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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-07-23
HAS INDEPENDENT WAYS.

which are so entirely subterranean
that they are almost as exclusively
earth jewellers as are moles. On the
steppes the sousliks are the common
prey of the eagles, especially of the
smaller kind. The eagles sit on the
telegraph posts which the Russian
government has set up along the roads,
and thence watch for the sousliks to
come out of their burrows. Formerly,
as there are no trees on these steppes.
the eagles had to sit on the ground
or soar around if they wanted sousliks
for tea. Now that the government has
given them watching places at the pub
lie expense, it is probab bic that the
sousnks look on telegraphs as a use
less and dangerous form of state mo-
nopoly. They have a curious habit of
eating flesh. This may be because
they lnhabit cold countries where food
is scarce and is welcome in the concen-
trated form in which it is supplied in
meat. In some very interesting expe-
riences of trapping in British Column
bia given by Mr.. Turner-Turner it was
mentioned that squirrels often came
to the bait on his traps. Sousliks will
eat the flesh of dead horses. and, like
the American gophers, may be seen
running out of the half-frozen carcas.
In their burrows they love to collect
little hoard of meat. Birds are either
killed by them or their dead bodies
dragged to their holes. They will also
attack, kin and eat others of their own
species. One or two of these little fell
lows may generally be seen and han
died at the zoo, in the small mammals
house,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-07-23
FOREIGN GOSSIP.

In Italy 30 persons out of 10000 di,
by the assassin's knife.
Anyone attending spiritualist Sc
ance in Bohemia is liable to a fine
of $40.
The solano is hot southeast wind
loaded with fine dust, which blows
across Spain.
Of the infants cared for in the ST.
Petersburg asylum for foundlings,
about 1,500 are annually disposed of
to families.
Once century the officials and ten.
ants walk and define the bounds of
Lord Derby's Westmoreland (England)
estate.
The consumption of meat In England
has reached the total of 113 pounds
head year, which is more than dou-
bic what it was so yearsago.
Progressive Canada estimates that
"the population capacity of Canada
cannot be less than 100000 OO." There
are 100000 square miles of arabic
land.
The Italian peasantry have horn
~ohOu ChC SSIpcuUlIle, SO cdlIeQ from
its appearance and curves. 1t is made
of wood covered with leather, and has
SIX finger holes.
The rebab of Palestine is a sort of
violin. The body is square frame COW
cred with parchment. The instrument
is played with bow. There is but one
string, thick, coarse horsehair, but
expert performers can, it is said, get
considerable variety of tone from this
primitive instrument.
Queen Wilhelmina's crown is very
gorgeous. 1t is Of dull gold, only the
edges being polished. It consists. of
crimson velvet cap inclosed in a circle
set with sapphires and emeralds. The
imperial arches terminate in 16 points.
eight Of which are surmounted by large
single pearls, and the other eight, bent
toward the center and there crowned
with the globe and cross, are set with
nine pearls each, which are graduated
IN size, the smallest being placed at
the top.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-07-23
WOMAN WINS DEGREE.
Miss Florence A. Fensham, First
Woman Bachelor of Divinity in
congregational Church.

When Christianity and the Christian
church were given to the world the
promise was: Your sons and your
daughters shall prophecy" This ideal
of Christian womanhood has been
long time in evolving. Modern condi-
tions, however, make it increasingly
possible for women to follow the
CLEAN" where it may lead The num-
Der who have been led into the min
istry of the church is vet small, but
more and more are the Scriptures be-
ing verified in this respect.
Miss Florence A. Fensham, of Con
stantinople, Turkey, has achieved the
signal distinction of being the first
woman in the history of the Congrega-
tlonal church to receive the degree of
bachelor of divinity. This honor has
just been conferred upon her at the
annual convocation of the Chicago
Theological seminary in the First Con-
gregational church, and when Presi-
dent DR.. j. ii. George, who conferred
the degree, came to Miss Fenshaw he
remarked. with much feeling: "This
shows what a woman can do
Florence A. Fensham is a native of
East Douglas, Mass. When she was
very young her family moved to AL
bany, n. Y, where she was brought
up. At an early age she showed I'M
usual mental ability. This spirit was
fostered by her parents, who gave her
every possible advantage. In this
country she has been student at Cor
nell and at Harvard, afterward going
abroad to study in the University of
Edinburgh and afterward studying
theology at Mansfield college, Oxford,
under DR.. Fairbairn.
After completing her course of
study at Oxford, Miss Fensham went
to Constantinople. where she occupied
the chair of biblical literature and
comparative religion in the American
college for girls in this oriental city.
She also holds the important position
of dean of the college.
This college for girls is the out
growth of high school founded in
Constantinople in 1871 by the woman's
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-07-23
Burglar-Proof Safes.

