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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
ORIGIN
OF a Famous Human Food,

The story Of the great discoveries
or inventions is always of interest
An active brain worker who found
himself hampered by lack of bodily
strength and vigor and could not carry
out the plans and enterprises he knew
how to conduct, was led to study va
r1%us foods and their effects upon the
human system. In other words, be-
fore ne could carry out his plans he
had to find food that would carry
pim along and renew his physical and
mental strength.
He knew that food which was a
brain and nerve builder (rather than
a mere fat maker) was universally
needed. He knew that meat with the
average man does not accomplish the
desired results. He knew that the
sort gray substance in brain and
nerve centers is made from Albumen
and Phosphate of Potash obtained
from food. Then he started to solve
the problem.
Careful and extensive experiments
evolved Grape-Nuts, the now famous
food. 1t contains the brain and nerve
building food elements in condition
for easy digestion.
The result of eating Grape-Nuts
daily is easily seen in marked sturdi-
ness and marked activity of the brain
and nervous system, making it a
pleasure for one to carry on the daily
duties without fatigue or exhaustion.
Grape-Nuts food is in no sense a
stimulant but is simply food which
renews and replaces the daily waste
OF brain and nerves.
Its favour is charming and being
fully and thoroughly cooked at the
factory 1t Is served instantly with
cream.
The signature Of the brain worker
spoken Of, C. w. Post, is to be seen on
each genuine package Of Grape-Nuts.
Look in pkgs. for the famous little
book. The Road to MELVILLE"
There's q reason.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
Look Prosperous or Pay in Advance

Frank T. Wallace, a New York tray
cling man, is guest at the Paxton on
his return from years trip in Aus
tralia, says the Omaha Bee.
While there is a good deal of the
American spirit prevailing in Sidney
and Melbourne, they do things there
in a peculiar way" said he TT is
hard to get used to them.
They have excellent restaurants
there, but they run on a peculiar plan.
A man goes in and sits down at a
table, and waiter, generally a wom-
an, hands him the bill of fare. He
makes out his order on a slip. and
before he is waited on the waiter goes
to the cashier and has a little private
talk with him. The cashier looks over
at the customer and if he appears to
be good for the bill he is served. 9th
erwise he is asked to pay in advance.
The meals are good and cheap. The
same careful scrutiny is made when
a fellow registers at hotel. Good
looks will go farther than any amount
of baggage"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
Circus Trick Stops Runaway.

Policeman Thomas J. O.Gradv. on
the back of Hollister, one of the finest
horses in the police department. rode
to the side of terrified horse running
at breakneck speed through crowded
Fourth avenue the other day and
sprang from his mount to the neck
OF the runaway. Dragged by the an
imal, he held on until it stopped. The
policeman's uniform was torn and
ruined. and he suffered a severe
wrench of the back, which compelled
him to lay off for the day.
O'Grady's act practically duplicated
one of a year ago, when he sprang
from the back of HOLSTER to the neck
OF a runaway and by squeezing the
horses nostrils. guided it into an area
way. There the horse fell upon him
and O'Grady was severely hurt. For
that act he received a medal for brav-
cry at the last police parade.-New
York Herald
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21

CEPARATE waists of an entirely
~ different color are no longer con.
sidered fashionable. but they have
been so serviceable a part of woman's
wardrobe that it is almost impossible
to do without the blouse in some form
or another. so ingenious dressmakers
are endeavoring to disguise separate
bodices and make them look as If they
were part of the frock, while vet being
detachable and At to wear with other
skirts.
For a linen skirt a charming blouse
is shown in the second illustration.
Sle linen. of the same color as che
skirt, or with touches of that color.
being folded across the front and cut
in a deep V over a vest of tucked
lawn. The vest or guimpe has a Pur-
itan collar, which finds its echo in the
cuffs on the plain bishop sleeves. A
ribbon girdle with knot of silk at the
side adds a note of color, as does the
large button at the fastening of the
blouse. The button is of the Same
color as the belt.
A foulard blouse is pictured In the
first illustration. this is to be worn
with a high directoire skirt of a SIM
liar color as the blouse or the velvet
trimming. The blouse is laid In wide
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
STOPPED HER SONG OF JOY.
Slight Forgetfulness That MARRIED the
Full Appreciation of the
Welcome Rain.

