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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26
THE EARLY
FARM GARDEN
Everybody Should Have One for
Own Use.

Whether one Is in the truck bust
ness or not, almost anyone likes to
have an early garden for his own
use. The only way to have an early
garden is to have it in an early place.
Select some warm slope, or the south
side of stone wall, where it is dry
ground, so the ground can be worked
early, and here plant some of the
earliest and hardest vegetables, and
almost every year you will get them
away ahead of the regular garden.
Just as soon as the ground will
work up mellow plant a few rows of
the small, early smooth peas, as they
will come up when the wrinkled peas
would rot in the ground. Then set a
few set onions. some radishes, few
lettuce; the bronze is the best for
home use. Then take the earliest po-
tatoes, put them in box and set them
in a warm place. A window where
the sun shines is the best, and let the
sprouts get quite long and stocky.
Then as soon as it is thought safe cut
them and plant few rows, putting
them in sprouts up. In this way they
will be up in short time.
Also plant few beans and a row
of sweet corn, and If they get frozen
plant them over again, so there is not
much loss; but many times they win
grow ahead Of the regular crop.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26
CoFA PILLOWS are a great addition

q OLA PILLOWS are a great addition
AZ to a living room, den or porch,
and it seems as if one cannot
have too many of them. Stenciled
pillows are artistic and pretty.
Girls who intend to enter col
lege next fall are beginning to get the
things ready for their rooms, and pill
lows are always q feature of a college
room. The work is easy to do, and the
materials inexpensive. A tulip design
is given to-day, and is to be done on
a pillow of denim, crash, burlap, rajah
silk, or any preferred material of this
order. The motifs are to be arranged
in two bands of four motifs each. one
across the upper edge, about three
inches down. and the other across the
lower edge of the pillow. This arrange
ment is bit newer than the border or
corner decoration. One single motif
is placed in the center of the back of
the pillow, and it is surprising how
much more interesting a pillow decor
ated in this way is than one having a
plain back.
To make the stencil, trace the de-
sign given on a piece of stencil paper
or heavy manila paper. Lay the paper
on a piece of glass and cut out the
parts of the design that are blackened
IN. Use a sharp penknife or sloyd
knife, or, If preferred. cut out the stem
Gil with pair of small. sharp embroid-
cry scissors. If the manila paper is
used, 1t should be shellaced on both
sides to insure its serviceability, and
must be hung up a day to dry thor
oughly. AS real stencil paper is only
ten cents for large piece. it is much
wiser to use it. as 1t ssRes much time.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26
ConventonaId Tulip Motif
Couch

The stenciling is done with Easy
dye, which is simple, effective meth
cd and will launder beautifully. It is
10 cents tube for all colors. Before
applying the color the fabric should be
dipped in strong solution of salt and
water. A handful of salt will be
enough. The material should be dried
and ironed before applying the dive
After this salt process the colors will
not run.
To prepare the Easy dye" squeeze
some out into fiat dish and dissolve
thoroughly in hot water. Use enough
water to obtain the desired valua of
color. When cold, strain it through a
little piece of muslin. Then mix the
color with the white of an egg to pre-
vent it from running.
Lay the material on a fat smooth
board, with a sheet of blotting paper
under it, pin the stencil in place. min.
ming it down firmly on all edges and
apply the dye with a stiff bristle
brush. holding the brush vertically
and having only little dye on the
brush at a time. Dab" the color on
a little at time. rather than paint it
In in long strokes, so that it will not
run. 1t is good plan to have a bit
OF old white cloth on which to wine
the brush before applying it to the
fabric.
Some effective color schemes are.
Material, light golden tan raiab.
tulips. orange; dots, deep brown:
leaves, dark green. Material. ecru
crash; tulips, old blue; dots. bright
yellow; leaves, gray green; turning of
leaves, dark green. Material, tan
denim; tulips. old rose: dots. Def
blue; leaves. dark brown.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26
Uplift Plan Among Girl Workers Fails

