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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22
AUSTRALIANS GREAT NEED.
A Country Rich I'm Resources Suffers
Much from Dearth of
Population.

According to the Colonial Review Of
Reviews the real, if unconfessed,
want of the Australian commonwealth
is the want of population-due to the
total arrest of immigra ton and the
steady shrinkage of the birth rate,
says the Westminster Gazette.
Here is continent equal in area
to the whole of Europe, if Russia in
Europe is omitted; it is only little
less than the. United States Whole
Kingdoms can be packed within the
borders of each state of the common
wealth. x X The natural wealth
and climatic conditions of this great
continent are unsurpa ssed. 1t could
support a population equal to that of
Russia or of the United States with
ease. Yet at the end of nearly 100
years of colonization its population is
less than 100000, or about equal to
that of couple of London suburbs.
There is no other bit of the planet s
surface, we are told, at once so rich,
SO tempting. and yet SO nearly vacant
and so little utilized as is the contin-
ent of Australia.
II Immigration mas almost ceased 8
regards Australia, the natural growth
of population steadily slackens. and
the twin facts are, contends our con.
temporary, the 1.-TWO ugliest features
in the political and social landscape.'
Yet they provoke scarcely any com.
ment and occasion scarcely any dis,
quiet. Our annual increase of popula
/ ton was once over IL per cent. an.
nually; it is now less than two pei
cent. The general marriage rate has
shrunk from S.64 to 6.S7, and marriage:
have not only got fewer, but they are
less prolific. The average number OF
children for each marriage was once
nearly six; it is now only little ovel
four
A complaint is made by the writer
quoted that Australia politicians dea
only with the superficial aspects o.
Australian life and society. mo on
even attempts to consider the grave,
facts such as we have described'
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22

The scientists have discovered that lazi-
ness is disease, but they will never find
out how lazy people can be induced to take
anything for it.-Chicago Record Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22
THE ISLAND OF GUAM.
Interesting Information About the
Climate, People, Etc, of This Far
on Land of Uncle Sans.

An interesting account of the towns,
people and conditions of the island of
Guam will be found in the following
taken from a letter by Massachusetts
boy to the Boston Globe:
The island of Guam is only about %
miles long and from to Is miles wide.
1t is approximately 5000 miles from
San Francisco and 1900 miles from
Manila.
There is really no dry season in
Guam; never day passes without
shower. AS Guam is unprotected on all
sides, it receives the full benefit of
every little shower that rises over the
water. 1t also receives, on all sides,
he cool sea breezes; and, for this rea
son, Guam is much cooler than Manila,
which is farther north.
The thermometer ranges between "a
and So degrees Fahrenheit. At noon
when the sun is directly overhead the
reflection is very glaring, compelling
one to wear wide trimmed hat or to
carry an umbrella. Fortunately the
nights are all exceptionally cool, SO
,oOl, in fact that one is often obliged
% sleep under a blanket.
The island is volcanic in origin. and
is all hills and dales. Like most of the
Islands in these waters, it is surround
ed by coral reef The soil is not very
productive, but if the natives only had
some American agricultural nipple
ments, it could be made to produce a
great deal more than it does at pres
ant. Guam boasts of one American
plOw.
Outside Of town. the natives all
own small tracts of land, which they
call their ranches" These "ranch os'
are not as pretentious as the name
would imply, but are actually nothing
but mere garden plots. Here the
Chamorro raises corn, vans, sweet po'
tatOes in several varieties. bananas and
Dne or two other tropical fruits. He
also raises quite a few pigs; in fact
Digs are almost as plentiful in Guam as
children.
The island is covered with brush, anC
here is some little bamboo, also
There are several varieties of hare
wood, but not large amount. These
woods are so very hard that it is i'm
possible to drive nails into them; and
as it takes so long to work them, de
not make good building material.
There are several towns on the is
land, but Agana is by far the largest
as the following list will show;
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22
Promoted by Shampoos
of CutiCura Soap
And Dressings of Cuticura the
Great Skin Cure
Pursst, Sweetest, Most Effective Remedies
for Skin, Scalp and Halt.

