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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31

Berlin, Jan. 28.-Some of the papers
mere claim to have a telegram from
Pretoria saying that Gen. Warren
was enticed into Spion kop where the
Beers fell upon him; that II of his
cannon were captured and that Bull
ler's hasty retreat over the Tugela
river can save him.
London Had Not Heard It
London, Jan. 2S.-The war Office
has no news of the catastrophe to
Gen. Buffers force reported from Ber-
lin, and discredits the story. Neither
has the war Office any explanation, at
least for publication, of the abandon
ment of Spion kop and there are no
advices in this connection from inde-
pendent sources. The disposition is
to regard the evacuation as not so
serious as at first thought, and COM
mentators are abusing the military
authorities, both at the front and at
home, for publishing hasty accounts
OF an incomplete, half-understood
operation, thus alternately thrilling
and depressing the nation.
Grave Rumors Afioat.
London, Jan. 27.-There are reit-
ated rumors that the gravest kind of
news from Natal is being concealed
by the war oifice. 1t is even said that
Gen. Buffers forces are in full retreat.
The new British reverse is likely to
have disheartening effect upon the
beleagured garrison of Ladysmith, but
for whom the campaign would have
been conducted on a very different
plan. Letters written when the siege
of Ladysmith was begun were very
sanguine; a letter written about the
middle of December said the besieged
had rations for six weeks, and accord
ing to all reports the food question
must be pressing. The latest message
from Ladysmith reported IL deaths in
one day from enteric fever and dis
intery.
What Ia Roberts Doing?
London, Jan. 2S.--Lord Roberts, at
Cape Town. has been almost forgot
ten in the excitement over the fight
ing at the Tugela. Roberts is no way
responsible for the operations for the
relief of Ladysmith, for they have
been conducted under advice from the
war Office in London. 1t was said
some time ago that Roberts favored
leaving Ladysmith to it's fate and
marching on Bloemfontein, the capi-
tai of the Free State.
Total British Losses to Date
London, Jan. 2S.-The total British
losses in the present war up to date
number S,514. The total forces placed
by England in South Africa to date
number 113,S6S men, 1874 horses, 85
machine guns and 242 field guns. The
total now at sea is 1900 men. 4,141
horses, four machine guns and % field.
guns. The total losses of Buffers
forces since the beginning of his
thanking movement on January 10,
are: Sixty-seven killed, 579 wounded
and 60 missing.
Has Msfeking Bcen Relievede
Lorenzo Marques, Delagoa bay, Jan.
est is reported on good Transvaal
authority that Mafeking was relieved
Tuesday, January %.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
IndIxuation At Arkan.a. CITY.

In view of the fact that a Guthrie
(Ok.) dispatch said there were 1000
cases of smallpox in Arkansas City,
Mayor Hess and the board of health
issued q statement declaring there
are only eight houses quarantined
and there is not case of actual small
pox there.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Few Paupers in Kansas.

State Labor Commissioner johnson
received reports from 81 of the los
counties in Kansas regarding paupers
and the showing made in them leads
him to make the flat-footed declara-
ton that Kansas has fewer paupers in
proportion to its population than any
state in the union. Sixteen out of the
81 counties reporting have no poor
houses. Several other counties re-
port that they have poor farms but
no paupers and they rent the farms
out to tenants. This is the list of
counties which have no poor houses
or poor farms: Barber, Clark, Ford,
Cove, Graham, Grant, Kearney, Logan,
Norton, Seward, Sheridan, Stanton,
Stevens, Trego, Wallace and Gray.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Hits Parsons Hard.

The attorney general rendered an
opinion holding that the state board
of charities had no legal right to con-
denim a site for a new insane asylum
at Parsons. This is hard blow to
Parsons, because the board of char
tiles will follow the opinion and re-
fuse to take any action toward the
construction of the new asylum.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Engine Pinned Him Down.

Milton Brenizer, while running q
threshing engine over bridge near
Manchester, went with it to the
bottom of the stream, being pinned
under the engine for more than an
hour. His limbs were fearfully lacer-
ated. but his injuries may not be fatal.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Good Prospects of Joining Collins.