at the contemplation OF such q won
drous opportunity to be improved,
and struck speeches. at the thought
OF having such great ladies take an
interest In them, decided that 1t would
be necessary to give the bureau girls
some especial opportunities to get
used to the oyerpowering thought. So
1t was proposed that some of the
young women should be invited to visit
some of their benefactresses in the
homes Of the latter and learn how It
was all done, observe the method of
eating ice cream with a fork and
taking soup out of the side of the
spoon, and such like correct little
wrinkles.
Somehow this didn't much appeal to
the girls. either; they rather opined
that their table manners were good
enough, and didn't feel the need of be.
ing further impressed with the splen.
dor OF being patronized by ladies who
used gold dinner services.
But the federation committee worked
away earnestly. and finally the explo-
sion came. The committee found SO
OF the women in the bureau would
nave to be dropped out of the service
before the moral average would be
raised to the point where contact with
the federated benefactresses could be
established at all.
That settled it. Every woman and
girl in the bureau resolved herself
into an Indignation meeting. 1t was
what all had been expecting, they de-
clared. Those society women who
wanted to convert working women
into butterflies, of course, couldn't un-
derstand. Why should they be ex-
pected to? They had meant well
enough, but really they could hardly
be commended for tact and diplomacy
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26
Detailed Plans for Dairy Buildings.

the work thoroughly practical these
studies were extended to the planning
and actual supervision of construction
Of number of dairy buildings in diff
ferent sections of the country. In
order to place the matter now avail
able in form for wider distribution and
usefulness, number of plans have
been published as circular No. 131 of
the bureau Of animal industry, and
copies may be obtained free of charge
on application to the bureau at Wash
ington, d. C.
The designs, as Mr.. Webster ex-
plains, are not intended to represent
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26

Vegetables for the Winter.-The list
of vegetables generally used for table
comprises nearly 100 varieties. Each
of them is grown in some locality,
grown and used with profit Perhaps
not one gardener in the United States
grows them all, and very few grow as
many as fifty sorts in the same sea-
son. There are dozen leading prod
ucts of the vegetable garden which
should be found in every farm cellar
in the winter. yet as a rule very few
carry over five or six in stock. And
the number of families fully satisfied
with two, the ever-present potato aud
cabbage, is legion.
The use of vegetables, as other
foods, is largely matter of habit.
We get into ruts, and do not care to
try new things. And yet all these
different vegetables have a special
value, if We fully understood it. Some
of them answer the same purpose as
drugs. only doing the work better,
cheaper and more pleasantly
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26

the only constructions advisable for
the purpose indicated, but are intend.
ed to be suggestive of certain princi-
Pies of construction which any archi.
tect or builder may use in designing
barn or other dairy building for o
special location. No two locations will
require or even permit of the same
treatment SO far as exposure, size,
form, or building material are con-
cerned; but the problems of ventila-
ton, cubic air space per COW, light,
floors. ceilings, etc. are nearly alike In
cases. The designs shown represent
feasible and inexpensive dairy build
ings, planned by the dairy division and
built in various sections of the coun-
try. Plans and specifications were
furnished to builders, with the under.
standing that they would keep account
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26

Bacon Hogs in Canada.-Out of AZ
counties in Canada the Yorkshire is
the favorite breed. Taking the coun-
try as whole. the tendency is to pro-
duce more hogs of the bacon type. In
the western part Berkshires are being
used considerably, but in the eastern
counties Yorkshires are far in the
lead.
Although swine breeders of the Uni
ted States are not so much in favor OF
the bacon type OF hog. still the York
shires are gaining in popularity every
year. A type has been developed
which approaches the fat hog type
more nearly than those hogs raised In
Canada.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26
A New Magazine Party.

