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Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Amusements for Summer Parties.

Ttis is the season of outdoor enter
tainments, for most of our readers. If
not sojourners by the sea or on the
mountain top, may arrange for novel
entertainments in the open air by uti-
LIKING what is near-the parks, the
reaches of inland lake or rivers, the
shady lawn of the home place or some
adjacent country side reached by the
ever-present trolley car.
A fagot party is not new, but this
way Of conducting one has new fea-
lures: A circle of pine trees was the
setting for a little fireplace made of
stones, on which paper and dry twigs
were ready to be touched off.
Each guest was presented with a
bundle of fagots to which was at
tached number; a duplicate number
was given out. The hostess re-
quested the guest who drew No. 1 to
look at the fagots; If he had No. the
bundle was laid on the blaze, and he
had to tell a story, sing a song or
dance a jig while the fagots burned.
1t really was another way of conduct
ing a stunt" party. One guest re-
cited some clever negro dialect,
bits she had collected while in the
south; man gave some college
stories; a sweet singer rendered some
Hawaiian love songs which she
learned from the natives while on the
island. The result was very good.
There were II guests and IL bundles
OF fagots burned underneath the tall
pines. Refreshments were served on
the Enclosed porch of the summer cot
tage. A candle was at each plate
held by drop of melted wax onto a
wooden picnic plate; by it was a
wooden skewer; with 1t marshmallows
were toasted over the candle and
eaten with ice cream and small cakes.
There was impromptu singing of COL
lege songs to the accompaniment of
the hostess guitar. All the girls wore
tub suits and the men came with neg
ligee shirts with duck or flannel
trusers and serge coats.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28

height of several feet from douches
or sprays on sand filter bed. which
in turn removes from the water the
iron precipitate. 1t is still better to
arrange a percolating or trickling fill
ter or aerator, from seven to eight
feet high, filled with coke or other
porous substances. The water to be
purified is discharged over this filter
in fine sprays and trickles down
through the filter. The effiuent should
then be made to pass through sand
filter. Fig. 1 shows a rough sketch of
the first method, while Fig. 2 shows
the second. 1t is fortunate that the
iron present in your well water Is in
the form of carbonate, because il 1t
were sulphate of iron a chemical
treatment by adding milk of lime or
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
WILD DOGS OF THE FAR EAST
Gaunt, Ravenous. NANCY and insoent
Creatures Are Permitted to
ProWI Streets.

In Constantinople and other cities
of the east wild dogs, gaunt, raven
GUS NANCY and insolent, are permit
ted to prowl about the streets in for
midable packs. A favorite haunt OF
the beasts few years ago was the
Little Field of the Dead, a cemetery
in Pera. Turkey. Here they gathered
by the hundreds and basked in the sur
and howled and fought, sometimes
among themselves, always with in
truders. They seemed to regard the
grewsome graveyard as their specia,
estate.
Occasionally the easy-going authori
ties would be moved by frequent re
currence of outrages on the part O,
the wild dogs to order soldiers to cap
ture packs of them. The brutes thus
taken were driven aboard a ship an6
transported to barren island in the
Sea of Marmora For in the east they
do not believe in Staying dogs, even il
it becomes impossible for people to
live in the same neighborhood with
them. Three days provisions were
provided for the animals on the island
And always they were accompanied
by a mullah, or priest, who before
making the return journey preached
to the canine congregation long ser
mon on the duties of resignation anc
religious fortitude.
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through the air like bullet followed
by a cloud of the vapor from the
bottle. Your cannon is DISCHARGED,
The suns rays shining upon the ND.
per side of the flask and passing
through it. focused upon the water in
the larger bottle had the same effect
upon it that they had on the paper
they heated it. The white vapor was
steam, the same force which moves
locomotives and all sorts of engines.
and as more and more steam gathered
and began to exert a pressure IN all
directions, it piled up a lot of force
because it was held in check. Then
as its force grew greater and greater
it began to push the cork out, for that
was easier than to break the bottle
and at last the cork was sent fiying
and the steam escaped, just as it does
from the mouth of the tea kettle on
the range at home.
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WHY ARE WE RIGHT HANDED?
Most Rational Explanation Would
Seem to Be That Which Accounts
for Position of Heart.