"Cook" Wright and "Pearly'' Atkin-
son, two Topeka negroes who gained
some renown by being involved with
John Henry Collins at the time of the
murder of his father, were bound over
to the district court recently for
highway robbery. There appears to
be clear case against them and they
will probably spend long time with
Collins at Lansing.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
The Prison Gates Closed.

Warden Tomlinson, of the state
penitentiary, has notified the sheriffs
of Kansas that he will not take any
prisoners from them at present until
the chickenpox and smallpox epidemic
in the state is abated. Owing to
smallpox cases near the penitentiary
gates the prison gates have been
closed to visitors.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Organising Commercial Clubs.

The formation of commercial clubs
seems to be all the rage in Kansas
Just now. Each town of any size
whatever is organizing for the pur-
pose of promoting its commercial and
industrial interests.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
NOT ONE RAY Of LIGHT.
Great Britain Unable to Get Any
Comfort Out of the War News
from South Africa.
IS GEN. BULLER IN FULL RETREAT7

a Sensational Report from the German
Capital Tells OF Disaster That Befell
Warren, and Asserts That . Hasty Re-
treat Alone Will Save BuIIer-Has Mafe-
king Been Relieved?- ?-BrItish Losses
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Record of One Methodist Town.

At Baldwin, the seat of Baker uni
versity, there have been but two at
tempts in ten years to hold dance,
but neither event secured enough
patronage to pay for the hall. There
is not a place in Baldwin where play
ing cards can be bought and the town
never had billiard hall.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
His Conscience Troubled Him.

George Walker, the Leavenworth
negro who attempted an assault on
Miss Edna Perkins near Turner, Wy
andotte county, was convicted, the
jury being out only Is minutes. Lin
coin Mckee, the officer who arrested
Walker and at the preliminary gave
damaging evidence against him, told
a different story at the formal trial.
After he left the witness stand he
committed suicide.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
May Sell to Farmers Direct.

The directors of the Kansas peni-
tentiary are puzzled to know how
they shall market the produce of the
penitentiary twine plant this year.
The directors would rather deal di-
rectly with the farmers if they can
without allowing the dealers chance
at the profits.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31

The house public lands committee
agreed to make favorable report on
the bill ceding the abandoned Fort
Hays military reservation to the state
for normal school and agricultural
college purposes.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Kansas University AthIstirs.

DIR. James Nailsmith has been
elected director of physical training
at the state university; Fay r. Moul-
ton, of Marion, football manager and
Frank Gray, of Phillipsburg, manager
of track athletics.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31
Early First District Convention.

The First district republican con-
gressional convention will be held at
Atchison between March Is and 30.
This will avoid bringing politics into
the Kansas G. A. r. encampment to be
held in April at Holton.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31

Berlin, Jan. 2S.-Some of the papers
here claim to have telegram from
Pretoria saying that Gen. Warren
was enticed into Spion kop where the
Beers fell upon him; that II of his
cannon were captured and that Bull
ler's hasty retreat over the Tugela
river can save him.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1900-01-31

Would Restore Hanging In Kansas.
Gov. Stanley, if he be reelected,
will recommend to the legislature
that the crimes act, fixing the punish
ment for murder, be amended so that
the jury shall decide that question,
and the jury having fixed the punish
ment, the governors only duty shall
be to execute it's judgment. This
would restore in Kansas capital pun
ishment for murder, which the pres.
ent law practically abolishes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
LlFE.sAvlNe HUMAN CHAIN.
Three Young Women Narrowly Escape
Death by Drowning.