The invitations were issued on card
board made to represent a magazine,
and were Enclosed in envelopes. Each
guest was asked to come wearing an
article to indicate current periodical
or In costume, whichever was most
convenient.
This broke the ice and it was very
merry party. In about a half hour,
when all were endeavoring to find out
VINO was what, the hostess passed
little booklets which contained the
Following typewriter romance, the
blanks to be filed with the name of
a publication:
Once upon time an - who had al
ways enjoyed -- and cared very little
Tor the - outside of his own was
induced by his friends to become a -
and a Junior member of a prominent
- In the home town of the -
AT the time OF his coming to the city
this - was a very - individual
heart whole and fancy free. and when he
heard - from -- lips of the fascin-
atoms Of a certain little girl with bright
eyes and face of which an artist might
DE the --- he paid no attention. How
ever upon receiving through the --
a dainty missive with the odor of the
IN an unusual manner. The coming func-
uon' lawn party given by the - had
oeen the - at his hotel for days
His friends. whom we will call Mr.
- and Mr.. - for convenience had
insisted upon his attendance. He object
ed, saying he was no favorite in the
-. The friends argued that a little
- would make him have a different
- In life and would make him more
- ana that he needed the - so he
accepted the invitation.
Arriving at the park, he found a -
gathering, and the place being a pic
camera, saying: II must have a -
of this" He was first introduced to the
owner of the park, old man with
flowing beard, veritable -, and his
son, a youth of IS years.
me - was charming girl. who
shyly left her escort when she saw the
- approaching.
"A - indeed" was his mental ejacu-
lation, as he recognized the one in a
white - to be none other than the
one with the pretty face, of whom he
had heard. He was introduced. and a
little later leaving of friends. they
strolled across the lawn. They parted at
-, but he gained her consent to call
upon her and to take her to the -.
The intervening days seemed a -
long, but In the meantime a - had
come to him. -- had suddenly become
TO him as important a problem as -
economy and -- had been in his coun-
try days before. was no longer n
pet by his fireside, for his affections were
elsewhere.
1t was the same old story. and he soon
decided to become the -- for - pro-
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-05-26

of the cost of construction and fur
nish such other data as might be
necessary for a complete description
of the work.
The designs published are for a
stable for "a cows, southern stable
for 20 cows, two-s. DRY stables for "a.
90 and 100 cows, a stable with milk
house for 36 cows, combination barn
for 26 cows, silos of various types,
dairy houses, an ice house with milk
room, creamery for whole milk, and
a creamery for city milk combination
service. Details of construction Of
stalls and stanchions are also shown.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-28
The Cactus Club of Pasco.

Think of cactus candy! Think OF
cactus pastry! Think of cactus tea!
Cactus pudding and pie and candy
and tea were served at the initial
meeting of the Pasco Cactus club,
held at Walla Walla, Washington,
last Saturday afternoon, while Mil
waukee was unwilling the Burns
monument.
Mrs. Jones of Pasco, who has de-
vised the processes by which the
cactus is made to yield these edible
and palatable products, does not use
the Burbank spineless cactus, but
the ordinary cactus which grows in
the desert regions of Arizona,
whence a supply was shipped to
Pasco to enable her to prepare last
Saturdays feast. The banquet was
planned and eaten by vegetarians,
who are now organized under the
club name and style referred to
above, and who expect the utiliza-
ton of the thorny cactus for human
food to become an extensive indus
try.
If it does the problem of arid
wastes will be solved without fur
Their outlay on irrigation To grow
rich beyond the dreams of avarice,
all that will need to be done will
be to cultivate the cactus and start
a canning factory.
There are many people engaged in
efforts to make the most of the
food value of the cactus A number
of species of prickly pears yield ed
ible fruits, which are largely con-
sumed in Mexico, and which easily
might be grown in the southern part
of the United States, and particu-
larly in the Southwest. Experiments
with some of these were made not
long ago by DR.. Leon E. Landone,
the fruits and leaves, the latter be-
ing eaten as greens and fried like
eggplant. 1t is said that such cac-
tus fruits there are many kinds,
produced by corresponding mum
Der of distinct species of plants re-
Ilated to lie common prickly pear
All of these are known in Mexico,
in general way, as ''tunas.' but.
according to variety, they bear diff
ferent names, such as "cardona,'
amarillo" blanca" "palo altena,
"f"fayu a. and "ranchera' These,
indeed, are only a few out of many
In Mexico these cacti are cultivated
S IMPLY by planting cuttings in the
ground and surrounding them with a
fence to keep out animals. They
rarely receive any further attention,
beyond gathering the annual crop.
The fruits, however, are utilized for
a number of different purposes,
some of them being eaten raw, while
others are employed in the manu-
facture of tuna honey and pro-
ducts. To make tuna honey the juice
| of the fruit is boiled in kettles until
lit reaches the consistency of molas.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-28