isn't that lovely shower" ex-
claimed Mrs. Randall to her friend in
the parlor as they gazed out on the
sudden downpour
Yes, we need it so badly"
Need it? l should say we did. It's
a God-send! Why, our goldenglows,
hyacinths and roses out in the back
yard are shrinking for the want of
rain. The sprinkler can't take the
place of rain, you know
Indeed not"
"Oh, l tell you this is just lovely!
See how it pours! And to think that
just when everything threatens to dry
up and every one is praying for rain
nature answers these appeals and
sends US beautiful Good heavens!"
Whats the matter?"
I've left the baby out in the yard!"
The Circle
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
Sex in CromWeiIs.

OF course with the sexes on a foot
fng of equality as regarded oppor-
tunity, it would not be long until fe-
male Cromwell made her appearance,
and, having made her appearance, was
getting her portrait painted.
The painter, once more a fawn-
ing, courtly fellow, would have the
picture fiattery; but she rebuked
him in words that became historic!
Paint in the hips!" she command
ed, sternly, showing that she could
than Oliver himself. Puck.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
Had to Hear Evidence.

Some ladies were visiting at
Blanche's home one day During the
conversation, while the visitors were
there, one of the ladies was describ-
ing how the blowfiies laid eggs and
they Matched out as maggots. Four
year-old Blanche did not seem to be
interested in the conversation nor pay
any attention to what they had been
talking about. After the visitors had
gone, Blanche said:
Mamma. l don't believe flies lay
eggs"
"Why?" asked the surprised mother.
Because 1 never heard one cackle,"
explained the doubling Blanche
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
Next Best.

A certain young minister in Phila-
delphia, recently ordained, is still very
nervous and sometimes his remarks
do not convey exactly the meaning he
intended. A few Sundays ago he rose,
fumbled with the papers on his desk,
blushed, and then said
My Friends: II am sorry to say
that l have lost the notes for my SER
mon, and l therefore cannot deliver
it. l will have to do the next best
thing, therefore, and read few chap
tiers from the Bible!" illustrate Sun
day Magazine.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21

Sheer white goods, in fact, any fine
wash goods when new, owe much of
their attractiveness to the way they
are laundered, this being done in a
manner to enhance their textile beau
~. Home laundering would be equal
iy satisfactory if proper attention was
given to starching, the first essential
being good Starch, which has sufficient
strength to stiffen, without thickening
the goods. Try Defiance Starch and
you will be pleasantly surprised at the
improved appearance of your.work.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
Thought II Would Tickle

Don't you want your nice bread
and butter, Anne?" asked her father.
according to the Delineator.
Anne shook her head.
Its a shame to waste such nice
bread and butter" continued her IA
Their. IN eat it myself
Anne watched the process with big
eyes and a look of expectancy on her
lace. Finally, when the last mouthful
had disappeared, Anne asked: papa.
did it tickle?"
Ticker" asked her father. why.
no; what do you mean?"
Il thought it would tickle" said
Anne. 1T had a long hair on it"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
For the Baby,

