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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-09-28

containing, perhaps, 81, 900 worth, and
buy them from him, and the rate /
pay him Is not more than per cent.
above the cost of importation. His
profit is small and mine is correspond
ingly So.
The man who makes money out of
diamonds is he who sells them by the
paper, unset. just as soon as you begin
to set the diamonds you embark in a
speculative business. Fashions change.
and setting which has cost Won hun
dreds OF dollars for the labor in it you
find is worth only the intrinsic value of
the gold you put in it, because it is out
OF date and you cannot market il.
Few people realize this dead loss in
the Jewelry business. There is another
point too. As soon as you set a diamond
and try to dispose of it at promiscuous
sale yoa find it harder to do SO than if
the diamond were loose The unit for
the diamond broker is paper of loose
stones, and when you begin to offer him
diamond pins, rings and brooches. lust
so soon do you lose on the transaction
when jeweler fails he is able to
pay generally only 25 per cent. divi-
dend. A dry goods dealer pays so per
cent. The reason for this is that the
jewelers. assets consist generally of n
lot of played out machinery and obso-
lete jewelry which, though it cost him
large sum of money, is valuable only
as SO much gold and precious stones
The price of diamonds fiuctuates all
the time, and this is another source of
danger to US. None of the Maiden lane
dealers is making any money now.
Most of them are dealers merely and
not geologists and experts and they are
likely to overestimate the value of n
stone. l can give you no better exam
pie than the fact that when parcel of
stones has reached the custom house
and tie officials there have suspected
that they were undervalued thew have
appointed committee of six experts
and the experts in their valuation have
varied DIS much as $50 carat. In a case
like that the matter is settled by strik-
ing an average, but 1t shows how hard
it is to determine the worth of a stone
THE yellow diamonds, not being
more valuable on account of their size.
are split up into small stones. 1t is re-.
marka lie how much individuality dia-
mond has No two that ever existed
were ever alike. Take fve-carat stone
and cut it into two and the halves
will be entirely different in every way.
Everything, l may remark, depends on
the cutting. The faces must be accu-
rately made and the angles must be ee-
ometrieally correct.
You can color a diamond to anv
shade, ut not so that it will stand ex-
aminaticn by an expert"
''Wh do the street dealers in imita-
ton diiDrnonds do to make their pins and
rings shine?"
Dip them in alcohol generally lust
before they sell them. But it wears off
soon."-N. Y. Herald.
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Sanitary Wall Iapers.

The sanitary wall papers, which are
heavily glazed and vanished so that
they are equal to three coats of paint
after Trey are put up and properly fip-
ished, are boon to housekeeners who
require durable wall covering which
will bear washing. In the bathroom
and buffers pantry this sanitary paper
is espeo tally in requisition. 1t comes in
geometrical designs, in blue and white
tiling patterns in old-fashioned French
tile designs after Vatican, and in rustic
patterns which initiate Delft tilino
After the paper is put on the wall IL Is
finished with coat of sanitary varnish,
which makes it thoroughly durable
The great advantage of this paper lie.
in the fact that it is non-e5ssorbsnt
IT does aot take up odors or impurities
of the atmosphere and the highly glazed
surface may be washed with water as
readily as tiling and without injury to
the paper.-N. Y. Tribune.
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NOVEL JEwECRY DESIGNS.
sumo Ahings Appropriate and Pretty r,
Summer Wear

'onie Ahihgs Appropriate and Pretty for
summer Wear.
F1iigree jewelry is making its wav for
summer wear
lhe pointed button for studs Is a
great Institution, since button.holes
may give way,
Buck.es for belts are made of flowers
enclosed in round, oval or oblong
form, and are sold adjusted to ribbon
belts
Eagle claws are mounted like hand
with gauntlet cuff of silver and cairn-
gorm IN the end, and on one claw is a
ring with the thistle as device and a col
ored stone. The whole is brooch and
its origin is Scotch,
Flower belts in metal are worn by
young girls These are pansies, lillies.
wild roses, feur-de-lis and other omen
petaled flowers made fat and linked
together. Another variety incloses each
flower within circle and links the
circles together. These and the braided
are among the prsttiest varieties of
metal belts--Jewelers' Circular.
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For long-distanee swim-1iEss.- 30 sl.a 4.
may be said to hold the se /, 80 he
can outstrip the swiftese shrs, ap9ar-
emily without effort. s. inning and
playing around them, anl ever on ahe
lookout for prey
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Reid.


