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How the Race Is Preserved from Mixture
by Rigid Island LEGISLATION.

How the Race Is Preserved from Mixture
by Rigid Island Legislation.
In the island of Jersey, for upward
of one hundred years, legislation has
forbidden, under heavy penalties, the
introduction into the island of any
and every member of the bovine race;
the increase, therefore, is confined
wholly to the births of thoroughbred
cattle on this island A single excep-
ton is made in favor of steers for beef
purposes Whatever, therefore, of
merit there is In keeping breed strict
~ pure the Jersey possesses in a super
eminent degree. Bred upon a little
island where no other breed of horned
cattle was allowed, by rural popula-
ton who were interested in the milk
only as to its butter content-butter
(outside of vegetables for market) be-
ing the money crop, with but little, if
any demand for milk-it was natural
that she should be bred with the view
: of producing butter. The result of
breeding for generations for specific
object has been to make the Jersey a
'sbutter" cow. The Jersey is the most
thoroughbred of domestic animals, the
long line of special breeding fixing the
characteristics SO strongly that every
animal of the breed possesses the he
redity or prepQtsnc7 e transmit its
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Arsenic Eaters.


In Syria and Carinthia there is much
arsenic eating among the peasants; the
women take to it to give themselves a
good complexion and to make their
hair fine and glossy. The men take it
because they believe that 1t gives them
wind in climbing in the chase after
channels. There is nothing of this sort
in Cornwall and Devon. In Syria and
Carinthia it is known that an arsenic
eater can never be broken of the habit,
and that If arsenic be compulsorily
kept from the eater death rapidly en-
sues. It's believed in the Tamar-and
this is perhaps true-that an arsenic
worker is fit for no other work He
must remain at this occupation. Health
and breath fail him at other employ
ments. Eventually it may be that
chronic arsenical poisoning ensues, but
this may be STAYED off, if not wholly
prevented, by scrupulous cleanliness,
by care taken not only to wash in the
changing house." but to battle freely
at home. AS one of the foremen said
to the writer: Against arsenic the
best antidote is soap taken externally. y
Chambers Journal.
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A TALK ABOUT HATS.
The Growing Glory of the well-Dresse
WOman's Toilet.

The Growing Glory of the Well-Dressed
WOman's Toilet.
If little woman wants to look tall
let her wear little light hat or bon
net; if a tall girl is too tall she can
look head shorter under big dark
hat. This is on the principle of put
ting sky frieze and white ceiling in
little low room or bringing down a
lofty salon with decorated ceiling, a
dark frieze, and heavy holding. Black
millinery goods are not only ugly but
depressing and trying to the complex
ion. Dark blue, brown and green chips
are good, and light straws are better.
White is for bonny youth, but nearly
every face will brighten up under the
natural yellow and straw colors, pro-
vided the brim is daintily faced and the
trimming is artistic. For instance, get
a MANILA straw, put some dotted net
for facing over the eyes, and with
looped velvet or ribbon and some bows
of ribbon, grass, or corn leaves, the
effect will be good. Mignonette, the
poets rose, is charming with brown or
blue; maidenhair ferns on a chip of
rough-and-ready is a quaint and un-
common selection, and posy of light
little rosebuds is good style at any
season of the year The tall girl can
use lace to fall over the flowers and
brim, privilege denied the little
women who are pretentious.-Chic
Times
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FASHION NOTES.
New and Beautiful Designs In JeweIry and
Silverware.

