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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16
HoHENzoLLERN DEATH DICE.
Welic OF Historic Tragedy Presented
to the Museum by Emperor
William.

The German emperor has presented
to the Hohenzollern museum tie IA
nous death dice" by the help of
which one of his ancestors decided a
difficult case toward the middle of the
seventeenth century. states the Berlin
correspondent of the Express.
A beautiful young girl had been
murdered, and suspicion fell on two
soldiers, Ralph and Alfred, who had
been rivals for her hand
Both denied their guilt strenuous
ly, and torture failed to extract a con-
fession from either of them. Prince
Frederick William, the kaiser's an
cestor, ordered dice to be brought in
order that the two soldiers should
throw for death, the loser to be exc.
cuted as the murderer
This trial by chance was conducted
with great pomp and ceremony, and
the prince himself attended to super
intend the appeal of divine interven-
ton. as he regarded it. Ralph had the
| hrst throw, and he threw two SKIES
thus obtaining the highest possible
| number
Alfred fell on his knees and prayed
Almighty God, Thou knowest that
am guiltless; protect me. I beseect
Thee" Then he threw the dice, anC
with such force that one of them broke
in two parts.
The one that remained unbroker
showed six, one part of the broken die
showed six and the second part of the
broken die showed one, giving a total
OF thirteen, or one more than Ralph's
| throw.
The whole assembly was filed with
establishment at the wonder. Ralph
regarding it as sign from heaven
confessed his guilt, and the prince, ex
claiming, God has spoken!" sen.
fenced him to death.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16
Two New Food Products.

One of the newest chemical discov-
iries is that of equal parts of milk and
a 40 per cent. solution of formaldehyde
the use of which as a preservative in
milk is being warmly condemned by
boards of health in various parts of the
country. A precipitate is formed, which
after filtering and drying, forms a white
powder showing only faint traces of
formaldehyde. Instead, the powder con-
tains all the nutritive constituents of
milk and can be used as food. Another
discovery is that animal blood and for
maldehyde combined form a jelly which
dries to brown powder, which will
also serve as nutriment Both COM
pounds resemble preparation made
from albumen and formaldehyde.-N Y
Sum
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

with little regard to light and ventila-
ton, convenience of arrangement, or
ease in cleaning. The labor necessary
to keep them in decent condition
would be regarded as impossible in
this country. The cowhouses of Dem
mark average the best of all in Eu-
rope. but they are no better in any re-
spect than the average of those in the
distinctiyely dairy districts of this
country, and there is here far more
regard for economy of labor in man.
agement. Danish stables are generally
kept ciean-probably cleaner than in
America-but at the cost of vast
amount of cheap labor. In other
countries, as well as Denmark, much
attention is paid to cleaning the cow
stables, but the conclusion has been
forced upon US that this is done more
from an appreciation of the value Of
all farm manurial matter and the
fixed habit of saving it than from any
knowledge or intention of cleanliness
as of prime Importance in dairying.
This is especially shown by the fact
that COWS are milked in just about as
careless and uncleanly q manner in
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

Great Britain and all over Europe as.
it must unfortunately be confessed, is
the common practice in the United
States. The very general use Of women
as mixers in all foreign dairy dis
tricts is decided advantage; they are
vastly better than the average farm
laborer, who does all sorts of work
during the day. Much attention is be-
ing given, especially in England, to
perpetuate the custom OF employing
women instead of men for milking,
and to maintain the efficiency of milk
maids; the popular public milking
contests at the dairy shows are useful
and eommendable Many parts of Eu-
rope have the additional advantage Of
keeping the cows in the fields con-
tinuously the greater part of the year
and milking them in the open air.
This practice does much to insure
clean milk and pure products.
The care which is given to milk on
the farm where produced. whether it
is to go to a milk market or to be
made into butter or cheese. with the To-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