This treatment at once stops falling
hair, removes crusts, scales and dan
druff, destroys hair parasites, soothes
irritated, itching surfaces, stimulates
the hair follicles, loosens the scalp skin.
supplies the roots with energy and
nourishment, and makes the hair grow
upon u sweet, wholesome, healthy scalp
when all else fails.
Millions Of women now RELY on Cuti-
cura Soap assisted by Cuticura Oint-
ment. the great skin cure, for preserving,
purifying and identifying the skin, for
cleansing the scalp Of crusts, scales and
dandruff, and the stopping Of falling
hair, for softening, whitening and
soothing red, rough and sore hands, for
baby rashes, itchings and chaf1ngs, for
annoying irritations, or too free or
offensive Precipitation, for Lucrative
weaknesses, and many sanative, anti
septic purposes which readily suggest
themselves, as well as for all the pur.
poses Of the toilet and nursery.
Cuticura remedies are the standard
skin cures and humour remedies Of the
world. Bathc the affected parts with hot
water and Cuticura Soap, to cleanse the
surface of crusts and scales and soften
the thickened cuticle. Dry, without
hard rubbing, and apply Cuticura Oint-
mcnt freely, to allay itching, irritation
and Inflammation, and soothe and heal,
and, lastly, in the severer forms, take
Cuticura Resolvent, to cool and cleanse
the blood. A single set is often sud1-
Gent to cure the most torturing, dis
figuring skin, scalp and blood humours,
from pimples to scrofula, from infancy
to age, when all else fails.
Bold throughout the world Cuucura Resovent Soc On
form OF Chocolate Coated Pills. per vial of co., Oint.
ment Soc, eoap Csc. Depots, London. Charterhouss
80 Paris, Rue de Ia PAX Boston, ~ Columbus Ave.
send for " How to Cure Every Humouf."
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Population.
Total population of Guam

Agana is situated on the shore on
northwestern side of the island. 1t
the principal town and in the Span
sh regime the government buildings
we're here. and it is here also that the
United States navy department now
has its headquarters. The Americans
have made many improvements since
their occupancy and Agana is now
fairly clean city, with good streets and
good government buildings.
Agana has one great disadvantage in
being five miles from the harbor of
San Louis d'Apra. This necessitates
a long haul for all government sup
plies. There are two posts maintained
On the island; one is at Agana and the
other, the Preside of Asan. is mid
way between the harbor of San Louis
d'Apra and the city of Agana. 1t is at
the Preside that the 40-odd Filipino
prisoners were confined. In all there
were about 200 marines stationed at
the two posts.
In the center of Agana the Amer
leans have built very pretty plaza,
about which are the public school
and the palace or government house.
Here on the plaza concerts are given
twice day by the Marine band.
The Americans have made other i'm
provements in the way of we'll
equipped sawmill and Woodworking
plant. When the ice plant was first
built the weather in Agana became ex-
ceptionally cool for Guam. 1t was no.
ticed that there was a good deal of
muttering and discomfort among the
natives, and it was learned that the
was cooling the climate. and they
feared that they would be obliged to
move away from Aganta. This would
have been great sacrifice on their
part, as it is the ambition of every
Chamorro to own a house, however
small, in the city of Agana.
The houses of the lower class are
made of ifil wood, and great number
are made of bamboo also. They have
roofs of thatch, braided from leaves OF
the cocoanut palm. This thatch lasts
for about five years. The houses of the
poorer class are, with the exception OF
a settee, almost destitute of furniture
The natives sleep on the floor on mat:
braided from leaves of the screw pine
The cooking is done.on the ground il
q small lean-to. These houses are
raised on posts, four or five feet from
the ground The space underneath i:
for the pigs and chickens, who are tn,
scavengers. The poorer natives live
closely packed together, and it is nj
uncommon Ting for 10 or IL people Il
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22
live and sleep in house only Is feet

square.
The Chamorro resembles the Fill
pino in looks and size, although he has
not the same sharp, bright appearance.
The mans dress consists of a suit Of
pajamas, and he will wear his shirt
outside his trousers. He speaks lam
guage of his own, not like Spanish at
all. As an illustrations: Boom means
a big noise and "boom-boom" means a
great deal bigger noise.
Probably his worst failing is lazi-
ness. About 30 cases of leprosy have
been discovered on the island. These
unfortunates have been removed to a
colony built for them Of course lep-
rosy can be traced directly to unclean-
illness and laziness
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22

