drunk One-half was
from one nest and the other half from
another nest He marked them with
spots of different colors, to distinguish
them They were all put on table
near to the nest from which half of
them had been taken This table was
surrounded with water Some of the
sober ants were feeding on honey near
by, and after time discovered the In
toxicated ones. They seemed q little
puzzled at first, then took the strangers
and threw them into the water, but car.
ried their own into their nest.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
Maine Indian Baskets.

mo chemist ever produced brighter
colOrs than are secured by our Maine
Indian basket Makers" says The Lew
iston Journal. For the greater
part of the material, ash logs are taken,
though maple is cut for rims and han
dies. In the salt mashes sweet grass is
found which, when dry, gives out fra
grant odor. Alder is. stepped for pale
red; white birch bark for bright red;
cedar boughs for green; sumac for vel
low; black comes from white maple
bark. A slight solution of maple, how
ever, shows purple instead of black.
Lazy Indians buy logwood for black,
redwood for red and fustic for yellow.
A family of four basket makers in Old
town cleared one thousand dollars last
year in addition to the household ex-
penses. In the same house where the
baskets were made is four hundred
dollar piano, a Brussels carpet, lace
curtains, plush furniture, a picture of a
priest and one of the Virgin Mary, a
Catholic epitome, a set of Cooper's nov
els, stuffed owl and peacock, also
stuffed. Two canary birds sang in
cage hanging in the room and on mat
a tired fox-hound snored.'
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
FOR POSTAL CLERKS.
A Measure for Their Classification and



Promotion.
The bill for the classification of clerks
in first and second-class post offices
which congress is considering ought to
become law without opposition, says
the Century. 1t was prepared by the
National Association of Post Office
Clerks, and is measure conceived and
designed for the sole purpose of secur-
ing just and fair treatment to a very
Woodworking and meritoriOus body
of public servants. 1t fixes their COM
pensation upon an cquable and reason
able basis, insu.cs promotion according
to service and ability, and makes faith
fulness and efficiency the sole requisites
for permanent employment. 1t is
measure in the interest of true civil serv-
Ice reform, as well as national Justice,
since it classifes the service, makes it
mandatory that all appointments to the
higher grades shall be from the lower
grades, on the ground of proficiency
and length of service, and requires that
all new appointments shall be to the
lower grades after competitive exami-
nations as required by the civil service
act.
Under the present system, or rather
lack of system, the clerks have no
classification which insures promotion
according to service and ability, have
long hours of labor, are poorly paid
and have no annual vacation. To say
that great and rich government like
ours is justified in treating it's employees
In this heartless, unfair and parsiIno-
mons manner is obviously absurd
private employer who pursued such
course would be censured roundly by
all reputable men. AS a nation we are
abundantly able to pay our servants
fair wages, and we ought to see that it
is for the best interest of the whole
public to have our post Office clerks
q permanent, well-drilled. intelligent,
capable and contented body of servants,
for it is only from such a body that the
best service can be obtained.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04

y never in my NE saw q man DO
belly pocl<marked." Then he said to
the man at the railing: you must
have fallen into a keg of nails when you
were young and your flesh was tender"
IT'S my face you moan, sorP Indade
did not. but I'll tell you how It was.
was the first-born in me family, and
me father was the wealthiest man In
Ireland. Not satisfied with me native
beauty. me father had me face set all
over with diamonds, rubies and precious
stones When l was tin years of ago
me father lost his fortune in an effort
to free Ireland, and was compelled
from tonne to tonne to remove the
jewels from me face to pay the living
expenses, and to-day sorra Is the enc
lift upon me, except carbuncle on me
nick" The sergeant called the turnkey
and dryly said: This man can sleep
here tonight"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
SOCIETY IN THE GULCH.
Jim Couldn't Go because He Was Short
on Ornaments.

Jim Couldn't Go Because He Was Short
on Ornaments.
There was to be dance in the gulch
that night, and all her beauty and her
chivalry were to be on hand, says New
York Truth.
Upon the mountain side light flick
cred from the window of Dandy Jim's
cabin.
The jewellers observed it as they
went. in groups to the ball and won
dered.
Jim was usually the very first at all
festive occasions and the last to leave.
An hour after the latest arrivals had
made their appearance Jim had not
come.
Wonder gave place to alarm then
and committee Of three was appointed
to go to Jim's cabin and investigate.
The light from the window streamed
down the path and the visitors found
no difficulty in reaching the cabin
though the night was dark.
In response to their knock they were
invited to enter, and within they found
Dandy Jim seated III the corner in the
deepest detection.
''Hellol jim greeted the spokesman,
cheerily, "why amt yer at the shin
dig9"
Cant, boys. I can't come" and
Jim's lips quivered.
"Whats the row? Got news from
the east? Is yer mother dead or yer
wife livin'P We've been sent up to find
out"
"Wusn't that, boys. amt got nuth-
In to wear. Both my revolvers is out
en- order and a Winchester is SIGH
DANCED bad form, beside bein' awk-
ward to dance in
Jim hastily brushed his eyes and the
visitors looked nournfully at each
other.
They knew that on such night there
were no spare garments in the gulch
that would At Dandy Jim.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
First published April q, 1892.
ROAD NOTICE..
No. 1876.

