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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Rogers Wins the Grand American
Handicap

Two hundred and sixty-eight of the best
shots in the country took part in the Grand
American Handicap Tournament held Id
Indianapolis, Ind, June 1922. This event
was attended by shooters from all over the
country. The great event of the week was
the Grand American Handicap, which was
won by Mr.. +. E. Rogers, of st. Louis.
who broke 81 out of 100 targets from the
l1-yard mark in a gale of wind, shooting
Winchester Factory Loaded Shells. In
each of the other three events on the nro-
gram. Winchester Factory Loaded Shells
or Winchester Repeating Shotguns landed
in first place, making clean sweep for
these justly popular and reliable goods.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
BY A MODERN SOLOMON.
Little Business Axioms That Are
Needed in Every Day
Life

Never go into business with rela-
tives. They'll skin you, even if you get
st. Peter for doorkeeper and the re-
cording angel for the bookkeeper.
Beware of false profits! A penny
overcharged may cause you to lose a
dollar customer
When you hear man say, "Do 9TH
ers before they do you," look out for
him. He is one of the evildoers!
When you are down take knocks
without bowling. But when you get
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
BLAcKENED WITTY TURTLES
And the Skipper Has the Latitude
and Longitude to Prove
Assertion.

Eyes, sir" remarked Capt Quick, of
the steamer Ell Alba, which reached
port from Galveston, THE sea was SIM
ply black with turtles. There must
have heen million of them-mon-
sters, too, and many were SO covered
with barnacles that they looked like
they were hundreds of years old. For
time we thought that they had been
hurled up from the bottom of the sea
by an earthquake.
at Was in latitude 35 degrees and 40
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Famed Lover of Flowers

Anthony Cook, 80 years old. a kind
~ old wizard of flowers" who said
he introduced the geranium into this
country from his native land, Ger
many. and also prcpagated the famed
American beauty rose, died the other
day at Baltimore. with the odor of his
beloved roses blowing at his chamber
window
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Pocahontas Society.

Fifty members are already enrolled
In the Pocahontas society, recently
formed in Washington. Members must
prove their descent from the Indian
maiden and her English husband
There is to be "Pocahontas .dayn a.
the jamestown exposition, where the
society will hold first place.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Queer Pets of soldier.

The Lancers Of New South Wales
have an emu and a kangaroo Peter"
the goose. became a pet of the Gren-
adiers while in Canada. The lame
bird limped up to sentry one night
and held up hurt foot for his inspec-
ton. He attended to the wound and
the bird thereafter refused to leave
the camp. so the soldiers adopted it.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
QUEER TREES OF JAPAN.
Phenomenon Proves Possibility Of
One Growing inside the
Trunk of Another.

Writing in the Scientific American
T. NJ. Barber, late United States naval
attache at Toxic, relates the following
fact:
l iaclose herewith a singular proof
of your opinion as expressed in the
accompanying cutting concerning the
possibility of one tree growing inside
another.
My wife and / discovered this phe-
nomenon while making a walking tour
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Sin Believe in ABlack AZ. ;,

The astonishing fact has just come
to light that Prof. Richard Garnett,
librarian of the British museum, who
died recently. for years had devoted
much time to the ''black art of as
trology. Even more extraordinary is
the circumstance that business men Of
New York and other cities regularly
consulted him regarding contemplated
ventures
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

Zone hundred thousand acres of
wheat are going to ruin in Pratt coun-
~ because we are unable to get
harvest hands," telegraphed a man in
Kansas the other day. Meanwhile the
rest Of the world is having as much
trouble over the problem of the IN
employed as ever.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Old Vets, CHAPLAIN

DR.. j. W. Savers, of Philadelphia, has
Just been reelected chaplain of the
Grand Army of the Republic in Penn
syivania, this being his thirty-ffth con-
secutive term in that position. He
served with company B of the One
Hundred and Twenty-second Pennsvl-
vania volunteers during the civil war
and participated in many battles with
the army of the Potomac.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Valuable Volume