male disease.
Mrs. Emma Mitchell, $40 Louisiana
street, Indianapolis. Ind, writes:
"Peruna has certainly been a bless
ing in disguise to me, for when first
began taking it for troubles peculiar to
the sex and generally worn out sys-
tenn, had little faith.
"F0r the past five years I have
rarely been without pain, but Pc
runa has changed all this, and in
a very short time. Think I had
only taken two bottles before l
began to recuperafe very quickly,
and seven bottles made me well.
do not have headache or back
ache any more, and have some in
feresf i'm life. give all credit
where it is due, and that is to Pc.
runa. "-Emna Mitchell.
By far the greatest number of female
troubles are caused directly by catarrh
They are catarrh of the organ which
is affected. These women despair of re
covery. Female trouble is so common
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22
The Adirondack Mountains.

The lakes and streams in the Adirondack
Mountains are full of fish; lie woods are
INVITING, the air is filled with health, and
the nights are cool and restful. If you
visit this region once, you will go there
in regard to the Adirondacks will be found
in No. 20 of the "Four-Track Series, ''The
Adirondacks and How to Reach Them"
sent free on receipt of 2-cent stamp, by
George II. Daniels, General Passenger
Agent, Grand Central Station, New York.
One secret of success is to keep your own
iecrets.-Chicago Daily News.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22
CELTIC TREASURE ROMANCE.
Prehistoric Relics in the British Mu.
scum That Are Wanted by the
Dublin Academy.

An attempt to dispossess the Brit.
ISL museum of certain Celtic orna-
ments which they recently acquired
will be made, says the London Elk
press.
The disputed articles in this extraor-
binary case which the treasury brings
against a state institution consist of
half dozen beautiful examples of Gel
tic work in gold including a massive
bowl, a model of war galleon fitted
with seats. rowlocks and oars. and a
wonderful collar of twisted gold wire
such as was worn by the kings and
leaders of men nearly 1000 years ago.
These had lain buried for centuries
in the northwest Of Ireland when a
farm laborer turned them up while
blowing in 1896. They passed from
hand to hand, until the British museum
bought them for & 600.
On these relics the Irish academy in
Dublin asserts that it has first claim,
but whatever the means of possession
the British museum cannot dispose of
any acquisition, unless it be a dupli-
cate. except by act of parliament.
The British museum declares the
articles are treasure trove. The Irish
academy declares they are not. Even
! if they are not treasure trove. rejoins
! the museum, they are not necessarily
Irish. 1t is quite possible that they
were carried back to Ireland by a pre-
! historic freebooter after one of his
periodical pillagings of Saxon cas-
! ties.
Finally. parliamentary committee
advised treasury action.
In the meantime the Irish academy
is a pauper compared with the British
museum, and complains that the lat
ter completes unfairly with it. What
ever the outcome of the pending trial
policy of sympathetic cooperation
/ between the museum authorities of
England. ireland and Scotland is likely
to be enforced by the government.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22

nervous women are so because they I
are suffering from some form of fe-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22
Stirling Coincidence.

81 don't suppose he meant anything I'M
kind" said the young woman, "but it was
very startling coincidence"
What do you mean?"
"Just before Harold and | got married,
his friends persuaded him to join don't
worry club London Tit-Bits.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22

my dear" said Growells the other
morning, as he was trying to read his
paper at the breakfast table, do you
know that you have one of the best
voices in the world ?"
do you really think SOP" queried
the delighted Mrs. g., with flush OF
pride at the compliment.
Sure" replied the heartless hus-
band; "otherwise it would have been
worn out long ago" En-,
quirer.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-07-22
Where His Art Was Needed.

Mesmerist's Wife-Carlos
Mesmerist-Well, dear?
Il wish you would come here and tell
baby he is asleep."-London Answers.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-03-19
POULTRY POINTERS.
Everything in the poultry house
should be dry.

