Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-16

to what riders attempt to carry. A
carpenter with his tool box, a messen.
ger boy with basket, men with long
poles trailing behind them-these are
only few of the sights to be witness
ed on crowded city street.
The steamship Algos recently sailed
from Galveston to Liverpool with what
is said to be the largest CARGO eve,
shipped from the American port, con.
sisting of $1,000 bales of cotton, io4. Oot
bushels of grain and Gao tons of othe,
freight. The total value of the cargo
was about 81 100000, and the freight
charges paid on it amounted to over
$4,000
Brick cisterns require cement instead
OF mortar. The latter gives up its lime
and makes soft water hard. Watej
containing even a small quantity O.
lime is extravagant for laundry mr.
poses.
AT last English makers are begin.
ming to use wooden rims, but very eau
tiously. 1t will take long time tc
conquer their prejudice against thi,
American innovation
While in England potatoes are grow
almost entirely as an esculent, about
4'OOO'OOO tons are annually used in
France in the manufacture of starch
and alcohol.
The mosque of st. Sophia at Consta l.
tinople was laid up in mortar perfum.
ed with musk. 1t was built a thousand
years ago, yet the musky smell is still
noticeable.
In acknowledging a wedding gift the
note should be in the first person: it ia
polite to include some pleasant express
sion of appreciation from the bride-
groom.
Millions of men in India live. MARI,
and rear apparently happy children
upon an income which, even the wife
works, is rarely above 80 cents a week.
For storage purposes dams may be
thrown across valleys and the water
kept for long period of time, improy.
ing with exposure to sunlight and air
An onyx stairway in the mansion O.,
Fifth avenue New York; millionaire
cost something over $500. 900 and is the
finest thing of the kind in the world.
The biggest poultry ranch in the
world is to be located near San Fran
cisco. 1t is expected to yield 9O,O
broilers and 1000 coo eggs a year.
There are fewer Roman Catholics
proportionately, in Sweden, than il
any'other European country-only SIC
out of population of 4,744,4CO.
Cisterns should be situated to keer
the water pleasantly cool, preventing
development of bacteria and lower
forms of of vegetable life.
The old ideas of water purifying it.
self in eight or ten miles flow has been
exploded. Twenty or thirty miles
travel may not suffice,
Hilly. uninha bited, uncultivated
tracts, with many springs uniting to
form rapid streams, yield the best sur
face water.
1t would be courteous, even if Won
have no acquaintance with her, to send
wedding present to the sister of your
betrothed
Analysis shows that the water from
New Jersey cedar swamps is extremely
good. Tho coloring matters do not in
jure it.
Rain water may be collected from
roofs or on specially paved ground,
then filtered and conducted into els
terms.
Great epidemics have been caused by
impure water, and while danger is not
always present, there is always the
risk.
Piso's Cure for Consumption has been a
family medicine with us since 1856. R.
Madison, 2l09 AID Ave, Chicago, Ills.
Nearly 100000 was given III the
form of charitable bequests in Berlin
last year.
Even in small town it is wisest to
send wedding cards by post.
Every inch of rainfall means 4 q
gallons per square yard.
There are pumice-stoue lifeboats.
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Jacobs Oil the foil. Use g
promptly feel the cure. That's g.
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