The cuke of Devonshire possesse,
Claude Lorraine's Book of Truth. !"
1t is worth six times as much as the
Mazarin" Bible. the most valua BILE
book IN the British museum. The late
duke refused an offer of 500, 900 for 1t
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

minutes, longitude 36 degrees and 80
minutes, that we ran into the field of
turtles. AS they scraped along the iron
sides OF the vessel, they sounded like
tugs. One big fellow kept alongside
for some time. He was over six feet
long and five feet broad and had bar
nacles all over him. We tried to catch
o1e Of them, but they wouldn't bite"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Petitions Sent to Car,

1t is said that the car of Russia
receives from his subjects through the
post no fewer than over 100 petitions
every day Of his life. The majority
Of these documents before reaching
the monarch's hands are examined by
confidential secretary.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
IndiHerence.

yisi.or-The girl in the next fiat
Il rather an Indifferent performer on
the piano. should say.
Observation-Disclosures! She's positive
II calious.-Prck.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
British Colonial Order.

The order of st. Michael and St
George. the chapel of which was dedi-
Gated in st. Paul's cathedral, London,
the other day, is the order conferred on
British colonists. distinguished or 9TH
erwise. The lowest rank in the order
carries the letters C. NJ. G. after the
owners name. Flippant Londoners
translate this Colonial Made Gentle
men,"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

Race horses are in better demand
than ever before. So are other horses.
Automobiles are not such a stencil IN
the nostrits OF farmers who raise oa:s
as they were awhile ago.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

To prevent that tired feeling on
ironing day-Use Defiance Starch
saves time-saves labor saves annoy-
ance. Will not stick to the iron. The
big l6 OF. package for 10c, at your gro.
GERS.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Forbidden by Law.

Prospective Buyer-'.Im sure | got
q bite" Agent-.I can't understand
It; there is town ordinance to muzzle
mosquitoes. IN. Y. Sun.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

The trouble with lots Of men who
say they are willing to die for their
country Il that they don't.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25

The up-to-date girl does all her
olusnins Tor the mistakes q -
6iends.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1906-07-25
Great BATE

The Cape Colony earthworm n 81,
feet long.
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-08-10

he did 1t. Marlanx, entering the room.
saw that he was doomed. lie had not
expected Beverly to take this appalling
step. The girl, tears in her eyes, rush
ed to a window, hiding her face from
the wondering ministers. Her courage
suddenly failed her If the charges
were read aloud before these men it
seemed to her that she never could lift
her eyes again. A mighty longing for
Washington. her father and the big
Calhoun boys rushed to her heart as
she stood there and awaited the crash.
But 1.orry was n true nOblcman.
"Gentlemen," he said quietly, Count
Marlanx has seen fit to charge Miss
Calhoun with completely in the flight
of Baldos | will not read the charges
to you. They are unworthy OF one who
has held the highest position in the
army of GrauStark. He has
Read this. my husband. before you
proceed further" said Yetive. thrusting
into his hand a line she had written
with feverish haste Lorry; smiled
gravely before he read aloud the brief
edict which removed General Marlanx
from the command of the army of
GrauStark.
TO BE CONTINUED
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-08-10
white with anger, then flushed a deep

white with anger, then flushed deep
crimson
You fiendw she cried, g]aring at him
so fiercely that he instinctively shrank
back, the vicious grin dying in his face.
I'll show you how much l fear you.
l shall give this revolving thing to the
princess. She may read it to the cabi-
net, for all | care. No one will believe
you. They'll kill you for this!'
She turned and flew into the presence
of the princess and her ministers.
Speeding TO the side of Yetive, she
thrust the paper into her hands. Sur
prise and expectancy filed the eyes of
all assembled.
Count Marlanx officially charges me
with-read it. your highness."
she cried distractedly.
Yetive read it, pale faced and cold.
A determined CLEAN appeared in her
eyes as she passed the document to her
husband.
"Allode." Lorry said to an attendant,
after brief glance at its revolving con
tents. ask Count MarlanX to appear
here instantly. He is outside the door"
Lorry's anger was hard to control.
He clinched his hands and there was a
fine suggestion of throttling in the way
The Wenatchee daily world. [volume] (Wenatchee, Wash.) 1905-1971, 1906-08-10

