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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09
Bee Paralysis.

This is also called the "namelesa bee
disease" and has attracted much atten-
ton the last few years, not only in
California, but In several states. says
a writer in American Bee Journal. In
this disease the image, or immature
bees, are the ones that die. The dead
or enfeebled bees are carried by other
bees outside. and thus the ground in
front of the hives has constantly a
mound of dead bees. Usually the col
ony does not wholly succumb, but it is
SO weakened that it produces little or
no honey. Generally the colony recov-
ers after a time, usually after the bees
nave replaced the queen with young
one. The disease has worked consider
able havoc in some parts of this state
the present season; think in some
cases the loss has been as much from
the new bee-disease,' already de-
scribed, as from the "bee-paralysis.
am much inclined to the opinion that
partial starvation may cause weak ma
ture bees as well as enfeebled larvae,
and so it is quite possible that, in some
cases, the "nameless bee-disease" may
have been credited with harm due to
insufficient stores. From my own OBJ
servation, and from what I can learn
from others. 1 think this last disease
comes from some constitutional weak
ness of the queen, which shows itself
In debility of her progeny, the worker
bees. l have known. in several cases,
the disease to soon disappear after the
queen was superseded; and in other
! cases, where the bees replaced their
queen with a young, healthy one, the
| disease soon vanished 1t is quite pos
| sible that those who claim to have
cured the evil by some treatment, as
giving the bees salt, or salt water, gave
their treatment just after the bees had
superseded their queen Others who
were unsuccessful with the same RENE
dies, were less fortunate in the date of
application. The best advice which
can be given, in case the old bees die
OH too rapidly, is to see that the bees
have abundance of food, and in case
that fails to bring relief, try requiem
ing of all affected colonies.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09
Onions from Seed,

1t may not be generally known that
onions may be grown from seed sown
in September or October, provided
there is sufficient moisture to germin-
ate the seed and get them we'll started
before cold weather. The young plants
will stand the winter, says Texas Farm
and Ranch, with slight protection of
long manure scattered upon them in
the early part of December. One Guilt
walton in the &all will be all the work
needed. The seed should be drilled in
Immediately before or just after a rain.
otherwise the seed may fail of germina-
ton, and they will need a deeper COW
ering of soil to prevent drying out.
Onion seed thus planted will, with ia
vorable conditions, produce a fine crop
of bulbs in the spring and come into
use earlier than sets planted in the
spring. Let it be understood that large
bulbs can only be produced when fer
tllizers are freely applied. The drop
pings of the hen yard and wood ashes
make an excellent fertilizer for onions.
Water Not Butter-Mr. Robert Glib
son, dealer in Irish butter, tells the
creamerymen some plain facts about
their methods of buttermaking. One
point We note for. the benefit of our
makers who have leaned to the belief
that water could be sold for butter.
The roguery of Intentionally making
water stand upright~by the aid of some
butter, and selling it as butter, is OF
much too frequent occurrence. This
is wrong. Only yesterday august 1O)
l had lot supposed to be creamery
butter, the firmest of which showed on
analysis no less than 22.05 moisture.
and from its appearance, and its ap-
pearance while being analysed, there is
no doubt that the water being there
was no accident, but that it was DELHI
erately forced into the butter. 1t is wo-
full, wilful, wicked waste to make stuff
that is not wanted except at miserable
prices, while it is so easy by care to
make the choicest. which is SO much
wanted at good prices.-Ex.
Keep Plants Apart.-It is good for
plants to keep as much apart as pos
sible. If the seed fell straight to the
ground, and the young plants all grew
up together around the parent one,
they would starve each other out For
plants are like people, and when
crowded too closely together, fall to
lighting among themselves. Their
struggles are very bitter ones, though
we do not see or hear them The plants
that are strongest in these silent bat
ties end by getting the light and air,
and water and food they need from
the soil, while the poor weaklings are
left to starye and die. To prevent too
much of this wasteful crowding and
struggling, old Dame Nature has in
vented many clever little scheme
Elk.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09
SELECTED PLEASANTRIES