Everything in the poultry house
should be dry.
Ducks will not thrive ON sloppy food
nor on cornneal alone
BOILED potatoes. turnips and other
vegetables may be fed TO ducks TO adj
vantage.
A good food for fattening fowls can
be made by mixing cornmeal with
mashed potatoes and milk.
In dry picking poultry the picking
must be done while the fowl Is warm
as soon as possible after the fowl Is
killed
The nests should never be fastened TO
the poultry house In such way that
they cannot be readily removed and
cleaned
Fowls are very fond of raw yegefa-
bles. Beets, carrots. turnips and espe-
cially cabbage may be fed to adyan-
tage. The best plan is to chop them
fine.
A dressed fowl may be made to look
plump by dipping it for ten seconds in
water that is nearly boiling hot and
then holding 1t until chilled in cold
water.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-03-19

The mistletoe comes chiefly from
Brittany. Some 700 tons of the charm
ing white berried plant are exported
from French ports. yearly. This mis-
tletoe is to the Breton what the pig Is
to the Irishman-it pays the rent. The
peasants of Normandy and Brittany
cultivate the parasite on their apple
trees-eontrary TO popular belief. It
rarely grows OH oaks-and 1t forms
their most profitable crop. A few
years ago the French department OF
agriculture decreed the destruction of
all mistletoe. on the ground that it in
jured the apple trees. The peasants,
however. denied the impeachment. and.
as the order Is not enforced. they grow
and export more "gui' than ever for
the Christmas enlivenment Of English
and American homes.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-03-19
spider Fancies.

An elderly lady who lives in her own
house at Buttes Chaumont, Paris, has
discovered that spiders are peculiarly
appreclative OF music. She has made
great pets of them, and her house is full
Of spiders of all kinds, on whom she
spends her time and fortune.
Her proteges are lodged In large,
airy room, where she has provided ey-
cry necessary support for their differ.
ent webs. Her great favorites are i'm
mense black spiders. which. with their
hairy legs and great bodies, look very
repuls've TO others.
VII, , she Is inclined 10 show OF their
capabilities for music, she surrounds
herself with d circle of water TO keep
off their too delicate attentions and
plays slowly. softly and in minor key
on the harp. From all corners OF the
room the spiders run toward her. lis
tening with evident pleasure. but should
she strike up a noisy, gay, inharmoni-
Gus strain they scamper back to their
holes rs though disguised.
a curious fact in connection with this
story is that the lady bears the birth
mark of spider.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-03-19
The Tartar Oueue.

Herbert Allen Giles, In China and
the Chinese" says that there are
strange misconceptions as to the mean
ing of the Chinese queue. which has
really been worn by that nation for
only about 250 years.
1t was imposed by the Manchu Tar
tars. the present rulers of China, as a
badge of conquest. Previous to 1914
the Chinese clothed themselves and
dressed their hair like the modern Jap
anese; that Is. like the Japanese who
still wear what Is incorrectly known as
the beautiful native dress of Japan.
As matter of fact, the japanese bor-
rowed their dress. as well as their lit
erature. philosophy and early art, from
the Chinese. The Japanese dress is
that of the Ming period in China 1868
to 1914.
But where did the Manchu Tartars
get the queue? They depended, as a
race, almost for their existence upon
the horse. The accepted theory is that.
out of gratitude and respect for his
noble ally. the Tartar, so far as he
could. took on himself the equine form,
and grew queue in imitation of .
horses tall This somewhat grotesque
theory might fall to the ground. save
that it is supported by striking evil
dence.
Official coats, as seen in China at
the present day. are made with pecu-
liar sleeves. shaped like a horses leg,
and ending In an unmlstakable hoof.
covering the hand, which are known
as horseshoe sleeves" Encased there
In, n Chinaman's arms look much like
a horses fore legs. The tail completes
the picture.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-03-19
WHY THE LEAVES TREMBlED