State of Kansas. Barber county: Once OF
County Clerk, April p, 1892.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on the 18Th day
IN of April. 1892, petition signed by X. ID.
Gaddfe and ii others, was presented to the
Board of County commissioners OF the county
and state aforesaid, praying for the location
and vacation of a certain road, described as
follows. viz:
Commencing at point on the south line OF
section 81, township 81, south, range ii. west.
about so rods east of the southwest corner or
said section 81; thence north and west on the
most practicable route in the line OF present
travel, about 80 rods to the west line OF section
80; th0nce west and south in section "a, about
10 rods on the most practicable route inter.
sectlng the section line on south
boundary of section "a; thence west on said
section line, and the south boundary
of section 80, to intersect laid out
road. Said road to be 40 feet wide unless extra
width be necessary in places Also would pc
tttion to vacate the established road from the
southwest of section 81, township 81, SOUTH
range ii, west, east about 80 rods or TO the
point where the above mentioned road
commences.
Whereupon said Board of County CommIe-
siOners appointed the following named per-
sons, viz: James Crawford, NJ. p. Dewitt and
b. +. Kemp viewers, with instructions TO
meet, in conjunction with the county survey
or, at the beginning of said road In Acdi-
cine Lodge township, on Monday. the Both day
OF May, A. ID. 1892, and proceed TO view said
road and give TO all parties q hearing.
BY order of the Board ofCouuty Commission.
ers f. A. LEWlSt
49t2 County Clerk.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
GREAT HEROISM.
The Courageous Conduct of q Young
Japanese Nobleman.

The Courageous Conduct of Young
Japanese Nobleman.
recall to mind a story of an officer
in the emperor's army who were be-
sieging a fortress, says Sir Edwin
Arnold. Their number was small, and
a relieving army was coming up. It
was of immense moment that they
should know how long the fortress
could hold out. If it must capitulate
for want of supplies within week
they could stay and win the campaign
for the emperor. A young japanese
nobleman volunteered to go into the
fortress and ascertain how long they
could hold out He disguised himself,
and in passing learned that they had
food and water for only two days more.
As he was going out with this
precious information he was detected
and the enemy said to him: 1--WE are
going to cruelty you, but we will let
you off ON one condition-that you go
to the wall and tell your people that
we have supplies for week" He said:
Every WELL" and he went to the wall.
His wife and children in the besiegers'
camp saw him, his friends were there
also, and he held up both hands and
said to them: There are supplies for
but two days. Continue the siege and
you will take the place" He died by a
hundred spear points, but he had done
his duty to his general
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
First Published April 18th, lss2.
ROAD NOTICE.
No. 2,3.

State of Kansas Barber county. Or.ce of
County Clerk, April -, losel.
NU1ICE Is hereby given, that the 18Th day
IN OF April. lSgG. petiiisn signed toy +. n.
Cackler aud u others, was presented TO the
Board of County Commissioners @: the county
and state aforesaid, praying for the location
and vacation OF 4 certain road, Deserted A
follows, viz:
Beginning in township 80. south, range IA.
west 9th p. ~, at the quarter corner between
sections % and "a; thence north ON section
line II miles to the southwest corner OF the
northwest quarter OF the northwest quarter Of
on the land line one-hsIf mile M
the southeast corner Of the northeast Quarter
of the northwest quarter of section ~; thence
northwest corner Of the southeast quarter OF
the southeast quarter of section Z, IL NV rlsbIp
3d. south, range IL, west; thence e. ct on land
line about y mile TO intersect q public road:
thence north on the laid out road sbor,t = IgIle
TO point % feet north of the south line of Nc.
SECTION g. th no5eewest ease quartz. ,,,, Of
with said line x mile to the southwest Corner
of the northwest quarter of the northeast
quarter of section g; thence north on Land line
"a mile TO the No. quarter corner of eectil. a
township 80, south. range IL, west, Terminating
In public road. Also road commencing at
a point about chains west Of the northeast
corner of the southeast quarter Of the eotIfh-
east quarter OF section z. township 81, south.
range II; thence south about Il Grains 70 tntsr,
sect in road No. ls7. Also to yacate mad No
1s5 from the point of intersection north To the
north line OF south half of southwest Quarter
" s'iOC " fdCdbc FDdu NO. COM
mencing At the north quarter corner of section
. township %, south range IL; thence west
aDoni liz miles to its west terminus.
hnereupon, said Board Of County Comnls-
sioneTE appointed the following named per-
eoiis, sIZ: Lew Bragg, W. ID. Cleveland and
John NJ. Pruiu ss viewers, wish instructions 20
meet in conjunction with tfc county surveyor,
at the commencing OF said read In Eagle town
ship. on Wf Snes1sy. the z5:h dag Of May. A.
ID. lSssz, ah6 proceed To view said road and & We
to all parties u hearing.
Isy order of the Board OF County Commits
eicsieFs. F.A. LEWIS.
4y2 Cosif:ty Ctetk
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
A USEFUL LORD,
Two Very Important Inventions Made by
n British Peer.

