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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28
FACTS ABOUT RHUBARB.
It's Wholesome Qualities Are Not
Well Known and the Plant Is
Ornamental Only.

Rhubarb, commonly known as pie
plant" is very good article of food.
Everybody knows the plant with it's
broad, green leaves and pretty red
stems. 1t is the stems that are used
for food. They are SO nice and juicy,
says Medical Talk for the Home. The
fiber is somewhat stringy, but when it
is thoroughly cooked it becomes soft
and very digestible. The flavor is
quite tart, but that is really one of it's
good qualities. We eat so much sweet
stuff that a good tart vegetable. like
rhubarb, is a splendid thing once in
awhile.
In some countries, Germany, for in
since, the wholesome qualities of rhu-
barb are not very we'll known. Indeed,
it is not used for food at all, but is
simply raised as an ornamental plant
on account of it's large, snowy leaves.
In America, however, this whole
some vegetable is fairly appreciated.
1t is one of the earliest of the spring
vegetables, and a little patch of rhu-
barb is to be found in almost every
garden. In the country, where fresh
VSS0ldUlSS are SCdTc0 through the VIII.
ter, rhubarb makes a very. welcome
dish in the early spring. The farmers
wife gathers the young, tender stalks
and makes them into sauce, or, per-
haps, pteg. 1t is better, however, we
think, to use it as sauce. 1t is just
about as popular with the city people,
too, and great quantities of it can be
seen on market
Rhubart, is mildly laxative and is,
therefore, very useful in cases of con-
stipation. A dish of rhubarb sauce
and a slice of brown bread and but
ter make a splendid breakfast. It
gives tone to the digestive organs and
insures the daily evacuation so neces-
sary to health. We feel sure it is
great deal better to eat little rhu-
barb sauce every day than to take
those drastic compounds like rhubarb
and calomel. which make you sick
and really do more harm than good.
1t is a great deal pleasanter anyhow.
The rhubarb that the doctors use in
their powders is obtained from the ORR
entail countries, generally Turkey. 1t
differs little from our rhubarb. They
get the root and powder it. 1t has a
very bitter taste and is not at all nice
to take 1t is so much pleasanter and
seems so much more sensible to eat
the good part of the rhubarb than to
fix up the bitterSpart OF it and take it
as medicine. !,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28
Cost of Insect Pests.

The money loss caused by insect
pests is immense. A recent official
statement from Washington is to the
effect that the damage done by thu
cotton boil weevil in sc of the liz cot-
ton producing counties in Texas re,
suited in reducing the total cotton OUT
put of that state by 739, 1850 bales, rers
resenting value of $49, 272 ,989. These
are enormous figures, and the extern,
sion of the weeviIs ravages to other
cotton raising regions must greatly
increase the destruction Chicago
Chronicle.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28
TRAINING GUN POINTERS.
Great Care Is Observed in the Selec.
ton OF Men-Use of the
ssDotter.''

When China found herself arrayed
against Japan, she offered $500 cash a
month for skilled gun pointers. but in
all great navies gun pointers are trained,
not bought, and when the fight is on it
too late for instruction, says writer
IN Worlds Work
How does man become an expert gun
aer? Diligent drill and constant train
ing are not enough. without certain
amount of natural aptitude. One man
after another is tried A few days trial
the turrets eliminates all except the
.airly promising. For the talent of
eye and nerve which makes the born
gun pointer the government pays from
two to ten dollars month in addition
% the regular pay. This premium is
lot confined to any race, creed or color.
On one vessel in the navy one of the
gun poiters is a negro
Selecting gun pointers is one of the
most important duties in the navy. Hav-
ing selected the men for gun pointers,
the next step is to train them. Two
methods are now in vogue. both having
the same principle, but differing in de-
tail. In the old days of sails and smooth
bore guns the invariable rule-and the
only rule the gun captains knew-was
this: Fire at the top of the downward
roll Gust as the ship begins to roll
toward the target), and aim at the en-
emy's water line"
This rule lasted far into the age of
steam and turret guns, and has only re-
Gently been supplanted by continuous
aim firing" or the art of keeping a gun
trained on the target, regardless of the
oscillations of the vessel, during the
whole or portion of the roll.
The method of training men by the
new system-by the use of "dotter''-
was devised by Capt. Percy Scott of the
British navy. The dotter is mechan.
ical device which causes a small tar.
get to move across the face of a gun, with
combined vertical and horizontal mo-
ton. The gun-pointer must make the
gun follow the target, and whenever the
sights are on the bull's-eye he presses a
button. This causes pencil to dot the
target. That is his shot The other
method Of instruction is with the Morris
tube, which consists of small gallery
rife fitted on the gun, to take the place
of the dotter's pencil.
So proficient have the bluebackets be-
come in handling the turret guns that in
actual target practice on board the Ala
bama 13-inch gun is loaded and fired in
SO seconds. Two kinds of target prac-
tice are employed now in all navies. one
in which the target is stationary and
the ship moving; the other in which both
ship and target are moving.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28
wisdom of 1t.