A clatter Of horses hoofs on the pa
rade ground drew her TO the balcony.
What she saw brought Joy To her
heart LOrry and Anguish, muddy and
disheveled, were dismounting before
the castle.
"Ah, this is joy. Now there are three
good Americans here I'm not afraid"
she said brayeiy Aunt Fanny nodded
her head IN approval. although she did
not know what it was all about Curl
iosity more than alarm made Beverly
ca ger to see the document which old
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27
Malt Coffee as Food.

A Russian army doctor attached to
the ed Turkestan Rifle Battalion has
been making some interesting expert
ments in the matter of nourishing sol
diers. DR.. Cyrillus Koljago admins
tered to ten men for ten days malt COT
fee as their sole beverage, with the re-
suit that their weight increased during
the time to the extent of 832 grammes
a man. A like experiment was made
by giving tea to the same number OF
men of similar constitutions and for
the same number of days, and in their
case the doctor certified a decrease OF
weight per man to the extent OF $50
grammes. He then put the twenty men
together back on to tea, and those whose
weight had been so signally increased
by the malt coffee had within ten days
lost 600 grammes a head. The doctor
now states what is very important tC
note, namely, that his experiments have
led him to believe that it is not merely
the nourishing attributes of the NAL
coffee which mark this increase, bu
that its effect is mainly to increase tn
action of the digestive organs, enablin
them to draw from all other food take
the utmost quantity of nourishmer
each may contain.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27


7 am a microhe of vast and fearful power.
NV name Is Death, where e'er I'm found.
float through the air and sink
into the vitals of the sons Of men:
The youth in joyous spring Of life;
The man, mature in years and strength;
The newborn babe and she
Who watches tenderly his breath of
life:
The coyish maiden, and the sage
OF tottering steps and silver locks;
All alike grow faint and listless,
Weak and wan, and sink at last
To their eternal rest, beneath my glance.
Quietly at first l work, mid jest and
laughter,
But not more surely does the sun, sink low
behind
| The western hills
Than make felt my power
Through every limb and fibre Of my VIC
TINS frame.
TITS said that he laughs best who laugheth
last;
And laugh last, yea many million time
| AS / perceive my victim gaze with hollow,
vacant stare
And note his breath come short, and
gasp and-eease.
Hal Hal Another triumph Of my prowess
And now l float away to murder once
again
To snatch some maiden from her lovers
arms;
To strike youth his mothers all:
Ceaseless my work. know not pity.
J Greedy am /, and each one whom / STAY
adds fuel to my greed.
So do I live and reap my harvest day b,
day Of Death.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27
The Docking Of Horses.

Agitation is promised to urge the pas
sage of laws against docking horses
and owners OF horses are being petit
toned to join in the crusade. Dealers
never dock horses, except at the re-
quest of a buyer. To offer horse for
sale with bob tail is to create the suS-
picion that it is Second hand," one that
has seen service before in the city, IN
stead of being fresh from green past
ures. Yet the dealers rarely sign such
petitions. They declare that the opera
ton of docking is not excessively pam
full and is atoned for by the easy lit,
it leads to- To have the tail shortened
is the initiation the rough horse pays
to gain the comfort and light duties OF
private stable.
Fashion is not the only reason to act
uate the buyers in having their horses
locked, but it is the principal one q
few say that the shortening OF the tai
makes for cleanliness, as the tail does
not become draggled with mud and dus
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27