Three Young Women Narrowly Escape
Death by Drowning.
Z 1t takes lot of pluck and good
amount of common sense to rescue
three young women from death by
drowning, but pluck apd common sense
were not wanting during a recent acct
dent on Long Island. 1t was matter
of seconds only, at least so far as Miss
Minnie Hiddink was concerned, and
the others We're nearer death than they
are ever likely to be again and escape.
Patchogue mill pond, one of the larg-
est on Long Island. was crowded with
skaters. They had been warned to
keep away from the east shore, where
Ice cutters had been at work. Agnes
and Minnie Grundy and Minnie Hid
dink neglected the warning. So long
as they skated singly the ice was
strong enough to bear their weight, but
when they glided along three abreast,
their arms interlocked, it gave way un-
der them and they were plunged into
the water.
Will Stlllman realized conditions. He
ordered the skaters to keep back, and
almost in the same breath called for
volunteers to form a human life line.
Men and boys threw off their coats,
threw themselves fiat on the ice and
grasped each others heels. Stillman
found he could not reach the young
women and the ice was sinking under
his weight. He called to George Ho-
man. who is light and strong. The lat
ter pulled himself along the chain I'm
til he was at the end.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
Cost of Living in Paris.

ITO prove that we are economical
young women shall tell you how much
we pay at the pension?" writes girl
in the Ladies' Home Journal. who. with
n girl companion. is travelling In France
and giving the benefit of her experience
to girls who may go to the Paris Expo
sition this year. "The tariff card, tackled
on the wall of my rose-twined Marie
AntOinette room, says the price is nine
francs. Then how do come to be pay
ing only seven? One learns over here
to marchander-'to haggle, to bargain
If madame's prices read from seven
francs and you write to her asking IL
she can let you have room and at that
price. she will pobably reply that the
only rooms she has unrented cost ten
francs. But If you are wise enough to
ask her II she has a room for seven
francs the answer will be .yes.' We
are, Of course. beyond the pale of the
bathtub, electric lights and big tips; the
maid who cares for our room is salts
fled to receive modest fee, and it is
with thrill Of delight that we pick up
our candlesticks and say goodnight
just as they do in novels. We are COM
Portable and happy on two dollars per
day. The fact tint we are alone does
not bring lis moments annoyance, nor
subject us to any unreasonable re-
straints."
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07

ness. There are some reasons for
thinking that she has already reached
1t. and they have no reference to her
success or failure in the Boer war.
First, the English have ceased to be an
agricultural people, and they must de.
pend, even in war, upon food imported
from over the sea. Second. as manu-.
featuring nation they have already be.
gun to decay, as witness their final
loss of tie premiership in iron and steel
production. 1t is morally certain that
England will be left far behind In the
industrial struggle of the twentieth
century by the United States simply
because the United States possess til.
greater natural resources, while In
natural capacity the Americans are
fully the equals of the English. Third,
If England loses ground in agricultural
and manufacturing and trade it will
be inherently impossible for her to
maintain first rank us political pow
err, because in her recurring wars her
accumulated wealth will be gradually
swallowed up. That she must engage
in such wars seems clear because Of
the intense jealousy of her great rivals,
and because her limited imperialism
brings her in endless antagonism to
those rivals in various parts of the
earth.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
EEgs of Migratory Wild Birds.


1t will surprise many people to know
that some of the most important migra-
tory birds are now in process of extinc-
ton because of mans cupidity, not in
killing them. but in destroying their
eggs. and thus preventing their exist
ence. All of them breed in the Arctic
regions, where in summer there is the
greatest abundance of insect and fish
life on which to support themselves.
Man has found these breeding places,
and so long as he can secure fresh eggs
he finds ready sale for them at profit
able prices from photographers, who
use only the albumen for making the
films on which their pictures are taken.
1t is true If there were not this supply
photographs might be dearer than they
now are. But II this use of their eggs
means the extinction of many migra-
tory species of birds, such use of them
ought to be prohibited by law.-Ameri-
can Cultivator.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07

Agnes Grundy can swim, and fear
had not paralyzed her mind. She not
only kept afoat herself, but grasped
her sisters hair and kept her above the
water. She told Minnie Hiddink to
hold on to the ice. But the wits had
been frightened out of Miss Hiddink.
She was unconscious before Homan
could reach her. Twice she had gone
down.
Take out Minnie FIRST" said-Agnes
Grundy. I'VE are all right for little
time"
Holman grasped Miss Hiddink's dress
just as she was disappearing. Stillman
called to Agnes Grundy to take hold
of Miss Hiddink's dress.
Haul away on the line" he shouted.
Then those behind, where the Ice was
strong, tugged with all their might.
The human chain started backward.
The strain on Holman was terrific, but
he never let go, nor did anyone else.
When the ice grew firmer Agnes
Grundy held on to it, still supporting
her sister, while the line was drawn
back with Miss Hiddink in Romans
arms She was wrapped in blankets
brought from nearby house, and then
the human line was pushed forwalI
again for Minnie Grundy and then for
Agnes.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
r. & ]. McAlister, Mid-Ascog, Rothe.
say. First at Butte Farmers Society
show this year.