The most recent explanation of
rlghthandedness by a psychologist, is
exciting some merriment among med.
ical men. He supposes the human
body to have unexplained polar prop
critics, somewhat like those of a mag
net, the right side being always posi-
tive" and the left negative The
most rational explanation would seem
to be that which accounts for right
and left handedness by the position OF
the heart. The shield would naturally
be held in the left hand to protect
this vital organ. so that the active
work would fall to the right hand
Those who maintain that acquired
characteristics cannot be inherited
will desire to have this expressed
somewhat differently According tc
them positions of spear and shield
were at first matter of individual
choice. but those who held the shield
in the right hand, leaving the heart
exposed, were more frequently killed
so that by natural selection the right
hand spear holders ultimately sur
vived and propagated their peculiar
ity. In this case, it will be noticed,
the Inherited characteristic is not &C.
quired, but existed in the warrior at
birth. The difference may not seem
worth quarreling about, but it meas
ures the whole distance between the
followers of Darwin and those of La
marck. At any rate the hypothesis
in whichever form it is put, seems
eminently reasonable, whereas talk
about polarity" would appear to be
mostly verbiage.
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10 lhem ana the whole paper will
burn to ashes.
Now you must change the position
OF the larger bottle until this hot spot
is on tfse glass near the bottom where
the water is. Now you must be pa
tent and wait for something to hap
pen, but if the sun is hot you will not
have to wait long. In a few minutes
you will see the water in the larger
bottle begin to arise from it. 1t will
bubble more and more and the vapor
will grow thicker and thicker until
it fills the bottle.
Suddenly you hear noise like a
small pistol shot: the cork .iies
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
A Progressive Picnic,


The guests were children from
eight to ten; the hostess was a IA
vored lass, who went to the country
every summer. A regular hay-rack
wagon met them at the station; it had
boards across the side so no one could
spill out and was gayly decorated
with sunf1owers, boughs of trees and
cattails.
The unique feature of this picnic
was in the serving of refreshments
Each child was given a wooden plate
and a paper napkin. Then over the
grounds were interesting booths
shaded by large green and white UNI
brellas. They were also placarded
No. 1, No. 2. etc. There was a grown
person to lead at the head of the pro
cession. The first stop was No. /
which proved to be lemonade" with
a big porcelain cup for each child
No. was sandwiches, cold meats, DO
tato salad and olives. Here the
guests sat in a semi-circle on a big
rug. Then they progressed to No. 8
and had ice cream; then to No. 4
where the booth had bonbons and
fruit. No. had piles of little bags
and was the starting point for a pea
nut; some were gilded, some silvered
and some tied with blue ribbon. The
gold nuts scored 20, silver 10 and
blue ribbons were 5. The one who
had the highest score won a prize
the next highest and the lowest also
had rewards. Altogether it was 9
most successful affair.
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Cutting Hay.


Our plan is to cut in the evening.
when we can take the hay in the next
afternoon. AS soon as the dew is OF
in the morning we stir the cut clover
with a tedder and then, If 1t is wiIted
enough to take up before noon or Just
after dinner, we haul it in. We have
no trouble to make good, bright clover
hay in this way If the weather is at
all favorable. We sow a little timo-
thy with our clover, because it makes
better hay and helps in the curing.
The best clover hay is made by rak-
ing up as soon as it is wilted, putting
in shocks and letting it cure for two
or three days. then turning it over
and hauling in. II one has good.
bright straw and the clover Is not
well cured. it is good plan to mix
some of the straw with the clover In
the NOW. This aids in curing and the
stock will eat up both straw and
clover.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Proof That He Was Wrona.