when docked and another set main
tains that it is really comfort to a
horse to remove the heavy useless mass
of hair. City horses do not Craze IN
pasture. so the argument that the
switching of the long tail keeps away
mosquitoes and flies has no value III
this argument; but decided objection
may be voiced against the nuisance
switching tails would be to a horse or
pair in heavy harness. All style and
grace in front action, a pair with hang
ing tails would look as untidy other
wise as a woman in bedraggled skirts.
So said coaching amateur, and he had
plenty to add to the plea for docking,
Essentially docking is not painful
operation" continued this driving man.
1--WE do not feed the horse on the
morning of the operation, and when it
is brought into the operating stall the
horse at once begins to MUNICH eagerly
on the oats in the Manager. A canvas
hammock is flung under its belly and
the horse is hoisted to its tiptoes by
pulleys, when a gate is stuck across the
stall close to its heels and the tail pull
ed over, the fiat top rail making an
operating table. A stout Irvine is tied
tight about the tail at the point to be
severed The hair is turned back and
bound, exposing the bare skin.
"a few short jabs with a surgeons
knife and the tail is severed, Mean
while. a cauterizing iron has beer
brought to a white heat in a charcoal
hand fire, and the next act is to seat
the cut with the iron. The horse
winces, but it does not take the tenth
part Of a second to seal up the wound
As soon as the iron is taken off tht
horse will resume its munching of oats
and except while the cauterizing ircn il
applied it feeds without check through
out the entire operation.
No one knows what the horses thinl
about it. That docking is cruel may b
granted, but the gains to the hors
seem to counterbalance the hurts A
of which sounds a good deal like a
argument made by an interested part
as an excuse for a continuance of
practice almost universally condemned
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27
Tea Handled by Machinery.

The effort of the Department Of Ag'
riculture for sometime has been TO
find means for providing food for the
Army and Navy which could be pre-
pared in suck a way as to save space.
tablet form naturally suggested ltselI
TO them and it is now believed by the
government officials that the tea tab
lets will fill the requirements not only
bf the general government but those
Of general merchandise and family use
An important feature in connection
with compression of tea into tablet
form which should be considered or
prime importance is that modern ma
shinery takes the place Of the ancient
manual operations of the Chinese. Of
course, a great advantage of the ma
chine in the tea industry is reduction
in the price of labor but more I'M
portant item is the elimination, as lar
as possible, of human contact. by ties.
timony of travellers in the Orient II
x stated that the tea factories OF that
section are as a rule anything but
tleanly, the result Of the herding to-
sether of so many people-not very
clean or healthy people-in cramped
and often very hot workshops. The
lea tablets as prepared by the Depart
nent of Agriculture, are made from the
tea after it has been dried and rolled
Il is then put through boiling proc
ess after which it is placed in small
moulds about the size of cent, wher'
~ ,ooanc pf great force IT. is com
PRESSED into small tablets. The op
ration of the machinery is so perfec
and so rapid that the leaves can b
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27
He Had Had Experience.

As the fearless white man entered the
kraal of the native king, a salute was
sounded on a drum of serpent SKIN, and
six warriors with necklaces OF human
teeth rafting about their threats, lea
him before rough ivory dias, on which
sat majestic and formidable Inquire
Hail" said the white man. And with
out loss of time, he took out one OF his
brass watches, wound it up, and showed low,
It's works to the dusky monarch. "lhls
marvel" he said, a will give your
majesty, making you the envy OF all
men. and in return for only SIX tusks
Of seventy pounds weight each. The
king took the watch, produced mo-
nocle from a pouch hidden in his shield,
and, after a moments study OF the
brass trinkct, returned it with langtild
smile Last year." he added, in Lon
don, | exchanged an old wooden war
club for a bushel of these things, and,
Iby love, don't you know, there WASH
one of them that ran above a week.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27

