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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20
A STUDY OF SHE.
some Hehections Upon the Fair Sc,
Which May Have Some Truth
for Basis.

The more We study She the more we
don't understand how it is that She is
able to twist us around her little finge,
whenever She feels like it. But She
is, says London Tit-Bits.
For whom is it that In childhood.s
happy days we fight with a boy three
sizes larger than ourselves, and get 81
severely punished that we can't sit I'M
Tor week? Why. for She-and She
only laughs at us for our pains.
Who is it that devours all our snare
change in the shape of sweets and flow.
ers, and calls for more and gets them
too? She.
For whom do we finger at stage-doors
with guinea bouquets. to purchase which
we have to endure q fortnight's martyr.
dom in lieu of lunch? She.
Who Is 1t that at the railway restau.
rant deals out the soul-destroying sand.
W1ch and the death-dealing bath bun;
It's She every time. If it were He ws
would slay him on the spot and glory
in the deed.
Who accepts our hard-earned gold on
the pretense of being a frst-class cook
and then broils our steak In a irving.
pan and boils our coffee an hour? She
Who is it that accepts our theatel
tickets. our suppers, our bouquets and
our devotion. and then goes of anc
marries another fellow? She-and fo,
this we ought to forgive her good deal
Who, we ask, is it that when we EN-.
ploy her as Iypist spells summer witt
one m and February with only one
"r," and yet escapes without censureI
1t il She. All. yes! It IS She.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20
-COREA PROGRESSING.
Foreign Traders Seeking Acquaint
ance with the Hermit Nation.
Americas Part in Revolutionisin,
the Quaint, Antique Methods OF
the Empire Pressed ON All
sides by Conflicting interests.

Corea. once happily a hermit nation
practically out of the world, ever since
attaining to the dignity of an independ-
ent state and the publicity attendant
upon the change, has had her hands
tull or responsibility. And being new
to the business. the responsibility has
proved 1rksome, perplexing, and is
proving so now. Would-be acauaint-
ances from far-off lands continually
knocking at her doors asking that her
ports be opened to grant King Com
merce. whilst equally troublesome
neighbors forbid her acceding to the
request The problem of the present
moment Is this-the United States re-
spectfully request that the city of Witt
on the Yalu river be opened for free
trade. The Russians oppose the open
ing.
From political point of view Co
rea's position is most unfortunate:
there is Russia, colossal, energetic on
one side; China. with her ancient
claims. pressing close; and nearby ia
pan whose history and traditions are
so closely linked with her own. Then
there are the energetic foreigners. in
terested In the resources of her $1,000
square miles, in her generous coast
line.
Poor Corea! And yet what would
she be in this day and age if foreign
enterprise were to let her alone, had lei
her alone?
Missionary, trader and engineer have
worked their influences, and Corea to-day
has Christian churches and schools. has
hospitals. dispensaries, newspapers
railways. iron bridges, electric lights
and street railways. Mr.. William Ell.
liot Griffis, in his book America in the
East" thus lauds the part our owr
countrymen have taken in undermining
Corea: 1.-THE first railway from Che.
mulpo to Seoul, with it's iron bridges
and modern equipments, and the first
electric lights and street railways in
Seoul, the exploitation and develop
ment of the mines, have been begun
and carried out by Americans. The
renovation Of the capital city from the
slmil1tude Of pigsty to one of the
brightest and cleanest cities in the
east is the work of native officers who
had experience in Washington
OF course it was the war OF 1894-5
that made preparation for the nations
progress, and in these subsequent years
the progress has been almost revolu-
tlonary. In and about Seoul is an cleo
trio railway 1S miles in length; rail-
way that is now very popular with the
natives, although at first they disap-
proved Of the innovation to such an ex-
tent they tore up the tracks and de-
stroyed buildings. The railway from
the seaport Chemulpo to the capital
Seoul. a distance OF 26 miles, is in sue
cessful operation.
A japanese syndicate is building a
road between Fusan. on the southeast
coast, to Seoul, road that is to be 2S7
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

