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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

toward the latest "disorderly conduct
in darkest America
The present trouble is partly be-
tween Nicaragua and the United
States, and partly between Nicaragua
and Salvador. Our direct dispute with
Nicaragua is over a claim known as
the Emery case. Some time ago a
party of New Englanders obtained a
mahogany timber concession in the
little republic, which was later can
celed by President Zelaya with charges
that the mahogany company was in
terfering in local politics. The mat
ter was referred to arbitration and de-
cided against Nicaragua. The trouble
between Nicaragua and Salvador is
said to have arisen through suspicion
of President Zelaya's territorial ambi-
tions.
The New York Tribune reviews the
whole situation thus:
Two or three years ago a skirmish
between Nicaragua and Salvador
would have been regarded as an in
considerable trifie. But something nm
POA SoAAb HdPpCACQ StnCc II. All
those states, in the presence and with
the moral cooperation of Mexico and
the United States, have solemnly
pledged themselves to better doings.
They have pledged themselves to keep
the peace and to seek settlement of
their differences by peaceful means.
The seriousness of the present situa-
ton lies in the apparently wanton vio-
lation of those pledges.
There can be no question that the
United States and Mexico have been
very patient with their southern
neighbors. and have been very helpful
for them They have given them
every opportunity and every encour-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
HOME LIFE OF THE VEDDAS.
Wild People of CeyIon, Who Inhabit
Caves, Have Many of the PRINT
tive Virtues.

OF the curious customs observed by
the Veddas, or wild people Of Ceylon,
a traveller writes: "All the men came
TO meet us and led the way to the
caves, which were completely hid
den by thicket. On the rocky plat
form in front of the cave the men all
surrounded us shouting to their wom-
en- to come and see their white sis
ter-in-law' or cousin Veddas have
always been renowned for their truth
fulness, and this reputation we are
able to indorse. Each community has
its own hunting ground, and adheres
strictly to its own game rights. Upon
each hunting ground there are a num-
Der of caves and rock shelters, and the
families of the community move from
one to another throughout the year,
as the presence OF game, honey, vans
or fish demands. The big caves are
communal property, the smaller caves
usually belong to single families; but
even in the communal caves each fam
lily has its particular place in which it's
members sleep, cook, eat and keep all
their belongings.
Each family respects the pri.
vacy of it's neighbors' few feet of the
cave floor as faithfully as if partition
walls existed; only the children roam
all over the cave at will. Food, how
ever, seemed to be public property, for
one woman would cook food and share
1t with every one present in the cave
This may probably be explained as
follows: The communal caves are sit
uated in common hunting ground;
therefore all the game, yams, iguanas
or honey brought in from the COM
mon land is the property of the COM
munity, not of the man who pro-
cures it,
Il have stated that the smaller
caves are usually private property. 1t
would probably be more correct to say
that Veddas possess private hunting
grounds on which very frequently
there are small caves, such caves be-
ing then the property of the owner
of the land. When a man is living
in his own cave in the midst of his
own hunting ground the produce Of
the chase would naturally be his own,
though shared with any one living
with him. Women and children al
ways Jared as we'll as the men; and
the former would be fed first in any
time of scarcity. Indeed, the dainties
were often saved for the children"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