She-John, will you get up and light
the fire? He-Maria, don't keep maxi
ing incendiary speeches.-Puck.
why under the son does Whimperiy
want divorce? His wife had a great
deal Of money when he married her,
And she has it yet That's the whole
trouble. Detroit Free Press.
Mr.. Elwell-"Isn't it strange, but
true, nevertheless, that the biggest
fools always marry the prettiest girls?''
Mrs. Elwell-"Oh, now go on. you
fiatterer. "-Philadelphia Inquirer.
First Wheelman Ia beginner)-
Strange how a fellow will run into
things when he first begins to ride"
Second Wheelman-"Yes ran into
debt to get my eel''-Boston Trans
cript
Gloomy prospect.-"You're some
body, now" said the neglected horse
looking through the Enclosure at the
prize pig, but one of these days some
body will invent a sausage that can be
made of the cast-off pneumatic tires of
bicycles, and your name will be Dennis.
too. Chicago Tribune.
Recipe for a comic opera.-To build
a comic opera. lay the scene in some
country that is supposed to be inhabit-
ed by happy peasantry, who can af-
ford to spend most of their time dane
ing on the village green, drinking
imaginary wine out of gilded tin COB
lets, and singing songs with tra-la-la-
la-la-Ia chorus. Introduce lordly will
ain, and make him play the Old Harry
with the daughter of the village pound
keeper until the hero returns from
abroad, and, armed only with the
priceless heritage of an untarnished
name" and tenor voice. sings him
clear OF the stage.-Scranton Truth.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09
The Stable Floor,

There is no doubt about the durabil-
ity and desirability of cement floors
for stables. for walks and many other
purposes, and where the right kind of
sand or gravel can be had without
much cost such floors are not expensive
as to first cost, and in the long run
would be cheaper than wood. The ma
terials required are Portland cement
Gnferior cement is not likely to be sat
isfactory, and is quite sure to be the
costliest in the end, and good, sharp,
clean sand or coarse gravel. If the lat
ter contains some stones UP to the size
Of hens egg, no harm will be done.
The sand or gravel must be free from
earthly substances. Clay or mold in it
will make weak places in the floor,
making it practically worthless. The
proportions Of the two should be one
of cement to four of sand, which makes
a strong but not very smooth fabric.
If a fine, smooth finish is required,
make thinner mortar Of half and
half fine sand and cement and apply
thin coat, say half an inch thick, after
the first has set If where it will not
| freeze, any solid earth foundation will
do. But if freezing and heaving are
possible, make the base Of sandy soil
well compacted. The cement base should
| not be a mortar, as for plastering
but thick and crumbly, and so worked
tEgesA2g *ha: tho whole mass will be
| moist, and that both materials will be
thoroughly incorporated. Each parti-
Gle of sand needs to be in contact with
| some cement. The mixing should be
thorough while dry, and after the
water is added the mixing necessary to
make the whole moist will be sufficient
| On good foundation 2 to 21a inches
| thick is sufficient to give all the
| strength required. AS the cement is
spread it needs to be compacted with a
FOUNDER of some kind. If properly
made, such floor becomes as hard and
durable as rock. In many cities the
very best of sidewalks and even street
| cutters are made in the manner de-
scribed, according to Mountain Stock
man, authority for the foregoing.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

The growth Of the post Office business
Of the country has been amazing At
the close of the revolutionary war
there were only 75 post offices in the
United States. At the close of the war
OF 1919 there were 5000. At the be-
ginning of the civil war there were
2s,os6, and five years after its close, in
1870, there were 2s,4o2, or about 100
fewer, the only step backward during
the history of the post Office depart
ment. BY 1880 the upward rise had
started again and in full force, and the
number of the post offices in the coun-
try reached $4,000. There are now TO-
900 post Offices in the United States,
and the number is constantly being
increased.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09
Welded BLISS.
Fees That Were Small and Happiness
That Was ShortIiyed.