Plum Tree Fungus.
The fungus may be looked for from
the time of Towering till the fruit Is
mature, says Prof. Pammel, of the
Iowa Agricultural College. Much may
be done by removing the diseased
plums from the trees in the autumn. l
have made observation on this fungus
for a number of years, and am certain
that 1t is much more troublesome where
mummied plums remain on the tree.
Some years ago observed the fungus
upon the flowers. 1t attacked the
petals, stamens and pistil. Soon the
whole branch became affected with
this blight. In a few days not single
healthy flower remained ON the tree.
1t was also noticed to start from certain
parts Of the tree. l soon located the
cause in the old monilia-attacked
plums which were hanging on the
trees. In quite number of cases the
starting point was thus found to be in
these old diseased plums. The object
lesson is plain-remove all of the dis
eased plums in the fall. Horticulturists
often overlook this important point In
the treatment of diseases. Rubbish
heaps containing the spores of fungi
are too often neglected. They should
be burned,
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07

The disagreement Of scenery with
l,ideous advertisements is a great evil
in this country, but is by no means pc
culiar to 1t. In England 1t has reached
such magnitude that large society
has been formed, witha periodical pub
lication as Its organ, to combat 1t and
to resist its further extension. The So
ciety is reported already to have done
much good, especially by SO arousing
public sentiment as to make 1t evident
that advertisers guilty of the offense
will lose rather than gain patronage
thereby. There is shrewd sense in that
plan of campaign, commendable for APP
plication elsewhere. Advertisements
. are displayed solely for the sake of
gain, and If 1t be known that those
which have a character revolving to
good taste will repel patronage and
cause loss instead of again, offensive
methods of display will speedily be
abandoned. The remedy of this evil,
as of many others. lies within reach Of
the public.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
and published books for "all those lit.

and published books for "all those lit
tie masters and misses who are good
or who intend to be good"
We have travelled long way since
Newbery and Goldsmith co.operated
on that famous list of books of which
"Goody Two Shoes" and Tommy
Trip" may be taken as the best exam
pies, but IL it We're only for the fact
that Newbery was the first to give the
Rhymes and Jingles of Mother Goose"
to the world in collected form his men,
DRY should ever be kept green by Eng
disappearing children wherever they
may be found.
Newbery's original collection of
Mother Goose melodies has, moreover,
an added interest, for there is every
reason to believe that Goldsmith had
a hand in the editing, annotating and
arranging of the first edition.
Neither in London, at the scene of
his labors, "over against the north door
of st. Paul's cathedral" nor Mt the cor
ner of st. Pauls churchyard, nor at
Canonbury house, Islington, where
he and Goldsmith lived and worked to.
gether, nor at his birthplace, Waltham
st. Lawrence, is there anything Of
prominence to keep his name in remem-
brance.
A claim to have been the originator
of the Mother Goose collection was
made about thirty years ago on behalf
of Mrs. Goose, or Vergoose, the mother
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
Not 10 Be Premntur Nv shelved.

I do not believe that old people should
consent to be effaced simply because
the riotous advance Of youth around
them is pushing them to the rear. Love
does Its mistaken best to etface them,
1t Is true. giving them the easy-chair
and the sheltered corner. and saving
them from all exertion. and insisting
that they are to be waited upon. and
their work taken out of their hands.
Maturity has no right to let itself be
laid upon the shelf too soon. There Is
one glory of the rosebud and another
glory of the rose: one beauty of the
growing grain and another beauty of
the ripened sheaf.-Margaret d. Sang
ster, In Ladies' Home Journal.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
p. ssins of the Lily.