An average of 80 deaths in every
"a hours, day after day and month
after month-more than four deaths
by violence in every calendar day of
the twelvemonth-a suicide in every
"a hours-a murder in every third day.
These are some Of the striking facts
connected with the morbid side of Chi
cago's life, pointing to the possibilities
for the grim reaper in a city of 1000, 0O0
people. A death in every Is minutes
while the hands of the clock toll round
and round and round increasingly;
deaths from every cause known to the
destroyer of men.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

Queen Marie Amelie of Portugal, who
has done so much to alleviate the lot
OF the sick and poor in the land of her
adoption, has now taken up the cause
of the beggar children at Lisbon and
has organized commission of women
OF the aristocracy, assisted by physi-
clans, with the object of putting stop
to the practice of parents hiring out
their children to mendicant bosses,
who frequently deform and even mu-
tilate the youngsters so as to increase
their receipts by exciting sympathy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

Temperance people are taking a deep
Interest in what is known as the Hep
burn-Dolliver bill in congress. This
measure is designed to make state leg
islation on the liquor question effec-
tive in transactions where at present
the interstate commerce principle rem
ders it void. The ordering of liquor
by citizen from firm outside of the
state Is such transaction. 1t is un-
der the jurisdiction of the federal, not
the state law. The Hepburn-Dolliver
bill proposes to let the state law have
oversight of such traffic.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

DR.. D'Arsonval, lecturing in Paris
last week on the effects of electricity
upon human beings, expressed the be-
lief that the world is on the eve of a
therapeutical revolution, electricity
being the medicine of the future. He
demonstrated the utility of electrical
treatment in skin diseases and said
that under anesthesia produced by
electricity a patient could be subjected
to light surgical operations without
narcotics,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

A great deal of brain power used to
be exhausted in trying to turn basel
metals into gold. then there was q
struggle Of the intellect with the idea
of perpetual motion, now ''physiolog-
zeal psychologist" are experimenting
on the production of living matter in
the laboratory. A Chicago professor
Z edo not laugh says: 81 look forward
with confidence to the artificial forma-
ton of protoplasm and life" We may
all look forward to anything and there
is no good reason why one who chooses
should not experiment with protoplasm
instead of playing chess.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

miles in length. have 40 stations and
10000 feet of bridges AS Corea is
mountainous the road will have to fol-
low river valleys and mountain gaps
where possible and provision has been
made for 81 tunnels, one of them a
mile long. The first section is already
open to travel. The Seoul-Wiji rail-
way (under the auspices of the Corean
government, with French engineers
and French materially was designed to
zap the coal and gold mining regions,
out though there has already occurred
he official opening of the section from
seoul to Sangdo, owing to lack of Co
can funds the road has been temper
lrily abandoned.
A system OF waterworks in Seoul
las been begun by the American COM
lany that furnishes light for the city.
The telephone is in use in Seoul. and
ines are being extended to Chemulpo.
kilograms may be sent in Corea In
ertain specified foreign languages. In
he Corean, Chinese and japanese
ongues. The postal system, a highly
satisfactory one. is under French direc-
lon.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

Persia's grand vizier, Atabeg Azam,
is only making a tour to Mecca, that's
all; but owing to sensational stories
about the sudden death of his warmest
enemy, he is makig the tour about
$4,000 miles long.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

William McKinley's birthday ami
versary, through the work of the Car
nation league of America, stands a
chance to attain something like ma
tional recognition. The anniversary
is January 20, and the league has sent
out circulars reminding the country
of the approach of the anniversary.
The first observance of the day was ip
1903.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

They talk of revolutionizing medical
science by radium. "Revolutionizing
medical science" began with the blue
glass bubble, and the revolutions still
continue to be as fakish as those in
South America.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

One of the striking sentences at
tributed to Booker T. Washington is
that lit takes 100 per cent. of white
blood to make a white man, but only
one per cent of negro blood to make a
black man."
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

Quite terrible that 5000 persons
should be thrown out of employment
by closing of Chicago theaters, but just
a little less terrible, you know, than
throwing 600 persons out Of existence
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

A scientist now tells us that there is
fungus in sugar; another, that there
is good deal of arsenic in every egg.
And yet the only thing that keeps us
from eating eggs is the price
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

Canada has spent nearly 100000, 600
on it's waterways and is well satisfied
with the bargain. A proportionate ex-
penditure in the United States would
be 81, 900, 100000
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20
Salzer,s Home Builder Corn.