FAILED to impress upon nervous per
son that nature intends" us to be
healthy If We only give up our fears
and recognize that she aims to make
the circulation perfect, to digest our
food perfectly, to give us restful
sleep, with just the same care that
she makes the rose bloom, forms the
dewdrops, and terminates the wheat,
II We will but harmonic with that
beneficial desire of hers. Yet l have
failed to induce this thought so as to
make 1t effective In restoring normal
conditions. because the liver was con-
gested, the brain beclouded, hope de-
ferred, the heart sick, as a result of
wrong eating. Food influences thought
1t is the man whose liver is congested
who thinks the moon Is made of green
cheese in his dreams. Yet this same
person, when his brain clears of the
effects of auto-intoxication becomes
more hopeful. grasps the thought and
Is well. May not this have been true
In your case. l have seen this demon
strated many times. Let us not say
that air is more important than food,
for they are both necessary, except to
emphasize the Importance of pure air.
Food could not be utilized without air,
but how long could a man utilize air
without food?
l think the relations between food
and thought are similar to those be-
tween air and food. Thought is more
important than food, but if you say
that since you think right you can eat
anything, you are no more right than
if l were to say that, since l eat the
right food ESQ far as 1 know l can
breathe any old air, even that of the
black hole of Calcutta. All truth is
relative; and sanity, mental and physi-
cal, is balance, seeing things in their
proper relations, not denying that a
thing exists because we wish to en-
phasize another thing or thought
which is related to 1t, and not saying
that one thing or thought is of no i'm
portance because another thought, re-
lated to it, is more important. The
star that you are looking at through
the telescope is more important than
the sun to you, for the time being.
and for your present purpose, but you
cannot eclipse the sun by thinking
that it does not exist.
Copyright. 1909, by Joseph B. Bowlesl
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

part of the time, will not the atmos-
phere inside the house be too warm
I'm contrast when the curtain is
closed? Little, if any, air passes
through duck
We know that If hens spend the
night on roosting place that is COM
fortably warm, and early in the morn
ing go from there out into the cold
air, they are apt to take cold, which
frequently develops into roup. The
question to be settled is, will not the
inside of this building become so
warm when the curtain is down as to
create a condition that will produce
ailments among the fowls?
Poultrymen all over the world have
reached the conclusion that the colony
system is the best for poultry. Fowls
kept confined in small houses and
yards lose their vigor and vitality;
those grown on the range are much
more vigorous and show greater vi
tally than yarded fowls.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
Funds Given for Earthquake SUI
ferers Not Distributed.
italian Central Committee Lack Meth
Cd in Giving Out Money to Pre-
vent Suffering and Distress
Among Victims.

The funds contributed largely by
the United States and England to the
relief of the Italian earthquake vic
Tins are being badly administered,
says the special correspondent of the
London Times. The national commit
tee to whom they were intrusted for
distribution has failed to distribute
them. This writer accuses no man
OF dishonesty, but charges general
incompetence, the result of which he
thus outlines:
Everywhere the foreign relief COM
mittees are handicapped for lack of
funds; visitors have given their own
money again and again and now many
of them can give no more. Appeals
to the central committee in Rome,
with its immense fund, are in vain"
The national committee have en-
tirely misconceived the part they were
called upon to play, the correspondent
adds.
They appear to have regarded
themselves as objects of possible sus-
picion, and have shown throughout an
excess of caution which, in view of
the urgent and immediate necessities
of the case, has been exasperating.
The money was there for immediate
relief and to prevent unnecessary suf-
fering; they have chosen to regard it
as sacred trust for the future as
well as the present needs of the vic
Tins, and have acted as though they
might be called to account for any mis-
cradle 10000 francs which might pos
sibly fall into the wrong hands,"
He sums up their failure in the fol-
lowing plain words concerning the un-
used relief funds, kept back at the
very moment when they were most
needed by the sufferers:
THE worst reproach that can be
made against the central committee
| lies in their terrible neglect of the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
MUST KEEP PEACE

agement to conduct themselves like
civilized and orderly states. And be-
cause of that patience and that aid
they. have an ample right now to in
sist upon the maintenance of peace
in accordance with the treaty of a
year ago, and, if peace is not kept, to
surrender the peace-breakers to the
just consequences of their bad faith
and violence
Let us recall the words of the
treaty which was made at Washington
little more than a year ago: The
republics of Central America consider
as one of their first duties the main
tenance of peace; and they bind them
selves always to observe the most
complete harmony, and decide every
difference or difficulty which may
arise among them, of whatsoever ma
ture it may be, by means of the Gen.
trail American court of Justice Yet
at this moment two of the signatories
of that treaty are apparently at war,
without having submitted their differ
ences to the court. That is a state of
affairs which, cannot be ignored with
out discreditihg the very foundation of
international law and order"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
Marketina a New Product.

