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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06

closed yesterday at $11lh per bushel.
Fort William delivery. The cost of freight
and handling for wheat strikes an aver
age of lie per bushel for the whole west
This means that the average price to the
farmer for contract wheat all over the
prairie country is exactly 81 per busnei.
The farmers have been looking for the
day when dollar wheat would rule and
tney nave 1t now. Some old wheat Is sun
coming forward from the elevators and
little, OF last years crop remains In the
hands OF the farmers. This nearly al,
grades up to the contract. and 1t means
great gain for those who held 1t. The
new wheat is still grading very high.
when one considers the conditions under
which it was produced Out OF 4o9 cars
52S In two days contained wheat which
would answer for delivery on contracts
In other words over 300, 600 bushels OF
wheat which would bring the farmers an
average of about 81 per bushel, reached
Winnipeg in two days. The significance
OF 100000 worth of wheat being passed
by the inspectors in two days at the close
OF an admittedly unfavorable season
should not be allowed to sink out OF
sight at time when returns from agri-
cultural activity in the west are being
anxiously awaited. These figures do not
which there were 131 cars. More than one
third of these contained milling wheat,
which would remunerate the farmer al
the rate of 93c per bushel on the basis
of to-day's closing figures. The balance
consisted of low grade stuff which would
vary greatly in quality and would show
great spreads in prices.
THE approximate value of the two
days receipts OF wheat, however, would
be more than 100000 calculating the ca
pacity of a car at 1000 bushels and elm
mating the cost of freight and handling.
AS many of the modern cars contain
more than 1000 bushels and as the freight
rate TO Fort William is less than lac
per cwt. on most of the wheat which is
now coming forward, the estimate of
100000 is low. The circulation of $780,.
COO per day among the farmers will not
continue for the whole year. of course,
but that figure is likely to be exceeded
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06

properly constructed dipping vat,
where sufficient help is furnished, g..
600 sheep may be dipped in a seven
hour day; 5000 have been dipped in
ten hours. The approved plant is
composed of the ''crowding pen," the
logging pen,'' or in lieu thereof a
'decoy penn and Slide" the
SWIM" the come OUT and the "drip-
ping pen" The "crowding pen" is
the entrance in which the sheep are
collected. Thence they are forced on
into the logging pen" where a couple
of men deity leg" them one by one,
overturning them into the vat or
swim" which skirts the edge This
Swim" is filled with the dipping mix
ture; it is preferably not more than
two feet wide at the top (but widths
vary) and is deep enough to compel
the animals to swim. 1t SHOULD be at
least sixty feet long, so that in swim
ming through the sheep will be SUBJ
merged full two minutes. Men with
'crutches" or dipping forks" direct
the passage of the animals to the
come out" which is cleated incline
leading into the dripping pen" Here
the animals stand and drain; their
drippings flow back into the vat In
some dipping plants the sheep at
tempt to cross to "decoy pen,"
where they see other sheep. But they
encounter slippery slope, the slide"
and shoot into the Swim" below
which is cunningly masked by a piece
of canvas
The dipping mixture must be main
tanned in the vat at temperature of
100 to 105 degrees in order not to chill
the sheep. Properly managed, dipping
should result in no losses. However,
through carelessness it does. Heavy
sheep with the fleece on must be
| helped up the "come OUT incline, for
a full-feeced sheep will carry out a
gallon and quarter of the dip, thus
weighing itself considerably. A shorn
| sheep will carry out about a quart.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
BIRDS TRAVEL ALONG ROUTES.
All Have Not Same Range-swalIows
Great Distance.

The routes by which birds pass to
and from one country to another in
spring and autumn are regularly fol.
lowed. One great thoroughfare, Of
course, is in the spring from south to
north. and conversely in the autumn
from north to south; another is south
east to northwest; q third southwest
to northeast, with the return into the
same starting points, says the Scot.
man.
The great southern wintering region.
is south of the north of Africa and
extends to far beyond the equator,
and from it., under the breeding in
stinct in spring, birds hurry away to
dispense themselves over the wide
spreading palaearctic or northern
lands, which extend as far, in the
case of some species, as a long way
within the arctic circle. South of the
equator during the northern winter
the migrants fly toward the south pole
to breed. The seasonal range limit
of some of the northern breeding
birds is enormous-several extending
from Patagonia to Greenland.
All migratory birds have not the
same range; some fly longer, some
shorter distances. The best known
of all the birds Of passage, the swal-
low has one of the longest ranges
from 1000 to 10000 miles. In this
extended range are also included such
birds as the gray plover, the knot, the
pectoral and curlew sandpipers and
the Asiatic golden ployer.
The longer range-from 5000 to.
1000 miles-includes such well-known.
birds as the cuckoo, the corncrake.
the sedge. warbler, the greenshank:
the moderate range-from 1900 to.
5000 nliles-embraces the turtle dove,
the crane, lapwing, mallard and jack
snipe; the third range-from 1000 to-
1000 miles-such birds as the wood
chat shrike, the stone curlew, the.
woodcock and black tern and in what
is called the restricted area-with q
mileage of 1000 miles downward
there are the waxwirgs. several gulla
and the elder duck.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06