SEES. and then is poured into wooden
troughs to cool, after which II ls
stored in bottles and earthen Jugs
Being sterile, tightly sealed and rich
in sugar. it will keep indefin teiy.
It does not taste like honey. but 1t
is of about the same consistency,
and might appropriately be called
cactus molasses.
A cactus fruit very highly prizeo
is the cardona, DR.. David Grlhtns,
of the government plant bureau, pro-
nounces it wholesome from his own
experience after eating it. One OF
the great objections to cactus fruits
is the plentifulness of their seeds,
but if everybody objected to SEEDS,
what would be the fate of the rasp-
berry and e blackberry?
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-28
CHAPTER XXI.

Nature is patient and long-suffering
but if you lay too heavy a burden
upon her she will rebel, and exact
her penalty The strain Lucille had
undergone was more than nature
could endure, and she rebelled.
Marie found Lucille PROSTATE on
the thick Turkey carpet, and she and
Mrs. Dalton carried her to her room.
and sen: for the doctor The great
house was hushed; sense of mys-
terv aud trouble hung over it like a
pail All throughout Darracourt it was
felt that something had happened,
but no one knew exactly what the
some hing was. That Harry Herne
had gone. Susie disappeared. was
known. and it was rumored that a
robbery had taken place at the Hall.
The doctor, an old man who had
brought two generations of Darra-
courts into the world. and seen a
great portion of one out of it, was
puzzled. He got a great man down
from London, and the great man
stood beside the bed and looked at
the beautiful girl. the heiress of so
much wealth, with grave and tightly
pursed lips. But it did not seem that
he could do anything beyond look at
her and wipe his eyeglasses.
He said that DR.. Grant was doing
all tha- cou' be done. that he
thoroughly approved of his treatment.
and then, still wiping his eyeglasses,
went back to town. But as he entered
his carriage he did add word to the
old doctors ears.
The fever is bad. e sa.i ..hu.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-28
SLAUGHTER OF DUCKS.

The following clipping has been
sent, from southern friend: Harry
Malcolm, ex-deputy game warden,
sends to The Baltimore Sun a photo
graph of remarkable nine-barrel gun
with asingle trigger, which has the eff
fectiveness of gatling gun in slaugh-
terlng ducks. A single pull of the
trigger is said to have killed 1879
ducks. Mr.. Malcolm, assisted by
Messrs. Cox, Lyons and Barber, ar
rested party of hunters who were
using the gun to the great detriment
of the wild duck hunting sport on the
Potomac river. Seven men were
taken along with the gun which is of
a type forbidden by law Mr.. NAL
colin says that for years they have
been unlawfully killing ducks and
driving others from the Potomac
river and tributary creeks"
We can easily see how such an in
fernal machine as this would be "det-
rimental" to the sport of hunting.
The gun should have been fired only
once into the scrap heap.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-28
REAL HOG AGAINST ROAD HOG.