Fees That Were Small and Happines,
That Was Shortlived.
A Vermont clergyman with a sport
ing strain once offered to trade the un-
opened envelope containing a wedding
fee for watermelon. The envelope
contained punched Scent piece, says
the New York Recorder. A clergyman
away out in Kansas married a couple
and received in payment a barrel OF
beans. He came from Boston, knew
beans all right, but didn't like 'em to
eat. However, they proved salable
There are plenty of toll bridges along
the upper Connecticut and plenty OF
near" people on both sides. One OF
these-no matter whether in New
Hampshire or Vermont-recently gave
the minister who married him to the
best wife in seventeen states an en-
velope containing one 2-cent toll ticket
The same clergyman performed an
other ceremony with more satisfactory
financial results. After it was over the
groom gave him pair of cheap gloves
which he turned over to his wife She
flung them into drawer in disappoint-
ment, which was modified some months
later upon finding S. bill in each fin
ger and thumb. Hymen rules the roost
at the Budapest show just now. One
of the features is an illustration of
peasant wedding customs, and the COM
mittee offers weeks entertainment
to the couples who submit to a public
wedding. The idea has often been
used for advertising purposes in this
country. An up-country clergyman
tells Of a couple who came to be mar
ried. After the ceremony the groom
remarked that he would pay by way of
fee bushel of potatoes. Later the
narrator passed field where the groom
was digging Early Rose tubers and re.
minded him of his promise. "Squar,"
said the happy man, ejecting a huge
,quid of tobacco from his mouth, "suuar
she wasn't with it,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09
LoNDoN.s oRowTH sroppED.
Metropolis of the World Expected t.
Decline In Population.

MetroPoHs OF the Worio- expected to
Decline In Population.
The result of the recent census shows
that during the last five years the pop
ulation has increased somewhat less
rapidly than it did in the previous ten
-1SS1-1S91-says the st. James Gazette.
The number of people turned out to be
some $1,000 below the estimate formed
on the basis of 1891. The difference is
small, but important, as it shows that
the previous fall in the rate of increase
is maintained. The population is grow
ing at a less rapid pace. At the be-
ginning of the century it used to in
crease by more than 20 per cent in the
ten years between successive censuses
in 1SS1-1S91 that rate had fallen to 10.4
per cent, the lowest on record, and now
it is still less. This movement is not
part of general decline; it is peculiar
to London, and seems to indicate that
the huge overgrowth of the metropolis
mas begun to cure itself. No town can
go on growing indefinitely, and even
observation-disclosures as it is-has not
fulfilled the expectations of earlier
statisticians. Two hundred years ago
1t appeared to be growing so fast that
Sir William Petty, one of the earliest
pioneers in demographical research
reckoned that by 1910 the population
would reach 100000 supposing ii
to continue at the same rate. He
thought, however, that a natural limit
would be reached before then, and
placed it in the year 1900, by which
time he calculated London would con-
tain something over 100000 inhabit-
ants and the rest of England only f..
100000. He was very nearly right
about the total, which actually was
about 100000 but London accounted
for only 100000. Since then it has
nearly reached it's maximum, which
curiously enough, seems likely to prove
real natural limit. For the four years
lS11-74 the average birth rate was 1872
for the four years 1924 it was only
SO.9. There has been a gradual and al
most continual falloff from year tt
year, which has not been counterbal.
anced by the simultaneous but slightel
fall in the death rate from 22.7 to 1913
Fewer people die in proportion to the
population, but still fewer are born
This is explained by the increasing dis
inclination to marry. The marriage
rates for the two periods contrasted are
1876 and 17.3 respectively.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09
Took Everything.