meat from scab afflicted animal,
when the disease is advanced is unfit
for human food and to be condemned.
The scab in sheep is being combat
ted by dipping-an operation where
by every animal is plunged into a
fluid mixture of lime and sulphur, or
of tobacco and sulphur, which kills
the mites, and in cattle by dipping
or spraying. Formerly, before the
government came to the rescue, so
wide was the territory that many
stockmen did their own administering
either by dipping of a more or less
q desultory nature or by hand applica-
tons. But such efforts were of small
avail against disease so viciously
infectious. To-day if there is found
one animal afflicted in a bunch of
1000, all must be treated and unless
destined for immediate slaughter all
must be treated in ten days again.
The range sheep being under herd
all the time, and docile, the efficacy of
field work has been demonstrated on
them chiefy-with whack at the cat
tie whenever opportunity offers. The
sheep are caught in the fall and the
early spring at the shipping pens of
the railroad stations; during the late
fall and the winter in the ranchers'
feedlots where they are being fat
tened and also in the spring when by
thousands and tens of thousands they
are trailed to the shearing points
The shearfng time is the popular time
The sheep are overhauled between
the winter and summer ranges; on a
shorn sheep the dip is more effective
and the wool is not impaired. There
fore during the shearing season the
inspectors will be found stationed
where the shearing centers are. They
will ride out and meet the incoming
lunches. Once let an infected band
enter set of shearing corrals, and
those corrals must be disinfected be-
fore another detachment can be re
ceived.> Consequently it is demanded
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
TAKE THEM OUT
Or Feed Them Food They Can
Study On.

When a student begins to break
down from lack Of the right kind OF
food, there are only two things to do;
either take him out of school or feed
him properly on food that will rebuild
is Grape-Nuts.
boy writes from jamestown, N. r..
saying: "A short time ago | got into
a bad condition from overstudy, but
Mother having heard about Grape
Nuts food began to feed me on 1T. 1t
satisfied my hunger better than any
other food, and the results were mar
ve'ous. l got heshy like good fel-
low My usual morning headaches
disappeared, and found could study
for a. long period without feeling the
effects of it.
My face was pale and thin, but il
now round and has considerable color.
After / had been using Grape-Nuts for.
about two months ! felt like new
boy altogether. / have gained greatly
in strength as well as flesh, and It II
a pleasure to study now that / am
not bothered with my head. passed
all Of my examinations with reason
ably good percentage. extra good In
some of them. and it is Grape Nuts
that has saved me from = years delay
in entering college.
Father and mother have both been
improved by the use Of Grape Nuts.
Mother was troubled with sieeplesa
nights and got very thin, and looked
care worn. She has gained her nor
NAL strength and looks. and sleepa
we'll nights. There's Reason
Read The Road to Wel1xil;ev y
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Copyright: 1901: by Byron Williams.

Holes.
Stubbie and Fatty and Billy and Me
we wuz a hunting fer Holes yisterdee.
there is a lot of Them down in the Run
but we amt got only of them Done,
One wuz Hole where the Squirrels had
hid
Plenty of Knuts-we gist took them and
Mother won down by thee Crick was a
Krab,
he bids his Hole ofuI queer and its
Drab.
he Marks his Home very close thee
leaving a lot of Mud daubs by thee Door
we digged him out and we started thee
third
it wuz the Hole of woodpecker bird.
next wuz thee Fourth-and RABBIT
Hole 9,
it wuz so Long that it Tuckered our
Crew.
then we found out Where thee RABBIT had
laid.
Stub struck thee Phase with his Grand
daddy's spade.
Fat held thee Sack very close thee
Mouth
we had it fggered his gump wood B
South!
that wuz thee Funniest thing that we
Found
they wuz ends that Hole in thee
Ground,
there wasn't nothing tall fer rout-
awi we Good do wuz Dig ourselves out.
there is a Hole at thee Side of the Hill
holding Purity Bad kind of Pill,
Fat seq it must b a squeegee dwells
there
Billy believes it is Only Bare!
Stub SEE Bob-cat lives there he will
have knot stated my think on this yet.
there is reasonT smelled where it
goest
Mercy. cFapped up my Hand to my
noser
it is thee Kind of a Thing that we drove
out of thee Log in thee ffickry Nut
grove
when we start in for . Dig up that Phase.
will be fooling around with sum grace.
Stub he kin dig and let Fat hold thee
Sack
will pertend 2 B helping way Back.
bet thee Boys will anvil feel very punk
when they are hit by Another BIG
SKUNK.
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coIoone the Mon.