anywhere. Nowhere else Is there a
better appreciation of the Importance
and economy of abundant room, light,
air, dryness, comfort, and cleanliness
for cows. One hears much of the close
relations between the dairy cows and
the families of their owners in Hol-
land and Switzerland, connecting
apartments, under the same roof, etc.;
but the stables which are seen in sum-
mer converted into conservatories and
rooms for weaving and cheese curing
are the exceptional and show places.
Even the best of these, when visited in
midwinter, with the cattle in place,
are often dark, close, ill ventilated,
crowded and insanitary in many re-
spects, although frequently kept clean.
The construction of COW stables gen.
orally in the dairy regions of the old
world is of substantial kind, but
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rate afternoon gowns are to be without
the super1uous train; those of the best
style will be of the same length all
around, merely touching the floor.
In the autumn, rich autumnal shades
always are in vogue, but this year the
grape tones, the blue-reds, are to be
especially prominent In themselves
they are beautiful shades, but often are
very trying when worn next the face
and should not be chosen unless of de-
cided becomingness. Dahlia red and fus-
CHA can be safely affected by the pure
blonde or clear-skinned brunette, but
the neutral toned or ford should re-
ligiously avoid them.
Though the prophesies are for fuller
skirts, street skirts will not immediate
ly show f1amboyancy other than at the
bottom. Tucks and plaitS prevail, as
last year, and the close fit over the hips
is still the mode. Street skirts are quite
short enough to display the stout boots,
and are walking skirts in fact as well
as name. Coats are long and yet longer,
the three-quarter length being much
preferred to the short jacket that has
had the lead for so many years. Some
of the coats are princess in form, many
are skirted. The belt giving the French
curve is seen on almost all, and is a
touch that adds very considerably to the
modernness of the garment
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cation, construction and arrangement
Of dairies or milk rooms, their equip
ment and management, show great va
riety and lack of uniformity in every
country. The good, the bad, and the
Indifferent are common to all. Good
milk rooms, we'll located, thoroughly
built, shaded, cool, and we'll kept, are
not hard to find in any dairy district.
Construction is heavier and more dur
able in Europe; convenience and ease
Of management are common In Amer
lea. Excepting Denmark and Sweden
no country compares with America in
the general appreciation and use OF
cold water and ice in the care of milk
The almost entire absence of refriger-
alton in France, and the general ig
noring of the value of cold in dairy
ing, is truly astonishing. In the mat
ter of dairy appliances and equiment.
the United States is surpassed by nc
other country, although Denmark ana
parts OF Great Britain stand about as
we'll.
The business of transporting, caring
for. and distributing milk for con-
sumption in it's natural state and for
household purposes seems to be- in
every possible stage of development
in different parts of the world. Cows
or their substitutes are driven through
the streets and MIXED at customers
doors in British India and the West
Indies. Mich goats are managed in
the same way even in the best streets
of Paris and Rome. The milk service
of villages and small towns is con-
Quoted in an exceedingly crude, yet
often picturesque, manner in some Of
the oldest dairying regions of Europe.
In Scotland. Holland, Denmark and
Switzerland milk is still carried in
wooden vessels and retailed from them
in towns and cities. The local milk
service in similar places in the Unit
ed States is often poor enough, with
little regard for care or cleanliness.
but nowhere as crudely performed. In
most of the big cities of Europe there
are large market milk establishments,
admirably conducted. There are fine
ones in London, better in Copenhagen.
and the biggest and best of all in Ber-
lin. Paris probably has the poorest
milk service of any Of the large cities.
The foregoing facts and conditions
as to dairying in the old world apply
mainly to countries (and districts In
them) where dairying has been for
several centuries one of the LEADING
agricultural Industries, If not the prin.
eipal one. American dairying has
been developed wholly within one
century, and all Of its notable prog
ress has been within so years. The
comparisons made show that there is
little for US to learn from foreign
countries to improve our dairying.
HENRY E. ALvORD.
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wonder silk for time had to give way.
Whilst white still reigns, we notice col
Ors are showing here and there; the
blues, delft and pale blue, and in linens
the soft, deep reds, holding their own
after the fashion arbiters' decree Of
white wrists only.
The very long shoulder effect must be
observed in the waist, either by means
of a deep yoke, long, wide shoulder
straps, or a collar that shall come well
over the seam of the sleeve. And speak
ng of sleeves, it is difficult to declare
positively what is to be the right thing.
That they are to be full at the lower
part is certain, but whether or not more
fulness will be required above the elbow
remains to be seen. Present indications
top.
Trimmings for waists will be varied
Large, unique buttons are effective, es-
pecially on dark material, and on rich,
dark stuffs black fagoting over white
lining also is very effective Bias and
up-and-down tucks of self-material are
used on the fall waists, and this orna-
mentation has the double merit of
cheapness and style. Stocks are almost
invariably the same material as the
waist, and trimmed to correspond with
the blouse. Long. stole-like stocks, ex-
tending clear to the belt, will probably
obtain this winter.
The question of sleeves is the most
puzZs. ing point in autumn modes and no
onS seems to know definitely what we
NAV exDect. For some time past there
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16
Fall Hats end Waists.

has been a movement toward pushing
the fullness up the arm, and many of the
summer frOcks have shown considerable
fullness at the shoulder and suggestions
OF the oldtime gigot shape.
The yoke Is seen, TOO, upon some Of
the smartest of the new shirt waists and
separate blouses; but here it does not,
as rule, take the, extreme pelerine
form and is more like the oldtime shirt
waist yoke, only with some device to
lengthen the shoulder line slightly.
Black-and-white continues with U.S.
and the combination is used with very
good effect in the turbans that promise
to be noticeable part of fall millinery.
These turbans are round, of medium
height, and very simply trimmed. con-
sorting we'll with the tailor costumes
described above. Made Of white felt
splashed with black velvet, or of black
and white chenille, they are suitable
either for morning or afternoon wear.
For evening. they are a little severe.
Plumes and quilts, used so much during
the summer, remain in fashion, the
white plume on the black hat is still in
good style, and single black quill on
either light or dark hat. The pompon
quill is not so stiff-looking, more be-
coming, than the quill common during
the summer.
An allwhite toque of soft straw has
facing of white crepe de Chine, and has
the top almost covered with doves
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16
GET the Pure ,Iilk