English Motorist sues Farmer oe
cause Animal Caused an Accident.
That the motorist is not the only
road hog has just been proved In an
amusing case in London.
The owner of motor car sued the
owner of a large fat hog for dam
ages caused by a complication OF cir
cumstances. 1t seems that the hog
was thoughtlessly sleeping In the CEN
ter of a public road near Truro, IN
Cornwall, when a horse and cart and
the motor approached. Reused by the
pounding of the horses hoofs on the
road and the footing of the automo-
bile horn, the old hog, slowly and Ia
boriously, struggled to his feet
When human beings are in the way
of the motor car nowadays they loose
no time in scrambling to place of
safety. Not SO this particular Corn
wall hog. He had his own ideas on
the right of way.
1t was at this point in the narrative
that the court evidence became anus
ing, and, incidentally, conflicting. 1t
is not easy to tell from the testimony
just what the hog really did. If we
are to believe some of the witnesses
he is master of bag of tricks that
would entitle him to a place in Ring
ling's circus. The concensus Of
opinion was that the dog refused TO
bulge from his position in the center
of the road. One witness cOntented
himself with saying that the animal
"snorted" at the oncoming motor car.
Another declared that the hog
parked several times at it.
J. 1t was neither of these actions,
however, which was responsible for
the court action. Evidently snort
ing" barking hogs are everyday
sights in Cornwall. Finding his defiant
grunts of no avail, the hog actually
sat up on his launches with his front
feet in the air. Such an exhibition
of cleverness was too much for the
horse attached to the cart, and she
SHE'D across the road. One witness
said he thought the horse was trying
to emulate the trick of the hog, but
the others who were called refused
to be drawn on the psychology of the
animal.
When the horse SHE'D the motor
was close behind and in attempting
to avoid collision, the driver ran his
machine into stone wall. One witness
facetiously remarked that he thought
the motor was trying to go both horse
and hog one better, and turn a back
| SOmerSault.
The plaintiff based his case in court
on the fact that the defendant had oc-
cupied the public highway with some
thing dangerous. The court, how
ever, refused to believe that the
hog was really dangerous. The lord
justice remarked that man cAan sit
| down by the roadside when he is tired
why should not hog?
Upon a witness being called who
gave the hog an excellent character
Judgment was given for the defend
ant.
Vilas County news. [volume] (Eagle River, Vilas County, Wis.) 1896-1927, 1909-07-28
CHAPTER XIII.

With flushed cheeks and flashing
eyes, Lucille had told Lady Farnley
that she meant ito be gay" and al
the moment she uttered the words she
was, without knowing it, at the turn
ing point of her life.
She set about being "gay" with a
feverish eagerness that alarmed Mrs
Dalton and Lady Farnley, and even
made Marie Werner stare.
The London season was just over
and people were looking out for in
vitations to visit country houses, and
Lucille determined to fill the Court.
What is the use of having great
barrack of place if you keep il
empty all the year round?' she said
to Lady Farnley. II will have lot
of people, mean to fill it. We shall
have dinner parties and pienics, and
what else is there?" she broke off
stopping short in her restless pacing
of the room
It was only few days after Lady
Farnleys visit since her illness, and
Lucille was still pale and looked
thin and transparent, but there gilt
tered in the feverish, hectic light in
her eyes which Lady Farnley had no
ticed. and touch of bright red shone
on her cheeks.
There is the shooting" said Lady
Farnley. Thanks to Harry Herne
you have fine stock of game, I'm
told, dear. You could ask some men
down for the shooting
Yes, yes" assented Lucille, her
restless eyes closing for a second, as
she WINGED at the sound of Harry
Hernes name We'll have the hall
full of guns" said Lucille, with a
short, mirthless laugh. What is the
use of having game if you don't
shoot them?'
Invitations were sent out, and as
the Court woods were known to be
well preserved and filled with game
and the mistress being the richest
heiress in the county. the invitations
were accepted with alacrity
"The Court will be filled from eel
lar to garrett" said Marie Werner
who was half alarmed by the change
in Lucille.
Then put some of the men in the
hay loft said Lucille.
And the servants murmured Mrs
Dalton. The present staff, though
sufficient for our wants, is scarcely
large enough
Then hire others.' retorted LII
ellie.
So a chef from London and a dozer
extra footmen and maids were en-
gagged, and the ball was set rolling.
Larry Farnley had undertaken the
selection of the guests. and, still anx
ious and uneasy, she acquitted herself
WELL
There was countess and hel
daughter-no one ever saw the earl
who was supposed to be always fish
ing: one of her majesty's ministers
and his wife, a couple of professional,
beauties. Lord and Lady Evelyn, from
the other end of the county; Lore