According to report made by ex-
perts to the American government.
there is no longer any such thing a
really burglar-proof safe. The pro-
fessional craftsman has been known
to use the oxy-hydrogen blowpipe to
burn through the steel walls of safe,
or the electric arc fed by the current
which he finds convenient to his hand
on the victims premises. Now he has
a simpler method Of procedure in the
use of pyrotechnical compound
which gives off such heat as to rob the
hardest metal of its temper, thus en-
abling the burglar to penetrate it as
If 1T were pewter. For this reason the
American government is advised not
to expend large sums of money in
constructing so-called burglar-proof
safes in which to store its valuables
1t is recommended that the best pre-
caution against burglars is to be found
in an elaborate system of electrical
aiarm-signals, which will make the
depredators themselves give notice of
their unwelcome presence.-Cham-
ber's Journal.
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BIRDS THAT CAN TALK.
Raven, Jackdavv, Magpie. Jay and tn e
Entire Parrot Tribe Are Good
COnversatiOnalists.

II IS not a little singular that
whilst the so-called dumb animals
have all some language of their own.
a method by which each species can
hold converse with it's kind, it is IN
the feathered world alone that we
find any. creatures capable of being
taught to use the speech of man
Certain birds not only are capable of
producing articulate words and SEN
fences, but it would appear from
many well-authenticate instances a.
if they possess in some measure the
reasoning faculty which enables
them to apply their acquired art of
speech with peculiar aptitude.
The raven, the jackdaw, the mag
pie and the jay may all be trained to
initiate sounds and to utter words
and even sentences, distinctly. but
more familiar to most people are
talking birds of the parrot tribe.
which acquire the gift of speech in
far greater perfection than any 9th
er of their species. The voice of the
parrot is also much more human il,
its tones; the raven is too hoarse.
the jay and the magpie are toe
shrill; but there are modulations in
the parrots notes when speaking
that are sometimes absolutely I'M
canny in their weird resemblance to
the human voice divine" This SUI
periority is due to the construction
of its beak, its tongue and head.
The parrot, too, has wonderful
memory and rarely forgets what it
has once thoroughly learned.-Our
Young Folk
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-07-23
FUNNY LITTLE RODENTS.
They Are Called SousliIts, Are VERY
Much Like Gophers And Are
DwelIers in the E. nth.

Rodents seem to contain, an family
both the incest and the naStiest of
creatures. What is more disgusting
than big sewer rat or more enga gine
than those other rodents, the squirrels
and the prairie dogs? The sousliks are
not exactly prairie dogs or marmots
or ground squirrels, but kind of mix
ture of all three, says writer in Coun-
try Life. They are found right across
Europe and northern Asia, from b.
hemia to the far eastern steppes, liv-
ing in sociable colonies not unlike
prairie dogs. They are of a grayish
brown color, sometimes waved and
spotted with white. Occasionally there
is one gray with very bright black
eyes and an alert 'all there" appear
ance which the Independent ways of
sousliks quite justify.
Cuvier says there are some species
of sousliks in America. These are per.
haps the various gophers, some Of
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WATER FROM A KNIFE.
Here's n Trick, Boys, That Is Bound
to Furnish Much Entertainment
at Party.