Heating milk sufficiently to kill dis
Ease germs impairs its nutritive proper
les and renders it partially unfit for
iood. When it is possible to obtain fresh,
pure. clean milk, used raw, it should
,e preferred above any other Pasteur-
ized milk. sterilized milk and aerated
milk are very high sounding phrases. but
or practical uses, for the nursing baby
,r for table use, just good. old-fashioned,
lean. pure milk Is the best
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

Sixty-nine Austrian towns have
passed resolutions in favor of cremation,
and SO of them sent delegates to a re-
cent meeting of the Viennese Society
Flamme (Flame), at which resolution
was drawn up begging the national gov
.rnment to concede the right to erect
:rematories, so that it will no longer be
necessary to send bodies for incinera-
ion to Germany or Italy at great cost.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

rather than dressmakery,
out the fabrics themselves are
20 be very like those worn by
men. Checks, printed-yarn effects,
neavy-looking material splashed with
a color contrasting with the founda-
ion tone, all these are borrowed from
the garb affected by the sterner sex.
And the straight lines that will be in
vogue in preference to the curving ones
Of past years will add emphasis to the
general air of mannishness.
The fall costumes will look business
ike, utilitarian, and perhaps suggest
to innocent man, because of their severe
simplicity, that they really are simple
and inexpensive. Not necessarily So
Authorities declare the present year is
to be silk year, that all gowns are to
be provided with a drop-skirt of silk,
that everyone must have waists of silk,
>etticoats Of silk, Innings of silk. And
The one item of lining will therefore add
very considerably to the expense of
these neat, simple-appearing gowns.
But to Offset the luxury of the free use
of silk, we are to have this winter the
economy of the short gown, even elabo-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

JSCI VI udII ing dSSunOS q
new interest, and COMPARE
son of the methods in vogue
In this country and Europe
may be of practical benefit to
those interested in the subject. and
should also prove gratifying to Amer
lean pride. so far superior are our
methods when compared with those
Of Europe.
To begin with, the housing and care
of dairy cows from which the public
must secure their milk and milk prod
hcts, no foreign country shows, as a
rule, in general practice, any methods
or conditions better than those of
America. The average conditions
everywhere are bad enough, with op-
portunities for very great improve
ment; but such improvement is being
made as rapidly in this country as
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Limited Agreement.
do you and your husband agree?"
In name only."-ToYn Topica
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16
Dairyin6 Conditions IN
This Country and Europe

Oar Mill Supply As Better and Cleaner and Oar Methods
Superior to Of =. ). ).
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wings Another has lining of black
velvet, and the wings shade into gray and
brown
striking model is in green and blue
satin straw, the braids fiuted in such a
manner that each scallop seems to be
tipped with a point of bright blue. The
only decorations are two bright blue
quilts thrust through the straw near the
'front.' ELLEN oSMoNDE.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

N 9TH silk and cotton waists
80 are now being shown in the
~ shops, both designed for fall
IN wear. And unquestionably
. throughout the winter cotton
waists will form an impor-
art of the wardrobe. Such heavy,
full cottons the dealers have fur
us the last two years, it is no
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16
Those Tell-Tale Eyes.

Mrs. Jaggs-My husband eyes IN the
morning are an open volume to me.
Mrs. Swagg-How do you mean?
Mrs. Jagg They are red. Comfort
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

ITH practically every large
city in America making
strenuous efforts to improve
the quality Of milk sup
piled to the public the sub
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1903-09-16

- HE approaching season prom
AA ises to have as one of it's
" marked features the man
&WAK nish gown. Not only is the
<@5 cut to severe and tailory
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
&C. 90. Exouralons.

Sept. Is and Oct. 6.-One and third
fare for the round trip to Louisville,
KY. also number of points in Ohio
and Indiana.
Sept. &c, p and 2s-$6 Chicago and
return.
Sept. Is to Nov. 3O.-$31 San Fran
cisco. Los Angeles and San Diego. $50
Portland, Tacoma, Seattle and Vic
toria. $3.50 Spokane and ElIensburg.
$40 Salt Lake City, Ogden, Helena and
Butte. $21 Billings.
Oct. to 17.-$59.25 San Francisco,
Los Angeles and return.
For further information please call
at c. b. & Q. depot, corner Twentieth
street and Second avenue, or phone
t1sO.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
Rhsur.atlsm Cnrsa 81 : DAY.