New and Beautiful Designs In Jewelry and
Silverware.
Paper knives of silver, lately shown,
embody the lotus flower, two long,
dropping stems being the serviceable
portion.
In jewelry of variously shaded gold
a design that has recently attained pop
ularity is hop blossom dropping with
in circle formed of it's own slender
stem and serrated leaves.
In short silver watch chains intended
to be worn with an outing belt by ladies,
the bar is supplanted by a cluster of flow
ers, sword or other popular device. A
small heart, the fieur de lys, or an ear
of corn is employed as charm
Water lilies with curved petals and
yellow stamens, with long green stems
entwined to form wreath, the trum-
pet-shaped spathe of the Gala lily, wild
roses Frightening their dark, twisted
stems, and many other circlets of small
white, pink, red or blue blossoms, are
variations of the floral designs now so
prevalent.
Flotsam and jetsam of ocean, lake
and river suggest numerous attractive
oCoLS5 Id III JC"CAIy. - pun d ottATOn
colored cushion, as if cast there by the
waves, rests weather-beaten log or a
shattered spar with the parted rope
still clinging to it, and curtained with
lacelike seaweed. In an odd conceit to
one of these ocean waits is affixed a
small oyster shell, the parted halves of
which disclose tiny pearl A jade
crab holding diamond in its claws is
another popular design.
Sterling silver jewelry, more especial
ly silver chains, exhibit the same tend
ency toward delicacy and lightness Of
workmanship recently noticeable in or
naments composed of the more costly
metal. Slender silver chains, so ar
ranged as to conform gracefully to the
curves of the bosom of the wearer, are
shown. There is in this suggestion
of the revival of the charming media
val custom of combining the hair in net,
| of silver chain.-Jeweler's Weekly.
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them, and If any one suggests Jnat
their shoes are too tight they treat the
subject in the most frivolous fashion
and laugh to scorn all attempts to con-
vince them. They curl their toes up
and exclaim:
Just look at these shoes! They are
a mile too large"
Among the needs of the day are well
grounded arguments to convince the
rising generation that feet out of pro-
portion to the rest of the figure are not
by any means beautiful Perfect SYM
metry only is artistic. A head or shout
ders disproportionately small would
not be voted mark of beauty, and it
is hard to see why foot or hand en-
tirely unsuited in size to the rest of the
body should be thought such distin-
gushing grace, and one in which to
take pride. Given a shapely foot of
medium size properly clothed, and one
has the first elements of comfort.
Very few people think it necessary,
if indeed their attention has ever been
called to the subject at all, to give any
special attention to the fit and quality
of their hosiery. The world is full of
people who make serious mis-
takes in the selection of this por-
ton of their attire A very thin
stocking is not in any sense desirable
except for very warm weather and idle
ness. The woman who is much on her
feet finds herself weary and taxed if
she is given to wearing very thin hos
iery; it never once occurs to her that
this has great deal to do with her suf-
ferings. Many of these persons are,
however, SO exceedingly obstinate and
set in their opinions on such subjects
that it is worse than useless to argue
with them, for they attribute their
miseries to every cause but the right
one and persist in wearing the uncom-
Portable and distressing things their
fancy dictates. A medium weight soft
stocking lessons fatigue in a remark
able degree. Especially should this be
borne in mind where one has much go
ing-about to do or where there are
Journeys and much sightseeing. It
would only require single experiment,
conducted strictly with view to results
in comfort, to convince any person of
| the truth of this idea. OF course, one
| must not start into it with a determine
ton to find nothing to argue on, but
strictly for the purpose of ascertaining
whether given amount of exercise
| taken under parallel circumstances is
not attained with more comfort when
soft, easy hosiery and rational shoes
are adopted.-N. Y. Ledger.
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PROPER FOOT GEAR.
The Stocking Has Much to Do with Il
Comfort of the Feet.

The stocking Has Much TO DO with tine
Comfort of the Feet.
With the coming-back of short skirts
and the inevitable journeying that is
the order of the coming season, the
subject of footwear assumes added inn
portance. What to wear on the feet
that will bring comfort and present
the stylish appearance that fastidious
women demand is the great point un-
der discussion.
There is large class of persons who
seem to think that if an article is styl-
ish or fashionable, or is worn by GER
tain people who are supposed to be up
with the times, that is quite all that is
necessary If this selected model wears
narrow and pointed shoe, 1t is
straightway taken for granted that a
one that can be tolerated, and so, with
out allowing for the difference in the
shape of feet and without consideration
for difference in size, occupation or
health, these same narrow-toed shoes
are adopted.
1t has been decided by very eminent
authority that much of the nervousness
and many of the serious ailments of
mankind are chargeable to ill-fitting
/ shoes The nerves of the feet are ex-
tremely sensitive, and being compressed
or crowded out of their natural position
nature Furnishes by the most agoniz-
| ing distress. Women who habitually wear
narrow shoes and have always worn
| what were considered as well-ftting
footgear have not the slightest idea OF
the comfort to be derived from loose,
easy shoes Many women-indeed,
men, for the matter of that-are for a
part of their lives in a state of almost
chronic invalidism solely Or account OF
! the way in which they misuse their
feet. Thev do not know what ala
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-12
Oatmeal and Oranges.