First Thespian.-Yes. We were
playing Uncle Toms Cabin" to good
houses when the treasurer skipped out
and left us stranded with the blood
hounds.
Second Thespian-Why didn't Won
put the blood-hounds on the trail OF
the treasurer?
First Thespian-We did. But when
they caught him I'm blamed if he didn't
take them and start another show
New York World.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09
A fiat-ron has been invented that i

fiat-lron has been invented that is
designed to be both labor and fuel saw
ing to the busy housewife. They are,
by a very ingenious continuance, self
heating, and the fuel only costs one
cent for three hours. Think of it, you
housewives who have done the family
ironing beside a bright fire all these
long, hot summer days! 1t is also
claimed that the irons keep very per-
feet heat. will never scorch, and give a
much better gloss.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09
THE MODERN MOTHER

Has found that her little ones are improved
more by the pleasant Syrup of Figs, when
in need of the laxative effect of a gentle
remedy than by any other, and that it is
more acceptable to them. Children enjoy
it and it benefits them The true remedy,
Syrup Of Figs, is manufactured by the
California Fig Syrup Company only.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

by cut worms But it has happened
that not quite enough blowing was
done in the fall. In every case the part
planted in the spring blowing suffered
from cut worms, and plum seedlings
were totally destroyed.
Why so Few Plums: Several have
asked why the native plums bore so
shyly this season, as they blossomed
very full and we had mild winter and
no frost. The reason is very simple.
While the blossoms were expanded We
had continuous moist or rainy weather
In most neighborhoods, which was not
favorable for pollination. In some
ne1ghborhoods the sun shone more and
plums were quite plentiful. But on
soils where the trees suffered severely
last summer from drouth the blossoms
last spring of the native plums were
not perfect. On the college grounds our
trees on hardpan, within six feet of the
surface, blossomed very full, but not
one blossom in hundred was perfect.
In our work in crossing it was difficult
to ind a blossom with a perfect pistil
and not one of our crossed blossoms
developed plum. But OH more favor
able soil the blossoms were perfect and
fruited well where few hours of sun
shine came at the right time. Many
corn fields also show the effects of
moist weather. When the period came
for filling out the ears several days of
moist weather prevented the flying of
pollen. Hence in some neighbornoods
the corn is not filled out on most of the
ears, while in others where the weather
favored the ears are perfect.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

There are 10000 post Offices in the
United States, against 10000 in Great
Britain, $4,000 in Germany, 1000 in
France, 5000 in Austria Hungary and
5000 in Italy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

The present King of Italy is King
Humbert, who assembled the throne
January Q, 1873. Victor Emanuel, his
father, assembled the throne of Sardi-
MIA in 1s49 and became king of Italy
March Z, 1861.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

The estimated cost of the Manches-
ter ship canal was S2s, $50, 900, Nearly
$50, 600, 900 was spent before the canal
was ready for business
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

On Nov. 3Oth the John A. Salzer Seed
Co., La Crosse, Wis, the largest seed po-
tato growers in the world received an
order for three thousand bushels of seed
potatoes from one firm in Texas.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

Ten thousand Turcomans have been
carried off in two months by a malig-
nant form of fever now raging in the
Merv district,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

An entire slice of bread should not
be buttered; instead, small piece is
broken off-as much as one would put
In ones buttered and convey
ed to the mouth by the fingers
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09
A. w. GLEASON

The whalebacll steamer Christopher
Columbus, now running from Chicago
to Milwaukee, has been provided with
a bicycle track eight laps to the mile)
on the lower deck.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

Begonias.-Keep your hegonias free
from dust. When sweeping. cover
with an apron or sheet. If you wish to
sponge their leaves, do so in the morn
ing, that they may have chance to
dry on before night. Drops of water
remaining on Rex bego.ias will rot a
hole in the leaves, which makes the
plant look unsightly.--E
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

You can easily settle this question by send
JEWBLRY CO., Broadway, Cor. Locust, St.
Louis, who In return will send you SOLID
SILVER Hapdled NAIL FILE, aud their new
Illustrated CATALOG UE, showing :, 900 of the
most beautiful things in JeweIry and Silver
wares.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

Calls and letters of coincidence are
acknowledged by cards sent by post.
The calls are returned in person one
year after the death of parent or hus-
band
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

A gentleman in meeting his wife
would rise his hat when greeting her,
and would rise 1t again when leaving
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09
Fortune Seeking Emicrant..