Millionaire Rat Reid has been nomi-
mated for vice-president on the repub-
Gcan ticket. Rat Reid owns one of the
largest publishing houses in New York
City-the New York Tribune. He has
been lighting a boycott of labor in this
country for many years. He was the
most bitter, vindictive and powerful
antagonist of organized labor in this
country. Even the newsboys at one.
time boycotted his paper 1t was dur
ing this time that his paper stated that
the business interests of Wall street de-
manded a king, He has also declared
that the capitalists of Wall street could
so act in twenty-four hours that no law
of congress could stand against them.
1t remains to be seen whether the com
mon people win suck his thumb and
thank him for the boon!-Great West
uatcnmaker's jaw.
One of the most remariSabl diseases
ever known was ,.watchmalxerss law ),
1t was once common in German watch
factories in which some of the oDera-
tivSs were Obliged to stand all DAY in
the fumes of phosphorus Il attacked
first the teeth, which speedily decayea
and then ate away the jaw bone. whiei,
was slowly disintegrated aud came ont
piece by piece until it was all gona
The bones OF the face were afterzvarfl
attacked and instances are known e.f
victim surviving when his face was a
shapeless mass. Owing to safeguards
more recently employed the sliseass i
now rare. Jewellers Weekly.
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-s'I want to ask one more q

II want to ask one more question,
said little Frank as he was being put to
bed ell?'' acquiesced the tired mann
ma tFaen holes come in stockings
what becomes of the piece of stocking
that was there before the hole came7'
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-Realism-'And do you love Dolly
as much as ever?" mot quite. Auntie.
we've got a real meat baby at home
nOw."-Judv
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DELPHIA LODGE, No. 40, K."t r. wtcts an
Monday evening of each wtCA, at tGo Is ut j..
ball. Visiting hnigb;s in good st9uGial .uN. .-
ted to attend. 81. iAHEH, t. g..
y. NJ. HOUCnIN. X. of Il. N =.
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CIRCULATION.

The Index" has, and can
prove the largest oircula-
tion Of any paper in Bar
beT county.
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~ D ELDRED POST. no ltt. iI..
VI n NJ "a 4th Saturday in cit.h rlo.ut.
Ot the court house i'm Medicine f.udEe.U. q. 4, d.
All comrades cordially invited.
l.. II. WILLIAMS. Post Commando.
JOuN W. UPPERMAN, AdiutJUt.
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7 EoN BEALs.
Societies

n \. f. s. \. Nj, Delta Lodge 80. -
"a Regular communication, FIRST HVd
~ third Saturday evenings Iu .t.t
w month. All afiliatiug and noE-au..-
ating masons III good standing. cordially iu
Vited TO attend II. y. BURNETI 81. g.
I.W. STOUT, Secretary.
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OFFICIAL pIREcrnpv.

= NsSi DENT 80. bEHJtN .sAnfs-fIS
iitcd States senators .........IB. So, t.Is 81.
of hJusHs, .......- W 4 g...t.
A A-mbef of Congress. 1th Dist ...ietI.- -s..t "a
Judge of 24th judicial o. st... tr S.. y
S,ttc senator. 3Sth BIS. .ci. .th: -tor B.. i.t-c
Representative, tJ;h Di-tfct.....t. ~. t.i..s .seN
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n u q LORRAINE CHAPTER, no. 80.
Os Lie NS Regular CommunicU,tuus, ht ,
and third Monday evenings in each month.
Mrs. FRANCIS ELLIS. N. 20.
MAMIE V. o. BRYAN, Sec.
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Medicine lodge oiaeor.
stats nmcers

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NAOMI No.67. REBECCA DEGREEI O.O.E
Meets the "a and d4th W cd. nights CHtt uluti
MRs. T. Nj. ALLEN, y. 60.
Mus. AUG. SCMUDT, SCcy.
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@ " LOREN EDWARDS CAMP. Nc. D..
., Y ). of V, meets ON lst apa ad @atur
day evenings of each month, in ihcir EUA uii
North Main street.
J. L. ROMG, Commander.
j. II. WILLIA Ms, AGjutuut.
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ENSIGN ENCAMPb, ENT No. C2 3. q. q. O.
Meets first and third Friday oi each mo1H
g. l.. ALLEN. II. l.. G.. K ltNt.'e.A d. J..
W. Il. ROUSE, :. W. j. &. NAl-rAp, =.
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A. u. u. w ), Meets Meets "a and ana 4,h Ftl.
night. T.. NJ. BYEstLEY, u. IS.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-06-10
EvadiMS the Duty.