Everything is being reformed these
days-everything except housekeeping.
Women still clean house in the same
old way they did in old Pharaoh's time.
They still leave lacks on the floor and
buckets of water where baby is sure to
fall into them and sweep the stairs down.
No one seems to have yet thought of
leaving the water on the floor. putting
the tacks in the pail and sweeping the
stairs up, throwing the residuum out of
the garnet window. No one ever sends
the windows down to the laundry or puts
eau de cologne the mop. But some
day there will arise a reformer in skirts
and these things will be attended to-
PertopoliS Post.
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ADVICE TO VICTIMS
rELLs READERS HOW TO cuRg
RHEUMATISM At HOME.
Directions to Mix Simple Prepare
ton and the Dose to Taks-over-
comes Kidney and Bladder
Trouble Promptly.

There is so much Rheumatism every.
where that the following advice by an
eminent authority, who writes for read
ers of large Eastern daily paper, will
be highly appreciated BY those who
suffer:
Get from any good pharmacy ono
half ounce Fluid Extract Dandelion,
one ounce Compound Kargon, three
ounces of Compound Syrup Sarsapa-
rilla. Shake these well In q bottle and
take In teaspoonful doses after each
meal and at bedtime; also drink plenty
of good water.
1t is claimed that there are few vic.
tins of this dread and torturous dis.
ease who win fail to find ready relief
in this simple homemade mixture, and
in most cases q permanent cure is the
result.
This simple recipe is said to strength
en- and cleanse the eliminative tissues
of the Kidneys so that they can filter
and strain from the blood and system
the poisons, acids and waste matter,
which cause not only Rheumatism, but
numerous other diseases. Every man.
or woman here who feels that their
kidneys are not healthy and active, or
who suffers from any urinary trouble'
whatever, should not hesitate to make
up this mixture, as it is certain to do
much goodI and may save you from
much misery and suffering after while.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
DIPPING LIVESTOCK
AN EFFECTIVE REMEDY
The Only Controlling Sheep and Mango
n

The disease known as scab in sheep,
and as scab or mango in cattle, affects
similarly other domestic animals dogs
included. 1t is caused by a parasite
mite, but each species of animal has
its own variety of mite. The mite of
sheep scab will not attack cattle. The
damage, as said, from scab and mango
upon the western range has been
enormous. In sheep the disease, with
its intolerable itching. brings on loss
OF flesh, loss of wool and loss Of
lambs through abortion, therefore as
sailing the sheepman's pocket through
every avenue. In cattle. the injury to
condition is as great. Moreover the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
wooI-EatIns.-This pernicious habit

Wool-Eating-This pernicious habit
is occasionally seen in individuals OF
"a flock, and If not checked in proper
time win be liable to extend to large
numbers. Sometimes by its effect up
ON the stomach 1t results in the loss
OF sheep. It is also an injury to the
fleece Of the flock The practice does
not seem to be affected by medical
treatment and cannot be treated asa
disease. It begins with a single ami
NAL and spreads by way of imitation.
The sure method to stop 1t is to re-
move all such offenders and keep
chem In seclusion until they forget the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06

False Economy.-Just because the
price of feed is high, do not yield to
the temptation OF allowing the older
chicks to get along without feed. The
older the bird. the more feed it needs
and especially does 1t need feed when
producing a heavy growth of feathers.
If the bird is worth keeping at all, It
is worth keeping right Any attempt
to economize on feed will result In
loss.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06