Bermuda lilies are becoming scarce.
II means are not soon adopted on be-
half of this branch of the lily family
1t will soon. like the buffalo, practically
disappear. Although native of Japan.
the Easter lily is best known to Ameri-
cans as being common in Bermuda. The
soil of the island is of peculiar compost
ton. coral dust being an Important con.
stituent. 1t was at one time very rich.
but the production of the bulbs of the
Bermuda lily has exhausted it to
great extent, hence the danger that the
flower will disappear. But the exhaus-
tion of the soil is not the only thing
that threatens the lily. The flower It.
self is suffering from exhaustion. Flori-
culturlsts have not yet been able to hit
upon a name for the disease. The bulbs
are getting smaller year by year.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07

There are two facts regarding con.
sumption which. although long known
and insisted upon by few sanitarians
and physicians, have only recently been
generally admitted. 1t is upon these
two facts-the contagiousness of the
disease and Its durability In the early
stages-that the modern sanatorium
treatment of tuberculosis has been
founded. Consumption is not conta-
glous in the same sense as smallpox,
for IL certain necessary precautions are
taken a tuberculous subject Is little
more dangerous to the health of those
about him than is well person; but
IL these essentials are neglected the
danger is very great and very real.
Now among the very poor. especially
those living in large cities. it is prac-
tically impossible to enforce the observ-
ance of these precautions. and conse-
quently each consumptive Is center
whence the disease may. and probably
will, spread in countless directions.
The transfer of such a patient to
sanatorium removes at once source
of peril to the community and at the
same time gives the patient himself the
best, and often his only. chance of re-
covery. The main elements of treat
ment in sanatorium are an abund-
ance Of fresh and pure air. wholesome
food, rest and exercise in the proper
proportions. and above all absolute
cleanliness and the prompt destruction
Of the bacillus-laden expectorated mat
tiers. Formerly sanatoria were access
slble only to the well-to-do. and the
poor, those who need this form of treat
ment the most, were barred. A move
ment has started recently. looking to
the erection of Institutions for the treat
ment of the poor at the expense of the
State, and to Massachusetts. with Its
State hospital for consumptives at Rut-
land. belongs the honor of being the
first Of the United States to build such
n sanatorium. When not only every
State. but every large city as well, has
similar institutions for the treatment
and the sanitary education of the con-
sumptive. we may hope to see the fatal
tiles from this great white plague" be-
come as rare as those from whopping-
cough or cold in the head.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
Growing Turnips.

At a farmers institute in New
Brunswick one speaker told how he
succeeded in growing 1000 bushels of
turnips per acre. He took poor piece
of ground in the fall, and after he had
plowed it he put on thirty tons of
manure to the acre and narrowed 1t in.
He wants no manure plowed in unless
it is to be plowed up again in the
spring, harrow lightly and furrowed
two feet apart about two inches deep.
In the burrows he strewed $50 pounds
of superphosphate to the acre. He
uses two pounds of specially selected
turnip seed to the acre. When they are
two inches high he thins them to 10
inches apart. After this he keeps the
horse cultivator running two or three
times week between the rows. AS
he grows them principally as a succu-
lent winter food for his stock, he sows
early, that they may have time to
grow.
Manchester Democrat. [volume] (Manchester, Iowa) 1875-1930, 1900-02-07
MOTHER eoosE-H R RHYMES.

Grave of the Author of Nursery Dit
ties Has Long Been Neglected.
A correspondent informs me that the
tomb of John Newbery, in Waltham
st. Lawrence churchyard, is likely to
suffer the fate that overtakes all such
monuments unless properly and regu-
larly cared for.
l have not seen 1t since visited the
quaint and quiet little village in the
summer of 1895. when was collect
ing materials for life of 1.-THE phil
anthropic publisher of st. Paups
Churchyard." immortnlized by Gold.
smith in his .vicar of Wakefield" by
DR.. johnson in "The Idler." by Wash
ington Irving in "Bracebridge Hall"
and by many other writer's who have
recognized the influence of the first
publisher who wrote. edited, compiled