Women are accused of being In their
artless way the most unscrupulous of
smugglers; but here as in many other
dark transactions, men overmatch them.
A clerk in prominent shipping house
has for years imported his clothes from
London, yet has never paid duty and
never smuggled them in. At least he
has never smuggled them in the usual
way adopted by those who don't see the
point of paying Uncle Samuel for the
privilege of wearing English clothing.
His plan is a simple one, but it is not
likely to be followed by many imitators.
He has friend on the other side who is
a tailor, and he mails as sample Of
cloth one leg of pair of trousers, half
of waistcoat, the sleeve of a coat or
half the back, and the parcel is marked
sample" and comes wrapped in thick
brown paper left open at one end. Some
times it takes month or six weeks for
full suit to arrive, part coming via
New York and occasionally part via
Boston. The parts are then sewed to-
gether by tailor here and the suit is COM
plete. Only once in six years has parcel
been lost in transit, and it was half the
back of coat made of peculiar shade
of blue cloth which the English clerk
could not match.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-06-10
Nile Mud.

There is nothing to make one realize
The importance of mud indeed like a
journey up the Nile, when the inunda-
ton is just over. You lounge on the
deck of your dahabieh and drink in
geography almost without knowing it.
The voyage forms a perfect introduce
tion to the study of mudology, and
suggests to the observant mind-mean-
ing you and me-the real meaning Of
mud as nothing else on earth that I
know of can suggest it; for in Egypt you
get your phenomenon isolated from all
disturbing elements.
You have no rainfall to bother you, no
local streams. no complex denudations !;
the Nile does it all-it does everything. On
the other hand the bare desert stretches
away, rising up in gray, rocky hills.
Down the midst runs the one long line
OF alluvial soil-in other words Nile mud
(which alone allows cultivation and
life in that rainless district. The country
bases itself absolutely on mud. The
crops are raised on it, the houses and
villages are built of it, the land is ma
nured with it, the very air is full Of it..
The crude brick buildings that dissolve in
dust are Nile mud solidfied, the red pot
terry of Assiout is Nile mud baked hard,
the village mosques and minarets are
Nile mud whitewashed. I have even
seen ships bulwarks neatly repaired
with mud. 1t pervades the whole land
when wet as mud undisguised; when
dry as dust storm.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-06-10
Worth the Trouble.

Family anniversaries, OF the celebra-
tion of them, occasion some trouble in
the household, especially if there are no
servants; but they pay for the effort
involved. "This has been the incest
day 1 ever knew" said boy to his
mother, one evening. "The birds have
all been singing, and the sun has shone
every minute, and everything has been
SO lovely, just for your birthday, mamma,
and 1 am 80 glad!" and he emphasized
his gladness with hearty hug and kiss.
For weeks he had been looking forward
to this day, planning and making a little
birthday gift as surprise, and when the
time came, his whole mind was given
to making his mother happy. Every
thing that is desirable is attended with
some trouble; but how can we keep
our children contented and happy at
home without taking trouble? And no
mother regrets the trouble when she sees
her children regarding their nome as the
very best place in the whole world. Try
to celebrate the birthdays one year. and
see if it does not "pay" in the enjoyment
of the whole family.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-06-10
Shoes for Baby Feet.

Said women the other day, toying
with the dainty kid bootees for baby feet,
as she stood at shoe counter: II never
see these but think of pair of little
shoes which are family possession with
US. They were made for an uncle of my
mother, who was baby seventy years
ago. Save from the size there is nothing
babyish about them, for they are fac
simile in miniature of the stout calf
shoe which men Of that day wore, even
to the leather lacings. 1 feel thrill of
sympathy for the tender little feet they
covered so long ago, for they must have
been cruel protectors to the soft flesh,
but at that time in that place-it was in
New Jersey-nothing else was obtainable,
and mother has heard her grandmother
tell how she sewed up pieces of felt in
crude shoe shape when these strong
boots chafed the baby feet. What con-
trast to these shapely little things!"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-06-10
A Case of Mind Cure.