For the Baby.
The baby has certainly come into its
own these days. There are stork par.
ties galore, and in most of the stores
there is a department Just for baby
gifts. These dainty presents are al
ways more acceptable when accom-.
panied by an appropriate sentiment
Sometimes these quotations are hand.
lettered with water-color decorations
They may be framed or not.
In one of his altogether too infre.
quent poems Charles Dickens says of
children whom he dearly loved:
They are idols of hearts and of house
holds;
They are angels of God in disguise;
His sunlight still sleeps in their tresses,
His glory still CLEANS in their eyes.
Oh, those truants from home and from
heaven,
They have made me more manly and
mild.
And know now how Jesus could liken
The kingdom of God to a child.
Longfellow wrote from the heart
when he penned the precious verses
entitled Children" and a gift with g
quotation from it that all mothers
should know would enhance the value
tenfold:
Ye are better than all the ballads
That ever were sung or said;
For We are living poems,
And all the rest are dead
A dear mother full of sentiment
had this beautiful excerpt taken from
one of William Cullen Bryant's poems
painted in water colors and hung in
the children's nursery:
Meath the shadow of thy wing
Father, guide them;
Waking, sleeping Lord, we pray.
Go beside them"
THE MOST PRECIOUS GIFT.
baby! and life's translucent CUP
with its richest wine is trimming I'D
on none but mother has ever quaffed
A cup so sweet, loves richest draught!
A father may know a calm delight,
But a mother has sailed from death tt
light.
She has touched the brink of heaven,
shore,
She has heard its music waited DER;
She has brought from that far-off shin.
ing strand
radiant pearl! and the music grand
Has sunk in her heart, and swelIs through,
her life
Till her entire being with rhythm is rife.
She wonders If heaven can hold a bliss
That is deeper still than her baby's kiss,
And she knows that the God
Who's a God of Love,
Has sent her token from heaven above.
Has strengthened the shining golden
chain
That leads all hearts to his own again.
Miller.
MADAME MERRI.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
Emancipated.

zone thing we are proud of in our
boarding house is that we treat each
boarder as member of the family"
"Uh-hum?"
Yes, when may we expect Won to
send your things over?"
You need not expect them. Mrs.
Henpeck always treated me as a mem
Der of the family and now that she IL
dead pine for something different"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
A Peach Luncheon.


This affair will be seasonable as
long as peaches are ripe and the
weather favorable, for the invitations
read luncheon served on the lawn"
but the hostess will make provision to
have the house decorated to give a
woQdsy, outdoor effect should the day
prove inclement
If the sun shines spread a round
table with dainty cloth under a
canopy made from awning material
supported at the four corners by
stakes driven in the ground Deco
rate this sylvan dining room with
Japanese lanterns and vines.
For the table centerpiece have a
pink enameled basket filled with
peaches and leaves; while facsimile
peaches done in water color will be
the place cards. Use gold or silver
ink for lettering the names.
Here is very attractive menu and
withal easy to serve, a fact much
appreciated by the cook.
Tomato and herring canapes. iel.
lied chicken. potato croquettes, olives,
shrimp salad, delicious peach omelet
served with branded peaches, sailed
almonds in spung sugar shaped like
peach baskets; and for dessert indi-
Vidual peach ice cream served on real
peach leaves made of pistachio cream.
Peach brandy in tiniest of Venetian
glass liqueres finished the repart,
with cups of French coffee.
The hostess wore a common frock
OF pink, with pale yellow trimmings,
which is a most Frenchy combination
If just the right shades are selected.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
Wanted to Defer the Petition.

A Los Angeles mother tells the fol-
lowing:
One summers eve my little son of
six years was sent to bed at his usual
time; but he could not sleep. Upon
my inquiry what troubled him, he re-
piled: / can't finish my prayer I've
got as far as Forgive US our tres
passes as but can't get any furth-
er. for Howard licked me to-day and
want to lick him tomorrow.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
A Floral Gard PARTY

During the summer, whether at the
seashore or mountain, people are apt
to keep in mind their special charity
land every woman has one these
days.. Card parties seem to be the
most popular way of making money.
and this method has proved not only
pretty but successful. A floral card
party is carried out by giving prizes
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
TRUE RESIGNATION.

Old Maids it really true that mar.
r1ages are made in heaven?
Doctor-Yes, believe so.
Old Maid (resignedly)-O, then,
Noctor, you needn't call again.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21

There's a rich, satisfying quality in
Lewis Single Binder that is found in no
other SC cigar.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21

of potted plants and keeping the score
with flowers, either carnations, roses
or some blossom that does not wilt
quickly.
Invitations are sent for a floral
progressive card party" on cards cut
in the shape of a flower. Jonuuils,
tulips, marguerites and roses lend
themselves admirably to the scheme.
To the winners pass vases containing
the score flowers. At the finish every
one will possess at least one or more
of the fragrant reminders of their
good luck.
The ice cream may be nodded in
floral shapes, and the small cakes orn-
amented with candy roses, crystalized
violets and rose leaves may be mixed
with the bonbons. Each guest is SUD-
posed to contribute 25 or so cents,
whichever sum is agreed upon, to the
charity for which the party is given.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21
The Ins and Outs of X.