So named because 80 acres produced so
heavily, that its proceeds built lovely
home. See Salzers catalog. Yielded In
1903 in Ind. l57 bu., Ohio 100 bu., Tenn.
50 bu., and in Mich. 800 bu per acre.
You can beat this record in 1904.
WHAT DO YOU THINK OF THESE YIELDS
PER ACRE?
40 blu. Beardless Barley per acre.
80 Blu. Salzer's New National Oats Der A.
30 Blu: Salzer Speltz and Macaroni Wheat.
1000 bu. Pedigree Potatoes per acre.
IA tons of rich Billion Dollar Grass Hay.
81, goo lbs. Victoria Rape for sheep-per 4.
l6O 600 lbs. Teosinte, the fodder wonder.
$4,000 lbs: Salzer's Superior Fodder Corn
rich, juicy fodder, per A.
Now such yields you can have, Mr..
Farmer, in 1904, if you will plant Salzer's
JUST SEND THIS NOTICE AND 1Oc
IN stamps to John A. Salzer Seed Co.. La
crosse, Wis, and receive their great cata-
log and lots of farm seed samples. TX. L.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

A st. Louis man obtained divorce
from his wife in st. Louis court and
the first one to congratulate him on
his good fortune was the woman from
whom he was divorced
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20
CURRENT COMMENT.

An Arizona mine superintendent
killed himself because his salary was
Eot raised from $4,000 to $4,000. What
is there, then, to live for but money?
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

Grace, can you tell me what il meant bv
cubic yard:" II don't know exactly, but I
guess it's a yard that the Cuban Children
play in."-Boston Christian Register.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

Miss Rose Hennessy, wen
known as a poetess and elocu.
ZIONIST. of Lexington, KY, tells
how she was cured of uterine
inflammation and ovaritis by the
use Of Lydia e. Pinkham's Vege.
table Compound.
"DEAR Mrs. PNKHAM:-For years
enjoyed the best Of health and thought
that would always do so. I attended
parties and receptions thinly clad, and
would be suddenly chilled, but did
not think Of the results. caught .
bad cold eighteen months ago while
menstruating, and this caused inlam-
nation of the womb and congested
ovaries. suffered excruciating pains
and kept getting worse. My attention
was called to your Vegetable Com.
pound and the wonderful cures it had
performed, and I made up my mind to
try it for two months and see what it
would do for me. Within one month
felt much better, and at the close of the
second was entirely well.
"I have advised a number of nv
lady friends to use it, and all express
themselves as well satisfied with the
results as I was."- MISS ROSE NORA
HENNEssY, 40 S. Broadway, Lexing-
ton, KY. $4,000 forfeit If original Of above let.
ter PROVING 0enuineness cannot be nro1uced
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-01-20

Larry--"I sent Maud a garter snake in
alcohol for Joke" HarryS"What did she
do! Larry-"Oh, she returned it in the
ton Tiger.
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
DARTED AWAY.