The belief of good luck and bad luck
coming from certain omens is almost
universal, and even people who con-
slider themselves enlightened have pei
superstitions. Sometimes, too, it seems
as if they were justified in holding
them. For instance, woman warned
a friend not to walk under a ladder,
which was propped over the sidewalk
against house. because it would bring
misfortune. The Injunction was not
needed, and the bold defer of bad
signs was soon after showered with
the contents of pot of paint which a
workman above had carelessly tipped
over. This spoiled her new spring
suit, and now she AYERS that there is
some wisdom after all in portentous
sayings Boston Budget
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28
CLEAN FEATHERS AT HOME.
Simple Process by Which Ostrich
Plumes May Be Made
Like New.

Owing to the frequency with which
1t is turned over to the professional
cleaner, white or pale-tinted plume
becomes something of a luxury, says .
household exchange
IL the feminine contingent only real
lied how easily these pretty ornaments
can be cleaned at home quite a saving
toward the end Of the year would re-
suit
Nothing more difficult to obtain than
soap and clean water is necessary to
clean an ostrich tip in a thoroughly
scientific fashion. If the work is care
fully done, the plume will stand an in
definite number of "shampooings''
without showing the least signs of
wear. Here is the simple process:
Make the lather with warm water
and good white soap. Fill q bowl
with this and dip the plume into it.
When it is thoroughly saturated draw
the tip through the fingers. Repeat
a number of times if the feather is
much soiIed
Now rinse thoroughly in clear water.
making sure that no vestiSe of soap
remains. Put on a whitk apron or
cover the knees with clean towel and
gently pat the plume with the hands
until dry. Curl with blunt knife
Or steam the plume over the hot wa
ter kettle and dry out in the heat Of
the stove, when it viii of its own ac-
cord attain certain degree of fiufEr
NAG
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28
PRETTY cRETONNE BOXES.
Mating and Bamboo Combined Make
an Excellent Receptacle
for Waists.

While the shirt waist box can hardly
De considered a novelty these days. it
comes in for considerable amount of
identifying and improving so as to keep
pace with the development of the blouse.
which more and more is becoming a
thing of beauty, says the Philadelphia
Press.
Mating and bamboo combined make
an excellent receptacle for sheer. filmy
waists, with their frills and lace TRIM
ming, but in order to give the beauti-
her some opportunity the decoration
must be applied to the inside of the box.
One is of light wood, covered with mat
ting, ornamented by devices in bamboo
and tiny straw buttons, and to relieve
the plainness of the interior there is an
elaborate decoration executed with the
topographic needle.
This extra touch of ornamentation
adds little to the cost of the box, but
1t is also an indication that the recep-
tacle is the very latest type, and therein
lies the attraction for the girl who likes
to be modish.
Cretonne. that old favorite, is never
really crowded to the background by
newer fashioned fabrics, although some
seasons it may not be as conspicuous in
draperies and box coverings as in 9TH
ers
The latest style of shoe box shown in
the accompanying illustration is COW
cred with cretonne in deep cream and
pink tones and serves the double pur-
pose of use and ornament The interior.
as is indicated is divided into compart-
ments suited to different varieties OF
footwear and the lining matches the pre-
vailing tone of the outside.
Boxes such as the two here portrayed
are particularly adapted for the country
homes, as they harmonic with the fur.
nishings, which, as a general thing, are
light in color and simple in design.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28
SMALL, BUT ALL. BUSINESS.
Settlement Of an Account at the News
paper Stand Nettles the
Young Dealer.