Savages are supposed to have keener
senses. especially a keener sense of
sight, than civilized races. The author
of Idle Days in Patagonia" does not
accept this theory. He believes that
savages have no keener senses. but
that they pay closer attention to what
comes within the range of their per.
cepton. As an instance of quick re-
Spouse to an impression. he tells the
following story;
On March IL, 1861. company OF
hunters were camping beside grove
Of willows In Patagonia. About 6
O'clock that evening. while they were
seated round the fire roasting their
ostrich meat. Sosa suddenly sprang to
his feet and held his open hand high
above his head for some moments
There is not breath of wind blow.
ing" he exclaimed. yet the leaves OF
the trees are trembling What can
this portendp
The other stared at the trees, but
could see no motion, and they began
down again. remarking that the trem-
bling had ceased; but during the rest
OF the evening he was very much dis
turbed In his mind. He remarked re-
peatedly that such a thing had never
happened In his experience before; for.
he said. he could feel breath of wind
before the leaves felt 1t. and there had
been no wind. He feared that 1t was
warning of some disaster about to
overtake their party.
The disaster was not for them. On
that evening occurred the earthquake
which destroyed the distant city of
Mendoza and crushed twelve thousand
people to death beneath the ruins. That
the subterranean wave extended east
to the Plata and southwark into Pat
agonia was afterward known; for In
the cities of Rosario and Buenos Ayres
clocks stopped. and slight shock was
also experienced in the Carmen on the
Rio Negro.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-03-19
WHAT He SAW IN MONTANA.
Experience OF an Eastern Man Among
the Mountains of the West.

the Mountains of the West.
A Detrolter who had been spending
TWO or three months In Montana ar
lived home the other day, and when n
Exporter called at his house to inter-
Flew him the little affair was found TO
be typewriter and all ready for In
slant delivery. 1t reads as follows:
II gained fifteen pounds.
Haven't felt SO well for ten years
Climate of Montana il the most glo-
tious In the world.
Saw many Indians. Saw many In
iians playing poker.
Bought an Indian blanket to bring
home. After boiling II for q week or
30 1t viii be left out about forty nights
to freeze.
Bought several Indian arrows STAIN
ed with blood. Didn't ask whether 1t
was human or cows blood. They never
make any explanations In Montana.
Rode a bucklng broncho. Usual re-
suits followed. Broncho also broke his
neck at the same time.
WAS impressed by the mountains.
Have returned home dissatisfied with
Michigan because she has none.
Saw many genuine cowboys Was
rather disappointed to find most OF
them deacons of churches, but was as
sured that they couldn't help 1t.
WAS out for grizzly bears several
times. but obtained no interviews. Was
told that this was the season when
they retire to the tops of the highest
trees to hibernate. / did not argue the
matter. They never argue in Mon
tana.
Heard the howl of mountain lion
one evening when returning to camp.
Yves Informed that he was bowling to
pass away the time, and that he prob
ably hadn't heard of my being out
there. Made no remarks. Remarks
don't go In Montana.
Saw the tracks of an elk Might
have seen the elk who made the tracks
II | had followed the trail three or four
weeks longer. Was neither encouraged
nor discouraged by the people. They
let you do as you want to in Montana.
Saw a man hung for stealing Il
horse. 1t wasn't clear whether it was
horse or a steer but as he wanted to
be hung they didn't split hairs. over 1t.
The people of Montana are an accom-
modating lot. They would have hung
me had requested II.
This Is all Do not fail to speak of
me as an eminent citizen and one
largely interested In the future of De-
troit, and see that the proofs of this
article are read twice and are clear Of
mistakes. detroit Free Press.
The White Pine news. [volume] (Treasure City, Nev.) 1868-1906, 1903-03-19

On the morning of the LIST of May,
1887, there occurred an incident that,
unnoticed at the time. afterward proved
TO be one of the turning points Of his.
tory. Eight immigrant ships lay in
the Thames ready to sail. A body of
pilgrims were about TO embark, and
Oliver Cromwell and his famous cous-
In, John Hampden. were among them.
But they were stopped at the landing
by guard Of soldiers. The king had
decreed that his subjects should not
leave England. Cromwell stayed. and
with him, as Macaulay wrote, stayed
the evil genius of the house of Stuart
Had Cromwell and his friends been al
lowed TO carry out their project of en-
lgration the whole history OF the Eng
llsh civil war might have remained I'M
written.