Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1892-10-05
MISCELLANEOUS.


rate nothing.-Ram's Horn.
lis Smithins a smart lawyer"
every. Man went to him with case in ,
volving $50. Said he was willing to /
spend 81, 500 to get it back. Smithins
made him out bill right off for 81, ,S50."
-Joe-"Did you win anything at the
races yesterday" Tom-''Yes, little |
fortune" Joe-"What did you bet?" /
Tom-''ThatI would put my money on
the wrong horse every time. Inter
Ocean.
Husband - 81 think young Mrs.
Prettyface was green with envy when
you came in with your new bonnet on"
Mrs. Ilhumor Hateful thing. She
just did that because she knows that
green is becoming to her. Chicago
Inter Ocean.
The usefulness of carbonic acid
water in extinguishing fire has often
been referred to, and not long ago
pharmacist, who happened to have
lively incipient fire on his hands, used
his soda fountain for this purpose with
most satisfactory results.
On the subject of the swaying of
lofty chimneys, it is declared to be
absurd to hold that a chimney,
say 400 feet high, would sway
16 inches. The slightest vibration
is felt when on tall chimney, and
IL inches is thought to be about the
extreme amount of swaying that takes
place.
The Chinese superstition about lucky
and unlucky colors is one that foreign
merchants must observe when they at
tempt to sell their wares in China. The
use of black paper as a wrapping for
| needles has initiated against their sale
in China. Blue must be especially
avoided on wrappers of goods intended
for the Chinese market, while red is
suspicious.
I'm parts of Massachusetts, it is
thought that if girl puts a piece of
southern wood down her back the first
boy she meets will be her husband. In
Boston, if a marriageable woman puts
bit of southern wood under her pillow
on retiring, the first man she sees in the
morning will, so says superstition, be
the one whom she is to marry.
"A snake in armor has been discov-
cred by farmer near Aberdeen, South
Dakota. Coming suddenly upon it, he
struck it with a stone, and a metallic
sound came to his ear. He beat the rep
tile until it was dead, and found two
thirds of the snakes body incased in q
piece of gas-pipe. Whether the snake
purposely or accidentally assumed the
armor is not known.
"A smart young man in Walla Wal
la, Wash, started odt to have some fun
| ,ho
to return homeward through a wooded
stretch of road after visiting friends IL
the evening. He put on buffalo robt
and started out to play bear. The girl
attacked the supposed bear with heavy
stones and then thumped it with club
before the young man squealed. He wa
80 badly bruised that he could hardl,
. crawl home.
Patti has several pet birds at Craig
y-nos, which she brought from New
York. One is q parrot that accom-
panies her songs, not merely initiating
the trills and roulades of his mistress
but putting in some original touches o
his own. Another of the parrots for
long time kept mute, until one day
> doctor appeared on the scene to atten,
to sore throat of his mistress, whel
he exclaimed: 30, doctor, I'm SO sick
:. "A large portion of the agriculture
exhibit which Illinois will make at tn
worlds fair will be selected from tn
exhibits made at the state fair at Peori
the coming fall In order to encourag
the farmers to make especially fine e1
hibits of farm, orchard and garde
products, the state board Of agricultur,
- o1,
of the states worlds fair exhibit, hs
! offered a number of cash prizes aggr,
eating 90, 800
s The singers who sometimes assen
q BILE on the porch of Ashbury Methods
a church in New York City are a sourc
= of unfailing delight to the men, wome
"a and children who congregate in Wasl
Is ington square every evening, III
n audience lie on the grass, stand undo
"a the trees, crowd the benches neare
r the church, and huddle together on Il
n sidewalk, drinking in the strains as
+ Orpheus himself were to the fore.
r. can't be easy for woman to hold
" baby with one arm and hymn book
d the other hand, singing meanwhi
% with all her might, but that is what
7 songstress has been seen to do on IL
h church porch, and she, no doubt, fe
IS repaid by the unspoken gratitude of h
IS auditors.
[e The Bank of England was project.
d by William Paterson, Scotch me
# chant to meet the difficulties exp
,e rienced by William III. in raising t
al supplies for the war against Franc
ar By the influence of Paterson and Mic
ot ael Godfrey, forty merchants subscrib
N large sum of money, to be lent to t
"a government at per cent, in consider
u ton of the subscribers being incorr
b rated as bank The scheme was VI
IS, lently opposed in parliament, but t
V. bill obtained the royal assent April :
H. 1894, and the charter was granted Ju
es 81 following, appointing Sir John Hou
ne Ion the first governor, and Michael &c
as frey the first deputy governor. 7
ed bank commenced active operations
lv January /, 1895.