"H'y'are." said the newsboy at the
street corner stand Paper"
A solid and prosperous appearing mid
dle-aged man produced a coin purse and
looked the boy over searchingly. relates
the Chicago Daily News.
Do you run this stand?'' he asked.
Sure answered the boy
Were you in charge Thursday after
noon-about two o'clock"
The boys attention was distracted
for moment by the sight of an intend
ing purchaser, who was snapped up by
/ rival.
Skinny on your own side,'' he called
to this INSCRIPTIONS competitor. I'LL
do yer up if yer come around this stand.''
Never mind him. said the man, i'm
pressively. I'm talking to you now.
Were you in charge here Thursday after
noon?''
The boy appeared to be irritated. It
is hard thing to sell papers and hold
conversation at the same time
Il toll youse wus here, didn't II"
You needn't be sassy. Were you
short in your accountsthat day."
"Aw. wha y'givin' me?"
IF you keep account of your sales you
were probably short, but if you kept
close to your stand and attended to BUSH
aess-''
Whatever want, anyway" asked the
boy.
l want to pay you what owe you,"
answered the man. Il was going to tell
you that it wouldn't have happened il
you had been around attending to bust
ness. | came up here in a hurry and
wanted paper and 1 hadn't got any
thing less than nickel and, as l say,
you weren't here. l waited until my car
came along and as you didn't appear
took the paper without paying for it.
You're sure you're the right boy?"
Didn't tell you?" demanded the boy.
Then here's your penny" said the
man, extracting the coin from his purse
and laying it on the stand. Nov, we are
square,"
Say said the boy, you're dandy.
Don't yer want me to write youse out a
receipt for dis?"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28
The Barber County Index.
PAINTER 3 HERR, Publishers.
Medicine Lodge, Kansas.
DO GOOD TO-DAY.

Whate'er kind words you wish you'd
said.
Whateer good deeds you wish you'd
done,
When weeping DER your dear friend.
dead,
Give now unto each living one.
For who can tell how soon, how soon
Their morning sun of life may set,
And leave you, as the rest have done,
To bitter tears and vain regret.
The grave may claim your loving wife,
Your dear child fade like summer flow
ers;
Then, then WI haunt your soul for life,
The memory of your passion hours.
D sweet as the breath of flowers at morn,
Is life to him from day to day,
who plants the rose and plucks the thorn
From his companions weary way.
William Goldsmith Brown, in Baptist
Union.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28
Believe Themselves Invulnerable

In the cycle calendar, in which each
2 months has its distinguishing des-
gnation, this is the year of the as
ending Dragon, and if anyone should
lay that great number of Japanese
ooked harder at their calendar than
hey did upon the rights of the Man.
.hurian question, before declaring war,
would not contradict him With
heir tutelar Dragon in the ascendant,
ntering upon its most powerful phase,
he japanese believe they cannot be
lefeated- 1t is a superstition which
las inspired them to daring deeds.
md should count as an extra squadron
r an army corps before the end II
eached.-Metropolitan Magazine.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28
Ought to Be Grateful.

This story is told of NJ Mac, a
well-known humorist residing at Rock
cliffe, Can, who combines the duties
of station agent and postmaster.
Having given satisfaction by acting
postmaster, but without pay, the M.
P. for the district procured his ap-
pointment and the head Of the depart
ment wrote him that he had much
pleasure in confirming his position
"the salary to be the same as hereto
FORE
In reply Mr.. Mac wrote:
81 feel honored, as in duty bound,
by the confirmation of my appoint
ment, and am glad to know the salary
is to be the same as heretofore, name
ly, nothing year; for I'd hate like
fury to have to pay anything! phil
adelphia Public Ledger.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1904-09-28
Rather Indefinfte.

Say" exclaimed the front-row pa
tron of burlesque shows as he climbed
into the barber chair. 81 think III
have hair cut for change
..All right, sir" rejoined the ton-
serial artist which one shall cut.
please p Cincinnati Enquirer.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Better Let 1t Alone.