white and prominent. were now almost
grown over with bark, or SO weather.
stained as to be almost invisible ex-
cept when close at he'd. The narrow
path was overgrown with ferns, but
here and there bruised or broken
frond showed that the wild things used
1t still. All around, the trees grew
close together, and the light was dim,
but now and then there was an open
space where the sunshine filtered
through, and glorified the messy rocks
and the fungus-covered trunks of fall
len trees.
| was crossing such an open space
when | saw, lying on a bed of pine
needles in the shade before me, a
white-tailed deer whose warm red
coat was flecked with brighter red,
where spots of sunlight danced across
it. 1t was a buck with well-grown
antlers still in the velvet, and he was
looking full at me with head raised
and ears straight out on either side l
felt that l. | took another step after
he knew that his presence was
known he would dash away through
the trees. SO, pretending not to see
him, ! sank slowly to the ground. Then,
putting my back to the trunk of a tree,
| turned my face slowly toward him.
His large dark eyes were full upon me,
and his well-shaped translucent ears
moved slightly from time to time, as
though searching the air for any sound
which might be in the nature Of a
warning. There was no wind, so the
large black nostrils were dilated in
vain. but In this case neither the nose
nor the ears were needed, for 1 was in
full view, and the eyes were getting all
the information there was to be had.
The beautiful creature seemed to be
satisfied that there was no immediate
danger, SO he lay sill and gaZed at
me long and earnestly. What his
thoughts were, who shall tell?-but
mine were all of him.
| knew that, in less than a month,
this mild-eyed dweller of the forest,
now resting so gently in his peaceful
tree-walled home, would be fleeing over
the country side-an outlaw with q
price upon his head. l knew that ev-
cry man who saw those splendid ant
lers would covet them, and that the
shoulder, where now great timber mus
cles played beneath the skin, would be
the target for a score of bullets. Per-
haps he would escape them all-small
chance, but still perhaps-and live to
be pursued again next year. Probably
he would be hit, and, if SO, hoped that
1t might be by marksman, with a
bullet through the heart or lungs, when
death would quickly come to his relief.
raised my hand, and the 1.-the crea-
ture before me sprang to his feet,
snorted, stamped, and with his broad
white tail in the air, leaped away
among the trees. "a
ERNEST HAROLD BAYNES.A
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
MUSHROOM GROWING
PROFITABLE INDUSTRY UNDER
PROPER CONDITIONS.
Temperature, Moisture and Soil the
Three Things Which Must Be
Closely Watched - Growing
Demand for the Fungi.

In the United States the term ''mush-
room" refers commercially to but sin
gle species (Agaricus campestris) OF
the feshy fungi, plant common
throughout most of the temperate re-
gions of the world, and one everywhere
recognized as edible. From the time OF
Pliny, and perhaps much earlier, this
plant has been sought as an article Of
diet. and it has been cultivated for many
centuries
The successful cultivation of mush-
rooms in America has not been so gen.
eral as in most of the European coun-
tries. 1t is in France and in England
that the mushroom industry has been
best developed. France is properly
speaking, the home of the present mush-
room industry. Unusual interest has
been shown in the United States in the
growth of mushrooms within the past
few years, and it is to be hoped and eX.
pected that within the next ten years
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06

the industry will develop to the fullest
limit Of the market demand.
Mushrooms may be grown in any place
where the conditions of temperature and
moisture are favorable A shed, cellar,
cave, or vacant space in a greenhouse
may be utilized to advantage for this
purpose. The most essential factor, per-
haps, is that of temperature. The proper
temperature ranges from 53 degrees to
60 degrees F., with the best from SIS de-
grees to So degrees F. 1t is unsafe to
attempt to grow mushrooms on COM
mercial basis. according to our present
knowledge of the subject, at tempera-
ture much less than SO degrees or greater
than 65 degrees F.
A second important factor is that of
moisture. The place should not be very
damp, or constantly dripping with
water. Under such conditions success
full commercial work is not possible. A
place where it is possible to maintain q
fairly moist condition of the atmosphere,
and having such capability for ventila-
ton as will cause at least a gradual
evaporation. is, by general practice and
by the most extensive experimentation,
shown to be necessary.
In the growing of mushrooms for COM
mercial purposes, the beds should be
constructed of stable manure which has
been fermented or compOsted. Many ex-
periments have been made looking to-
ward the substitution of other composts
or waste products for stable manure, but
nothing has yet been found which may be
more highly recommended. Fresh
manure should be obtained, and this
should include the litter used for bed
ding the animals, unless the latter con-
sists of coarse weeds.
The manure should be piled in heaps
about three feet deep when we'll pressed
down with the fork, and these piles may
be of considerable extent 1t should be
watered until we'll moistened through
out, but not drenched. In the course of
four or five days or week it will be nec-
essary to fork over or turn" the
manure. A second turning will be re-
quired usually in from seven to ten days,
and it may be necessary to water again
if the material has suffered considerable
drying out. If we'll pressed down and
merely moist, the manure will not burn
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
ALPINE PLANTS IN ROCKIES
Specimens Taken from Above Timber
Line Belong to Glass Found on
j III European Range. IL