Louis XIV, king of France, was
very fond Of playing at chess. One
day he was having game with one
of his courtiers, and during the game
made a false move, to which his ad
versary respectfully called his atten
ton. The king. who did not easily
suffer contradiction, did not wish tc
acknowledge that he was wrong. an6
appealed to the noblemen who sur
rounded the table, but none of then
made any reply. Just then the duke
de Grammont came into the room and
Immediately the king saw him he an
pealed to- him, and wished to explair
to him the subject of the dispute, but
the duke hardly allowed him to finish
Your majesty is certainly wrong.
he said, with firmness of tone which
astonished the king, and caused hiu
to frown.
How do you know that am
wrong, Monsieur he Duc?" replied the
king, you have not even given me
time to explain to you what the ques
ton was"
4 know undoubtedly" replied the
duke of Grammont, for all these gen
tlemen. whom your majesty was con
sulting at the moment l arrived. onl,
replied by their silence. They woulc
every one have fastened to take you,
part II your majesty had been right. ;
The king was struck with the sense
Of this argument. and admitted thai
he had made . mistake.
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tall bottle on this rest, so that 1t
points upward at an angle of about 40
degrees.
Now drive two more forked sticks
into the ground just behind the bot
tom OF the bottle, one on each side
OF 1t. These are to hold your flask.
which must be laid across them so
that one edge is higher than the other
and Its upper side turned directly
toward the sun.
You will notice that the suns days,
shining on the slightly convex side of
the flask. seem to focus or all gather
together at one point just beneath the
flask. If YOU put your finger on this
spot you will find that it is very, very
hot If YOU nut a
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Affectionate Eaeles.

A man working on farm one dav
saw an eagle fluttering over the barn
yard, no doubt meaning sooner or Ia.
ter to swoop down in search of prev.
He determined to save his chickens.
and fetching a gun, fired at the wouId.
be robber. But he only succeeded in
hurting its wing. Instead of falling
to the ground it tapped about in the
air in a helpless sort of way. utter
ing loud cries of pain.
The man was just going to fire
again when he noticed another eagle
coming up in the distance. 1t was evi.
IDENTIFY the mate of the one he had
wounded, for it came straight to IT'S
rescue. Seeing that the first eagle
could not fly away itself, the newcom.
er seized its wounded mate with its
beak and claws. and half carrying #
helped it ito fly slowly away to the
mountainside, where. it put it down as
1t thought. in a safe place. For q
whole week the men on the farm saw
1t, day after day. carrying food to the
disabled bird.
1t would have been quite easy for
them to have killed both birds during
this time, but the farmer forbade his
men 20 modest them in any way. he
cause he was so pleased at the af.
lection and courage the one had
shown On behalf Of the other.
After time the wounded eagle got
well. and they both fiew away.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
ain Darkest Africa"

A club of IA young girls has chosen
Africa" for their study next year;
with this in mind, the president is to
give a luncheon having decorations
and symbols pertaining to the dark
continent"
The table centerpiece is to be
unique, having three black dolls, each
with pennant bearing the words
Delighted" Toy lions, monkeys and
tigers will be the favors, and the
place cards are in shape of pyramids
and sphinxes, on which a miniature
hgure Is scanning the horizon with a
spy8lass. Every one shouts "Roose-
Welt"
Then there will be cablegrams, post
cards and letters brought in at inter-
Vals during the luncheon addressed to
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28

can be led to the basin or reservoir
which contains the spring water The
two supplies together will probably
furnish sufficient quantity for the
residence, the tenants house, the
laundry and the garden. Judging from
the number of horses and other live
stock which you have, we should say
you require supply of at least 1000
gallons day. Your attic tank in the
residence is not of sufficient capacity
to hold this daily supply and we
strongly urge you to consider the erec-
titon on a tower of suitable height Of
an elevated. tank, the tank and pipes
being frost PROCEED so as to be suit
able for winter use. In that case the
attic tank may be done away with.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Fig. I. Rough Sketch of Aeratlon System.