Abolish the two-thirds rule" is the
slogan suddenly raised by Democrats
who are opposed to Mr.. 1.yan and his
methods. In Democratic national con-
ventions candidates for President and
Vice President are nominated by a
tuo-thirds vote Of all the delegates.
The men who want tc change the rule
in the Democratic party that requires
two-thirds vote to nominate call at
tention to the fact that in the Repub-
lican conventions a majority vote is
sufficient to nominate. This is true,
but there is vast difference between
the Democratic and the Republican
parties. One is managed by the pee.
ole and the other by the bosses. 1t
makes very little difference who the
Republican bosses nominate, the rank
and file Of the party will vote for him.
But it is quite different with the
Democratic party. If a candidate
can't get two-thirds vote in the con-
vention he had better not be noml-
mated, as we do not believe he would
have any chance Of an election. To
shut of Bryan's influence in the con-
vention by the changing OF this rule
would make him stronger with the
masses, and ensure She defeat Of any
candidate nominated if he was oppoS-
ed by Bryan. The rule has been in
force long time and it had best be
let alone. Its repeal would do more
harm than good.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
A Forgiving Spirit.

In his "reminiscences General Cor
don tells characteristic anecdote Of
an eccentric southern divine, the Rev.
Robert j. Breckinridge, who was one
OF the most eloquent and fervid not
to say bitter advocates Of the union
cause. His trenchant pen and LASH
ing tongue spared neither blood rela-
tives nor ministers nor members Of
the church, not even those Of the
same faith with himself, provided be
regarded them untrue to the union.
On his deathbed his family and some
Of his church members were gathered
around him. They we're most anxious
that be should be reconciled to all
men and especially to a southern
sympathizer of his own church. DR..
Stuart Robinson of Kentucky, before
be died, and they asked him, Brother
Breckinridge, have you forgiven al
your enemies?" "Oh, yes; certainly
I have" well, Brother Breckir,-
ridge, have you forgiven your brother,
DR.. Stuart Robinson?" Certainly
| have. Didn't / just tell you that l
had forgiven all ny enemies?' But,
Brother Breckinridge, when you meet
Brother Stuart Robinson in heaven
do you feel that you can greet him as
all the redeemed ought to greet one
another Don't bother me vita
such questions. Stuart RobinSoa
will never get there"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Fell to Her'Death.

At Madrid IN the presence Of 5000
persons, Nina Alex, daring young
German auoomobilist, was dashed to
the ground from the top Of Hoop
the Hoop" at Parish's circus WedneSi
day and fatally injured. Amid the en-
thusiastic cheers OF the spectators the
girl had made one circuit OF the track.
AS she shot toward the bottom OF the
Hoop" 90 her first time around, the
operator was unable to swerve the
track to allow the automobile to run
to the ground. The heavy car, with
it's speed somewhat Stacked, dashed
up the incline the second time. 1t had
not maintained enough momentum to
carry it around the circle again, and,
as it reached the apex, the car few off
into space with the girl inside. The
young woman gave a scream as she
was buried to the ground. She lay un-
able to move. The automobile dropp-
ed few feet away from her, smashed
to pieces. Women in the circus shrek
ed with horror, and many OF them
tainted. Hundreds Of people rushed
for the entrance intent on mobbing
tie manager OF the show. He saved
his life by fleeing from the town. The
spectators wrecked the interior OF the
building. This was the first perform
ance on the Hoop the Hoop
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Two White RouRhs!.

The Columbia Record says: 1.-TWO
visiting young ladies had rather an
unusual experience Thurday se7ening
when eturning from the presentation
of Little Lord Fauntleroy" at the
theatre. AS it appears, they were
visitors to the city, and had joined q
large party to attened the perform
ance, but at the last moment others
in the party decided not to go, and
these, two thought, in Columbia as
elsewhere, ladies could 60 without an
escort, as in this case. After enjoying
the play, they were returning home,
whep they realized that two Iresump-
tious, impertinent white r1en were
following them. This completely un-
ner7ed them, and the elder turned to
the men and asked them to pass,
which they refused to do, declaring
their intention Of escorting the two
home. The ladies live some little dis
tance from Main street, and they ap-
pealed to couple who were passing
at the time, who gladly walked home
with them. This is an unusual affair
in Columbia, and the ladies looked
around for police to report the mat
ter to, but could find nOue."
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
WHIFF WOULD KILL RooMFUL.
The Extraordinary Power Claimed for
CYANIDE Of Cacodyl.