Mrs Dexter, from somewhere down.
state" was enjoying her first ride in
crowded street car in Chicago. 1t
happened that a health officer, in the
performance of his regular duties,
was taking sample of the air in the
car. Mrs. Dexter saw his manipula-
tions, but could not understand them,
so she turned to policeman who
was sitting next her.
81 beg your pardon" she said, but
can you tell me what that man is
doing?"
Yes, ma'am." answered the officer.
Hes bottling tn atmosphere"
For mercy's sake!" exclaimed Mrs.
Dexter What won't they do next,
Do they can the air and sell it now
ys?"-Youth's Companion
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

In order to be successful with the
colony system, large fiocks are kept,
because it is more economical and
they are more easily handled. The
average farmer keeps from 800 to 500
hens; IL a house can be built in which
this number can be kept all the year
round, great advantage will be Sc
cured. 1t is easier to feed and water
a flock of 500 than to feed and water
four fiocks of so; it is easier to clean
and care for one house, even though
it be large, than for four small houses.
If 500 hens can be kept in one house
and produce yield of eggs during the
entire winter, a great advantage is
gained.
Locality is an important factor.
Poultry can be more closely housed
in California, Maryland and the Caro-
linas than in New York and states
farther north. The house we will de-
scribe is located on the Rancocas
poultry farm, in the pine district of
New Jersey. Last winter there were
81 days in which the hens were con-
hHSu W me Uuiluiu6S lhiS WHICH
there has been more snow, and the
hens have been more confined than
before. In the building to be described.
500 laying hens and the proper num-
Der of males with each flock have
been housed all winter. The house is
placed in the center of three-acre
field; about the house there is suf-
RaiA <Nf MI
trees to furnish shelter and shade for
all kinds of weather.
The house is Is feet wide and 100
feet long; there are eight glass win
dows in front, each one of which con-
tains Is panes of 8x10-inch glass. Be-
tween these windows are frames PA
feet wide by four feet long, closed
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
The Young Father.

The caller was admiring the baby.
Isn't he little darling!" she ex-
claimed. But babies are so much
trouble. Still, We have to be patient
with them. We were a good deal OF
bother ourselves when we were babies.
And then the discipline is good for us.
We learn to be-"
Well, that's exactly the trouble with
this baby, ma'am." interrupted the
young father. I'm not getting any
discipline. He's nearly year old. and
I've never had to walk the floor with
him at night"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
MODERN HEN HOUSES
AND COLONY SYSTEM BEST
Practical Poultry Many Changes
improvements IN Order to Secure the Best
Results from Large FIocks.

Since the first open-front poultry
house was brought to the notice OF
breeders great many changes and
improvements have been made, says a
writer in the Country Gentleman. Too
much and too little ventilation has
been tried; too much is as bad as too
little. The one necessary feature is to
provide the proper supply Of fresh air.
The small building is 20 feet long
and IL feet wide. This has two glass
windows in the front, each window
containing IS panes of SX10-inch glass
In the center, there is large open
space ten feet long and four feet
wide; inside of this is a roll curtain
made of cotton duck, which is left
open during all kinds of weather, ex-
cepting wet and below zero. The
nests are in the rear; one is open and
the other closed. The eggs are gath
cred from the front through the nest
door. The hens fly up from the floor
on 10 board or platform, called the
alighting board. and enter the nests
from the rear.
We do not wish to criticise this
house; we simply call attention to the
fact that with so large an opening. the
hens on the roosts at night are almost
as much exposed as they would be out
in the open. The curtain is rolled
down and fastened with hooks and
eyelets about the inside of the frame
The question to be settled satisfac-
torily is whether the hens in a house
like this, with the window open night
and day in all kinds of weather ex-
cepting rain, snow or below zero
weather, will be sufficiently comfort
able to produce eggs in winter. The
second question is, if exposed to the
open-air conditions during the greater
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
FAILS TO RELIEVE