The Plnehurst gardens embrace at
present about 80 acres Of tea plants
in various stages of advancement and
produce from a considerable variety
of seed over 10000 pounds OF dry tea
annually. The original seed for the
Pinehurst tea gardens was procured
through the offices of the United States
Department of State and the Chinese
Government from the celebrated Drag
.on's Pool estate near HangchoW, China
whose output commands too high a
local price to admit of its expectation.
Picking tea at Pinehurst is done by
a carefully trained and well supertn-
tended corps of colored children who
show great aptitude in this direction. In
stances have occurred Of tine pluCklng
by enc child in a day of over 90
pounds of greenleaf whereas the aver
age in the Orient hardly exceeds 20 to
80 pounds. Experiments at the Pine
hurst gardens show that tea from all
modern climates could be made as pro
ductive here as at their source, a
change in climate and the difference in
cultivation and manufacture having a
tendency to affect the quality of tea
when prepared for the table. This is
the reason assigned for the difference
in the American grown tea from that
of imported The Pinehurst early sea
son tea is considered more delicate
and milder than that of cooler climates
The autumn season tea is stronger in
color and taste and resembles the
product from the more southern re
gions of the Orient.
The Secretary of Agriculture believes
that there is an excellent field in the
| United States for a home tea indus
dustry for we consume approximately
| 75,00O,000 pounds Of tea annually OF
a little less than one pound per capita
! Our people, he says, pay at retail about
$40000,0000 year for tea as against
$3.50 100000 for coffee and $1,200000,
600 for alcoholic beverages 1t has
been calculated that the American PEG
pie drink 4OO00O00O gallons of tea an
nually We are primarily nation of
coffee drinkers; in proportion to our
population we consume only about one
sixth as much tea as the Britain
whether at home or in the colonies
While the United States does not i'm
port the cheapest kind of tea, never
theless our importations are chiefly
of inferior qualities The first demand
of the American consumer is cheap
ness, and often-times he will purchase
tea of poor quality on account of ac
companying allurements of crockery
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27

in these tablets is not imported, but
on the other hand, is grown at the
experimental tea gardens Of the De-
partment of Agriculture at Summer
VILE, S. c. A few weeks ago DR.. B. /.
Galloway, chief of the Bureau of Plant
Industry received a large box Of sam
pie packages from Summerville.
Each box of compressed tea contains
twenty tablets about the size Of a cent,
but probably twice as thick The
various kinds of tea such as Oolong
American Breakfast, black and green,
etc, are all prepared in tablet form
ranging from sepia to dark green IN
color. The tablets as heretofore stated
are made from tea grown at the Pine
hurst tea gardens Summerville, 5. Z.
and contain the purest OF leaves
thought to be unsurpassed by any i'm
ported tea. The tablet form is accom-
plished by compression with machin-
cry. The directions furnished for US
ing the tablets are rs follows:
Drop one tablet in teapot for each
cup of tea desired. Pour in freshly
boiled water and after allowing 1t 10
stand f0ur minutes, sur BeHIlyi etl IAN
and serve. If made in the cup, use one
tablet, Tea will Immediately settle &c
the bottom of the cup, then strain the
liauOr into another cup, AID sugar ano
cream as desired
While it is explained by officials Of
the Department that this new form Of
tablet does not improve the flavor Of
taste of the tea, the chief value lies
in the fact that the product occupies
less space. A pound package of or
binary tea, it is stated, would oecup!
about twenty-five times as much room
as one of these little packages OF TWEEN
ty tea tablets prepared by the Agrl
cultural Department.
Macon beacon. [volume] (Macon, Miss.) 1859-1995, 1906-01-27

interest in the United States. A hun
dred years ago the first tea plant was
introduced at Middleton Barony on the
Ashley River near Charleston, S. G.
Mr.. Junius Smith in the forties made
experiments in tea culture at Green
vile, S. G. and in the fifties the Uni
ted States Government collected in
Asia and distributed tea seed by the
Patent Office through the south Allan
tic and Gulf states, which later gave
rise to many thrifty little gardens
capable of supplying all domestic
wants. While these experiments prove
the adaptability of the tea plant to the
United States they did not prove the
possibility of lucrative industrial UNI
dertaking, The United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, however, in the
last quarter of the 18th century UNI
dertook an investigation along this lat