What is all that racket going on
down in the lot?''
Jim was breaking in the little
mare
"WelI?"
And the little mare has broken
out. -Baltimore American.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21

The good times we long for will not
come in the guise of Ascent watches.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21

Separating an easy mark from his
money is nothing to boast of.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-21

RED CROSS BALL BLUE
Should be in every home. Ask your grocer
for it. Large OF. package only cents.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-06

(by Reader)-Yesterday man came
through the streets shouting pine
upples, fifteen cents a dozen, which
reminded me of your columns and my
way of canning them. First of all,
they will be cheaper about the middle
to the end of this month. Then the size
varies from twenty-four to forty-eight
to the crate, so 1t is well to ask what
size when buying cheap pineapples, for
it may be cheaper to ask a trife more
for a larger size. They should be
neither too green nor too ripe.
Cut the plneapples in four or five
thick slices lay fiat on a board and
with a sharp knife cut the outside
away; the eyes are mostly along the
edges of these slices and can be read
lily cut out. You will find 1t very easy
and will never go back to the old way
of holding and pairing a whole one.
When canning l cut these slices in
small irregular pieces and sugar to
taste; let stand over night; in the
morning add Just a little water, the
less the better flavor your fruit will
be- Let boil up well and pack in clean
jars with new rubbers; turn Jars up
side down, and if the juice does not
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-06
Musical

TN the Morosco Musical Comedy
company now holding the boards
a at the Majestic, and presenting
Harry Girard and Alice Cain Brown in
Sergeant Kitty" Los Angeles has a
close approach to a remarkably good
light opera company, and the claim Of
the program that this is the strongest
stock musical organization in America
will meet with little opposition, from
Los Angeles people at least.
The honors of the production are
easily carried away by Girard and his
sweet-faced wife, the winsome per
sonality of the latter being most
powerful accessory to a voice sweet
and clear as a silver bell. Picturesque
costumes and innocent coquetry serve
to accentuate her girlish grace and
make a charming and adorable little
Kitty. Harry Girard, thorough art
list, handles his splendid baritone voice
in a manner that is absolutely beyond
criticism. His solo numbers are
prairie Land" and the wine song, II
Want What | Want When [ Want 1t"
The cast has more good voices than q
musical comedy company is popularly
supposed to have a right to- and the
chorus can really sing. There are
catchy songs, pretty costumes, some
pretty girls and charming scenic etfects
to raise the average.
1t is to be expected that there should
be here and there a raw" place, but
that is because the company is so re-
Gently organized. Both play and ac-
ton are clean, there are good lines and
many hearty laughs The brand of
fun is the same as that of "Charle's
Aunt" and, while not quite so uproar-
ious, the comedy is entertaining, whole
some and probable. That Yerance,
Stockbridge and Giblyn, with Louise
Royce and Percy V. Bronson, a form
er Kolb & Dill faovrite, are members
of the company is guarantee for its
excellence among their friends.
1t is a comfort to know that while
the Morosco Musical Comedy company
is playing in town with Harry Girard
at the helm there will be one house
where the music loving public can be
sure of entertainment to its liking, re-
Taxation and a hearty laugh.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-06
JAPANESE STRAWBERRY oMELET

"A Japanese cook taught me the
other day how to make strawberry
omelet," saye Fannie Merritt Farmer
in Woman's Home Companion. wash
and pick over one pint of Strawberries
Cut in halves. put in an earthen bowl
and add one-third of cupful OF pow
dered sugar one-half Tablespoonful of
vanilla, one tablespoonful of water
and few grains of salt Let stand
in a warm place Is minutes. Beat eight
eggs slightly and add one-half cupful
of cream two tablespoonsful of sugar
and one-half tablespoonful of salt.
PUT two tablespoonsful of butter in
a hot omelet pan, and when melted
pour in the egg mixture. AS it cooks,
prick and pick up with a fork until the
whole is of a creamy consistency Place
on hotter part of the range, that it
may brown quickly underneath. Before
folding and turning on hot platter add
one-half of the prepared strawberries;
sprinkle with two tablespoonsful Of
powdered sugar, and pour around the
remaining Strawberries. The strawber-
ries may also be used with your ordi-
nary French omelet recipe"
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-06
A Few Household Hints