The heroic measures of medicine, says
the New York Times, sometimes ac-
complish their purpose indirectly. A
certain New York woman has been suf-
fering for several months from con-
dition which she and her friends dag
nosed as nervous prostration. Suddenly
she got better, frightened up, and began
to take an interest in things. Naturally,
her husband was much pleased, and
spoke more than once of her complete
restoration.
"Why," said he, one evening, you
were ON the eve of going to DR.. - a
fortnight ago."
II did co., replied his wife.
"Oh, and he discovered you had moth
ing?"
son the contrary, he discovered I
had everything. He said I needed q
shock. So took it.
"Why, how? 1 knew nothing of this, I"
half resentfully exclaimed the husband.
II took the shock quite by myself, {"
replied his wife. "Dr. - said had bet
ter go to his private hospital for treat
ment. inquired as to the nature of tho
treatment, which he intimated was to be
severe. found that ice up and down
my spine to freeze and red-hot iron over
the same portion of my body to burn,
with electricity, massage, baths and
slapping as incidentals, would comprise
the treatment Icame home, lay awake
all that night, alternately feeling the
chill of the ice and the soaring of tho
iron, and received all the shock neces-
sary. The next morning got up cured. I"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-06-10
Dick the Sea.GuIl.

1t is we'll known that birds return year
after year to build their nests in the same
place, often in the same tree. The Boston
Transcript reports more surprising case
in which a winter visitor from the north,
sea gull, has been known to manifest a
similar local attachment.
1t is twenty years since "Dick" first
came aboard the lightship, which lifts
and dips over Brenton's Reef, the rough
est bit of water in Narragansett Bay, and
one of the most dangerous spots upon the
Atlantic coast. For twenty years he has
shared what the crew had to eat; has
been their gentle and affectionate pet +;
has taken his part of the weather and
enjoyed it all.
At just such a time every spring he
has disappeared-to spend the summer
on his native shores-but every autumn
has found him back again at the light.
ship. for the fierce and dreary winter.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-06-10
Insincerity in writing.

Some of the most distinguished lights
of literature have not wholly relied upon
facts for the basis of some of the most
famous passages of their writings. For
instance, when Sir Walter Scott wrote: :
If thou wouldst view fair Melrose Alright,
Go visit it by the pale moonlight,
he had never seen the abbey except by
daylight, and his detailed description OF
the moonlit ruins was therefore gilded
"fake." The same disagreeable word
might be applied to Coleridge's "Hymn
to Mont Blanc before SUNRISE" as the
poet had not witnessed the glories of an
Alpine dawn, nor even seen the Alps.
Equally insincere, in somewhat differ
ent way, was DIR. Johnson's advice to
young people, whom he assures, with
great sincerity, that nobody who does
not rise early will ever do any good. "
Unfortunately the doctor confesses in his
diary that it was his habit to lie in bed
until two in the afternoon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-06-10
He Got WIG.

When man is in deadly earnest about
securing employment he will not let such
a small obstacle as the lack of wife
stand in his way.
At least, such is the fact in regard to a
certain section foreman on the Columbia
and Puget Sound road. He applied for
the position to Assistant Superintendent
McCabe, and his answers to that gentle
mans queries were all satisfactory until
the question came:
"Are you married? We want mar.
ried man to take this position, 80 that his
wife can take care of the section house. "
The man acknowledged that he still
wandered in the wilderness of celibacy,
and Mr.. McCabe said in peculiar way:
"Well you may have the job if you can
get married in time. Hurry up and
I'll give you passes for the half-past five
train"
1t was then half-past four, and it
seemed pretty short notice, but some
men get through great deal OF business
in an hour. Before the time had arrived
for the train to leave the applicant re-
turned. accompanied by blushing bride,
and said:
"Well, I've got wife. Will you give
me those passes?"
Filled with admiration at the mans
readiness of resource, Mr.. McCabe gave
him the passes, and the happy couple left
on their honeymoon.
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-06-10
It Worked Wall.