The above is the reproduction of a
photograph of the home of a recent
settler from Germany, who has beea
settled in Saskatchewan. western Can
ada, for two years.
600. 1t could not be expected that
June-sown grain would mature and
ripen in any country. The May sown
ripened, and this is the feature that
has proved western Canada's superb
ority as grain-growing country. 1t
demonstrates that the length of sun
shine is so great that the growing and
ripening season, although shorter in
number of days than in parts farther
south, in hours is as great or greater
A correspondent of the Toronto Globe,
a most careful purveyor of news,
writing from Winnipeg, Manitoba,
says
Excellent progress in the process of
converting the crop into marketable COM
modify has been made. The days have
been fairly warm considering the sea-
son of the year and while the amount of
sunshine per day Is less than in an orfil>
nary harvest the grain has matured well
The reports from far and near show that
the aggregate yield for the whole grain
growing country Is likely to be large,
and there are those who assert that the
quantity viii be equal to about Is per
cent. Of that secured last season. The
quality: win be the important consfdern-
ton especially In view of the steadily ris-
ing markets. Cash wheat in Winnipes
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that scabby sheep be intercepted and
turned aside.
Infected bands must wait until the
end of the shearing and must be kept
out of the path of following bands.
One infected sheep in a band con-
dennis all, no matter how many. One
sheep from another band, joining the
infected band and then returning to
its own band, condemns that band,
and as dipping is process which
sheepmen do not care to incur the
herder with an infected band acts
wisely if he isolates, willingly-val-
uing his own hide as well as his
charges.
The Breeders Gazette says that in
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
What's the cirps Name?

Last week while Arthur Johnson
was cutting hay one of his horses
jumped over the mower tongue and
fell down. Before he could get the
horse up the tugs and several straps
on the new harness had TO be cut,
but Arthur is pleased that it was the
work harness, for he needs the buggy
harness! -Oklahom Exchange.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06

Here is picture of an open-topped
pen which does good service as an
icehouse, and which shows graphical
ly what they are like. This one was
built in 1906, and holds $50 two-horse
loads of fee. Those who use these ice
houses say that the ice keeps better
without a roof oyer it than with one
The ice Is cut and packed in the usual
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Blondes Live LONGER.

Statistics show that. though fair.
haired people are as a rule less strong
than those who have dark hair, yet
the former live longer than the latter /.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06

practice If all other means fail. con-
vert them into mutton.-Charles L.
Flint
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06
Why the Editor Left

A couple who were nigh on to four
score years of age were welded in an
East Tennessee town recently. and the
editor of the local paper headed his ac-
count of the event: "A Romantic AZ
fair" When he looked at the paper after
the edition had all been mailed, he
packed his grip and left for parts I'M
known. The compositor had made it:
"a Rheumatic Affair" = Springfield
(Tenn.) Herald.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06

manner on floor of coal ashes about
one foot thick, and is covered with
about foot Of sawdust. The posts
supporting the boards are tied with
telegraph wire or with braces placed
on the outside. No other method Of
keeping ice. declares Country Gentle
man. is employed in Union county.
Pennsylvania.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1907-11-06

A fortune awaits the man who In
vents trap that viii spare the
chicken and catch the chicken
thieves
6ss-:ns....z
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-11-06
APUNTES MISCElANICOS