Two Very Important Inventions Made by
British Peer.
Lord Masham, says the New York
Recorder, enjoys the distinction of hav-
ing registered more patents than any
man in England. AS youth he was
left the rectory of Addingham on con-
dition that he should enter the church.
but he declined. He then built a mill
at Manningham and revolutionized the
worsted trade by inventing the WOOL
combing machine. Wool had never
until then been combed but by hand,
20 the saving Of labor was immense. He
spent q huge fortune in working ont
the invention to It's successful issue.
Hundreds of thousands of pounds wero
spent on 1t before It repaid him PEN
ny, but when he did get return It Yves
On q scale so vast as to put the profits
OF all previous inventions in the shade.
In few years there was not hand
oomber left. The second period Of
Lord Masham's business life was spent
In inventing the utilization Of silk
waste. The story goes that he came
upoa pile Of dirty, impure rubbish in
q London warehouse, full of leaves,
dead s1lkworms and twigs. The owners
laughed at him when he bought 1t for
a halfpenny a pound. He spent ten
years in experimenting with this. His
task was perfected In 1865, when his
mills commenced to produce velvet
fabrics of great beauty from the hither-
70 worthless waste. Two years ago he
converted his silk waste business into
limited liability company and was
paid six million dollars in cash and four
and half million dollars in shares and
debentures. He is one of the largest
land owners in the midland counties.
and among his other investments in
land has been that of Jervaulx abbey,
which formerly belonged to Lord Allies
barry. 1t is about twelve miles square,
with the river IRE running through it
for over ten miles.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
A MISLEADING lille.
Honestly Owned by q Man Who Weult
Dispense with IL.

Honestly Owned by q Man Who Wsuld
Dispense with It.
Speaking Of military titles" said
gentleman to Boston Journal report
er, ''there is one man in Massachusetts
who would give great deal to be rid of
his. Imean Gen. P. A. Collins. You must
know that when Mr. CASTOR was gov
erner, in 1875, he honored Mr.. Collins
with staff appointment as judge advo-
cate general. The general wore his uni
form, enjoyed the festivities at which
members of the staff were always well
come, and, in fact, thought well Of the
whole arrangement AS years wore on
he began to tire little of the title, and
when he went to Washington a. a
Massachusetts representative he found
1t a source of great embarrassment
Hearing him addressed as general. his
new friends, largely from the south
and themselves veterans, would ask,
innocently: General, where did you
server and then the Massachusetts
man would have to throw cold water
over the gathering by confessing that he
had won his title by peaceful service
on the staff of the governor of Massa~
chusetts.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
The Rooster,s Elan.

William Hamilton Gibson, who In a
trained observer of plants and animals,
satisfied himself some time ago that a
rooster makes the Tapping noise that
accompanies his Growing by striking
his wings together over his back The
popular notion is that the bird produces
the noise by striking his wings against
his hard, fat thighs. Mr.. Gibson dis
cussed the subject with farmer once,
and the latter laughed at the artists
idea and said: I've been brought up
among the chickens, and guess know
how rooster flaps his wings" Every
good" said Mr.. Gibson, but just watch
your own fowls for week, and tell me
what you think then" The scornful
farmer promised, and returned at the
end of the week with the humble con-
fession that Mr.. Gibson was right.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-05-04
First Published April 9th, 1897.
ROAD NOTICE.
No. 200.

State IF Kansas, Barber county: ONCE of
County Clerk, April q, 1892.
NOTICE is hereby given, that on the 18th day
IN of april. 1892, a petition signed by e.. @.
Hewitt and ii others, was presented to the
board of county commissioners or the county
and state aforesaid praying for the location
OF a certain road. described as follows, viz:
Commencing at the southeast corner OF sec.
ton s, in township 81, south, range 10, west OF
the 9th =. NJ; thence west on the section line
between sections and IL, and IL In said
township, thence in township 81. south, range
H. west, between sections - and IL, IA and ii,
10 and 10. to the northeast corner of section Is;
thence south between sections Is and 10, to the
southeast corner of section 10; themes west be-
tween sections IL and u about quarter mile 20
intersect with running road south No. Ia.
Also road commencing III the center OF sec
ton H. township 81. range IL; thence to run
on the quarter line south 4 mile TO the south
line of section ii.
WhereupOn. said Board of County Commits
sioDer. appoiated the following named per-
sons viz: VIM. Rodgers, Hugh Rankin aud
Scott MOomau viewers, with instructions to
meet in conjunction with the county surveyor,
at the beginning of said road in Sharon town.
ship on Thursday, the 26th day of May, A. ID.
I-.'2 and proceed 10 view said road and give to
all parties nearing.
BY order of the Board of County Commits
sioners. 4. A. LEWIS,
4gt2 County Clerk.