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MRS. sNAoGs UNDERSTOOD.
Her Husband Was Wrong If He Thought
She Didn't Knew All About 1t.

Her Husband Was Wrong If He Thought
She Didn't Knew All About 1t.
81 wish you'd tell me all about the
Behring sea difficulty the newspapers
are talking of so much" said Mrs.
Snaggs to her husband. sI'm so igno-
rant about these things, and yet think
women ought to take just as much in
tsrest in them as their husbands, don't
you?"
II do, indeed" replied Snaggs, land
I'll take great pleasure in explaining it
to you. In the first place, the dispute
is between the United States and En-
gland, and it turns upon whether this
country can prevent the catching of
SEALS
"Oh, see it exactly now" Mrs.
Snaggs interrupted gleefully. Queen
Victoria is afraid she won't get enough
sealskins for English women to wear if
Mr.. Blaine doesn't let Englishmen go
fishing for them
YES" her husband resumed; "you
are getting to understand the ques-
ton. Now, last season there was q
modus-"
"Oh, 1 know! Modus is the Latin
word for mode, isn't it? The mode last
season was a quite long sealskin. It
was real becoming, too, but If you re-
member you wouldn't let me buy one.
You said we couldn't afford it. Why
couldn't we afford 1t, dear? I'd look
so well in ssalskin, if do say 1t N.Y.
self"
"As was saying" Snaggs resumed,
but ignoring his wife's question; ''as /
was saying, England refuses to re-
new the modus vivendi under which
last seasons catch was regulated, and,
1T does really seem pity to kill the
innocent seals TO get their skins, doesn't
it?" Mrs. Snaggs interrupted again.
They do look SO cunning in the water
l saw some of them in the geological
gardens at Philadelphia when / was
there at the Centennial Their coats
were so glossy and shiny when they
came out of the water and climbed up
on the bank. You saw them, too, didn't
you?"
"Yes, saw them. I'm so glad YOU
understand the Behring sea question so
thoroughly" Snaggs added, as he put
on his hat to go down the street. 81
was afraid you wouldn't
''Oh, you men think women can't
grasp these public questions" replied
his wife, proudly; ''but they can when
they put their minds to IT.
And Mrs. Snaggs resumed her labor
of working" yellow dog ON red sofa
tidy.-Pittsburgh Chronicle.
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INVISIBLE INK.
How the Kinds Used In Secret Writings
Are Made.

How the Kinds Used In Secret Writings
Are Made.
1t is very easy to make an invisible
ink if you wish to insure special secrecy
for your correspondence" said chem
ist to a writer for the Star. You have
only to do your writing with solution
OF sugar of lead in pure water, adding
70 the mixture small amount of gum
arabic, so that it may flow well from
the pen The letters traced with this
preparation are not visible when it has
become dry, but when the manuscript
Is held over a jet of snlphureted hydro
gen gas they come out intensely black.
This gas is the same as that generated
in bad eggs, so that one or two of those
might serve to do the reading by. How
ever, one may avoid the necessity of
being tortured with unpleasant odors
by selecting some other chemical for an
ink
There is nothing better for the pur-
pose than bromide of copper, which you
can prepare for yourself by mixing one
part of bromide of potash, one part of
blue vitriol and eight parts water, add
ing a little alcohol and gum arabic.
Writing done in this solution is abso-
lutely invisible until exposed to heat,
when it Immediately becomes legible.
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ANY dealer In chemical supplies will
sell you chloride of cobalt, to which
you can add gum arabic. 1t makes a
pink script, which disappears when
dry, becomes green when heated, dis
appears when cold and is pink again
when damp. Writing done in rice wa
ter can not be seen when it is dry, but
turns blue when iodine is applied to it.
1t was much employed during the great
mutiny in India. Invisible inks have
been suggested for postal cards.
Colored inks are made in all sorts of
ways, out Of aniline dyes, dye-woods
and chemicals Of various kinds. Ground
Brazil wood is used for red ink. cam
peachy wood for purple. logwood for
violet, sulphate of indigo for blue, and
verd1gris and cream of tartar for green.
Coal-tar colors may be employed in
place OF these. You can manufacture
for yourself an excellent black writing
ink by soaking pound of bruised gals
for twenty-four hours in boiling wa
ter, straining the liquid and adding
five ounces of sulphate of iron, three
ounces of gum arabic and a few drops
of carbolic acid. The gall fluid acts
upon the sulphate of iron, making an
intense black, and the carbolic acid is
intended to keep the ink from becoming
moldy. To make copying ink you have
only to mix three pints of the black ink
with one pint of glycerine.
''The basis of India ink is lamp
black, which is made in a furnace
specially constructed for the purpose.
Various kinds of oils and grease are
burned to produce the lampblack, but
the finest quality is obtained from pork
fat. The lampblack is subjected to a
sitting process through silk bags in or
der that it shall be rendered as fine as
possible. In the manufacture of the
ink the first step is to melt in pot a
quantity OF a particularly excellent
glue from buffalo hides. To this as
much lampblack is added as will COM
pose soft paste, which is kneaded with
the hand, a small quantity of pea oil be-
ing put in also. The mixture is made
into fat cakes and left to 'ripen' for
awhile, after which it is compressed in
cylindrical molds. The cylinders, in
which shape the product is sent to mar
ket, are dried and given a final polish
on the outside by brushing them with
hard brush impregnated with the kind
of white wax which is deposited on
trees in China by insects. A little musk
or Borneo camphor added to the paste
while it is hot gives its peculiar odor to
the best kind of India ink. "-Washing-
ton Star.
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Mrs. Sicoyit--''I am completely dis
gusted with the habit our society ladies
are getting into of conversing in French.
There should be a duty on all foreign
languages coming into our country"
Mr. Verityred-'O, that Is unnecessary,
/ assure you. Their French is not q
foreign article. 1t is most decidedly
home product "-Harper's Bazaar.
"A pretty girl from Kalamazoo, visit
ing friends in Detroit (says the Free
Press), met . young man the other
evening at a reception. Are you a
resident of Detroit?" he asked, shortly
after their meeting. 80, no." she said,
I'm from Kalamazoo" A peculiar
smile fitted across his face; a smile of
half-sympathy, half-suffering. ssAnd
you," she asked, quickly noting it, as
women do. ''and you are from the other
placer" He nodded. 1t was true. He
was from Oshkosh
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THE MOST COSTLY DIAMONDS.
stones with the SteeI-white Color Bring
the uIghest Prices.