more distant suffering. Tnefe7
has been no method in either their
giving or in their refusing. They
have given daily doles to refugees for
an arbitrarily fixed period. and sus-
pended this allowance without any
reference to the question as to wheth-
er the refugees could support them
selves or not They have given,
small sums it is true, to projects OF
different towns. a system of distribu-
ton which is not the most satisfac-
tory; they have refused help even to
their own officials of the Red Cross.
It has never occurred to them to make
use of organizations, more enterpris-
ing than themselves. and offer to sup
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
BARK BEETLES DO
MUCH DAMAGE
Two Species Injure Peach and
Cherry Trees-How to
Eradicate Them.

Last year two species of bark
beetles caused great damage to peach
and cherry trees in various quarters
of the state. especially in northern
Ohio on the Marblehead peninsula
One species, Scolytus rugulosus, COM
monty known as the shot hole borer.
is an old offender and attacks nearly
al varieties of fruit trees and some
forest trees. The second species,
Phloeotribus liminaris. which has
been called the peach bark beetle is a
comparatively new pest and largely
confines its injuries to cherry and
peach. The work of the two species is
very similar. The adult beetles bore
through places in the bark of living
or dead trees, into dead peach or
cherry wood piled up for stoyewood.
into the twigs of brush heaps or into
any suitable wood upon which they
can feed and in which make brood
chambers.
When they enter the living sapwood
of peach aud cherry and make gal
leries through the same. their pres
ence is nearly always indicated by ex-
cessiye exudations of gum from the
infested trunks and limbs. Weakened
trees are preferred by the beetles
but those in perfect health may be so
repeatedly attacked that they finally
offer the right conditions for breeding,
and the insects then mass their at
tack on the exhausted trees, making
short work of their final destruction.
Trees are often practically destroyed
before their owners become aware
there is anything wrong.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

plement the dwindling funds of COM
mittees on the spot which are now at
the end of their resources. And the
most damning fact against them is
that now, after weeks of terrible suf-
fering which might have been relieved
by more enterprise and more liberal
expenditure of money, they remain
with the great bulk of their fund still
in hand"
The above illustration, taken from
Literary Digest shows three children
who were rescued from the ruins of
their home in Messina 10 days after
the earthquake. They lived on little
oil, figs and onions, till the boy, Fran
cesco. dug his way to daylight with
his bare hands and called for help.
Their mother and younger sister were
killed in the same room where the
children were imprisoned.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
Time to Run

All, yes" murmured Miss Screech-
er, after the first selection at the mu-
sicaie, 1 have had some exciting ex-
periences. Coming over from the other
side terrible storm arose and I had
70 sing to quiet the immigrants. You
should have seen the heavy sea run
Ming"
And the big rude man in the pink
necktie rolled another cigarette and
gazed out of the window.
4 don't blame the sea for running. .
he said grufiy.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
with an Object in View.

Deacon Hardesty-Mr Muntoburn,
you must come to our church next
Sunday morning The Rev. DR.. Uplif
is going TO preach for u.s.
Mr.. Muntoburn-I,m not sure have
ever heard of him. Is he such an elo-
ouent preacher2
Deacon Hardesty-I don't know
about that, but he's the most wonder
fully successful debt rails
er there is In the country.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

Handling the Young Pigs.-When
the weaving of young pigs begins in
earnest. they are separated all day.
but allowed to sleep with their dams
at night. Finally. they are let in once
in "a hours to draw out the milk for
two or three days. and then separated
entirely. the sows being taken away
out of sight and hearing.
OF course. all this is impossible
without good feeding platforms, light,
handy hurdles and gates that open
and close at touch. The man who
would try to do this separating and
turning together with only fences
bars or clumsy gates, would find big
contract on his hands.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19
Central American Republics to
Be Held to Treaties.
Seriousness of Present Situation Lies
in Apparent Violation of Pledges
Given at Washington Peace
Conference Year AGO.