No sort of food is better for the COM
plexion than oatmeal and oranges.
The finest compilations in the world
are those of the Italian and Spanish
ladies, who live largely on coarse
grained food and fruit, like the orange
or banana. 1t is said that the fact is
becoming appreciated, and that some
ladies, to acquire and preserve good
complexion, are living almost entirely
on oranges. Half dozen for break
fast, dozen for lunch, with crust of
bread, glass of milk and saucer of
oatmeal, will bring a complexion of
peach and ivory which will drive almost
any belle out of her head with envy
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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JOLLY LuMBERMEN.
How the Log-Handlers of the Northwe
Live I'm the Forest.

How the Log-Handlers Of the Northwest
Live In the Forest.
The men engaged in logging indus
try are of a disposition akin to that of
all people similarly employed. Rather
rough in appearance, they are, never
theless good-hearted and jovial, and as
rule, robust and healthy. They work
hard. and as a natural result are blessed
with large appetites and unfailing di.
gestive organs
When not working they spend their
time for the most part in innocent en-
joyments, or knocking about town. "
They are jolly class to be among.
Many are educated and enlightened on
public questions, and not infrequently
we find them prominent in local affairs
and acknowledged political leaders.
The living apartments of camp are
crude, and constructed but for a few
winters use, and oftentimes but for q
single season. The large, low build
ings are constructed of logs, while the
roofs, which are nearly fat, are made
of wooden tiles, hewn out from logs, O,
from overlapping boards The furni
ture, which in both cook shanties" and
''men's shanties," is usually made from
rough pine boards, consists of tables,
benches, few shelves upon which to
put dishes, and the mems hunks. Rough
bark covers the walls, while mud is
used to ''chink up" the cracks
In the cook shanties are the large
stove and long tables surrounded by
benches that answer the purpose OF
chairs. Apart from the main camp are
oftentimes found living apartments for
the foreman and his family, the woman
cook. when one is employed. One cook
with the help of a 'chore-boy," OF
''coolzee," is able to prepare the food
for from thirty to fifty men. The lum
berman's food is substantial, and usu
ally so prepared as to be quite palata
BILE; and to the time-honored pork and
beans there are added pastries and del
icacies.
In the center of the mems shanty
stands large stove, which by the
cracking dry pine or tamarack fire
adds cheerfulness to the long winter
evenings. On either wall, arranged IL
tiers of from two to three deep, are the
mems hunks, each large enough to hold
two persons. In this room they spend
their evenings, reading, telling stories
or engaged in general conversation.
AS soon as the snow goes off the
ground the work Is abandoned until an
other winter, and the men are off t.
town to enjoy a short period of recre
ation-and, too often, protractec
spree, after which they go on to the
log drives and into the mills for the
summers work.
The logging industry has witnessed
many wonderful evolutions within thu
past few years, and is, at present, trans
acted upon the strictest scientific anC
business principles. When we exam
Inc statistics, and find that the presen
lumber cut in Wisconsin, Minnesot;
and Michigan amounts in each year t.
10000, 100000 feet, and that for the tel
years ending January 1, 1890, the GU
was S6,039, 917, 567 feet, we are almos
appalled, at the magnitude of the fig.
ures. The latter amount would be con
tanned in a pile of logs $50 feet wide, &C
feet high and extending from New
York to San Francisco.-J. E. Jones, il
CoSmoro1ifon
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-12
who Owns the Land2

The railroad companies own 211, O00,-
900 acres, or enough to make six states
as large as Iowa
The Vanderbilts own over 1000, 600
acres; Mr.. Disston, of Pennsylvania,
owns over 1000, 900, the Standard Oil
Co., 100000 and Murphy, of Califor-
mia, an area equal to the state of Massa-
chusetts.
The Shonely estate owns land from
which the heirs have received annually
81, 000, 900. Twenty-one million acres
are owned by foreigners, who owe nc
allegiance to our government, and are
no friends to republic. What will
our children own?-a right TO pay rent
Labor World.
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Summer Nantes.