stones with the SteeI-whIte Color Bring
the Highest Prices.
1.-THE finest diamonds always hold
their own In value" said a Yankee.
..Mr. Isaacs." Certain mines yield
choice. colorless stones that are always
in demand OF course prices vary In
gems that are not up to fine standard.
The steel-white diamond, for instance,
which no one can describe, not even Os-
car Wilde, is considerably higher than
the average white stone, which suffers
bv comparison with that one that scin-
tillates with that intense brilliancy OF
watery tints. A subtle luster. might
say. distinguishes all diamonds found
in alluvial soil. Hold up what Is COM
monty called the pigeon blood ruby by
the side of an inferior one, and the diff
ference will be obvious. 1t is the same
with emeralds and the peacock blue
sapphires. Our custom altogether de-
mands selected gems"
Are there any marked changes In the
style and character of setting OF late?
THE settings for diamonds are palmer
than heretofore. The most precious are
set with very little gold. They say every
cloud has a silver lining, and SO does al
most every cheaper grade of stone"
''Do you mind quoting some of your
stock prices?"
Not in the least. The ruby, you
know. is the most expensive of all
stones. In our stock they vary from
s1O5 e. $1,000 per stone. The finest
pair OF d. nnnds we have hal this sea-
son are woctu $4,000. Then we have
single stones Raging from $1,000 to
s3,OOO.''
What are the prevailing styles?"
''Well, cresceats and triple cresccnts
are quite popular, but the Marqulse
takes the lead at present. The hoop or
gypsy ring has long been the favorite
among English women, and their
American sisters are adopting it. Some
times as many as four of the rings
adorn one slender finger. The usual
combination, however, is sapphire, q
diamond, and ruby, or for young girls
the choice is a pearl and turquois.
Recently there has been craze for So
called 'pinlkie' rings for the little finger.
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Each Age Its Own Criterion.

The coarseness of one age is not toll
Grated by the next. About's resusci-
tated NapoleOnic troupier discovered
this. There is progress in refinement.
although it is accompanied by cant and
false delicacy. But the suggestion is
this, and it is in sense Independent of
the question of art aud morals, or the
non-moral quality of art: Every gen.
Grafton has its rights, and among them
a right to protect itself any thing it dis
likes or that offends it. 1t does not
concern itself much about distractions,
but it knows what influences best serve
its ideals of better life. On the whole,
it is as good a judge of what is good for
it as the more enlightened novelists =
Charles Dudley Warner, in Harper's
MAGAZINE
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-08-03
Waking On.