Husband first night after returning
from wedding tour: II am going down
to the club tonight, love, and as I
haven't seen the boys for long time I
may be late; so you needn't wait up
for me.
Wife (who had been warned by her
mother that this crisis in the matrimo-
nial history was sure to arrive sooner or
later): "As you have never left me alone
before, dear. since our marriage, am
afraid would feel very lonely in your
absence, SO think will go to the thea
ter If you are home before me, you
need not wait up, for 1 can let myself in
with the latch key"
"But you can not go to the theater
unattended, my love"
II will not go unattended. Cousin
Jack is home from his yachting cruise.
l will call on him and ask him to be my
escort. If he isn't in, will find some-
body else. You needn't worry about me,
DEAR"
@Your cousin Jack is at home, them"
asked her husband, who used to be dread
fully jealous of this cousin.
"Yes. And you needn't fear that I
shall be dull in his company. Jack is
very entertaining, you know"
After pondering while the husband
remarked:
"On second thoughts don't think I'll
60 to the club. love-"
"On second thoughts" returned the
wife, demurely, Il don't think I'll go to
the theater, dear"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-06-10

A Hindoo baby is named when it IS
twelve days old, and usually by the
mother. Sometimes the father wishes
for another name than that selected by
the mother; in that case two lamps are
placed over the two names, and the name
over which the lamp burns the brightest
is the one given to the child. In the
Egyptian family the parents choose
name for their baby by lighting three
wax candles; to each of these they give
O name, one of the three always belong
ing to some diSnifed parsonage. Tho
candle that burns the longest bestows
the name upon the baby. The Moham-
medans sometimes write desirable names
on five slips of paper, and these they
place in the Koran. The name upon the
first slip drawn out is given to the child.
The Chinese care so little for their girl
babies that they do not give them baby
name, but just call them Number One,
Number Two, Number Three, according
to their birth. Boys are thought SO
much more of in China than girls are
that, if one happens to ask Chinese
father who has both boy and girl
how many children he has, he will al
ways reply.
~Qnly one child"
The midland journal. (Rising Sun, Md.) 1885-1947, 1892-06-10
SURF BATHING IN HAWAII.
Exciting Sport tm the Rolling Waves
Exhibiting Great Skill.

| Exciting Sport tm the Rolling Waves
Exhibiting Great Skill.
| OF the numerous national games and
amusements formerly practiced by the
Hawaiians, surf bathing is about the
only one which has not become extinct.
Lahaina is the only place on the group
where it is maintained with any degree
of enthusiasm, and even there it is rap.
idly passing out of existence. In other
days there was no amusement which
more displayed the skill, or bestowed a
greater physical benefit on the performer
than this. Formerly it was INDUCED in
by all classes Of persons, of all ages and
both sexes, from royalty to the lowest
plebeian, at one time and in the same
place. Even the huge regent Kaahu-
manu-, and others, by whose coffins
stood and pondered in the royal tomb at
Honolulu, were in the habit of bathing
in the surf at Lahaina. At this day the
sport is confined more to the youthful
portion of the community.
Surf bathing is an exciting sport to the
swimmer, and cause for excitement
and astonishment on the part of an unac-
customed spectator. The swimmers
start out from the shore, taking with them
their serf-boards. These boards are of
dimensions suited to the muscular
strength and capacity of the swimmers.
As they proceed seaward, they dive, like
ducks, underneath the heavy rollers, and
come up on the other side. This course
is pursued until the uttermost roller is
reached-sometimes nearly mile from
the shore. The higher the roller tho
more exciting and grand is the sport.
Placing themselves on these boards, the
bathers gradually approach the inward
current of the roller as it sweeps over the
reef, and, lying on the chest, sitting,
kneeling or standing up on the board,
they are borne on the foaming crest of
the mighty wave with the speed of the
swiftest race-horse towards the shore,
where spectator looks to see them
dashed into pieces or manned for life.
By dexterous movement, however,
they slip off their boards into the water,
grasp them in their hands, dive beneath
the yet foaming and laundering surge,
and go out seaward to repeat the sport.
This they do for hours in succession, un-
til a traveller is almost led to suppose
they are amphibious. This game involves
great skill it is acquired only by COM
mencing it in the earliest childhood. A
standing position on the swiftly gliding
surf-board is feat of skill never yet sur
passed by any circus rider.