Small collarettes or deeper shoulder
capes of English Grape are handsome
for summer wraps for young women.
For older ladies the material of the
dress is made in coats, with fullness
below the waist in the back, or else in
full capes that reach to the elbows or
hips trimmed with collarettes and bor-
ders of English Grape. There is moth
new in neckwear for those in mourning,
as it is customary with all modistes to
arrange the trimming, whether of Grape
or lisse, or the dress material, to give a
neat finish of folds or frills about the
neck and wrists. Only widows wear
white collars and cuffs. - Harper's
BaZa,
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a UOH0STIu SVettts
In such a state of civilization as ours,
where merit is sure to be acknowledged,
is it a wonder the factory of DIR.
Fenner is worked to its fullest capacity
to supply the medicines that are called,
after such acknowledgements as the
following come to be known: VIM.
Farquay, Stevens Station, Ind, writes:
"Dr. Fenner's Kidney and Backache
Cure has cured q man here with kidney
and bladder disease whom the best
physicians had given up. He Is now
well and sound. It is regarded here as
a most wonderful event. His medicines
are all good and give great satisfac-
ton" Equally certain in female dis
eases, rheumatism, blood diseases,
headaches, dropsy, heart disease. etc.
Guaranteed to satisfy or money re-
funded. Take home bottle to-day.
For Sale by DIR. J. D. Karr.
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The Accommodating Boarder,

The boarder was grumpy that morn
ing and the landlady was doing the
best she knew how.
"Bah," he exclaimed, ''this coffee is
miserable. It's the weakest stuff ever
saw"
''Well, Mr.. Feeder" she said, re-
proachfully, you shouldn't jump on il
so, if it is too weak to defend itself.
Won should at least select something OF
equal strength with yourself"
II will" he growled. ''Ill do more,
I'll take something stronger than my
self. Where in thunder did you get
this butter?" and the gentle landladJ
burst into tears.-Detroit Free Press
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If you have, we invite your attention
to the work of Mrs. Mary E. Straw, of
Medicine Lodge, Kansas. She COM
pounds her own medicine, and can
guarantee cure if cure is possible. She
can produce abundant proofs of her
work upon application. Among others
she would mention a recent case of Mrs.
Christian Donaldson, of this city, who
had started on her finger one of the
worst kind OF rose cancers. The can
Ger was removed, but completely I'M
covered the joint requiring amputation.
She also makes medicines for all
kinds Of felons and chronic sores.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-12
Shame.

Immigrant Inspector Conklin, in a re-
port to the treasury department as to
the violation of the alien contract law,
says: THE padrone system is the most
damnable, outrageous and injurious to
American workingmen of any system
that was ever practiced in the United
States, and there is no denying the
fact that 1t exists in almost every city
of this country where there is an Ital-
ian COLONY"
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What Gladstone Said.

Gladstone lately told q deputation OF
rich merchants and bankers that the
liberal party had arrived at period
when it found that the property class
was in conflict with the national senti-
ment- The question arises, is Glad
stone an anarchist for uttering such q
radical sentiment?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-12

Johnny, see your little
brother has the smaller apple. Did you
give him his choice, as l suggested?''
Johnnv-"Yes'm. l told him he could
have his choice, the little one or none,
and he took the little one"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-12
A pnZZTR

To many ladies is how to keep their
hair in curl on rainy DAYS. The soIu-
ton is easy. Ask j. r. Young or J. ID.
Karr for Nonpareil Hair Curler and
the puzzle will be solved.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-12

Fair Lady-"Well, major. how did
you enjoy your African trip? How did
you like the savages?" Major-''Oh.
they are extremely Misunderstanding
wanted to keep me there for dinner
Amusing Journal
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SILVER THREADS AMONG THE GOLD y
Are sign that your hair needs invig-
Grating. Beggs' Hair Remover pro-
notes healthy growth of hair, pre-
vents its falling out or turning gray.
Sold and guaranteed by j. r. Young
and j. d. Karr.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-12