The armed encounter At Homestead,
Pa. between workingmen driven to
desperation and the hirelings of our
modern barons h drawing tho attention
Of Christian ministers They begin TO
see that the surroundings of Carnegie
and the surroundings of the toilers who
created the wealth he enjoys, Is not q
proper manifestation Of tho fatherhood
of God and the brotherhood of man. {"
Rev. j. A. Lord, of the Christian church,
and Rev. NJ. B. Irvine. of the Cumber-
land Presbyterian church, both deuv-
cred impressive sermons last Sunday,
handling the labor and capital question
without fear or trembling. Their SER
mons have been the subject for favora-
comments among all classes of our citi.
xens.-Johnson County (No.) Union.
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THE MOUND-BUILDERS.
Traces of Their Mining Operations Cen
turtles Ago.

Traces OF Thelr Mining Operations Gen.
turtles Ago.
AS these facts have not been reported
by others, and yet are unquestionable,
u venture to emphasize them with few
words of description. Near Lexington,
KY, is vein of lead ore which is trace
able for half mile or more through
cultivated and forest land. The ore is
Igalena in heavy spar, which has resisted
the solvent carbonic acid water that
has removed the limestone wall rocks
and shows conspicuouslya at the surface.
Thus it attracted the attention of the
mound-builders, who seem to have
priced the galena only for its brillian-
ICY, as we find it in many of the mounds,
but so far we lack evidence that it was
smelted. To obtain 1t in the mine to
which / have referred, they make a
deep trench along the course of the
vein, taking out the ore to the depth of
perhaps ten or twenty feet One hun
dred yards or more of this trench is
now visible, running through forest
which has never been disturbed by the
whites. Here it is Ave or six feet deep,
and is bordered on either side by ridges
of the material thrown out. On these,
trees are growing which have reached
their maximum dimensions, showing
that at least five hundred years have
elapsed since the mine was abandoned
Prof. j. 5. Newberry, in Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
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GEN. WEAVER'S BOOK.
"A CALL TO ACTION"
JUST OUT. PRICE. Sl.5O

Contains twenty chapters, as follows:
The Senate; The Speaker OF the House:
Supreme Court; ImprOyldent Disposal
of Public Lands; Finance in War and
Peace; The Gerry Mander, with Orig
inal Caricature; The Silver Problem;
Evolution i'll Crime, or Improved Meth
obs OF Piracy; Public Debts; A Com
parison-Rome, Britain and the United
States; Finance and Land Ownership;
Dives and Lazarus-Contrasts; Trusts:
The Pinkertons; Transportation Prob
lem; National Banks; The Sub Treas
ury; Remedies Considered; The Great
Uprlsing-i INTERPRETATION TheCoun-
try's Call TO Action; Danger and DUTY,
This book discusses the great Ques-
lions now pressing for solution from an
original standpoint, and differs from all
other works eXtant in is treatment of
public questions.
NO VOTER SHOULD BE WITHOUT 1T.
The following testimonials speak for
themselves:
LINwooD, LEAvENwoRTH Co., KAs
March Sth. 1892. {
GEN. J. B. WEAVER, Des Moines Iowa, NV
Dear Sir:.l have lead your book with the
greatest interest. No other publication an
proaches IL IN the presentation of our cause IN
u historic and logical form. From 80 to IS l
was resident engineer of the U. p. railway.
own knowledge with the real cost and methods
of railroad construction. For ten years after
that had IL great extent the sale and con-
troll OF the land interest of the Company, both
Congressional and Indian Reservation, hence /
know that in these matters you speak by the
card" Ii was carnival of robbery and cor
ruption, and its extent and enormity so great
that il is difficult to make people believe that
such state of affairs could exist or that the
same influences are steadily at work Your eX-
pose of these things can not fail TO be of great
benefit, an for one, desire most heartily to
thank YOU Union of Church and State would
horrify the people. Ii they can be brought to
see the insdouS union of the State and corpo-
rate money power that is being contaminated,
far more dangerous and threatening to their
liberties, they would assert their rights and
power as one man.
have given away the copies got of you al
St Louis. to good men who are still lin bonds -
and inclose u money order for copies more
for the same purpose.
| an, with highest regard, yours sincerely,
w. A. HARRIS.
Mr.. w. A. Robinson. of Girard. Kas., writes:
your chapter on the Supreme Court is worth
more than the price of the book"
The Daily News. Des Moines, Ia, says:
ut abounds in thought and important infor
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kept In Stock at INDEX Office.
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MISS Ilyppe tquotlng coSme tic adj
vertisementl-Wou Idn't you like to be
as beautiful as Dresden china?
Harold Floppy-What's the use? I'd
go broke just the same.-Chicago Trib-
une.
An Exception. Remember, Brud-
der, dat de rain falls on bofe de just an
de unjust" Huh! Not when de unjust
kin borry an umbrella, Deacon. Black
and White.
-Charlie-''I pity you, Jack, when
is a trouble 1 never had" Jack-''No.
You probably never had any credit. -
Kate Fields Washington.
Extract from a NoveL-"The no
tary, meanwhile, as was his custom,
walked up and down the garden, with
his hands on his back, Gag erly perusing
a newspaper. "-Fliegende Batter.
-Decolette Salary.-She-"Mrs Fig
urante is said to put about everything
her husband earns on her back He
81 should judge by her gown tonight
that his salary had been Rsduced. -
N. Y. Herald.
Are you sure Parker married Mrs.
p. for love?" Certainly. Do you sup
pose man who not only let's his wife
buy his neckties, but actually wears
them, doesn't love her passionately?"-
Harper's Bazaar.
Mrs. Gray-'I fear 1 am failing
fast" Mrs Green-"Nonsensc. l only
hope / shall look as well when am Of
your age" Mrs. Gray (sotto voce)-
"When she is of my age! The hateful
old thing!'-Boston Transcript.
"A Cause for Silence.-Mabel Ito
Maud, who has just looked through
MabePs MSS )-"You didn't know 1
was an authoress, Maud, did you?"
Maud-''No, my dear; and If you take
my advice, you won't let anybody else
know it, either
They had had a little party of guests
at the house, and he remarked to his
wife, as he was getting ready for bed,
that he fiattercd himself he had acted
the part of host in rather brilliant
manner. ST can recall only one brill
liant action of yours said his wife.
well, what was that?' Lighting the
gas"
-Intuition-Co Gorehunter-"Ah,
my dear Miss Pin'<erly, this is an unex-
pected pleasure, to have you alone for
few moments Wouldn't you like to
hear how / got through the enemy's
lines at Chattanooga Miss Pinkerly
~ can easily imagine, colonel. You
probably bored your way through. IN.
Y. Sun.
-"Maria,s called out Mr.. Billus in an
agitated voice, Il have lost my pocket
book; can't ind it anywhere 1T is
exactly where you left it last night,
John" replied Mrs. Billus from the top
of the stairway. 1T is in the left hip
pocket of the striped trousers you hung
up on the last hook of the closet; but
there isn't anything In it-now. Chi
cago Inter-Ocean.
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Every woman who has any pretension
to fashion in jewelry wears one or more
of them. Friendship rings are popular,
because they may be presented with
propriety by a young man to a young
woman without any reference to an en-
gagement between them
sin the fancy jewels there are the
spinel cat's-eye, and pearls, some of the
latter weighing ninety grains. We
have made for several brides pearl neck
laces with strings holding seventy
pearls, each one worth from $50 to 300.
New York Is the most liberal market of
any in the country for diamonds, as it
is for other commodities. Jewellers
Review
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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-08-03
The Force Bill.