Un zapatero que vive en- Estras-
burgo, ha enviado la Exposition de
1nventos de Berlin, un curioso~v
exacto reloj hecho todo de paia; pero
40 Sc le ds mas de dos amos de vida.
Las casa de vecindad de Nueva
York, abrigan hoy doble n1mero de
linquilinos que hace diez amos.
Ell capital total invertido en- mi
mas de carbon EN- Inglsterra, es de
S 5000, 100000 y sc pagan de sueldos
al aflo S 800 ,ooo,o 900.
Ell algodon Sc da en- toda la India,
pero su aspecto, con onsistencia clase
varian, segdn las localidades. A
causa de los metodos primitivos que
Sc usan, el rendimiento de cantidad
lgual, viene ser un tercio del que
Sc obtiene en- los Estados Unidos. ST
ell gusano peculiar que ataca al algo-
don, 10 destruye, Sc celebran ceremo-
MAS religiosas para alejarlo y 81 SC
destruye la cosecha por segunda vez,
sc acepta la mala suerte sin hacer
nada para ahuyentarla.
Ell ej6rcito suizo contara en- bre-
We con TN cuerpO de motoristas que
usaran I'm uniforme especial iran
armados con revolvers.
-Si todos los habitantes de Ia We
cindad de Nueva York, Sc colocasen
juntos en- las GALES en- que Sc en-
cuentran sus viviendas, apenas pc
drian mOverse en- elias.
Ell laboreo de las minas de car
bon es hoy una de las grandes indus
trias de la India. Ell aflo pasado Sc
extrajeron de elias 9 784. 80 tonela-
Idas. Ell carbon Sc recoge hoy cerca
de la superfcie del terreno con ell
POGO costo del trabajo ALI puede en-
tre9arse el combustible en- Ia boca
de la nina, mas barato que en- min
guna otra parte del mundo, Ell pro-
medic por tonelada puesto bC rdo en-
Ell depos ito del ferrocarri es de 6 f4o.
-El Sultan de Turquia ha ordena--
do que Sc suprima el derecho de i'm
portacl6n sobre el trigo, en- vista del
lnforme dado pOr la comisi6n que
nombro para que Sc ocupase de estu-
diar Ell modo de hacer mas barata la
vida del pueblo Ell Sultan piensa
implantar otras medidas sem meiantes.
Tn viejo violoncello que su due1o
de Mount NoOrah, Australia, envi6 4
Icomponer, Sc vi6 que fu6 hecho por
Nlcolo Amati, en- 1928. TambiGn sc
'observ6 I'm ma1bete que lleyaba en-
el que Sc hacla contar que habia COM
puesto el Instruments Louis Daneh,
de versatile, Francia, en- 1891.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-11-06
C0RiaDza Industrial en- los EStadN UDdol

Mr.. Carnegie, creador del trust d Ell
acero, refriendose la educacion de
los jefes de industrias en- los Estados
Unldosr observa que entire los presi
dentes de Bancos y los director es de
Ilndustrlas, son pocos los que han he
cho estudios suhcientes.
Aflade luego que en- la industria no
debe temerse la rivalidad de los hi
JOS de ricos.
Debe tenerse cuidado con el mu-
chacho que al salir de la escuela pri
maria tiene que trabajar y que en-
pieza por ser barrendero de IN escri.
torio. No debe perdersele de vista.
De antemano Sc le sef1ala como ven-
cedor en- la lucha que va & enta blar.
Ell tipo de los hombres de negocio
que desea que sera Ell tipo del por-
venir, es ell obrero estudiante, es Ell
joven que reune el sentido practice
del artesano Ell sentido calculador
del sabio, la presencia del obrero v
la vivacidad del hombre instfufdo.
Citando Mr.. Carnegie tres jefes de
ohcinas que han pasado por la uni
versidad, observa que los tres, entire
la edad de diez aflos y Ia de veinte,
han interrumpido sus estudios para
ingresar en- I'm escritorio 6 en- TN
taller.
Alternar Ell trabajo escolar con Ell
ira bajo practice es la conclusion del
lexito.
Los j6venes que pasan de la ofcina
comercial la universidad y de la
universidad los negocios, Sc divi-
den en- dos clases: los empleados.
Los unos nacen empleados tienen
la energfa de hacerse estudiantes y
los otros nacen estudiantes Y tienen
Ell valor de hacerse empleados.
BoletiÌn mercantil de Puerto Rico. (San Juan, P.R.) 18??-1918, 1907-11-06
Ell hermano del Papa

Ha fallecido recientemente en- Aso.
la, cerca de Mantua, Angelo Sarto,
hermano de Su Santidad.
Angelo Sarto tenfa, segdn parece,
una antigua lesion cardiaca. No es,
pues, eXtrafio, que cl horrible espec-
tacule del incendio de la capilla,
cuya extinci6n contribuy6 q con
exaltado fervor y abnegaci6n admi-
rable, le haya acarreado la muerte.
Angelo Sarto era un luchador in
cansable y valeroso. Habfa batalla-
do rudamente EN- la vida sin descan~
so nj premio. Fue soldado imperial
cuando Venecia estaba en- poder d e
los aus triacos. humilde tendero de
comestibles despues y funcionario
modestisimo de correos ahora. TamAs
habla aprovechado para medrar Ia
excelsa posicion de su hermano Ell
Papa.
Pic X esta afectadisimo. La muer.
te de su hermano le ha arrancado
amargufsimo llanto Confesa que
lamas habfa sufrido dolor tan grande
como este.
Angelo Sarto ha muerto santa
mente, despuGs de recibir Ia bendi-
clon que Su Santidad le envio por ha~
berse comportado con tan piadoso he
roismo en- la salvacion de la Vingen
de Mantua.