Mystic Cure for Rheumatism and
neuralgia radically cures in / to 3
days. It's action upon the system is
remarkable and mysterious. It re-
moves at once the cause and the dis
ease Immediately disappears. The
first dose greatly benefits. Use and
81. Sold by Otto Grotjan, 1901 Sec
ond avenue, Rock Island; Gustave
Schlegel & Son, 220 West Second
street, Davenport.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
BuckIen,s ArnIca snIre.

Has world wide fame for marvellous
cures. 1t surpasses any other saIve,
lotion. ointment or balm for cuts,
corns. burns, boilS. sores. felons. III
GERS. letter. salt rheum. fever sores,
chapped hands, skin eruptions; in
fallible for piles. Cure guaranteed.
Only 25c at Hartz & Ullmeycr, drug
gists.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12

residence in Moline. while her hus-
band was engaged here many years
ago as principal of the high school.
She was a lady of lovable disposition.
and news of her death will be received
with sincere regret. Mr.. Caldwell is
as present serving as president of the
state normal school at NatchitOches.
-O-A
{. +. Grantz has secured options on
certain Second avenue property for
Davenport parties. While nothing is
given. out. it is thought that the land
is wanted for a factory site, or some
wholesale house, one report being
that a St. Louis commission house de-
sires to locate here.
DR. Walter r. JOslin. of NIinneapo-
lis. formerly Of this city. who is to
be married Oct. Il. is in the hospital
recovering from an operation for APP
pendicitis. He was taken i'll the 9th
er day. went to the hospital and with
i'm an hour underwent the operation,
from which he rallied nicely. He will
be able to be up iIf three weeks and
the date of the wedding will not be
changed.
Arthur Roe. employed in the Natick
Y. NJ. c. ~. was assaulted by the new
cook at that place last evening in a
most unexpected way. 1t seems that
a week or so ago Roe made a trifiing
complaint about the way in which
certain victuals had been cooked, as
they did not exactly suit his taste.
Roe then proceeded to forget all
about il, but the cook remembered it.
While Roe was washing dishes last
night, and leaning over the dish pan,
the cook pounced upon his back and
a fight ensued. after which the cook
fed, carrying a knife he had grabbed.
Secretary NJ. o. Fuller appeared
and. gave chase to the man in the
darkness, finally coming on him. TAX
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
IIlInois-Central Excursion bargains.


$3.50 from Peoria to Evansville, Ind,
and returns Saturday, Sept. ~.
$19.35 Peoria to Houston and San
Antonio, Texas, and return and all in
termediate points in Oklahoma and
Texas, Sept. Is.
$11.S5 Peoria to Chattanooga and re-
turn Thursday, Sept. II. Reunion
Wilders' Brigade.
$1OO Peoria to Decatur and re-
turn, Sunday, Sept. 20. Grand Wood
mems picnic. Don't miss it.
Our annual excursion to Indiana,
Ohio and Kentucky points occurs on
Oct. 6 this year. Be sure and wait for
it.
For information in detail, etc, write
or call on US personally, all questions
cheerfully answered. G. a. Smith,
Commercial Agent, 329 Main street.
Phone Main s96, Peoria, III.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
SIC. 81 for Round Trap to Texas.

On Sept. Is the c., r. l. & P. rail-
way will sell round trip tickets to a
number of points in Texas, such as
Galveston, Houston, San Antonio and
intermediate points at rate of $685..
For full information call at depot, or
city office, 1929 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
Low Rates via the Rock Island.

Between Sept. Is and Nov. 30 the c.,
r. l. & p. railway will sell one-way
coIonist tickets to number of points
in California at rate of $31: Portland,
Seattle and Tacoma, $50; Helena.
Butte, Ogden and Salt Lake, $26,
Through trains, with no change of
cars. For full information call at de-
pot, or city office. 1929 Second avenue.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
warning. Warning.

Beware of substitutes offered by
INSCRIPTIONS dealers in place of Fo-
ley's Honey and Tar, FOley's Kidney
Cure and Banner Salve. Dishonest
dealers for a little extra profit will
try to palm off worthless prepare
tions in place of these valuable medi-
cines that have stood the test of years
and thus jeopardize the lives of their
victims. For sale by all druggists.
All the news al the time - The
Argus.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1903-09-12
Has Sold "Pne. of Chamberiain's Cough
Rarnadv

/ have sold Chamberlain's Cough
Remedy for more than 90 years and it
has given entire satisfaction. / have
sold a pile of it and can recommend it
ighly.-Joseph Mckinney, Linton,
Iowa. You will find this remedy
good friend when troubled with cold
or cough. 1t always affords relief and
is pleasant to take. For sale by all
druggists.