The force bill threat put in the re-
publican platform is about as pleasing
to the machine democracy of the south
as it can be to the colored citizens of
the north and west, whose vote it was
intended to catch. That racket has
played its part and has been retired
from the stage. The south cannot be
frightened any more by the old stale
story of the force bill. If the machine
democrats should succeed in their pur-
pose to count out the Kolb forces in
the August election the cry of the force
bill to arouse them would be about as
fruitless and vain as any racket they
could invent Not that the Kolb forces
want the force bill, but between the
counting out process by bosses and the
fair count enforced under federal SUI
Supervision there would not be enough
difference to inspire any enthusiasm
and zeal The fellow who has just
been swindled Is not the man to con-
denim law to prevent swindling very
vociferously. The time and the occa-
sion would not be suspicious for such
a performance.-Montgomery (Ala
Alliance Herald
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GUARDING AGAINST BULLDOGS.
II They Catch Hold of q Man They Are
There for Keeps.

There for Keeps.
Bulldogs are at one and the same
time the most affectionate and ferocious
of animals. One of the species will
guard with its life the person or prop
erty of its master from either actual or
fancied danger. This last quality has
led to some very unfortunate affairs
which might have been prevented by
proper care or knowledge of the crea-
lures habits.
Such an instance occurred in Brook
lyn recently. A gentleman owning a
fine bulldog invited friend to inspect
him. The two proceeded to the car
riage-house, the dog was released. and
his fine points admired. Wearied of
this, the friend espying set of boxing
gloves invited the host to friendly set
to- The challenge was accepted, the
gloves were donned and the two men
raised their hands in the attitude of de-
Tense.
The stranger led for his opponents
face. Scarcely had his arm shot out
when the bulldog, suspecting danger,
sprang quick as a fash and buried his
teeth in the mans forearm. There is
tradition. and it seems well borne out
in fact. that when bulldog once fast
ems his teeth in either man or beast his
jaws lock and they can be scarcely pried
apart with an instrument.
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The Coming
Climax in the
-, DeStinies of America


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