Those Central Americans that play
at having republics carry the fun too
far when they begin to play at having
war. This seems to be the general
feeling of the American press, as
crystallized in the words of one writer,
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

The following remedy is recon-
mended:
For trees seriously injured: Cut
the trees back to stubs of the main
limbs and apply barnyard manure or
commercial fertilizer, seven to eight
pounds per tree. in spring The fol-
lowing formula is suggested for COM
mercial fertilizer: Phosphoric acid,
eight per cent; nitrogen, five per
cent; potash, two per cent. Give a
second application of three or four
pounds per tree about the first of
June. Apply in circle equal to the
spread of the limbs and rake, hoe, or
disk into the soil. Apply a thick
coat of whitewash by means of a
broom, the last week in March or
during the first two weeks in April.
Give a second application the second
week in July; and a third about the
first OF October. Add one-fourth pound
of table salt to each pail of whitewash
to make is stick longer.
For trees seemingly healthy and
slightly attacked or liable to attack:
Fertilize, cultivate and whitewash.
In all cases carefully burn all trim
mings and dead wood and grub out
dead trees and burn so as to limit
breeding grounds.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-19

with muslin. At each end of the
house toward the front are doors
through which the attendants pass in
caring for the fowls; this is shown by
the floor plan. The roosts are in the
rear of the building; in placing the
roosts, nine inches of space is pro-
vided for each fowl. The dropping
board is about three feet from the
floor and open beneath. Self-feeding
hoppers. which are kept filled with
beef scrap, grit, charcoal and shell,
are placed at each end of the building.
In the center is a large feed hopper,
which is kept filed with dry mash.
Four round earthen crooks are used
for water. The nest boxes are in the
front between the glass windows and
below the curtain windows, and are
arranged so as to be out of the way,
and the shape of the top prevents the
hens roosting on them. The floors of
the house are cement and are covered
over with cut straw as a litter.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-10
AFFINITY CLUB AT COLUMBIA

Columbia, Mo-Six university girli
who live at a fashionable boarding
house on the campus Of the UNIVERSE
ty of Missouri, have organized an at
finity club. Each girl in the club has
selected an affinity from the sterner
sex at the university, and told his
name to the other members of the
club. Previous to his having been Sc
lected she must have had only slight
speaking acquaintance with him. AZ
ter he has been chosen she must stick
to her original affinity. Then each
girl must strive for some marked rec
ignition from her affinity. If she
succeeds, all Is well; If she fails, heI
penalty is tubing"
The season for affinity hunting Is
Christmas. If at that time a member
has failed to procure some form OF
recognition from her affinity, she
must take a Tubing" at the hands
OF the other members Of the club. A
Tubing" 1t might be explained,
means the victim must be subjected
to a plunge in the bath tub. and the
water Is not to be warm.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-10
FOR OLD PEOPLE.

After reaching the age of forty the
human system gradually declines. The
accumulated poisons in the blood
cause rheumatic pains in the joints,
muscles and back. These warnings
should be promptly relieved and seri-
GUS illness avoided by using the fol-
lowing prescription which shows won
derful results even after the first few
doses and 1t will eventually restore
physical strength.
zone ounce compound syrup OF
Sarsaparilla; one ounce Toris COM
pound; half pint of high grade whis-
key. This to be mixed and used in
tablespoonful doses before each meal
and at bedtime. The bottle to be well
shaken each time" ANY druggist has
these ingredients or can get them
from his wholesale house.
Many an heiress buys a gold brick
In the form OF a husband.
The Chanute times. [volume] (Chanute, Kan.) 1897-1913, 1909-12-10

China has made another advance
toward liberal rule. The government
Is prevaring plans for electing an i'm
perial assembly, which will consist Of
an upper and a lower house. A num-
Der of provincial assemblies are al
ready in existence, and they are CIV
ing hearty support to the govern
ment's progressive policies, including
The suppression of the opium traffic.
The new regime in China seems to
have made fair start.