Many poor family that seeks the western wilds
in the hope of winning fortune, 10 preserved
from that insdious foe of the migrant ano
frontiersman-chils and fever-by Hostetter's
Stomach Bitters. So efIectually does that incom-
parable medicinal defense fortify the system
against the combined influence of n malarious at
mosphere and miasma tainted water. that pro-
tected by it the pioneer, the miner the tourist
provided with it, may safely encounter the danger
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

Montenegro has issued jubilee post
age stamp in honor of the two hun
dredth anniversary of the Niegoch dy.
nastv
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

A screen that WI answer ever pur-
pose in sickroom may be made from
an ordinary wooden clotheshorse- 1t
may be stained, painted or enameled,
and covered with burlap, denim or
cartridge paper.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

know that my life was saved by Piso's
Cure for Consumption.-John A. Miller,
Au Sable, Michigan, April 81, 1895.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

A recent pamphlet on Britifh rail
ways states that there are 391 depots
and stations within the limits of Lon
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

The German Baltic canal, however,
was completed for the sum that came
within the original estimates.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

The Philadelphia mint has the oldest
known coin. 1t was coined 700 years
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

An ostrich lives about 80 years, and
the average annual yield of a bird in
captivity is from two to four pounds of
nlumeS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

A harbor and railroad on the Is
land of Reunion cost $4,000, 900 in
stead of So, 800, 900.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

The Corinth canal cost twelve mil
lion dollars, instead of the estimated
six million.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

A young man may, with perfect pro-
priety. ask permission to call upon a
young lady.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

FITS stopped free and permanently cured. No
hts after first days use OF DIR. Kline Great Nerve
hestorer. Free 81 trial bottle and treatise.
Send to DR. KLINE. 9Sl Arch St., Philadelphia, p
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

The simplest form of introduction is:
miss Calvert, allow me to present Mr..
Brown"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

The forts on the Meuse river, esti-
mated at S4,5OO,O 900, cost sixteen mil
lion.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

The man who lives only for himself
couldn't be engaged in any smaller bus
mess
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

When walking with two ladies a gen.
tlemRn should take the outer side.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

TO CURE A COLD IN ONE DAY.
Take Laxative Bromo Quinine Tablets. AL
Druggists refund the money II II fails to cure PC
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09
FARM AND GARDEN.
MATTERS OF INTEREST TO
AGRICULTURISTS.
Some Up-to-date Hints About Cultiva-
tiOn of the Soil and Yields Thereof
-Horticulture, VIticulture and FIori-
culture.

ULLETIN 119, of
Cornell University
experiment station,
speaking Of the
texture of soil,
says:
Every good far
mer knows that a
hard and lumpy
soil will not grow
good crops, no mat
ter how much plant
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

The best wearing colors in rugs are
the green's, blues and reds.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

White duck portfolios, with clasps of
sterling silver, are the latest novelty
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

Gray tints would not not be at all
suitable for north room.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

Upwards Of 1000 corpses were Gre
mated in France during 1895.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

H the Baby IL Cutting Teeth,
Be and that old and well-tried remedy. MRS
wIssLow's SOOTHING SYRUP for Children Teething.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09
Goes Cough BaIsam

Is the oldest and best 1t will break up cold quick
than anything else. 1t is always reliable. Try it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

st. Joseph cooper won an advance.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1896-12-09

Utah has 6,OOO miners.