Brown Bread Ice Cream -Scald a
pint of cream in farina kettle and
dissolve in it a half pound of sugar.
When the sugar is quite melted add
another pint of cream, stir we'll and
set aside to cool. Let it get perfectly
cold Freeze it until it is nearly stiff,
and then beat it in the brown bread,
which you have prepared by toasting
it, then rolling it and finally sitting it.
Three slices of Boston brown bread
will be the quantity needed. When it
is thoroughly beaten together put it
into large mold, pack and set away
two hours to become solid. This is a
delicious ice. An important point in
the preparing of anything that is to be
frozen is to have it perfectly cold when
you put it into the freezer; thus none
of the artificial cold is expended in
cooling half warm liquids. Indeed, the
most successful results follow when
creams and all ingredients are almost
ice-cold while in course of preparation.
Boston Globe.
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THE DEMON OF DESPAIR

Insomnia, and its twinbrother Dys-
pepsia, are the offspring of a disordered
stomach. A positive cure is found in
Beggs' Dandelion Bitters. Sold by al
druggists.
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On your teeth will cause their decay
and will make your breath disagreed.
BILE. SexafroC will remove the cause OF
trouble. This favorlte tooth wash is
sold by J. r. Young and J. D. Kari
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For Sale.

1 have on hand the best livery stable
in Medicine Lodge; also the best lot of
rigs and horses, which 1 desire to dis
pose of on reasonable terms.
w. II. LOVE.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1893-07-12

The bankers are having congress
convened to help them out of their
difficulties The people are not in it,
Coming Nation.
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ALITTLE TARTAR.

Ripans TabuleS standard remedy
Ripans Tabules cure collie.
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own qualities to its offspring; ana mere
in lies one Of the vast superiorities
of the Jersey. In her native habitat
her surroundings, conditions of life,
habits, etc, have always tended to
make the Jersey butter COW; but it
was reserved to the American breeder,
by upward OF forty years of devoted
skill and untiring application, to de-
velop her to her greatest capacity. As
result of his systematic endeavors the
American bred Jersey of to-day is more
than so per cent. superior in butter
capacity to that of twenty years ago.
We often hear of the phenomenal rec
ord breakers, which shows what
highly bred, specialized cow NAV do
under scientific high pressure systems
of feeding, also the wonderful progress
our breeders have made in the art of
breeding for purpose; but the greatest
glory of the Jersey lies not in these alb
normal yields, wonderful though they
be, but in not less wonderful averages
obtained in every state in our glorious
union.
The Jerseys are the grandest, most
beautiful, most useful, most fashiona-
BILE as well as most profitable stock for
the family and the dairy throughout
the whole world. They show their
superiority not only as the greatest
milk producers or the greatest butter
makers, but also as universal dairy
cows, adapting themselves to
any and all climates We find
the Jersey at her best while
Drawing the rigors of a Canadian
winter, beating the whole worlds
record as butter machine in the hot,
dry climate of the sunny south, retain
ing her health and vigor equally on the
granite hills of New England, the
plains of Texas, the foothills of the
Rocky mountains and in the soft, balmy
climate of California. Another peculiar
characteristic of the Jersey is her habit
of persistent milking; she is an ever
lasting 'stayer," hence she is adapted
to continuous usefulness in the dairy.
She is likewise early to breed and very
prolific. Precisely the same treatment
is required by the Jersey as is required
by good cow Of any other breed
no more, no less. But a good many
cows of other breeds are, when COM
pared with the little eight hundred
pound Jersey, very large, being fifty to
one hundred per cent. larger. 1t is a
well-established fact that on the av-
erage cattle eat in proportion to their
live weight; such being the case it is easy
to see that COW weighing from one
thousand two hundred to one thousand
five hundred pounds will eat proper
tionately more than one weighing but
eight hundred; it is likewise an incon-
trovertible fact that the food necessary
to enable the little Jersey to FILL the
pail would be barely sufficient to sus-
tain life in the larger animal -Savan-
nah News.