Here is an ingenious trick, and one
which is bound to furnish much enter
tainment at an evening party.
Let one of the company take knife
and say that in few minutes he Will
make water flow out of it's handle
This, of course, will be impossible I'M
less the person who is going to per-
form the trick has contrived to secrete
small moistened sponge behind his
ear. This being done, let him grasp the
handle of the knife and press it IN such
manner that the spectators will
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-07-23

There is queer explanation given of
he reason why the people of CONSTANT
nople tolerate so many dogs in the
streets of that city. 1t is in effect that
when a Mussulman commits a sin, he
prays and pays to have it forgiven
After this is done, he takes piece of
bread and breaks it into bits, which he
throws to the dogs. If the latter ac-
cept the food. it is sure sign that the
sinner is forgiven. If they refuse to
eat it, he is not forgiven. The more
dogs that roam around. the more
bread will be eaten and the more sins
forgiven.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-07-23
DRAWING WATER FROM KNIFE

think he is really trying to get water
out of it.
While he is thus engaged, his hand will
naturally move, and he can gradually
bring it close to his ear. He must then
utter few mysterious cabalistic
phrases, after which he must ask one
of the spectators to help him by draw
ing three crosses with his finger on his
elbow.
This request will naturally surprise
everyone, and, as no one will imme-
aiately comply with it. the magician
will have ample time to draw the tiny
sponge from behind his ear and place it
firmly between his forefinger and mid
die finger. All he has to do now is to
hold the knife over plate, for at once
irops of water will begin to fail from it.
N. Y. Herald.
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board of missions for "the thorough
education and Christian culture of
girls in the orient" The growth of
the school was so rapid and its work
so important that the institution was
incorporated as a college by the legis-
lature of Massachusetts in 1890. In
1894 an imperial trade was granted the
college by Abdul Hamid H., assuring
its permanency by the official recogni-
ton of it as an educational institution
in the Turkish empire.
Miss Fensham has thrown herself,
heart and soul, into her work, in which
she is a great enthusiast.
"The object of our work" she ex-
planned, ..is to give the higher Chris
tian education 70 the oriental women
Our students number from 150t to 200,
in which Is ma tionalities are represent
ed, Bulgarian, Armenian. Greek, He
brew, American, English, Turkish. AL
bantam, French, German, Italian. Rus
sian, Hungarian, Roumanian and Aus
tralian. The language of the college is
English, and the facility with which
these eastern girls acquire it is really
remarkable"
During the whole period of her
study at the Chicago theological SEM
mary, Miss Fensham held the "high
honor scholarship" which is awarded
to the attainer of 95 per cent. in every
branch of study. 1t is remarkabl
and noteworthy fact, however, that
this scholarship has never before been
bestowed, Miss Fensham being the
first to hold it. She will leave Chicago
in few days for three months rest in
the east before returning to her ardu-
Gus labors in the. orient.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-07-23
HOMEMADE TINT GAUGE,

tatlon OF toy to be purchased at most
places, took my attention at once, as
l recognized in it an aid to supply a
want l had long been conscious Of
Take an ordinary piece of cedar pen
Gil. from 31% to four inches in length,
cut to a point; secondly, a circle of
cardboard, with a diameter of about
four inches, and, having made a hole
in the center of this, thrust the pencil
through it until the point is about an
inch below the cardboard; with a lit
tie gum or a drop or two of sealing
wax you can secure the disk to the pen
Gil. You have now a kind of ton or
teetotum, which you will find spins
easily, and your apparatus is complete
Suppose we want to find out if
trimming really matches some dress
material; all you have to do is to cut
circular piece of the material four
inches in diameter; make hole in the
middle of it, and put the longer por-
ton of the pencil through this, when
it will be fiat on your cardboard disk.
to which you can secure it by small
pins. Cut small piece of the trim
ming, about three-quarters of an inch
square, and fix it on the edge of your
disk (see Fig.).
You have now only to set your tee
totum spinning and watch the result
If the material you are using had a
pattern, that pattern disappears. and
in place you get the general shade OF
the stuff, and the samewith the trim
ming, so that if the two exactly match.
the two shades will be the same: but
if they do not, you will perceive
lighter or a darker ring at the edge OF
your disk.
If again you wish to learn if two ma
terials, each composed of a variety of
colors, will harmonic, proceed in ex
actly the same way, and the predomi
nant color in each will give the shade.
and you will at once be able to ascer.
tain if they clash. In the. same man.
ner you will be able to see if one single
color will ''go" with a mass of Others
in a way pleasing to the eye-Girls'
Communion
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-07-23
VISITING THE SICK.
Some Points to Be Considered and
Some Things That Are to he Re-
ligiOusly Avoided