Several specimens of plants taken
from above the timber line of the Rock
les have been added to the collection
of the State Historical society. These
are Alpine flowers and plants, and are
entirely new to the historical society.
They were collected by William Hues-
tbs, who has been associated with
Curator Will c. Ferrill during the sum
mer months. 81 got a perfect specimen
of the arctic willow tree from above
the timber line on Mount Ouray. "/said
young Huestis, who was engaged in
pressing and classifying the finds.
These trees are no longer than ones
finger, but they are fully developed in
every particular. I found the Alpine
spring beauty and penny cress. got
a perfect specimen Of the Alpine but
tercup, which blooms near the snow
banks, and I also discovered excellent
specimens of forget-me-not on Mos.
quito pass at an altitude of $4,000 feet"
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
HER LEAP FOR LIFE.
A GIRLS HEROIC PLUNGE INTO
THE COLORADO RIVER.
Caught by a Herd Of Stampeded Cat
tie on Long Suspension Bridge
Horse and Rider Go
Down Together.

Not many months ago, Miss Beulah
Thorn, who is one of the loveliest girls
In Texas, was out riding on horseback.
Nearby the road passed over the great
suspension bridge nat spans the Col
OraGo river.
She had trotted about a quarter of
the way over when the sound of heavy
hoofs. caused her to glance around. Not
a hundred yards behind a great cloud
OF dust f1oated in the hot air. And in
this cloud a great herd of oxen was
laundering straight towards her.
With eyes afiame. and believing loud
and ominously, they rushed on to the
bridge.
In spite of the awful fear that as
sailed her, the girl never for a moment
lost her presense of mind. She glanced
before her. Far await looked an
interminable distance-she could see
the end of the bridge. There only was
safety But was it possible to reach
refuge before the oxen overlook them
Her eyes fell upon the horse. Blazer
that is the animals name-was swift
and sure of foot.
Now, Blazer, go!" the girl COM
manded, tightening her grip upon the
rein, and bringing her whip down on
his TANKS
A bound; the horse had answered to
the call. They were off-to safety?
But, no, something was happening that
The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1904-10-06
THROUGH THE FOREST
WHAT MAY BE SEEN ON A
SUMMER DAY.
Flowers and Trees and Animals Are
Interesting to the Nature Student
How to Study Them to the
Best Advantage.

Recently | walked through a forest
1t was one of those hot days when there
is no breeze stirring, and when all the
birds, save the red-eyed vireo and the
indigo bunting, are sitting silent in
the depths of the woods. The most no.
ticeable sounds were those of the crick-
cts in the grass, the drOwSy thrilling
OF cicadas, and the occasional peep
OF hyla from the foliage of the trees.
The coloring of the wild flowers had a
strong suggestion of autumn, for the
SOiGenrOd was al its best, and mingling
with it were trumpet weed, boneset,
and great masses of pearly everlasting.
All the shrubs along the roadside were
hung with garlands of wild clematis,
itself even the darkest spots were
lighted by great clumps of the white
wood asterS.
AS | entered the woods, the first
living creature to catch my eye was a
chipmunk, looking bright and cheerful
in spite of the heat. He did not seem
in the least afraid, and he was MUNICH
Ing DTlShly dl some DlueDeTTleS WHICH
he had brought from a distance in his
cheek pouches What impressed me
most at the moment, perhaps, was the
spotless condition of his fur. Here
was a little animal which lived in a
hole in the ground, grubbed in the soil
every day, and which at this season
lived chiefly on berries whose juice
dyed the hands of every man who
picks them. Yet. on that shining coat
before me, there was neither mud, nor
dust, nor stain of any kind. No race
horse, fresh from the hands of a care
full groom, has a sleeker coat than this
And SO it is with most wild things; it
seems That they might touch even pitch
without beins defiled. Watch a musk
rat, delving in the muddy bank of a
stream, and then note the brightness
of his glistening brown coat as he sits
on a stone by the water to wash his
face. mo man can work, in mud and
dirt, and keep his clothes so clean"
Soon l struck an old forest trail,
family marked by trees blazed years
ago The marks of the Ratchet, once