after being exposed to the air or dis
charged through sprays or jets, very
soon becomes cloudy and shows a red
dish brown precipitate, which is ferric
oxide, formed from a chemical combi-
nation of the carbonate of iron with
the oxygen in the air. This ferric
oxide can be removed by filtration
and then the water usually becomes
clear and wholesome and of excellent
quality and loses its Objectionable
iron taste entirely
In practice the removal of the iron
is accomplished in various ways. We
do not advise letting the water
stand" in order to aerate it. A much
better way is to let the water fall a
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
PRACTICAL WATER SYSTEM
FOR GENERAL FARM USE
Many Waters from Deep Wells. Which Are
Pure. Are Rendered Unfit for Use On
Account Of

In answering query as to the best
system for practical water system
for general farm use writer in the
Country Gentleman gives the follow
ing interesting facts:
1t is q well-nown fact that many wa
tiers from deep wells which are other
wise pure are rendered unfit for do
nestle or for manufacturing purposes
on account of the compounds of iron
in solution in the water. Such water.
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alum or both would be required. which
would add considerably to the exa
pense.
third method consists in the treat
ment of the water with ozone. which
has been largely developed by the
large German firm of Siemens &
Halske, but which has not passed the
experimental stage in this country.
The claim is made for this last meth
cd that it not only purif1es the water
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28

but also kills the bacteria and chiefly
the pathogenie germ. For this reason
the ozone treatment of water has
been recommended for the purifica-
ton of polluted water-supply. The
generation of ozone requires a rather
complicated electrical apparatus and
for this reason it is too costly to be
used for a small private water-supply.
We advise you to select a good gas
engine pump. suitable for natural gas.
and that you erect it in small pump
house over well at barn. The dis
charge pipe should be carried to the
spring house, where the coke percolat-
ing filter and the sand filtration basin
should be placed. The purified water
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oUT-oF-DooR EXPERIMENT.
Interesting Test of the Effect of SUMS
Rays on Water Placed
in Bottles.

Get two plain white bottles, one
short, fiat flask and the other taller
and heavier. for instance an old gin
ger ale bottle. Fill the small flask
with water and insert in it's neck
cork a little large for it. so that it
almost refuses to so in. Hammer
this cork in tightly and be very sure
that 1t Is firmly and securely in place.
Fill one-third of the larger bottle
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
For a CinereIIa Dance.

The Cinderella club is an organiza.
ton Of some 20 couples, their one law
being to close all festivities at mid
night preptly. Each season they give
dance to which two guests may be
hidden by each couple. The invita-.
tons are always issued on slipper
shaped cards, the table centerpiece
is formed Of white slipper filled
with flowers, placecards are slipper
shaped and sometimes if the Ger.
man" is danced a figure is worked
out bringing in the magic pumpkin
coach, candy mice favors, fairy wan(ls,
etc. At II o'clock a gong clangs out
the strokes very slowly and the lights
are extinguished.
MADAME MERRI.
Never were linen suits more pop
IL
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28

This frame we covered with cheap
boards and then shingled them all
over, and this made cheap yet dur
able building. l have put up several
buildings this way at about one-half.
the cost Of such buildings If every
thing had to be bought of the contrac-
tor. We always used galvanized nails
to put on shingles with, as the plain
ones are not worth the time 1t takes
to drive them.-Exchange
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28

the various members assigning them
their special topic for the years
work
The Egyptian flag is to be on each
missive in lieu of stamp.
A friend of the hostess who has
lived in Africa for eight years will be
an honored guest and will make the
affair most interesting by her account
of life on an ostrich farm and her
experiences with native servants.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28

whisp of paper
there you will see
its edges curl up,
turn brown and
presently, if the
sun is hot. take
fire, just as if
some one had
touched a match
to them and tho
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28