Sick people are apt to be very seri-
Gus and easily irritated, and it is
often an annoyance to them to see
the door open silently and a figure
creep in on tiptoe. No one would
dream of bursting the door open, or
even noisily turning the handle, but
there is a medium course to pursue.
Walk in quietly, but without any I'M
due and ostentatious silence. Go
straight up to the bed and speak in
an ordinary tone; and, without ask
ing any tiresome questions, COM
mence speaking of matters which
you know will interest, but not irri-
tate, the patient. Let your visit be
short, and when you rise to leave the
room say your "Good-by" briefly, and
go at once. avoiding any of that lin
gering which is both annoying and
wearying to the invalid. When Wis
iting a sick friend, dress with a GER
tain amount of care and fore
thought; do not put on your dull
est and shabbiest clothes, and, on
the other hand, avoid rustling gar
ments. Some people like to take
flowers into the sickroom. 1t is as
well to ascertain beforehand. from
some member of the family, what
kind of flower is liked by the patient.
powerful perfume sometimes
causes a headache, and even nausea.
Delicacies should only be taken after
consulting the nurse or doctor. and
then not carried direct into the room
unless specially permitted to do so
N. Y. Weekly.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-07-23
SIMPLE TINT GAUGE
and Dress Goods and Tor Har-
mOnixing CoIors,

How many girls there are, and for
that matter men and boys as well, who.
without going actually color-blind,
yet seem to lack the power of judging
whether certain colors blend, or
whether two colors, or combina lions
of colors, will harmonic when placed
in juxtaposition. For instance, to an
inexperienced and not specially
trained eye it is no easy matter to say
whether trimming will match ma
terial in which, perhaps, seven or eight
colors are employed in various proper
tions, or what is the dominant colorin
another material that consists of
medley of colors. The following lit.
tie device, which is only homely aSlp-
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TALE OF MISS POLLY VOC VOC

This is the tale Of Miss Polly Wog Wog.
VINO lived in the midst of the country of
Bog.
f brothers she numbered one hundred and
four;
Of sisters, two hundred-or possibly more;
No matter. Whatever the total might be,
She never was lacking for playmates, you
see.
10 hide-and-go-seek and pom-pom-pull-
away
Ghe played in the mud and the water all
day;
FOR water and mud were the young Wogs'
delights
hey frolicked there. dined there, and slum-
bered there nights.
diss Polly was vain-though we hardly
would call
Ser face or her figure attractive at all.
like most Of her family, be it here said,
She was seven-twelfths tail and the rest
of her head.
Yes, Polly was truly exceedingly plain
But her tail was the thing that was making
her vain!
Her father cried: .shamer' And her
mother cried: "Fie!'
Her brothers said: "Goosev And her sis
ters said: N.Y.
Ard dreadful misfortune would happen,
they vowed,
To girl who was acting so silly and proud
But the more they entreated and threatened
and warned,
The more their advice and their efforts
were scorned,
And Polly went wiggling and wriggling
about
such airs! You would think she was some
speckled trout!
But oh! she encountered a terrible fate
Which, just as moral I'll briefly relate:
She kept growing ugly! But that's not the
worst
She swelled so that one day she suddenly
burst!
And, ALAS she was changed to a common
green frog.
What an end to the tale of Miss Polly Wog
Wog!
-Churchman
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-07-23
A suggestion for the italian.

After the organ-grinder had been
working for about ten minutes the
woman sailed forth and addressed
him.
faint no use,' she said. "You
don't get no money for that an you
don't deserve none. If you'd put as
much of the same kind of work on
churn you wouldn't have no trouble
maxim good livin'. Chicago Post.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-07-23

They had quarreled, and the new
bride was weeping copiously.
Don't cry so, Bertha" said the
young husband. penitently.
That's j-j-ust like you!" she sob
bed. "Iou don't want to l-l-let me have
any fun at Chicago Tribune.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-07-23

Ida-You look nervous, dear.
May-Yes.. am sure Dick is going
to propose when we get out on the
links. ~
Ida-What makes you think so?
May-Why, heard Dick bribing the
caddy to make out he was too tired to
keep up with us.-Tit-Bits
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1902-07-23
stonins Rai.in. Made Easy.