Cyanide OF CacCufl.
Prusslc acid long has been supposed
to be the most deadly poison, but now
Lascelles Scott, Of Little llford, Eng
land, makes startling statement.
He says the substance known to
scientists as cyanide Of cacodyl is hun
dreds, even thousands, of times more
poisonous than pure pruSsic acid. AS
be put it, "a mere 4hif Of this deadly
poison would kill large roomful Of
reople, and the vapor Of three grains
difused into the air Of Drury Lane
Theatre would suffice to insure that
not one Of the audience or artists in
the theatre would leave it alive.
Fortunately for mankind this pois-
on is so deadly that it is accordingly
dangerous to handle, and the criminal
who attempted to use it would In all
probability kill himself. 1t is a white
powder which melts ct 80 degrees and
boils at l40 degrees. When exposed
to air it gives off slight Tapor, to in
hale which is death.
II, knowing its properties, took
every precaution and made it in open
air." said Mr.. Scott, yet in spite of
my care, and l have been accustomed
to dealing With such things all my
life, some of the fumes must have es-
caped, for I was i'll for week after
that experiment.
A we'll known analytical chemist
when questioned on the subject was
inclined to throw doubts on Mr..
Scott's statements.
We know this substance. We
know it is a powerful poison" )" he says.
But I do not think there is any
known substance Of which three
grains would kill 5000 persons. ,
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
BRYAN Receives Ovation.

A dispatch from Hanover, n. H.,
says the largest crowd that ever as
sembled at public meeting in this
section Of the State assembled in Col
lege Hall Wednesday evening to hear
William Jennings Bryan. The audi
ence embraced many prominent New
Hampshire politicians and delegations
from all the schools and academies
in this section. Every seat in the
spacious hall was taken, and many
were unable the gain admission. The
programme called for a banquet to
the noted visitor preceding the lee
ture, and covers were laid for prom
inent visitors and the administra-
tion officers Of Dartmouth College,
but Colonel Bryan was delayed by a
railroad accident and failed to arrive
in time for it. 'Value Of an Ideal"
vas the title Of Bryan's lecture.
Touching upon ideal policies, he feared
the political idea of today was one
Of corruption. In Delaware" be
said, 'on Election Day in some pre-
cincts three-fourthS Of the voters are
bought, and in one precinct votes
we're sold at auction to the highest
bidder. These things must be checked
by a higher ideal, by an awakened
conscience. We also have a CONNER
cial ideal, estimating the nation by
the amount OF it's exports. I beliVe
the highest product Of nation is its
manhood and womanhood. l want
this Government to be tbe best in the
world. It must do the greatest good
in it's power before it reaches it's high
est ideal"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1904-02-03
Porto Ricans Not Aliens.

Until few days ago, and since the,
annexation in 1898, Porto Ricans who
did not elect to remain Spanish sub
jects were citizens of no country, says
an exchange. They were merely ''citi-
zens Of Porto Rico"-a status which
did not carry American citizenship
with it. Our immigration authori-
ties treated them as alineS; but as
they had no foreign citizenship and
owed allegiance to no foreign
sovereignty, they were practically left
without any citizenship at ala
populus colony Of Philip Nolans.
The United States Supreme Court
now decides that they are not aliens,
and cannot be treated as such. Its
decision does not directly confer
American citizenship upon them, but
it does so by inference, and will go far
toward doing so in fact. # they
cannot be treated as aliens, they are
in effect treated as American citizens.
This is all well as to the Porto
Ricans, who are attached to the.
principles OF the Constitution OF the
United States and well disposed to
the good order and happiness OF the
same, and who are, moreover, so few
in number that their immigration
can give US no trouble. But what
about the effect Of this decision on
the status of the Filipinos, concern
ing whom the case is very diferent9
The decision makes legislation on
this head abs olutely necessary. The
power.of Congress over our dependen-
cies and all that concerns them has
been fully established. 1t should be
exercised to define the status Of
colonial citizens and regulate theiK
immigration. 1t is not necessary
that they should be aliens in order
that we may shut out paupecs, diseas-
ed persons and other ndesirables"
among them. Meantime, ne can re-
joice in the fact that the docile Porto
Ricans have taken another step to-.
ward real American nationality.