A VERY simple and effective meth
II cd of overcoming drafts from
an exposed window is to fill the
window in with bricks. heavily plas-
tered, and covered with green wall
paper two inches thick.
In the suburbs the problem of how
to get your wife's spring hat in through
the front door has been solved by the
building of a large square receptacle
on the front piazza, which can be used
as a hat. garage, as it were, so that the
bit of millinery need not be taken into
the house at all.
To cure your children of the habit of
sliding down the banisters keep them
freshly vanished all the time. Lest
there be any doubt as to our meaning
in the foregoing sentence, let us add
that it makes no difference whether
you varnish the children or the banis-
ters so long as the varnsh is sticky.
An upright piano makes a very use
full article of furniture for a small
suburban residence since it takes up
comparatively little room, and can be
used in emergencies as an ice box, or.
upon the arrival of an unexpected
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-06
Don t Narr0z0 Your Daily Life

. WOMAN said: I'm getting so I
"A just hate to meet strangers. I
"A would rather walk around the
block a dozen times than meet some
one whom would have to talk to for
half an hour. l like my family and
friends, but l don't want any outsid-
ers about"
She was only about 80, but she was
acquiring an earmark Of age. And
that is unwise for any one. and par
ticularly the woman in business.
The matter of making a few friends
and acquaintances has two sides. And
it is a subject not to be dismissed
lightly.
No one can afford to give all her
time even to friends. And to fritter
it away on casual acquaintances is de-
plorable. Time is the gold that is
given us freely.
But, on the other hand it is unwise
to shut ones self away entirely from
making new acquaintances, to live so
content with ones present circle of
friends that no message from other
worlds can reach you.
The woman who does this is going
to narrow her life. Whether she is the
mother of family. business woman
or young girl just facing the world,
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-06

guest, as a tolerable commodious upper
berth for him to sleep in.
II you go in for raising pigs do not
let them run on the grass. Exercise
keeps them lean and hardens their
muscles. Bear in mind the fact that
the philosopher voiced unconsciously
great principle in pig culture who re-
marked that ''the pen is mightier than
the sWard"
Discover, if you can, the bent of
your children, and strive to cultivate
it judiciouSly. Remember, however,
that because your boy in an unguard-
ed moment has put two coats of red
paint on the piano legs is no sign that
he is an artist in embryo.
Growing plants indoors are always
decorative. A barrel of morning glory
seed dropped in the little heaps of dust
which your housemaid daily conceals
under the sofa, and carefully watered
every morning, will completely change
the appearance of the most unpromis-
ing drawing room.
The best place to keep a rubber
plant is in the front parlor window,
especially If this commands an extern
sive view of the highway and it's
throngs of passersby. This will keep
the plant actively rubbering at all
hours of the day.-Harper's Weekly.
Los Angeles herald., 1909-07-06

~ TUFFED Pineapple-Cut the top
off a pineapple and cut away the
~ bottom, so that it will stand on
plate. Scoop out the pulp, throwing
away the core. Mix the pulp with
strawberries and green Malaga grapes
cutting the berries and grapes IN
halves. Sweeten and return the mix
ture to the pineapple shell and set on
Ice. Decorate the dish with leaves
from the crown. or with grape leaves
Sandwiches of Pineapple - Cut thin
slices of homemade bread and cover
with grated pineapple; pour the juice
over them and let stand until well
soaked, then cover with whipped
cream and serve very cold.
Pineapple Salad.-Scoop out the shell
of the pineapple, mix the pulp with
banana and fill the shell again; set on
ice and serve with whipped cream.
In serving this salad the salad Is
brought to the table and served by the
hostess to each guest from the shell
in which it is mixed.
Pine Cones-Cut quarter-inch slices
of bread into rounds and moisten them
with sherry or maraschlno. Fle