To stone raisins keep the fingers
moistened with cold water and the
seeds will not cling. Some people
prefer to pour boiling water over the
raisins and let stand short time.
When the seeds are eaily pinched out
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-10-24
CURES CATARRH.
"Hyomei the Most Wonderful Cure Fol
Catarrh Ever Discovered" Says
Mayor Yard.

Do not try to cure catarrh by taking
drugs into the stomach; it cannot be
cured in that manner. The only way in
which this too common disease can be
cured is through direct application
that will kill the baclli of catarrh and
prevent their growth.
Hyomei is the only known method of
treatment that accompllshes this. Il is
the simplest, most pleasant, and the
only absolute cure for catarrh that has
ever been discovered.
Thousands of unsolicited testimonials
have been received from the. most prom
lnent men and women in the country
who have been cured by this .remarkab BILE
remedy. Ministers, bankers, lawyers,
even eminent physicians, have sent
strong testimonials as to the remarkable
powers of Hyomei to cure catarrh.
Former Mayor Emory NJ. Yard, of
Trenton, n. j., writes: you have my
permission to say that | believe 'Hyo-
mel to be one of the most wonderful
Nuit ipl Ndtdll IL anu odl llpuOlC llldl
has ever been discovered. In my case
the effect has been marvellous. | enclose
you money order for two outfits for
friends of mine to whom | have recon-
mended 'lIyomei' and who am anxious
shall have have the benefit of this re-
markable panacea."
The complete Hyomei outfit costs but
81 co. consisting of an inhaler, dropper
and sufficient Hyomei to last over a
month. This will effect a cure in ordi-
nary cases, but for chronic and deep
seated cases of catarrh, longer use is
necessary, and then extra bottles of
Hyomei Ga months treatment), can be
obtained for so cents. 1t is not alone
the best Git might be called the only,
method of curing catarrh, but it is also
the most economical.
DR.. ID. A. Bsbee has so much conf
dence in the power of Hyomei to cure
catarrh, that he will, for limited time,
sell this medicine under his personal
guarantee to refund the money If the
purchasers can say that it did not help
them,
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-10-24
An Expe sive Experience.

The hard coal strike has been fear
fully expensive experience for both
sides. Last Saturday, at the close of the
twenty-thrd week of the strike, the
estimated losses were as follows: Loss
to operators In price of coal, 500, 200, 900 !;
loss to strikers in wages, $40, 200, 900 I;
loss to employees other than strikers,
Sc 600, 900; loss to railroads in earnings,
Sl3 ,400,0 900; loss to business men in the
region, SIG, $780, 900; loss to business men
outside the region, $40, 900; cost of
maintaining coal and iron police, 81 ,300,-
900; cost of maintaining non-union men,
SG50,0O0; cost of maintaining troops in
the region, SS50,00O; damage to mines
and machinery, Sc, 800 600; total, Sl42,-
100000. When 1t is realized that all this
loss could have been avoided by an APP
peal TO reason, it seems proper that Con-
gress should pass an arbitration law.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-10-24
Youns Prootora Crack Shot.

Senator Proctor, of Vermont, has pre-
sented the President photograph of his
grandson, |. Mortimer r. Proctor, and
an immense wild boar slain by the boy,
says a Washington dispatch. The pho
tograph shows the young hunter with
his rifle in hand and the boar stretched
from tree limb. Young Proctor is l3
years old, and son of Fletcher Proc
tor, Senator Proctor's eldest son. The
boar was killed in Corbin's Park, where
the president himself killed a wild hog
last summer.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1902-10-24
Count Us In.

About dozen Boston gentlemen, all
"long" on stature and enthusiasm, have
taken the preliminary steps toward form
ing an independent military company,
to be composed of men none of whom
shall be under six feet tall 1t is pro-
posed to correspond with tall men all
over New England, and, after an organ
ization is perfected, consider what steps
may be necessary to secure official recog-
milton and attachment to some arm of
the public service.-EXchange
Vermont can probably furnish as
many "long uns" as any New England
state, according to population, and
should be heard from in scheme of this
nature. The Register will be pleased to
publish the names and addresses of all
Vermonters who are accepted in the
proposed company.