shpoer
shoulder to floor
middle to
tns dinner
the center comes over this point Mark
10 neck
nine inches from the fold then eight inches
both nesses of cloth dgonaly diagonal
line to the sewage
The triangular
stitched ogete along their sevage
skirt have Just finished
front and back I'VE inches had ues
pieces beading
either simple or elaborate treatment Ebrode
sleeves finish
shoulders cutting
in
the edge to be embroidered Clohe
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28

with water and
cork it with a
cork that fits well
but not too tight
ly, says a writer
in Good Litera-
ture. Drive a
forked stick into
the ground so
that the fork is
about three inches
from the earth
and prOD I'D the
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28
Feeding Calves by Hand.

In feeding calves by hand. keep the
calves drinking pals as clean as You
do the milking pals. This win lessen
the danger Of scours and other calf
ailments.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1909-07-28

Never were linen suits more pop.
ular than now.
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BACK TO TIE ALTAR AGAIN
MIR. and Mrs. Charles Wyatt, Colored
People, Welded Again Under
Catholic Church Rites.

For the purpose of further solem-
nizing their wedding vows taken two
years ago, Nh. and Mrs. Charles
Wyatt, colored, were remarked in
the Catholic church Saturday at 8
a. NJ. Mrs. Wyatt wore a gown OF
s o'clock. Mrs. Wyatt worea gown of
white and also a wedding wreath and
long veil. At the altar they were
greeted by Father Shea and were
again married under the offices and
VOWS of the Catholic church.
Two years ago Louise Grady gave
up her home in a Catholic convent
in Minneapolis and where she had
lived for many years, her parents
having died when she was young, and
she knew little else of life outside
the walls Of the Catholic institution.
A priest of the church was her guar
dian and held in trust for her a sum
of money that came from her par
ent's estate. She met MI. Wyatt and
eventually a love match sprung up
between them which, however,
could not be contaminated without
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1909-08-26
AWARDED BRIDGE CONTRACTS
County Commissioners Gave Out Con.
tracts to Erect One Steel and
Three Wooden Bridges.

At the meeting of the board OF
county commissioners held at the
auditors Office Friday the bids
were opened for the construction OF
county bridges. Members Nash, Annis
and Allison were present.
The Hennepin Company of Mime
apolis was awarded the contract for
constructing the steel bridge over
Enemy Creek between Dawson and
Hanson county and also the three
wooden bridges. The contract price
was $1,994, being 81 lower than that
of the nearest bidoer, the Central
Bridge Company. The bids submit
ted were as follows; Twin City Bridge
Co., steel bridge, $1,197;e Central
State Bridge Co., steel bridge, 1898,
wooden bridges, 5000; Fred Bjod-
strup, steel bridge, $1065, wooden
bridges, $1,000; Hennepin County
Bridge Co., steel bridge $997, wood
en- bridges, 1897; and Beach Manu-
featuring Co., steel bridge $3.50,
wooden bridges, $3.50. 1t will be
noticed hat three of the companies
asked the same price for both the one
steel and the three wooden bridges.
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over the head by the officers
ut him in a more subjective

s"I $ over the mead by the officers
lis ut him in a more subjective
en- Cooper went into the bank
Dd} ing the excitement of the es-
CAPE and the efforts to capture the
Primer got noised over on Main
street and in a twinkling there was
A lig crowd of people assembled
'rouad the north entrance of the
building, awaiting expectantly and
anxicusly for the appearance of the
prisoner.
Thursday Cooper was brought
before Judge Markham on the charge
of disturbing the peace. He pleaded
guilty to the charge and the court
imposed a fine of $25 or 20 days in
jail. Cooper gave notice to the court
that he would appeal the case.
George Williamson, who was one
of the parties in the vehicle with
Tom Cooper during the rapid drive
over the city, was arrested some time
duling the evening and was given a
fine of SIS by Judge Markham on the
charge of disorderly conduct.
1t is stated that the three men had
besn drinking to some extent dur
ing the day and they were taking
this method to end their pleasures.